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FREAK STORMS

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This little slide show of tornados and high winds and weather mayhem is totally unbelievable.  Mother Nature can be very scary indeed.  I live on the West Coast.  We don’t have to deal with this nightmare.  Just earthquakes.  hehe.

THE MONKEES – STAR COLLECTOR

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With the sad passing of Monkees member Davy Jones, I wanted memories of better times and found this freak out from The Monkees LP, “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.”  Early use of the Moog Synthesizer and Monkee hijinks amid all the pretty flashing lights highlight this promo piece.

LOU REED – METAL MACHINE MUSIC (COMPLETE)

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Some call it a contract ending or breaking recording project turned in to his record label.  Lester Bangs referred to it as garage electronic rock.  Whatever Lou Reed’s intention, Metal Machine Music is pretty much a consistent recording: It all pretty much sounds the same after 5 minutes but there is over an hour of material on the record/CD to “indulge” in. What we hear are moments of interest, maybe even melody seeping briefly out of the multitracked noise sludge before being sucked back in by the feedback monster.  I remember listening to this sort of thing being hungover.  What’s a few more brain cells going bye-bye by that point?  Best to avoid prolonged headphone usage on this one.