And you guys thought it was a scam!
Today something great happened. There was a knock at the door and I answered it. It was the DHL man with a package for me. Normally I do not get packages from DHL so I had to think what it could be. Then I had a guess. I opened up the package and to say [...]
The Cheifs 7″ back in stock soon!
Many of you may be aware that a year ago I released an official reissue of The Cheifs 7″ on my label. Well, its been out of print for some time now yet people from time to time still ask me about it. Around xmas time I talked to Bob from The Cheifs and told [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [DYS]
DYS – Brotherhood LP (1983 XClaim! Records) I can’t recall how I first heard of DYS (short for Department of Youth Services). I imagine it was either through reading about them in a fanzine, or it was the simple fact that they had a record out on XClaim! and being a fan of The F.U.’s, [...]
Buzzcocks – Live at Shepherds Bush Empire 2003 DVD
Buzzcocks – Live At Shepherds Bush Empire 2003 DVD Music Video Distributors In 2003 I saw the Buzzcocks play while I had just started getting the flu. Despite the fact that as the night progressed, I was getting sicker, they put on one hell of a great show and it was worth being laid up [...]
New LFCM episode!
I just posted the newest episode of “Live From Combustion Manor” up on our radio site. This is the first episode from the November recording session and I truly feel it is our best one so far. There is quite a diverse selection of tunes and entertaining stories. You can download the episode right here. [...]
British Invasion 2K4 DVD
British Invasion 2K4 DVD SOS Records British Invasion 2k4 was a huge punk rock show that happened in November of 2004 in front of a packed crowd of 4000 people somewhere out in California. The main draw of course was the handful of old UK punk bands from the early days that are still playing [...]
Destroy Everything and Hotlips Messiah 1/18/06
Last night Destroy Everything and Hotlips Messiah played a show at Roc Bar in Chicago. Normally this bar doesn’t have live music playing and I think it is pretty new and it is owned by one of the members of the band Disturbed. I am not really a fan of that band, however the bar [...]
New Adolescents color vinyl
Hot on the heels of the package I recentely received from Lisa of Frontier Records, comes another one! This package contained the newest color vinyl of the first Adolescents album. This is another one of those records that should be issued with every home, and is a mandatory part of any punk rock collection. Adolescents [...]
The weekend in review
I had a pretty good weekend. Friday night I went to see Chronicles of Narnia at the Tivoli thanks to the gift card I got for xmas. I actually looked like a “real man” by being able to “pay” for myself and lovely companion despite the fact that I really had no money! The movie [...]
DIY punk auction site
I damn near forgot about this until I was sifting through some old emails. I had planned on alerting the people about this site a couple months ago. Clark from Happy Couples Never Last Records has started a DIY auction site specifically tailored to punk rock and independent music/culture. While everyone under the sun shills [...]
The many flavors of: Husker Du – Zen Arcade
It just so happens that one of my three favorite punk rock albums of all time came in quite a few variations. I can’t tell you how many thousands of times I’ve played this double album in my life from start to finish. It is truly one of those records that I think should be [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Motorola Cloudburst]
Motorola Cloudburst – 7″ (1987 The Pope fanzine) The minute I heard the Squirrel Bait song, “Kid Dynamite” I fell in love with it, and that band. I bought both of their albums when I was in high school and I used to read about them in fanzines, hoping someday I’d get to see them [...]
New Frontier Records colored vinyls
Yesterday I received a new care package from my favorite lady in punk rock, Lisa Fancher of Frontier Records. One of them is a new color of vinyl and two of them are new vinyl releases. The first Suicidal Tendencies album on green vinyl. A hardcore classic that is mandatory owning for anyone claiming to [...]
God Save the Queen A Punk Rock Anthology DVD
God Save the Queen: A Punk Rock Anthology – DVD Music Video Distributors God Save the Queen is a collection of mostly live footage of old New York and UK punk rock bands from the early days. Each band featured on this disc has one song and a few feature some early interview footage along [...]
A new year and a new episode of LFCM!
In an effort to start the new year right, I just posted the newest episode of our radio show, Live From Combustion Manor. This is the last episode from the October recording session. Coming soon is the first one from the November session. You can download the newest episode here. As always, we welcome your [...]
Zero Boys 12/30/05 at Abbey Pub
Friday night, I went to see the Zero Boys, I Attack, Punch in the Face, Shotbaker, and The Krunchies play at the Abbey Pub. It would be the last show of the year for me seeing at is was the second to last day of the year, and what a way to end it! We [...]
