Remote Outposts

   There's probably not a week that goes by that I don't miss LIVID. Nevermind that I only saw them play live once in a warehous...

   Way back before the turn of the century, I lived in a tiny little house one block away from the Georgia state line. I spent many of my ...

   The problem I usually have with punk bands who are inspired by goth, coldwave, dark shit or whatever you want to call it is that most o...

   THE BABIES came out to San Francisco back in 2010 and played the basement of a seedy, beautiful bar in Chinatown. I went to see them si...

   I never imagined that when I went to Dresden, Germany, I would buy a tape manufactured in  Columbus, Ohio  and released in  Paris, Fran...

   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...

   Before DEAD THINGS, there was  PINK COLLAR JOBS , who were a punk band of college students from Boone, NC back in the 90's. After t...

     I wrote out this long thing about San Francisco in the 90's, Willie Nelson and obsessiveness, but then I erased all of it becaus...

   I JUST DRANK WAY TOO MUCH COFFEE AND I'M FREAKING OUT!! Anyway, This is perfect for the anxiety-inducing part of a major coffee b...