Spring Fever

It's getting to the warm weather stage here in en why cee and that means the workin' wimmen of said town are discarding the overcoats and flashin' their finest. Springtime, when the thoughts of a young man turn to... well, they turn to whiplash. And walkin' into poles and hydrants as one gets distracted by all the boobage and leggage.

Yeah, it's sexist, but I don't care. If ya don't like it, go write a letter to this fine example of womanhood. She'll have plenty of spare time soon enuff.

Besides, happily married me can only look anyway. And don't put the wares in the display if ya don't want us to do a little window shoppin'!

So, today's post is dedicated to the fairer sex.

Toonage:

Real Kids - All Kindsa Girls

The Undertones - Let's Talk About Girls

Queen - Fat Bottom Girls

The Smiths - Pretty Girls Make Graves (first album demo)

Material Issue - What Girls Want (live)

Power Pop!

Well, I'm back after a few days in Chicago on business. Lack of sleep due to long hours and a mild case of food poisoning have left it's mark.

But the heck with that!

For a special New Year's gift, I have compiled:

Bleedin Out's Power Pop record!

Yeah, they're mostly pretty obvious tunes, but hopefully they'll be somethin' on it that you don't have in digital format yet.

The ground rules were simple. One song per band and it hadda be a song that you can put on endless repeat... sorta like back in the day when you dropped 45's onto yer rekkid player. And it's a lucky 13 songs.

Hope you enjoy em! They're in one easy to download package.

The songs:

1. The Records - Starry Eyes
2. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
3. Superdrag - Sucked Out
4. The Rubinoos - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
5. Redd Kross - Lady In The Front Row
6. The Raspberries - Go All The Way
7. Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
8. The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away
9. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
10. Material Issue - Valerie Loves Me
11. The DB's- Black And White
12. Cheap Trick - Surrender
13. Big Star - In The Street

Toonage:

Bleedin's Out's Perfect Power Pop

Football... It's What's For Dinner

Ah, today is the start of Football Season! And what's more American than FOOTBALL? Ultra-violence, merchandising and the death grip of corporate control combine into the All-American sport. And much like any corporation, once you're of no use, they cut you off like a diseased appendage. And of course, Beer! Just make sure you don't kill any dogs, or get involved in Las Vegas gunplay and you'll be all right!
It's looking pretty bad for my hometown Giants. We lost our best player to retirement and our coach is on a death watch. As long as these assholes don't win it all, I'll be fine.
And The Jets are looking good; but hey, it's The Jets. So you know that somehow they'll screw things up!


Football... it's what's for dinner.

Toonage:

The Damned - Jet Boy Jet Girl (live)
Material Issue - Jet (live Wings cover)
Baba Brooks - One Eyed Giant
The Misfits - Where Eagles Dare (original single)
Paul Revere and The Raiders - Just Like Me
Anti-Flag - Seattle Was A Riot
Descendents - I Wanna Be A Bear (live)
Meat Puppets - Dolphin Field