Japan night
Yesterday afternoon I received an email from Senor Citizen asking me if I would like to go with he and some other of the Klown army to Empty Bottle for the Japan Night show. Since it had been awhile since I got to go anywhere, and he generously offered to cover my admission and a [...]
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 [...]
Macabre and Destroy Everything 12/23/05 at Double Door
Friday night I went to see Macabre and Destroy Everything (along with two other bands) play at the Double Door here in Chicago. While I like Macabre, my main reason for going of course was to see my punk brothers (aka: my beloved Klowns) in Destroy Everything play a show, as it always promises to [...]
You may be wondering where the photos are…
…from Friday’s show. Well, I have them and am all set to post them and write my story, however for some odd reason I can not FTP into my server to upload them. Until I can get Thor to fix it for me, I’m screwed. I apologize for the delay to those of you who [...]
LFCM November recording session
Last night we had another recording session for our “Live From Combustion Manor” radio show. Sadly out planned special guest, Barry, couldn’t make it out for the show. Hopefully he can come out for the next one. Members in attendance this time were MXV, Senor Citizen, Cheddar Nines, Stiff Mittens, Hanover Fist and Cocoa Hole. [...]
Riot Fest after-party at The Exit
After we decided that we couldn’t stomach the shit sandwich that “The Misfits” were trying to feed us, Senor Citizen and myself drove a couple of the Angry Samoans over to The Exit to get prepared for them to play there in the upstairs section of that fine little bar. We arrived and it turned [...]
Riot Fest 2005 day two
Saturday saw the second and final day of Riot Fest 2005. There was an obscene number of bands playing that day, something around 20 and the show was supposed to start around noon! Needless to say the thought of sitting through ten bands we either never heard of and/or didn’t care about didn’t appeal to [...]
Riot Fest 2005 day one
Friday was the start of the two-day Riot Fest here in Chicago. For those unaware, it was a two day huge punk “festival” at the Congress Theatre. There were more bands on the bill than I could keep track of and a lot of big name punk bands from the old days in some form [...]
Since By Man 11/3/05 at Beat Kitchen
Tonight I went to see Since By Man at the Beat Kitchen. They played second on a four band bill. The show started really early, 5:30pm to be exact. I guess there must have been a late show scheduled at the club. When I arrived a few minutes before the doors were to open, there [...]
Pictures from the past
First off, thanks to everyone for the nice birthday wishes, it ended up being a fun day. While cleaning up the office here at Combustion Manor the other day, I came across a big stack of old photos I took at various shows in the early 1990s. This obviously was a long time before the [...]
MDC 9/23/05 at Bottom Lounge
Last night, Seňor Citizen and I went to see MDC at the Bottom Lounge. I never got to see them “back in the day” so I wanted to see what it was I missed and since it was the original lineup, I figured it was worth checking out. The show started really early too, 630pm [...]
The Vibrators – 9/18 at Bottom Lounge
Last night my friend, Lewdd, and I went to the about to be defunct Bottom Lounge to see The Vibrators play. This is the “Knox’s 60th birthday tour”. 60?! Holy smokes we’re all getting old. I’ll admit to the band going mostly under my radar for my punk rock youth, it really wasn’t until I [...]
