I've been back in my stuffy, overheated apartment for a few days now, and I've been catching up on a lot of record listening. I find it's best to listen to records when I'm alone because no one can hear the soft, pleasurable moans I emit when the sound of my Rega stylus retracing the grooves of some sweet, sweet vinyl records floods my ears. I think somewhere in my father's house there exists a drawing (done by the Harvey Pekar of his generation, Z) of me masturbating furiously to to (presumably) my record collection. Maybe Z could simply no [...]

Here's a record I saw decently priced at the WFMU Record Fair but wasn't ready to pounce on. I remember reading about a dark folk record with a big Leonard Cohen influence, but couldn't tie that review to this record. I'm sure I'll find another copy someday soon. Terlazzo recorded this album in 1983 while living in York, PA. The Acid Archives describes Honour Among Thieves as, "incredibly dark loner poet folk/rock. Very heavy Leonard Cohen influence, but makes LC seem cheerful by comparison. Even the one song that is upbeat, almost good-timey, has a dark [...]
I wrote out this whole long introduction to the mix tape and then scrapped it. I just read some horrible news about drummer Jerry Fuchs passing away sometime late last night or this morning. I met Jerry once (I think it was 2005?). It was one of his first shows in New York with Maserati. I remember him telling me that he was new to the band, and in turn I gushed about how awesome he was. I remember turning to Ian towards the end of the band's set (I believe they closed with "Synchronicity IV") and realizing he [...]