Archive for the 'biography' Category
Stick Out Your Cans…
…here come the garbage man!
More live Dill Pickles from the NarbEarth Day Festival! And at the risk of sounding like an arrogant self-absorbed prick, check out my bass break.
Bad Brains Documentary Teaser
Thanks to Tim kelly for this one:
This is going to be one awesome documentary. The Bad Brains are one of the best, if not THE best hardcore bands I have ever seen in my entire life.
The bourgeoisie had better watch out for me. All throughout this so called nation, we don’t want your filthy [...]
“Skate and Annoy”
Slamming in the 1980s, no idea what show this was.
At the time there was this whole “skate and destroy” meme going around. I wanted to destroy plenty of things just as much as anyone else, but I never figured out what the two had in common.
Given how angry we made the cops, I thought “skate [...]
Portrait of the Artist With a Giant Mohawk
I’d put this photo at or about 1986. That’s my buddy Kellfire Bray in the beret (berets were cool in the 1980s). The reason the mohawk is so shiny is because I would obsessively apply the strongest Aqua-Net hairspray available (it came in the white can) over the course of the day: I [...]
Read More..>>Black Wensday
Yup, it was real alright.
Read More..>>A Workin’ Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today
Merle Haggard, “A Workin’ Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today
No one’s made a video yet for this song, and someone should.
For that matter, some mainstream female country star would have a huge hit by remaking this song as “A Workin’ Mom Can’t Get Nowhere Today”.
I don’t think Merle will mind if I publish the lyrics. [...]
Portrait of the Artist as a Blonde Wastoid
Another great shot by Justine Demetrick. This was taken sometime in 1988 or 1989, among several shots for my high school yearbook photo. I think this is right about the time I gave up forever on a straight-edge lifestyle.
The statue behind me is the Blue Angel, a prominent monument in the ,a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Burying_Ground_and_Island_Cemetery”>Common Burying [...]
Young Punks
Clockwise from the left: Jeff Dupre in the leather jacket with spikes; Chris Steeves in the sunglasses; Kevin Kinsella; Dan Dyer, with the red hair and the Crass logo on his jacket. make a big leap to the right to Keith Kinsella, Kevin’s twin brother, wearing a very old Verbal Assault t-shirt; Cliff Dorr in [...]
Read More..>>Gazoo
Facebook’s been inspiring a lot of memories of Newport RI, where i grew up.
Above is a photo of Ryan Roberts, aka Gazoo, who lived a few blocks from me. As you can see from his DOB, Gazoo was a few years younger than me. He was a good guy: we weren’t best friends or [...]
God Bless Brian Boog
While I was busy skateboarding and smoking cigarettes, Brian Boog was busy taking photos of us. I owe you one, Brian, I don’t have ANY pictures from my wasted youth.
That’s not an earring in my left ear, it’s a safety pin I jammed through the hole. No idea what I’m holding in my hand, probably [...]
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