Keats Rides a Harley CD reissue
Various Artists – Keats Rides a Harley CD Warning Label Records Recently I did a “Selections from the Punk Vault” feature on this record and came to learn that a CD reissue was in the works. I was quite pleased to find out this often overlooked, but great compilation would be once again available to [...]
A tourist in my own city
Friday before I went to see the MDC show, I spent a little time with my family and did a little tourist activity in my own city of Chicago. My cousin picked me up and we met my sister who was in town, and my other cousin for lunch at a pizza place and then [...]
Samhain – Live 1984 DVD
Samhain – Live 1984 DVD Music Video Distributors While there is plenty of Misfits and Samhain related “product”, the one thing there is a definite lack of on both fronts is any kind of official live videos. I guess you can chalk it up to being in the 1980s and video cameras were a rather [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Noise From Nowhere]
Various Artists – Noise From Nowhere 7″ (1983 Toxic Shock Records) When I was a freshman in high school, my friend Mick Calhoun had more punk records than anyone I knew at that point (and the total amount of punks in our school at that time was about 7). I asked him if he would [...]
MDC 9/23/05 at Bottom Lounge
Last night, Seňor Citizen and I went to see MDC at the Bottom Lounge. I never got to see them “back in the day” so I wanted to see what it was I missed and since it was the original lineup, I figured it was worth checking out. The show started really early too, 630pm [...]
I know that free Ipod gimmick is all over the internet…
But when one of my best friends has proven to me that it not only works, but it worked for him on multiple occasions, I finally caved in and figured I’d give it a go. Since some of the offers were free and as simple as filling out a credit card application (and using the [...]
Lydia Lunch – Willing Victim DVD
Lydia Lunch – Willing Victim DVD Music Video Distributors Lydia Lunch has been a fixture and a pioneer of punk rock and independent music since the 1970s and she’s still at it. Starting with Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, then 8 Eyed Spy, and finally onto a very lengthy solo career, she’s done it all. [...]
The Vibrators – 9/18 at Bottom Lounge
Last night my friend, Lewdd, and I went to the about to be defunct Bottom Lounge to see The Vibrators play. This is the “Knox’s 60th birthday tour”. 60?! Holy smokes we’re all getting old. I’ll admit to the band going mostly under my radar for my punk rock youth, it really wasn’t until I [...]
What a F’n waste
I’d like to be writing right now about how I saw These Arms Are Snakes tonight at the Bottom Lounge and sharing some pictures except it didn’t really work out that way. After unsuccessfully finding anyone to go with me, I made the trip alone to the city after stopping for some very overpriced gas, [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault
[False Prophets]
False Prophets – Good Clean Fun 7″ (1982 Worn Out Brothers) My introduction to False Prophets came from the amazing P.E.A.C.E compilation on R Radical Records. That compilation single handedly introduced me to more great bands than any other compilation in history. I used to bring the booklet to school that came with that compilation [...]
Skinny Puppy – The Greater Wrong of the Right Live DVD
Skinny Puppy The Greater Wrong of the Right – DVD SPV Records For a band that is such a visual one with their elaborate stage shows, it is surprising and also a crime that it has been 18 years since they last had a video document of one of their shows made available for commercial [...]
The return of Bauhaus!
As some of you may know, Bauhaus has once again reformed (yes, the complete original group) and is going on tour. This excites me more than most of you may be aware of. When I found out earlier this year that they were going to play that Coachella show, I was pissed that a full [...]
The many flavors of: Alleycats – Dangerhouse 7″
Ah Dangerhouse Records, a finer punk rock label may not exists. The complete Dangerhouse collection is a must-own for all collectors of punk rock (and fans too in my opinion), yes even the Black Randy records and the Howard Werth single are mandatory owning (for they each are charming in their own special way)! Well, [...]
R.I.P. Gilligan
Bob Denver, forever cemented in people’s minds as Gilligan from the TV series Gilligan’s Island passed away. For the full story you can click here. Rest in peace little buddy.
Selections from The Punk Vault [Who Cares]
Various Artists – Who Cares LP (1981 American Standard) This is another in what is becoming a long line of records that should be reissued on some sort of CD but haven’t. This one also was a request from my pal, Rob V. The late 1970s/early 1980s was a hotbed of punk rock and hardcore [...]
Holy crap, I fixed it!
While sitting here pretty much bored out of my skull, nursing a cold, I managed to fix my problem with IE/Opera and my show/hide comments plug-in for WordPress! I was fumbling around and had the idea of “what if I moved the items that are getting pushed out of bounds to above the comments stuff [...]
Any html/css/php masters out there who can help?
I bumped this one back to the top because I am still in dire need of help. Can anyone help figure out this problem??!!?? I’m having a problem with my drop-down comments on this blog working with IE. It works perfectly in Firefox, but sadly 3/4 of the visitors to this site don’t use it. [...]
Curl Up And Die 8/31/05 at Hang Out’s
Last night I made the long trek up to Wheeling to complete the Curl Up and Die trifecta. It wasn’t nearly as long as the drive to DeKalb so that was cool with me and since it was a late show, there was no traffic getting there so I made great time traveling up north. [...]
