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It's December 24th but it sure ain't X-mas-X in Reno....hehe

Punk In Drublic

Why o' why is it that everytime I hang with my mistress Molly she leads me like an albatross to the rocky crags of "talk hella shit to the oinkers"? The definition of insanity is insulting someone with the power to fuck you, and not expecting him to fuck you. Guilty as charged

A little lesson in Doublespeak-
Being arrested for resisting arrest only. It takes a syntax genius to explain that one.

Im not gonna give a play-by-play since I've already done that like fifty million times. So I'll keep it short.

I talked shit to the cops. The cops got offended. I got arrested. My friends disagreed with the cops decision. They got arrested. We went to jail.

Just another episode of When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong.

I'm starting to feel like getting arrested downtown is turning into a Ronnie Dobbs thing for me. Oh well.



Kosher Jamz
Beef with Pork
Greatest Story Ever Told
Real Arithmetic

But let's not forget, not all cops are bad...some are just plain evil

Modern Love

radical human dignity and ecstatic truth all in 1991. and always.

katia and maurice krafft



michele and alex

jeanne-claude and christo

91

thurston and kim 91

Genital Fumes Like Twaa

Kid's Got Hart

Yup that's my pale, chubby, ginning self in the Suicidal Tendencies shirt. If your only live musical experience was seeing basement shows in Reno, then it would be really easy to think that Owen Hart was the greatest band of all time. Everytime they play here it goes off. They are the only band I know of that can get the punks, edge-men, metal-heads, basically the underground under one roof. It's definitely a cathartic thing. The first time I heard the demo I nearly crashed my car and drove straight to my friend Ryan's house to flip out with him over it. Simply brutal.



Gomarrah's Season Never Ends
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Everything Stays Black

This is a most excellent tribute album to a most excellent band. It's got the best bands unfortunate enough to be called metalcore covering one of the best hardcore bands of all time. The great thing is all of these bands are such accomplished musicians they can appropriately transform the song. The best at this is Converge of course, Annihilate This Week sounds like a Converge song, period. Plus American Nightmare, Coalesce, Planes Mistaken For Stars, and Burnt By The Sun among others.
Ha, I once got in a crazy heated E-Bay war trying to win this on four limited edition seven inches, I didn't win. But I did get the twelve inch......oh the days of vinyl hunting....

Don't Wanna Hear It

Tromaville Troubadors

Matt Mondanile has easily become my favorite musician of 2009. First through Ducktails, then Real Estate, and as of an hour ago The Parasails. This dude is bringin' it hella hard. He's got a sound, and throughout his various projects he explores all these different facets of it. He's got the kind of bands where people make up a million new adjectives in an attempt to describe what you hear. Well there ain't nothing like it so I'm not gonna give it a bunch of hyphenated nonsense descriptors. The newest Real Estate record is probably my favorite release so far. As opposed to all the other releases this one has a real crisp production. Which actually adds a lot, there is a lot more time to find the nuance and stuff on the songs. Although, the versions of the songs that were found on demos and seven inches are great too. I just think that the self titled record has more to offer everyone. Shoot, it almost reminds me of "Oh, Inverted World"-era Shins. On Ducktails the washy lo-fi vibe perfectly compliment the songs. Which seem largely inspired by New Jersey coast/beach culture. All the songs have this distant flowy feeling. A lot like a overcast, drizzly afternoon. People might call this stuff drone, but it's far too kinetic for that. It's good it's good.

What the Buck

The level people are taking popping and locking to these days is just nutty. It reminds me of the shit Pharoah's would have in their royal courts. The kind of stuff europeans would go back home and make up tales of black magic and pacts with the devil over. This shit can fuck up a lesser man's whole sense of reality. Camera's can't even catch all the frame rate, it's fucked up.

I still think every Nas albums is tight

no joke

drinking beer, snort pills, watchin bruce lee.

FINALLY A BEER REVIEW!!!

I'm gonna go ahead and do a beer review. This one is a local brewery by the name of Buckbean Brewing out of Reno, Nevada. These guys are a microbrewery off McCarran blvd. right across from Mira Loma park. They Have 2 types of beer commercially available to my knowledge,Black Noddy Lager, and Orange Blossom Ale. Im gonna review the first one "Black Noddy Lager".

