Black Pus - "Land of the Lost"

When I used to be an actor on Degrassi Junior High (I never was) the on-set tutor taught me a lesson I'll never forget. Was it that blood is thicker than water? Yes. Was it the tawdry style of a black pleather mini-skirt and cream filk blouse? That too. But it was also, and only, that boring art is for geezers and wimps. I'm currently in training to start a graveyard shift, so I'm staying up as late as possible, and Black Pus is my private coach. With drums so pap-pappy that it seems like there are only skins left, and migraine guitars that are so needling it's like being stabbed in the ears with fondue forks, I'm left with only faint memories of actual pleasure and am left steeled to deal with the world that Black Pus has convinced me truly exists. I'm lost, beaten, brainwashed, I love it. [buy Black Pus 4]

Lovely Sparrows - "Prairie"

I'm sure I don't need to tell you the kind of pink pride and warm regularity that "Prairie" evokes. You can see it right there: power-saver bulbs, plastic singing bass, school photos, remembrance day poppies, cut-out articles about hockey, old glass art, and all that space, small as a closet and big as the sky. [not available yet]

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