Target Video Is Genius

The recently released Flipper video by Joe Rees is on my top five things to watch and listen to at this time. I bought this video at the Flipper gig at the Funhouse on June 26, 2008. It is jam-packed with music from two live gigs -- one at Berkeley Square (1980) and the other when they opened for Throbbing Gristle. The Berkeley Square show is a window into the world of the new-ish band (formed in '79). Will Shatter's sloppy bass, Ted Falconi's squelching guitar feedback, Bruce Lose's smack-upside-the-head vocals -- all backed by the more accomplished Steve DePace's drumming, laid the groundwork for all that was good and true in punk, before it became hardcore.

Just look at what people were wearing then. There weren't any leather jackets (it was summer, though). People just wore whatever felt fun and right to them. There weren't the rules that stifled the scene later on.

The gig's highlight is the Will Shatter/Denny DeGorio duet "The Wheel" -- a most fucked-up, funny, beautiful triumph.

I will comment on the TG/Flipper gig later.