COSMIC BALLROOM
Your Drug of Choice
Roasting House

 
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My drug of choice? Well, it depends on my mood, Jack, but you can bet it’s either a shot of gin, a fistful of apathy, a barely legal rock n’ roll teen queen, or some fresh ink. Sometimes, though, if I’m feeling stupidly immortal, I’ll take the phone off the hook and mix and match until my heart can’t take any more. Those are the real good times, ya know? Unfortunately, I’ve got to keep these death parties to a minimum if I want to see the revolution unfold, so I’ll often throw on an ultra bitchin’ sleaze rock record instead to help me reach that ultimate high my strange vices normally provide.

Of course, only the purest stuff from Sweden will do. I’m talking the trashy, snot-nosed, shout-a-long motherfuckery that hits you harder than a bag o’ nails and thumbs at your brain like it’s a broken Zippo kind of stuff. And Cosmic Ballroom is the new fix, man. It’s two parts Backyard Babies, one part United Enemies, and one part Hardcore Superstar, laced to perfection with a twinge of Social Distortion for some homegrown flavor. Listen, it’s a hell of a ride, so get hip to this shit now before the whole dead generation of scrappy punk n’ rollers and naughty midnight teasers buy it all up. Take too much, though, and you’ll probably end up either wrestling stray dogs or slam dancing pinball machines in hell’s arcade, but I mean, right on…right? See you in detox.________________________________________________________

- Jeff Warren