| Knowing my interest in these records (which stemmed
from hearing the incredible “Red Temple Prayer (Two-Headed Dog)”
on the radio while driving on the San Bernardino Freeway one day and
feeling certain that the world would end soon), Craig dug through
his vinyl collection, which is mighty, and made me a tape that was
29 songs long. These songs are rich with the dark, transgressive joy
that draws many of us to music obsession in the first place. Some
of them you must already know — “Creature With the Atom
Brain,” “Red Temple Prayer (Two-Headed Dog),” “Bloody
Hammer” — but do you know “The Singing Grandfather”?
You may; I know of at least one occasion on which it’s been covered,
by the mighty and underappreciated Antiseen, but I don’t know
where the version Craig sent me comes from. |
