v/a - the doom generation / nowhere movie soundtracks

THE DOOM GENERATION
label: def jam
released: 1995

NOWHERE
label: polygram records
released: 1997

the 90s had all of the best soundtracks.
true story.
both the movies and soundtracks get 90s all over your ass.

sure.
we've all seen KIDS.
and KIDS taught us "buttahscotch,yo."
and it showed us what it was like to be all sweaty and wander around new york and whatnot.

but gregg araki gave us "eat my fuck." and gave us another use for soup cans and what it's like to party with gibby haynes and a reason to buy anything just as long as the total price added up $6.66 and a kafkaesque transformation and jack tripper as a televangelist and and and and....

well.
you're just going to have to see the movies if you haven't already.

THE DOOM GENERATION
1 - intro
2 - curve - on the wheel
3 - love and rockets - this heaven
4 - cocteau twins - summerblink
5 - the wolfgang press - christianity (the adrian sherwood mix)
6 - meatbeat manifesto - paradise now (remix)
7 - the verve - already there
8 - the jesus and mary chain - penetration
9 - mc 900 ft. jesus - but if you go
10 - lush - undertow (the spooky mix)
11 - babyland - double coupon
12 - medicine - slut
13 - pizzicato five - groovy is my name
14 - extra fancy - violator
15 - slowdive - blue skied an' clear
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NOWHERE
1 - intro
2 - 311 - freak out
3 - radiohead - how can you be sure
4 - elastica - in the city
5 - hole - dicknail
6 - the chemical brothers - life is sweet (daft punk remix)
7 - massive attack - daydreaming (blacksmith remix)
8 - coco and the bean - killing time (qureysh - eh1 remix)
9 - catherine wheel - intravenous
10 - curve - nowhere
11 - lush - i have the moon
12 - ruby - flippin' the bird (ceasefire remix)
13 - james - thursday treatments
14 - chuck d - generation wrekkked (danny saber rock remix)
15 - marilyn manson - kiddie grinder (remix)
16 - suede - trash

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will haven - el diablo

label: crisis records/revelation records
released: 1997

a friend of mine once posed the question "why are will haven so awesome?".
and my answer was "because EL DIABLO. that's why.".

my first exposure to this band was via some random sampler cd that came with some random magazine i'd just decided to randomly pick up. i'm pretty sure it was because of the sampler cd. it was the song "stick up kid". i was sold. and it just so happened that the music store i'd always go into at the mall had a few copies of it. and that store was disc jockey if'n you're curious. malls used to be a fun place to hang out. disc jockey. musicland. waldenbooks. spencers. that santa guy. hot chicks named kelly.

but i digress.....

if you've ever found yourself listening to anything off of the first 2 deftones albums and thought "yeah. this is pretty good." or you like a little unsane or early neurosis or vision of disorder or....

you're sold?
already?
i was totally prepared to mention the band the abominable iron sloth.
hmmmmmmmmm.
well now that it's been brought up....
they share members with will haven.
current guitarist jeff irwin.
current drummer mitch wheeler.
so if you enjoy yourself some of that as well you're in for a treat,kid.

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v/a - definitely not the majors: a bush league records compilation

label: bush league records
released: 1997

hey kid.
you look like you like stuff?
do you like stuff,kid?
yeah you do.
you have that look.
and you're wearing a t-shirt that says "i like stuff".
your gram gram bought that for you?
sounds like her.
what?
do i know her?
why would i know your gram gram?
but the next time you see her tell her that i loved the pie and that i'll wash up the tin and bring it back to her soon.
so.
stuff.
bloodlet.
coalesce.
nora.
starkweather.
is that the sort of stuff you like?
this is the sort of stuff you like.
yeah.
and no.
there isn't any pie left.
and now i'm going to have to ask you to get off of my porch.

1 - bloodlet - whitney
2 - coalesce - a disgust for details
3 - i.d.k. - underground man
4 - ascension - clayden
5 - son of abraham - what brings the may flowers? (demo version)
6 - gehenna - covet thy crown
7 - backlash - search
8 - buzzkill - down and out
9 - nora - ugly
10 - pay neuter - what right?
11 - earthmover - libertas pugilis
12 - indecision - sharpener
13 - pacifier - hate crime
14 - as darkness falls - something here
15 - compression - slaughter bench
16 - catharsis - against them all
17 - starkweather - hushabye and goodnight