I lifted the photo off of google. some frat boy did a review i guess.

First off I wanna say i have been wanting to try this beer for a while based on the fact it's local desert made beer. The packaging for starters is really cool they come in pints of four that are bound together with this plastic ring that is re-usable so you can carry other types of beer and shit around together. as you can see its black and sexy with some chrome, some cool symbols and shit. Im on my second one of the pack right now and The flavors are still very strong and apparent, not losing their flavor with the buzz. It is very dark and creamy almost chocolate/mocha coffee like. i also taste caramel and malt ball flavors. it is not very sweet or fruity but really creamy . a lot like guinness but not as coffee like and not brewed with nitrogen.It is pretty thick almost like egg nog at first but once the head is gone then its a nice smooth texture.this beer is a little different though the end tastes like a pale ale or some type of crisper brew. I think the beer would taste a lot better in either a bottle or glass but punks rarely use glasses so i thought id review just the can taste.this beers flavor stays a really long time, it has been 10 minutes since i last had one and i can still taste the finish and the malt ball flavors. all and all a good black ale, i give it a 8/10 only because its not in a glass bottle, it does come with a cool carrying case though. I cant wait to try the Orange Blossom Ale next but no review cause there is work at hand.

Swallow

Nitty Gritty On Tha Itty Bitty Titty Comitee

Gather 'round kids for your most important lesson, i got a PHD in sex education. Now first things first if its gushy its gushy! I fucked my sister and my momma cuz i aint afraid of NO pussy! My dick'll hit spots ya didnt know ya gots. Ill leave ya wet, covered in sweat and ya hair in knotzzz.

-freebase'n in the cavern of the mind of the MUFFler(refry young-gun)

To the Dome

Can't Think

Papi cuzie, daddy ocho's first post! Plan a orgy!

So, this is my first post on the blog. I would like to say big-ups to Donovan and Austin and Ryan. I would also like to say we gotta get outta this place if it's the last thing we ever do. I'm gonna up some pretty bad ass new sketches I did earlier tonight. maxwell murder dial 999 .it won't be tonight though because I drank too much and I wanna go eat toast.

Since the year is coming to and end I am gonna go ahead and post my top 10 of 2009. No particular order, this list is just bullshit, and not anything specific. There will be links include etc. etc. twitter twitter bitches.

1.The strain of weed going around called "The Devil's Lettuce" - it will make you eat more slim jims and meat product than you ever could dream.
2.black sabbath-all albums. i know when they came out just eat them up.
3.Max G. Morton's "Looking For The Magic" book- www.theheartworm.com, super weird drug fueled stories about being a punk in america and fucking in a pile of broken glass to "Whitehouse's- Total Sex while on heroin.just a sample of a story .
4.stylefile #30- www.oinkartltd.com. European graffiti at it's finest. too much style too handle my boy.
5.Kevin Roberts move back to reno. super cool guy back in reno.
6.kurt russels death- what a pile of bullshit, not on here for comedy on here for impact . come on dude the movie roadhouse? how hard!
7.Fucked Up, The Chemistry Of Common Life lp www.lookingforgold.blogspot.com
8.Opening of the Broken Spoke! - my favorite bar in the entire town you can catch any one of us sexual deviants there on any night of the week. good pool, cheap beer, easy women, and plus they have black light posters.
9.www.followthecult666.blogspot.com
10.www.jerseyjoeart.com

Life on the Pharm Out West

jam these. get spaghetti western with the ill maestro, ennio morricone.

here's more morricone; this trailer isn't as ineffable as the movie really is. soundtrack got an oscar, and linda manz carries this shit. my favorite movie.

and here's a blog of his soundtracks;
il maestro
and more malick. badlands-


and more linda manz


so this is the jump off. get dark

Jive Turkeys

I am thankful for-

-Animal Collective always releasing a little something to make the winter bearable
-Lil Wayne's No Ceilings, funnest thing to listen to that I can think of
-Snuff
-Nitrous Oxide
-And I guess family and friends too

Yes, We Must

These are demos and outtakes from Jaga Jazzist's neo-classic What We Must. These Norse dudes play jazz-fusion. In the vein of The Weather Report or even Mahavishnu Orchestra, except they add a 21st-century electronic twist. Mixing drum programming and live horns. It's fucking brilliant. Then, on What We Must they flipped the script and used a live drummer. Almost sounding like Explosions In The Sky while always maintaining this insane jazz cool. Especially in winter I find myself listening to this band a lot. It can turn the frozen decay of downtown Reno, into some magical wonderland. With northern lights, and the Coca-Cola polar bears and the kind of snow that ain't cold.

