f.y.p / the grumpies split ep (1998 recess)

 

Split E.P. dedicated to late F.Y.P bassist Joe "Stoots" Ciauri. F.Y.P side includes a rap song, Grumpies side includes a Lita Ford cover.

1. F - Untamed & Useless
2. F - Oink Joint
3. G - De Niro
4. G- Kiss Me Deadly (Lita Ford)

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the one where i try my best not to invoke godwin's law

But a certain someone who's name rhymes with Shmadolf Kitler would probably agree with Brian Kilmead.



Cable news channels are sooooo necessary.

[wonkette]

one is the lonliest number

i. Slaves helped build much of the Capitol.

ii. The House of Representatives introduces a bill establishing a marker acknowledging the contribution of slaves in the building of the Capitol be placed in Emancipation Hall.

iii. The bill passes. 399 for. One against.

iv. That one? Rep Steve King (R-IA).

v. Steve King's excuse?  "Last night I opposed yet another bill to erect another monument to slavery because it was used as a bargaining chip to allow for the actual depiction of 'In God We Trust' in the CVC. The Architect of the Capitol and liberal activists opposed every reference to America's Christian heritage, even to the extent of scrubbing 'In God We Trust' from the depiction of the actual Speaker's chair in the U.S. House of Representatives." blah blah blah "yet another effort to place guilt on future Americans for the sins of some of their ancestors"  blah blah "Judeo-Cristian heritage" blah blah.

vi. The uncomplicated, straightforward, four page, large font, double-spaced bill does not mention the phrase "In God We Trust" in any capacity, nor does it suggest the marker in question be anything other than an acknowledgment of the contributions of slaves.

vii. What the fuck is Steve King talking about?

[talkingpointsmemo]

the burning sensations - cuzima (1993 pyramid)

 

Yet another Fresno band. Not very prolific, but they were pretty fun. No idea what these guys are up to nowadays.

1. Cuzima
2. What Makes Me Tick
   
3. Burning Blues
4. Life Sucks

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fourth grade nothing - jack frost (1997 abridged/dogmode)

Texas had a lot of really good pop-punk bands in the mid-90's. Fourth Grade Nothing was one of them. Very Green Day-ish. As a testament to their greatness, they were actually in the Bio-Dome soundtrack. I'm not kidding.

1. Boneless
2. Us
3. Jack Frost

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the al franken decade

I guess because I was such an avid listener of The Al Franken Show on Air America, I assumed that everybody already knew that Al Franken is an extremely intelligent guy who has a deep understanding of public policy issues. It appears that I was wrong - a lot of people seem to equate Franken with Jesse Ventura, believing that he got elected on solely because of his fame and not his knowledge of the issues. Even Democratic senators from Minnesota are guilty of this. (I am pretty certain that Klobuchar actually appeared on the show, so she really should know better)

The Al Franken Show was very funny. But it was also very smart. It was the most serious discussion of politics on the radio outside NPR.  Yet he is eclipsed by the shadow of Stuart Smalley. Ridiculous.

the mcknicknix - bizarre bazaar (1991 vandal children)

Late 80's/early 90's punk rock from Connecticut. The band would be reunited and rechristened No More Scene, only to beak up once again. Punks.

1. No More Scene
2. Beach Blonde
3. Friday Night Blitzkrieg
4. Scatterbrain
5. Think Positive
6. Vinally

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mcnamara

Robert McNamara passed away. 

Being the key architect of the Vietnam war will always eclipse all the positive influences that he had on this country. But he did have a lot of positive influence. You can't just ignore that.

Which is why you should absolutely add The Fog Of War to your Netflix queue. The good and the bad, and a lot of regret.

dishwasher - music to wash dishes by - vol 1 ( 702 records)

Great little EP here. Vinyl companion to Pete Jordan's Dishwasher fanzine. 4 really good songs, including a fabulous stripped down version of "Born To Do DIshes" by The Queers. Stellar tracks by the always stellar Scared of Chaka and the Hi-Fives. Rounded out by a kick ass song by a band I never heard of outside this release, Ten-Four. Like I said, great EP.

1. The Queers - Born To Do Dishes
2. Ten-Four - Pete's Theme
3. The Hi-Fives - Secret Sodas
4. Scared Of Chaka - Dish Militia

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afi / heckle split ep (1995 wingnut)

 

 
This split way was recorded way before AFI morphed into whatever the hell they have been doing for the past decade. Heckle never acheived the fame AFI did, but they deserved it. On this particular split, they are by far the better band. The end of "Something Real" has had a skip since I first bought it in '95. I've fixed the best I could.

And yes, I have the white vinyl if anyone wants to back up the Brinks truck.

(An email from anyone associated with AFI will get this taken down stat. No harm is meant by my little bloggity blog)

1. A - Aspirin Free
2. A - Advances In Modern Technology
3. H- Lemmings
4. H - Something Real 

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long distance dedication, to sarah palin

the unholy three - s/t ep (1997 rubber city)

Punishing hardcore from Ohio. Members would go on to form Don Austin.Very good stuff, shame they weren't more popular.

