I first heard Franklin Bruno when I picked up an album from his band Nothing Painted Blue (ØPB). I'm not sure what led me to the purchase; perhaps a good review in a fanzine or simply the visual appeal of the album cover, but it was a fortuitous purchase. A Baby, A Blanket, a Packet of Seeds started what has been a 20-year streak of dependably outstanding releases. My look back was precipitated by Bruno's own. He just released a collection of his solo odds and ends from 1992-98, dubbed [...]
Editor's note: "Overlooked in Ohio" is a feature in which we ask an Ohio-based artist/music enthusiast to tell us about a few bands (past or present) from the state of Ohio that deserve some love. Our second installment comes courtesy of Bela Koe-Krompecher , a staple of the Columbus rock scene and head of the soon-to-be-revived Anyway Records - former home of Gaunt, The New Bomb Turks and countless other "important" Columbus bands, including this volume's subject, Greenhorn . ...This is a long one, but do yourself a big favor and read the whole [...]
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Today on Throwback Thursday we are going back to 1991 and this release from Firehose (stylized as fIREHOSE) called 'Flyin' The Flannel'. Firehose was a band that was born out of the remnants of the great Minutemen and featured of course the great Mike Watt on bass. They featured a great mix of punk rock ethics and some trippier jazzier sounds thrown together as you can see on this album. This is really a cool album and it randomly was really one of the first kind of lesser-known indie-ish (even though this was on a major) albums [...]
been a bit of a slooow week musically. not been playing much new apart from this jammy bugger. not really much else has tweaked my cat-killing nipple of curiosity, flicked my searching sac of inquisitiveness. took lots of pictures though.... you moaning fux. anyways. this'll be short and sweet. like strega. or hervé villechaize. or milk and cheese. or minutemen songs. and (un)like boon, watt, hurley they don't so much jam econo (aesthetically speaking anyway) as jam liberallo. sorry... thirty three minutes of drawn out drone shapes and metal scraping seance soundtracks. lots of jazz noir [...]
In the last few years, some of my favorite music documentaries have been about artists with whom I was barely familiar, if at all. Though I like the New York Dolls, I had never known too much about Arthur Kane until I saw the fascinating film, New York Doll . And Canadian metal-gods Anvil weren't on my radar (or anyone's, really) until the amazing Anvil: Story of Anvil was released in 2008. Granted, I also loved The Devil and Daniel Johnston [...]
( Editor's note: I got lazy with today's photograph. The inimitable Paul Lukas linked to it the other day at Uniwatch. My extreme sloth is explained below.) Here's the breakdown: (1) I write Lazy Saturdays on Fridays. (Makes sense, right?) (2) This Friday (yesterday for you folks) was particularly shitty. and (3) Robert and I will be seeing the Retribution Gospel Choir tonight (last night for you folks). as a result, I am: (d) I'm pressed [...]
Laundromat-centric web series Dirty Laundry has posted a new episode, this one featuring Mike Watt . In it, Watt talks about D. Boon, words of wisdom from Joey Ramone and the Jackass theme song ("Corona", by The Minutemen ). This is the fourth part of the show's interview with Watt; the first three parts can be found here , here and here , respectively.
As we close out the decade, I've been reading more and more top 10 lists, so I thought I would give you my top 10 punk movies/DVD's of the decade. So, for the whiners, I know, I know you're going to say "Dude, I can't believe you left off KTEL Presnts Bob's Bung-Hole's Video Classics, their video Parking In The Gimp Spot was a frickin' classic!" Guess what? My list, my picks! 10. Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) Now, I'm aware of [...]
By David Schultz Long before I started writing about bands nobody had ever heard of in an attempt to illumate souls to good music, the man you know as Rinjo Njori was well ahead of me on that path. In a Podcast that takes it cue from the philosophy of The Minutemen, Njori now blogs econo. If he'd recorded this one sooner he would have surely paid tribute to the recently departed Jay Reatard, but
4 appuntamenti da non perdere con la storica band bolognese; Un trio (2 chitarre, batteria e voci) che produce un live esplosivo e divertente e che calca i palchi della penisola da una decade con il suo rock crudo, semplice e diretto e con richiami a gruppi storici come Minutemen e Fugazi. 14/01 Roma - Mads 15/01 Pisa - Caracol 23/01 Prato - Capanno Blackout 24/01 Bologna - Locomotiv [w/ Heavy Trash] Per chi non conoscesse i CUT è d'obbligo rimediare! Nell'occasione, il gruppo presenterà alcuni dei brani che costituiranno il nuovo [...]
