Tuesday, October 19, 2010


Woah, I haven't posted since February? Again, too long since I've updated. Well, at least I'm a little better than Jemina Pearl of Be Your Own Pet! 

(Ha! Just kidding! No, really! Um... hey, that looks heavy, what are you...  Noooo! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!)

But I've been crazy busy and there isn't much to say. I'll be free of school in December, and I can't wait. When I'm employed again I'm going to start filling a long, long wish list from Amazon.com. Red Aunts, Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Rise Against, Reagan Youth, Rocket from the Crypt, The New Bomb Turks, X-ray Specs, help I can't stop typing names of great bands!

I haven't done much with the station, partly because I'm studying over there and can't be bothered to walk all the way across the room to give a massive thumbs down to some weak-ass alternative song that Pandora slipped in. That and I may be getting soft again; letting some so-called 'pop-punk' slide in if I can't decide how much I like it. I did add the God-Awfuls, The Gits, The Hudson Falcons, 7 Year Bitch, The Oppressed, Leatherface, the Viscious, Spiveys, Cold Cold Hearts, Kleveland (WOW! Great band!), the Excessories, the Eyeliners, the Go-Sheilas, Rotten Apples, the SubHumans, and one of my new favorites, the U.S. Bombs.

The Subhumans are one of those "how could I forget about them?" bands that I didn't remember form the old days. The U.S. Bombs are a good 'punk revivalist band' - which apparently means they don't care to blend their punk rock. Check out the song "Destroy the Nation". The themes of Kleveland songs - and Stephanie Smith's accusing tones - make them a Riot Grrl band in my book. The world needs more Riot Grrl. And spankings.

It irritates me that I can look up at the list of bands that I've added, and wonder if Pandora has been playing them for me. Its possible that I added a few of the bands because I heard a single 'marquee' song that Pandora digs out occasionally. I usually seed the group because I want to hear more. Pandora may not necessarily oblige.

I've just realized (through Pandora) that the Adicts (first wave British punk) released 'Life Goes On' in 2009. I listened to samples from the album, but I didn't hear anything that excited me. Maybe it needs to grow on me? Does that make me a bad punk? 

Edit: insert a parenthetical question mark after 'first wave,' I'm not entirely clear when they got their start. Kubrik immortalized the 'Droog' very early on in his 'A Clockwork Orange'. Can't beat that with a sharp stick in the eye.