Remote Outposts

   My friend Monica  was attending all kinds of shows in the Bay Area (and beyond) ten years ago and she usually had some kind of recordi...

   When DEAD MOON broke up in 2006, I was so heartbroken. I honestly felt like I had been dumped by a partner or kicked in the stomach or...

Today's tape and write-up is brought to you by Alex Turner. This show happened in 1994. 21 years ago, RANCID and KARP played to...

   In the mid-90's, I went on tour with my band through Florida and the south. On the tour, we played a generator show in the Evergla...

    Yesterday, I was hanging out with my friend Ryan in his studio while he showed me all of the new, huge paintings and installations he...

     Ever since I was a kid, I've always loved the sound of AM radio, lo-fi recordings and the way that music sounds over the phone...

   Even if you're a casual reader of this blog, I'm sure I don't need to explain the importance or impact that HICKEY made o...

  I met my friend Clyde way back in the early part of the 00's when he played guitar in an old time band. I even went on tour as thei...

   This is the second in a collection of songs and random bullshit that doesn't really fit elsewhere. I make no excuses or apologies ...

   Ever since I first heard the first anxious notes of "Astma" on a mix tape (from Anandi. Thanks!), I was instantly hooked on ...

   Some friends from out of town were playing a house show in Berkeley back in 2003 so I decided to make the trek up to that weird place. ...

   I'm sure I've said it before, but I've known Jason Griffin for 17-18 years and he's played drums in nothing but top qua...

   As I'm sure I've said before, IMPRACTICAL COCKPIT is one of my favorite bands. Years back, they were getting ready to go on a t...

   There was a time in my life when X didn't mean that much to me. I remember first hearing them as a teenager and thinking that they ...

   In 2006, I found myself in a junk shop called  Happy Birthday Mike Leslie  in Worcester, MA, which was run by my friend,  Jacob . As I ...

   If you're at all familiar with this blog and many of the artists that I've shared on it, I don't need to tell you why HICKE...

   Yesterday , I probably told you everything I know about TOMMY LASORDA, so today is devoted to things I don't know about them. As me...

    If you just scroll down a couple of entries, you'll see this man's year end top ten list. You'll also see that I'm qui...

    I grew up in a tiny town in the middle of Alabama and discovered punk when I was in 6th grade through a tape of the MINUTEMEN's ...

   The way that I met Scott Youth was pretty embarrassing (for him, not me), so I'll spare the details on his behalf. What I will tell...