With all the buzz regarding the reunion of one of the best all-time bands, Swervedriver amongst my nerdier friends ringing loudly in my ears, I’ve been thinking a lot about reunion shows. I’m getting to the age where they are inevitable and conditions in the music industry are creating an opportunity for bands of a [...]

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The Pretenders – Tattooed Love Boys – Live In Concert 1981 Holy shiznits! One of the best songs and bands ever. BTW, what the hell time signature would this be? It’s videos like this that make me realize how shitty most other bands are or, at least, how exceptionally good a band can be.

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Holland 1945 I can’t stop watching this video of Jeff Mangum performing “Holland, 1945.”

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Please observe J. Mascis as he obliterates all in his path and Dinosaur Jr. absolutely rips everything to shreds: I think he sings 28 words and plays 3 minutes of guitar solo while Lou and Murph rock it profusely.

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Jerry Lebt! Originally uploaded by scottpartee. I saw Jerry Garcia on the U1. He seems to have kicked smack and lost some tonnage. His German was really good, too!

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The titles of all the original songs my band knew at that date. Saving this for future reference and archival reasons: Banned From The White Hen (A.K.A. Band From The White Hen) Beatdown (A.K.A. Asheton’s A Roker) Andi Z. Chained to the Zlov Chips Are Good A Sorry Evening Indeed Five For Museum Spawn Most [...]

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First person to correctly name the song from which I pulled this random lyrical transcription wins. I stop for a cigarette all those trials and things they try and see we’re wandering through water and sand land, land ho! won’t you leave? What you win is up to me and likely to approach zero. I, [...]

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De La Soul Is Dead

5 out of 5

Media: Vinyl

Genre: Hip Hop

Producer: Prince Paul and De La Soul

Year: 1991

Label: Tommy Boy

UPC for CD: 016998102923

Favorite songs

• Pease Porridge
• Pass The Plugs
• Bitties at the BK Lounge
• Oodles of O’s
• Let, Let Me In

Can I just go on record as saying that this album is one of my top five? I’d probably place it at number one, but that’s just such a nebulous and almost impossible concept to grasp—an “all-time favorite record among thousands—that I am just not willing to be so bold.

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A little vintage Throbbing Gristle live for you.

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The Halfass Family Band, a product of Halfass & Halfass West with a long history and various monikers, plays live at the Yukon Tavern in Portland, OR this Saturday, August 20th. Please call the venue for exact times and dress code: Yukon Tavern (503) 235-6352 5819 SE Milwaukie Ave And as an added bonus to [...]

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Kevin Byrd has passed me the Musical Baton and set me up the bomb. So here goes: Total volume of music on your computer: 120 GB The last album you purchased was: Stephen Malkmus | Face The Truth Song playing right now: Postively Tenth Street Podcast, “Ain’t No Way” – David Lindley Five songs you’ve [...]

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I never thought I’d ask this question, but do any people on the Internets know of a good way to dispose of a large record collection. I don’t want to dump it at Goodwill because, quite frankly, there are quite a few rare and valuable records in the collection and I’ve spent a lot of [...]

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The Halfass Podcast > Coming to your from the labs at East Lake, be on the lookout for the Halfass Podcast. The mini show for proof-of-concept is complete and in the hands of a couple discerning listeners. I’m looking for beta testers for first preview release podcast. Hit me up with a comment if you’re [...]

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Not sure why this blank post with the above title was hangin out in my “drafts” area, but I thought I should go ahead and declare it. Police aside, I can’t stand him.

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