Returning the Screw

A fine disservice. Deceptive, too.

Entries for 2009

NOFX – The Man I Killed

Kurt Cobain

 
 It was reminded to me the other day that on April 5 it was 15 years since Kurt Cobain died. That seriously seems like a long time, long enough to re-assess what his legacy and that of Nirvana was and means.  
I’ve written about Cobain`s death before, I just don’t remember who for, but if [...]

Blake Schwarzenbach

January 2009

26, the Man Formerly Known as Doc Dart

I’m not sure how to start this post. I originally wanted to say that Doc Dart and his iconoclastic punk band, The Crucifux, were one of the more interesting stories in the US hardcore scene in the 1980s. But they were also pretty marginal. Dart’s screechy vocals, although tame by today’s standards, were definitely an [...]

Rest Assured We Will Be Heard

One of Canada’s best punk rock bands, Problem Children, perform “We are the Children” from their 1985 debut LP, The Future of the World is Up to Us. During their time they released three records that were simply head and shoulders above their contemporaries. It’s a shame they weren’t better known.
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Favourite shows of 2008

It’s Sunday night and I don’t know how much energy I have to get through this. I like to think of it as an exercise in discipline, something I’ve been lacking in many areas of my life lately. But I thought I would write about a few of my favorite musical memories from the past [...]