Some artists deal with the subject of mortality in delicate, reflective brushstrokes. OFF! bandleader Keith Morris confronts it roughly the same way a hungry pit bull meets a T-bone steak—with fang-gnashing ferocity. To wit: multiple compressed assaults from the band’s new sophomore salvo, Wasted Years (Vice). Because, at 58, the Circle Jerks/Black Flag vet (who still maintains a spin-off combo dubbed Flag) has faced his own frailties, overcome most of them, and simply accepted—then soldiered on—with the rest. Morris, guitarist Dimitri Coats, bassist Steven Shane McDonald and drummer Mario Rubalcaba will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new feature on them.
McDonald: This guy gives me an inferiority complex. A british musician turned physicist. He once played on Top of the Pops. He is now a member of the High Energy Physics group at the University of Manchester, and works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)[15][16] at CERN, Switzerland. He also spends much time presenting science based educational programming for the bbc. I first became aware of him from his Wonders of the Universe series. escribed by many as the british modern day carl sagan,..who he sights as an enormous influence. I particularly enjoyed this series aimed at promoting british scientific research. But just a simple youtube search for Professor Brian Cox will send you down a path of incredible scientific discovery. To top it off he has a cool George Harrison ’66 haircut, with just a tough of distinguished grey… AND he’s a year younger than me. Ass!
Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjttfT21jwA
