PAST NOTES

“Just so you don’t think I only watch films from the 1980s, this week I thought I’d step into the ’90s with Empire Records (1995). I love this movie about a Gen X-run independent record store for a few reasons. One is the nostalgia factor. It definitely makes me think of high school — Class of ‘96, in case you were wondering — and the many Saturday nights my friends and I watched it when we were too lazy to go out. It somewhat successfully attempts to capture the essence of my generation at the time (even though some sources tell me I’m part of the “Millennial Generation,” I consider myself to be a Gen Xer) with its hip, young cast, memorable characters, and quotable lines.” - Popdose: Soundtrack Saturday: “Empire Records”

How I obsessed over this movie when it came out (I was 14). I love that this post only features the following gems (and more) that were not on the official soundtrack, which I played to death:

• The Cruel Sea - The Honeymoon Is Over
• The Dirt Clods - Hey Joe
• Queen Sarah Saturday - Seems
• Quicksand - Thorn in My Side
• Ass Ponys - Little Bastard
• Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
• Throwing Muses - Snakeface
• The Cranberries - How
• Daniel Johnston - Rock ‘n’ Roll/EGA
• Gwar - Saddam a Go-Go
• Sponge - Plowed
• The Adolescents - L.A. Girl
• Suicidal Tendencies - I Shot the Devil
• The The - This Is the Day

I just happened across this post from one of my favorite music blogs - The Art Decade - here are MP3s from a live Smashing Pumpkins performance in Dusseldorf from April 7, 1995:

Tonight, Tonight
Zero
Fuck You (An Ode To No One
Today
To Forgive
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Thru The Eyes Of Ruby
Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans
Disarm
Muzzle
Cherub Rock
1979
X.Y.U.

Pantera - War Nerve (FTW)

Truly, fuck the world, for all it’s worth, every inch of Planet Earth, fuck myself, 
don’t leave me out, but don’t get involved, don’t corner me
Inside, ulcer, unjust bastards, file out face first
Meet the lies and see what you are
It’s forcing you down, and it’s grinding against you
Let the war nerve break
For every fucking second the pathetic media pisses on me and
judges what I am in one paragraph - Look here - Fuck you all
Expect the worse, you bleeding heart, but kill me first
before it starts, yes my cock is getting hard, we are
born different after all
Invite mayhem, produce weapons, shoot out, burn down
No CNN or media now
All the money in the fucking world couldn’t
buy me one second of trust or one ounce of faith in anything you’re about
Fuck you all
Nothing is worth the sleep that I’ve lost
Apologies unacceptable now
A blistered revenge awaits in me
This is fucking loveless
Hate
Hate mail is not read, in jail instead
The Lord knows, there’s worse
Ignore, this curse
Hate