Flex Your Head red vinyl
Dischord Records, who never stopped releasing records on vinyl even when most did, have been quite busy lately with the superior format. For about a year or so now, the label has been revisiting a lot of their back catalog that they in many cases they let go out of print on vinyl and have [...]
Dwarves limited edition Throbblehead
I never thought I’d see the day that they made punk rock action figures, but first it happened with “The Misfits”, then GG Allin and the mighty Tesco Vee, and now The Dwarves. Aggronautix who released the aforementioned GG and Tesco figures has now released a Dwarves figure featuring Blag the Ripper and HeWhoCannotBeNamed. The [...]
New items in the Punk Vault store
I just updated the store with some new items, all vinyl including the new Dr. Know and Ill Repute reissues. Check it out right here and please tell your friends.
Giants – They the Undeserving
Giants – They the Undeserving LP The Mylene Sheath The Mylene Sheath continue to keep their batting average at an all time high as the new releases continue to stream out. Second in the batch of new releases for the label I received comes this full length LP from Giants. Giants are an instrumental “post-rock” [...]
The Punk Vault Store has reopened
The Punk Vault store has just reopened. I had to replace the entire shopping cart system with a newer and better one. This one handles shipping much better than the old system. There’s also a bunch of new and some rare records for sale in there too, many of which there’s only one available!
A look back at 2008 – part two: the music
I’m pretty selective about new music I’ll purchase and I often times rely on music sent in for review on this site as my exposure to new stuff so I’m far from being hip to all the new releases for the year like some other sites and publications. With that being said here’s the standouts [...]
Happy new year
I would just like to take this time to wish all of my loyal readers a happy new year. 2007 seemed to fly by really fast and truth be told overall for me it was a pretty crappy year. Sure I made some new friends and shot a lot of cool shows but I also [...]
Happy bird day
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Today is historically my favorite meal of the year. I know the holiday isn’t really supposed to be about eating and to look back at what you are thankful for or something like that. I can tell you that one thing I am thankful for besides all of the people who frequent [...]
My photos on Spin Magazine’s site
I was asked the other day if I would be interested in shooing some photos of Juliette and the Licks for Spin Magazine’s website feature called, “It Happened Last Night”. I was pretty flattered to have been asked and I certainly needed to get out and keep myself busy. Not to mention I wanted a [...]
Why I will never buy an iPhone
It was revealed to me by a friend who was considering buying one that the iPhone has one major flaw in it. What is that flaw you ask? Apparently you can’t use your mp3s as ringtones! That’s right, your 600 dollar fancy mp3 player/cell phone hybrid with all its touch screen glory and fancy gimmicks [...]
The invasion has begun
For those of you not in the midwest, specifically IL, you may not know about the Cicada, or the 17 year locust. This is the year they return and over the weekend seemingly out of nowhere, my back yard was filled with them. I was out in the backyard yesterday preparing for my annual Memorial [...]
When will it stop?!
Price of gas Sunday – $3.29 Price of gas yesterday when I had to fill up – $3.49 The shit went up 20 cents in one day, after going up about 10 cents every week or so for the past few weeks! What the hell is going on with this shit, it has never been [...]
Someone please punch me
Have you ever said something during an argument so completely mean, stupid, and out of line that you wish you could rewind life to the point and not said it? That just happened to me in an argument I had with the person that means everything in the world to me and I love more [...]
New LFCM site
Yesterday while staying inside avoiding the arctic cold I re-did the LFCM site. I personally think it is much better than the old site which I wasn’t really very happy with. Go over and check it out and please let me know what you think, and be sure to download the latest episode of the [...]
A new look and a new LFCM!
As you probably noticed, I changed the appearance of this site. The old one may make a comeback from time to time as well, you never know. I’m still working out the kinks with this new theme and making it work how I want it to but I have most if it in as of [...]
Don’t be alarmed
I’m going to be doing some updates to this site that hopefully you won’t notice. If the site starts looking weird or is not here for a short spell, don’t be alarmed, I’m not going anywhere. I’m not closing up shop and despite last week starting off incredibly bad but ending up better and more [...]
Merry Xmas
Merry Xmas everyone. I hope this holiday finds all my faithful readers receiving all kinds of good swag under their tree or wherever they place their gifts. My little unplanned hiatus will come to an end shortly, I’ve been unable to do any reviews due to the Manor receiving an upgrade in some equipment. Thanks [...]
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 [...]
Happy birthday… MXV
Today I would like to wish a happy birthday to, well, myself! Yes, it is that time again where I am one year closer to the dirt nap. If you are keeping score at home I’m 37 and it is fucking scary that I’m pushing 40. Hell, I never thought I’d live this long back [...]
Happy Birthday Lisa!
Today is the birthday of Lisa Fancher of Frontier Records, my friend and favorite lady in punk rock! Go on over to the Frontier Records site and send her some birthday love, and while you are there, you can even score some cool limited edition color vinyl LPs for good prices! Happy birthday Lisa! I [...]
Odds and ends
I’m moving this site to a new hosting service, so if the site is down for a couple days, don’t be alarmed. Thor, who has graciously hosted this domain for me for awhile now, is no longer able to do so. I would like to thank him for all the help he has given me [...]
