//You really really really don't wanna miss this one.

damm straight - thanks miss y

Grand Lodge are fantastic but rather elusive as far as the web goes. I get my info from the slow boat man who plays guitar for 'em...

I thought he lived with his mum?

sorry miss y - i really really really did miss it.. too busy -no real time for tv ...is there a repeat on?

// it's on opposite 'Angel'

Joanna: WHAT CHANNEL IS ANGEL ON??? (forgive the caps, this is important stuff!!)

It was shocking seeing old HLAH footage of him with his long flowing locks and hot body contrasted with the Booga of today, all bloated and depressed.

He seemed to be almost crushed by years of regret, but he's moving on and his new stuff doesn't suck. Good on him.

Okay second thoughts: not harsh exactly, i was attempting to express regret. he was hot for sure.
I guess bad habits lead to badness etc

// oh-so-very hot, in a sleazy "why do I find him hot?"

like a million undeserving boys

Also I thought it was a bit cruel to leave in the bit with the half finished car, and the line about going back to school-it just adds to the tragedy of it all.

Anyone know where I can score a Misty?

Marty is so much more gormless than Booga, at least Booga allowed himself to have some real success before he got a habit, Marty couldn't even hold out till the first record was released.

Incidentally, there is a French cultural theorist, whose name escapes me, who writes about the exchange of capital in culture. He has a great theory of Cultural Capital that works really well with music. He says there are two types of Capital, Embodied and Objectified. A musician with embodied cultural capital is one who has learned his craft. This is something that involves a large investment of time, and the rewards take time to eventualize. Objectified cultural capital on the other hand is a more immediate thing that only requires investment in items of cultural worth such as, say, A Vox Ac30, a gretch guitar, a leather jacket, a greasy haircut. These things make you a rock star in a very visual way.
I know that ultimately you need a bit of both to have full Cultural Capital, because the public are very easily swayed by the visual side of things. But Marty is one who hangs too far to the side of Objectification, rather than embodiment. Or to cut to the chase, he’s a talentless old junky dressed up as a rock star.

//But Marty is one who hangs too far to the side of Objectification, rather than embodiment. Or to cut to the chase, he’s a talentless old junky dressed up as a rock star

Thats pretty wack spak. I mean I really rate Marty - especially the D-Super album, and recent Accellerants live shows I've seen. You've got your opinion and thats fine, I just can't for the life of me see any basis for it. IMHO you're reaching.

Admittedly I didn't see the TV show that I assume connects Marty and HLAH here...?

Just for the record, no the show didn't connect Marty and HLAH at all. We never set out to do an 'expose' - that's not the type of show we make - Booga just totally opened up about all that stuff. We figured if he was happy to talk about it on camera, we were happy to air it. As for Marty, it would've been a bit out of place to include him in the show, because it wasn't supposed to be all about drugs - it was about Booga, his experiences, and what lies ahead for him.

//Incidentally, there is a French cultural theorist, whose name escapes me, who writes about the exchange of capital in culture

As an aside: are you thinking of De Certeau? Foucoult?

Jimi: Pierre Bordieu

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It's only the extremely rare occasion such as this that I wish I had TV.