Album Review: Mudhoney “Plastic Eternity”
Seattle’s Mudhoney are now like elder statesmen of alt-rock! The band formed in 1988 and their sound was highly influential on what came to be known as Grunge. The band’s song “Touch Me I’m Sick” was referenced in Cameron Crowe’s Seattle-set film Singles, with the fictional band Citizen Dick’s song “Touch Me I’m Dick”. The band members intersect with several other WA bands of that era: Singer/guitarist Mark Arm and guitarist Steve Turner had previously been in Green River (read my album review of their 2019 reissue here) with Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, later of Mother Love Bone and Pearl Jam. Longtime drummer Dan Peters was briefly in Nirvana in 1990. The band’s contribution to Singles “Overblown” was a crazy surf rock punk stomper of their response to Seattle’s popularity. Unlike many of Mudhoney’s peers, the band never had a big huge hit on radio or MTV, but they got serious respect from musicians and from critics. I never got heavy into Mudhoney, but I always dug their stuff. The fact that they are named after Russ Meyer’s 1965 cult film Mudhoney got my attention. The band’s song “Acetone” is one of my favorites of the 90s after it was featured in the 1996 college comedy Glory Daze. The band had some pop culture moments like when they appeared in the Chris Farley / David Spade movie Black Sheep! After some time on a major label in the 90s, they returned to Sub Pop and are still on the label today. In Oct. 2019, I saw them in concert at Brighton Music Hall and they rocked (read my review here). This week Sub Pop is releasing the band’s eleventh studio album Plastic Eternity.
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Much of this album is about trying to make sense of a world gone crazy. It’s not just the Pandemic, even though the band had some time to prep these songs during lockdown. It’s Mark Arm’s sharp and funny lyrics about the craziness he’s observing. Case in point, “Cry Me an Atmospheric River” about climate change and asking what it would be like if the climate could play like Hendrix.
Mudhoney live at Brighton Music Hall on 10/5/2019
I can’t say this album blew me away in the way that, say, Pearl Jam’s Gigaton truly felt like their best album in over 1.5 decades. But it is a fun album. The more you listen, the more the album gets better. Dan Peters is someone I’ve always had deep respect for, going back to his brief time in Nirvana in 1990 just before Dave Grohl joined. “Sliver” is definitely one of the 25 Best Nirvana Songs Ever and his playing in Mudhoney has always been an anchoring point. While there might not be a “Touch Me I’m Sick” or “Suck You Dry” level of a banger here, there are some fun tracks.
For info on Mudhoney: https://mudhoney.org/collections/music/products/mudhoney_plastic-eternity
3 out of 5 stars
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last updated: march 26, 2024
MARVEL
loki laufeyson
- from the void, with love — by whirlybirbs (my fav fanfic of all time!!! i think about this fic several times in a day bro)
- riptide — by starks-hero
- the tailor* (series) — by birdofhermes (ao3)
- time after time (series) — by goldencherriess (ao3)
- a friend from work — by cozy_the_overlord (ao3)
thor odinson
- god of fertility* (request) — by charnelhouse
- highway don't care (but i do, i do)* (part one, part two, part three) — by spacelabrathor
peter parker (andrew garfield)
- agree to disagree — by delicate-dorothea
- nerdy peter (request) — by webslingingslasher
- good boy x bad girl trope (request) — by webslingingslasher
- hold you here, my loveliest friend* — by p3mybeloved
- your friendly neighborhood sensitive spider* — by jin0
- glad you're home — by withahappyrefrain
- the mechanics of a soul — by irndad
- 3 is the magic number* — by withahappyrefrain
- crush — by ptersparkers
- as it goes — by forever-rogue
- here comes the sun (part one, part two, part three) — by withahappyrefrain