1. She Told Me Things That Were True
2. Isma'il's Bloodline
3. Blight
4. The Diablos Crowned Project
5. Eclipsed
6. Leaving Nod In Shame
   

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stranger than fiction

I'm getting sick of all these midget-wrestlers-overdose-after-they-hire-prostitutes-who-drug-them-and-rob-them stories. It's quickly becoming a cliche.

Lucha mini wrestlers La Parkita and El Especrito (real names Alberto & Alejandro Jimenez) were found dead Monday inside a hotel room in Mexico City. According to local authorities, the two wrestlers had brought two prostitutes back to their hotel. The prostitutes drugged their drinks and then robbed them. The hotel clerk told police that he saw the four go into the room at around 6AM on Monday and that the two women left roughly 12 hours later. Due to their small size, the drugs ended up killing them. Both were 35.

treason

I may not be a counter-terrorism expert, but it is my humble opinion that if Al Qaeda or any other terrorist group never attacks the United States again, then that would be a good thing.

But I guess that makes me your typical America-hating, latte-sipping Liberal. If I was a patriot who truly loved this country, I would be a-wishin' and a-hopin' that Al Qaeda would attack us, maybe even with nuclear weapons, because that would give us the motivation to stop them from attacking us.

 

That's insane talk, right? But what other conclusion can you deduce from this conversation between (sigh) Glenn Beck and Michael Scheuer?

Scheuer has tried to backtrack somewhat in the comments of an Ackerman post (where he feels comfortable throwing around the "Socialism" charge), but A) he said what he said, and he said it clearly: "The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States." and B) he went on to Glenn Beck's show, a den of crazy to begin with, to make that point.

The 'Toot: 

Seriously.  His argument boils down to this: if America isn’t attacked again, we as a nation will never do what it takes to keep America safe from being…attacked again. 
I know I’m repeating myself here, but the argument is just so magnificent in its self-refuting circularity that I can’t help but stand in awe.  Even Orwell would have left that scene on the cutting room floor, deeming it too much of a strain on the credulity of the audience. 
And yet, there is Glenn “Batshit Crazy” Beck nodding along as if these were the wisest words he’d ever heard.  His retort is brilliant in its own right:

Which is why I was thinking, if I were [Osama] that is the last thing I would do right now.

So, Osama wouldn’t want to screw up his chances of setting off a WMD in America at some later date by…setting of a WMD in America now.  I…but…the point is…he would…why is there blood coming out of my nose?

wavves

Wavves "No Hope Kids" from Pete Ohs on Vimeo.

I mostly like Wavves - SD REPRESENT! Doesn't live up to all the hype, but who does? The guy certainly writes some pretty decent pop songs, though. It's not his fault Pitchfork jizzed in their collective jeans and triggered a tsunami of unrealistic expectations.

I'm 37 and way out of the loop when it comes to what the kids are listening to. But I occasionally try to keep track of what the cool kids listen to. And lately it's been one disappointment after another. Wavves is about the lone bright spot. But the rest, Fleet Foxes, Jay Reatard, Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, Grizzly Bear, etc - I simply cannot get into. It's probably because I'm old and jaded, but there wasn't a memorable song in the bunch. I'd be happy to hear examples of why I'm wrong.

And what the hell is with the overly distorted vocals? It's not exactly revolutionary. If one of these bands were to do it, fine. But when three of the most hyped bands I've been exposed to lately are doing it (Wavves, The Oh Sees, Ty Segall), well then I start to think that maybe that's what is getting the bands hyped in the first place. A style over substance type thing. But indie rock fans couldn't be that gullible, right? In any case, the distorted vocals thing is the indie rock version of AutoTune.

As for a unifying theory behind this post, there isn't one. /andyrooneyrant

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dammit hacksaw

My return to San Diego has been pretty Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton free. That has now changed. He was on 1090 all week, and now he pens a column for SDNN. It is predictably awful.

Brian Giles has become a popular whipping boy.  His $9 million deal and the $2 million trade kicker has limited his ability to be shopped.  So has his no trade clause.  He did hit .309 last year, though he is batting in the .190s this year.  Why beat him up? 

Probably because he makes $9 million and is hitting in the .190's. And he (allegedly) beat his pregnant girlfriend. Why beat him up? Very sensitive, Hacksaw.

Darren Balsley is developing quite a reputation for curing pitchers woes.  Kevin Correia, a bust with the Giants, has gone 4-1 with a 2.41 ERA (39 Ks, 3 walks) in 33 innings. Chad Gaudin is 2-1 with a 2.14 ERA (28 Ks in 21 innings) in recent starts.  Not a bad job by Padres pitching coach Balsley, a former gas station attendant in Poway.  Wonder if other teams are taking notes.

