When The House Burns Down...

...I should rescue these vinyl thingies I have.

Howard said so.



Cover Star: Kaitlin
Headlining Band: Blondie!

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The Next Ten Bands That Should Reunite Right Now

#11-20

And I'm not fucking kidding.
(all members as of this writing, being alive)

11. Sleater-Kinney
12. The Toiling Midgets (with Mark Eitzel)
13. The Afghan Whigs
14. Roxy Music (with Brian Eno)
15. Genesis (with Peter Gabriel)
16. Guided By Voices
17. At The Drive-In
18. Oingo Boingo
19. PIL (with Keith Levene and Jah Wobble)
20. Uncle Tupelo

Cover Star: CD, who, at one point, helped me with this.
Headlining Band: ATDI

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Baby, Come Over, I Need Entertaining

The conversations, the communiques, the expressions of one's - self.
Betray me.

I know what I want.

Cover Star: Amber, a CHAIRS outtake
Headlining Band: The National

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You Are a Quiet Artist

That's what she said. And I don't disagree.

Even though she was primping for her boyfriend and I got to document it.

Priceless.

And he showed up with blood on his "scrubs"

"He lived," he said.

And I know it was the truth.

May the lines sag heavy and deep tonight...

Cover Star: Dr. Sarah
Headlining Band: Smiphs

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It's Happening

Right Now.

And it will continue to happen. It'll happen tomorrow just like they told you, and then the next day, and then again at some undetermined point. And then again.

It's a strange feeling when you know that it's happening, but you do.

It's not something you want but something you've got. Attuned to.

And you feel it.

Cover Star: Carroll Street
Headlining Band: Badfinger

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The Public Image Belongs To Me

I will not be treated as proper-ty.

Hello! Ha ha ha ha.

1) Keith Levene and Jah Wobble are desperately underrated musicians.

What else?

Oh, 2) the PIL reunion - don't go. Why? I'll tell you:

It was painful to see one of the world's greatest nihilists, I mean really, one of the best - Mr. Lydon basically 'defined' the word - suck Jimmy Kimmel's dick on national TV (youtube it). And Keith and Jah are not there. Just a bunch of nabs. And he said that said nabs were his best band ever. Really? I got two words for you Mr. Lydon: Levene and Wobble. And you know it.

And 3) Reformed nihilists are just worthless assholes. You can quote me on that.

And the performance of "Rise" from "Album" just plainly and simply sucked ass.

"All your pop icons let you down." - Joey Dean
"Ever feel like you've been cheated?" - Johnny Rotten

Instead, listen to some PIL goodness:

THIS song pretty much explains how I feel about, well, everything.

"Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello.
Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha.

You never listen to a word that I've said
You only see me
For the clothes that I wear
Or did the interest go so much deeper
It must have been
The colour of my hair.

The public image.

What you wanted was never made clear
Behind the image was ignorance and fear
You hide behind this public machine
You still follow the same old scheme.

Public image.

Two sides to every story
Somebody had to stop me
I'm not the same as when I began
I will not be treated as property.

Public image.

Two sides to every story
Somebody had to stop me
I'm not the same as when I began
It's not a game of Monopoly.

Public image.

Public image you got what you wanted
The public image belongs to me
It's my entrance
My own creation
My grand finale
My goodbye

Public image.

Public image.

Goodbye."

Cover Star: MY public image - photo by Christopher Bush
Headlining Band: PIL

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Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

Editing photos for your own book is not only difficult, but impossible.
Editing photos for your friend, who happens to be incredibly talented, is a pleasure.

Beer, smokes and arguments. Chris and I made the selection. But the photographer gets to say. Even if we did cut his favorite pairing.

Shown here.

He can always put it back in. But, dude, don't.

"Choose your favorite shoes
And keep your blues on cruise control..."

Cover Star: MCK
Headlining Band: Elbow

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