Alright so I'm showing up to this concept/theme a couple days late and a couple dollars short but give it a chance anyways. I think if I give monthly themes to my posts it will give me a need to post things, whether or not I have anything remotely interesting to say about them.
This month it's Rocktober: a retrospective of great rock albums that turned/are turning 30 this year. In middle-class north american culture we consider 30 some kind of trial, turning point or questioning of perserverance in the face of age; ridiculous right? For people yes, but perhaps for albums there is some truth to be told by their reaction to such an age. For example:
X's sophomore effort saw them elude the stigma of 'being a punk band' enough for pure pop/rock fans to appreciate them for the powerful songwriting force they were, without losing any of punk's edge. Whether this was thanks to improved production values on the part of Doors keybordist Ray Manzarek and a bigger budget or the band honing and owning their craft to a new level than on
Los Angeles is hard to say. However, the presentation of these micro-anthemic homages to east coast punk lifestyle are flawless at depicting the grunge inherent to them equally alongside the introspection, sarcasm and second-guessing that makes up Doe & Exene's narratives. The maturity and perspective these poets of punk bring to the table on this record are no less astounding today in their simultaneous accuracy, acutness and unflinching conviction.
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