Damn, I love this album. I stumbled across it after listening to the 13th Floor Elevators for years. In case you do not know, the 13th Floor Elevators were a really awesome psychedelic/r&b/folk band from Texas in the 1960's. After a decade long hiatus (including a long stay in a mental hospital) Roky Erickson formed this band in the late 70's. This is a terrible analogy, but I would describe the Aliens as a mix of the Dead Boys and AC/DC with a hint of new-wave delivery (maybe?). Roky has a great blues-influenced rock voice, and on this album he yells a lot about monsters, Lucifer, and you guessed it, aliens. Some people I've played it for say it's too "80's dude rock," but fuck 'em, I think it's great. Look for a copy, and see for yourself. I recommend picking up this great compilation which includes a lot of songs from The Evil One as well as plenty of 13th Floor Elevators and soft acoustic Roky solo recordings (which are very, very good!)

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I have finally gone too far. I actually like a few songs from Paul McCartney's post-Beatles career. I do not even really like much of what the Beatles did after Revolver (I really like about half of the white album). There is not really room in my music taste for such an emotional sap as Sir Paul. But I swear to god, there's a few really, really good songs penned by McCartney in the seventies. I am particularly fond of Mrs. Vanderbilt, Jet, and Junior's Farm. Someone help me please. (In my defense, I have been countering my newfound respect for McCartney with healthy doses of the Seeds and the Electric Prunes. And I turned someone on to La Peste and Atomic Rooster today. All hope is not lost.)

In related pansy-ass news, I have a new appreciation of James Taylor. Fuck his music, but I watched Two Lane Blacktop last night, and his performance is killer! Fuck Vincent Gallo and his Brown Bunny. Viva Monte Hellman and Two Lane Blacktop!

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