Connecticut Fun CD
Various Artists – Connecticut Fun CD Incas Records In 1985, a little CT label called Incas Records put together a compilation of CT bands who were hanging out and playing at the Anthrax club out there. The whole thing was financed by all the bands and some donations and the entire album was recorded and [...]
Black Fag, Work Sucks 8/23 at Alex’s
Last night, Shigolch and I went over to Alex’s in Long Beach, CA to see Black Fag and Work Sucks. Alex’s is a punk rock bar and if I lived in Long Beach, I’d be hanging out there all the time. It’s a pretty good sized room with good sound, good beers, and good people. [...]
Adolescents 8/18 at Galaxy Theatre
Friday night I went with Lisa Fancher to see the Adolescents, Street Dogs, Vacancies and Wrecking Crew at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, CA. Oh yeah, did I fail to mention I’m “on tour” and am out in CA? I guess I’ll have to do another MXV update soon. After driving through some massively [...]
Asylum DVD
Asylum – DVD Dark Sky Films Asylum, a film from 1972, tells the story of Dr. Martin who is applying for a job at the Dunmoor Asylum for the Insane. He thought he was going to be meeting with a Dr. Starr, but instead is informed that Dr. Starr has himself gone insane. His replacement [...]
Adolescents 8/5 at Beat Kitchen
Saturday night, Lewdd, JP, and I went to the Beat Kitchen to see the Adolescents play. I thought this was the first time they ever played here but they said during the show the last time they played Chicago was at the Metro 20 years ago! Had I known they were here then, I surely [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Rosemary's Babies]
Rosemary’s Babies – Bloodlust 7″ (1983 Ghastly Records) In the mid 1980′s, my obsession with The Misfits and Samhain led me to hear of this rather obscure hardcore band from New Jersey called Rosemary’s Babies. It turned out that it was Eerie Von’s band before he joined Samhain. They put one just one 7″ and [...]
Stiff Little Fingers in concert DVD
Stiff Little Fingers – Handheld & Rigidly Digital DVD Music Video Distributors Stiff Little Fingers has enjoyed quite a lengthy career that has spanned over two decades and they are still going strong today. They started as a punk band and sort of evolved into more of a rock band over time without abandoning their [...]
