RAY TRUCK - Ep.86 Ft. Splattered Spine (Kyle & Zack)

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HOMEWORK ASSIGNED:
Kyle:
George Clanton - Slide
The Sundays - Blind
Pet Shops Boys - Please
Zack:
Swans - Filth
Crippling Alcoholism - When the Drugs That Make You Sick...
Dennis:
David Nihill - Cultural Appreciation
Cop Shoot Cop - Release
Godflesh - Cold World
Tommy:
David Piccolomini - Goblin King
Extortion - Threats

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Lagwagon. Let's Talk About Feelings. Ooof. All right, I can do twenty-five minutes of Blink-182, I guess. Feckin homework, anyway. There was a piano bit there at one point that I didn't hate. Some kinda pointage for that, I s'pose.
Dir En Grey. Withering to Death. I'll have to dig a little, but I have a couple of Dir En Grey CDs. I remember thinking they shared a lot of aesthetic choices with Marilyn Manson, primarily because of the vocalist's shock rock fashion, complete with Manson's "watcher's eye" contact. Anyway, this'll be a fun revisit to an old favorite. (I think I switched gears when I heard Envy and dug their sound a lot more, and we all know we can only have four or five Japanese bands in our regular rotation at one time. Any more than that and we become a 1980s song by The Vapors.) It's just as schizophrenic as I remember it, sometimes sounding like an anime opening/closing song, other times sounding like a harder HIM, or Christian nu-metalers, PAX-217. Moonspell, maybe? These guys are all over the genre map, which is for sure part of their appeal, because they're competent wherever their whimsy takes them, not unlike fellow countrymen, Boris. The album's backloaded for me, starting with the banging oddity, "Garbage".
Unto Others. Strength. That first song's got Rammstein's galloping drums all over it. At least to my ears. I think I'd dig this a lot more if it was instrumental. He sounds fine and can sing just swell; he's even pretty perfect for what they're doing musically, but I just think I'd prefer this if it was just a bunch of big, cinematic anthems woven together with guitar licks and nothing else. The early Baroness sound is here in a big way. But there's a lot of love for young Lou Reed and krautrock here as well. Joy Division. I love that guitar tone a lot, though.
Erythrite Throne. Mortiis' early era is my dungeon synth go-to, with Abruptum as my close second. But I also have a lot of stuff from Fiadh that scratches my forest and chainmail itches. Point is, I'm sure I'll enjoy this. Dungeon synth has to be pretty terrible to not be what it's supposed to be. It's a simple formula, and Erythrite deftly checks every box. Oh, vocals too? Well, that's how dungeon synth becomes black metal, brother. That's a different thing, dude. That's Mortiis' SECOND era, m'guy. Still, this is great. Put on your corpsepaint, light your candles, and pet your kitty.
Juvenile. Tiny Desk. I just spent twenty-seven minutes trying to read out-of-focus book spines, relics, collectibles, and other such Tiny Desk ephemera. I do appreciate that, more than anything else, this spotlights that hip-hop is rooted in rhythm & blues, and jazz, just like most of modern music. Also, seeing Batiste was a treat. His collab with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Pixar film SOUL was one of my favorite scores of the pandy.
The Promise. Believer. Hey, they're from my concert/record store go-to stomping ground, Syracuse. This one's gonna be digested in the car, just because I rarely listen to homework in the car, and I'm feeling squirrelly. "The Unwanted" was the worst of the worst. Fuck all of this all the way off.
Screaming Death Compilation. Destruct/Scarecrow/Dissekerad/Rat Cage. Destruct: Why so angry? I barely got done texting my sister a single response and their quarter was done. / Scarecrow: Sixth mass extinction already? Aren't we the fifth? Anyway, this is better than Destruct. Female vocalist? Or just a wee lad? Such young barkin' outta this li'l pupper. / Dissekerad: I missed it. Where was I? / Rat Cage: Almost missed this one, too. I think I like this quarter the best, too.
Mike Vecchione. The Attractives. Glad to rewatch this, mostly because I digest so much comedy that this will still probably feel like a first time... "All right, car alarm, I get it." is my favorite line, but the whole special is free of filler.
Cheese Parade. If this balloon touches the ground, we all die! The last thing I need is more Instagram nonsense to follow, but that was a fun scroll.
Phil Hanley. Live in Ann Arbor. "Joking. It's part of technology." I was smiling the whole twenty-five. I guess it's been long enough since I saw crowdwork that I was in the mood. And Phil is always fun.
Brendan Ayre. Desiree. "My waist looks like the property line between a rich family and the abandoned mobile home that can't be burned down because of all the meth in the walls. And my ass is just the woods across the street... Don't cross the street." is what I wished I'd heard. This is a rewatch for me, as an 800 Pound loyalist, and I'm glad for it. I know because I gave it a thumb up the woods at that time. "...Or B: You were in the boat tunnel from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie wasn't there to stop the boat. You just... RODE IT TO SOBRIETY and a promise to never trust a whistling tree ever again." I love this, but why can I not stop writing my own tags for these jokes? I think it's the edibles, if I'm honest. "James is doing pussies by the monkey bars. You need to quit fingering the churches and get over to the bars, my man. Finger pussies." The moment with the 18-year-old's mom in the audience ALONE is worth sharing this special with the furthest reaches. Now onto the most annoying mouth in comedy.
Whitney Cummings. Mouthy. I know all comedy is performative, but seeing the switch in her behavior from offstage to on was cringy. I suppose points for sticking to the job when perhaps she shouldn't be, but ew. I can't explain it, but the mic flip she's doing is driving me nuts. How riddled with anxiety can she be that she needs a fidget spinner while doing what's supposed to be the thing she loves doing? Only Chappelle and his constantly smacking the mic against shit throughout his set is equally as irritating. "What's gonna come out, actual baby powder?" was a good one. I can hear and see Rogan performative laughing at that one, so she knows it's good for an audience. I was glad the credit sequence BTS had her addressing her voice. I was wondering. It's a solid set, with Whitney's typical approach to material and crowdwork. Also, maybe I'm just used to seeing women pregnant with their second or third or whichever kid, but she's a TIGHT seven months. Must be a teensy feed us in there or she's gained zero baby weight. This mostly just makes me wonder how casually and nonplussed Ali Wong has done eighteen specials while carrying.

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