Youth Gone Mad - Isolation EP (1991 Vital Music)

Longtime LA/NY punks featuring Paul "Ena" Kostabi, who also played with White Zombie, who, if you don't know, is gonna ride in here, into this little sleepy town, on their death machines, and take all your freaking heads off with one swift swoop for their guitars, motherfuckers!

Also, "NRG", a great song, was on the recently posted Nothing To Believe In comp (as "Energy") but this version is superior.

1. Isolation
2. High School Slut
3. N R G

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The Bristles - Generation Annihilation (1994 Beer City Records)

Not to be confused with Seattle's Bristle or Sweden's Bristles, this Bristles were a mid-90's snotty, raw punk band from New Jersey (and yet another band who I first heard on the excellent Spinnin' The Chamber comp.) 

1. Generation Annihilation
2. Attitude Problem
3. Not The One
4. American Dream

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Thanks, John. 

Happy Merry Whatever You Celebrate Or Don't Celebrate

My wife knows me well.

Anyways, I'll try to get some music posted tonight, and then I'll be out of commission (mp3-wise, at least) until Saturday.

Merry Christmas!

Your Mother - Pasture Of Muppets Demo (1993 No Label)

Reader Marcel has been sending me some pretty cool tapes, and for me, this is the coolest. If you know Your Mother, then you should be familiar with most of these songs, though they may have different names here than the One Big Inside Joke album (which are in brackets for reference].  The cover lists "Flowertown" and "At The Dentist" (which I assume is "Root-Canal Field Trip"), but they aren't on here.

1. Purpose [P.S. Purpose]
2. End Of The Story [The Really Long One]
3. The Dumbest Song I Ever Heard [You May As Well Skip This Song]
4. Diane (I'm Dying) [Same]
5. Jewicidal Tendencies [Toddles]
6. Leggo My Falaffle
7. Bad Religion (In Good Humor) [Color Me Badd Religion]
8. One Fish, Two Fish [Same]
9. Pez Edge [Same]
10. Fight For Your Right (Live)

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Nothing To Believe In (1995 Know Records)

Good lord I listed to this comp a lot in the 90's. But then I again, I had locked on to most of the  hopefully not forgotten "minor" SoCal punk labels in the 90's (i.e Know, Lethal, Theologian). No slight intended on that, they just seemed a bit purer in motive than Dr. Strange, Fearless, and Hopeless. But I don't mean to slight them either (well, mostly. We're not counting the 2000's here)  . I don't even know what I'm trying to say. Forget it.

Anyways, personal faves on this are the Suspects, All Day, Apocalypse Hoboken, No Consent, and Moral Crux. Kinda have a soft spot for that Youth In Asia track as well. 

1) The Suspects "The Blitz"
2) PUS "Scapeghost"
3) Spunk "Supertough"
4) All Day "Friends Are Forever"
5) Apocalypse Hoboken "All American"
6) Voodoo Glow Skulls "Dog Pile" (live on KPFK)
7) Wrong Way Right "Stay Home"
8) Drain Bramaged "Livin' In The City" (Fear)
9) The Fixtures "Custer & Columbus Come To Town"
10) Perturbed "Hyper"
11) Media Blitz "Another Drink"
12) Rhthym Collision "She Drives Me Crazy" (live in France)
13) Legitime Defonce "Ennemmi Public No. 1"
14) Shlumpf "Billy Jack"
15) Glue Gun "Self Respect"
16) The Meatmen "I Want Drugs"
17) Das Klown "Eye Kill"
18) riotgun. "You're Right, I'm Wrong"
19) Sanity Assassins "Working Man"
20) No Consent "Death Is A Mystery"
21) Surgeon General's Warning "Solace Conveyed"
22) Insult "Blithering Idiot"
23) Youth Gone Mad "Energy"
24) Moral Crux "Waiting For A Bomb"
25) The Process "Little Stiff"
26) Blount "World of Seclusion"
27) Cruel & Unsusual "Eyecare"
28) Monkhouse "Nothing Like You"
29) Youth In Asia "Ozark Joe"
30) Naked Aggression "Revolt" (live at Gilman St)
31) The Fumes "101"
32) Rancid Hell Spawn "Born Without A Head"
33) Fury 66 "Catch 22"
34) Horace Pinker "Rings & Knots"
35) Swoons "Oh, Liebling"
36) Vitamin L "Urine Luck"

