the magic of a few notes

T.S.O.L.: It's Gray

from: Change Today?(1984, Restless Records)

Devo: Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy

from: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978, Warner Bros) and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou Soundtrack(2004, Hollywood Records)

Alright, so I heard "It's Gray" on Little Devil's Criminal Mischief video (before i got beaten outta BMX idiocy by the white trash retards in santa clarita. i should probably thank those retards now, but i wont, cause i actually wish them a lot of ill will). Soooo...along with Van Homan doing all kinds of nutty stuff and Matt Behringer (i think) riding to KISS, "It's Gray" was in there. I got the album and pretty much didnt like it except for that track, but whatever. beside the point.

Change Today? is when TSOL switched singers to Jon Wood from Jack Grisham, who ran for gov of california on an interesting platform, peep:

I will be a strong supporter of immigrant rights in our state. I would fight to ease the stigma and raise the standard of living of the immigrant and their families here in California. I am now working on a wider plan, and with the help of the federal government will make it easier for immigrants to contribute to make this state better.

Grisham placed 37th in the recall election (losing to Gary Coleman, Larry Flynt, and Angelyne).

Despite their former frontman's political endeavors, I hadn't listen to True Sounds Of Liberty for awhile, but then I saw The Life Aquatic, which has "Gut Feeling," and more than anything, it made me think of "It's Gray."

Devo is obviously better than T.S.O.L. and Mark Mothersbaugh is the shit, but I just like listening to these tracks together.


by the way, i really thought TSOL was gonna be on some Southern Secession/States rights/lynching tip. But i guess they aren't. Come to find out, they are more into having sex with the dead and make-up than all that.