One of the gadget blogs I follow, Gizmodo, has been doing what they call a “listening test” all week demonstrating their knowledge of the audiophile demographic. One article all of the posters and editor are doing is showing everyone their first musical tastes and first album they bought. So what better place to demonstrate my first musical woes a mere pup. continue reading…
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It’s no secret to anybody that knows me that I like music. I like music a lot. I like different kinds of music. And yes, despite what I will tell you in a bar, there is some rap and country that I do like. I have gone through various stages as the years have past. I have always been into rock, but I went through a metal phase, when I was in college I went through (obviously) a college music stage. Most recently my music of choice has been punk music. With the recent final show of Even In Blackouts (arguably the coolest experience of my life) I am reminded of the band that really got me into punk music who are no longer with us (as a band anyway). This band was called Eight Ball Grifter. continue reading…
I was searching around the internet for I just could not convey the feelings I had by just words for my dear old friend. So I think this encapsulates it perfectly.
It was a new sort of idea. An ensemble punk group working with nothing but acoustic instruments so that ‘they could still play even in a blackout.’ The band started with Jughead Pierson, lead guitarist from the long-term pop-punk band Screeching Weasel. After the demise of the iconic band, Jughead went to relax in Italy where he wrote the song “Missing Manifesto”. He then brought the song back to Chicago to form the first all acoustic punk band in existence. There he recruited Liz Eldrege for vocals along with other younger artists to fill his cast. continue reading…