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stnnng - fake fake

label: modern radio record label
released: 2006

STNNNG are a band from minneapolis,mn.
and by this time next week they'll known as "they were from minneapolis,mn."
they're playing their last show this coming saturday.
they're playing with oxbow and a band called RYLR (who are one of them instrumental bands from chicago,il that sound like pelican. and that's because pelican's guitarist is a member of the band. really? you need to be told who oxbow are? and you've been coming around here for how long? tell you what. the best way to find that out is to go to one of their shows and look for a guy named eugene. he'll be pretty easy to spot. he'll the the one on stage holding the microphone in his underwear. he'll be glad to answer whatever questions you'll have. but he'll only answer them if you try talking to him while he's doing his thing. good luck.)

but STNNG.
the best way to describe their music is that it sounds so tight that it appears to be falling apart.
and i know that it's the best way because i said that.
yeah.
intrigued?
you should be.
not really?
if you like bands with names like: the jesus lizard and helmet and at the drive in and pissed jeans and like the partridge family but from texas (aka the butthole surfers)....
should i stop there?
i'll stop there.
keep rowing.

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the dillinger escape plan/drowningman - split

label: hydra head records
released: 1999

the first time i'd heard the dillinger ecscape plan was via a relapse records sampler. it was the song "the mullet burden". and i immediately placed an order for the album it came from. it was the UNDER THE RUNNING BOARD ep.

"but this song is from the CALCULATING INFINITY alb-"

yes.
i'm aware of this.
nerd.

where was i?

i'd sent away from the UNDER THE RUNNING BOARD ep. and when it came in the mail i ripped the cellophane off and put it into the stereo. it opens with "the mullet burden" so i already kinda sorta knew what to expect. or so i thought. over the next 2 songs i found myself thinking "what the fuck is this band?! where the fuck did they come from?!". and the cat i'd had at the time was thinking the same thing. she sat perched in the window next to where the stereo was and was chattering and clawing at the screen and frantically roamed back and forth. yeah. i'm pretty sure that it was trying to get at the birds out on the grass (my apartment was in the basement) but it fit what was going on musically. i listened to those 3 songs all the time. roughly 8 minutes of chaotic precision. anytime i'd play it when friends were over they just didn't get it. my cat and i would always look at each other and exchange a knowing "yeah. totally." head nod. that cat got it,man. well. either that or she was hungry. and then i purchased their SELF-TITLED album. and as i listened to that i found myself thinking "what the fuck happened to this band?! it's almost not the same band. it is but it isn't.". it was like listening to a record and then realizing that you haven't had it on the correct speed the entire time and then fixed it. what does that mean? i don't know. the song "monticello" provided me with my first email address: devil_in_a_3_piece_suit@hotmail.

and then came the CALCULATING INFINITY.
and that's a whole other whatthefuckishappening?!.
also: if you have a band that's looking for a drummer you should make this potential drummer play along with "calculating infinity" (the song. not the album.) as a test. you know what i'm talking about.

yeah.
i'm sure we all remember where we were the first time we'd heard the dillinger escape plan.

and i'm just going to say this: they should've called it a day after IRONY IS A DEAD SCENE.
don't worry.
i'm not going to do what everyone thinks i'm going to do and go off on some rant.
this is what they sounded before they became the band that launched a thousand third rate versions (that are not doing it better than them).
now i'm done.

fun fact: the album art was done by david lynch. yeah. that david lynch.

oh yeah.
drowningman are here as well.
they're ok.

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v/a - nasty habits: live on 88.9 wers

label: corrosive recordings
released: 2002

back in the earlier part of the 90s i'd been living in iowa. just outside of davenport. you may remember me making references to a radio show i'd listen to back then called OFF THE BEATEN TRACK. it's pretty much the SHINY GREY MONOTONE origin story. back then the radio was somewhat worth listening to. and on this particular evening (it was a friday) it was about 11:00 and i was hanging out down on the left side of the dial. just scanning along. and then i came across the slightest hint of a death metal grunt through some static. i listened closely. i even squinted my eyes. and there it was. cannibal corpse. cannibal fucking corpse on the radio. and i fiddled and fiddled and fiddled with the dial until things came in a bit more clearer. and then came danzig. and then came carcass. and then came slayer. it turns out that i'd happened upon a show being broadcast out of st. ambrose university in davenport. and the show was either called BEDSLAM or BEDLAM. i'm not really sure. though i like the BEDSLAM assumption better. this was the sort of station that the weather dictated. depending on how clear it was outside and whatnot. so i'd started tuning into that as well. friday night belonged to BEDSLAM/BEDLAM and sunday night belonged to OFF THE BEATEN TRACK.

funny story: you were able to call in and make requests and if they had it AND it was deemed proper by the FCC it would get played. which is funny that the first thing i'd heard out of them was "hammer smashed face" by cannibal corpse. and on this particular night i'd become fixated on danzig's LUCIFUGE album (as you all should be) and i was calling in multiple requests for songs off of it. and they played every single one. after the fourth request the dj was making mention of the upcoming songs and whatnot and was all like "and here's another danzig. he must be sitting at home bored.". good times.

funny story II: this one involves OFF THE BEATEN TRACK. i was calling in to make a request but was trying to remain quiet enough as to not be neard by anyone else in the house. i'd requested a white zombie song (i can't remember which though it was more than likely something off of LA SEXORCISTO.). i hadn't said it loudly enough for the person on the other end of the phone. "no. we don't have any white slavery.". so i said "i should hope not." and hung up as i didn't know what to say after all that. good times.

yeah.
the radio used to be fun to hang around with.

this is a compilation of music performed by bands on the radio.
this station coming out of emerson college in boston,ma.