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The Conservatives - This Album Is A Sovereign Nation (1998 Sonic Swirl / City Of Romance)

In my opinion, pound for pound, Minneapolis is the finest punk rock city the country. But Drew Carey and the Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame be damned, Cleveland is definitely in that conversation. The Conservatives live up to their city's storied legacy. This sucker rips from beginning to end. Hard to pigeonhole. Has a certain swagger that reminds me of the New Bomb Turks (lazy Ohio comparison, I know) and even The Bronx at times. "City Of Romance" channels Blatz's "Lullaby" to an interesting effect. This looks to be the only thing they've done, which is a damned tragedy.

1 Jackology
2 T.V. Baby
3 Los Alamos Lab Technician
4 Sex Mad
5 Boxes
6 Girlfriend
7 City Of Romance
8 My Life
9 Eloquent
10 Parallax View
11 I Wanna Be Zero
12 Makin' Moves
13 Jaywalker

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ABCs Of Punk (1996 Whirled Records)

As a Quadiliacha completist, I have been trying to get this for a long time, and now thanks to a reader, I have it. And hence so do you.

Looking at the line-up, it's self evident this is a great comp. See if you can figure out the theme.

The only bad thing I have to say about it is the complete and total copout in filling the "T" slot with The Fresh-O-Matics.  No offense to them, but them and Four Hundred Years should have duked it out for the F slot. You managed to find bands for XY and Z but couldn't find a band who's name legitimately started with a T?

1. Action Patrol - Benign (Live)
2. Braid - Bridge to Canada
3. Cornelius - Novelties of our Grandfathers
4. Doc Hopper - Iron Fist
5. Eagle Bravo - Steppin' Out
6. Four Hundred Years - Sequence
7. Gus - Hand to Mouth
8. Hellnation - Information Barrier
9. In/Humanity - Super Plan B
10. J Church - Socialist Newspaper
11. Kerosene 454 - T Minus 100
12. Less Than Jake - Son of Dick
13. Men's Recovery Project - Fresh Frankness
14. Norman Mayer Group - Albeit L
15. Oblivion - Hey Chewbacca
16. Pezz - Mohunker
17. Quadiliacha - Ben Burton Park
18. Rye Coalition - We Have Ridden
19. Sleepytime Trio - Flake City
20. THE Fresh-o-matics - Death on I-85
21. Unsettled - Genocide
22. Vanbuilderass - I Think I Can See
23. Wesley Willis - I Can't Drive
24. X-Rays - Totaled Baby
25. (Young) Pioneers - The Marching Blue Ants
26. Zoinks! - Pedestal

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Mohawk Barbie - The World Is My Garbage Can (1998 Umbilical Records)

I only knew Mohawk Barbie from the Letters From Punksville and Worse Than Alternative comps. Didn't know this existed until this week.

Mid 90's straight ahead, fast punk rock from New Jersey. Even has a cover of the theme to the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air." Kind of Bigwig/30 Ft. Fall-ish if you need a reference.

1. The Mall
2. Wasted 22
3. Pink
4. I Laugh Like I Care
5. Fresh Prince
6. Face
7. Thunder Cats Ho
8. 40 Reasons
9. Charlie
10. (untitled)

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What Are You Looking At? Comp (1996 Switchblade Records)

I. A couple of readers have recently sent me stuff in digital and physical form. I really appreciate it, and will get it all up eventually. I don't like to post more than one album a day, and I have my own stuff I wanna get posted, so be patient, and thank you again.

II. Back in the day I had a boatload of CD's and records stolen, and this comp (along with a few more upcoming comps) were among them. So I was very glad to see this in the care package I recently received from reader JN. I'm guessing on the year of release here, but 96 sounds about right, as I think it was the release after Link 80 / Subincision split (if you go to Discogs to verify, please know that I made that submission).

Anyways, great comp with a mix of straight ahead punk and pop punk. Personal faves on this are the tracks from the Teen Idols (duh), The Boils, and The Halflings (I had this song on a mixtape for years and could not figure out who sung it until tonight!). VBJ disagrees and knows that Buglite is the standout here.

