Monday, April 7, 2025

Peter Laughner - Ain't It Fun


All of this comes out of the nexus of Rocket from the Tombs, the Dead Boys, Pere Ubu, and Peter Laughner. I love this kind of fuck you attitude, loose, spongy, baggy, raggedy man and spontaneous. 

Dying young is a privilege and an honor. It takes a combination of luck and guts. Rocket from the Tombs will never die. They will always be a part of our cultural patrimony. I sincerely hope that Peter gets through forever on their coattails. Ubu is still delivering echoes of Peter's attitude. I thank everyone involved for their enormous efforts. Fellows and girls, I love your work. 

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Lou Reed & John Cale - A Dream


Cats die with class. They know it when it's time, and they walk their range looking for the perfect spot to die in. The time comes and they go to their hidden spot and lay down and then, they're gone. Very different for humans. We must be wired to fight it, or maybe find some importance. But there isn't any. No more than the cats. This song sums it up. We live too long and we become a nullity. We become invisible. We are reduced to a fading photograph, even to ourselves. I wish that I had died young.