THE_PA

There is no explanation other than this: God fucking hates Johnny Cash.

2007-05-10T11:48:00.000-05:00

I thought I'd heard it all, until someone was blasting the new Sage Francis album, which includes a "shout out" to a "childhood mentor" of Sage's, none other than Johnny Cash. I mean, nothing says "I respect you" like phat beats, (somewhat) clever rhymes, and overweight white dudes who watch way too much of The Wire? Check the lyrics:

Yeah. Holler at ya boy.

Holler at your boy.

Do shit Do remember, Holler at your boy

Go back, a few weeks on this one.

Go way way back

This life aint for everyone, But for some of us.

Yeah. Life is easy.

This song right here, going out a childhood mentor of mine, father John. Holler.

Touched me as a kid, I want you to know, still feeling you.

Life is easyJah didn't kill Johnny.

He had a date with death.

It was a slow train coming.

And we've all got a train to catch.

But Lord, take your filthy claws off the rest of my freinds.

That is, of course, if they ain't already dead.

I make no demands.

I just make amends.

I make my bed and I'm a lie in itBut before I die...please...don't take anymore of my friends.

Please don't take anymore of my friends.

Life is easy. The smoke didn't kill Johnny. The drink didn't kill Johnny.The junk didn't kill Johnny.

And the women didn't kill Johnny. Was it the road? I don't know. Was it rock and roll? I don't think so.

But God, God, God, God, God...would never...kill...Johnny Cash.

He had a train to catch.

He had a date with death.

And we've all got a train to catch.

Life is easy. Holler at ya boy.

Life is easy.

Techincally, Sage, God killed Johnny. I bet he'd kill him twice, just for fun. I'm pretty sure that he killed June, although, I would've killed myself were I her (she was married to Johnny). I can't wait for your next homage. Maybe it'll be to....someone....say, like Hank Snow? or Charlie Pride? I'm sure it'll be touching.

Oh, God if you're reading, please kill more of Sage's friends. As many as possible. I'm talking concentration camp style.

Bring Thy Blood To Thee, or is it Thee Blood To Thy?

2007-05-07T07:55:00.000-05:00

The sun-blackened earth. Charred flesh. Kittens with devil horns and a froth of blood on their lips. These are the things I think about (in the shower). Evil will arise and devour the barren land...or something.

And when thinking, I'm listening in the dark:

1. Marnie Stern "In Advance of The Broken Arm"
2. White/Lichens "s/t"
3. Battles "Mirrored"
4. Dead Meadow "Howls From The Hills"
5. Arbouretum "Rites of Uncovering"
666. Grinderman "s/t"
7. Qui "Love's Miracle"
8. Deerhunter "Turn It Up Faggot"
9. The Fucking Champs "VI"
10. Holy Fuck "s/t"

We (The Poison Arrows) are soon to wrap up recording on our first full length, hopefully by the start of what will be a Summer to end all Summers.

Eleven Videos from the Premix album - out August 22 on File Thirteen Records

2006-07-12T18:25:00.000-05:00

premix video 1 - we take
the poison arrows + jonah sharp
wmv | quicktime

premix video 2- trailer park
the poison arrows + trs-80
wmv | quicktime

premix video 3 - oneself
the poison arrows + brother el
wmv | quicktime

premix video 4 - citi sno
the poison arrows + brian deck
wmv | quicktime

premix video 5 - what gets sent
the poison arrows + jonathan kreinik
wmv | quicktime

premix video 6 - bad data trip
the poison arrows + slo-ro
wmv | quicktime

premix video 7 - we take
the poison arrows + mike lust
wmv | quicktime

premix video 8 - window seat
the poison arrows + dj? acucrack
wmv | quicktime

premix video 9 - gin hospital
the poison arrows + sterling
wmv | quicktime

premix video 10 - three degrees of separation
the poison arrows + N.LN
wmv | quicktime

premix video 11 - trailer park
the poison arrows + martin rev
wmv | quicktime

On The X

2006-07-11T19:37:00.000-05:00

Jesus left Chicago, we left Pittsburgh.

