From the first strains (and I should emphasize the word strains here) of “Prison Without Bars” it’s clear this is not your usual lounge-y/ballad-y/rock-y mash-up of styles commonly found on private-press, homemade recordings. This…
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New Flames Up In Flames
It’s been a busy week. I’m relishing this opportunity to sit on my couch and shut off my brain. Other than cooking dinner I don’t intend to move from this spot for a…
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Sue – Songs By Sue
Ten songs. Nineteen minutes. No, this is not an exclusive look at the new Anal Cunt record. Nor is it a fond look back at some early Minutemen demos. This is Songs…
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Richard H. Baker – The First Coming
This one’s a pretty big deal in the sense that if you search Google for “Richard H. Baker” and “The First Coming” there’s practically no information available about this album except for…
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The Distinguished Gourmand: Nest at WP24
When last we checked in with Dinner Club For Day People, the seven of us were dining downtown at Otium. Remember that whole diatribe I wrote about Nate discarding his gum on a…
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Don Snow Army – On Rock Mountain
“The Don Snow Army has a prime objective: to climb up Rock Mountain! They came together eight years ago from three little towns in Southern California. Over twenty musical soldiers have done…
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Things To Come
I’m throwing this mix together quickly while I take a break from an extracurricular project I’m working on with a Wednesday due-date. Once I’ve finished it I’ll have some time to share…
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A Labyrinth Of Alleyways
I was out the other night with some friends when I stumbled into what I would consider to be the most uncomfortable conversation imaginable: A writer talking to a writer about what they write. Other than…
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Janarae Merkley – Janarae & Noonday (Johnson, 1970s)
Pretty much nothing exists (on the internet) in regards to this record. Hell, I don’t even know if it was issued with that generic looking die-cut cover, or if someone along the…
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There Is Nowhere To Hide
The simple statement “Hello world” feels so…been-there-done-that. And yet this is the first thought that comes to mind when I consider writing here for the first time in a month. Those of…