The Kids Are Losing Their Minds...

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Perfect songs #2 - Collect the set!

The alpha & the omega of Punk Rock. It all started here. And when the end comes, I hope this is playing.

Read Undead

Summer's here (almost) and the time is right for dying and reanimating in the streets (or something).

Maybe it's due to the swine flu mania (which is really hitting my New York environs again), but I have been really into apocalyptic fiction and Zombie stuff as of late. Additionally, I got a nasty case of Poison Ivy, and I am feeling a little less than human.

Here's some stuff to check out:

The Stand (expanded edition) - Stephen King: Just re-read for the umpteenth time. I just never get tired of it. The first 150 pages or so are going to be the blueprint for whatever virus eventually does us in. Captain Trips, indeed.

Breathers, A Zombies Lament: S.G. Browne: A clever tale written from the point of view of a sentient zombie. Being a Zombie isn't all fun and games, y'know.

The Living Dead - Anthology: Collected stories from authors such as Steven King, George RR Martin, Neil Gaiman, and many others. Runs the gamut from old West tales to future vision.

Day By Day Armageddon: JL Bourne: A diary of sorts written by a military man on survival after the dead start walking the earth.

The Walking Dead - Robert Kirkman: A series of graphic novels using "Romero rules" zombies. Completely vicious and NOT for children.

That ought to give you something to chew on!

and, here's the entire original Night Of The Living Dead!!!! :

Toonage:
The Cramps - Zombie Dance (Live)
The Dickies - Infidel Zombie (Live)
Misfits - Astro Zombies
Lars Frederiksen and The Bastards - Army Of Zombies
The Zombies - Butchers Tale (Western Front 1914)



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Now playing: The Cranberries - Zombie
via FoxyTunes

Give Waterboarding A Chance

The country is abuzz with the debate over Waterboarding and whether or not it constitutes torture for our former "guests" (ie prisoners of war).

Excuse me, but they were enemy combatants, weren't they? We were trying to get information in the interest of saving American lives, weren't we?

I eagerly await the reports coming out of how many American lives were saved.

So, what's the problem? War is fought with the goal of killing or disabling your opponent to save your own country. What's the difference between shooting, bombing or waterboarding?

Our enemies have shown no interest in negotiation or ceasing hostilities. There are no treaties to be signed. Their only goal is the destruction of our way of life. When given no option of ending hostilities, what is the USA supposed to do; say "pretty please don't attack us again"?

Bullshit.

The only way that we are going to survive this is if we prove to be as much a bunch of maniacs as they are. That's what ended the cold war. Russia built up their defenses in response to our insane President (Reagan). Libya stopped with the terrorism when we bombed Quadaffi's home.

It's unfortunate, but some enemies only respect force. We cannot afford to take the higher road. This cannot be a nation of pussies. Any military leader that does not use every available weapon to defend their country is derilicting his duty and is guilty of treason. I work in New York City. When do we end this nonsense, when we get attacked again?

This "War On Terrorism" should have ended on September 12th, 2001; with a few well placed nuclear bombs taking out the caves in Afghanistan.

Why are we wasting money and American lives in a ground war when we have superior weaponry? Our enemies would certainly use anything at their disposal to destroy us.

End the debate now. Bush and Cheney did very little correct during the past 8 years. Waterboarding is on the short list of things they did right.

Never Forget! Never Forgive!

Toonage:

Misfits - Hatebreeders (demo)
Black Flag - Revenge
The Weirdos - We Got The Neutron Bomb
John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance (acoustic demo- unreleased)
D.O.A. - War

Fan-Boy Geek-Out...

... Or, geek-boy fan-out.




Twasn't matter to me... the New York Comic Con is coming to town this weekend and Nazz jr and I will be perusing the corridors of the Javitz Center in NYC checking out the latest and the greatest.

Previews of Watchmen, Futurama, and Terminator Salvation are on the docket. Plenty of panels too (I will be lined up for Robot Chicken!).

The bank account is gonna dip a bit as the boy and I go hog wild on merch, but what the heck else am I gonna do with the money? Lend it to the banks?

Toonage:
Shonen Knife - Buttercup (I'm A Super Girl)
Slickee Boys - Pictures Of Matchstick Men
Pink Floyd - Scarecrow
Misfits - Rat Fink

Ride Johnny Ride

Still doing the car dance, but here's our version of the Misfits classic Bullet fromthe A7 reunion. Get yer moshing shoes on and Ride Johnny Ride!!!

NYHC Lives! (again)

(nope, we aren't on the flyer!)

