The High Back Chairs . [ emusic ] Wow. This was an unexpected find. Weighing in at the hipster acceptable level of 751 listens on last.fm, High Back Chairs is, in the words of emusic's critic, "Dischord's one and only power-pop band." The (high) back (chairs) story on this is that I was looking to get some new tunes on emusic last night. As I was browsing the site by label, I came across a band from Dischord called The High Back Chairs. I read the description and was pretty amused. "Power-pop from Dischord?" But it is so. [...]
There's a Hole in our Heart , from not being able to include the Hooters or Hagfish or Hatebreed in these ten selections from the YuppiePunk Music & Mustache Emporium™, but how many people do you really think are looking for vintage Hooters tracks on The Hype Machine anyway? And though we were tempted to make our ultra-rare Hootie Comes Alive double gatefold available in its entirety... There's a Hole in our Heart , from not being able to include the [...]
"Ew, boy. I am looking forward to getting over to the Iron Monkey in two and a half hours." -- Tom, having second thoughts after a caller is already sloshed "Look son, this is the Big Leagues. You're barely Tee-Ball level." -- Tom, optioning Hesh for reassignment to the minors "******* **** and * ******* *******." -- Excerpts of two unaired resposes from author Ken Rogers "He'll film Barbarella in an elevator in Austin. It will cost $4,800. And it will star Rose McGowan." [...]
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