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a little late here, I know, but I was inspired by my similarities to Amber Uhlurt's list. here ya go:

in order, more or less:

Fall, The - Imperial Wax Solvent (their best in many years)
Gas - Nah Und Fern (a reissue, but what the hell)
Nurse With Wound - Huffin' Rag Blues ("Black Teeth" = song of the year)
Indian Jewelry - Free Gold! (this record is amazing, my fave new band in a few years)
Fotheringay - 2 (not exactly a reissue, but old - and great)
Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista (gorgeou… Continue

OK, I am sitting at an Internet café in Peru. I’m bored and I have all day. Seems like a perfect time to reactivate my “memories of Bloomington series.” As you may recall, when I left off last time I was standing with Mike Whybark on the porch of a new rental he had on the corner of Harold and Alice streets. He told me there was a party that night and that I should come by. It was the week before classes started, so probably late August.

At the party that night I met two rad girls who were new… Continue

NOTE: Please post on Ian's thread above mine, thanks!

I really hate to be the bearer of bad news here.

Rest in peace, you rock god.

Tear It Up live

I think there's a certain point in most of our lives when the door opens wide, and we realize there's much more to life than we thought. Growing up in this society, it may take some folks a while, but we eventually encounter a much bigger world than life with our parent(s) prepared us for. People react to this in very different ways, and one of the best possible vantage points to see and experience this transition shock is in a large state university.

I wanted to talk some about what makes Bloo… Continue

There has been so much crazy great stuff on this site already that I now post with a certain degree of self-awareness. Reading Stephen Canner's Your Real Dad post is like reading some weird parallel history of me if I had been a couple of years older. Totally fascinating. Anyway, onwards to more nostalgia!

Note: For reference, the post before this discusses my gradual discovery of hardcore and hearing about this band called Jody Foster's Army, I had just missed seeing them in Texas.

Remember,… Continue