Planes Mistaken for Stars 11/24 at The Note
Friday night I met Wife of 2 over at The Note to see Planes Mistaken for Stars play a show. It had been a couple years I think since I last saw them play so I was looking forward to seeing them again because the last two times I saw them they put on a [...]
Punk The Whole Story
Punk The Whole Story – Book DK Publishing It seems that now, some 30 years after a new style of music that came to be known as punk rock started, it has become a much more accepted (and co-opted) style of music and as a result there has been a lot of books and movies [...]
New colored vinyl classics
Yesterday the mailman left me something to be thankful for this holiday. On my doorstep was a package of records from Lisa Fancher, owner of the wonderful Frontier Records. Inside was the three latest colored vinyl pressings of three of her best releases. Christian Death – Only Theatre of Pain LP on clear vinyl. Now [...]
Riot Fest 2006 part five
Since the last time that Naked Raygun played a show and gave out some free shit, things have changed. They made families. It seems the entire Raygun staff has produced little Rayguns and they were all sitting on the side of the stage watching the show. When it was time for the first of three [...]
Riot Fest 2006 part four
After the amazing performance that 7 Seconds put on, I was really excited to witness the reuniting of the best post-1989 Chicago punk band, one who I saw play a handful of times during their existence and who always put on a great show. The Bollweevils The Bollweevils The Bollweevils The Bollweevils The Bollweevils The [...]
Riot Fest 2006 part three
The Stern brothers set up their equipment on stage and I was getting pretty excited about seeing them again. After some fiddling around with equipment for what felt like longer than the last few bands, they were finally ready to play. Youth Brigade Youth Brigade Youth Brigade Youth Brigade Youth Brigade tore into their set [...]
Riot Fest 2006 part two
Last episode we saw Secret Agent Bill, Deals Gone Bad, and Flatfoot 56 deliver their goods and left off with The Effigies about to move in on the growing Congress Theater crowd… The Effigies The Effigies The Effigies The Effigies The Effigies took the stage while I was upstairs backstage grabbing a quick meal. I [...]
Riot Fest 2006 part one
First of all, I apologize for the lengthy delay in getting this up here. I had the most hectic week of the year last week between working overtime nearly every night and Saturday, and then going to Senor Citizen’s wedding on Sunday (congrats to him and Lady of 2 on tying the knot by the [...]
Riot Fest 2006 pre-bash 2
Saturday night my lovely girlfriend and I went down to Subterranean for the Riot Fest Pre-Bash #2. I had the good fortune ahead of time to know what the surprise guests were going to be and I have to say it was quite a strong line up. By the time the week of the show [...]
R.I.P. Larissa Strickland
I got an email from a fellow named Davo Scheich with some rather disheartening news. Larissa Strickland (Stolarchuk) guitarist for the disbanded Laughing Hyenas and L-Seven passed away yesterday from an apparent overdose on her prescribed Xanax at her home in Florida. I was rather saddened to hear this news. I never met Larissa but [...]
My 15 minutes of fame
In an ever growing effort to get my 15 minutes of fame (done in 3 minute increments between TV and Radio), I was on WBEZ radio this morning. No, I wasn’t talking about punk rock for once, I was part of a feature they did on pinball. For those that may not know, one of [...]
