For Words, Against Words (Pour Les Mots, Contre Les Mots)

My comeback playlist, it seems like it. I would have done "Love Is Dead Part 2" (allusions to this post here), but you guys know that the topic of love is so passe, and the playlist that I initially created for that theme ... sucked big time.

I think this playlist is a bit better, and more appropriate.

Pour les mots, contre les mots. For words, against words.

Words can be as nourishing as manna falling from the sky, or as deadly as daggers thrown at your direction before you could even see and dodge.

Never say anything that you might later regret having said.

The wound that you might create with words may never heal, even with time.

Tracklist:

1. Talk With Jesus - The Jones Sisters
2. Never Talking To You Again - Husker Du
3. Someone To Talk To - The Screaming Blue Messiahs
4. Good As My Word - All
5. Four Letter Word - Echobelly
6. Mess Of Words - That Petrol Emotion
7. For Want Of - Rites Of Spring

I, I believed memory might mirror no reflections on me,
I, I believed that in forgetting I might set myself free.
But I woke up this morning with a piece of past caught in my throat,
And then I choked....
And I woke up this morning with the present in splinters on the ground,
And then I drowned.... (Rites Of Spring)

Updates on this month's gigs coming up later.

Trash Radio Manila EPISODE 9 Part 2: Acquired Tastes

Good Wednesday afternoon, friends, and welcome to Part 2 of Episode 9.

We have included songs from bands whose works demand a certain degree of appreciation. All of these bands - The Undertones, Jawbreaker, Rites of Spring, The Party Of Helicopters and its equally illustrous precursor Harriet The Spy, and Hüsker Dü - are excellent in their own special way, and it takes a few spins for most to realise this fact. Thus the title of today's segment, "Acquired Tastes".

"Acquired Tastes" may also be doublespeak for rarities that we are very fortunate to have found in the dustbin (for instance, see pic of Jawbreaker vinyl, a very rare piece of wax which we bought for a song). Yabang much? Nope, just ecstatic :D

And since we're talking about Jawbreaker here, do check out this site. It appears to be a comprehensive Jawbreaker site, containing infos on releases, lyrics, stories behind the lyrics and stuff. The story behind the creepy voice towards the middle part of the song "Split" can be found here.

I strongly suggest that you get a hold of all of these bands' works. Now this is going to be enormous work specifically with Harriet The Spy. Then again, it is such a shame to miss out on these guys who seemed to have lost in the battle of popular airplay by default, so here goes. Check out this playlist.

1. THE UNDERTONES - "Wednesday Week"
2. JAWBREAKER - "Split"
3. RITES OF SPRING - "By Design"
4. THE PARTY OF HELICOPTERS - "Crawling"
5. HARRIET THE SPY - "All the Strings"
6. HüSKER Dü - "Whatever"

And I do thank ALBjornstad for reminding me last night what Hüsker Dü means.

Altered images: Hüsker Dü logo, Jawbreaker red vinyl, Rites Of Spring

For high bitrate version of the playlist, click here.

Trash Radio Manila Test Cast

Test broadcast off Trash Radio Manila featuring Comeback Kid, Rites Of Spring, The Beauty Of Doubt, and Deadline.

More about The Beauty Of Doubt on their MySpace.