Archive for February, 2004

Since I’ve been back, the punk rock projects are starting to pile up. First and foremost, I have started work on the next Spontaneous Combustion Records release, which will be:

SCR-005 Government Issue - 1981 first demo 7″

That’s right, never before released and recorded before their “Legless Bull” 7″. A slice of DC hardcore history. First pressing of 500 copies only. There may or may not be a CD version as well. If I do a CD, it will be the first CD release in the history of Spontaneous Combustion. Personally I’m not a fan of the things, vinyl is my true love, but there would likely be actual profit from doing one, which means I could give the band actual royalties. There will of course be a limited color vinyl edition for my mailorder and the record will have the nice packaging that my label has been known for. The master will arrive in a couple weeks, and it will get mastered on my next trip to CA in april. Look for an early may release.

There is also talks right now of another potential release and hopefully it will pan out. I’ll keep you all posted if it does. If it does, it will be very exciting for me.

Asdie from that, I’ve been doing some more work for Mystic. The Mentors CD is finished and is going to manufacturing asap and will be out in march. I’ve started work on the next release which is collects 1 and a half old compilations onto a single cd. This will be a really good one as one of them is an all time favorite comp of mine.

This weekend I don’t plan on doing a whole lot. Friday nite is likely the only nite I’ll be going out, and that is to Lyon’s Den for the Punk Rock Fridays show. I have to do some shopping over the weekend, and I have enough crap to do around the manor to keep me occupied, plus after all the running around I did out in CA, it will be nice to just stay in and relax.

Could someone please make my headache go away? This ibuprofin doesn’t seem to be helping.

The new office is really nice, the drive however, sucks ass.

As promised, here’s a few pix from the various shows I saw in the past week or so. The rest of the usuable images will end up on the Spontaneous Combustion site when I get a chance to update it.

Youth Brigade 2/21/04 at The Troubador, Los Angeles, CA

Youth Brigade 2/21/04 at The Troubador, Los Angeles, CA

Youth Brigade 2/21/04 at The Troubador, Los Angeles, CA

Since By Man 2/13/04 at Fireside Bowl, Chicago, IL

Since By Man 2/13/04 at Fireside Bowl, Chicago, IL

Since By Man 2/13/04 at Fireside Bowl, Chicago, IL

Since By Man 2/13/04 at Fireside Bowl, Chicago, IL

Vicki 2/13/04 at Lyon’s Den, Chicago, IL

Vicki 2/13/04 at Lyon’s Den, Chicago, IL

Vicki 2/13/04 at Lyon’s Den, Chicago, IL

Vicki 2/13/04 at Lyon’s Den, Chicago, IL

I damn near forgot. The tally of visits to my favorite eateries when I was in CA was:

In and Out Burger: 3
Pink’s: 2
Del Taco: 2

Yum! I can’t wait to go back in April!

I’m back from CA, came in late last nite and had to go right to bed so I could get up for work (at the new location).

While I was in CA, I scored free tickets to a UPW wrestling event. It was pretty fun and Jimmy Superfly Snuka wrestled! So did the Outsiders, Ivory, and a lot of other folks. There was some good and some not so good matches but overall it was worth a trip to Anaheim from Hollywood in traffic.

I saw Youth Brigade and The Briefs at the Troubador also on Saturday. Bob and Thor went with me. Both bands were excellent. I took a few pix which I will hopefully post tonite, along with the promised pix of Since By Man and Vicki from their respective shows that I went to before I left last week for my trip.

While in LA, I found thru Doug Moody, a much more affordable mastering place where I will be getting my next release done. I also may be doing another release from another old punk band, as a split release with another label if everything goes as hoped!

I’m out in Los Angeles again. Work and pleasure both this time. So far it has been a good trip. Unfortunately, I’m a moron and forgot to pack the DAT recorder so my interview with Lisa of Frontier Records will have to wait until April. Plan on meeting up with Doug Moody and Billy Bones while I’m in town, and Youth Brigade is playing a show out here too while I’m around so I’ll be attending that one for sure with Bob and Thor.

I have pix from the Vicki and Since By Man shows to resize and post up here when I have a free minute, and when I get back home, I have a couple newer pix of Mr. Potatohead and his recent exploits. Ah, so much to do, but so little time!

So far the In and Out burger visits count is at 2. I still require Pink’s and Del Taco when I’m here too!

Tonite = a double dose of shows and everyone should attend!

First: Since By Man at Fireside Bowl, 7pm. SBM are great and I have vowed to see them play every time they come to town. They just got a new guitar player so we’ll see how they sound now. I expect good things.

Second: Vicki is playing at Lyons Den as part of punk rock fridays nite. They are hot ladies who play in lingerie! What other reason do you need to leave the house?!?!?!?!

It looks to be a very fun evening!