The first time I heard stuff from the new Cursive record was when they were on Daytrotter last year. I hate to say but I miss the epic Cursive of Ugly Organ. Not that this is bad, Let me Up is one of the better songs on Mama, I'm Swollen, but there's something missing from this album. The two albums since Ugly Organ have been ambitious (Tilly the Wall on percussion?) but the urgency from Ugly Organ is gone. Tim Kasher had his existential crisis and came out a different man, but he still seems to be writing like he did when his life was in shambles. Writing about how terrible your life is only works when your life is actually terrible. Regardless of what your feelings are about Cursive (the feelings are love, right?) This video is pretty awesome. There's dead girls, fire, angels that look like Suicide Girls. It's Epic.

Mama I'm Swollen has been out for a minute via Saddle Creek

[bonus: click here to hear Cursive do a fantastic cover of Modern Love and an OK cover of Love Cats and a reworked The Casualty]

I was 18 years old when I discovered William S Burroughs. I bought Naked Lunch at the SDSU bookstore for like $5 on sale and it freaked my whole shit OUT. It had trancipts from the indicendy trial and a handy little drug guide in the back that would come in handy when I found myself having to revive girls at the Del Mar.

The scariest part of this video is not how badly I'd still like to have Burroughs' life (except for the boyfriends) it's that horrifying plastic surgery monster Genesis from Throbbing Gristle. I forget if Genesis was a man first or a woman first but it's safe to say he/she is neither now. Anyway if you don't feel like watchng the whole 5 minute teaser (why don't you feel like watching the whole 5minute teaser?) the best parts are when one of Burroughs' "ex-boyfriends" talks about sleeping with Burroughs and there being a loaded gun in the bed. This guy was like maybe thirty. Burroughs died at 83 in 1997. This dude was around 18 in 1997. Bill still fancied himself a bit of twink I see. I couldn't seem to find any release date for this movie, but there was a celebration for the 50th anniversary of Naked Lunch a few weeks ago in Chicago. Since i don't get to go to Italy or New York or San Francisco or Arizona on my two and a half week vacation from school, I'll probably rent Beat and dream about shooting Courtney Love.