Unimportant Shit

So some of you might be wondering what the hell is up with the Iguana Music? So here is the straight dope.

Devo was a (mostly bad) music group in the 80s. They are known for wearing flower pots on their head.

Anyway, some wacky students at Kent State in the 60s came up with the idea of "devolution" or de-evolution. You know, all the shit that was going on then led to the conclusion that humanity was on a backwards evolution path. All kinds of crap was going on then, and some students thought society was regressing. So devolution was a campus joke.

Then some students were murdered by the National Guard for protesting a war. In 1970. One of the guys that later formed the band Devo knew some of the students killed, and even saw one dead student - shot by an M1 Garand rifle. Those things chamber a 30-06 bullet - which is a big ass bullet. So the sight must have been very gruesome.

At that point the concept of de-evolution was no longer a joke to the guy. A few years later the band Devo was formed. Jocko Homo was inspired by a pamphlet "Jocko Homo Heavenbound" distributed by some devolution people at Kent State. Jocko Homo is a science geek way to say "monkey man" or something like that.

So there you go. The story behind the Iguana Music - leading to a bunch of guys wearing flower pots on their head. But it was the 80s, drugs were good and cheap, and it was still OK to get drunk and drive (the cops would just tell you to go home and fine you $100- ask President Bush or Dick Cheney about that). So we can understand and forgive the flower pots thing.

Iguana Music will be changing soon. Maybe something more recent is in line. You know, something from this year. Something hip and cool. Just in time for the weekend!

Also you may notice that I added my Netflix selections to the sidebar - just in case anybody was loosing sleep wondering what DVDs I have from Netflix.