Laugh It Up is a stellar collection of cover tunes stylized by Holly Golightly, like the Detroit Cobras Golightly takes old numbers and updates em' in true fashion, the songs are much smoother than the Cobra's style, but in the same idea. Golightly has worked with some high profile underground luminaries, especially multi-talented impresario art guru Billy Childish, and Laugh It Up's cover is drawn by Mudhoney's resident artist Ed Fotheringham. My only problem with this modern-day Classic record is the Vinyl itself, it pisses me off just to think about it. Almost every song skips like its going out of style. It used to play fine, but lately, forget about it, and no, it isn't scratched to sh*t. What I notice about new Vinyl from the 2000's is that the grooves aren't cut very deep, they resemble surface scratches more than they resemble grooves ... I've got a Meters and Brian Jonestown with the same problem. My paranoia kicks in, all I see is some dork listening to MP3's cutting my very record, doing a bad job of course while thinking why the hell do people buy these things when you could just download em' for free ... the only reason he got the job, he's the owners best buddy who took pity on his junkie friend whose hit some hard times, which us, the buying public get the tail end of -- shotty Vinyl or as this record label called themselves, Damaged Goods! I'd love to stand up to these infidels, take back my record, and get the Vinyl I deserve, so Laugh It Up, Fuzzball, cause I'm coming for YOU!
