In The Belly Of A Sideways Maneuver

It's entirely possible that this one video contains every music video production "trick" known to mankind - the jerky cut edits, naturally, but also the film reel coming off the spool, the melting film acetate, the artificially aged/worn look, complete with scratches, missing frames, faded color, oversaturation, contrast problems, etc. I'd go so far as to say this video was made by a "fookin' stoodent", but I don't want to insult anybody.

In any event - good song, good band ("In The Belly Of A Shark" by Gallows). Nothing to set the world on fire, hell, nothing even approaching "revolutionary", but hey, you get what you get when "hip" and even "popular" is determined by teenagers. They really don't know any better, their soft pink minds still ignorant of history. Time tends to fix all that.

Hotcha! Hank

Something 4 The Weekend # 53

You may recall that the Swedish punk band Refused entitled their 1998 album The Shape Of Punk To Come, and upon first listen to the British punk band Gallows debut album, Orchestra Of Wolves, I can't help but thinking these guys took Refused's words to heart, because I hear Refused influence all over this record.

Gallows: Orchestra Of Wolves: "Stay Cold": 128k mp3

And that's all I really have to say about the band. I chose the song "Stay Cold" because the high temperature today is expected to reach zero degrees fahrenheit, with windchills around 20 below zero. I was just out running errands (gotta make sure I've got enough coffee beans for the long weekend) and while all the meteorologists like to toss around the word "bitter" to describe this kind of weather, I find it rather invigorating.

Hotcha! Hank