A7 was THE place in the early 80's to get your real hardcore punk rock fix in New York City. The club itself was a little shithole across from Tompkins Square Park in Alphabet City in Manhattan. Unlike clubs like CBGB's and Irving Plaza, A7 pretty much was all hardcore punk, all the time. Bands like the Beastie Boys (yes, they started out Punk), Ism, Kraut, Reagan Youth and Heart Attack (Jesse Malin's old crew) would play there, along with whatever outta town bands were in the area.
I don't think the place could hold more than 50 people, but they'd pack em in. I dimly remember a dog (a German Shepherd?) present often as well.
Anyway, the place closed 'round '84; but there is a huge show at the Knitting Factory this Saturday that will be a reunion of sorts with many survivors of the old scene scheduled to play. Of course, many participants no longer have to shave their heads, as Mother Nature has seen to make em natural skinheads!

Well, yer Uncle Nazz is actually playing this show! My bro DV and Caterwauller-in-Arms J-Lo are The Betrayed, and we will be going on somewhere between 11 pm and midnite. We'll be playing all your favorite Betrayed toonz too!

I am really looking forward to seeing some folks that I haven't seen since the 80's!
Big fun! ~ (or something!)


Toonage:
ISM -A7
The Betrayed - Betrayed By You
Misfits - Bullet
Beastie Boys - Riot Fight
Bad Brains -Big Takeover

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Now playing: Black Market Baby - Potential Suicide
via FoxyTunes

Caterwaulin' Towards Gory Glory

Hey cave katz and kittenz. We have a gig!!!!

Wednesday, November 5 @ 9 pm !

Yeparoo... if yer in the NYC environs... COME ON OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE ...

CATERWAUL OF SOUND!

We are playing at a really nice place in Brooklyn on 70 North 6th street (right next to the music hall of williamsburgh) called Public Assembly (it used to be Galapagos). Frankly, it's a little TOO nice!

But we're treating it like an Obama victory party. And if the unthinkable happens and Geriatric John and Caribou Barbie are elected, well then, it'll be ground zero for the oncoming revolution! Dope, guns and fucking in the streets (or something)!

We're gonna be playing in the best traditional of yer fave garage bands... heavy on the three chords (you all love the "A" chord, right?) and lots of noise. Combine Johnny Thunders with Syd Barrett with Angus Young and yer gettin' close!

It's gonna be alot of fun, there are 5 or 6 other bands playing too... ranging from goth to cookie monster metal to rollins like fury.
And it's only $5 (cheap!). There's gonna be raffles for craptastic treats too!

So, come see yer Uncle Nazz do things to a bass gee-tar that are illegal south of the Mason Dixon line!

We're trying to make it a special nite and hope you will share it with us!

Hey, it's Halloween!

Here are some trick or treatin toons!

Toonage:
The Damned - Dead Beat Dance
Big JohnBates - Goo Goo Muck
The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Wearwolf (live CBGB's 1-13-78)
Misfits - Halloween
Dead Kennedys - Halloween
Elroy Dietzel - Rockin Bones



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Now playing: Ramones - The KKK Took My Baby Away
via FoxyTunes

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

"The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies."

...Henry David Thoreau - Civil Disobedience

Bookage:
The Essential Ellison - Harlan Ellison


Toonage:
Misfits - We Are 138 (live w/ Henry Rollins)
Bad Religion - Voice Of God Is Government
Joe Jackson - Got The Time
The Hives - Introduce The Metric System In Time
Mudhoney - Where Is The Future

One Of My Turns

It's a nice summer day. Here's is some music that is truly not bright. In fact, it's just plain wrong.

I'm gonna go climb a tower and jump. Screw that, I'm hitting the beer distributor and baking in my pool.

Semper Fi, mofo's.

Toonage:

The Dwarves - Fuck Em All

The Dwarves - I Wanna Be Your Pimp

The Misfits - Last Caress (original single)

The Vandals - Fourteen

Flamin' Groovies - Second Cousin

Fear - I Don't Care About About You (from The Decline)

Meatmen - I'm Glad I'm Not A Girl

A Musical Train Wreck

We played a show last nite that was the musical equivalent of an abortion. And not just any old abortion. An abortion that would be performed in the backroom of a Tijuana bar, involving a drunken bartender and a rusty can opener.

On the bright side, if a rotting tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a bad sound?
It's a powerfully heady thing, knowing that you have fallen into the gaping maw of suckage and that there is no way out, save just finishing the show and skulking off the stage.

I suppose every band has those nights, but man, it was comically awful. But, I am very thankful to be able to play in a band even under the most absurd circumstances (and it was f#ckloads better than stayin' home and watching the G-Damn Red Sox play in the World Series).
Well, there was nothing left to do but smile smile smile afterwards. So we attempted to drown our sorrows.

