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“On Tuesday, 7/17/07, our dear friend John Stabb was physically assaulted, just a block away from his home, by a group of 5 teenage thugs. John will be undergoing extensive facial surgery and an undetermined hospital stay (hopefully short, fingers crossed here).”
Archive for August, 2007
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Monday, August 13th, 2007The Thought Criminals – Food For Thought Crimes E.P. 7″
Monday, August 13th, 2007
If it’s not from the States or Sweden you can be sure it’s from Australia. Thought Criminals did just as most other punk bands in the 70’s: carved out a sound totally of their own.
Inspired by the Desperate Bicycles they went on to form their own label Doublethink that put out a fair amount of great records. The Hilton Bomber 7inch is probably their most famous record and the one that is hardest to get hold of but this second plastic is just as great. Most of you might know that they’re together again and offer their latest anthology CD/LP for free: I won’t pay for punk records.
As with many other Australian punk bands I’m amazed at the speed many of them manage to achieve as early as 1978 or for that matter in 1977 if you take a listen to Flipped Out Over You by The Victims. Download Fuck Their Neighbors from the link above and you’ll hear what I mean. Or for that matter Display/Response: Action below.
Country: Australia
Year: 1978
Label: Doublethink
Format: 7″
Songs:
More Suicide Please.mp3
The Cut-Out Man.mp3
Display/Response:Action.mp3
So All The Superheroes.mp3
Stolen Air.mp3
Rottweiler – S/T 7″
Friday, August 10th, 2007
A classic swedish powerpop/punk 7inch from the band that later became Perfekt Alibi(thanks Senap!). I’m Down got that boggie feel to it that is just on the right side of the border of not being totally crap. You got some porridge? You haven’t? Ahh the singer Hakan just ate it all! Listen to his marvelous love it or hate it voice.
Here’s Rottweiler on the web: Voff voff.
Country: Sweden
Year: 1980
Label: Rottweiler
Format: 7″
Songs:
I’m Down.mp3
Wanna Be Your Friend.mp3
Non Compos Mentis – S/T 7″
Sunday, August 5th, 2007
Not as catchy and intense as their first killer that will be posted later on. In the meantime you can check out Erik of Something I Learned Todays post of it: Ultimate Orgasm. Still this has its moments. While I Used To Know You is poppy and soft Quick To Compliment got some more distorted guitars. I like both of them and they got that special NCM sound: weird stuff that roles in and out here and there and the knack for hooky melodies.
Country: USA
Year: 1981
Label: VVV
Format: 7″
Songs:
I Used To Know You.mp3
Quick To Compliment.mp3
CDRs on eBay
Saturday, August 4th, 2007I have no problem with sellers selling CDRs as long as they let the buyers know what they’re bidding on.
When sellers don’t it just pisses me off and god knows what they’re telling the buyers when they’ve received their CDRs and they get back with a complaint. I guess many of them are just old fuckers who’s not aware of the countless sites who offers the old stuff for free.
For example we have Joes posting of the brilliant Electrify Me by The Plugz that a seller named EFFIGY77 have been selling numerous CDR copies of. If you look at his feedback it looks swell. But as I said I could only guess what he’s telling those getting back to complain. One if his usual answers seems to be “this was never official released and is very rare”. I asked him about the Special Forces – World Domination that I posted here a long time ago and have been on sale on and off on eBay: I don’t want any problem so I’m taking it off. I’ve also asked about some other CDs if they’re CDRs and the answer I’ve gotten is: It’s a fan club release. Yeah right honey.
There are more CDR sellers on eBay. Let’s fill up the list in the comment section.
