Early Lines are a punk rock band from Plano, Texas. Plano is known nationally for a string of suicides amongst high school students in the mid-’80s, and a city-wide surge in heroin…
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Sunday Mix Tape – Number 120
Welcome to the end of the weekend. I don’t have anything to write about, so instead I’ll show you a very quick video. A couple years ago I showed up at a…
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Mono @ First Unitarian Church; Philadelphia PA (09/17/2004)
Here’s a review of the show I wrote for a college paper and online ‘zine in 2004. Enjoy! I think I dated the MP3s wrong, they’re supposed to be the 17th of…
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Top Ten Pizzas In Los Angeles
It happened last night. I decided once and for all that I was going to eat a Casa Bianca pizza, because the recommendation I received was prefaced with the proverbial “best in…
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Tortoise – Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters
Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters consists entirely of remixed (and retitled) versions of songs from the band’s self-titled first album. Some of the remixes were performed by band members, others by friends of…
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A Morbid Trip To The LA Memorial Pet Park
Today Nicci and I ventured out on our respective off-days to a local attraction that was recommended by the Weird California website: The LA Pet Cemetery. Now, I know what you’re thinking,…
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Songs: Ohia – The Ghost
Supposedly this release is limited to 500 copies, but I don’t believe it for a second. I’ve seen Jason Molina live at least a half-dozen times and he always has copies with…
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Ancestors / Conifer / Lightning Swords Of Death / Earthless @ Mountain Bar; Los Angeles, CA
It was a weird, post-apocalyptic mess in Los Angeles this weekend. From Santa Barbara to Anaheim, thirty-five thousand acres of land have been scorched by wildfires. The closest flames to LA are…
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Sunday Mix Tape – Number 119
Thanks in part to Bob Dylan (well, not Bob Dylan himself, but one of his fansites), this website has shattered its single-day web traffic record. Right now it is on pace for…
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The Top Ten Things I’m Not Good At
It’s Friday. I left work early. I’m supposed to be preparing “family dinner” tonight, which means I only have an hour to decompress and complete this post before I have to gather…