“The shadow that stood by the side of the road, always reminds me of you” - Joy Division “Komakino” RIP Ian Curtis 1956-1980
I was going to go with King Diamond’s “No Presents For Christmas”, but this is all the Christmas you’ll get out of me. Merry to those who celebrate.
2011 Picks
Might as well since there’s only a month left to 2011 these are my record picks. Haven’t quite yet picked my favorite concerts of the year with the exception of seeing Prince back in May at the Great Western Forum: 
Atari Teenage Riot “Is This Hyperreal?” 
Beth Ditto S/T 4 Song EP
Bjork “Biophilia”
The Black Belles S/T
Boots Electric “Honkey Kong”
Boris “Attention Please”
Crosses EP
Devildriver “Beast”
Doctor Midnight And The Mercy Cult “I Declare: Treason”
Frank Ocean “Nostalgia, Ultra”
Glassjaw “Coloring Book” 
Hank III “Ghost To A Ghost/Guttertown”
Idol And The Whip “Heavy Sleeper”
Ill Bill & Vinnie Paz “Heavy Metal Kings”
Invasionen “Arvegods”
Kasabian “Velociraptor!”
The Kills “Blood Pressures”
Machine Head “Unto The Locust”
Mariachi El Bronx II
Mastodon “The Hunter” 
Most Precious Blood “Do Not Resuscitate” 
PJ Harvey “Let England Shake”
Premonition 13 “13”
The Raveonettes “Raven in The Grave”
Red Fang “Murder The Mountains”
Rival Schools “Pedals”
The Sounds “Something To Die For”
Thrice “Major/Minor”
Times of Grace “The Hymn of a Broken Man”
Today is The Day “Pain is a Warning”
Unearth “Darkness in The Light”
The Weeknd “House of Balloons”
The Weeknd “Thursday”
Will Haven “Voir Dire”
Wu-Tang Clan “Legendary Weapons”
Essential Bjork
In honor of her birthday I felt the need to dig through all my Bjork and The Sugarcubes collection and compile this sweet playlist. I’ve loved Bjork since I was a small lass on the playground. One day I was watching MTV and the video for The Sugarcubes “Hit” and I was quite fascinated with this woman being very child and cartoon character-like and I wanted to be her when I grow up. Her songs and also The Sugarcubes song have this reminiscences of being the bastard stepchild of what could’ve been in a Disney movie, or her very own strange fairy tales. Everything about her is eccentric, different, and beautiful.
The Sugarcubes:
“Delicious Demon” - “Life’s Too Good” 1988
“Sick For Toys” - “Life’s Too Good” 1988
“Eat The Menu” - “Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week!”
“Dark Disco” - “Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week!”
“I’m Hungry” - ”Stick Around For Joy” 1992
“Chihuahua” - ”Stick Around For Joy” 1992
Solo:
“Alta Mirra” - “Bjork” 1977
“Oliver” - “Bjork” 1977
(This was the record Bjork released when she was a child)
“Bella Simamaer” - “Gling-Glo” 1990
“I Dansi Mea Per” - “Gling-Glo” 1990
“There’s More to Life Than This” - “Debut” 1993
“Violently Happy” - “Debut” 1993
“Hyper-ballad” - “Post” 1995
“Possibly Maybe” - “Post” 1995
“5 Years” - “Homogenic” 1997
“Immature” - “Homogenic” 1997
“Scatterheart” - “Selmasongs” 2000
“New World” - “Selmasongs” 2000
“Cocoon” - “Vespertine” 2001
“Aurora” - “Vespertine” 2001
“Who Is It” - “Medulla” 2004
“Triumph of a Heart” - “Medulla” 2004
“Hunter Vessel” - “Drawing Restraint 9” 2005
“Holographic Entry Point” - “Drawing Restraint 9” 2005
“Vertebrae by Vertebrae” - “Volta” 2007
“Declare Independence” - “Volta” 2007
“Virus” - “Biophilia” 2011
“Sacrifice” - “Biophilia” 2011