1 - haste - two final words
2 - origin - lethal manipulation
3 - eighteen visions - she's a movie produced masterpiece
4 - shadows fall - of one blood
5 - knut - el nino
6 - cephalic carnage - invertus indica
7 - unearth - one step away
8 - god forbid - amendment
9 - poison the well - nerdy
10 - all that remains - from these wounds
11 - candiria - mathematics
12 - killswitch engage - numbered days
13 - the dillinger escape plan - cleopatra's sling
14 - unlisted cephalic carnage track

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beck - beercan

label: DGC
released: 1994

once upon a time i'd been at a friend's house. i'd known he and his family for quite awhile. they always invited me over for thanksgiving and whatnot. i had a crush on his sister. he and i had similar tastes in music. i used to make multiple mixtapes because why not. he was always a recipient of one of them. i'd once made a tape of nothing but the bands brutal truth and clutch. it was a 60 minute tape. one side was all brutal truth. one side was all clutch. and i'd titled it....get ready for it because it's pure comedy gold: A BRUTAL CLUTCH. see what i did there? of course you do. during 99.9% of my visits to my friend always involved me smoking pot. i know. i'm a disappointment. the only downfall to doing that while there was it always meant that i had to walk home that way. he lived on one side of town and i was on the other. don't get me wrong. the walk was fine. on any other day it would've taken me about 20 minutes to get there. but on the other days it seemed as if it took me 3 days to get home. and i'd always walk with a walkman. yeah. those were the daze,man. listening to music was something that i'd like to do while high. i'd even gotten a special pair of headphones for just that occasion. they covered my entire ear. so i'd be walking along and then i'd see the bridge. the problem was that once i saw the bridge it took forever to reach it. and then once i was on it it took just as long to get to the other side. and then i was at the halfway point. and then there was the walgreens i'd walk by and always be tempted to go into because some hawaiian punch and some plain m&ms always sounded amazing at the time. but i was high. i was high out in public. and that's something that i didn't really like to be. and then i'd start to talk the urges down with the thoughts of the food i had at home. i was never really sure if it was all in my head or i was saying all of this out loud. that would explain the looks i'd be getting. they were either says "you're right. a microwaved burrito sandwich does sound good." or "what did we tell you about being around people? didn't you get the memo? i'm going to have to talk to roger again! fucking new guy! can't do anything! he only got that job as a favor to his mother!". i don't know what it was because of the headphones and all. so i'd finally made it home and found all of the foods i'd wanted and took everything to the couch. and there i sat. still with the headphones on. i'd been listening to side b of beck's MELLOW GOLD. "mutherfuker" was my jam.

and suddenly BAM! i was jolted awake.
and i'd slid off the couch and onto the floor.
fucking noise was everyfuckingwhere.
you know that one scene in BACK TO THE FUTURE where marty puts those headphones on his sleeping (SPOILER ALERT!) dad's ears and plays music because he'd wanted him to think he was from the future?
yeah.
exactly like that.
i'd fallen asleep.

some of you may not know what i'm talking about.
if you were to play the cassette tape version of MELLOW GOLD there's an unlisted track of noise and whatnot after a period of blank space after the last song.
that sort of thing doesn't happen here.
you're safe.

i should also take this point in time to mention that the same sort of thing happens on nirvana's NEVERMIND.
and it goes by the name "endless,nameless".

so don't make the same mistake i did.
this has been a public servie announcement.
thank you for listening.

