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Archive - September 2006

The Vibrators 9/24 at Beat Kitchen

Sunday night I went over to the Beat Kitchen to see The Vibrators, The Black Beauties, The Bomb, and like another half dozen bands. Because of the sheer ridiculous number of bands that were on the bill, I opted not to...

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September 27, 2006

American Hardcore the movie

American Hardcore – film Sony Pictures Classic A few years ago a fellow by the named of Stephen Blush published a book that attempted to document the early North American hardcore punk scene. At the time of its...

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September 24, 2006

The many flavors of Bad Brains – ROIR Sessions

One of the hardcore punk albums held in the highest regard by so many actually started its life as a cassette-only release in the 1980’s and remained that way for nearly a decade before it would finally get a...

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September 23, 2006

Bad Brains – Live at CBGB 1982 DVD

Bad Brains – Live at CBGB 1982 DVD Music Video Distributors It can be argued that the Bad Brains are one of the most influential bands of all time, not just in hardcore punk circles, but music in general. These...

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September 18, 2006

The Toy Dolls – Our Last DVD?

The Toy Dolls – Our Last DVD? Music Video Distributors Another UK punk mainstay of the past 25 years gets a video release on MVD. They’ve been on quite a frenzy lately of releasing rather high quality live...

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September 17, 2006

The Tooth Fairy DVD

The Tooth Fairy – DVD Anchor Bay Entertainment The Tooth fairy is a modern day horror film that takes a long time children’s icon and turns it into something dark, evil, and deadly. In 1954 a deformed witch...

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September 17, 2006

Black Fag CD

Black Fag – CD A few weeks ago I saw this band play a show in Long Beach, CA and it ended up being one of the most fun and entertaining shows I’ve been to in a very long time. Black Fag are the most...

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September 13, 2006

Touch and Go 25th anniversary festival

I bet you are all wondering where my neat photos and story are for this big event? Well let me tell you. Back on the day that they announced this show, I’m talking before there were tickets on sale, etc. I started...

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September 10, 2006