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The MataBlog is edited by Matador Records’ co-moaner Gerard Cosloy and individual entries are the work of whoever’s name is next to them. If you enjoyed something in the MataBlog, thank you very much! If there was something you found particularly troubling, please be advised that a) maybe you should read it again and b) the contents of this blog do not necessarily represent the opinions of Matador Records, Beggars Group, the combined staff of either company, nor the Matador artist roster. Opinions are like friends — hardly anyone has one worth listening to.

Jay Reatard instore tour update

August 23rd, 2009 at 11:32 am

[caption id="attachment_5656" align="alignnone" width="262" caption="Steven leaves the crowd at M-Theory speechless"]Steven leaves the crowd at M-Theory speechless[/caption]

Greetings from the Big White Van (whom the rental company named 'Beth'),

So we're officially halfway into the instore tour. 5 down, 5 to go. SoCal is in the bag and we've made our way north where it feels like it's friggin October. Nobody told us it was going to be 55 degrees in August. We're cold. A shopping day is very much in order. Anything with sleeves is tops on the menu. We've switched from three Mexican meals a day to three Thai meals a day. Sonic Youth, Faust, Adam Franklin, Eric's Trip and Naked Raygun have dominated the stereo. We haven't played the Bass Fishing video game the the rental company gave to us. A fuse blew on Jay's amp. Twice. We got free t shirts. We got lost. The Big White Van's battery died. And that millionaire guy killed his model girlfriend.

Are you sorry you missed one or more of the free, all-ages shows Jay's been destroying? Well you should be. Cause they've been awesome. Amoeba Hollywood, Fingerprints, M-Theory, Streetlight and Amoeba SF were all packed to the gills with fans who certainly walked away satisfied. And Amoeba Berkeley, Jackpot, Easy St., Sonic Boom and Zulu should prove no different.

So if you see the Big White Van flowing through your town, be sure to follow it to the next stop for some ear-bending rock.

See yiz,

Jay, Steven, Billy, Mike and Beth

On Behalf Of Sammy Hagar, We Demand A Recount

April 28th, 2008 at 1:05 pm by Gerard



(we all have different ways of coping with disappointment)

It's a good thing American insurance companies don't commission these sort of polls --- you don't see the folks at Blender hawking cheap policies, do you?  From the Daily Mail :

Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" was voted the number one driving anthem in a survey of more than 2,000 motorists, it was revealed yesterday.

However, the song was unlikely to awaken the speed demons. The survey, by Saga Motor Insurance, found drivers who listened to blues numbers were most likely to be caught speeding.

And comparatively mild country songs were the next most likely to induce drivers to speed, followed by reggae and hip-hop, and then classical.

According to the poll 49 per cent of those who listened to blues and 45 per cent who tuned in to country had committed a speeding offence.

Runner-up to Meat Loaf in the in-car charts was Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, with Steppenwolf's Born To Be Wild third and Queen's Don't Stop me Now fourth.

Shat In The (Linkin Park's) Van!!

November 6th, 2007 at 8:36 pm

No square inch of scenery left to chew, no square inch of Shatner's ass to kiss, and no clips of the interview on YouTube yet, but one can enjoy Mike Patton exploring everything that happened in music between The Infectious Grooves and Linkin Park!


No Need To Pimp This Ride

October 29th, 2007 at 10:39 am by Gerard

Who amongst us hasn't dreamed of tooling around town in a chariot previously owned by one of history's most infamous despots?



But enough about Matt Dillon, apparently Pol Pot had something to do with this Mercedes, too.

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The MataBlog is edited by Matador Records’ co-moaner Gerard Cosloy and individual entries are the work of whoever’s name is next to them. If you enjoyed something in the MataBlog, thank you very much! If there was something you found particularly troubling, please be advised that a) maybe you should read it again and b) the contents of this blog do not necessarily represent the opinions of Matador Records, Beggars Group, the combined staff of either company, nor the Matador artist roster. Opinions are like friends — hardly anyone has one worth listening to.

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