Category Archives: social commentary

1998

Posted on July 30, 2012 by screemz

In a time long ago and a galaxy not so far away… the year 1998: January: Nepalese police intercept a shipment of 272 human skulls in Kathmandu February: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein negotiates a deal with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, allowing weapons inspectors to return to Baghdad, preventing military … Continue reading →

Posted in 1998, 90's, All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors, alt rock, alternametal, Amon Tobin, art school, Autechre, avant garde, Beastie Boys, Big Lebowski, Bill Clinton, Boredoms, Chicago, Clutch, Coen Bros., college, college parties, comedy, dark humor, Darren Aronofsky, death, death metal, DJ Krush, DJ Spooky, Don Caballero, doom, downtempo, drum n bass, electronic music, experimental, Faith No More, film, future, Gang Starr, godspeed you black emperor!, google, Gorguts, groove metal, heavy metal, helmet, hiphop, Hunter S Thompson, Hurricane Mitch, idm, International Space Station, Japan, Josh Homme, live, Massive Attack, math rock, Meshuggah, movies, mp3, noise rock, Phil Hartman, post-rock, psychedelic, Queens of the Stone Age, radical, rock, Rush, social commentary, Sonic Youth, Squarepusher, summer, technical death metal, thrash, Tortoise, Unwound | Tagged 1998, 90's, all natural lemon and lime flavors, amon tobin, art school, autechre, avant garde, beastie boys, big lebowski, bill clinton, boredoms, chicago, clutch, coen bros, college, dark humor, darren aronofsky, death, death metal, dj krush, dj spooky, don caballero, downtempo, drum n bass, electronic music, experimental, Faith No More, film, futuristic, gang starr, godspeed you black emperor, google, gorguts, groove, heavy metal, hiphop, hunter s thompson, hurrican mitch, idm, international space station, japan, josh homme, live music, massive attack, math rock, meshuggah, movies, mp3, noise rock, phil hartman, post-rock, queens of the stone age, rock, rush, society, squarepusher, technical death metal, tortoise | 1 Comment

1996

Posted on March 6, 2012 by screemz

All kinds of notable events occurred in 1996, like when a blizzard hit the east coast region with a brutal 2 and a half feet of snowfall early in the year… which was followed up by the North Cape oil … Continue reading →

Posted in 1996, 70s, 90's, alt rock, alternametal, Aphex Twin, art school, Carcass, cars, cassette, college, college parties, dark humor, death, doom, drone, electronic music, film, funk, future, groove metal, heavy metal, hiphop, idm, industrial, jazz, kraut rock, live, melvins, Mike Patton, Ministry, noise, noise rock, politics, punk, radical, rock, sci-fi, Sepultura, social commentary, star wars, Stereolab, synth, technology, The Empire Strikes Back, thrash, Tipsy, tool, tribal, Unabomber, Unwound | Tagged 1996, 70s, alt rock, alternametal, altmetal, aphex twin, art school, Carcass, cassette, college, college parties, dark, doom, drone, film, funky, hard rock, heavy metal, heavy rock, hiphop, humor, idm, industrial, jazz, kraut rock, live, melvins, millennium falcon, ministry, noise, noise rock, politics, punk, radical, rage against the machine, repetition, rock, roots, star wars, stereolab, synth, technology, thrash, tipsy, tool, tribal, unabomber, Unwound | Leave a comment

1990

Posted on June 21, 2011 by screemz

The 90’s I remember to be split into 2 halves: the first half beginning with what looked to be a hypercolored extension of the 80’s, where extremeness had just begun to outdo itself, over and over and over again. The … Continue reading →

Posted in 1990, 90's, action movies, david lynch, desert storm, heavy metal, high school, holy wars, horror movies, live, movies, Nintendo, Primus, punk, radical, rock, sci-fi, social commentary, television, the jesus lizard, Uncategorized | Tagged 1990, 90's, al jourgensen, arnold, bobby, breathe, david lynch, david yow, duane denison, frizzle fry, hardware, head, heavy metal, holy wars, hypercolor, industrial, it, jesus lizard, megadeth, ministry, movies, nintendo, patriotic, primus, reebok pumps, rust in peace, stephen king, take no prisoners, the mind is a terrible thing to taste, to defy the laws of tradition, total recall, twin peaks | Leave a comment

1988

Posted on June 3, 2011 by screemz

Over time, My Bloody Valentine has grown to be one of my favorite bands. I didn’t actually hear ‘Loveless’ until around ’98, and I had a good 5 years of listening to just that album and none of their other … Continue reading →

Posted in 1988, 80s, 80s music, 80s pop, action movies, Bill Hicks, funk, heavy metal, jazz, live, Living Colour, My Bloody Valentine, punk, reagan era, rock, sci-fi, social commentary, They Live!, Uncategorized, Weird Al | Tagged 1988, 80's action, 80s, atmosphere, Bill Hicks, living colour, music, my bloody valentine, punk, rock, sci-fi, they live, wall of sound, weird al | Leave a comment

1980

Posted on May 22, 2011 by screemz

Blue Oyster Cult live in 1980 performing “Godzilla”. I first started loving this song as covered by Fu Manchu, but over time I began to appreciate Blue Oyster Cult more. They have some of the best songs in rock, albeit … Continue reading →

Posted in 1980, 80s, godzilla, live, rock, sci-fi, social commentary, The Empire Strikes Back, Uncategorized | Tagged 1980, 80s, blue oyster cult, cowbell, deadline, drum solo, ethereal, godzilla, guitar solo, rock, rocknroll, solos, the empire strikes back | Leave a comment

1976

Posted on May 22, 2011 by screemz

“there is only IBM, Dupont, and Exxon” A quote from the movie Network, who’s trailer I am showing for “1976”. 1976, my first full year around the sun, is not remembered so well. I do know that at some point … Continue reading →

Posted in 1976, 70s, dark humor, film, howard beale, Network, social commentary, television | Tagged 1976, 70s, black comedy, film, howard beale, movie, network, sattire, social commentary | Leave a comment

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