Not a lot of punk bands are still together and releasing material after 30 years. Thankfully one of the exceptions is Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible and the rest of Britain's The Damned.The band that brought us such punk anthems as "New Rose", "Love Song", and my personal favorite "Smash It Up" is back.The Damned will be releasing their new studio album, So, Who's Paranoid? on December 12th....
It's that special time in October where we're relatively close to Halloween. The time when you look at people's outfits and go, "Is that an early Halloween costume? Or is that what they would normally wear to this show?" I guess the magic is in the mystery. It's a little hard to describe [...]
Fun fact about yours truly: when I was 16 I was in a car with a bunch of people who were way older than I was, and knew way more about music than I did, and somehow we got on the subject of punk - I was probably trying to find some music we would [...]
This is a post about Stiff Records. (Not about which kind of drink or coughschlongcough is desirable, and what for.) The title is just one example among many of the label's humorous marketing strategies. Partially responsible for starting the punk and new wave revolution of the late '70s, Stiff Records started out in the fall of 1976 by releasing Nick Lowe's 'So It Goes/Heart Of The City' (with...
Two more small sets of images i shot out of my window...Zebra snow on the western JuraCemetery, my silent neighbors...The usual 1760×1320 – > 320×240 resizeNo edit no filter no crop.You are warmly welcomed to visit theUniversalis Electric Barfor full sized and for the original images.
So I gave in a bought Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield... which our own "Terry Staunton":http://mog.com/Terry_Staunton here reviewed a while back.. It's about Mr. Sheffield (who was on NPR recently talking about the book) relationship with his late wife and the mix tapes that they made... for themselves and for each other... anyway as I read I have been just ran-dumbly skipping through my iT...
The Damned are one of the bigger bands to come out of the first wave of UK punk groups, and while they don’t get the attention of The Sex Pistols or The Clash they should. They started off as your fast, loud fun punk group and over time have evolved through several line-ups and sounds. For those interested in their horror tunes it is the 1980’s era of the band where they recorded most of the t
h1. DUDLEYTOWN CTThis town is believed to be DAMNED...nestled in a dark & ominously quiet forest, even in daylight hours... The LEGEND OF DUDLEYTOWN can be found by clicking "*_THIS SITE'S LINK_*":http://www.legendofdudleytown.com/thetown.htmlBut wouldn't you rather _watch_ the tale of the CURSE OF DUDLEYTOWN unfold ???? Careful, watching this _*might*_ put you at risk of... *"catching THE CUR...
This is a post about Stiff Records. (Not about which kind of drink or coughschlongcough is desirable, and what for.) The title is just one example among many of the label's humorous marketing strategies. Partially responsible for starting the punk and new wave revolution of the late '70s, Stiff Records started out in the fall of 1976 by releasing Nick Lowe's 'So It Goes/Heart Of The City' (with...