![]() On a sad note, Screaming Females one of the best bands ever, ended in 2023.That was a huuuuge bummer. Depending on how things play out, my days of throwing shows may be winding down. I’m already throwing irons in the fore for Summer Soiree 7, but, we will see. I’m making it a real objective to strike hard in a few places music writing wise. The years are getting much quicker… a year now feels like what four months used to feel like… As I mentioned above, I haven’t been focused enough. Conan Neutron and the Secret Friends: Adult Prom Learning CurveĪnd thus we smash into 2024. Objectively the 5 best Melvins releases of 2023 Adult Prom by Lung / Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends 5. Right now, dani seems spread between various projects -Surfbort, solo stuff, ghostwriting, Trash world… DANI, JUST PICK ONE AND FOCUS! Whatever you put out, I am sure it will blow our collective minds!!!! Um, actually, I think if you put this on the radio right now it would be the biggest song of the year. Dani Miller strums some soft chords and then issues the most biting, sarcastic take downs ever- “I know you’re a tough little cookie and you made it out her eon your own / and I know you’re wounded little pony and you ain’t got NOTHIN to show…” The crazy thing is, for all the song’s venom, I think Dani is singing to… herself?! If you put this on the radio in the ‘70s with Fleetwood Mac, in the ‘80s with Cyndi Lauper, or in the ‘90s with Tori Amos, it would have been the biggest song of the year. I was blown away, just blown away at how this simple little song is so insanely TITANIC. Maura Weaver: I Was Due for a Heartbreak Don Govanni Here are the objectively best ones: Objectively the best albums of 2023 I Was Due For A Heartbreak by Maura Weaver 20. A lot of cool records came out this year. But, on the other hand, it was nice to see my literal decades of unpaid music writing pay off in various ways, which would not have happened had I not been doing thousands and thousands of reviews, interviews, and news stories over the past 20 years.Īnyways, thanks for letting me pontificate. I was feeling like I wasn’t focused enough this year, which is very true. and I got the rare CLEAN version of NWA’s Straight Outta Compton that has new vocal tracks, including Eazy-E repenting for selling drugs on “Dopeman!” Record wise, I got a lot of cool records (and bought waaaay too many)… but I did score a Chumbawamba test press and an AC/DC Live from Atlantic Studios!. (Though Dexys, Bauhaus AND Peter Murphy solo all canceled on me!) I also narrowly avoided going to Morrissey’s very expensive California show where he played for like 12 minutes. I also got to see Melvins do all of Bullhead (without Dale, though, snff), and got to see Screaming females and Catbite DESTROY at The Garden Party, and I got to see Dwid Hellion to a totally freaked out but fun noise set as Psywarfare. Show wise, I got to see one of the best concerts of my life – Danzig doing all of Danzig 1 and he sounded phenomenal. All the bands DESTROYED, giant robots came out and moshed, and it seemed like everyone just had ana amazing time. Of course, Blag was as articulate and thought-provoking as ever.Īnd on top of that, I threw another installment of the Summer Soiree. I also FINALLY got to interview one of my all time favorites the great ]… though that coincided with a fair amount of controversy. But, I did get to do a massive profile interview on ] 40th anniversary. Interview wise, I didn’t do as many interviews as I would have liked to. It was awesome to see the band canonized with Circle Jerks and SSD. The music, the packaging, (the liner notes) all came out so great. On top of that, I got to write the 10,000 word oral history of DFL as part of Trust Records phenomenal reissue of My Crazy Life which also included an entire unreleased live show. The idea was that the Dwarves are as great as any other band you can name and if society won’t recognize it, the band will just repurpose the fame for themselves. I also got to design 13 special legacy and tour edition covers celebrating the band’s re-release of all their albums, which parodied famous album covers, including my favorite- a parody of Sticky Fingers that included an actual zipper. The other cover was a full on board game with 50 pieces where you got play as the Dwarves and try figure out who killed HeWho in reference to the band’s 1993 scandal. Pepper parody that was composed of references to the band’s nearly 40 year history. I got to design not one, but two special edition covers for the astoundingly good new Dwarves album. I had a few supreme honors this year that for me, rank among the proudest accomplishments of my life. As you get older, time keeps speeding up and speeding up and speeding up! The lesson of 2023 is that there is no time like the present.
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