Record Store Day 2018

Record Store Day is a collective way to get people interested in records, and hopefully have them start collections themselves. Most music aficianados have a collection, whether tightly curated and maintained (I know of a person who maintains a small, like 300 records, but killer…

Back To School (Punk and Hardcore Mixtape)

I’ve talked a bit about growing up in punk in the mid-80’s after the classics (Minor…

Podcast #7 — July 2018: Rock Against Racism (London 1976–1978)

October Grab Bag

It’s been a weird month. Not Dead Yet fest, I saw a couple other shows, got a turntable upgraded and running… and there’s been a…

The Top 50 Punk Records of All Time

Yeah, those sorts of headlines are bullshit. Utter fucking bullshit. First of all, as a person whose thought about punk for more waking hours than most humans spend thinking, I still have trouble defining it. Which is perfect, because let’s face it, it should be a…

Podcast #6 — June 2018: A Playlist for Anthony Bourdain

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Podcast #8 — August 2018: The Cover Songs of the New Bomb Turks

This was a fucker to put together. Last episode I used a mic plugged directly into the computer to do the voice over. No problem. This time, static. No problem, I purchased a wireless mic to do on the spot video stuff…

The First Two Months of 1977

Holy crow, look at the releases in January and February, 41 years ago. That is some stellar work folks.