We returned from Cleveland and Pittsburgh with smiles on our faces, and the knowledge that Justin has an unusual ability to down over twenty Airborne pills in one day, making him stronger than the flu. Take that flu-fucker! The shows were fantastic, thanks to the bands and venues - we had a wonderful time.

The iPod shuffle churned the following out more than others on our Eastern bound jaunt, so here's the iPod pile for July 11th:
Unwound/Leaves Turn Inside You + New Plastic Ideas
The Black Angels/Passover
Califone/Roomsound
90 Day Men/Panda Park
DJ Shadow/Introuducing....
Black Flag/Who's Got the 10-1/2?

We have booked some studio time. Be prepared. Or unprepared.

Roxanne, Mandy, David - you are some hospitable wonderful people, and we thank our lucky stars for you. David, you are my favorite alcohol terrorist.

A dark fog of evil,
A

Pink Steam and Ocho Dust....

2006-06-21T17:22:00.000-05:00

I've been on a bit of a spree of late - here's what I've been filling my earholes with lately

Mission Of Burma / The Obliterati
(best record of 2006)

Sonic Youth / Rather Ripped
(hard to believe that after 20 albums, they are still one of the more interesting bands around. Haters, shove it.)

The Groundhogs / Split
(ultra-classic, once forgotten, then remembered - if "Cherry Red" doesn't get your blood boiling, nothing will.)

Matmos / The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth of The Beast
(fart sounds are always clever, funny, and sometimes, even interesting)

The Black Angels / Passover
(13th Floor Elevators REBORN!!! and they are from Texas, what a pedigree!)

90 Day Men / Panda Park
(what the FUCK Chicago?!?!? Why isn't this band huge?! Pussies - the lot of you!)

Brightblack Morninglight / s-t
(do NOT, I repeat do NOT lick that cactus in the desert.)

The Flaming Lips / At War With The Mystics
(finally they drop the troubled troubador bullshit and start having fun again - their best in years, maybe since 'In A Priest Driven Ambulance')

Free / Tons of Sobs
(another hard to find rocker - and you thought it was all about "All Right Now" heh-heh, you know so very little.)

Children heart lung cancer,
A

The Poison Arrows. Live film score in 3D. Friday, April 28th

2006-04-28T13:31:00.000-05:00

Elastic Arts
2830 N. Milwaukee Ave., above the Friendship Chinese Restaurant., Chicago, IL 60622, US

Modern Electric Cinema Presents: "Constructing Deconstruction." Original soundtracks by The Poison Arrows (in 3-D! with glasses provided), Beguile, Beguile, My Love!, and Fear of Empty Spaces performed live to experimental visuals by Michael Betancourt, Chris Collins, Eunson Lee, and Jodi Mack. Doors at 9PM, show at 9:30, $5 suggested donation.

So come on out, grab the 3D glasses and have copious amounts of merrymaking to these phantasmagorical films.

New The Poison Arrows songs now online!

2006-04-28T13:30:00.000-05:00

There are some new The Poison Arrows songs up on our Myspace page. 'Clear Cut' which will be on the new record that is currently in the mixing state and 'Frozen Human Satellite' which was recorded live sometime last fall whilst in space on a fantastical journey.

www.myspace.com/thepoisonarrows

Have at it.

SXSW

2006-03-20T14:00:00.000-06:00

06 = 2 many people - but worth it:

The Black Heart Procession x 4
Ted Leo + Pharmacists x 3
Headphones
Crystal Skulls
Calla
Double
The Silent League
Odiorne
My Way My Love
Goldrush
Snowden
Micah P. Hinson
Richard Hawley
Of Montreal
Carbonas
Favourite Sons
Nicolai Dunger
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
[plus, accidentally saw Thursday]

Put Your Head Under The Water

2006-03-17T12:46:00.000-06:00

Birds of prey? Silly, silly people. My ears are bleeding:
Mogwai/Mr. Beast
Arab Strap/The Last Romance
Orphan Egg/S/T
Motorhead/1916
Rabbit Mackay/"Tendency To Be Free"
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282/Admonishing The Bishops
Pink Mountaintops/Axis of Evol
Errase Errata/new KRS album, July 2006
Led Fucking Zeppelin/II and Houses of The Holy

Evil will overcome,
A

Depends on what your definition of “is” is.

