photos: some DIY hc/punk shows jan/feb '09

drought, the radiant hour, kurt russell @ legion of doom 02.12.09

pictured here: kurt russell. the singer on the top right was bleeding all over the place.
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wildcat revival, kurt russell, reverse the curse, red sun @ legion of doom 02.03.09

pictured here: wildcat revival. the singer caught a cymbal to his nose at the end of the set and was pretty bloody.
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born bad, vile gash @ 15th house 12.28.08

pictured here: born bad. pretty sure the singer was bleeding from somewhere by the end of the set.
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ADD/C, landlord, peccadillos (aka panty hearst), welcome to concrete @ 15th house 01.01.09

pictured here: welcome to concrete. no known bleeding at this show.
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little lungs, ps eliot, the read, saintseneca @ legion of doom 01.04.09

pictured here: myself steppin' it up with the little lungs crew. bloody nice lads, they.
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we were skeletons, half gorilla, bubonic bear, daisycutter @ legion of doom 01.05.09

pictured here: half gorilla. even if there wasn't blood, there should have been.
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mountain asleep, heath deadger @ monster house 01.06.09

pictured here: mountain asleep. no blood, but there was a super soaker filled with root beer.
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bonus set from scanned negatives: fun people @ robot house 10.27.00

pictured here: fun people. blood oranges?
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bedford - crappy xmas tape

happy holidays!

here we have a rare treat from northeast PA's most favourite pop-punk band during the mid to late 90s, bedford. i'm not sure exactly what year this came out, but i'm thinking 1998 or 1999, and as far as i know, the songs were recorded for a tape to be given away at one show around the holidays. despite this ultra-limited cassette release, a year or so later, there was an even shorter run of the same songs on CD-R format.

bedford pull out all the stops on this lo-fi stocking stuffer.  if you're not familiar with bedford's brand of punky rock, imagine taking that old record reviewer's blender and inserting equal parts elvis (fat AND skinny, but mostly skinny), elvis (costello, this time), buddy holly, husker du, action patrol, and doc hopper, blend until smooth, and there you've got a close approximation to the bedfords, as they were sometimes affectionately known.

bedford - crappy xmas tape
http://lix.in/-3e3aa7
mp3 320kbps VBR [14.67 MB]

01 silver bells
02 hurry xmas
03 (night before xmas) sleepwalk
04 hawaiian xmas
05 santa claus is coming to town

members of bedford went on to form an albatross, a highly progressive grindpunk mindfuck synthrash ensemble, as well as the swims, and maybe some other bands you should find out your own damn self!  ha!

ps. the songs are labeled and tagged incorrectly, so FUCK YOU! ;D
MERRY PUNXMAS EVERYONE!!

pretty in punk: 1985 boise, idaho punk documentary

part one of three

part two of three

part three of three

it's been a while since i've posted some found video here, and this one fits the bill quite well. i find it odd there's no mention of septic death, or had they moved west by this point?

enjoy, and as always UP THE PUNX!

shotwell - geneva avenue fall out tape (1999)

shotwell are the gritty SF mission district punks that probably pack dynamite in those guitar cases of thiers, and maybe they do.

yeah, so strawman called it quits after returning from an european tour, leaving jimmy to form shotwell coho with aaron cometbus, and open up for sublime and strung out at their first show in december of 1994. since then, shotwell has seen numerous lineup changes, including the departure of aaron cometbus on drums. in one form or another, shotwell could be seen over the years, touring the nation in their leprechaun mobile home, or taking the streets back by setting up and playing guerrilla punk rock shows in the streets of the mission. it seems to me that shotwell are one of those bands who LIVE the chaos!!



i'm pretty sure i got this tape when they played cafe metropolis, in wilkes-barre, pa, perhaps in the late 90s. however, i also saw them once a few years prior to that, at the teen center/3rd + b st., in davis, ca.

shotwell - geneva avenue fall out tape [cassette rip]
http://sharebee.com/0519e735
mp3 320kbps VBR [31.77 MB]

01 once in a while
02 geneva avenue fall out
03 sinking the ship
04 eppli
05 cheap tragedies
06 days into days
07 half the truth
08 what it takes
09 don't need a mirror

shotwell's very lo-fi internet web site from 2001