The best part about this band is you can literally pick up any release and start from there. Yet, they don't all sound the same, it's crazy. Even though these are just a few demos from their last record, I think it serves as good an introduction as any of their other releases. But if you like this I suggest getting What We Must, and then A Living Room Hush, and you'd pretty much be set.

For All You Happy People+

For Punks!

Not all too familiar with Atari Teenage Riot. But this is a side-project of sorts. I picked it up when I worked at Recycled Records, mainly cuz it was on Grand Royal and I was feeling adventurous. The cover too, that shit's pretty tight. Technically this is drum-n-bass. Too me it just sounds like if some eastern European speed-freak tried to make punk with electronics. Just an odd pick up, if I knew what it was I probably wouldn't have grabbed it, but it's an interesting listen at least.

Hammertime

Armadillo Cowboys

Two (slightly autistic?)teenagers with a rudimentary understanding of their instruments belt out cutesy-wutesy songs influenced by; Freddy Got Fingered, Harmony Korine, and The Snooty Phalanges. How could you not be sold?

Gravy All Over Him

Might as well just throw this one out here. Before Cold Cave, this is the other electronic band from Wes Eisold. The big burly guy from Hatebreed is along for the ride, the new Cage record reminded me a lot of this stuff, which makes since cuz he shows up on this one. And the guy from Hatebreed is now playing with Cage. Small world. This one gets the Nitrous stamp of approval as well.

Hugz and Kissez

Caught In A Cave

Wes Eisold's "no-wave" project. This is the first recording, and has a harder edge that I feel has been lacking from all of the releases Cold Cave has been putting out lately. If you had only listened to Give Up The Ghost, I would say to start out here as far as Cold Cave goes, because it just gets more Euro from here. I don't know if Wes is a fan of Nitrous Oxide, but I will say that whippets and this demo go together like nuts and fudge.

Im So Icey

Sour Patch Kidz

Bay Area raize up! Fuck yes, I am seriously seriously crushin' on this band baaad. Homeboy Jack from Don't Trip(Rest In Pot my brothers) was bumping this on a recent trip up here. After a spin or two I had to know who the hell this was. Well for the last month or so I have bumping this at least once daily, which is saying a whole damn lot. I don't even eat everyday, or anything. No bull, straight up Pop, with punk tendencies. I refuse to call it pop-punk because it just doesn't do this shit justice. I am a songwriting guy, regardless of the type of music, I just care that their is some thought and effort put into the craft. Perfect pop music sounds instantly familliar. That's all it really takes, and every song hits you like a bad case of Deja Vu. Like that time you smoked salvia and swore up and down that you were married to your friends Grandmother in another life. I swear that happens. Anyways I got a soft spot for this shit for some other reasons too. I am a sucker for literally anything with a female vocalist-From Walls of Jericho to the Wizard of Oz soundtrack. Punk rock romance is also a fun subject to dwell on. Sometimes I get tired of all the vegan potlucks, and bike rides down by the river. But honestly that shit beats bangin' your dick on a chicks tailbone in a drunk, sweaty frenzy at Tonic........sike. Lastly, there is something about the Bay Area punk scene that I just have always had an affinity for. Probably the proximity. Anyways, I relate to this shit faar more than other stuff(call me a regionalist). There you have it. I love this band and this damn cd. Just cuz it's technically a demo I won't call it my favorite release of '09. But 2010 better watch out cuz they are scheduled to drop something proper at the end of the year. Speaking of which, they'll be taking pre-orders soon so get on that, it's seems like a pretty good package with a tote bag and all. Pre-Order Full Length





It seems kind of redundant to upload since it's already up so you can thank these dudes for putting it up!

Pucker Up

Making Fear Reality

This band is one of my favorite finds of the year. They contacted me earlier this summer about a show, and within 30 seconds of checking 'em out I knew that I was in for a treat. It was really one of the only shows that I've booked this year and was actually stoked to see. In my opinion THIS is American black metal. That's just me though. Anyways what you have here is extremely abrasive loud rock n roll. Simple as that. They put on a great show, and are great dudes too. Here's a sevey...