[tweetmeme]One Track Mind is ushering in 2010 with an incredible five DVD giveaway courtesy of the wonderful folks at Factory 25! Three winners will each receive: You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-84 | Directed by Joe Losurdo and Christina Tillman and featuring Naked Raygun, the Effigies, Strike Under, Big Black, Articles Of Faith, Silver Abuse, Mentally Ill, Subverts, Negative Element, Tutu & the Pirates, DA, Rights of the Accused, Savage Beliefs, End Result and [...]
the units - "high pressure days" (download) Think The Minutemen meets Devo . This multimedia-loving San Francisco "synthpunk" band was known in the late 70's-early 80's for their crazy performances, often incorporating instructional films (before it was cliche) into their live sets, and performing in strange places (like in the front window of a San Francisco JC Penney). It was hard to pick a song of theirs to post. Their recently-released collection of songs History of the Units: The Early Years 1977-1983 [...]
Ronald DeFeo, Sr., had attained a trophy-size piece of the American dream when he purchased the house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, Long Island. Having been born and raised in Brooklyn, Ronald had worked hard in his father-in-law's Brooklyn Buick dealership, and after many years began to reap rich benefits. Money was no longer a concern when he finally made the decision to leave the City and move to Long Island. The home he chose was a classic piece of Americana, two stories plus an attic, several rooms, and a boathouse on the Amityville River. There was plenty of [...]
Fool Me Once Shame on You, Fool Me Twice Won't Get Fooled Again Award Even the greatest bands make a bad album here and there, but that doesn't mean we have to listen to them. None of the first three bands receiving nominations for this award should come as a surprise to any of you. It's not that I hate Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, or Animal Collective. Hate is such a strong word. Rather, I find them all to be supremely over-rated, some more over-rated than others, [...]
As I mentioned yesterday, my attention this year, as far as music goes, has been diverted in a variety of ways. Doing a 2009 playlist seemed to miss the thrust of what my year was all about (and probably redundant with every other blog out there); doing a collection of old yet new-to-me stuff would have missed all the music that wasn't new to me that I spent so much time with. So instead I offer this: a 75-track playlist that comes as close as I can to giving some impression of what my listening year has really [...]
As I mentioned yesterday, my attention this year, as far as music goes, has been diverted in a variety of ways. Doing a 2009 playlist seemed to miss the thrust of what my year was all about (and probably redundant with every other blog out there); doing a collection of old yet new-to-me stuff would have missed all the music that wasn't new to me that I spent so much time with. So instead I offer this: a 75-track playlist that comes as close as I can to giving some impression of what my listening year has really [...]
Filed under: Twisted Tales When they met as teenagers in the working-class port city of San Pedro, Calif., Mike Watt marveled at the way Dennes Boon could not be brought down with a football in his hands. Built like a fire hydrant, Boon "just seemed unkillable," Watt would remember. They learned to play instruments by covering classic rock by bands like Alice Cooper and Blue Oyster Cult . When they discovered punk rock and realized they could invent their own brand of music, they put a local [...]
As I've done for the past two years on PHW, I've asked a handful of the artists I've blogged about over the last 12 months to reminisce, musically, on 2009. I asked a mix of my favorite local artists, as well as several more nationally recognizable acts, with the hope of having a diverse assortment of reflections on the music that mattered to the artists that mattered to me. In the coming 2 or 3 weeks there will be a series of "guest" posts from some names you may recognize, if you were paying attention this year… . [...]
ARTIST: Mike Watt - [Discography] from Ball-Hog or Tugboat? to The Secondman's Middle Stand DATE: 12-06-09 WRITER: Bill Adams It has been said just often enough at this point that it could be taken as gospel: "Necessity is the mother of invention" but no one truly revels in that sentiment more than Mike Watt. First as the bass player for The Minutemen and then as the bassist in fIREHOSE, Watt helped to usher in a new approach to his [view more]
Download Mp3 "It's 2009 and I don't care, war across the USA" A Collection of punk rock old school classics covered by The Ramones, Mudhoney, Dijits, Dead Kennedys, Refused, Mike Patton, Hank III, Bad Livers, Thurston Moore, Free Kitten and Two Tons of Steel. covering The Stooges, Black Flag, The Minutemen, Richard hell There we're alot of covers I wanted to include and will in a later podcast Playlist by Track/Original artist, Covering artist, Release and year [...]
This Week's Other Releases
Essential Mix - Riva Starr (Feb)
Cover That Don't Suck
Reuse Recycle Remix - February 8