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scrotum grinder - the greatest sonic abomination ever

label: prank
released 2001

once upon a time i was living in a town called brandon located in florida. it's just outside of tampa. one day i was wandering around 1 of the 3 places my roommates knew where to find me if'n they needed to as i didn't have a cellphone at the time. and just in case you're curious:
1: the record store i was currently in. i can't remember its name.
2: the record store down the street from where i was living (aka SOUND IDEA).
3: the barnes & noble
as i was wandering about the aisles i came to a stop in front of an album by a band named scrotum grinder. i had never heard of them before. and i paid the $6 for the album on the name alone. 2 days later i bought the album on vinyl at SOUND IDEA. folks got tired of always having to hear the cd getting played in my van (i was going between this album and BURN,PIANO ISLAND,BURN by the blood brothers for awhile there).
the band had an angry female as a vocalist.
that sort of thing is in my wheelhouse.
i came to find out that the band was from tampa but had been broken up for a bit. and then i came to find out that they were reforming to play a day long show at the SOUND IDEA. and i had to fucking be there. i HAD to fucking be there. but apparently when you ask for a day off before the schedule at a job even gets made doesn't mean you'll get it. not even if you're all like "seriously,doug. i need that day off. need. that.day.off." and he shakes his head as if stating "ok. i get it. now get back to work. those dishes aren't going to wash themselves.".

they have links to bands with names like:
memento mori
failure face
no statik
hankshaw
assuck

but enough with all of that.
if you dig bands like kill the man who questions or early kylesa or guyana punch line or robot has werewolf hand or damad or combatwoundedveteran....
that is if you've even heard of any of them.
you have?
wanna get together and hangout sometime or something?
don't worry.
my parents will be there the entire time.
they're legally obligated to not leave me at home alone anymore.

and if'n this sort of thing interests you....
there's a slapshot cover.

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the smashing pumpkins - 8.14.93 - metro - chicago,il

once upon a time i had a friend that was convinced that i'd stuck his smashing pumpkins THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH box set down the front of my pants and walked out of his house with it.

it's 5 discs inside of something that would make a pretty sweet looking lunchbox (in my opinion). it would be the sort of lunchbox that would make you the envy of everyone else in the break room. and there you'd be. just sitting there at the table with your peanut butter and jelly sandwich and your little bag of chips and your yoohoo drink box all spread out in front of you. and of coure you'd be sitting there with your face buried in the ARTS section of the newspaper. that's just who you are. and as you were putting the paper down in order for you to finish up your yoohoo drink box you notice that claire is standing next to your table. you look at her. she looks at you. and for some reason she's wearing thigh-high lace up doc martens and fishnet stockings and a red/black plaid skirt and an iron maiden KILLERS t-shirt and her hair is up in a ponytail. you look at her. she looks at you. and before you can open your mouth to say anything she's in your lap. and all you can manage to get out is "do you want some of my drink bo-" she says "despite all our rage we're all just rats in a cage."

and then you wake up.
you're in your bedroom in your bed with your significant other breathing heavily on the other side.
you look at the clock.
you still have 3 hours before you have to get up.
you're going to have to figure out a way to slip quietly out of bed and into the bathroom so you can change your pajama pants and then back into bed without waking anyone up.
this is the fourth time this week.
you're going to have to say that you weren't able to make it to the bathroom in time.
again.
and then more awkward eye contact.
and then more "maybe we should call a doctor" talk.
why does this keep happening?
if only we were able to get 2 beds.
television shows in the 1950's had it right.
you could eat all of the chips you wanted to in bed.
there could be chip parties.

and then you wake up.
you're in your bedroom in your bed with your significant other breathing heavily on the other side.
you look at the clock.
you still have 3 hours before you have to get up.
you're going to have to figure out a way to slip quietly out of bed and into the bathroom so you can change your pajama pants and then back into bed without waking anyone up.
this is the fourth time this week.
you're going to have to say that you weren't able to make it to the bathroom in time.
again.
and then more awkward eye contact.
and then more "maybe we should call a doctor" talk.
why does this keep happening?

this is the record release show for the SIAMESE DREAM album.

and here's another fun fact: that same friend accused me of stealing his metallica LIVE SHIT: BINGE & PURGE box set. and this leads me to suspect that he was staring at my crotchal region a little bit. maybe he was thinking about buying me a new pair of pants. who knows. but he never bought me a new pair of pants. friends. who needs 'em? am i right? you wanna go pants shopping sometime?

1 - rocket
2 - quiet
3 - today
4 - rhinoceros
5 - geek u.s.a.
6 - soma
7 - i am one
8 - disarm
9 - spaceboy
10 - starla
11 - cherub rock
12 - bury me
13 - hummer
14 - siva
15 - mayonaise
16 - drown
17 - silverfuck

Pt. 1
Pt. 2

pailhead - trait

label: wax trax! records
released: 1993

ian mackaye and fugazi had just released their SELF-TITLED ep.
al jourgensen and ministry had just released THE LAND OF RAPE AND HONEY.
this pulls a little something from each.

so al and ian are sitting in the studio just taking a break between songs.
al looked as if he were going to slide a bottle containing a brown liquid across the table towards ian.
they both lock eyes.
ian slides closer to the table.
al slides closer to the table.
eyes locked.
the tension is palpable
"i will refuse." ian says.
and then they both crack up.*

*=this may or may not have happened

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