DoubledVille
Those who stop by here once in awhile may know that I've been hooked on the music of Japandroids, the sometimes shambolic Lotuslandian duo, for quite awhile now.
The basis of the hooking is pretty straightforward, barb-free and clean.
I listen to their stuff and/or use my digital whiz-bang cheater amp to generate cheesy takes on their most iconic riff because doing such things makes me feel like a kid again.
And when I was a kid I always hated it when my favourite bands broke up - usually for the most squalid and/or saddest of reasons.
But now Brian King and David Prowse have just put out their latest album and simultaneously called it quits, the latter for the best of reasons.
Essentially, they both know that they have lives to live and that doing it with their band behind them is their best chance to do just that.
I'm not sure that I could have handled that explanation when I was twenty-five but now that I am (this very day to be precise) sixty-five, their decision makes me very, very happy indeed.
Selah.
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Earworm in the header?...This!
As for the Bookworm?...Well, begrudgingly due to the faintest whiff of the co-optation (that's the snotty 'No Sellouts!' kid in me coming out again)...This!
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6 comments:
Happy Birthday young fella!
Happy same age as me. Welcome to the Discount Club.
The order of the orange compass card
A little late but Happy Birthday. All the best for the year ahead and I hope you had fun today stomping through the puddles.
Thanks All!
And, addressing GarFish's point....Today, Sunday, it looks like, perhaps, that Orange is the new Green in Lotusland...Which, if it turns out that way, may not be a bad thing.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, a tad late, but I'm even older.
Interesting post. Both artists may live longer, happier lives by taking a break. Children are very important and need your time and attention, not to mention love on a fairly constant basis.
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