Abner Jay-a Folk Legend

Abner Jay-a Folk Legend, a photo by billy craven on Flickr.

Image & text 'borrowed' from: Jon Sievert [the Music Photographer]

"...Abner Jay, April 8, 1982, San Jose Flea Market. 58-15-33. Abner Jay (1921 - 1993) was an American multi-instrumentalist, who is best known for performing eccentric, blues infused folk music, as a one man band. His idiosyncratic lyrics and style can also be considered within the realm of outsider music..."

Get more from Jon's site: Jon Sievert

See/Hear more Abner on YouTube: I'm So Depressed

Shout out to my homie: Freight Bandit for the mix-tape!

GWAR: CHICAGO 12.07

Fuckin' GWAR molest Chicago, again, December 7th. These sons of bitches slay live...they kill it! Warning: don't sit in the front row, unless you want to be splattered and not splattered in blue liquid like when you and your momma went to see that wussy Blue Man Group, but splattered in blood & jizz ala GWAR.

GWAR live at House of Blues Chicago 12.07

SKINNY PUPPY vs THE B-BOYS

I know you Skinny Puppy fans will feel uncomfortable by the Goth's in this video battling the B-Boys, but if you've been a real fan for any length of time, then you obviously know that the Skinny Puppy sound is essentially hip-hop...a whole other level of hip-hop, but hip-hop no less, no, not like some Kanye West shit, but fundamentally hip-hop.
Case in point: Skinny Puppy's Stairs and Flowers is really an old school electro hip hop track by Bronx-bred Mantronix from way back in 1985...check out the attached videos and see for yourself. Because Skinny Puppy was so fuckin talented and re-interpreted hip-hop on a whole new scary level is why I first flipped out and went crazy over them. Word to your mother.

PS: Kanye, you and your $2000 Louis Vuitton pink sneakers suck, a lot, a whole lot.

SKINNY PUPPY: CHICAGO NOVEMBER 9th

The last time I saw these guys, christ, 20-ish years ago...I'll have to take the 5th, but trust me, it was worth it.
Skinny Puppy live at The House of Blues Chicago November 9th.

THE CULT 'LOVE': CHICAGO 09.02

The Cult are finally touring and they are playing their best album, ever, Love. Yup, that's the album a wee bit before Rick Rubin of Def Jam went and over-produced their sound and 'Rick Rubin-a-fied' the whole shit-show. Thanks Rick, you big lumberjack! Any ways, like I said, The Cult are back and they're playing the entire Love album, sweet soul sister, yes! and for you Cult purists, who will of course swear you were their number one fan long before I was, which I fuckin doubt, I said 'best Cult album', that means as The Cult, not Death Cult, not The Southern Death Cult, but yes, "The Cult". umm crap, now that I went off the deep end and said all that, I'm torn between the Love album and the Dreamtime album. Hell, I think the only reason I'm not voting Dreamtime as their best is because I really hate the chick I was dating when I first bought that LP...but, if I wasn't dating her, Dreamtime would maybe be my pick.

Oh man, before I forget: The Cult - Love Live at The House of Blues Chicago 09.02

Here's some verbage I lifted from their MySpace page:

"The Cult is hitting the road again!! They will be performing the entire 1985 album LOVE live in it's entirety on this tour!!"

http://profile.myspace.com/cultmusic

MOTORHEAD: CHICAGO 08.30

Holy Shit! Motorhead invade Chicago Sunday September 30th! This is a little boys dreams come true. I've been waiting to see Motorhead for over 20 fuckin years. They're headlining at Chicago's House of Blues 08.30 and are backed by the Reverend Horton Heat and Sister Sin. Oh, and I found a teaser to the new Lemmy movie...gotta see that, too!

ZZ TOP: HOUSE OF BLUES in CHICAGO SEPT 4th

ZZ Top live at Chicago's House of Blues, Friday September 4th. Hee Haw! I love the hell out of these good ol' boys, but 73 bucks to see them?! Shit-Dang and Boy Howdy! Do I miss the days of seeing them in a stadium for $12 with 3 other headliners! Some 30 years later, ticket prices soar, but ZZ Top still kicks a whole heck of a lot of ass!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to collect some empty aluminum cans and drop them off at the recycling facility until I have enough cash to buy myself a ticket. I hope that the HOB accepts coins!