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The End of All Things

 I am not an expert on Nomeansno, but I can tell you this..their music can be quite difficult to get on physical media (LP, CD or otherwise [unless you want to spend somewhat spicy money]) in Canada. Luckily, Alternative Tentacles reissued Wrong. Now, cross border shipping is still muy caliente, but enough distros picked it up in Canada to allow me to put Wrong into my record collection this year. Nomeansno (since 1979) played (ended 2016) chaotic punk rock that I want to say fell into hardcore, but they were far more than a single genre. Wrong is unconventional for a punk band to say the least. The bass is lively as hell, with a tone that's absolutely perfect. The drums know when to get weird and when to kick it into overdrive. I don't know if it's jazz or funk, but there's something in the mix that if Nomeansno wasn't so aggressive it might feel pretentious..instead they're just odd and make me wish I had the opportunity to seem them live. Lyrics are talk sung for the most part, melodic but not overly, and can get a little weird...open to interpretation. The guitar's having fun, but not as up front and centre as the bass, to me anyway. Wrong is every bit of the classic punk/hardcore album that its reputation would have you believe. 

(my in-laws were in Europe recently and brought me back a couple bags of chips [thank you])

3 Dutch Farmers (cooked from potatoes grown at our own farm) kimchi flavoured potato chips are quite crunchy. Kettle cooked with lots of skin. I can't recall the last time I had kimchi, so I'll have to take their word for it that this is what kimchi tastes like. It's almost like a tomato base tasting (but not sweet like ketchup chips) with something that give it a bit of bite (like a black pepper bite for level, but doesn't taste like black pepper). Something tastes like, slightly dirty or earthy? There's a bit of an onion cousin in the background. This flavour is both familiar and completely new to me at the same time. I'd read the ingredients but I don't speak dutch. Base chips are fantastic, the flavour is odd enough that I can't tell if I'm into it or not..but it's not bad.

funny-frisch Chipsfrish ungarisch (I could google to see what this is saying, but I'm assuming that these are red bell pepper flavoured potato chips based on the bag. They smell like bar-b-q. The chips have a light crunch, similar to Lay's. The flavour is odd. At first I was like, 'tastes like mesquite bbq' then something weird kicked in. It's almost simulated pork flavour. There's also something earthy at the back end. I had to google this flavour, I believe ungarisch translates to Hungarian. I'm confused, why is there a picture of a red bell pepper on the front of the bag. I get no bell pepper in this flavour. I'm not sold on these chips, for me I'd like a bit more crunch and a bit less foot flavour. Not the worst, but I think I'll avoid tasting Hungarians moving forward.

Stay hydrated,

Marc


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