1. Teen Idols - Come Dance With Me
2. Rumblers - Ride Johnny Ride
3. Link 80 - Verbal Kint
4. Halflings - One Thousand Teardrops
5. Beautys - Goldslobber
6. Grumpies - Dime
7. Tunnel Rats - I Love Young Cunt
8. Boils - Wake Me When It's Done
9. Sonic Dolls - I'm Not Giving Up
10. Phuzz - Well I Know?
11. Buglite - Twenty-One Days

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Lefty Lucy - Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do ‎EP (1994 7-10 Split Records)

Not to confused with Milwaukee's excellent mid-2000's band Lefty Loosie, this is Minneanapolis' excellent mid-90's band Lefty Lucy. They were sort of a precursor to the Selby Tigers, featuring Arzu Gokcen and Dave Gatchell. Great stuff, and excellent non-ska use of trombone, IMHO.

1. Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do
2. Nostalgia For Mud
3. Angel's Dread
4. Ignore

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Kip Adotta - I Hope I'm Not Out Of Line (1981 Laff Records)

Another curveball here. Possibly the first comedy record I've ever posted. I saw Kip Addotta a lot when I was a kid, The Tonight Show, Make Me Laugh, etc, and then I pretty much never saw him again. This is from 1981, so no exactly woke. Could this possibly be the origin of the Dogs/Balls joke? Anyways, if you have an 80's hack comedy fetish, here ya go.

Who knows, maybe I'll find a Bruce Baum album somewhere.

1. Gemini's
2. You Know What Makes Me Mad
3. Little Aggravations
4. People Who Screw Things Up
5. Paranoia
6. Dieting
7. Why Do Dogs Lick Their Balls?
8. Laughter
9. What A Blow Job
10. The Separation
11. My Parents
12. Jokes To Go

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Letters From The Landfill Comp (2004 Left Of The Dial)

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I'm a little astonished this isn't more widely available (if it is, let me know and I'll redirect the link). The This Is My Fist tracks are on Bandcamp, but I can't find the album in it's whole form anywhere. A shame, because this thing is great from beginning to end. Pure Bay Area. Shotwell alone should sell you on this. And then you add This Is My Fist? Come on. But that's just side one. Side two has Abandon, with Jake Filth and Matt Parrillo, and Peels, who, dare I say, show a bit of a Hickey influence? Maybe? You tell me. Fantastic comp.

1. This Is My Fist – Yank Fiction
2. This Is My Fist – You're Filthy, I'm Furious
3. This Is My Fist – Stiles The Dog
4. This Is My Fist – Bible Thumpin'
5. Shotwell – Bitter Greens
6. Shotwell – Had To Be A Break
7. Shotwell – Dust Of The Dawn
8. Shotwell – Eruption Of The Wild Style
9. Abandon – Blood & Milk
10. Abandon – Edgar Bastard
11. Abandon – Innocence
12. Abandon – Modern Death
13. Abandon – Sometimes The World Is Clean
14. Peels – Millbrae's On Fire And No One Cares

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The Boyish Charms - Infinity In Its Infancy LP (2011 Talking Helps Records)

Little change of pace here while I promote our local music scene. The Boyish Charms are a San Diego indie pop band who've been kicking around almost 20 years, but there's not a lot of info on them out there. Good stuff.

1. The Tweed Twig
2. Walking In Circles, Poking Myself In The Eye
3. The Luckiest Threads Of Holly's Towel
4. Pictures And The Statues They Depict
5. Once Adrift
6. Death Song For The Consistently Late
7. Run To Me

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The Nimrods - Once Again Saving The World Takes A back Seat To A Good Beer (Dr. Dream Records)

A very overlooked album. The Nimrods are a legendary compilation band, with excellent contributions to many comps that get mentioned around here a lot (Back Asswards, Punk?). As far as I know, this is their only full length (not including a cassette with the same name but different songs. Any one have the scoop on that?). I think being on Doctor Dream killed this (as with the excellent Sacramento band Welt). When I think of Doctor Dream, I think of a particular type of L.A. punk, and this ain't that . This is a solid pop-punk album that probably would have gotten a lot more traction on a different label. "I.R.S." and "I Don't Really Care" are legit great songs that are in my personal pop-punk canon.

