 crash landers. Wednesday, June 20, 2007 i've known and not known lawrence x. tarpey for now on 24 years. 24 fucking years. his old band Active Ingredients was the best punk rock outfit ever to come out of kentucky, i mean that and that is saying something when you consider louisville brought you squirrel bait and the babylon dance band and lexington had vale of tears and the slumlords. hell, i'd throw tennessee, ohio, indiana and most other regional states in that mix, as well. when i was a kid, i saw A.I. open for the Dead Kennedys and wipe the Jockey Club stage with them, lawrence would never admit that, but there was no doubt that Jello later aped lawrence's lyrics and his snarl, don't get me wrong, i love Jello but i have to call it like i saw it. Jello championed A.I. to many though, they were underground 'big.' lxt's stage persona left me believing he was an asshole of major proportion in central ky's. burgeoning underground scene. shows you what i knew, he was a mild mannered artist, poet and apt provocateur and it wasn't until year's later i realized without a lawrence x. tarpey i would have never had the balls to stand on a stage and try to perform. from the a.i. days to his other bands The Resurrected Bloated Floaters, Rabby Feeber and now (yes, he is fucking still going strong!) The Yellow Belts, there is one thing that always elevate them above whatever else was happening in this one horse fucking music burg, lxt's wit and delivery from the mic. he can spin a lyrical phrase and deliver with biting aplomb...lxt visits here now and again and always says something nice about my work (see yesterday's comments) it's only fair that i unleash a little ass-kicking from a Yellow Belt on the uninitiated...here's Crash Landers, everybody jump, jump. jump. Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ20. Get the new Shots! I'm all up in that. Comment (9) | Permalink |
