Saw them in Portland with the SuperSuckers opening for what's left of the New York Dolls that to was a Little Steven Production. Solid live act the Chesterfield kings that is not the New York Dolls

No, waitaminnit. This is my least favorite Chesterfield Kings album. The Ultimatemost High said:

The album THE BERLIN WALL OF SOUND is a killer

The album THE BERLIN WALL OF SOUND is a killer

I don't know. That's my least favorite record of theirs I think. For me, it's the first three(if you can find them) and the last three studio recordings. Where the Action Is was for me the best follow up to Don't Open Til Doomsday.

I'm not on any mailing lists anymore and I hardly look at myspace bulletins since all I can think is "there's another thing I can't afford to buy". There's really not a lot of newer Cynics songs on their myspace page.

Aren't you on the Get Hip mailing list? I'm surprised you didn't hear about the release of "Here We Are."

I saw Hedwig and the Angry Inch. I thought it was a really good movie, but I wish there'd been an extra half hour to it making it a little clearer.

I really need to catch up on the 2000's it looks like. I didn't even know about the Cynics album you mentioned.

It was kind of belated. I didn't look at new posts at all last week.

Thanks for your response, Rod:) Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Living Is the Best Revenge was a definite favorite of mine and 61/49 was quite a surprise for me as it was one for the best Romantics albums since the early 80s.

Living Is the Best Revenge was a definite favorite of mine and 61/49 was quite a surprise for me as it was one for the best Romantics albums since the early 80s.

In no order - and from what I thought at the time...

Crass - Stations of the Crass
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Ramones - Ramones
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
Moterhead - Motorhead


Yeah - Motorhead... well my mates and I thought it was punk: so much faster, rougher, more aggressive and generally noisy than metal at the time...

Devo - Are We Not Men?
The Slits - Cut
PIL - Metal Box

And yeah some are post-punk, but that sort of came as a retrospective tag for me.

And what was all the fuss about the Clash?

Angry Samoans - Inside My Brain
The Cramps - Songs the Lord Taught Us
Dead Boys - Young Loud & Snotty
The Germs - G.I.
Ramones

aye aye sir... Andy Climax said:

i think it was 'Clockwork orange' haha

Oi! Punk etc. All the same moniker really. Just a reaction to the shit that was happening in Britain at the time. I believe the same shit was happening in New York and Detroit at the same time. Oi! was born of the skinhead/suedehead movement, and was more racially motivated. The skinheads came directly from the old punks who were totally disillusioned with the commercial crap that the clash and the pistols etc were eventually comin out with. So its all punk really. Like the hippy thing in the 50's and 60's, punk was'nt and is'nt a fashion thing, its a way of life and thinking

i think it was 'Clockwork orange' haha

what movie was that? Andy Climax said:

'A funny thing happened to me on the way to the forum', as the old movie title once said. This is a great wee place as we are all here not by accident but because of our love for all things punk, past and future. Facebook et al are worldwide platforms for the wonderful and the sad, this site i think is a wee bit more sublime than that. Theres no one-upmanship or point gaining, and yes i think we are all a bit 'Anorak', but only because we have a real passion for this kinda thing, to the extent that it transcends the music and art and then becomes a lifestyle choice. 'Art for Arts Sake' as one shitty Brittish band once lauded. Like the Muppets, we welcome all people here coz we know you live and love the same air we do. Zoe yer an absolute star. As King Jello Biafra once said, 'Keep it real, and be prepared!!!

Here's an interesting new fuzz.

A dull movie about a self obsorbed and uninteresting person.

What Joe Strummer film are you talking about?

Hi Peter,

glad to hear that, even if some fans out there now are unhappy ;-)! Have fun with all the nostaglia!

@ Mike: Well said! It felt like that to me.

Cheers, Doc

Yeah they can be hard to find in stores. If anybody is interested, you can get them here: http://www.deltamedia.com/pg_blank_audio_cassettes_new.html?id=vc448Hcz You can get different colors and whatever time you want, really cheap too. No this isn't an ad! Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Unless I want to record over old cassettes, I can't even find tapes to record onto. The last two I have were bought three years ago and I'm using them for demos when I finally get around to it.

Unless I want to record over old cassettes, I can't even find tapes to record onto. The last two I have were bought three years ago and I'm using them for demos when I finally get around to it.

So it's basically a podcast then. Cool. Alex said:

Obviously not literal mixtapes. MP3 mixes. He's taken mixtapes into the 21st century. Anyway, any punk that doesn't know about his "Lux and Ivy's Favorites" series is really missing out. Go get all 14 volumes.

TeenFink said:

how does one 'download' a cassette tape?

Alex said:

You should start by downloading anything by Kogar the Swinging Ape. He makes a ton of great tapes. Best known are the Lux & Ivy's Favorites series.

Obviously not literal mixtapes. MP3 mixes. He's taken mixtapes into the 21st century. Anyway, any punk that doesn't know about his "Lux and Ivy's Favorites" series is really missing out. Go get all 14 volumes. TeenFink said:

how does one 'download' a cassette tape?

Alex said:

You should start by downloading anything by Kogar the Swinging Ape. He makes a ton of great tapes. Best known are the Lux & Ivy's Favorites series.

Is that you Lars? haha. Mike Humsgreen said:

You casette traders are killing the music industry!

You casette traders are killing the music industry!