1. I Feel Like Gettin' Drunk
2. I.R.S.
3. Disgruntled Joe
4. Nobody Loves Me But Mom
5. Walter
6. Evil Genius (Plot To Rule The World)
7. Last Night
8. I Don't Really Care
9. Sick Of You
10. Val Needs Therapy
11. No Reason For My Time
12. Caught

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The Killers - APB Split EP (1999 E.A. Records)

I just ripped this and was about to queue it to post in a few days, and then I noticed it's already on Bandcamp, so go get it there (I try to post things that are not easily available on the internet or on sharing services).

 I'm only mentioning this because you can buy 267 hardcore releases there for $20. A steal!

Electric Summer - Love Me Destroyer (2000 Soda Jerk Records)

I discovered Electric Summer during one of my late 90's Amoeba Records $1 CD section expeditions. It was their Shock album (maybe I'll post that if y'all like this), and I was immediately taken in by the nonsensical brilliance of songs like "Shock" and "Golden Dogs", plus I just have a soft spot for Japanese punk (although, as exchange students, they had moved to Denver at the time). I kind of forgot about them a few years later, and am only now realizing they continued to put out albums through 2009. So now I'm going back to see if the magic of Shock lasted past that album.

It did.

Longest song is 2:23, I have no idea what any of the songs are about, a little spastic, a little catchy, and a little NOFX-y at times, I love it. Hopefully you will too, because these guys should not be in dollar bins.

1. Love Me Destroyer
2. Life
3. Blue Blanket
4. Cold Fever
5. Nothing But Me
6. Hey Scissorman
7. California Car, Colorado Car
8. Kill You
9. Time
10. Let's Go Back To The Beautiful Beach
11. Fruits Of Land
12. Comic Books
13. [Untitled]

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Piledriver Comp EP (1994 Sub-Mission Records)

Reader contribution from (I believe) the guy who put this out (my memory is shot,sorry). Great comp by three bands you probably know, and one band (FAQ) for whom, if Discogs is to be believed, this might be the only thing they ever put out. 

I'll be doing more and more of these reader submissions. I really appreciate you all sharing your very unique collections. In fact, if your initials are JN, get at me, your proposal is accepted!

1. The Oxymorons - Life Goes On
2. Sinkhole - Never Is Now
3. FAQ - Twinkie
4. Kid With Man Head - Blue Groove

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Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments / Fat Day Split (1997 Ratfish Records)

Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments are an acquired taste, one that I never really developed. Fat Day is another story, and I've probably professed my love for them here many times. Always short, always great. 

1. Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments - Petty Thief
2. Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments - I'm Too Old For This Shit
3. Fat Day - Champion Pugs
4. Fat Day - Harmful Insect
5. Fat Day - 5 Foot House
6. Fat Day - Buddy Pickup

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The Nimrods - Greenday EP (1997 Insubordination Records)

I first heard The Nimrods on the Punk? comp, and then on the Back Asswards comp. Absolutely loved both of their contributions.  So I bought their full length, which I didn't enjoy as much. But I admittedly have a short attention span and have always been biased towards comps and EPs over LPs. So of course I love this 7". Although, truth be told, when I first heard it I was a little confused, as Side A sounds much more like the Knockoffs or even Nine Pound Hammer than The Nimrods (love both of those bands - not meant to be a slight). Side B set the record straight, though. Juvenile, immature, and sloppy. Right up my alley.

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!

1. Eerie Surf
2. All Wrong? All Right!
3. Daylight Over Dagobah
4. Boner

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Panthro UK United 13 - S/T EP (1998 No Idea)

It's late, and I haven't posted in a while, and I just want to get this posted, and I'm drawing a blank trying to describe PUKU13 so I'll just say that I've always liked them and this has a song called "Fuck L.A." which is a sentiment we can all get behind and if anyone can get me the mp3's of the aborted PUKU13 / Wardance Orange Split I'd be forever grateful. 

1. World Class Entertainment
2. I'm Still Suck
3. Fuck L.A. 
4. Spartacus

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Swindle - In The Red EP (1995 Grilled Cheese)

Swindle was pretty popular in San Diego in the mid-late 90's, but I don't know if that popularity expanded anywhere else. They opened for everyone, and did a split with Blink-182 (post-Chesire Cat, pre-Dude Ranch). Nothing complicated, just straight ahead mid-90's punk, including a Screeching Weasel cover.