2006-02-10T17:04:00.000-06:00

return of the PILE

2006-01-12T15:07:00.000-06:00

I am not asleep, just resting my eyes.

PILE, I have missed you (January 12, 2006)
The Black Heart Procession - "The Spell" (new album, Spring 2006)
Robert A. A. Lowe - new NYC demos, unreleased
Make Up "Untouchable Sound" live album
Rationals - "Sing!"
Ris Paul Ric - solo album

Hatred, everywhere.
-A

best of 2005

2005-12-19T17:03:00.000-06:00

1. The National - Alligator - Beggars
2. Airborn Audio - Good Fortune - Ninja Tune
3. Headphones - Headphones - Suicide Squeeze
4. A-Frames - Black Forest - Sub-Pop
5. Low - The Great Destroyer - Sub-Pop
6. Boards of Canada - Campfire Headphase - Warp
7. Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask - Epitaph
8. The Church - El Momento Descuidado - Cooking Vinyl
9. Tenement Halls - Knitting Needles & Bicycle Bells - Merge
10. Supersystem - Always Never Again - Touch and Go

This is good for cracking nuts. Isn't it?

2005-12-15T14:01:00.000-06:00

Pile for December 2nd 2005

2005-12-02T10:25:00.000-06:00

Occasionally, some record store employees ain't all that bad.
The Pile for December 2nd, 2005:

The Stranglers "Black and White"
Monk Higgins "Little Mama"
St. John Green "S/T"
The Rakes "Capture / Release"
Mecca Normal "The Observer"
Grizzly Bear "Horn of Plenty"
Roky Erikson "Never Say Goodbye"
Sonny Bono "Inner Vision"

-A

Pants and a Pile (nov 29 2005)

2005-11-29T18:33:00.000-06:00

Rest assured, none of the Poison Arrows, will ever wear leather pants. Make sure you read the Q&A at the bottom of the listing.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8335653541

Okay - maybe Justin will...at some point...but that shit better not be assless, and he better have the matching vest and dick-duster mustache to complete the look.

The Pile for today, November 29th, 2005:
Can "Monster Movie"
Sunn O))) "Black One"
Calexico "Garden Ruin"
Blood On The Wall "Awesomer"
The Darkness "One Way Ticket To Hell...and Back"
Pearls and Brass "Indian Tower"
Kate Bush "Aerial"
Jens Lekman "Oh You're So Silent Jens"
Galaxie 500 "Peel Sessions"

Happy Birthday, Kris-
A

Monday, day of all days.

2005-11-21T15:50:00.000-06:00

PILE of all PILES. Stop whatever you're doing, and remember Link Wray.

Ciaro Gang / live show, as yet unseen, but it'll be good, trust me
Good Morning / new demos
Vashti Bunyan / Lookaftering
Bartenders' Bible / new demos
Quasi / When The Going Gets Dark - upcoming 2006 album
The Zippers / Ball Bustin' Woman
Vibrators / Pure Mania
The Who / A Quick One While He's Away

Man Among Men,
A

"Nothing takes the taste out of a peanut butter sandwich quite like unrequited love."

2005-11-18T19:15:00.000-06:00

Nov 14-18 -->

2005-11-18T17:14:00.000-06:00

too much black ?

1. Zombi - Cosmos
2. Black Flag - In My Head
3. Black Flag - Live '84
4. Slayer - God Hates Us All
5. Wendy Carlos - Switched on Brandenberg
6. Hot Snakes - Audit In Progress
7. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
8. Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
9. Black Taj - Demos and album
10. The Replacements - Don't Tell A Soul
11. Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum
12. Led Zeppelin - Presence
13, Deerhoof - Apple O'
14. For Carnation - s/t
15. Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
16. Brainiac - Electro-Shock For President
17. TRS-80 - Mr. Kickass
18. TRS-80 - Manhattan Love Machine

Lord PILE Almighty - November 17th.

