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TRACK REVIEW:  MAINTENANCE - "LOW LIFE" by Chris La Vigna ( @instant_insanity_productions ) "Alright, who's been putting 'shrooms in the dog food again?"                           It's been quite some time since I've felt compelled to post anything on this blog. Life comes at you fast, y'know? I suspect the fellas in Maintenance, who in my opinion are one of the most consistently interesting bands in the 914 music scene, would agree with that particular truism.  Though the band has been playing plenty of gigs over the last year or so, they have been largely quiet when it comes to dropping new music.  It's more than understandable when you consider just how deep of an impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on not only the local music scene, but musicians and venues across the country. We've all had to adjust, re-organize, and re-prioritize what we've been doing with ourselves in some way or another. A...

  Richard Bachman Tina Turner Overdrive by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris_LaVigna ) "May a thousand apocalyptic sirens Sing me to sleep I can’t be held responsible For what happens otherwise Condemned to roam the chasm Between calling and craving Evoking a certain style of desperation For maximum engagement These electric eldritch abominations Won’t let me die I’m the closest you’ll ever get to a hero Yet I’ve stolen so much Love simulations Rage amplifications Resonance, dissonance, dissidence, decay I can give it all away For the proper price Video violence Stretching the bandwidth Your identity rests On how much you can take I’m the closest you’ll get to a hero But I can’t save you Too busy staring Into a time loop mirror Birth, growth, rot Birth, growth, rot Ad infinitum Ad nauseam Still figuring out the difference All I know is: Legacy Is A Lie ...

 THE KING OF ZONING OUT by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris_La Vigna ) "When my mind starts to wander Breaks out running,  Deeper, Into the unknown  Sprinting inward Soaring outward I escape Into uncharted zones Is it future? Is it past? All I know is: The present can kiss my ass These cubicles & kitchens These minimum wage prisons Are draining my heart But I’m less than a fart in the breeze To the Regional Manager I am The King of Zoning Out  Maybe I’ll be a spy Double agent, a hitman With a strict code Steal a car Hit the highway Carve a path ‘Cross the open road Then I’ll move Up to Portland Buy a bar Have a new band play every night I know my true self I warp and I melt A new consciousness Will coagulate To perceive space time app updates I am The King of Zoning Out" © Chris La Vigna 2021

  TERMINAL TRANSMISSION #60:  A SHOW FOR LLOYD-O by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris_LaVigna ) ALL HAIL LLOYD-O! Today's TERMINAL TRANSMISSION was an awesome time and a great way to ring in sixty episodes of this weird little internet radio show. Lloyd-O has long been a mascot for all of my creative endeavors, so it's only fair that he get an entire hour of KPISS digital airtime dedicated to his glory.  My Bandcamp featured artist was a Chilean death metal band called Phantasmagore, and I played the track " Insurrection Or Submission " off their new EP of the same name. Sadly, I think this is going to be my last post-show write up. As much as I've enjoyed doing these in the past, they've become more and more of a chore for me as of late. And let's be real, who the hell is actually reading these things anyways? Don't get me wrong, I'm aware that that statement could apply to pretty much every entry on this blog of mine, but even the lowest-clicked Q-Recs got...

  TERMINAL TRANSMISSION #59:  CREEPY HOUSE by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris_LaVigna ) Somewhere in Bronxville, evil has a home... Today's episode of TERMINAL TRANSMISSION was some good dumb fun. I decided to have the theme be a story of you, the listener, getting caught in a dark adventure in a spooky old house, scored to my kick-ass playlist, naturally. As things are opening up and I begin to work more and more on film projects that Covid forced into dormancy, my default storytelling nature is re-emerging. My "Bandcamp Pick Of The Week" for today's show is the new single from French synthwave/darkwave icon Perturbator, " Lustful Sacraments. " I also debuted a new track from Brooklyn electronic music duo PET Wife, "Sword." The songs paired perfectly together for the "disco of the damned" portion of my loose haunted house journey. If you missed today's live broadcast, you can stream the recording here via the Kpiss website. You can also cat...

 TERMINAL TRANSMISSION #58:   A BRIDGE TOO FAR GONE by Chris La Vigna ( @Chris_LaVigna ) A view of the water flowing under a bridge along the Bronx River Pathway. Last Tuesday's TERMINAL TRANSMISSION was a decent episode. Nothing wrong with it, it all went smooth, but for some reason it felt a bit low energy, as evidenced by the fact that I didn't post this write-up the day of, which is very rare for me. But y'know what? That's okay. Not every show's gonna be a zinger. That's just a fact. The show for June 15th, 2021, is undoubtedly going to be a great one, of that much I am certain. My "Bandcamp Pick of The Week" for Episode 58 was the song " No Justice " by the Baltimore hardcore punk band Tokenized. I saw them play at the Metro Gallery (pretty sure they were opening for The Nightbirds) back in 2017 when they were still going by the name xJoexBidenx.  Understandably, they've since changed their name, but they rock just as hard as they d...