Wally Pleasant: "New Action Hero" (2000)

Wally is fuckin' awesome! It's a shame he didn't get a bigger audience.

This song is a little dated, since video stores are pretty much nonexistent nowadays. But it still makes me chuckle like an inebriated uncle.

New Action Hero

Grand Buffet: "Oh My God You're Weird" (2003)

I saw these guys a few years ago here in Philly at the First Unitarian Church. I forget who they opened for, but they played after Mac Lethal.

Grand Buffet are interesting pair. The guy who writes their music looks like an out-of-shape football player, and the main rapper has red hair and a beard that makes him look like a Pharisee. When I saw them, the main rapper wore a skin-tight Talking Heads T-shirt, and he was really funny between songs. At one point he extemporized that the reason the government sends 18-year-olds over to Iraq is because that's the age when you're the smartest you'll ever be. Yes, he was being sarcastic.

This song is probably the most popular one in their catalog, which is saying something because they also have great tunes like "Murderfuck" and "Americus (Religious Right Rock)", the latter a pro life song that mocks crazy Christians.

"Oh My God You're Weird"

Wombats: "Let's Dance to Joy Division" (2008)

An awesome way to round out this week of Active U.K. Artists. The Wombats are one of my current faves -- love their wit. Their album, A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, has so many great songs. I was torn whether to post this song or the final track, "My First Wedding", which has the great lyric: "This is my first wedding / And it'll probably be my last / I wish the bride and me didn't have a past". Maybe I'll post that later. . . .
"Let's Dance to Joy Division"