
Happy Fourth of July, everybody. Enjoy your day. Drink safely. Don't drink and drive. And if you do, make sure you call the local police and report other drivers as drunk drivers, so as to divert police attention from you. • A day or two after running one of the most unprofessional sports columns in the history of journalism, they've published an article about all the falsehoods of Independence Day. Like, for example, how it's not actually supposed to fall on July 4th, and how the Declaration of Independence wasn't signed until it had been copied - and [...]
Bay Area threesome (two of whom originally hail from Bozeman, Montana) Steel Pole Bath Tub put a happy face (well, sorta) on industrial-strength grind rock, leavening its pitbull riffs with jaggedly humorous short stories that couldn't be further from established noise-boy motifs. Trouser Press Official Site MySpace Page With their penchant for the use of bizarre TV samples, [...]

tumor circus - "swine flu" (download) boxleitner - "swineflu" (download) now for the "topical" post. two older gems relating to the most talked about thing this week. the first coming from tumor circus , a collaboration between jello biafra of the dead kennedys and steel pole bathtub . the second from the bay area's now-defunct boxleitner .
by greg dybec There is no doubt that video game trailers have been introducing some pretty interesting music lately. All you need to do is sit down in front of a TV for a few minutes before coming across a commercial for a new game that is as musically enticing as it is visually. It seems this marketing ploy gone right has given exposure to quite the attractive collection of songs. Grab all the jams at once - QC Gamer Mix.zip [...]
Econochrist / The Detonators split 7", Insurrection Records, 1992. The Detonators side - Day to Day / Crime & Punishment / Angry Young Man Bruce Hartnell - vocals, guitar Juan Camacho - guitar Darren Baker - bass Carl Fowler - drums recorded at John Eastman's Power Station, engineered by Carl Mueller, produced by The Detonators The Detonators were formed in 1979 by Bruce Hartnell & Juan Camacho in Redondo Beach, CA., to participate in the emerging hardcore punk rock [...]

Of Story of Fate, Porn Kings, Preacher's Wives, Dive Bars & Dueling Saxophones I just got back from a sojurn around the Napa Valley wine country where I tend to drink more beer than grape juice, and made a stop for Margaritas in Vallejo at an artist friend's pad whose now exiled from his former life in the Mission. Upon returning, I saw that manic mascara matron Tammy Faye died, a woman you can either ignore, deride mercilessly, or empathize & adore... and i suppose I'm guilty of all of [...]
Another week has ended. A new week is set to begin. I hope your weekends went swimmingly. Maybe some of you even swam somewhere? The weather sure has been warm enough, right? I don't really know, I'm just saying that. For all I know eighty-five percent of the country could be covered in snow. Well, since you asked...my day was nice. I went shopping this morning for groceries and toiletries, then I had a good healthy lunch, and then I spent the afternoon joking around with Steve. We walked down the street drinking matching pink smoothies. It was [...]