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To be truly honest, this is almost the solo album that I didn’t buy. There was lots of talk of orchestral arrangements and the dreaded ‘conceptual’ album. It didn’t work for Kiss (Music from the Elder), the Ramones (End of the Century) and I didn’t want to see Timmy go down a similar path. Before you get delusions of Phil Spector moments , like getting Timmy being made to play the intro chord 500 times, don’t stop reading just yet. Well Timmy’s solo efforts take a while to grow on you. But thankfully I am here to say, The Luxury of Hysteria is an absolute corker.

Gone are the melancholy moments of Ghost Songs (an album to shoot yourself to) and the guitar sleaze of Dirty Ron and Spit Polish. The Temperance Union are still there but used sparingly. At the forefront are some brilliant orchestral arrangements. They add so much more texture and dynamism to a very familiar and rocking Rogers vibe.

I’d almost go out on a limb and say that the orchestral arrangements are far from classical, far from contemporary. They almost remind me of Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys went he started adding orchestras - yes to me at least this album is that good (I’m not a huge Beach Boys fan so please spare me the emails).

Most tracks feature Rogers’ trademark half flamenco, half steel string sounding guitar work. Definite highlights would be When Yer Sad and James the Second. But there’s no dead weight on this album. No flabby bits whatsoever.

5 out of 5 Mr Rogers. Perfect songwriting, perfect tunes. A truly stellar album. Just don’t scare us with a concept album ever again. Fingers crossed the next You Am I album is this good.

What a friggin’ cack! Apparently Blair had ordered an armored 7 series BMW limousine and when it arrived in the UK, it had four illegal immigrants sitting in it.

The skeptic in me wonders if something isn’t unusually suss about it. Apparently the car was in an unmarked container. Which is interesting, because what has an ex-Prime Minister of England got to hide? Was he trying to avoid the stamp duty? Did he declare it as a Mini Metro? Meh, who cares. It’s just great to see this oligarch suffer.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=122844

Was going through the photos of the Croatia trip and realised that we left out Pula. Pula is in Istria, north western Croatia, bordering on Slovenia. It’s a cute harbor city that has the sixth largest Roman Colosseum in the world - and a sight to behold at that.  Especially the bay views through the Colosseum wall arches. This Colosseum was a far better experience that the world famous Roman one. It’s in much better shape and is still used today as a concert venue.

Aside from the Colosseum, there’s a great archeology museum and a cosmopolitan city. Pula feels like there are a few more cultures represented and feels somewhat more assimilated than other cities. If you’re planning a trip, you could probably do Pula in a day or two. It’s a blindingly good drive from Opatija too! Heaps of twisty mountain roads for the more adventurous driver.

Rune Rebellion, the rhythm guitar backbone hero of Turbonegro, has amicably left the band to concentrate on the business side of the band (he’s involved in the record label side). He will not be replaced and Pal Pot will be the lead guitarist now.

It does make me wonder what sort of band Turbonegro will be now, and whether there will still be that monster wall of guitars they produce. While not well recognised, Rune’s downpicking style breakneck pace defined death punk and is not easily imitated. Hopefully, the band will maintain the fury as a five piece without him.

All the best Mr Rebellion. The band will go on but we’ll miss you.

Source  turbojugendusa.com