Oh, and if you're from the San Diego area, you might remember this:

1. This One
2. Skeezer
3. My Mind
4. I Wanna Be A Homosexual 

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Bang Yer Head

I've been sonically revisiting my mulleted days recently, and two things stick out: Rough Cutt was better than 90% of mid-80's hard rock/metal bands (it's still cringe-worthy in retrospect, but I stick by my point), and Rose Tattoo, while influential on many cool U.S. bands, still should have been much bigger in the U.S. That is all.

Leather - Leather EP (2012 Skeleton Head Records)

This is a 2012 7" version of a 2009 cassette.

I love this band. They have the mix of confidence and reckless abandon I find lacking in a lot stuff I listen to. I hear raw early Nirvana mixed with later Black Flag; you may hear something else entirely, as comparisons are not my strong suit. This isn't as good as the Anchorite EP, but that's a very high bar, as that's one of my favorite records of the last decade.

1. Addicted To Suffering
2. No Motivation
3. Ejaculation Without Orgasm
4. Too Tired

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Facebook

Hey, just so you know, I created a Facebook page for this blog to crosspost to. I know, I know Facebook is the new great Satan and all, but if you'd rather track the blog there than Feedly or whatever other resource you check blogs on, here's the link: 

https://www.facebook.com/onesidedwar/

It'll just lead you back here (unless you are reading this on Facebook, in which case, uh, disregard this whole post), but of you are on Facebook anyways, go ahead and follow there if it'll make your life more convenient. 

Sinkhole - Tumble Mat EP (1995 Dr. Strange Records)

Mid 90's Boston pop-punk, though there would be no shame in confusing Sinkhole for  a West Coast/Cruz Records band. This is not an EP I thought I'd need to rip. I thought this was a pretty common EP, and maybe it is, being a Dr. Strange release, but I don't see it on any of the usual outposts, and the two b-side tracks  (including a Pat Benatar cover) do not appear on any other releases. 

1. Tumble Mat
2. Weed
3. Heartbreaker

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End Of The World News - 1971 (2002 Recess Records)

Aaron Cometbus, Arun Chaudhary of IFarm, and a couple of other dudes with a 5 songs soundtrack to one aspect of Anthony Burgess' End Of The World News: Leon Trotsky's journey to New York and his death in Mexico. Oh, and it's on Recess Records. Yeah. 

I didn't realize this doesn't really exist in digital form online until everyone's favorite vegan beardo recently bought my copy. So I'm doing the world a favor, cause this is awesome. 

The songs all flow together, so my cutoff points my be a little sloppy. I also had a little debate with myself about where track 1 ends and where track 2 begins. Open to interpretation, I guess. 

1. 1917
2. Volodarsky, Chudnorsky, Bukharin
3. Amenities
4. Driven
5. Mexico

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Swerve - Sugarfix (1996 New Renaissance)

So when I bought this, I thought it was, in the words of Tesco Vee, one of "those ultra-hip, one-syllable bands like Live, Lush, Beck, Swirl, Blur" but nope, it's yet another unheralded, forgotten (though they did re-unite last year  mid-90's San Diego band that you'll find in our local thrift stores.

The older I get, the harder it is for me to make genre classifications. Alternative? Power Pop? I dunno. They refer to themselves as "Surf Power-Pop" so lets go with that. If I were to make a comparison, I'd say a poppier version of Dig.

"Right Today" is the standout track here. 

1. Radio Swerve
2. Right Today
3. I Know A Girl
4. You Say
5. Dime
6. What You Wanted
7. Hey Hey
8. No One
9. The Butter Flies
10. Once Again
11. Sugar Fix
12. Noit Peced (Live)

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Gimcrack - Pensacola EP (1995? Backspin Records)

Mid-90's Florida punk rock. though I'm unsure of exactly what year. The were on the great No Idea Big Pants Waste Precious Fabric and Punk? comps. I don't know a whole lot else about them except I always thought they did "Diet Punk" but that was actually the Rickets. Enjoy!