2005-11-17T17:02:00.000-06:00

Concerned about the afterlife? Kirk Cameron (he, of the TV show Growing Pains) can help you figure it out. He's an expert, and not as simple his curly-haired good looks would lead you to believe.. Click this link, and experience the glory of heaven, or the bliss of hell:

http://www.wayofthemaster.com

While you ponder your mortality and the vastnest of eternity, gaze on this PILE:

Q65 / Revival
Red Red Meat / Bunny Gets Paid
The Move / A Message From the Country
Lichens / The Psychic Nature of Being
Gris Gris / For The Season
Dump / A Grown-Ass Man
The Monkees / Head (soundtrack)
The Reigning Sound / Too Much Guitar
The Victims / Television Addict
Stereo Total / Juke-Box Alarm
The Fix / early 7"s
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Boo Hoo Hoo Boo
Warsaw / s/t

Thine be the glory,
A

Friday's PILE November 11th

2005-11-11T16:58:00.000-06:00

Say Hey Snappy Kakkie:

10. Waitin' For The Bus
9. Just Got Paid
8. Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
7. Avalon Highway
6. I Heard It On The X
5. Arrested For Driving While Blind
4. Enjoy and Get It On
3. Precious and Grace
2. It's Only Love
1. Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings

the best song title, for a song as yet unwritten, that I've heard in a long, long while:
"I Love You More Than Speeding Bullets"

a

audio this week

2005-11-11T11:53:00.000-06:00

Ted Leo + The Pharmacists - live
Sweep The Leg Johnny - reunion live
These Arms Are Snakes - live
Neil Diamond - 12 Songs
The Beastie Boys - Solid Gold Hits
Supersystem - Miracle 12"
Year Future - s/t EP and Hidden Hand EP
Poison Idea - Feel The Darkness
Airborn Audio - Good Fortune
Starflyer 69 - ??
Saxon Shore - new album?
DJ Shadow - Preemptive Strike Disc 2
A Frames - 2 and Black Forest
Monorchid - Let them Eat Monorchid
Microphones - The Glow Part II
Isaac Hayes - Ultimate Isaac Hayes: Can You Dig It?
David Axelrod: The Edge: David Axelrod at Capitol Records 1966-1970

210839,1751240

2005-11-10T18:41:00.000-06:00

a different PILE for Nov 10th

2005-11-10T15:48:00.000-06:00

Here are some good yacht-rock bands:

Toto
Rupert Holmes (the "Pina Colada" song)
Chicago
Starland Vocal Band
The Eagles
Dan Hill ("Sometimes When We Touch" song)
Pure Prairie League
Journey
Captain & Tennille
Stephen Bishop ("On and On" song)
Hall & Oates
Ambrosia ("How Much I Feel" song)
Christopher Cross
The Little River Band
Poco
Michael McDonald
Loggins & Messina
Loggins (solo)
Messina (solo)
Dan Folgelberg
10cc
all of which are trumped by the dark lords of yacht-rock, Air Supply.

by good, I mean, absolutely reprehensible. ouch.
a

Sock it to me biscuit, the PILE (Nov. 9th)

2005-11-09T14:25:00.000-06:00

Okay, the gloves are officially off since someone's gotta edubicate you -
This PILE is dedicated to the teeming and teething and the sadly naive:

10. Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter
9. What You See (Is What You Get)
8. Young and Dumb
7. Nutbush City Limits
6. The Acid Queen
5. River Deep, Mountain High
4. I Idolize You
3. Too Much Woman (For a Henpecked Man)
2. Contact High
1. Bold Soul Sister

I refuse to believe we live in a world in which young people live freely, without a knowledge of Ike and Tina. Simply put, this will not do. Do your research youngsters, do your research. Or Ike will kick you in the ribs after he slaps you to the floor.
A

The "Tuesday's Gone" PILE for today, November 8th

2005-11-08T16:15:00.000-06:00

Ruby Tuesdays,

The best BIG BLACK SONGS, for todays pile:

10. "I Can Be Killed"
9. "Pete, King of the Detectives"
8. "Kitty Empire"
7. "Pigeon Kill"
6. "The Crack Up"
5. "The Ugly American"
4. "Texas"
3. "Precious Thing
2. "Cables"
1. "Every Man For Himself"

"I'm totally fucking awesome" (yes, this is a direct quote, - no, it's not something I said),
a

PILE (Monday, Nov 7th 2005)

2005-11-07T16:13:00.000-06:00

let's see...today...right....

