The Beard Hour

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The Beard Hour will be on vacation for the next month or so, returning sometime in early November. I trust it will be in capable hands.

Expect periodic updates on this from Caleb and I as we do some sort of beard hour west coast travel adventure, but I can't really promise any consistency. All I know is that I am psyched to get out of town, and psyched to see some parts of the country that I haven't seen yet, or haven't seen in quite some time.

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A Return to Form:

Spacemen 3 - "Spaceship" - The Perfect Prescription
Sunn 0))) and Boris - "Akuma No Kuma" - Altar
The USA is a Monster - "Riff Scientists" - Tasheyana Compost
Mastodon - "Siberian Divide" - Blood Mountain
Harvey Milk - "The End" - Special Wishes
Magik Markers - "I Trust My Guitar, etc." - I Trust My Guitar, etc.
Warmer Milks - "The Shark" - Radish on Light
Oakley Hall - "Track 4" - Gypsum Strings
Harvey Milk - "Old Glory" - Special Wishes
Wolf Eyes - "Human Animal" - Human Animal
Harvey Milk - "Mother's Day" - Special Wishes
Born/Dead - "Endless War" - Endless War...Repitition
Fucked Up - "Crusades" - Hidden World
Harvey Milk - "Love Swing" - Special Wishes
Pink Floyd - "Astronomy Domine" - Piper At the Gates of Dawn
Led Zeppelin - "When the Levee Breaks" - Best Of
Blue Cheer - "Second Time Around" - Vincebus Eruptum

Misfits - "Angelfuck" - Static Age
Misfits - "Last Caress" - Static Age
Misfits - "Astro Zombies" - Collection One

Scritti Politti - "After Six" - White Bread Black Beer

Triumphant Finale:

Iggy Pop - "The Passenger" - Lust For Life
Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run" - Born to Run

Some thoughts:

I slept on the most recent Harvey Milk record, but the new one, admittedly listened to only in pieces, really made my night. Imagine a really moving (and much slower!) version of the Melvins. Not that the Melvins aren't moving, but you know what I mean. "Old Glory" is sure to be playing in my head for weeks, and I have to admit that there is something pretty impressive about a band that can present such a moving emotional statement on first listen without soundig trite. Maybe I'm overly sentimental tonight though.

Mastodon continues to bore me.

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Michael Liggins and the Super Souls - "Loaded to the Gills" - Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg
Them Two - "Am I a Good Man?" - Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label
We The People - "Function Underground" - Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg
Four Tops - "Standing in the Shadow of Love" - Hitsville USA
Moovers - "Someone to Fulfill My Needs" - Eccentric Soul:The Deep City Label
Sheila Jack - "I've Got to Have You" - Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg
Modulations - "This Old World is Going Down" - Eccentric Soul: Good God!
Temptations - "I Wish It Would Rain" - Hitsville USA
Soulsations - "Broadway Shing-A-Ling" - Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg
Lon Rogers - "Too Good to be True" - Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg

Magicians - "An Invitation to Cry" - Nuggets
Remains - "don't Look Back" - Nuggets
Love - "7+7 Is" - Nuggets
Chocolate Watchband - "Sweet Young Thing" - Nuggets
We The People (#2) - "You Burn Me Up and Down" - Nuggets
13th Floor Elevators - "You're Gonna Miss Me" - Nuggets
Brogues - "I Ain't No Miracle Worker" - Nuggets
Choir - "Its Cold Outside" - Nuggets
Velvet Underground - "After Hours" - The Velvet Underground

Donny Hue and the Colors - "Humming with the Flower Birds" - s/t
Spacemen 3 - "Spaceship" - The Perfect Prescription
Chuck Brown - "Bustin' Loose" - Best Of
Tribe Called Quest - "Can I Kick It?" - Anthology
Lupe Fiasco - Kick Push - Food and Liquor
Chuck Brown - "We The People" - Best Of

King Crimson - "In the Court of the Crimson King" - In the Court of the Crimson King

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The Chuck Brown show last night was, without a doubt, one of the best shows I've ever been to in my life.

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