Lower Dens "Nootropics" - 2012 LP

All of a sudden LA is a windy town.....For those of you who don't believe in global warming (first off...are you fucking kidding me???)....of course the Earth is going to deteriorate.....Everything does....Nothing stays pristine...Nothing last forever....Now come on.....that's not a sad or depressing thing...It should encourage you to grasp the present...love the one you're with......So through the LA wind I began my strut to work....The cool wind whipped my hair in my face around every turn just enough to be annoying....Then on my iPod came a haunting/feverish-hum...a dark presence was looming....Just as I began to pucker my a-hole and face my head toward the concrete airy/rhythmic/pop-glorious sOUnd came on....it was glorious......I felt divine....I understood my father.....I didn't 'need' anything...I was a marvel....Lower Dens made this happen.  Lower Dens have to be the best band in Baltimore right neoooow (sorry A.Co) and on every music radar of 2012...

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Lower Dens "Lamb" mp3

Lower Dens "Brains" mp3

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Bad Weather California "Sunkissed" - 2012 LP

I need sunshine.  I wake up early.  Like ass crack of dawn early.....that's when I put out a majority of my public installations.  Today I slept in....Rumor has it a bartender over served me last night.  All lies...I deny it all....Fuck, okay, i was in the mood....I needed to drink off a little steam....sip on some whiskey with a beer back.....turn my breath into kerosene.....howl at the moon......become a beast.  I woke up....tried to pester my girlfriend....then went outside.....It rained.  Goddamnit it's not suppose to rain in LA.  I left a new canvas outside and a few of my wino-strut bottles.....they're ruined.  I quickly retreated to my headphones and put on Bad Weather California (rad website)....which I had never heard of and assumed it was heavy rock.  I was wrong.  Bad Weather California is bright happy fun pop/modern/Cali-surf psych/quirky.....with a major Cars and early Flaming Lips influence. I got my sunshine:

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Bad Weather California "When You Smile" mp3

Bad Weather California "I'll Reach Out My Hand" mp3

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Howlin' Rain "The Russian Wilds" - 2012 LP

It's rare that I'm at a loss for words......This album is spectacular.....Right under an hour of solid, solid, broke-dick, mind bending, blaring, psych-retro rock........whewwwwwww....One of my alltime fav bands and another gem from Ethan Miller.....with the aid of American Records and Rick Rubin, Howlin' Rain nailed it on this one:

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Howlin' Rain "Can't Satisfy Me Now" mp3

Howlin' Rain "Walking Through Stone" mp3

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Danish Painter Per Kirkeby....

The paintings of Per Kirkeby are outstanding.....Thickly layered paint, scrapes on the canvas, large brushes, and palette knifes are all used in order to make an abstract composition:

Gerhard Richter Painting Movie

this looks rad.....Gerhard Richter Painting Movie: