Right Brigade

In the back of a cab on the way home from LAX on Friday, I was living an iPhone commercial. I was watching Bad Brains Live @ CBGB’s 1982 on my iPhone when Liz Heller called. While talking to Liz Dave Conway was text messaging me about meeting me at my house to leech my FIOS. Suddenly my wife, Julie, calls. Going from being entertained to flipping around and conversating with three people in different ways all with this one slim little device was very post-modern. I was an embarassing caricature of myself, and I wish I could say that was unusual.

But that wasn’t the point of this post. The point of this post was to get you to buy this Bad Brains DVD. The best hardcore band of all time did three nights at CBGB’s starting on Christmas eve in 1982 and the DVD collects the best of those performances. For example:

I moshed my brains out in the back of the cab watching this. Mouthed every word. Watching this footage it’s really hard to believe this moment in time existed. Thank god it did.

At the same time I bought the Bad Brains DVD, I also bought the Minutemen documentary, “We Jam Econo”, which I haven’t watched yet but I did watch the acoustic jam on the second disc at the urging of Greg Miller:

Also magical moments never to be recreated. D. Boon RIP.

Enjoy.

ian

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Comments

  1. Phillip Kerman wrote:

    Yeah, that Bad Brains DVD is great. Check out my mash up from their stuff–including that track:

    Posted 11 May 2008 at 1:08 am

  2. Phillip Kerman wrote:

    oops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBkKBeVX9js

    Posted 11 May 2008 at 1:08 am

  3. Eric Sinclair wrote:

    The We Jam Econo film (I haven’t seen the DVD, I hauled my ass out to a screening) is impressive and inspiring. The band, music and ethos, of course, are right up there. But also the love put into the film itself.

    You’ll dig it.

    Posted 11 May 2008 at 6:54 am

  4. Mark Forman wrote:

    The Minutemen stuff is truly magic. Never knew they were also like Father of Calexico until I heard this piece. Nice when musicians make music for musics sake.

    Posted 11 May 2008 at 5:49 pm

  5. Justin Davis wrote:

    Love the Minutemen…especially Double Nickels On The Dime. I never saw the Minutemen play live, but I did see Mike Watt and Hurley in fIREHOSE. I met Watt once. He was kind enough to sign my bass.

    Posted 11 May 2008 at 6:38 pm

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