{"id":891,"date":"2005-07-14T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-14T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=891"},"modified":"2024-04-03T17:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:01:23","slug":"dont-drink-the-kool-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=891","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t drink the Kool-Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/38941-01.jpeg\" alt=\"Around these parts, Anton Newcombe is known as the other<i&gt; Anton.<\/i&gt;\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Around these parts, Anton Newcombe is known as the other<em>&nbsp;Anton.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s hard to believe that Brian Jonestown Massacre, named after the sadly departed Rolling Stones guitarist, was formed more than 15 years ago. Since its inception, the band has maintained an unhealthy touring and release schedule interrupted by various member changes and countless pissing contests. Thanks to the enormous popularity of the\u00a0<em>Dig!<\/em>\u00a0documentary\u2014which made BMJ vocalist Anton Newcombe\u2019s existence appear much more dramatic than any tabloid ever could\u2014the band is back on the road yet again and the buzz is stronger than ever. Though countless fools believe the Dandy Warhols\u2019 performance in\u00a0<em>Dig!<\/em>\u00a0was mightier than Newcombe\u2019s tour de force, the proof is in the pudding. One listen to BMJ\u2019s recently released (and well-timed)\u00a0<em>Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective<\/em>\u00a0should be enough reason to trash your copy of the Warhols\u2019\u00a0<em>Welcome to the Monkey House<\/em>. The fact that the band is gracing the tiny, two-foot-high stage of Old Ironsides is the other. Catch them at 1901 10th Street on Saturday at 9 p.m. with Th\u2019 Losin Streaks and Quarter After. Bring $10 for admission and your mescalin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(SN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to believe that Brian Jonestown Massacre, named after the sadly departed Rolling Stones guitarist, was formed more than 15 years ago. Since its inception, the band has maintained an unhealthy touring and release schedule interrupted by various member changes and countless pissing contests. Thanks to the enormous popularity of the\u00a0Dig!\u00a0documentary\u2014which made BMJ vocalist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}