AT YOUR PERIL

Oh man, this a bad news, good news, good news, bad news scenario. I ran into a Donnas song from 1999, "Keep On Loving You". As soon as I read the title, I had that ultra bland top 40 song in my head, not theirs but another song that had the same title. I most certainly did not want that shit floating around in my skull. I clicked without haste to foster an intervention. The Donnas' song couldn't possibly be a cover. Fuck, it is. Oh, but it's actually not bad if you don't think of the original. Hey, maybe it will replace the original in my head , or at least cancel it out. Oh shit. The final result, bad news: I now have a fucking REO Speedwagon song stuck in my head.

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Listen:
The Donnas - Keep On Loving You mp3 at Tumblr
The Donnas - Rock 'n' Roll Machine mp3 at Like Mike 69 (?)
The Donnas - Take It Off mp3 at Tumblr

RETURN OF PARKING LOT CHICK

Yeah, the day's almost over, but it's still 4/20 somewhere. A most ridiculous holiday if there ever was one. Which makes it perfect for those who celebrate it, because to them everyday is 4/20. What? Do you think people who really smoke weed only smoke weed once a year? You is or you ain't. The Donnas were. I know. My nephew smoked out with a couple of them after a show once. It was years ago and it still makes me immensely proud. Why? Because if I was his age, I would have done the exact same thing. A way early start on the bucket list. Smoke out with the Donnas. Check. Hell yeah.

The Donnas should have been huge. They really didn't fuck around, just simple catchy rock 'n' roll songs about partying, sneaking out, making out, rocking out, and smoking out. I ask you, what is there not to like? Particularly if you're around the same age and have the same delinquent habits. Surely if we can all praise the Ramones singing about sniffing glue, or raise our fists because Joan Jett loves rock 'n' roll, there must be a place for the Donnas.

Maybe the Donnas were too basic. Maybe there wasn't enough to dissect, or maybe they were too much like their audience. Who knows. I'll tell you one thing. Parking lot chick don't care. She smokes weed any day she wants.

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Listen:
The Donnas - Who Invited You? mp3 at Scarlet (?)
The Donnas - Take Me to the Backseat mp3 at Sapicenter (?)
The Donnas - Don't Wait Up For Me mp3 at Better Propaganda
Video:
The Donnas - Take It Off at YouTube
The Donnas - Too Bad About Your Girl at YouTube
The Donnas - Who Invited You? at YouTube
The Donnas - Strutter at YouTube Kiss cover ala Redd Kross
The Donna - Fall Behind Me at YouTube in Black-Llight-Poster-Vision
The Donnas - You Wanna Get Me High (live) at YouTube

THE LAST CRUNCH

I rarely play Christmas music. I can't really see having music that I'd only play one month out of the year. If I still threw holiday bashes like the good ol' days, I might want some. Although, come to think of it, when I did have holiday parties, the music was usually something like Mudhoney, Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore...that type of stuff (which should tell you how long it's been since I actually hosted parties). But they were ramshackle events anyway. Just a bunch of the usual suspects, getting drunk, with a tree in the corner. So, I tip my hat to the hosts of holiday parties, and say, with all the sincerity that I can muster, better you than me.

Here's a few to get you through the last day. But not without a few notes about some of the songs. Listening to the Mojo Nixon cut, I just realized how much he sounds like Peter Wolf, in the early J. Geils Band. The Donnas thing is a cover of a horrible song by the Waitresses, so even this version is a little ill-conceived. The Slade song isn't their most rocking, but it's Slade, a band dear to my garish plaid heart. The Dick Dale song is uncharacteristically mellow, but nice (your Mom will dig it). It's hard to believe that the Kink's "Father Christmas" is thirty years old, I still think of it as their newer stuff. The Julian Casablanca cover of the Saturday Night Live skit is here even though he's always kinda bugged me, but I guess he has a sense of humor. Poly Styrene's making a return, because she started this whole mess the day after Thanksgiving. And, after you've sent the kids to bed, you can relax by the fireplace, and listen to William Burroughs tell the story of Danny the car wiper's Christmas. Wind down with a few from "The Hipsters Guide to Basic Holiday Jazz," while you take a bite of one of the cookies that the kids left out for Santa, just so they will believe for one more year.

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Mojo Nixon & the Toadliquors - It's Christmas Time mp3 at Good Rockin' Tonight
The Donnas - Christmas Wrapping mp3 at Good Rockin' Tonight
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody mp3 at Jellynuts.com
The Ventures - White Christmas mp3 at My Aimz Is True
Shonen Knife - Space Christmas mp3 at Lost In Your In Box
The White Stripes - Candy Cane Children mp3 at Indie Rock Cafe
Dick Dale - Silent Night mp3 at My Aimz Is True
The Kinks - Father Christmas mp3 at Indie Rock Cafe
Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Were Christmas Today at Indie Rock Cafe
James Brown - Go Power at Christmas Time mp3 at Plain or Pan
Lee Perry w/Sandra Robinson - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year mp3 at Music Like Dirt
Poly Styrene - Black Christmas mp3 at Lost In Your In Box
William Buroughs - The Junky's Christmas mp3 at Music Like Dirt
Chet Baker - O Come All Ye Faithful mp3 at Can You See the Sunset
Dexter Gordon - The Christmas Song mp3 at Can You See the Sunset
John Coltrane - Greensleeves mp3 at Can You See the Sunset