Showing posts with label akron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label akron. Show all posts

11.14.2009

DEVO.



Here's a great-sounding vintage Devo treat for you...

The Spudboys were hard to beat back in the day, and this early performance is testimony to that as they tear through material from the first two albums.

I always enjoyed their early stuff, as they pretty much made digital tones on beautiful analog instruments better than anyone else. The first two albums are my favorites - especially "Duty Now" - but I'd say up through "New Traditionalists" it's all classic. After that they pretty much lost me.

For the record, Alan Meyers is one of the greatest drummers that ever beat the skins, and to me, it AIN'T Devo w/o him...



(Link will open in new window)


Devo - 11.03.1978 Walker Art Center, Mpls. MN




Hawaii was fucking incredible.
I ate some amazing food, drank some decadent cocktails - I even put on a collared shirt! The beach was killer, did some boogie-boarding/surfing/swimming/snorkeling, our hotel resort was fucking plush, saw some amazing waterfalls/flora/fauna/coastline, went to BJ Penn's training facility, slept in, and just generally r-e-l-a-x-e-d.

The good times always go by too fast, don't they?

9.02.2008

DEVO.



Man, Devo used to rule my world back in junior high/high school!

The soundtrack to my daily life back then used to be these guys, Kiss, Cheap Trick, AC/DC & The Clash. I'd spend most of my days out on my BMX bike or my skateboard, playing Cenitpede or Defender or Joust at the 7-11 near my house, sneaking Kools from my Dad's pack.
Nice, huh?

Here's a sick collection of rare tracks/mixes from the Spud Boys themselves.
I believe this was only released in an edition 5000 pressed, and fuckin'-a if it don't rule...



(Link will open in new window)


Devo - Recombo DNA Pt. I




(Link will open in new window)


Devo - Recombo DNA Pt. II




(Link will open in new window)


Devo - Recombo DNA Pt. III




(Link will open in new window)


Devo - Recombo DNA Pt. IV





Now playing: Harvey Milk - Plastic Eggs