1. Dear Mr. Preacher
2. Drive
3. Junk Drawer Culture
4. Am I Frustrated?
5. Carry On

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Punk Diary: 1970-1979 (1994 not on label)

This is an interview that cam with the book Punk Diary: 1970-1979 by George Gimarc. Despte the title, most of the action in the book is post-1975, and spends a lot of time on bands I would never think of as being punk forefathers (OMD!?). The only music on this is some early Hagfish stuff. Kind of an odd choice, but I like Hagfish, so fine by me.

1. Hagfish - Happiness
2. Ramones - Punk Beginnings
3. Nick Lowe - The Tartan Horde
4. XTC - First Session
5. Marco Pirroni - Pre-Punk London
6. The Damned - Why Did Punk Happen?
7. Hagfish - Stamp
8. The Dead Boys - Punk Roots In Ohio
9. Devo - De-evolution In Akron
10. Marco Pirroni - Hears About The Pistols
11. Marco Pirroni - Siouxsie's First Gig
12. Adam Ant - Their Real Roots
13. X-Ray Spex - Anyone Can Do This!
14. Marco Pirroni - Subway Sect Recalled
15. Skids - Punk Roots In Scotland
16. Simple Minds - As Johnny & The Self Abusers
17. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Liverpool Electronics
18. Spitfire Boys - Pre-Siouxsie Budgie
19. Chrissie Hynde - That's Not My Group!
20. Rich Kids - Midge Ure Recalls
21. John Lydon - Sid And Nancy Is Nonsense!
22. Hagfish - Gertrude
23. Gang Of Four - Turn Down T.O.T.P.
24. The Police - Who Is Klark Kent?
25. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Problems Getting Signed
26. Gary Numan - Meets The Synthesizer
27. U2 - Early Days
28. Nick Lowe - "What's So Funny..."
29. The Beat - Nothing To Do
30. Peter Murphy - Bela Lugosi's Daughter
31. Various - Closing
32. Hagfish - Minit Maid

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Toybox - Toybox (1995 Self Released)

This is the kind of album that makes the crate digging worth it. Really good  indie rock from San Diego. There's absolutely nothing out there on the interwebs about this band.

1. Xmen
2. Eli
3. Doors & Windows
4. Cheeba Steve
5. Think
6. Arizona
7. So Afraid
8. Obey

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Tapeheads

It really, really should matter if there is a tape out there of the President of the United States using the n-word. But the reality is that it really, really doesn't matter if it exists. Sad, but true.

As should be obvious by now, for 40% of the country, Trump using the n-word would be a feature, not a bug. For another 9-11% it would be, "yeah, that's really bad, but the economy....".

We're fucked.

Matt Frado Compilation (2008 Welfare Records)

A tribute album to Matt Frado, who at one point was in all of the bands here (+ many more that aren't on the comp). Until listening to this, I had no idea who Matt Frado was. But looking into it, he was a beloved musician in the Boston punk/hardcore/metal scene who played multiple instruments. The bands here run the gamut: death metal, black metal, thrash, punk, hardcore, and some sleaze rock. Unholy Goatfucker is the highlight here for me, but I found something to like about all the bands. This is quite a varied and rad musical legacy to leave behind at the age of 24. I didn't know ya, Matt, but R.I.P.

BTW, I initially bought this because one of the bands is called the Rocket Queens, and I remember that Craigums was in a GNR cover band of the same name. Well, this is obviously not that Rocket Queens, but if that RQ has any recorded output, please send my way. 

1. Legions Of Hell - Storming The Gates
2. Legions Of Hell - God Of War
3. Legions Of Hell - Blades Of Light
4. Brainrot - Brainwash Deteriorate
5. Brainrot - I'm Not Growing Up
6. Brainrot - Raped
7. Burn Victim - Hoof Prints
8. Solitary Neglect - Social Control
9. Solitary Neglect - Silence
10. Solitary Neglect - R.I.S.
11. Speed Demon - Bury Me Standing
12. Speed Demon - Perfect Crime
13. Speed Demon - ?
14. Unholy Goatfucker - Under The Banner Of The Beast
15. Unholy Goatfucker - Pestilence Shall Reign
16. Unholy Goatfucker - Sickle Of Desolation
17. Pygmy Hippo Death Spurs - Another Round
18. Rocket Queens - I Just Had To

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Everready - A Not So Sunny Day In Dodge City EP (1993 Campgropund Records)

Okay, so until I ripped this EP, I never realized they were the exact same versions that are on the Reinheitsgebot CD. But then I did, so I dumped the rips. I admit it, these are just the CD versions re-tagged for completest nerds.

