STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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December 27, 2010

Shane Lobotomy – “I Can’t Help Myself” b/w “The Way Things Go” (Fatal Seizures) 7”

This is kind of similar to when a guy wears flip-flops outside of the house. I just want to run up and whisper “Others can see you” much in the same way I want to scream “Others can hear you!” at this guy, whose stupid performing moniker I refuse to acknowledge. Or how about: “You know people have heard Jay Reatard’s music before, right?” Tribute is one thing; plagiarism is another, and absolutely no personal touch has been added to make this anything more than a blatant rip of any and all of Blood Visions. A dumber aesthetic (photos of dude bleeding from the mouth) is not an addition. Mr. Lobotomy even rips the songwriting style, creating two songs that are by default slightly catchy. The parent source was of a certain quality, and the trickledown is audible. Too bad everything else is, too. And visible. Lastly, there’s a chance this guy claims to have never heard Blood Visions (the type of arrogance seen more and more these days), we will then have a fine example of unintentional comedy. White vinyl, numbered edition of 300. (http://www.myspace.com/shanelobotomy)
(Andrew Earles)

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