Just saw this on BoingBoing: a positive write-up of the book, PUNK HOUSE: Interiors in Anarchy by Abby Banks and Thurston Moore, a coffee-table book detailing interiors of punk crash pads from around 2004 or so, if I understood correctly...

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I was digging around the basement (no bodies found) when I found some cassettes my friend Mitch Straeffer gave me years ago> The SuadeTones - UltraSuade (my fav) MCRB - Your Lucky Number is _. Latent Chaos - Rarities. Band-O-Fun - The Extended Family. Atomic Butterfly. I also have a Shindigs(1991) and a Ya Ya's (1987)tape from Worst Layflat..

BoingBoing Offworld has a recent piece which claims that the Guitar Hero video game is inspiring people to become real musicians: Guitar Center survey shows guitar game players buying real guitars POSTED BY Brandon Boyer (BoingBoing Offworld) AT 11:00 AM Tuesday November 25, 2008 Guitar Hero and Rock Band creators Harmonix were founded on the hopes that they could inspire a league of new musicians through… Continue

I've browsed this site for over a year... And now I finally join. :) What do you guys think about the new Margot album? I was pretty disappointed...Some of the songs were, seriously, amazing... But what they did to Ocean, Broadripple, As Tall as Cliffs, and other songs they'd released demos for, really turned my opinion of them around. Don't get me wrong - I still find them amazing. They have a great ability to play extremely loud music while keeping it organized, in control and beautiful. I'm… Continue

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Bob Gulcher alerts us via email to a Grant Alden piece on ex-Gizmo Tim Carroll in the revivified and webiste No Depression: http://www.nodepression.com/articles.aspx?id=4865 Bob's original linkset: The Devil Is A Busy Man CD Review: http://www.nodepression.com/articles.aspx?id=4865 Tim Carroll @ MySpace: http:… Continue

All up here for a listening. Tony Whitlock recorded songs 1,2,5, and 8 at Queensize.

The first time it happened I felt like a voyeur, an uninvited guest. It was so intimate and amorous. The couples danced, close and slow. Living in that moment, only for one another. "Unchained Melody" played on the jukebox, romantic, intoxicating. The lights were dimmed and the dancers, four of them, tuned us out completely. They held each other. Oblivious to their audience. It was one of those… Continue

My years cooking at Leslie's taught me something; sometimes working in food service sucks. The work can be frantic as hell. The breaks are erratic, if you even get one. The pay is lousy. The hours are shit, and the customers are sometimes jerks. When you get the right co-workers however, it can be a lot of fun. If you were to ask me what the best part about owning a business is,… Continue

There's a special group of people who gave me the wherewithal, the diligence and the inspiration to stay sober. They make up a small segment of our society. Some might consider them an aggravation, but to me they were a godsend. They gave me clarity and perspective when I really needed it most, and I'd like to thank them now. I'm talking about The Drunk Obnoxious Assholes. Thank You. Really. From t… Continue

I never considered myself enthralled. Held in bondage. Enslaved. Subjugated. Truth can sting sometimes. The worm started to turn after the Gulf War began. I had never thought my drug use and drinking was that big of a problem, that is, until I actually had to manage some real responsibility. Running a business and staying high, staying high and running a business. It was… Continue

Never get into business with someone you're not sure about. I always had a sneaking suspicion that Frank was a fraud. In the couple of weeks after Johnny Rockit's opened, evidence began accumulating. Incontrovertible evidence. Mountains of it. I mean, I had always taken Frank's stories with a grain of salt, but my confidence in them containing even a grain of truth was starti… Continue

The first piece of advice I'd give to anyone who wants to start a business is this: "Have a plan." I'm sure they say that in business school, I've never taken a class, but I can't imagine that they don't. In fact it should be on page 1 of Basic Business: "Have a plan. If you do not have a plan, you will fail summarily and with little solace to your anus." (Hav… Continue

I was drunk. There I said it. That's it. That's all. There is really nothing more to it. A simple explanation. No-no-no, I know what you're thinking: "That's just an excuse Burd." "You know what my friend John Matthew always said about excuses." I'd retort politely. "Tell me." "Excuses are like Assholes...ev… Continue

The first reunion lunches began with a discussion in the summer of 2006. Kate Matthew and I had been emailing each other back and forth about Kate's visit to Bloomington at Thanksgiving (Her brother Thomas and his family were coming as well). It has been a usual custom for peop… Continue

You know... It's not really that important... In the months that have past since my last entry, I've realized (insert profound observation here)... If I'm not mistaken, I had just quit my job as a computer programmer to go on tour when Part Five ended... The next few weeks were a blur that took me to a handful of legendary clubs for the first time. The Channel and The Rat in Boston.. CBGB's.. and there were a few basement parties and an equal number of canceled gigs... I had to call home for mo… Continue

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Set your recorders ye old folks of MFT! Margot will be playing on Conan tonight. Chris Fry, the drummer, sent me a text saying the taping went great and they got to hang with Conan after the show. Hope to have some video to post on the site in the coming days. Very happy to have one of Indiana's finest getting this excellent exposure!

Matt Sommers passed this info on to me. I didn't know Sean but I'm sure many of you did. Here is some info on his passing. http://www.indianapolismusic.net/indyBB/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=101187 Over the weekend, local musician and friend to many Sean Copley passed away of a heart-attack. Also knows as "Pork Jesus" or "Sea Bass", Sean was the drummer for Gay Black Republican from 2005-2007 and has been a part of the Indy music scene for most of his life. Some other bands he has graced with his… Continue