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Return of the Friday Video! The Bags: Big Wig
The Bags, live 9/20/08: Big Wig
I lost my copy of their re-released The Bags ‘89, available here. It’s really impossible for me to fully articulate what a great band The Bags are, and how great their 1989 eponymous release is. It’s really something you have to hear for yourself. As Tim Kelly [...]
Mikey Wild Speaks for Me.
City Would Photograph Every Vehicle Entering Manhattan and Sniff Out Radioactivity
The Police Department is working on a plan to track every vehicle that enters Manhattan to strengthen the city’s guard against a potential terror attack, the department’s chief spokesman said.
The proposal — called Operation Sentinel — relies on integrating layers of technologies, some that are [...]
Friday Videos: Didjits
Oh hey, Stu? I also have your copy of “Do We Really Want to Hurt You” as well. The Didjits
Read More..>>(Charged) GBH
(Charged) GBH marked the first time my parents let me go to Providence by myself to see a hardcore show. GBH played at the original Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, the joint with the mural of Buddy Holly and Stevie Ray Vaughn on the outside. Tim knows the original address. It was a great show. [...]
Read More..>>Rick D., RIP
I didn’t know Rick D. as well as some, but it was always a pleasure to play at his bar, the TriTone. The red walls, darkened windows, and Christmas lights reminded me of the atmosphere at the legendary 9C in Manhattan, which Neil Clearyonce described as “Christmas in Hell.”
In fact, Rick reminded me of [...]
Friday Videos: Mix Tape Edition
My sister and I grew up listening to hardcore, metal, and OMFUG. I’ve drifted more into country music, and lost track of quite a few of my old tapes and records (yes, records, those shiny black slabs of grooved vinyl: how I love them and miss them).
My sister on the other hand [...]
The Dwarves: We Must Have Blood
After a last-minute cancellation last month (god only knows what happened THIS time), The Dwarves finally made it to Philadelphia to a little punk rock room on Delaware Avenue called the Barbary. You had to know in advance about the show, because the Barbary doesn’t advertise.
It was a really big bill: I saw the [...]
Friday Videos: Iggy Pop
No Fun.
Read More..>>Friday Videos: Gang Green
Well, might as well start off early.
Gang Green: Alcohol
Gang Green was one of the first bands I saw live, in Newport Rhode Island in summer 1985, along with the FUs, verbal Assault (I think), and Vicious Circle. Tim Kelly has the flyer. Speaking of Tim, tune into the Late Risers’ Club Fridays from [...]
Friday Videos
A song for Philadelphia:
FEAR, I Love Livin’ in the City
And a song from George W. Bush to the country:
FEAR, I Don’t Care About You (FUCK YOU!)
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