
Words and interview by Brendan The awesomeness of my experiences with DISAPPEARS has increased exponentially over time. First, I found out they existed and that their music is infuckingcredible. Then, they released Guider earlier this year and it was even more awesome. Then, I heard that Steve Shelley (from Sonic Youth ) was joining them on drums and my eyes grew wide. Then, they announced a show at the Brillobox in July and I started getting jittery about seeing them up close. Then, I lucked out and set up [...]

90 Day Men - Night Birds (2004)
L'attesa è stata più lunga del previsto, ma finalmente è arrivato l'esordio sulla lunga distanza dei Poison Arrows, griffato File-13. Geometria e matematica, appigli noise, cosmologia kraut. Qualche sorpresa e solito tiro. Fra gli ospiti di "First Class, And Forever", Brian Case (The Ponys, 90 Day Men, Disappears) ed Eric Chaleff (Sterling). MP3 The Poison [...]

SUNDAY JULY 26TH @ TURF CLUB (($8)) OBITS (Sub Pop, Ex- Hot Snakes/Drive Like Jehu) DISAPPEARS (Chicago - ex 90 day men/ponys/boas) DYNAMITERS (Ex- Selby Tigers/International Robot)

In silence the heart raves. It utters words Meaningless, that never had A meaning. I was ten, skinny, red-headed, - True Love , Robert Penn Warren. ... and in so doing gives stability to the ideas, and qualifies them at once for permanent and universal approval, for being followed by others, and for a continually progressive culture. And so, where the interests of both these qualities clash in a product, and there has to be a sacrifice of something, then it should rather be on the side of [...]

Thanks in part to Bob Dylan (well, not Bob Dylan himself, but one of his fansites), this website has shattered its single-day web traffic record. Right now it is on pace for almost 2,000 unique visitors, which is pretty impressive considering the highest previous single-day total was, like, 900 people. So, thanks a lot Bob Dylan, you overrated piece of shit! Your lyrics suck, man! RULES for uninitiated noobs : With roughly 100MB of webspace, I give birth to a weekly Mix Tape to be deposited on your iPods or Zunes or Kingklangs or whatever the [...]

Armm n' Hammer, together forever (taken today at a local cemetery) How come it seems like every time I sit down to watch a movie lately, the plot revolves around some kind of torture. A few weeks ago it was The Devil's Rejects , and tonight it was Hard Candy . I come away from these movies feeling like a deranged lunatic for having sat through an hour or two of complete-fucking-torture. Jack and Ken stopped by tonight, as the Philadelphia Phillies -- the losingest franchise in sports history -- finally stopped sucking long [...]

Armm n' Hammer, together forever (taken today at a local cemetery) How come it seems like every time I sit down to watch a movie lately, the plot revolves around some kind of torture. A few weeks ago it was The Devil's Rejects , and tonight it was Hard Candy . I come away from these movies feeling like a deranged lunatic for having sat through an hour or two of complete-fucking-torture. Jack and Ken stopped by tonight, as the Philadelphia Phillies -- the losingest franchise in sports history -- finally stopped sucking long [...]

We only danced for a minute or two But then she stuck close to me the whole night through Can I be fallin' in love She's everything I've been dreamin' of I walked her home and she held my hand I knew it couldn't be just a one-night stand So I asked to see her next week and she told me I could (I asked to see her and she told me I could) Somethin' tells me I'm into something good - Herman's Hermits ( lyrics ) [...]

here's another. i don't like the way i wrote the beginning of this, but i like the (true) story. i also remember a couple of people telling me they liked this one in particular, so, here we go. and i like it near the end. repetition of failure! this was written 04/Oct/05 --- more of the same "i had a lot of things from birmingham that i wanted to write but completely forgot about, and was consequently frustrated. very frustrated. but i remembered one - i went into [...]