am burning my first mix cd for the indie pop list. makes me feel incredibly old. the girl who sent me one made the most lovely little package, all the music really just fits in the waxy beige envelope. now i'm forced to realize people really listen to masters of the hemisphere and things like that - that given a mix of it, i may enjoy it myself. i like the idea of mixtapes from strangers although it is a bit frightening. i am sending a bit of my diary out to another home, another stereo, two ears that love sound as much as i do.

what else? just reviewed black cat music -super west coast doors blues drunk grain alcohol goodness - on Lookout!?! but so much more ballsy, badass though slightly over sincere. weird, 80s metal production and this great background double-tracking of the gruff lead singer ala Richard Ashcroft in the Verve. very decent.

also, Pram's "Gash." severly underlooked band? very subtle, like Hood, vaguely retro psych leanings - interesting that AMG calls them an electronic band. hmm. their singer's voice is a little thin, unlike the lushness they try to cop from MBV, rather sucessfully. a friend of mine sent me a burn of it - he is a Pram freak, which seems a bit impossible.

finally - thinking about "We've Got the Neutron Bomb" the Spin editor Spitz's reactionary take on LA punk...all of that era now etched in snappy pull quotes? was 'please kill me' the singular expression because it was so nihilistic and childish? the more i read abt the LA scene, all the name-giving and worship of the English sound, the more I think it was a huge shame. One good thing that came out of it - the Screamers. bought their demos 78-79 record today and it just rules. must incorporate the abrasive keyboards into our little stage set up.