Category Archives: Podcasts

The above image is of possibly one of the worst tattoos on earth (does he know that the girl in the picture has been rendered like an illustration from Mad Magazine?). Track listing: Make-Up – If They Come In The … Continue reading →

Lungfish have been on the Dischord record label for a very long time, and have released ten albums — and if someone (in this case, Ian MacKaye) likes a band that much, then I owe it to myself to at … Continue reading →

Once again, jus’ letting you know my band is on tour right now, and I’m outta town until April 6th, so posts might be slow in coming like this one — but I’m trying! My office day job is located … Continue reading →

I’m going out of town on tour with my band for almost the next 4 weeks, and I don’t know how often I’ll have Internet access on the road — so this next month of posts may not exactly come … Continue reading →

Been watching some of the recent DVD box set of the second season (’76-’77) of “Saturday Night Live”, and I’m struck by how much of the show’s sketches fall flat on their face. No, not pratfall like Chevy Chase — … Continue reading →

This has absolutely nothing to do with the great German NDW band Der Plan, but if you ever make it out to the Cleveland area (as I did two months ago,) you would be a great goddamned fool not to … Continue reading →

Been listening to a lot of German stuff while struggling through my continual sneezing/nose-dripping fits. Tried Benedryl for the first time for my allergies, and had the damnedest time while my fighting my way through a wicked brain fog. I … Continue reading →

Rarely does a rock band undergo such a severe transformation in their short years in the public eye as Japan, whose debut album, “Adolescent Sex”, marked them as New York Dolls imitators in 1978, but as quickly as 1980, had … Continue reading →

I’ve got pretty bad allergies sometimes, but in investigating what makes people sneeze, I ran across the tidbit below on KidsHealth.org. Never heard of the condition, and glad I don’t have it: “Do you know anyone who sneezes when they … Continue reading →

I’ve been hip the Krautrock sound for a long number of years, but I recently happened upon some K-TEL-esque ’70s comps, and thought I’d share the better tracks with you. My favorite would have to be the final track, “I’ve … Continue reading →