- stability, reciprocity, and a romance for the ages (series) — by privateanxieties (ao3 - need an account to read)
steven grant (moon knight)
- hold me close — by stormkobra-5
- gift of min* — by astroboots
- puzzles* — by stormkobra-5
- first time* — by luvpedropascal
- domestic adonis* — by peterman-spideyparker
- where it starts — by silversweetpea
- fallen from heaven, grown on earth* (series) — by davosmymaster (ao3)
- call me poe* — by kittyfandom (ao3)
- elemental — by batsingotham (ao3)
- the boy with the thorn in his side — by eating_flowers (ao3)
marc spector (moon knight)
- not him — by loud-mouth-loser
- it's worth it, it's divine* — by the-archxr
- i'm getting to know someone — by davosmymaster (ao3)
wade wilson (deadpool)
- tea and sympathy (series) — by bucketsoffrogs (ao3)
SHERLOCK (BBC)
sherlock holmes
- your hidden strength — by okay-j-hannah
- sublime dexterity* (part one, part two) — by daydreamtofiction
- literally everything by starks-hero
SUPERNATURAL
sam winchester
- playing house (part one, part two) — by uncouth-the-fifth
- baby i'll stay (heaven can wait) — by uncouth-the-fifth
- move over.* — by ggwritesstuff
- where's your head at?* — by beau55515
- birthdays: sam winchester style* — by karleekarma (ao3)
- the comforts of home — by zepskies
- under the hood* — by shawslut
dean winchester
- whether you like it or not — by kbeautimous (ao3)
- reading you wrong — by zepskies
- cherished — by thatonewriter15 (ao3)
- soft touch — by wearywinchester
- i love her, that's why* — by kaleldobrev
- drivin' me crazy* — by lis-likes-fics
castiel
- salt n' lick* — by aperfectgrace (ao3)
- a bite of apple pie (series) — by ac_deanc (ao3)
THE SANDMAN
the corinthian
- bring me a dream* (series, ongoing) — by placeinthemiddleofnowhere
- nihil — by lis-likes-fics
dream/morpheus
- sweet dreams (are made of this) — by stranger-nightmare
CRIMINAL MINDS
aaron hotchner
- from eden — by heliotropehotch
- gold star — by honeypiehotchner
- love, an abstract concept — by luveline
- honeymoon phase* (series) — by hotchsbitch (ao3)
THE BOYS
soldier boy (he's absolutely horrible but so. so. hot.)
- break me down* (series) — by zepskies (go read their other stuff too!)
- talk to me — by zepskies
homelander (also absolutely horrible. would sleep with him.)
- if i can't have you — by watchstarscollide
- milky white* — by after-witch
GAME OF THRONES
jaime lannister
- i'm not made by design — by ichorai (this legitimately changed my brain chemistry)
STAR WARS
obi-wan kenobi
- like turning on the light* — by full-time-make-believer (deactivated acc) (this also changed the trajectory of my life)
- where it wasn't* — by 221bshrlocked
- your thoughts are loud — by spidersbane
- empty me out* — by 221bshrlocked
- house of memories* (series) — by meshlasolus
- bad idea, right?* (series) — by mischiefling (ao3)
- you make me feel like dancing — by saradika (ao3)
- it's a wonderful lie — by firstofficerwiggles (ao3)
- temptation's kiss — by karasong (ao3)
- you make my dreams* — by wickedscribbles (ao3)
- like a living mirage — by karasong (ao3)
- broken drought* — by rosalindbeatrice (ao3)
- never grow up — by doihavetoloseyoutoo (ao3)
- never ending story — by kybercrystal (ao3)
- volveré* — by kxnobi (ao3)
din djarin (the mandalorian)
- the savior* (part one, part two, part three) — by dindjiarin
- significant — by softlyspector
- touching din — by archieimagines
- uncharted territory* — by pedrito-friskito
- creed* — by wheresarizona
- home is wherever i'm with you* (part one, part two, part three) — by saradika
DRACULA (BBC)
count dracula
- the székely* (series) — by theplumsoldier
LOTR/THE HOBBIT
thranduil oropherion
- a boon* (series) — by inksplots (ao3)
- beauty and the beast (series) — by tamurilofrivendell (ao3)
DOCTOR SLEEP
dan torrance
- of monsters and men* — by helaintoloki & obitwo
- domestic life (headcanons) — by thornsinmycrown
- smut alphabet* — by daincrediblegg
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