The Crawling Ear column: more haiku reviews

The haiku reviews from a couple weeks ago seemed to go over pretty well, so here’s a few more. I’d really like to devote this whole column to the new Weezer record; unfortunately, I promised another publication my extended thoughts on it. I don’t want to be some no good, two-timin’ music journalist. The three lines I laid down here should tell you all you need to know.

Beastie Boys – Check Your Head

They rhyme “commercial”
with “commercial” in one song
that killed it for me

Henrietta Collins and the Wife Beating Child Haters – Drive By Shooting E.P.

Brief Rollins freak-out
disturbing, hilarious
good Wire cover

Little Richard – The Georgia Peach

No one screams like Rich
one time Buddy Holly had
sex with his girlfriend

Mr. T Experience – Everyone’s Entitled To Their Own Opinion

This one has that cool
Danny Partridge song on it
“Surfin’ Cow” rocks, too

N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton

When did this album
become so goddamn funny?
it used to scare me

Nerf Herder – IV

Original guys
back on track, enough solid
tunes to justify

Weezer – Weezer (Red Album)

Joke, mid-life crisis
Who knows? I guess we were wrong
about them saving rock

James's Crawling Ear will be back next Wednesday; read his last column here.