Documentaries

[Trev]

I think everything up to and including Californication is worthwhile, some very good albums, some great ones, nothing I'd rate lower than a 7.5

One Hot Minute is massively underrated though, shame they didn't stick it out with Navarro a bit longer

[Maggot Colony]

I watched Thoughts & Prayers, a HBO documentary about the training that takes place in schools to help teachers and kids prepare for an active shooter. The documentary is equally ludicrous and terrifying. We're shown kindergarteners undergoing an active shooter drill which is heartbreaking, and in another scene a salesman displays items that his company have designed including a bulletproof skateboard and bulletproof backpack.     

[Bürggermeister]

At least your books won't have holes in them, I suppose, even if you do.

I had to go the US for a couple of weeks, a few years back. We went to a Walmart and the vast array of different bullets and killing implements was on the aisle across from the toys. Literally 3 metres away from the kid's section. Fucking mental stuff. It's so conditioned into the cunts, the normality of having easy access to things designed only to kill and destroy.

[Born of Fire]

But they need those guns in case some wannabe tyrant tries to wipe his arse with the constitution and...oh wait 

[John Kimble]

Just watched the new Chili Peppers doc on Netflix. They're a band I gave up on many years ago, but the focus of the doc specifically on Hillel Slovak and their 80s years is actually really interesting. All the 80s live footage is great, he was a really cool guitar player.

Enjoyed this a lot, despite not being a fan of RHCP. My younger brother was a massive Chilli's fan years ago and I kinda knew about Hillel Slovak, but didn't realise how big a role he had in the band. I never really thought of John Frusciante as being the "new guy" but i guess RHCP only came on my radar around Blood Sugar. Sad story, undoubtedly a very talented guy. Thought the band came across well, esp Flea whom I've always hated (for no particular good reason, apart from his roles in Back to the Future!!). I always found the 'funk' element to RHCP to be a bit contrived, or maybe just novelty and irritating...besides, FNM did it so much better, were more interesting musically, and were more metal, strictly speaking, and therefore more aligned with my musical taste at the time. But fair play, id be more tempted to check out their earlier stuff on the basis of the doc.

On that note, I'll finish with this Nick Cave quote:
"I'm forever near a stereo saying, 'What the fuck is this garbage?' And the answer is always 'The Red Hot Chili Peppers"

[Emphyrio]

Ya, that about sums it up for me too. Really good doc.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Watched it last night. Very good, but then I've long been a fan of those early albums, which I first heard around the same time BSSM began dominating MTV. Interesting that neither Mother's Milk nor Chad Smith get even a mention though, the latter seen only in passing in a montage.