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Bush's Farewell: "I Followed My Conscience."

"I have followed my conscience and done what I thought was right. ...We must keep our resolve. And we must never let down our guard."

– President George W. Bush, Farewell Address, Jan. 15, 2009.
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Added by Spencer (Shecky) Sundell on January 16, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

Old-Time Slums of Indianapolis

This is an article published in 1911 by an Indiana University history journal, describing slums and poor neighborhoods in Indianapolis between 1835 and the late 1880s. Many thanks to Holly, who first posted this find in the… Continue

Added by Spencer (Shecky) Sundell on January 11, 2009 at 11:00pm — 10 Comments

The Life and Times of Shecky Pitts

This started out as my "About Me" babble, which really was just excessive. So I moved it here. So there. Born at Methodist Hospital on Hiroshima Day. Grew up at various points around Indy -- the Butler area, Fall Creek, 52nd & College.... After a torturous stint at Brebeuf I escaped to Broad Ripple HS, where I did dorky shit like theater and the weekly (!) newspaper. Long 'bout then I started hearing about this "punk rock" stuff and seeing Zero Boys graffiti on a retaining wall at the clean… Continue

Added by Spencer (Shecky) Sundell on June 12, 2008 at 1:19am — 2 Comments

Add Your Band, yo

Want to add a band to the MFT Archive? Good idea, push this thing here...

note: currently looking for bands with an Indiana connection doing something original...thanks

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Andy, yeah, I know what you're saying...the Lemonheads then instantly faded into multi-platinum obscurity. That's such a great perspective when most people have no idea the band even existed pre-1992. If anyone bothering to read this hasn't heard t…
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ahhhh Bullet Lavolta,their 1st 12" almost bordered on being the new Jerry`s Kids !!! Then they hit the UK with the Lemonheads & they both fell away.....those were the days lol What gets me is people forget that punk/hardcore was NOT a private party…
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Burd, I would never accuse you of being shy about speaking your mind. And I doubt anyone would have thought me anything but a raging snob from way back. And with the anti-Manilow snobbery of the post below, we continue to have plenty in common. FTR:…
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John, it didn't seem like good natured to me when I went back and looked. It reeked of pretentious snobbery. Haughtiness. The funny thing is; I'd probably step up and say something if someone was doing it to you. Incidently, there are all sorts of t…
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John I will indeed buy you a drink but you will first have to drive the van of screaming kids northward!
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