Mexican Reference Stand-Off

From a Recent Conversation

Me: So what have you been listening to lately?

Them: Oh, this noise band that only releases albums every three years. They don't make contact with their record label except to drop off the masters.

Me: Sort of like Jandek?

Them: Sort of. Have you heard that album of the Industrial guy that goes nuts on stage and just talks and cries for an hour straight? It's awesome.

Me: No. Sounds cool, what is...

Them: And have you heard those Sunn recordings? It's by the guy from Earth who gave Kurt Cobain the shotgun.

Me: Awesome...I guess.

Them: What about the roadie from the Melvins who plays all the instruments in his slow sludge-rock dirgecore?

Me: No, but have you heard the Van Morrison album that he made to get out of his record contract where he just mumbles about ringworm?

Them: No.

Me: Or that disco song-poem about Jimmy Carter? What about Uri Gellar's creepy religious album? Or Nagaroth, the German black metal group?

Them: Have you heard the Japanese French proto-punk psychedelic band with the blind lead singer?

Me: Well have you seen that 8 hour Warhol movie of the man sitting in a chair filmed backwards and printed on saran wrap?

And the soundtrack, it's by John Cage.

—February 26th, 2005

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