Remote Outposts

   I've been away from this blog because I couldn't think about posting demo tapes by obscure bands while my mind was filled with...

   The other night in my room, a compilation of bands was playing on my stereo. Most of them were good, but when ROBOT POPE came on, I pu...

   I think when I first heard this, I described it as "grindcore", a sub-genre I know almost nothing about. Now, I don't kn...

   So, this tape will sail right by the folks who look here to find the lowest fidelity melodic punk on the internet and that's their...

   Yesterday, I decided to take a trip over to Oakland to check out a record swap before meeting up with some old friends who I haven...

   It's rumored that INTERIOR 27 practiced for a full year before they ever played their first show. They went through a bunch of cha...

   This week on MRR Radio, I hosted the show with Lyds. Since we were recording on Halloween, half the show is Halloween themed. The othe...

    It's 6 am. I've been awake for 20 hours and I won't get a chance to sleep for another few hours. I'm not complaining....

   When I was 18, I played drums in a band called JOEY TAMPON AND THE TOXIC SHOCKS  with my friends Joey and Neil. We played for a couple...

   There's a bar/venue in San Francisco on Polk Street called The Hemlock. Polk Street has a long history of being a cruising spot fo...