The Seconds - new 5RC CD to be released 2006
Joe Tex - "I Gotcha"
The Lost Generation - "The Sly, The Sick and The Wicked"
Pearls and Brass - new Drag City LP to be released 2006
Sigur Ros - "Takk"
Bob Dylan - "Desire"
Papa M - "Whatever, Mortal"
Black Flag - "Slip It In"
Shellac - Peel Sessions (from 1994)
The Fall - "Hex Induction Hour"
August Born - "s/t"
Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy - "The Brave and The Bold"
Howlin' Wolf - "This is Howlin' Wolf's Electric LP"
Laura Lee - "Women's Love Rights"
Goon Moon - "I Got A Brand New Egg Layin' Machine"
Ike & Tina Turner - "Come Together"
Calexico - "The Book and the Canal" - 2006 Tour EP & 6 new songs from 2006 LP
Oval - "Dok"
Deerhoof - "Apple O"
Richard Thompson - "Night Comes In" from "Pour Down Like Silver" LP

Area Man busts his ass all day, and for what?
A

Ich bin so wild nach deinem Erdbeermund

2005-11-04T22:21:00.000-06:00

the PILE remembered Novemeber 4th

2005-11-04T15:39:00.000-06:00

The PILE, as it was for November 4th:

Dean Martin - "The Essential Dean Martin"
The Kinks - "Arthur - or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire"
Joanna Newsom - "The Milk-Eyed Mender"
Jeff Simmons - "Lucille (Has Messed My Mind Up)"
Zen Guerrilla - "Positronic Raygun"
The Boomtown Rats - "s/t"
Hannibal - "The Mighty Hannibal"
The Minutemen - "Double Nickles On The Dime"
ZZ Top - "Tres Hombres"
The 90 Day Men - "Panda Park"
Queens of The Stone Age - "Songs For The Deaf"

and a great song title for a song, as yet unwritten:
"Waitin' For 'Waitin' For The Bus' All Day"

That's amore,
a

Nov 3, 2005 --> 9 to 5 + band name 4 day

2005-11-03T18:21:00.000-06:00

theme proclaimed early in the day by proximitor sara tolbert - rock music

1. Turks - demo
2. Naked Raygun - All Rise
3. Early Man - Closing In
4. Arab Strap - three tracks from The Last Romance
5. Ester Drang - Rocinate
6. Girls Against Boys - You Can't Fight What You Can't See
7. Tara Jane O'Neil - In The Sun Lines

band name = Celery Wig

November 3rd's hefty PILE

2005-11-03T14:35:00.000-06:00

Funny that Arab Strap was on your list yesterday. Kinda creepy, but mainly funny.
The heap for today:

Arab Strap - "Philophobia"
The Bonniwell Music Machine "Beyond The Garage"
ZZ Top - "Fandango" (side 2 only)
Iggy Pop - "The Idiot"
Eddie Bo "The Hook and Sling"
Unwound "Repetition"
Yo La Tengo "Painful"
18th Dye - "Tribute To A Bus"
Paul McCartney - "Ram"
Alice Cooper - "Killer"
Hurl "All The Lines Have Been Erased" (from "Not A Memory" LP)
A.D.U.L.T. - "Gimme Trouble"
Mekons "Devils, Rats & Piggies - A Message From Godzilla"
Battles "C EP"
The Stranglers "Rattus Norvegious"
GVSB - "Cruise Yourself"
Richard Lloyd "Get Off Of My Cloud" single
Ian Dury "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" single

