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Oct 12, 2011

A LIFETIME OF MUSIC 1973-2011 (Part 16)

1988. By this time the idea of "college rock" had morphed into "post-modern rock" then into "alternative rock" and so on and so forth as whatever fad catch-all name for non-mainstream music came into vogue. All sorts of crazy music was erupting into people's ears. Operation Ivy was already doing it's hardcore ska-punk thing in the Bay Area. The Pixies were making an eerie music, skeletal yet anthemic. Fugazi had begun to morph hardcore punk. The Red Hot Chili Peppers funked out with their cocks out. (check the dick socks in the clip) Dinosaur Jr brought the aural bliss of their "ear-bleeding country." Rock music history should view 1988 as 19-eightygreat.

Operation Ivy - Knowledge

The Pixies - Where Is My Mind?

Fugazi - Waiting Room

The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fire

Dinosaur Jr - Kracked

Mar 26, 2010

-FUPPETS- Songs Of The Day: FUGAZI, THE CURE, DEPECHE MODE

you want, You Want, YOU WANT!

FUGAZI - Greed

Saying goodbye on a night like this...
THE CURE - A Night Like This

Life is full of surprises. It advertises nothing...
DEPECHE MODE - Nothing

Sep 4, 2009

-FUPPETS- Labor Day Soundtrack

This weekend marks the un-official end of summer and -FUPPETS- is oh so glad. Labor day is an interesting holiday. It began in Canada, during the fight for a proper work day of 9 hours along with a Printer's strike. It originally was marked by parades in Canada commemorating their achievement of a 9 hour workday, and was brought over to the U.S.A. by an American Labor leader named Peter J. Maguire.
The first celebration in the US occurred on September 5, 1888. In 1894, a work-stoppage known as the Pullman Strike was brutally cut down by US soldiers and US Marshalls who were responsible for a number of deaths. President Grover Cleveland was scared shitless at the uproar of this completely unconstitutional offense so he pushed through a Labor Day Act in Congress which was passed unanimously just 6 days after the end of the Pullman Strike.
Due to this, the USA celebrates organized Labor and Unions on labor Day instead of the international May Day (or International Worker's Day) holiday. Grover Cleveland was a pussy bitch.

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Soooo, nowadays, we in the USA do not hear about organized Labor and Unions on Labor Day. Instead we hear about cook-outs, and Labor Day sales, and all sorts of meaningless bullshit. Oh well. Trying to slow down the increasingly speedier slide of the American intellect into a morass of ignorance and self-obsession is a fight we will not go into here. Instead, -FUPPETS- is glad to bring you a selection of fabulous "classics" for your enjoyment.

SEBADOH - Beauty Of The Ride

MORPHINE - Honey White

BIG BLACK - L Dopa

FUGAZI - Shut The Door

May 19, 2009

-FUPPETS- Video of The Day: FUGAZI

Today's -FUPPETS- Video Of The Day is brought to us by the one and only UHLER, a fellow misfit from the backwoods of the Sonic Youth Gossip Forum. He has been on a Fugazi kick lately and provides -FUPPETS- with a great live performance of FUGAZI playing the shit out of their song Suggestion, from 1991. Enjoy.

FUGAZI - Suggestion (live)