church of the sonic youth

after seeing the awesome texas baptist church sign that read:
 "i never told rick perry to run for anything. i did suggest he stop harassing gays, mexicans, and muslims, however." --GOD

i couldn't resist making one of my own.

the revolution will be live

Gilbert 'Gil' Scott-Heron

(April 1, 1949 - May 27, 2011)

An incredibly sad day. I have not learned the details yet, only that Scott-Heron has passed away in New York. He had just released (last year) his first album in some 16 years. Poet, singer, songwriter, spoken word, novelist, activist, rythmist with a syncopated heart.

Not a last poet, but a continuum of poetry.

eschatology - (whimper) - the rapture (pt. 1)

the fascination with eschatology never ends. i present the soundtrack to the end of it all. i'm breaking this post in multiples as apparently a ton of youtube links in one post can break the blogosphere.

let's start with a little commentary on self fulfilling prophecies by the geniuses of six feet under, in particular this episode's intro, written, i believe, by rick cleveland

six feet under - episode 41 "in case of rapture"


only because this current idea and timeframe of the end of days (driven by a mechanical engineer turned evangelic pastor/prophet) is a religious based one, i will pull out blondie's horrific venture into rap music first. in an effort to get it out of the way. as an aside, this is the second time said mechanical engineer has predicted the rapture. the first time he was mistaken.

we are all human.

"rapture" - blondie
besides all the name checking during her "rap", i still don't know how she convinced jean michel basquiat to be in this. (he's the dj).


"rapture riders" - the doors with blondie


since this rapture is supposed to be caused by some earth shaking, now is a good time to share some fantastic roky erickson...

"earthquake" - thirteenth floor elevators


i compiled and burned CDs, complete with cover art, for friends for y2k, the millenium bug in 1999. scroll down past the prophesies since 1999 section for songs are about the end of days and released prior to that date.

PROPHESIES SINCE 1999:

"goodnight moon" - shivaree

"california tuffy" - the geraldine fibbers

"tomorrow comes today" - gorillaz

"let's get out" - life without buildings

"a thousand years away" - the minus 5

"it's not the end of the world?" - super furry animals

"no cities left" - the dears

"the dreaming dead" - jesse sykes and the sweet hereafter

"let it die" - feist

"naked as we came" - iron + wine

"end times" - the eels

will be adding more soon...

eschatology - (whimper) - the rapture (pt. 2)

(whimper)

originally curated for the end of the world 01.01.00

disc one

THE QUESTION:

"what are you doing new year's eve?" - lou rawls

THE MESSAGE:

"people get ready" - the impressions

THE DENIAL:

"1999" - prince

"all tomorrow's parties" - the velvet underground

"party at ground zero" - fishbone

"death is not the end" - nick cave and the bad seeds

"time is on my side" - irma thomas

"wish the world away" - american music club

THE MESSAGE:

"round midnight" - thelonious monk

THE NEGOTIATION:

"it's now or never" - elvis presley

"the rain won't help you when it's over" - true believers

"holding on to the earth" - sam phillips

"ask the angels" - patti smith group

"make the world go away" - eddy arnold

"meet ze monsta" - pj harvey

THE MESSAGE:

"final hour" - lauryn hill

THE ANGER:

"if i had possession over judgment day" - robert johnson

"tomorrow never comes" - loretta lynn

"god save the queen" - the sex pistols

"it's over" - roy orbison

disc two

THE MESSAGE:

"boys the night will bury you" - richard buckner

THE FEAR:

"la morena" - los super seven

"world destruction" - time zone

"the great atomic power" - the louvin brothers

"let my people go" - diamanda galas

"trampled by the sun" - the gourds

"the angel of death" - hank williams

"pink moon" - nick drake

"life during wartime" - talking heads

THE MESSAGE:

"countdown" - john coltrane

THE GUILT:

"it doesn't matter anymore" - buddy holly

"monkey gone to heaven" - pixies

"i've just destroyed the world" - willie nelson

"i just left myself today" - terry allen

(i hope to upload a video to youtube for this song soon)

"25 minutes to go" - johnny cash

THE MESSAGE:

"get to leave" - giant sand

(the original i used was giant sand, not howe gelb, from long stem rant)

THE ACCEPTANCE:

"let the mystery be" - iris dement

"viva la raza" - latin playboys

(hope to upload a video of this as well)

"it's the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine)" - r.e.m.

"is that all there is?" - peggy lee

"30 seconds till the end of the world" - pennywise

"a celtic lullaby" - whimper

HIDDEN TRACK:

"what a wonderful world" - victoria williams