If you google Sylvia Plath, it’s hard to find her described in any terms other than the superlative. ‘One of the finest lyric poets of the twentieth century,’ is pretty close to the general assessment. Continue reading
Archive for Black Flag
Sylvia Plath: Godmother of Punk Rock?
Posted in Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags Ariel, Black Flag, Buddy Willard, Catcher in the Rye, Colossus, Esther Greenwood, Henry Rollins, punk, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar on August 6, 2019 by Jarrod Boyle
Is Jocko Willink A Psychopath?
Posted in Real Men with tags Afghanistan, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Echelon Front, Fields of Fire, Henry Rollins, Jim Webb, Jocko Podcast, Jocko Willink, Joe Rogan, John Pilger, Mark Donaldson, My War, Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Attia, Ramadi, SEAL, The Corner, The End of Silence, The Hurt Locker, The Wire, Tim Ferriss, Tools of Titans, War Pigs on December 5, 2018 by Jarrod Boyle
After taking a regular interest in his podcasts, I’m finding it hard to tell. Continue reading
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Soul Singer
Posted in Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory with tags Anthony Keidis, Beth Ditto, Black Flag, Bon Scott, Down, End of Silence, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Henry Rollins, Low Self Opinion, Melbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Anselmo, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundwave, The Gossip, Yr Mangled Heart on September 28, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
“…And now for an old soul song.”
– Anthony Keidis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers introducing his band’s cover of ‘Gimme Gimme’ by Black Flag during their Melbourne tour, 1992.
As I understand, singers like Aretha Franklin, in her time, were labeled screamers. Their tone tended towards a shout and, in comparison with the rich, creamy sound of a classical voice, were considered coarse and unsophisticated. Continue reading
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Last Exit to Brooklyn
Posted in Reading with tags Black Flag, Dubliners, Ecclesiastes, Elie Weisel, Hermann Hesse, Hubert Selby Junior, James Joyce, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Night, Sex Pistols on September 14, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
To my considerable delight, Last Exit to Brooklyn has been reissued as a cheapo Penguin classic. To my considerable surprise, it has been classified amongst the ‘Classic Crime’ series. To my considerable dismay, Anthony Burgess’ original introduction has been supplanted. The new one has been written by Irvine Welsh. Continue reading
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‘…Like Clockwork’
Posted in Music, Observation with tags Alice Cooper, Black Flag, David Bowie, desert, Eagles of Death Metal, Freud, GBH, Josh Homme, Keith Richards, Kyuss, Mark Lanegan, Nick Oliveri, NME, Paris, Pink Floyd, Queens of the Stone Age, Rolling Stones, Songs for the Deaf, The Beatles, The Exploited, the uncanny, Them Crooked Vultures, V8 on June 13, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
“My whole life, I’ve always wanted to be un-hecklable, you know? …I remember staring into GBH [record] covers, Exploited covers, Black Flag covers and just thinking, ‘Go for it, man…’ You know, getting that feeling in your stomach when you leave a first date… I’m just looking for that. I hope I can give that to somebody, somewhere.”
– Josh Homme, NME interview, Paris Continue reading
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The End of Silence
Posted in Music, Real Men with tags Andrew Haskett, Andrew Weiss, Black Flag, Caravaggio, Greg Ginn, Henry Rollins, iTunes, Robert Hughes, Sim Cain, The Rollins Band on September 26, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle“Caravaggio was like a right-angle in the history of art; things were one way before him, and completely different after.”
– Quotation taken from the NGV’s ‘Darkness and Light: Caravaggio and his World’ exhibition of 2004, where it was stencilled on a wall at the conclusion.
Your author paraphrases Robert Hughes from memory. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 