If you know this blog at all, you know I love Everready, so no need to elaborate.

1. Never Walk Away
2. It's Too Late
3. Leaving On A Jet Plane

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Radon - In Your Home EP (1994 Ms. Cake's Records)

I kind of assumed this has already been digitized, but the version of "Bryan's World" here is different than the live version on the We Bare All compilation.

I remember the first time I heard "Kibbles and Bits", I liked it, but thought it was kind of cheesy. Now it's one of my favorite Radon songs.  That's how Radon works. One second you like 'em, the next you are obsessed.

1. Bryan's World
2. Kibbles And Bits
3. Chinese Rednecks
4. Wash Away

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DeathXDeath - The Glamour Of Evil (2003 Self-Released)

Yet another band that the Google provides no help with. I believe they were from San Diego. Metal at times, punk at other times, and sometime a little Nu Hardcore. Often in the same song.

1. Low
2. Despair
3. A New Beginning
4. Day Of The Dead
5. Personal Violence
6. I Gave It My All
7. She Said
8. Low Self Esteem Plays No Justice In My Court
9. Sunny Day
10. Descent
11. Bring Down (Live)
12. 110 (Live)
13. Forgotten & Forsaken (Live)

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The Rickets - Bottom Of The Bottle EP (1995 Puke Records)

Bainbridge Island punk rock. If you have the Slice Of Lemon comp, this is the bad that does the wonderful "Diet Punk". I'm too lazy to do the research right now, but if I remember correctly, the Rickets had something to do with Pud and/or the Murder City Devils.

1. Crybaby
2. Oly Roller
3. Cool Enough For You
4. Dead End Kids
5. Trendy Fucker (Live)
6. Bored To Death
7. Voices Carry

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Fabric - Woolly Mammoth (1997 Scrimshaw Records)

A little departure from the norm. I've returned to my early/mid 90's habit of buying anything cheap that looks like it has potential to be cool. You never know, right?

I can't find out anything about Fabric. Lo-fi, mainly acoustic, indie pop from the Midwest. Pretty interesting, kinda Ween-ish and Beck-like at times.

1. Deaf Baby
2. Rubberman
3. Bring On The Girls
4. Husband's Tale
5. Inside A Bowling Pin
6. Security
7. Shame And Pearl
8. Permanent Pens
9. Man I Breed A Shake
10. Georgia Rest Stop
11. Afternoon Friends

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Vacation Bible School / Bi-Furious Split EP (2008 Let's Pretend / Lucky Gator)

Hey, I'm back. It's been so hot, the last thing I've wanted to do is sit in my un-air conditioned office and rip records. It's still hot, but duty calls, so here I am.

I don't know jack about either of these bands. They might be from Chicago? I might have saw/seen VBS at Awesomefest?  In any case both of these bands play fast and keep it loose. I like it.

1. Bi-Furious - Sean Leonard: Reg'l Genius
2. Bi-Furious - Tallahassee Nun
3. Bi-Furious - Give Pizza Chance
4. Bi-Furious - I Hate (The News)
5. Bi-Furious - I Wanna Hug (A Rich Man)
6. Bi-Furious - Richard Honquest... Bloodbath!
7. Bi-Furious - Party Fight!
8. Vacation Bible School - Shopahalcaust
9. Vacation Bible School - Inavidadagadda
10. Vacation Bible School - Waiting In Traffic
11. Vacation Bible School - Jimmy Adamson: Int'l Badass
12. Vacation Bible School - F. Bomb

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Re-Up: Choking Victim - Crack Rock Steady (1994 Non-Commercial)

FYI: I updated the link for the Choking Victim EP. 

Edicius - Neckbreaker (1996 Wax Ring Records)

You don't need to google it, 'Edicius' is 'Suicide' spelled backwards.

Mid-90's Los Angeles thrash in a Scatterbrain sort of way. You know, it's not that heavy or fast but no other genre really fits. This style wasn't cool in 1996, which kind of means that it actually was cool. Maybe?

