Picking a favourite of anything is tough! Here's a few that I just can't get enough of:

Green Door (don't care what version, the Shakin Stevens one down the pub always does the job nicely!)
Man For All Seasons - The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
The Crusher (again, any version will do)
Into the Valley - The Skids

I know as soon as I hit the reply button a load more will pop into my head!!

right now its dirty robber by the fabulous wailers

"Stay With Me" by the Dictators. Andy Climax said:

'Parchment Farm' by the mighty Blooooooooo Cheeeeeeeeeeeer! gotta be high up there, right???

The Oblivians - Bad Man

'Parchment Farm' by the mighty Blooooooooo Cheeeeeeeeeeeer! gotta be high up there, right???

When he did the Columbus book reading Eric said that it was a quick-and-easy rhyme that was more or less a placeholder while they came up with another subtitle... But somehow managed to stick on all the way through the publishing process. Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Understandable. I didn't think about asking him that either when I met him. A few of our friends that we had in common stopped by the record shop where he was doing the book signing and everybody was talking about old times and what not. I don't belong to the chat board that's on the real punk radio website so I couldn't do anything about it. BUT since he's on facebook, I guess I can ask him myself. I was just a bit surprised though, since nobody has ever used that term before.

Understandable. I didn't think about asking him that either when I met him. A few of our friends that we had in common stopped by the record shop where he was doing the book signing and everybody was talking about old times and what not. I don't belong to the chat board that's on the real punk radio website so I couldn't do anything about it. BUT since he's on facebook, I guess I can ask him myself. I was just a bit surprised though, since nobody has ever used that term before.

Sorry Rod. That 2 hours flew by, and honestly that question never entered my mind. Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

I'm surprised that none of you asked HOW he came up with GUNK PUNK. I know he said WHY but not how....

I'm surprised that none of you asked HOW he came up with GUNK PUNK. I know he said WHY but not how....

Good band. I've heard of the name but did not know a thing about them. I assumed they were something like the Brentwoods or bands on Rip Off. they should change the genres to Pop/Garage/Surf instead of Rock. orange iguanas said:

how has nobody mentioned this band???

http://www.myspace.com/shannonandtheclams

The Deptford Beach Babes http://www.myspace.com/thedeptfordbeachbabes

Yep. http://www.last.fm/user/beatcrazedteen

I'm there, under a secret identity. http://www.last.fm/user/robotclaw I don't do much there, but I've come across a couple of cool people and a couple of cool bands.

I never use it, but... http://www.last.fm/user/kopper65 Then there's this group on Last.fm, too: http://www.last.fm/group/Garage+Punk

I <3 last.fm! http://www.last.fm/user/needlesnpinsfm

http://www.last.fm/user/tobilynne What features are you having trouble with?

Yes I am but I'm kind of stupid and can't figure some features out

My apologies if this has already been discussed (did a search, though, and couldn't find anything). Is anyone else using Last.fm?

I'm at work right now, but if I remember correctly, mine is an SL-1200 MK2. They're all pretty similar, though. Just search eBay for Technics 1200 and you should find all kinds. Ryan Katastrophe bought this baby a few years ago. Yeah, they're expensive new (which is why I recommend buying a used one on eBay)! And for a stylus, get a Stanton 500 E MK II from Garage-A-Records online. Foul & Fair Records said:

Noted! looking up the 1200 there seems to be a lot postfixed letters/#'s, which model is the one for me?
~T Pheck said:

You can't go wrong with a Technics 1200, or check out the Vestax Guber, a very cool little turntable. The Guber is belt-driven though so if you plan on DJing it's not he way to go.

But with either one, it will take at least two months before you see any loot. iTunes and Amazon take 6 to 8 weeks to report sales figures, apparently. With the new Malarians (the US garage band, not the Spanish ska band) reissues, I used Tunecore for IN THE COOL ROOM and CD Baby for KNOW/FINISHED IN THIS TOWN. The jury's out on which one is better, but with Tunecore, you get Amazon CD-on-Demand, where fans can get CDs of your mp3 album.

If you want to do this, use TuneCore. They're great, relatively inexpensive, and they'll get your music on all of the main music retail sites. By the way, there's a topic about offering digital downloads on the Labels & Distros group, too (just an FYI).

CD Baby is good for CDs. It has a program to get your albums onto iTunes, Amazon and other download services. When I joined a few years ago it only cost $30-$35 to get you set up. I just have one CD (recorded in the early 80s) and I've made dozens of dollars. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/terrell

I thought all rock'n'rollers went straight to hell! What's this "heaven" shit? ;)

But this one was like a bad car wreck... S.Law said:

I seem to remember it being a tad more fruity but...this might be it:

This gave me a headache. Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Well Cabaret Voltaire were weird so I'm not surprised they knew it. I'm sure their fans didn't.

Here's what it sound like.