Outside Lands Festival Part II

As promised, here is some additional video from the festival, including more Aterciopelados (I mean, really, is there ever enough?) and Social Distortion!



I have a very soft spot in my punkera heart for Social Distortion, who like Bad Religion, have made it through so many obstacles as a band, including drugs, fame, more drugs, and the introduction of Hot Topic/suburbia faux punk such as Good Charlotte (only The Cure can pull off that much eyeliner, and they have earned it!). It was such a treat to get to see them at Outside Lands!



I loved sitting in the room I shared with my three sisters and listening to this song full blast. I realized later that our ball and chains that each dragged were very different and made of totally different issues and problems.



Social Distortion's version of "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash is one of the best covers ever.

¡¡Puras Covers!! Only Covers!!

Algo que siempre me ha gustado es la habilidad de un artista de tomar una canción de otra artista y cantarla en su estilo único. No estoy hablando de esos artistas que solo toman partes de otras canciones sin dar creadito al artista original. Estoy hablando acerca de bandas que solo por el puro amor a la música "cover" canciones que nos transportan a otro tiempo o a otro tipo de música.

Me gustaría compartir con ustedes algunas de mis "covers" favoritas y otras que he encontrado recientemente y me han encantado. ¡Déjenme saber que les parece!

Something I have always liked is a band’s ability to take another artist’s song and sing it in their own unique style. I am not talking about those bands that sample parts of other songs without even giving credit to the original artist. I am talking about bands that out of their pure love of music cover songs that can transport us to another time or to another genre of music.

I would like to share with you all some of my favorite covers and others that I have found recently and I loved. Let me know what you think!


Jaula de Oro: Julieta Venegas (Original: Los Tigres del Norte)


La Negra Tomasa: Caifanes (Original: Compay Segundo)


Dancing Days: Stone Temple Pilots (Original:Led Zeppelin)


Hotel California: Panteon Rococo (Original: The Eagles)


La Bamba: Ska-P (Original: Cancion Tradicional de Veracruz)


Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Ska-P (Original: Cindy Lauper)


Ring of Fire: Social Distortion (Original: Johnny Cash)


Hurt: Johnny Cash (Original: Nine Inch Nails)


Rock el Casbah: Rachid Taha (Original: The Clash)

the fox

wow, i can hardly believe it. the old fox theater in downtown oakland (built in 1928) is finally scheduled to re-open on february 5th for the first time since 1966. am i a little weirded out by the orientalist architectural details ("the architecture...has long defied definition, being variously described as indian, moorish, medieval and baghdadian")? yes. unsettled by the gentrification looming around every corner in downtown oakland? yes!!! on the other hand, this is one gigantic beautiful old theater building which is not being converted into a church. hurray for that.

the first concert scheduled at the new old fox is social distortion, february 6th.

aww, punk rock boys with eyeliner ;)


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and i went down my old neighborhood
the faces have all changed
there's no one there left to talk to
and the pool hall that i loved as a kid
is now a 7 eleven

i went downtown to look for a job
i had no training, no experience to speak of.
i looked at the holes in my jeans
and turned and headed back.

...

good times come and good times go,
i only wish the good times would
last a little longer.
i think about the good times we had
and why they had to end.

so i sit at the edge of my bed
i strum my guitar and i sing
an outlaw love song.
thinking' 'bout what you're doin' now
and when you're comin' back.


the story of my life : social distortion