Friends of the blog: you are not going to like this. But hopefully I can rope in some metalheads looking for impossible to find metal albums. When it's not on slsk or Discogs (I just added it), you know you got a rare one.

1. Back Against The Wall
2. Fallen
3. I Need Help
4. Nothing To Give
5. Some Friend
6. Jaded

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Fat Day - Bound For Glory (1995 100% Breakfast)

I first heard Fat Day on the Spinnin' The Chamber (c'mon Josh, post more stuff) comp and immediately liked them. Then I heard "Knute Rockne" on the Ass Backwards comp, like turned to love. Eight short blasts of spastic snotty punk.

1. Nick O'Teen
2. Park For Free
3. Chigger
4. Stub Billy
5. Sexy Robots
6. Slot & Wing
7. Conan
8. Jackson 5

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Plainfield - Not Enough Food EP (1994 Depression Records)

Smelly Mustafa's psycho noise punk band. Plainfield did a split with Fresno's own Circus Bogus that I'm still trying to track down. I think Little John from the Fresno days has it for sale. In any case, once I get it I'll post it. I remember seeing Circus Bogus play in Fresno and seeing Smelly in the crowd watching looking like the most 80's dad I'd ever seen. Mustache, short shorts, knee high socks, some Trax or something, it was glorious.

I'm not sure what trigger warnings I should be posting, but yeah, tread carefully.

1. Not Enough Food
2. Little Man In Da Boat

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The Twenty-Two's / The Disenchanted Split EP (1996 Mother Box Records)

While Zoppo wasn't my cup of tea, The Twenty-Two's are my quad espresso over ice. Exactly what I like and need. No frills, raw, fast punk. Post punk explosion, pre-bandanacore . Years ago I posted their split with Positive State, and I loved that as well. They never really caught on, but man they were good. The Disenchanted is a little more on the nose with their brand of punk. Not bad, but for me, this split is all about the Twenty-Two's. 

1. The Twenty-Two's - Label-Free
2. The Twenty-Two's - My Friends
3. The Twenty-Two's - Never Suspect
4. The Disenchanted - Chameleon
5. The Disenchanted - 2.5
6. The Disenchanted - Serve & Protect

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Zoppo - Chi Practica Lo Impare A Zoppicare! (1997 The Drowning Man)

Sometimes when you've maxed out your shipping on Discogs, you just start adding interesting looking cheap records. Had no idea what to expect. Not really my cup of tea, but it's not bad. Indie rock with a lot of effects from the Netherlands. Yuri Landman played in this band for a bit (including on this). He invents musical instruments for artists, including Sonic Youth and Half Japanese.

Record is a little noisy, but the scratches on Grand Prix are intentional, I think. There's nothing on the record or in Audacity to make me think otherwise.

1. H.C. Reprise
2. Comedo
3. Gayday
4. No. 357
5. Sampleintotalpeace
6. Speed (Lovin' You)
7. 103 Florence Flight
8. Burning Sand Under Your Sheets
9. Grand Prix Imprimé En Noir Et Vert Printemps
10. Let It Bleed
11. Back Into Things
12. She's Real
13. BlindWritten-by [Uncredited] – Wio
14. Brother Paolo's Trip In The Forest Of Rieti
15. Mmboot@sonik.demon.nl

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Bulwark Fail

I'm was reading Frederick Taylor's Dresden, and came across this paragraph:

The Communists could have combined with the Social Democrats to form an anti-Nazi bulwark but refused, claiming that the Social Democrats were, in effect, the real fascists (one of the main Communist taunts was to call them “social fascists”). The Nazis, on the other hand, were simply a symptom of the decline of the wretched petty bourgeoisie. Therefore the important thing for loyal Communists was to oppose the Social Democrats—not the Nazis, who were doomed in any case, along with the class they represented.

It's eerie how much this dovetails with 2016, with Bernie supporters opposing mainstream Democrats. I know this comparison has been made and analyzed a gajillion times. But it was interesting to come across it in a book from 2005.

The sad part is, it's probably going to happen in 2020 as well. The purity tests will begin with the Kavanaugh confirmation.

Spare Me

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Yeah? Or what? What if he doesn't? What are you going to do? Talk - Action = 0, buddy.