Hmmm. I wonder. Let's see the Padres team ERA (4.63) ranks 25th in the league. Gaudin's "recent" ERA may be 2.14, but he is 4-6 with an actual ERA of 4.97. Correa's actual record is 5-6 with a 4.58 ERA. I'm sure other teams are beating a path to his door. FTR, I'm not saying Balsley sucks, it's just ridiculous to insinuate he's performing any miracles.

Phil Nevin, who resurrected his career with the Padres after failing as a first-round pick with the Angels, is managing the Orange County Flyers in the Golden League.  He’s hoping to learn quickly to start a second career.  He was a grinder with the Padres.  Wonder if he grinds on his players? 

Do you? Does the thought of Nevin grinding player's keep you up at night? Do you also wonder if Arci Cianfrocco gives lapdances?

LaDainian Tomlinson is no longer held in high regard by football people around the nation.  Four different injuries in four Chargers seasons.  He is not even rated in the top 50 players by CBS Sportsline.  They had DeAngelo Williams (Carolina), with two good seasons and Michael Turner (Atlanta) with one good season, ranked ahead of Tomlinson at running back.  Honorable mention status was given to Brian Westbrook (Eagles) and Steven Jackson (Rams), both productive.  Are any of those guys mentioned as Hall of Fame candidates?  Tomlinson has 17,000 all purpose yards and 141 TDs.  How dare they diss him?  What LT-BS. What garbage.

What does being a Hall of Fame player have to do with your value for the upcoming season? By Hacksaw's standard, if Brett Favre plays this year, he should be the number one quarterback.

Vincent Jackson may have a problem on his hands, a possible NFL suspension, for multiple DUI incidents.  Commissioner Roger Goodell will deal with him once he is done with guys like Vick-Plaxico-Stallworth.  VJ, good player, needs to grow up and not make any more mistakes.  Sitting for two games would solve that.  Right?

Of course it would. All the world's problems would be solved if we just benched more people I'm looking at you, Kim Jong Il. I'm shocked that they haven't considered this in prison.  Shank someone, bam - benched from the prison softball team for not one, but TWO games.

The Chargers will bounce back this year.  

Whew. It really sucked last year only making it to the AFC Championship game. What a nightmare.

Chuck Long is tied up in this struggle over money with San Diego State.  If he leaves to go somewhere else, he loses the remaining $1.4M on his deal.  State has given him a job at a desk but no one is quite sure what his project assignments are.  Be a man of your word SDSU, and let him look, and split the salary difference.  Of course there is this.  Why didn’t Long have a typical partial pay clause, that would allow State to get a discount on remaining money if he left?  He could coach, they would not be on the hook for all that cash.  Everyone looks like a loser in this don’t they?

Um, if he leaves to go somewhere else, I'm pretty sure "somewhere else" will be paying him. If he wants to coach somewhere else, go do it, just don't expect the State of California, which is currently issuing IOU's, too keep throwing money at him. If he doesn't want to coach, he gets paid more than I'll ever make to do nothing. I'm not going to cry too hard for Chuck Long.

UFL, the new semi-pro league, held its first draft and five ex-Aztecs were picked....  Who is going to watch the United Football League?

Apparently you, since you tracked the draft pretty closely.

LPGA golf, PBA bowling, WTA-ITF tennis.  Can someone explain to me in a market of 2.5M residents, why we are not regular stops on those tours too?

Are you fucking kidding me?

This trainwreck is gonna be a blast to follow. It's the perfect Larry King - Peter King love child.

 

what does gmail know about me that i don't?

You know how gmail scans your email for keywords on which to personalize the advertising on the gmail screen?

Well, what in the hell did I type do deserve this?

Semen tanks? Frozen Semen? WHAT THE CHRIST???

and the rockets' red glare, the balls bursting in air

[barstool]

propagandhi - how to clean a couple o' things (1993 fat wreck)

One of the titans of 90's political punk. I'm one of those guys that prefers the poppier sound of early Propagandhi to the more serious, hardcore turn they took when John Sampson left to form The Weakerthans. I still like the new stuff, just not as much as the old stuff, although the new album Supporting Caste, does have a few nods towards the old sound.
 
The B side of this is a nice little patriotic ditty to play for you friends ansd family on the Fourth Of July.

1. Pigs Will Pay
   
2. Stick The Fucking Flag Up Your Goddamn Ass You Sonofabitch

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choking victim - crack rock steady (1994 non-commercial)

 

I guess this would technically be called ska-punk, but make no mistake, you will never ever ever confuse Choking Victim with Reel Big Fish.  This is ska-punk for da punx.

Choking Victim would pretty much evolve into Leftover Crack and INDK.

1. Choking Victim
2. You Ought To Die
3. Money
4. Apple Pie & Police State

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the fixtures - entartete kunst (1993 house o' pain)

Straight up punk in a D.O.A meets Jello Biafra sort of way. The drummer is the singer, which I've always found neat for some reason. Reminds me of that Romantic's video I guess. 

1. Pornhogwrathe
2. International Know
3. Quit Your Job
4. Warning 

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