Adjust it,
a

November 2, 2005 -> 9 to 5

2005-11-02T18:04:00.000-06:00

1. Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower
2. Arab Strap - Monday at the Hug & Pint
3. The National - Alligator
4. Dalek - Absense
5. Crooked Fingers - Red Devil Dawn
6. Long Hind Legs - Long Hind Legs
7. DJ? Acucrack - Maiko vs. Geist

November 2nd - the PILE

2005-11-02T17:32:00.000-06:00

The iPod, what a gift from the heavens. Here's the shit it shat today:

Terry Callier - "Occasional Rain"
Smog - "Dongs Of Sevotion"
Wooden Wand "Harem of the Sundrum & The Witness Figg"
Metal Hearts - "Socialize"
The Clean - "Modern Rock"
Sparks - "Komono My House"
British Whale - "This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both of Us" single
Tony Joe White - "Groupy Girl" single (this was played many, many, many times)
Enon - "High Society"
New York Dolls - "Too Much Too Soon"
Blight - "EP" & some unreleased bonus tracks
The Move - "Shazaam"
Slayer - "Reign In Blood"

Darkest regards,
-a

November 1, 2005 --> 9 to 5

2005-11-01T17:44:00.000-06:00

got a bunch of CD's in the mail last night:

1. Film School - S/T
2. Magnetophone - "The Man Who Ate The Man"
3. Franklin Delano - LP2 demos
4. Purple City - "Paris to Purple City"
5. "Think Differently Music - Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture"
6. Dr. Israel - "Dreadtone International - Patterns of War"
7. 10 Ft. Ganja Plant - "Bass Chalice"
8. Bush Chemists - "Raw Raw Dub"
9. Red Eyed Legends - mixes from upcoming 06 album

November 1st "daily pile"

2005-11-01T13:05:00.000-06:00

General,

You have a grand idea running here....and to add to, counter balance, or whatever - here's my "daily pile" for November 1st, 2005:

Karp "Self-Titled"
Shannon Wright & Yann Tiersen "s/t"
Neil Young "On The Beach"
Silver Jews "Tanglewood Numbers"
Antelope "ep" & "Crowns/The Flock ep"
The Jaggerz "We Went To Different Schools Together"
Gris Gris "The Gris Gris"
Parish School "Alikeness"
The Cramps "Bad Songs For Bad People"
Early Man "Closing In"
Delta 5 "Singles and Sessions 1979-1981"
Killing Joke "s/t"
Tight Phantomz "Nightfool ep"
Polvo "This Eclipse"
Chris Bell "I Am The Cosmos"
Fela Kuti "Shakara / London Scene"

-a

October 27 + 31, 2005 --> 9 to 5 Listening

2005-10-31T17:52:00.000-06:00

was traveling the days in between.. can't remember what i listened to then.

October 27
1. KUSF - online radio
2. The National - Alligator
3. Tom Vek - We Have Sound
4. New Salt - ?? - a new project w/ Geoff Farina
5. The Germs - The Complete Germs
6. Zu - The Way of the Animal Powers
7. Headphones - S/T

October 31
1. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Take Them On, On Your Own
2. Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
3. Blizzart - Eardrung
4. Melk and the g6-49 - Glossolalia
5. XN - Ideas without Numbers
6. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
7. Roman Numerals - new cd
8. The Books - Lost and Safe
9. Egyptian Lover - tracks Girls and My Beat Goes Boom
10. Airborn Audio - Good Fortune
11. Anti Pop Consortium - Arrythmia
12. Aphex Twin - 26 Mixes for Cash (Disc 2)

Weds October 26, 2005 --> 9 to 5 listening

2005-10-26T16:52:00.000-05:00

i'm going to try to do this regularly - we'll see what happens

1. Lungfish - Love is Love
2. Lungfish - Sound in Time
3. Calexico - part of new album for 2006
4. Euphone - The Calendar of Unlucky Days
5. Calla - Collisions
6. Autolux - S/T
7. Violent Femmes - S/T