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Children of the Grave

And here with much delay, is the August playlist: a trip down memory lane via Lords of Dogtown/ The Runaways/ Dazed and Confused way. Listen to it here
Enjoy!

1)Embryo/ Children of the grave- Black Sabbath
2)Bad Reputation/ Thin Lizzy
3)Iron Man/ Black Sabbath
4)Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo/ Rick Derringer
5)Telegram/ Nazareth
6)Into the Void/ Black Sabbath
7)Space Trucking/ Deep Purple
8)Dead End Justice/ The Runaways
9)Voodoo Child/ Jimi Hendrix
10)Fox on the Run/ Sweet
11)Cat Scratch Fever/ Ted Nugent
12)Slow Ride/ Foghat
13)Communication Breakdown/ Led Zeppelin
14)Loose/ the Stooges
15)Crosstown Traffic/ Jimi Hendrix
16)Heartbreaker/ Led Zeppelin
17)The Wild One/ Suzi Quatro
18)I Hate Myself for Loving You/ Joan Jett
19)Mississippi Queen/ Mountain 
20)Sweet Emotion/ Aerosmith
21)Let the Good Times Roll/ The Cars
22)Cocaine/ Eric Clapton
23)Gimme all your Lovin'/ ZZ Top
24)Jack the Stripper-Fairies Wear Boots/ Black Sabbath
25)Black Dog/ Led Zeppelin

Gentlemen

"Bron Yr-Aur Stomp"- Led Zeppelin

Live at Earl's Court 1975

One of my fav. Led Zep. performances.

Thyme Warp's Top Albums

This is a list of my top album picks of all time. All of these albums I believe can stand the test of time and I would stand behind either one of them. Every single track on these albums, are a work of art on their own and collectively they create a masterpiece.

Yes there are some odd choices for albums from certain artists like Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles. I could have chosen Rumours, as most people would for Fleetwood Mac's greatest contribution to music, but that album means shit to me as an album. Of course "Dreams" and "Go your own way" can stand on their own, but I don't appreciate the ENTIRE album.

All of the albums I have chosen mean something to me, whether it is sentimental or a reflection of a certain time. They are my picks. Enjoy!

Nirvana- Nevermind
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
The Beatles- Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Rolling Stones- Exile on Main St.

The Strokes- Is this It?
Arcade Fire- The Suburbs
Mirage- Fleetwood Mac
Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Californication

Neil Young- Harvest
The Byrds- Sweetheart of the Rodeo
The Smiths- Meat is Murder
The Clash- London Calling
Paul Simon- Graceland

Iggy Pop- Raw Power
U2- Joshua Tree
The Mars Volta- Deloused in the Comatorium
No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom
Radiohead- In Rainbows

TV on the Radio- Dear Science
Metallica- The Black Album
Death from Above 1979- You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
At the Drive-in- Relationship of Command
Led Zeppelin- House of the Holy

MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
Broken Social Scene- You Forgot it in People
Coldplay- X+Y
David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Lil Wayne- Tha Carter III

Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Fantasy
MSTRKRFT- Fist of God
Nas and Damian Marley- Distant Relatives
Wolfmother- Wolfmother
Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Free Style to Weezy

More than anything right now

I want to be myself-

My true self that loves disco,

And smokes Marlboro's to Edie Sedwick videos on youtube.

I look at photos of things that inspire me and I just want to live.

Live to be myself-

Not anyone's girl, woman or trick.

I just want to be me

The one that gets a boner over vintage

The one that loves bubble tea

The one that just wants to dance in the club free style to Lil Wayne

The one that loves Led Zeppelin and The Byrds more than life

The one that loves western shit and wants to rock a bolo tie.

I want to be myself every day but I always feel like something is holding me back

Maybe it's peoples opinions?

It must be

Because if i let it all go

I would be wearing some fucking fab things.

Or it could be laziness?

Either way I feel that no one understands me.

People accept me but they don't get me except the few loves.

The don' t get that I die to write

That I die to listen to music

That I die to drink wine and have a good conversation

I die to dance to some 80's jam

They don't get it and I probably don't get them

So really I want to show more of myself some how

The easiest way is through dress

I should let it all go, rock a bolo and gaucho.

The Rock and Roll Myth

I couldn't figure out what was so appealing to me about Rock and Roll for the longest time. It wasn't my childhood. I was raised on country music. It wasn't the music itself. Some of it, I could do without.

