Tag Archives: Buddy Holly

Like Stockholm Syndrome, in Reverse!

February 11, 2009 – 10:30 am
Yesterday evening I got a Facebook message from a friend of mine—a DJ, producer and soon-to-be label-head—expressing enmity for a certain band who will go unnamed. I defended their right to exist and he conceded to most of my points, but maintained that if—like him—I lived closer to their stomping grounds I’d be “begging […]
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Records MP3s at Random, Vol. 69: Big Audio Dynamite Tighten Up, Vol. 88

October 3, 2008 – 10:30 am
Writing about one-man British pixel-Punk band Sportsday Megaphone yesterday, and noting several qualities he shared in common with Mick Jones‘ post-The Clash group Big Audio Dynamite, inspired today’s choice of random record. Well, first it reminded me that I was supposed to put B.A.D.’s 1995 album F-Punk on m. Cody’s iPod, but after that […]
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Bring the Noise Quiet?

June 16, 2008 – 10:59 am
This weekend some friends and I mounted a short roadtrip to Worcester, Massachusetts to attend a “silkscreen workshop” at the HBML Junk Shoppe. Basically this means we watched a guy silkscreen stuff on other stuff that we and other people brought in to the store and then browsed through the vintage clothing, comics, zines, […]
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Forget Your Politics For a While

May 20, 2008 – 10:41 am
If you’ve gleaned anything from reading this space over the last year-plus it should be that I love a lot of music. Loving music in a general sense and being a genuine fan of a specific band are two totally different things though. And while loving as many bands as I do makes […]
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