3.31.2014

letters from punksville (1999 reinforcement / umbilical records)


As I'm going through my old mix CD's, it's become sort of a challenge in my old age to figure out which comps I was extracting choice pieces from. An then I realized I had never even burned some of them. Here's one. There are a lot of great bands on here, which begs the question: why did they sign on somthing with such a terrible name and such horrendous artwork?

1
Bigwig
Your in Sample 
2
30footFALL
People Are Stupid 
3
Propagandhi
I Was a Pre-Teen McCarthyist 
4
Abducted
Nobody Want's You Around / I Don't Wanna Hear It 
5
Nobodys
I Hate It 
6
Violent Society
Can't Stop You 
7
Billyclub
Blitz 
8
The Undead
There's a Riot in Thompkins Square 
9
Anti‐Flag
I Don't Want to Be Like You (live) 
10
Santa's Dead
Something in the Way 
11
The Vapids
Waiting for June 
12
Carbona
Norma Jean 
13
Tinkle
Runaway (new version) 
14
The Weakerthans
Diagnosis 
15
Shaft
Rubber Band 
16
Mohawk Barbie
Darby Had a Mullet 
17
Gob
You're Too Cool 
18
The Thumbs
Looking for the Cure 
19
Shyster
Follow 
20
Middle Finger
A Ferret Named Schick 
21
The Supaflies
Milk 
22
Catch 22
As the Footsteps Die Out Forever 
23
Heft
Snot Rocket 
24
The Jerkoffs
Up in Smoke 
25
Lipmonger
Capture the Flag 
26
Moral Crux
Strange World 
27
Humble Beginnings
Activate 
28
Ann Beretta
Hate Mail 
29
The Frantics
Peer Pressure 
30
Reagan Squad
Stand Out 
31
The Goons
Breakdown 
32
The Suspects
New Dawn in the 21st Century 

3.29.2014

thanks a lot, netflix for kids

Finley has now discovered the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

This hell never ends.

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3.25.2014

pestled

This sentence in the latest New Yorker regarding the inevitable end of Kobe Bryant's career contains this sentence:

"Wilkins was two years younger than Bryant at the time of his hobbling, and had pestled the joints in his knees, elbows, and ankles for about half as many minutes."

And that my friends, my be the most perfect, descriptive, use of a verb I've seen in years. I cannot fathom how I will ever be able to use 'pestle' as a verb in normal conversation, but it's on my bucket list.

My bucket list kind of sucks.