Holla, Graham

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Them's My Guys

If I didn't know any better Id say we were some no-good, do-no-gooders.

inside the spiral mind from The Farley Overdose on Vimeo.

*swallow* Gag

Feeling rather Reno-ish at the moment. This right hurr is the "Great White Hope" of Reno Punk right now. Featuring members who's ex-bands list could fill up a post in itself. I would say this is the most professional and solid band Reno has to offer. They consider themselves a skate-punk band. However they have more in common with The Jesus Lizard or Big Black, than they do with JFA or Bones Brigade. But then again, Punk is a state of mind, not a set of riffs. Along with being arguably some of the better musicians in this town, they also have the undisputed best recording. period.
None other than Steve Albini recorded their first full length. Lending his penchant for monstrous drums, and gritty tone to accompany the cacophony inside. If you want to pick that bad boy up, you can do so HERE Not much else to say...if you are on the westcoast and are lucky enough to have seen these dudes than you know Morgan is one crazy motherfucking front-man. Up there with Darby Crash or Ian Svenious. No lie





Right here we have their first ep, a live track, demos, and seven inch tracks. Just some odds and ends, but seek out Bound + Gagged, you won't be disappointed...

Speed Kills, Meth Maims

Myspace

Birth Is A Sexually Transmitted Disease

Oh hell I might as well-Before Royal Noble, Justin(main Royal Noble dude) played drums in Arabella which in my opinion was the most promising hardcore band out of Reno from '03-'05. Killer live show, brutal-as-fuck female vocals, creepy male falsetto vocals, angular guitars, muscular bass. Really can you ask for more from a hardcore band? What made them better was at the time everyone was either doing Trustkill style bro-mosh, or wimpy Ebullition rip-off shit. That's a terrible generalization, but I am trying to make the case for my dudes! Anyways super short lived, a seven inch and a split, yadda yadda yadda. The good ones always go first....oh and there is a Born Against cover to boot!



Discography

1 A Radium Dial
2 As Leaves Are To Limbs
3 A Drone In D
4 Curse
5 Duvet
6 Goodlife
7 Interred
8 Room To Forget
9 PDX
10 Mary And Child

Transmit

Boil, Boil, Royal and Noble

Hailing from my home burg of Reno, Nv. Royal Noble is a sometimes three-piece that is sometimes active. As is the case with the majority of bands from Reno, shit always kind of fizzles out before they can get a foot hold nationally, or even regionally for that matter. But you better believe this band kept the basements warm for a good while. This is one of a few demos, I believe it's the first. But don't quote me, it is nine concise power-pop ditties revolving around themes of love and, well mostly just love. People might classify this as lo-fi, but that's just because it's recorded on minimal equipment with minimal polish. This isn't that aesthetic lo-fi, which mostly just means they buried a sub-par song under fuzz and white-noise, it's really just lo-fi out of necessity; no big studios or big money in the Biggest Little City. If you needed to compare them to something I would say somewhere between The Replacements and Daniel Johnston, but that's a pretty lazy description.



Demo

1 Cars
2 Don't You Change
3 In Your Bed
4 Watch The Road
5 Travellin'
6 Achey Bones
7 With Bells On
8 Pulse
9 Im Gonna Kill You

Pick it up

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Stompin' N Da Rompa Room

Just finished this book on Federal Prisons. The Hot House is a doozy for sure, the journalism is a little jaundiced, but that doesn't mean none of this stuff has not happened. Anyways it got me thinking about Mac Dre who spent some time incarcerated in the early 90's. While in jail he recorded raps over the phone and released an album.
A lot of people will talk shit on The Furl but I will save my arguments on his lyrical supremacy for a later post. Right now I just want people to hear some of the shit he was spitting in jail.

Cop It



1 Back N Da Hood
2 '93
3 Love Dat Donkey
4 My Chevy
5 It Don't Stop
6 Im N Motion
7 Young Mac Dre




Wouldya Like To Know More?

