Heartbeat (The Big Black single, for reasons which will become both obvious and annoying)

[hirez]

JH-R RHR = 49. Hm. Is that good or bad?

http://www.touchandgorecords.com/links/tg25/ (Big Black, Killdozer, Scratch Acid, Shellac, Man or Astroman? et al. Concentrated, industrial strength FionaMusic)

The phrase 'Living document' has sprung into my head. For that, people must suffer. However from this here thing from the annals of the Chicago Reader, I give you:

... All this vitriol directed at Steve Albini is uncalled for. While I concede his conceit, it must be admitted that compromising one's principles for the sake of popularity is, at the very least, tacky.In his defense, I would like to share an incident that speaks to Mr. Albini's credentials as a true artist who refuses to sel lout. One day my roommate was disturbed by our upstairs neighbors who were playing their stereo too loud. She asked me if I had any really obnoxious music, and I said sure; I considered the Butthole Surfers and the Dead Kennedys but settled for Mr.Albini's old band, Big Black. About five seconds of Songs About Fucking played at ten was all my roommate could take, but it was enough to ensure peace and quiet for the rest of the afternoon.

Oddly enough and back in the Marc continuum from this afternoon, I was playing 'Anger is holy' from Mark Stewart's self-named LP at a pleasant volume (ie - about nine-and-a-half on the richter scale) when an angry flatmate charged into my room and ripped the record from the player. In retrospect, a not entirely surprising event given it's a track that makes even glitchdrei unsure, but I was surprised and yet rather pleased at the time. (1993)

Comments

[adamw]

I want to go for GVSB myself. Bit of a distance when I missed them in London though!

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. However, there's something particularly fine about viewing Chicago bands playing at home. Though perhaps it's just me and my 80s hardcore/industrial biases.

[hazeii.livejournal.com]

49, well, it all depends (makes you a bradycardiac, for one thing).

Dieting will make your heartrate nosedive, so will regularly exercising above usual level for a while (temporary effect). OTOH, if you're not doing anything unusual (for you) and it's 49 or so most mornings for a couple of week, congrats, most likely reason by far is you're fitter than 99-point-something percent of the population.

Incidentally, all those tales about meditating guru's with heart rates below 30? That's not a fitness thing; that's being thin, not eating for a couple of days and lots of sitting around - no meditation required.

Game I play is see how big a range I can bag in 24 hours; 5:1 still isn't too hard, 6:1 is probably no longer doable given my age.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Hm. It's probably option two - I've been biking into work for the past couple of weeks. I likely need to measure it more accurately, too.

[hazeii.livejournal.com]

Only heart-rate-monitors I've found to work reliably are the Polar (http://www.polar.fi/polar/entry_nonflash.html) ones (even worn one clubbing (http://hazeii.livejournal.com/27826.html)).

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

5 seconds of Songs About Fucking and I'm surprised it wasn't moshing all afternoon long! Yeah!

Damn, though. Big Black playing out. That's a hell of a show even without them.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Damn, those are cheap concert tickets! Pity about the plane fare.