RIP, Ronnie James Dio.  Here's his explanation for the origin of the devil's horns, which he's often credited with first bringing into the metal arena.  Must say his pre metal days are pretty surprising.   Rest well, Elf!  \m/


Howdy!  I actually spent a whole lotta cash on two Neil Young / Bert Jansch tickets a few weeks ago.  Insane.  I swore I'd never be that guy, but timeliness, this and the fact that it's happening here convinced me that it's now or never.  See ya there.  Also had fun at the Hair Police  / Awesome Color / Hawk Vs. Dove concert the other night.  Finally got my Wolf Eyes cherry popped (almost)!  Mike Connelley rawks!  Hope he and the boys comes back to Tejas soon.  Bought some rad merch from the table, more on that later.  Was also happy to score a new vinyl issue of Mainliner's Mainliner Sonic (Assomer) at the Acid Mothers Temple/OGOD gig just before that.  Mainliner is of course one of the all time great blown amp fuzz punk noise bands to come out of the PSF scene, and I think this is the first time Mainliner Sonic has been available on vinyl, clear in this case.  Looks like I blew my own no new records in 2010 challenge.  Come back, Asahito Nanjo!  The world neeeeds yooouuuuu!


Thanks to fellow Womblifer T-boz for pointing out this neat little trick.  It would appear Sunn O))) actually does have a sense of humor.  I've maintained from the start that Spinal Tap was a huge influence, live if nothing else, so the similarities found here seem to be definitely more than just coincidental.  You only need to hear the first 45 secs or so of the Sunn O))) clip to get the gist...

and on to The 'Tap...




Also, a quick shout-out to old friends, The Green Pajamas, for doing the right thing and releasing the digital single, "The Red, Red Rose (Song for Phoebe Prince)," a remarkably heartfelt tribute and memorial to Phoebe Prince, whose story is really too sad to bear, but you've probably heard it by now anyway.  The evils of bullying and victimization have been a subject close to my heart for many years.  It's good to know it's close to Jeff Kelly and Laura Weller's as well.  Here's the story from Blurt, and the song...