noise/noise-rock/free-jazz
I was going to say something about how conflating three very different things in a proposed "gateway" only served for further confusion, but they're conflated in the actual Japanese music scene too—Haino knew and collaborated with the great Kaoru Abe, a free jazz saxophonist who performed…

Lifter Puller lyric-quoting thread.
It ain't just a money thing—it's a question of community, the liberty, the extasy, the love, the drugs, the unity, and the busts, they look just like the "hey kool-aid" commercial: breakin' down the walls and they're tippin' over tables and it tastes great.

Fiestas + Fiascos > everything in the fucking world.

I also totally wrote about this one (http://tinyurl.com/p5jy59) and agree with the consensus here that its one of the saddest and loveliest things he's ever done.

This'll inspire a lot of "who the fuck is this guy"
Promotion that is shameless and selfish: I wrote a whole lot of words on Here, My Dear not too long ago and while I hardly think my analytical powers are supernatural, some might enjoy reading it? I'm clearly not going to make it out of this one alive:
http://tinyurl.…

Best hip-hop skit ever: pretty much any skit on The Chronic.

Oh, but even The Score has terrible, terrible skits that provoke skipping.

Huh.
I didn't know anyone could listen to The Carnival the whole way through.

The album's uneven but
"Whyyawannabringmedown" fucking rocks, spacing issues aside.

Oh man
All the songs sound like Nightwish rejects.

My favorite album of the year
For serious. It's so ridiculous that it is eminently enjoyable.