And that made for an interesting drive home.
Good thing the cd player had one of those mixes on it that get's ya through the long lonely drive home. I didn't even remember when I made the mix, but one song after another, it kept me coherent and looking forward to what was gonna come on next.

So here is a selection of the toonage that kept me from doing a Ted Kennedy on the long ride home...

Toonage:

Misfits - Where Eagles Dare
X - Johnny Hit And Run Paulene (original mix)

AC DC - If You Want Blood (You Got It)

Buck Cherry - Lit Up

Chuck Berry - Little Queenie

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown

More Brains!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has been established that persons who have recently died have been returning to life and committing acts of murder. A widespread investigation of funeral homes, morgues, and hospitals has concluded that the unburied dead have been returning to life and seeking human victims. It's hard for us here to be reporting this to you, but it does seem to be a fact.

Yeah, they're dead. They're all messed up.

Zombies fukkin' rule. I absolutely love Zombie flicks, books and comics. Whether it's the "Romero Rules" zombies; or the revisionist "speed demon" types; most of the films are fun.

I'm psyched that Romero is coming out with the 5th of his "Dead" films "Diary Of The Dead". And the "I Am Legend" big budget movie with Will Smith looks cool too (OK- they're not officially Zombies, but it's close enough for rock n roll)!

If you haven't seen all of the following, get yer bad selves to your local vid shop immediately!

The Romero Zombie films (Night, Dawn, Day, Land Of The Dead)

Return Of The Living Dead (Punk Rock Zombies!)

Army Of Darkness (Ash from The Evil Dead)

Dead Alive (aka Braindead) (Peter Jackson)

Dawn Of The Dead (Zack Snyder)

Zombie
Shaun Of The Dead

28 Days Later

Planet Terror (Robert Rodriguez)

Lifeforce (Tobe Hooper)

And highly recommended is "World War Z- An Oral History". Read recollections from survivors of the Zombie War.

and remember...

They're coming to get you Barbara!

Toonage:

The Misfits - Night Of The Living Dead (live)

The Damned - Dead Beat Dance

The Dickies - Infidel Zombie

The Cramps - Surfin' Dead

Cranberries - Zombie

Pennywise - Astro Zombies (Misfits cover)

Blowtops - Teenage Zombie Blues

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

Things Fall Apart...

The Second Coming--
WB Yeats

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight; somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?


Toonage:

Husker Du - Everything Falls Apart
The Alarm - The Stand
Goo Goo Dolls - Don't Fear The Reaper
Misfits - All Hell Breaks Loose
X Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Day Glo

Toonage:

Husker Du - Everything Falls Apart
The Alarm - The Stand
Goo Goo Dolls - Don't Fear The Reaper
Misfits - All Hell Breaks Loose
X Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Day Glo

Friday fun! The Misfits!

I guess by now everyone has heard of The Misfits. Although for many for us, The Misfits effectively ceased to be valid when Glen Danzig (Danzig was in The Misfits??? Who knew?!!!!!) left the band in 1983 (after Earth AD), the band (and more significantly, the merchandi$ing!) continues on. The ubiquitous Skull logo is on everything from T-Shirts to lunchboxes. Has Avril Lavigne started wearin' a Misfits shirt yet? Cause she's so Punk Rock!


Commercial posturing aside, The Misfits were a great band... from the early singles like "Bullet" and "Horror Business" and "Teenagers From Mars" to THE CLASSIC Walk Among Us; they practically invented the horror punk niche. Those early singles are now big bucks collector's items... I made a tidy profit on my "Horror Business" first pressing a couple of years back! At this point, much like the Ramones and The Stooges, it's almost a prerequisite for a punk to cover a Misfits song.

And the lyrics are so wonderful: "I've got something to say/ I killed your baby today" and "Kennedy's bullett ridden body in the street/ Ride Johnny Ride" and "I ain't no goddamn son of a bitch/You better think about it baby" and of course:

With just a touch of my burning hand

I send my astro zombies to rape the land

Prime directive, exterminate

The whole human race

Sheer freakin' poetry!!!!!!!

I've got some good stuff for ya'll today... some Misfit's cover songs and a show from December 1978 at NYC's Max's Kansas City. So, get some grease and make that devil-lock, it's time for some Misfits.


Toonage:
Hellacopters - Bullet
Metallica - One Last Caress/Green Hell
My Chemical Romance - Astro Zombies
Guns n Roses - Attitude

Refused - Bullet

Drag The River - Hybrid Moments

Henry Rollins & The Misfits - We Are 138

Misfits - Live @ Max's JKansas City - 12/78 (whole show)