The best ever death metal band out of Denton was a couple of guys who'd been friends since grade school. One was named Cyrus, the other was Jeff and they practised twice a week in Jeff's bedroom. The best ever death metal band out of Denton never settled on a name, but the top three contenders after weeks of debate were Satan's Fingers, and the Killers, and the Hospital Bombers.
Jeff and Cyrus believed in their hearts they were headed for stage lights and Lear jets and fortune and fame.
So in script that made prominent use of a pentagram they stencilled their drum heads and guitars with their names.
This is how Cyrus got sent to the school where they told him he'd never be famous, and this is why Jeff in the letters he'd write to his friend helped develop a plan to get even.
When you punish a person for dreaming their dreams don't expect them to thank or forgive you.
The best ever death metal band out of Denton will in time both outpace and outlive you. Hail Satan. Hail Satan, tonight. Hail Satan. Hail, hail.
Jeff and Cyrus believed in their hearts they were headed for stage lights and Lear jets and fortune and fame.
So in script that made prominent use of a pentagram they stencilled their drum heads and guitars with their names.
This is how Cyrus got sent to the school where they told him he'd never be famous, and this is why Jeff in the letters he'd write to his friend helped develop a plan to get even.
When you punish a person for dreaming their dreams don't expect them to thank or forgive you.
The best ever death metal band out of Denton will in time both outpace and outlive you. Hail Satan. Hail Satan, tonight. Hail Satan. Hail, hail.
Despite the fact that death metal bores me, nobody likes teenagers and satanists are going to heaven for believing so implicitly in a monotheistic godhead, The Best Ever Death Metal Band Out of Denton is possibly the most cogent argument for the fundamental necessity of personal freedom ever tendered by someone with an acoustic guitar. Imagine the courage it takes to keep singing this shit live in the US as the school shootings and conservative fuckery mount up, year after year. And then perhaps ponder the increasing importance of, and even responsibility to, do so. For this reason alone, The Mountain Goats come with the highly coveted BTO platinum seal of unqualified approval and you should probably check them out if you haven't already. The Lovely R is more comprehensively enamoured of their canon than moi, but this is my favourite track and it's a great way to kick a new week in the shins while it's still getting out of its chair.
If you're a regular you might remember that I promised something gloriously vernal last week and then didn't come through with anything of the sort. What a lazy bitch, eh? I promise to make it up to you some time around.... Wednesday.
Honestly. Cross my heart.
(crocheted cold black heart by Gypsy Applo: her anatomical shit here)
ALSO: Hostile Witness Film Review- now goes down even easier with its very own landing/navigation page!
Lucky you.
If you're a regular you might remember that I promised something gloriously vernal last week and then didn't come through with anything of the sort. What a lazy bitch, eh? I promise to make it up to you some time around.... Wednesday.
Honestly. Cross my heart.
(crocheted cold black heart by Gypsy Applo: her anatomical shit here)
ALSO: Hostile Witness Film Review- now goes down even easier with its very own landing/navigation page!
Lucky you.
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