![]() ![]() Still, they’d be forgiven an initial spit take. In other words, he’s surfing that Ideal Vibe from start to finish, consequences be damned, though I suspect fans of Omni’s herky-jerky jams will be more forgiving than Cox’s repo man in training. But who cares, because on his new, genuinely odd solo LP, Vague Enough To Satisfy, Frobos plays it like some sort of bizarro, pickled LA lounge lizard living in a low-key rock opera on the edges of a dime store detective paperback. Nor do I know if he, too, thinks that Otto is blind to quality vibes. ![]() I have no idea if Omni rocker Philip Frobos rates Alex Cox. The joke is that it sucks.īut (setting the song's suspect, warmed-over, 80s conservative griping and contempt for the welfare state aside) what if it doesn't suck? What if Otto sucks? What if, instead, it possesses an Ideal Vibe? See, Otto is a Real Punk and the joke is that whatever Morris & Co. The whole thing, including the music, is played for goofs, a riff on punk bands swerving from their lane and alienating their Real Punk fans in the process. You know that scene in Repo Man? The one where Otto goes into the punk bar and sees The Circle Jerks in lounge act mode doing ‘When The Shit Hits The Fan’? Otto’s at a table and he says something like, “I can't believe I used to like these guys.” The band’s hamming it up on stage – playacting with too many acoustic guitars and a chintzy, prehistoric drum machine. ![]()
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