Tonight I decided to dive in a listen to a bunch of my 7" records. It's a good way to exercise, getting up and down to change records and all. I don't mean to be an old vinyl/analogophile arguing that records are better, but CDs will never quite match the experience of piling through a pile of 7 inches. That said, most of the time I listen to CDs and mp3s, so obviously the 7 inch excursion is the minority experience.
For all those who might give a shit (and to screw with my google referrals), here's a rundown of the evening's playlist:
v/a - Dope-Guns-'N-Fucking In The Streets Vol. 9 - a late entry into the classic AmRep singles series. The Boredoms turn in a fine chaotic clanging track in "Pukuri" along with other grungey noiserockers Chokebore and Love 666.
D.O.A. - The Only Thing Green -- I actually don't remember how I came into possession of this record. It's a benefit record to save Clayoquot Sound in B.C., but the flip side cover of Fulsom Prison Blues is the track to have it for.
The Buck Pets - Pearls / Hey Sunshine -- I know little or nothing of this early 90s power pop band. I got this as a promo in my college radio days and the song Pearls rocks. Released more as a major label promo than as a real single.
Hybrid Children - Brutal Babies -- a Finnish pop punk/metal band that I never heard of, but read a decent review of in Maximum Rock N Roll like ten years ago. Like a cross between Metallica and Green Day. Only the Finns would have allowed that in 1993.
The Jesus Lizard - (Fly) On (The Wall) / White Hole -- (Fly) is a great characteristc Jesus Lizard song. You can almost hear David Yow's penis flopping around.
Mighty Mouse Theme -- This was a promo item for the Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon. One side is the straight theme, which rocks in a 60s cartoon sort of way. Other side is a lame remix by "DJ Swamp."
The New Bomb Turks - Stick It Out / (Still) Never Will / Job -- Some rocking Mid-career Turks tracks, nothing outstanding, but all high-energy.
The New Bomb Turks - Got No Proof / Polyster Thinking Cap -- my first ever Turks records and still two of my favorite Turks tracks.
Slayer / TSOL split - "Abolish Gov't" -- released with Slayer's punk covers album Undisputed Attitude, one side has the TSOL original, the other, Slayer's cover. They're not that far apart.
Napalm Death - "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" -- live and studio versions of this Dead Kennedy's song, green vinyl and a useless dance remix of a Napalm song.
SOD / Yellow Machine Gun split -- SOD turns in one of their funniest songs, funny only to crusty old metal heads like me, "Seasoning the Obese." YMG is a hard edged all Japanese girl band. I think I saw them at Milwaukee Metalfest '00.
v/a - Nuclear Blast 1 -- Not sure where I got this, but I believe it's the first 7" from this seminal German underground metal label. Has tracks from Hypocrisy, Sinister, Afflicted and Resurrection. Of the four, only the first two had any kind of career, and the Hypocrisy track is the best by far.
Steak Daddy Six - Rubber Pants / Play -- one of the great forgotten Champaign scene bands from the early 90s, when 12 Inch/Mud records had major college radio buzz. Two drummers, distorted shouts, buzzy, heavy guitars. What happened?
The Mint is a Terrible Thing to Taste -- two bands on Mint records first release, doing Ministry covers. I'm not sure either band ever did anything much else.
Tad - Jinx -- classic, classic Seattle SubPop grunge from 1990. When you hear Tad yell "I'm a Jinnnnxxx!"you know it's the only Tad record you'll ever need.
Man is the Bastard / Agathocles split -- one of my first grindcore 7 inches. The MITB track is all over the place, and Agathocles is the best Italy has to offer.
Macabre / Capitalist Casualties -- Chicago's strangest death metal band teams with one of the finest anarcho-grind ensembles for a strange 7". Macabre is one of those love 'em or hate 'em records, and this recently released record has two early Macabre demos from 1989 paired with 3 relatively more recent c.c. tracks.