3.6.13

On March 6th I listened to Primus Sailing The Seas Of Cheese, Cake Fashion Nugget, and Puscifier Donkey The Punch The Night.

I am not a Super Fan of any one particular band or artist. Yes, I have spent a few years here and there obsessing about somebody’s music, but that usually fades a little. There are probably several hundred albums that I’ll say are in the top 20 ever recorded and I could listen to them endlessly, but because I try and listen to and appreciate so much, some albums just become known for one or two songs, to me.

If I was a really really into Primus than Sailing The Seas Of Cheese would mean a lot more to me then just two songs. That happens with a lot of bands I like, but I just can't connect with everything single thing they do. Jack of all trades, master of none... and I can live with that.

“Tommy The Cat” and “Jerry Was A Race Car Driver” are the biggies here. Two jams drenched in Les Claypool’s obese bass and odd narrative lyrics that I'll never tire of hearing. Hearing “Those Damn Blue Collar Tweekers” for the first time in a long time was my "oh shit," moment during this listen.

I went Sailing The Seas Of Cheese while I was doing other stuff, so it didn't have my undivided attention. I’m not going to laundry list other cool songs, but I will say that it's a very busy, hard and complicated album, and yet I found it to be very relaxing. I liked that.

The album that gave us “The Distance!” I was so taken with that song as it was enjoying its arc as a Alternative Rock smash hit, I devoured this album! As charming, soothing, funny and compelling John McCrea and the crew from Sacramento can be, there is a thin line between that and being a one trick pony. That’s not a criticism, but sometimes too much of a good thing can be bad. The more you listen to Cake and just look at their album covers, the easier it is to see the similarities in much of their music.  So, man cannot live on Cake alone.

We're undecided.

Having said that, I still love this album! McCrea’s deadpan delivery of “I Will Survive” is classic! “Frank Sinatra,” “Sad Songs And Waltz,” and “Nugget” are just some of my faves! “Learn to buck up!”

We're still undecided.

Having been completely and thoroughly unimpressed with everything Puscifier has ever done, I was shocked that this E.P. was a pleasant little enterprise. To tell the truth, I don’t think I ever bothered with Conditions Of My Parole, their second album, because their first, V Is Vagina, was so dumb. Which is so weird because I love Tool, A Perfect Circle and Maynard, but look at that cover! What are the odds it wouldn't sound like that picture... dumb.

Their spot on version of Queen's “Bohemian Rhapsody” was met with some head scratching, but then I thought it’s rather impressive. And how could you not like a Pillow Fight Mix of “Balls To The Wall.”

I’m gonna put Conditions Of My Parole on my playlist for next month, it better not suck!

Tomorrow I will listen to The Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Weezer Weezer (The Blue Album), and Free Energy Love Sign.

Here is my whole March Playlist!

And why not check out the January Playlist and February Playlist.