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Here is a clip from the last show of Things Outside The Skin, a Brooklyn band by way of a Virginia swamp that seemed to have a healthy supply of Faith No More and Public Enemy, which is a pretty good thing to have a healthy supply of, swamp or no swamp.   This is the first number from their set at Otto’s Shrunken Head on East 14th St. in Manhattan.  They are a very fun band to see live, and the lack of a live drummer comes off far worse on this video than in person.  (full disclosure- I know these guys, and they know I think they should mix live drums with programmed drums.  I have to cut them slack because it’s New York and it’s a hard town to find people with space for a drumkit)

Music has always been a huge part of my life, as I’m sure it has been in yours.  The purpose of this site is to be a venue for my thoughts on music, both high and low.  This site will endeavor to be enjoyable to read and as unpretentious as I possibly can be, but also not infantile, snarky, or insulting.  Passion always has its place in criticism, but the point of criticism should be improve and instruct, not destroy.  I won’t presume to have an overriding manifesto or dogma regarding music; indeed, I’m pretty sure I will contradict myself often, and invite you the reader to call me out on it.  All I can aspire to is an honest account of my relationship with music without being too much of a jerk about it.  At the end of the day, I love music, I love what it has meant to my life- hopefully me sharing my thoughts on music won’t be an exercise in mind-numbing drivel.  If it is I invite you to call me out on that as well.

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