Frydee Acid Bath
Well, it’s quarter to eight on Friday night, and I’m drunk at the office (The Patient Mrs. is here to handle eventual vehicular transit back to the valley), and god damn it, nothing less abrasive than Acid Bath will do. The above VHS port is of “Bleed Me an Ocean.” The record was Paegan Terrorism Tactics, and this is a prime example of a band that should be killing it at this point doing reunion tours. One can only assume they’ll get there. In the meantime, this is what they sounded like in Arkansas, 1996. Pretty right on, if you ask me. Clinton-era sludge. Fuckin’ a.
I don’t know if you check it out on the regular, but the forum has a bunch of new news up, from the fact that Karma to Burn has dropped off the upcoming tour with Truckfighters due to personal issues, to the Ides of Gemini release info, to new Clutch tour dates, new audio from Black Pyramid and the cover for the new Arc of Ascent record, it’s been quite a week on the news board, so hit it up if you get the chance. I can’t nearly keep up with all that stuff on the blog side of things, so hopefully that’ll serve as a decent supplement and you’ll be able to find it of some use.
Next week, a long-awaited Six Dumb Questions with Sleestak, as well as reviews of Temples, Les Discrets, Pale Divine and others. I’m waiting on Mario Lalli‘s column, but if it’s not that, I’ve got Woody High‘s first ’80s installment ready to go as a backup, so either way, it’ll be one or the other, and Sunday, I’ll be headed to Easton, PA, to see a music-show pilot taping that involves The Atomic Bitchwax, and I’ll hopefully have pics and words on that come Monday. Thursday, I’ll be hitting a screening for the Bobby Liebling documentary, Last Days Here, so I should have something on that come Friday. Looking forward to seeing it, either way. That one’s been a long time coming.
But anyway, enough of the drag that has been this week, existentially and work-wise. If you’ve got a beer, a goblet of fortified wine, or, say, a red party cup of gin on the rocks (just pulling possibilities out of the air), hoist it in the air in celebration of Acid Bath‘s underappreciated sludings, and have a great and safe weekend. I’ll see you on the forum and back here Monday for more zany fun.
Tags: Acid Bath
My Patient Mrs. took me to see the Bobby L. documentary a while back here in Boston…you will thoroughly enjoy it, and I look forward to your take.
That being said, there was a part in the movie when the crowd in the theater laughed, and I didn’t…you’ll probably have the same experience.