The Clash — Black Market Clash
I remember getting “Black Market Clash.” It was my third summer in Syracuse, 1981. We were living in a hot apartment, technically a sublet — we were staying in an apartment over a sub...
Category: Punk
The Clash — The Clash
Okay, the way I’ve been doing these (alphabetical by group, but then chronological by issue date), The Clash should really have come before London Calling. But there’s a personal level to the order, too,...
The Clash – London Calling
I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard London Calling. Then, as now, I messed around with photography. Sometimes I do all right. There were periods when I was very avid,...
Border Radio (Original Soundtrack Recording)
I’m a bit unclear on how I found, and decided to buy, the soundtrack to a movie I never saw. Maybe because I was a Blasters fan, and this had Dave Alvin all over...
Bikini Kill – The Singles
Immediately after getting the Bikini Kill EP last fall, this collection of singles popped up on Bandcamp and I grabbed it immediately. No overlap with the EP, this is a series of singles released...
Bikini Kill – Bikini Kill
Every now and then, I “work” in my friend’s record store. And by “work,” I mean that I am barely capable of guiding people to what they’re looking for and taking their money when...
Alice Donut – Donut Comes Alive
All the way up to Alice Donut in my collection. I only have this one album by Alice Donut, a late ‘80s punk band. I don’t think I was aware of them when “Donut...
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