[kj] PTV was: TG Wreckers/Coil

[Leigh Newton]

That seems to be the problem every which where these
days. The availability of music has taken such a sad
turn in recent years. Seems similiar to music video
stations. I'm not really sure how it is or was on MTV,
but i know that here in Canada, Muchmusic used to be
really cool. It was just a totally random selection of
videos throughout the day - the cure, queen, anthrax,
TLC, kate bush, elvis costello, violent femmes, etc
etc - just like a video jukebox, really. Then there
were also a bunch of shows, like the metal show, the
rap show, the alternative show, blah blah. Now, i
guess because people can see MTV via digital cable,
they feel they have to compete, so it's just a bunch
of horrible, celebrity-obsessed bullshit about cars
and contests and fucking slogan-spewing assholes. God
forbid you ever see a video in its entirety anymore.
Was MTV ever cool? 

Anyways, it seems like the same goes as far as record
stores are concerned. I was in one today and there was
just nothing, nothing, NOTHING. I was getting so
pissed off, and coming around a corner and seeing
brand-spanking new Ramones shirts beside shirts that
read "Mullets Rule!" wasn't helping matters any. I
came out ok though. I got the new Locust EP which is
10 minutes of insanity sandwiched between interesting,
electronic breaks; a used copy of Lash by the Jesus
Lizard, and a DVD i didn't even know existed. It's a
Slayer show from their most recent tour and it's the
Reign in Blood album in full, plus a few other songs.
Pretty awesome. Anyways, sorry for rambling on and on.
I just saw Alex's message and it reignited all the
frustrations i was feeling earlier.

Leigh

Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> The thing I'm finding about both Coil and PTV (tho'
> not with TG) is 
> that their stuff is *VERY* hard to find outside of
> the internet. Time 
> was when if you were searching for a record and you
> couldn't find in 
> any of NYC's multiple authoritative mom'n'pop record
> shops, there was a 
> good chance that the record you were looking for
> simply didn't exist. 
> Sadly, this is no longer the case. You go to these
> shops and they'll 
> have seven dozen copies of the new Radiohead album
> (or whomever), yet 
> whole sections of more esoteric artists (the `Joke
> included) are empty 
> and covered in dust.
> 
> It's sad, really.
> 
> Alex in NYC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Peter
> Moltesen wrote:
> 
> >>>   There are a ton of live albums.  Some are
> great (Live in Tokyo) and
> > some
> >>> suck (Live in Rekysjesyk??).
> >
> > you mean "Those who do not" ?
> > strangely enough thats one of my favourite PTV
> albums
> > oh well - each to their own
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
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