How I Learned How To Stop Worrying, And Love The Bomb

Hands Up If You Feel You're The Only One

The Only Ones fall into that weird gap between over-done arena rock, and stipped down power-pop. A pleasant oddity in the evolution of rock during the 70's. This is the best of both worlds; you have professionalism, and great songwriting coupled with the grittiness and urgency that were missing from bands like Blue Oyster Cult or Kansas. I am a fan of the guitar solo and they deliver the goods, but it isn't always segued by some dramatic synth/acoustic guitar bridge or whatever. Plus the lead singer has one of those voices that immediately strikes a chord, kinda like Johnathan Richman or Daniel Johnston. It's just a very individual voice, he can't hit all the notes, but he can convey emotion. They are one of those bands that could have only happened during the 70's, a band at a musical, and stylistic cross-roads.

Git It

Originally found on this blog.

You've Been Warned

Where oh where has this band been all my life? If only there was any meaning to the word Hardcore nowadays. Because when I say this band is Hardcore I mean it as the highest compliment and term of endearment that I can muster. When I say Hardcore I mean to distinguish this band from 95% of all music that claims to be punk or metal or hardcore or any combination of the three. In a parallel universe where punk and hardcore never got watered down or transmogrified into a million meaningless genres this band would be nothing special. However, we live in a world where Fallout Boy gets cred cuz the drummer was in Vegan Reich, and New Found Glory is practically as seminal Youth of Today because their guitarist sang in Shai Hulud for a year. So you better believe that sounding like a carbon copy of the year 1984 is near and about's the most original thing you can do.
Government Warning has main themes of paranoia, depression, anxiety, and confusion. Yet listening to them brings me feelings of clarity, and relief, kind of like scratching an itch you didn't know you had, and didn't know you could scratch.

Paranoid Mess

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Archetypal "two stars in the sky" type shit

Curiouser & Curiouser

Hands down one of my favorite albums of all time. Vaguely dark, synthy pop bands with female vocals are kind of dime-a-dozen. But don't let the genre's clutter turn you off. Broadcast are serious heavyweights and I think this is their best record by a long shot. I don't think this band gets enough credit, and this album especially. To me this album is an EVENT. A high water-mark for the decade and the style of music they play. I just read that the lead singer says this album is about "letting go". No wonder I dig it so much, for the last two or so years this album has been a pillar of reason in my life.

Broadcast-Tender Buttons(2005)
1.)I Found The F
2.)Black Cat
3.)Tender Buttons
4.)America's Boy
5.)Tears In The Typing Pool
6.)Corporeal
7.)Bit 35
8.)Arc Of A Journey
9.)Michael A Grammar
10.)Subject To The Ladder
11.)Evil Is Coming
12.)Goodbye Girls
13.)You And Me In Time
14.)I Found The End

Tender Buttons

Purchase

She Sang That Old-Time Religion

Almeda James Riddle
Super emotional and personal a-Capella hymns and things. It's this kind of stuff that makes you hate the Faith Hill's and Tricia Yearwood's of the world. I have a real soft-spot for this kind of stuff. It's really raw and visceral, I guess. I don't know how true it is, but I feel that these kinds of songs have more power than the ones getting churned out nowadays. But then again, that sounds like something someone would say nowadays.

How Firm A Foundation

This record was originally posted by this badass blog.

Long Live Dead Prez

This is the third in the "Turn Off The Radio" mixtape series. It came out in June, and they honestly haven't put out any crap material with this being right up there with the first two albums. The stand-out track is Don't Hate My Grind, with a chopped up Bun B chorus-I swear Bun B choruses are the new Auto-Tuner. Which is a good thing in my book. Some people may not see the need for new Dead Prez material. But with a new president, the Great Recession, and the ever present problems of being oppressed by a soul-less Capitalist rape-machine, I believe that their insight and perspective is always welcome.

Dead Prez and DJ Green Lantern Present:Pulse Of The People(2009)
1.)WRBG
2.)Runnin' Wild
3.)Don't Hate My Grind f/Bun B
4.)Warpath f/RATFINK
5.)Gangsta Gangsta f/Styles P
6.)Afrika Hot!
7.)NYDP f/Johnny Polygon
8.)Summer Time
9.)Refuse To Loose f/Chuck D and Avery Storm
10.)Life Goes On
11.)Helpful
12.)Pulse
13.)Stimulus Plan
14.)Dirty Valentine

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Kill Whitey

Let's Try This Again

I swear I'll do better this time...