Playlist from Tube last night:

Bobby Soxx! You can do your own homework on this one. However, I really need/want a copy of that Teenage Queers 7"...Please and thank you.

Road Dawging

Hitting the road here with OVO for some west coast winter treachery. Small van, small band, one mustache, two gnarly heads of hair, Spokane here we come.I was kind of on the fence about this one but decided to say the hell with it. Hitting the road for about 10 days with these guys I will most likely be doing most of the driving. Control Control Control.

Stickmen With Rayguns

In the early 90's I was an obsessive Butthole Surfers fan. At the time they seemed so obscure to me (*see grew up in a small town in northern Michigan) I was hungry for whatever I could get my hands on photos, bootlegs, etc..Long story short I came across the compilation entitled "A Texas Trip" It was compilation of Texas chromosome damage (BHS, Daniel Johnson, Fitch, etc..) The one band that really grabbed me off this comp was Stickmen With Ray Guns.
(SMWRG) formed in Dallas, Texas, in the spring of 1981 with me, Clarke Blacker on guitar (ex-Nervebreakers & Bag of Wire), Bobby Soxx on vocals (ex-Teenage Queers & the Enemy) and Ft. Worth drummer Scott Elam, Quad Pi bassist Mark Ridlen lent his services, playing the first shows until a permanent bass player could be found.

The first public appearance was opening for Black Flag at Zero’s in Fort Worth in the late spring of 1981. Also on the bill was a two-person noise band, Hole. Hole bassist Bob Beeman had co-produced the Bobby Soxx single earlier that year. Bob joined soon after that show. The lineup now complete, by the summer of 1981 SMWRG was busy creating havoc on the Texas club scene.

Finally, not only did Bobby have a band that could hold its own with him on stage, but presented him with a deafening sonic palette of unbelievable power, violence and hostility. Something like putting your head in a threshing machine.

Bobby’s on-stage antics, combined with the openly antagonistic, chaotic and aggressive live sound, made SMWRG a difficult band to follow.

SMWRG took its name from Stick Man with Ray Gun Comics. The Stick Man was a crazed racist vigilante who wore a baseball cap and carried a big ray gun. He walked the streets of his neighborhood blowing away anyone who offended his insane sense of order, politics, or racial purity.

Although Bobby was well known for abusing drugs, after 1987 alcohol seemed to take over and began to do untold damage. Bobby died in Dallas of liver failure on October 22, 2000.

(The above paragraphs taken from the SMWRG site)

Yup Still In Seattle

Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a subgenre of alternative rock that was created in the mid-1980s by bands from the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song dynamics, and apathetic or angst-filled lyrics. The grunge aesthetic is stripped-down compared to other forms of rock music, and many grunge musicians were noted for their unkempt appearances and rejection of theatrics.

The early grunge movement coalesced around Seattle independent record label Sub Pop in the late 1980s. Grunge became commercially successful in the first half of the 1990s, due mainly to the release of Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's Ten. The success of these bands boosted the popularity of alternative rock and made grunge the most popular form of hard rock music at the time.^[1] The genre became closely associated with Generation X in the US, since the awareness of each rose simultaneously. However, many grunge bands were uncomfortable with this popularity. Although most grunge bands had disbanded or faded from view by the late 1990s, their influence continues to impact modern rock music.

The Year Of The Pig Unrivaled

Ten Ample Commodities About 07:
1. Kristin
2. A supportive family; no matter how canny or dense my decisions may be
3. Pacific Northwest
4. Clockcleaner live @ Back Space
5. Richard
6. Petunia: a welcome addition to the BT family
7. No Country For Old Men
8. DDC
9. Kombucha
10. Pastor tacos in PDX

Viva Jet City

Seattle: this is where I currently reside. Still sounds funny to say. Don't worry Portland I will return. I have some unfinished business to take care of...You know taco trucks, junk shops, yard sales, record collections, 720 @ Ground Kontrol, etc...