That's what I was thinking. The life expectancy for drag queens seems so painfully short.

I love that band, I really do. They changed my life! It would've been great to see them in their heyday, but unfortunately I was a toddler at the time. At least there are some cool videos on Youtube.

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LOVE that album. It is in my record collection.

I just finished listening to the song and was going to end up listening to the full album no matter what you said. It was a silly question that came out because I got excited.

Have you listened to Harmonia? (Cluster + guitarist from Neu)

Thanks. I do like Cluster quite a bit.

EDIT: Are you recommending the full album, or just the song?

Hey, I listened to that album yesterday too!

haha no.

sounds cool.

And if you want to know more about the Los Angeles scene, there is a similar book called We've Got the Neutron Bomb. I think Please Kill Me is a better book, though.

EDIT: I really enjoy oral history books and subcultures, so if anyone has any recommendations, I'd greatly appreciate them!

I am the same way, I don't really have a favorite album. Lately I've been getting pretty into experimental german stuff from the 70s (especially Neu, CAN, Popol Vuh, and Cluster), Sonic Youth's SYR series, and Sun Ra.

That said, three albums that made a big impact on my life are the first Meat Puppets album, Gluey Porch Treatments by Melvins, and Kleenex/LiLiPut.

Rembrandt Pussyhorse by Butthole Surfers deserves an honorable mention, especially if the songs from the Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis songs are included.

I am not really into making lists and any conversation I have about my "favorite" albums tends to get pretty incoherent pretty fucking fast.

"Little Johnny Jewel" was the first punk rock record that Greg Ginn (Black Flag) owned. The importance of Television really cannot be understated.

For anyone interested in learning more about this period, I highly suggest reading Please Kill Me by McNeill and McCain. It is an oral history that covers this scene amazingly well. Lots of interesting stories.

It was the first album I listened to this morning. Out of curiosity, what are the other two in your top 3?

Damn. That guy came up with such interesting guitar parts.

The west is run by politicians, many of whom are working for religious leaders and various religious groups. There is a growing Christian Nationalist movement in the west that has infiltrated our government.

People are complaining about being inconvenienced by protests... do they think that the effects of climate change won't bring maybe a modicum of inconvenience?

Everything is done for short term gains with no concern for long term consequences. I hope that people start taking this seriously, but I am also concerned that we've already crossed an event horizon of sorts.