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BONGQUISTADOR

by Boris Budd

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WHAT’S UP! MAGAZINE REVIEW MAY 2018.

I almost passed on reviewing this record at first. My knee-jerk impression was that it was edge-lordy, bratty and problematic (You know, like punk rock often is). I couldn't figure out why anyone would ever cover the song "Nazi Girlfriend," or even what it was about. But I love being challenged, and I love figuring out why I feel the way I do about things. After tearing into this record, and later the entire Boris Budd back catalogue (I had never heard of him until this week; fantastic stuff), it's grown on me. A lot. After I got over myself, I going Bongquistador refreshing and brilliant. It's politically charged, sardonic, and arguably unlike anything happening in Bellingham right now.
"Pinprick" is a highly relevant song about the psychic bubble, the alternate reality, that sum 30 percent of our country lives in. The xenophobic, neoconservative population, to be more accurate. Budd sings from their perspective: "persuasive ramblings from the heart of disaffected, barriers of entry are dense, ideas protected, shills and glocks are loaded with our concepts, evolution beer not far from the precept, I'm in a bubble, I live in a bubble." It sums up in a few words why we can't have nice things.
"Menu For Stone Jones" is a fun, silly tune about legalizing weed, while "Republicans Hate Poor People" is a simple anthem, if not a bite on the nose. The song that pushed my comfort zone for this review is the cover of Iggy Pop's "Nazi Girlfriend." Without context, the song is seemingly sexist and racist, but a bit of research revealed that Pop wrote it about Nico, the singer/songwriter darling from the 60s and 70s whose blatantly racist tendencies seem to have been forgotten by history. In the context of Iggy Pop, I think it begs the question of how we pick and choose our cultural heroes and icons, and at what point does popularity, talent, and attractiveness overshadow hate speech and racist action? In the context of Boris Budd's back catalogue, I think covering this song is an indirect reference to the rising boldness of racists and Nazis. Or maybe, he just likes the song.
I keep thinking of the idea that great art inspires thought, and with this EP, with the songs listed and others, really got me thinking. I highly recommend it.
-Jake Werrion-








MUSIC VIDEOS

Radio Right Rebellion Playbook
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VskG2q5l2nA

I Love My Bong
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTbcjdSvh8E

Fiscal Clifford
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GBujLFH8k

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released February 21, 2018

Words & Music-Boris Budd except:
*/**Words-Budd/Watson
**Music-The Ramones
***Words & Music-Iggy Pop

Additional Musicians: H. Bates, V. Blackshadow, F. Holloway,
S. Jones, M. Rundell, P. Woods
Recorded by Stone Jones at Shadytown Studio
Mixed and Mastered by Chip Westerfield
Design/Layout by Marty Watson

Next Seven Exits Records
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Dedicated to Scott Greene

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