Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Explosions in the Sky, MONO, Blood Red Shoes, Man or Astroman? Jesus and Mary Chain, Sebadoh. You get the idea, the sort of stuff you probably don't like.
Movies
Godzilla and anything with dinosaur on monkey violence in.
Television
The News.
Books
Catch 22 and 1984.
Heroes
I live my life through my own eyes and follow my own dreams not those of others.
Please come out this Wednesday night (May 9th) to Bottletree to see Japanese avant noisemakers, Mono. Just to give you an idea, Godspeed You Black Emperor are huge fans of this band. Their live shows are careening in fields of volume and agonized sound that thunders against club walls and human skulls. This may sound obvious, but it is always a bit extra of a stretch to bring a band from Japan over to the Alabama, and your support helps us pay for the extra expense that is figured into bands' cost of making the over seas journey. Basically, we will love you forever if you come out to what will surely prove to be one of the finest mid-week mindbenders of this century. Thank you graciously for your support and enthusiasm
HERE IS MONO'S BIO INFO:
Throughout their six-year career, MONO has ascended consistently in both popularity and critical acclaim, with record sales and live show attendance corresponding. But still elusive to the Japanese quartet has been the successful translation of their powerful and violently beautiful live performances to their recordings. Despite their albums' masterful subtleties and majestic walls of noise, the consensus has remained that their transcendent live show is simply incomparable.
If there is any chance of breaking that spell, it lies in You Are There, without a doubt the prime contender to unite the live and recorded worlds of MONO. Once again captured to tape by Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio studios in Chicago, IL, the album extends the cinematic drama of 2003's Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined (also recorded by Albini), while surpassing the sinister heaviness of 2002's lauded One Step More and You Die.
If Walking Cloud was a nuclear winter, then You Are There is the post-war rebirth; steeped in an ominous creation-via-destruction atmosphere not heard since Neurosis' landmark Enemy of the Su
TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS, PEOPLE; SECURE YOUR CLOTHING AS YOU PREPARE FOR PYSCHEDELIC ROCK KINGS ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE FROM JAPAN. WE KNOW YOUR FACE HAS ALREADY HAD ITS NINE LIVES AND HAS BEEN MELTED OFF FOR GOOD AT RECENT SHOWS. ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST OF YOU.
JOIN US FOR TOTAL ANNIHILATION.
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE / MAMMATUS / THEM NATIVES THURS. APRIL 19 @ BOTTLETREE DOORS @ 8:00 SETS BEGIN @ 9:00 GET YOUR TIX NOW
DVDS, CDS, COMIC BOOKS, MUSIC EQUIPMENT OF MINE FOR SALE TOMORROW AT BOTTLETREE.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Milwaukee is expecting 8 inches of snow this weekend. We're not. Come enjoy the spring weather on the patio and look for a few goodies to take home with you.......or make some money! Vintage tees and clothing, plants, art, books, records, etc. will be on the patio for your rummaging pleasure.....from 12- 4 this Saturday. FREE TO SET UP (NOON) AND FREE PARTICIPATE! you can swap or sell! Please email me and let me know if you want to be a part (merrilee@thebottletree.com) or just show up!
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