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Suckers | Still Life - Away From This Town 7" [1982 Regard Records]

Adam Gopnik, my man, what planet are you living on?

“And so Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos founder and a young mother, is sentenced to eleven years, and Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX founder, gets a quarter century—in both cases for nonviolent crimes that caused harm but not physical injury. In the first instance, the financial victims were chiefly people like Rupert Murdoch and Betsy DeVos, who should have known better, and, in the second, nobody appears to have been left poorer at all. Their reckless and illegal conduct calls for sanction and penalties, but people will entrust neither with their money again.”

Once freed, they will both amass new fortunes from people who entrust them with their money. There is no surer bet. It's the American Way. 

Anyways... 

No, it's not that Still Life. Or that Still Life. This Still Life was an early 80's UK synth driven new wave band that released three EPs and that was that. They opened for Culture Club, and looked to be on their way to success, and then, poof. It's definitely of it's era, but well done. 

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Sick Bees - Sunset 7" [1997 RX Remedy]

 

Post punk art rock from Seattle. Kind of a Pixies loud/quiet/loud mixed with some Sonic Youth weirdness. 

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Flying Saucer - Real 7" [1991 Teenbeat]

 

Early 90's NYC indie. Not that much out there on them, but two members went on to start Cobalt after Flying Saucer disbanded. 

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Super Hi-Five / Sacface Split 7" [1996 Coolidge Records]

 

This sounds a bit more like later Super Hi-Five, especially in the vocals. I don't know anything about Sacface, and from what I can tell, these two songs are the beginning and the end of their recorded output. 

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Super Hi-Five - Beth 10" [1995 Creep Records]

This is the first thing PA's Super Hi-Five releases, and it came out a good three years before the fantastic Man Without Plan split, so while the kernels of that sound are here, this is obviously much rawer. 

Hey look, they still have an Angelfire site! 

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Metal Battle Comp LP [1983 Roadrunner Records]

Probably the less I say about this the better. Not because I don't like this, I really do - I make no apologies for my metal years - but because I don't want to get a bunch of music-hating lawyers who don't realize this isn't actually available anywhere and I'm doing promotion for them sending me threats. 

Anyways, some good shit on here. Good songwriting, yet once again I am reminded how much I would love MF if they had a different vocalist.  

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The Showcase Showdown / The Twerps 8" [1997 702 Records]

 

I shouldn't have to say anything about this, right? 2 great bands, 1 great label. It sells itself. 

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Ten Bright Spikes - Vertical Brando 10" [1991 New Red Archives]

If I told you that members of Social Unrest and the UK Subs put together a band called Ten Bright Spikes, there's very little chance you'd think this would be the result. But put that all aside and judge this on its own merits. It's indie/alternative, done very well, and I like it. But none of these songs is as good as "La Mancha Candidate" from a different 1991 10". That song should have been huge. 

Astro Stukas and Blueland are available streaming on most platforms, but I don't see this 10" anywhere. 

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Contents Under Pressure Comp 7" [1998 Rotten House Records]

Straight ahead punk with some '77/snot influence from The Syphilitics (OH), The Piss Shivers (PA), Just A Product (Bulgaria), and The Fux (PA). I like everything on here, I love the Just A Product track. 

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