"It's always pretty after an apocalypse
So we strolled past the flowers planted by the Bloods and Crips
And they chose white lilies 'cause they're such wacky kids
It was a good day
Damn right, it was a good day
Almost all the hypocrites and demagogues were gone
Like the sacramental moment In a last poets song
And Bayard Rustin came back just to bitch slap Farrakhan
It was a good day
Damn right, it was a good day"
Gonna be on regular rotation.
A few years ago I started a tradition of listening to the album “Describes Things As They Are” by Beauty Pill on 1st Jan. So far, I am the only adherent to this tradition, which is a shame. It’s an absolutely excellent album: part De La Soul, part Funkadelic, part Wild Bunch, part advanced alien intelligence.
It’d be nice if I could encourage at least one other person to join me in my lonely tradition.
Speaking of #BandcampFriday, here's some music you might give a try:
- #BeautyPill, a DC-based project that's basically Chad Clark spreading sonic awesomeness, often with amazing co-conspirators: https://beautypill.bandcamp.com/ (I'd start with Blue Period, Describes Things as They Are, or Cigarette Girl from the Future, personally.)
- #Elecktroids's "Elektroworld" is one of my faves of the many, many #Drexciya-related projects. https://cloneclassiccuts.bandcamp.com/album/elektroworld This same label (Clone) has many of the other Drexciyan albums / compilations.
- #CreationRebel's "Starship Africa" is more of a "dub from way out" sound than the rest of their albums. Even if reggae and dub aren't typically your bag, this atypical classic is at least worth a listen. https://creationrebel.bandcamp.com/album/starship-africa
Beauty Pill (Chad Clark in particular) are one of the bands I most fervently wish were already somewhere on the Fediverse. #BeautyPill #music
But hey, for now, enjoy this story about their cover of Harry Nilsson's "Perfect Day", give it a listen or even buy it, and maybe imagine how it might have fit into Better Call Saul as you'd like. https://www.stereogum.com/2230180/beauty-pill-share-cover-of-harry-nilssons-perfect-day-rejected-by-better-call-saul/news/
JD
Giles
Ryan Randall
MUSIC CENTRAL