Archive for September, 2006

the second item up for bid is sleater kinney’s debut record on vinyl.  its pretty rare, at least in vinyl format.

the first item up for auction is a copy of guided by voices’ the pipe dreams of instant prince whippet.  it is sealed, which means its never been played.  everything i will be putting up for auction is from my personal collection.  up next is a very rare sleater kinney record from 1995.

today through monday i am holding a contest for a copy the newly released alice in chains 2 disc retrospect the essential alice in chains.  its a great looking collection, and even has a couple of tracks off of my personal favorite alice in chains release the sap ep.  i am going to make this [...]

that bitch is crazy

congratulations are in order for my man rich at cable and tweed for snatching up the readers choice for best local music blog in atlanta’s creative loafing. way to go rich! fucker! hopefully he can pull himself away from them damn learning books to start posting again at least on a semi regular basis.
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sometime in 1980 a young writer sat alone in his cramped studio apartment. smoke after smoke he pounded out word after word, page after page on his thrift store IBM Selectric. they flowed like KY on the third shoot of an all anal porno. the story was complicated but relateable, the characters were [...]

as the world patiently awaits the release of the hold steady’s boys and girls in america, i am having a much needed cigarette. in the mean time aol music has a download of “first night” off of said record.  you can also download it below.
first night
check out the tour schedule!  oct 4 at the [...]

is it too early?

i think life can be summed up in the blank and plastic emotions painted on lego people. today i am a bit bummed, or disappointed as it were. i received an email from a good friend the other day on a lead for what was pretty much my dream job – being a [...]

the years of 1994 through 2002 are a complete blur. they may have well not existed at all. during those years i lived in some newcastle induced time negelected vacuum. which i guess was cool at the time but now looking back the details are sketchy at best. some time during [...]