So I dug and dug into my soul and I have finally figured it out: it's the myth, the legend that accompanies each band that I worship that draws me in.

When I listen to Led Zeppelin, I am convinced Robert Plant is singing to me, telling me that he wants to be my "backdoor man."

When I hear the Stones, I buy into their excessive boozy image. I buy into the heroin mythology of Keith and the mystery that surrounds Brian Jones death.

When Freddie Mercury hits those insanely high notes, he is sharing in my search to find "Someone to Love."

When Iggy Pop carouses around the stage freaking out on drugs, and rubs peanut butter on his chest, he embodies my sense of adventure.

Rock and Roll says everything I want to say. It says "I fucking hate you", "I love you", "I want to sleep with you", and "I want nothing to do with you". It says everything that is hidden deep below the surface.

So when I put on a Who track, like "Behind Blue Eyes" I really do mean, what is going down behind my blue eyes. I connect with it more than any other type of music no matter how carnal it is.

It's much like what Penny Lane says in Almost Famous (see previous post) when you get lonely, you go to a record store and visit your friends. I really do feel like Mick Jagger is a friend of mine. That I understand the inner workings of Gram Parsons, that Jimmy Page and I connect on a spiritual level.

Rock and Roll myth is that the Rock Stars get you. They understand you. They are your friends. So when I listen to the Doors, I say to myself: "He may not love me but Jim Morrison sure as hell does..."

Thinking How It Use To Be

I would die to see this live.

My fav. singing my absolute fav. song.

Robert Plant with The Band of Joy - "Tangerine" Led Zeppelin cover.

Heavier Than Air

Today is the 10th anniversary of something very special.

Ten years ago today one of the top albums of all time

"Relationship of Command" was released by At the Drive-In.

In honour of the anniversary, Cedric Bixler-Zavala

is today's Rock God.

There is no one quite as sexy as this beautiful man.

The way he struts around stage in a silk shirt.

I happened to run into him before a show 3 years ago

and I almost passed out at the sight

of his fro and double denim ensemble.

I was so spell bound I didn't even think of asking

him to pose for a picture.

Seeing Cedric on stage is as close as I will get

to seeing Led Zeppelin perform.

He is like a time bomb exploding

on stage.

No one has stage presence like Cedric

except maybe Iggy Pop.

Also,Cedric has serious mike throwing skills.

See him in action here:

Magic Man

One of the most beautiful creatures on the earth

Mr. Jimmy Page.

The magical wizard incarnate.

Making girls swoon

with his luscious locks,

coy looks,

spell binding guitar licks,

and bedroom antics.

Magic man, put a spell on me...

The Crystal Cave

I move in to my new apartment today, hopefully. There are a few things I'm going to do to christen the place which I will call affectionately from here on "The Crystal Cave", which is, for now, a working title.

1)Christen it with some wine, preferably white this time, and blast Led Zeppelin as loud as I can just so the neighbours know there is a new person in the suite.

2)Take a Jim Morrison and The Doors bath. Light some candles. Think "I'm a lost little girl" and drift, drift away...

(See post titled: I am the lizard king, I can do anything)

3)Smoke a cigarette on my leather couch and watch Factory Girl. Channel Edie Sedwick and Warhol all at once.

4)Cook the deluxe vietnamese meal. Or order in the deluxe meal. I can't decide. A food coma is sure to be enduced.

King Of The Concrete Jungle

I am a Golden God

You Are Home

Almost Famous. My most favourite film of all time.

What do I love about this movie?

I love how most of it is based on things that actually happened in rock and roll history. It's a conglomerate of Cameron Crows life/ Led Zeppelin/ The Alleman Brothers/Pamela DeBarres.

It's about decadence, you know, drugs, sex and rock and roll.

This film inspired me to be a journalist. I want to be the enemy. I want to be honest and unmerciful when I write. I want to be living in this Almost Famous world.

The above is a clip from the film of a bonding sess. over Elton John. Here I am home.

All Of My Love...

#4- The Legendary Led Zeppelin

Gateway Song: "Immigrant Song" not "Stairway To Heaven"

Love Affair: "D'yer Maker", "Communication Breakdown", 'Tangerine", "Houses of the Holy", and "Kashmir"

Fav. Album: By personal choice- Houses of the Holy

By music excellence- LZII

_Read Hammer of the Gods_