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Teenage Lawn Mowing Money would make a great hardcore band nameby ira
re: Bitch Magnet - Jon Fine, who was in the band, wrote a great book about his experiences called Your Band Sucks. Here's an interview he did about itby ira
Didn't Spin once name It Takes Two as the greatest single of all time?by ira
MoL were connected to the Boatmen, inasmuch as Jake Smith was half of one (with his wife, ex-Blake Babies drummer Freda Love Smith) and bassist in the other. They've been posting stuff on Bandcamp, and I recommend it highly (except the most recent new album, which is a semi-amusing outgrowth of Jake's forthcoming book on new age music.)by ira
I was at that Lolla show in St. Lou and was one of the 10 people there to see the Boatmen!by ira
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Bite the Wax Godhead Releases Entire Remastered Catalogue on Bandcamp for Glioblastoma Research Organization Fundraiser New York City band Bite the Wax Godhead released its complete remastered catalogue on Bandcamp today at https://bitethewaxgodhead.bandcamp.com/, with all proceeds going to the Glioblastoma Research Organization. Because the release lands on a Bandcamp Friday, when Bandcamp waby ira
Saw the Damned last year and was well impressed by their energy and enthusiasmby ira
All in all, the election results are a lot more pleasing to me than the slate of nominees was. And, amazingly, the most egregious offerings -- Black Crowes, Melissa Etheridge, New Edition -- were not elected, while everyone I voted for was. That's never happened before.by ira
I have strong feelings about a lot of the truly unworthy acts here, but Black Crowes is just a joke. The Hall reminds voters of the criteria that should be considered, and they rank in none of them.by ira
Maybe we should consult Louis Jordanby ira
1 - Yes, that is correct. When we started putting flexidiscs in subscriber copies, we mailed them in envelopes. 2 - Not likely. The discs were bound in at the perforation, so removing them would only leave a loose rectangle of plastic in the back of the magazine, which would fall out. This is what the back of the disc looks like in the magazine: 3 - No. It was complicated enough gettingby ira
My Mojo piece on Television got quoted in the NYT obit for Fred. A weird honor (?), to be sure.by ira
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I don't offhand recall..maybe 5? And, no, it had nothing to do with Trouser Press. A couple of us wrote for it and Dave Schulps worked there for a bit.by ira
It was based in New York. Independenctly owned. The editor was Jean-Charles Costa. Monthly IIRC.by ira
Howie was a fascinating, colorful character -- we knew him well in the Trouser Press days, 415 being an advertiser and all -- and I was in touch with him regarding a book blurb last year. I highly recommend the 415 book by Bill Kopp = [415book.com]by ira
I also wrote a lengthy profile of Pavement for Pulse as it happensby ira
Friends: In case anyone's interested, we're having a big sale over at Trouser Press Books -- everything is 25% off all weekend. Here's the bookshop link; use the checkout code CURE25. Trouser Press Books Shop And let me take this opportunity to offer my personal thanks to all of you for making our little message board so much informative fun! Iraby ira
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I really like the photos of him as a portly OAP. He was such a dashing young thing but evidently his Englishness won out.by ira
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Now try Bobby Fuller, who essentially carried on Eddie's work for a few years (until his mysterious murder).by ira
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Brooklyn Book Festival - Trouser Press will have a boothby ira
Doesn't Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4" infer the number 26?by ira
Otway live and onstage is an absolute fun trip. strong recommend.by ira
Bernstein died in 1991by ira
