DEAD ON prediction!

Flesh and Bines fanzine in 1989 predicted the rise of grunge to the arena circuit.

FLESH and BONES "Manly Phrases"

Great Zine from Jersey in the late 80's. Davoid from Earth Pigs' "Manly Gestures" feature!

The Skinhead PIG Comic! Attack of the Were Weed! 1983

Hey.. so in 1983.. My group of friends and I were in a band called Punk Bunny and The Shitkickers. (I ,to this day say we were the first punk group in Salisbury MD... just sayin! )

After a near DEATH experience going to see Return of the Jedi in Washington DC... in 70mm.... (we were nerds not smart ones... just the dork kind of ones)...We crashed the car we were in ... Bummed...not bummed enuff to blow off the movie... we had to figure out how to get back to the Eastern Shore... So on the pay phone we used in Bethesda... there was some graffiti. A crudely drawn Pig... called the Skinhead Pig... and in the balloon next to him.. was "Kill you Fuckers" and " OInk OInk".

So seeing this as a sign... not that we were skinheads, actually the opposite ... I decided to chronicle our activities and people around us that next year in a weekly comic. Here is one of the issues... no mind you.. this was drawn in class... while i should've been paying attention.

BTW... i wonder who drew the original? Wendel Blow?

KISS. madonna is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and KISS isn't?

Seriously. Why do I love rock and roll? Is it because of The Eagles? James Taylor? Billy Joel? (are they in the Rock Hall of Fame? ... i'm sure they will be... ).... NO.. I was 10 in 1976. I loved Spiderman... but... i started to think about girls. The idea of talking to one... or even holding a hand with one... or maybe... (IE see Ginger Grant.... the first red head I fell in love with)... was something I was entertaining... in 1976... SO ...what was better than KISS?.. Spiderman singing about getting LAID!

I saw KISS in 1977 @ The Capital Centre in Largo MD (DC suburb) .. the opening act was AC/DC (let there be rock tour... i bought the LP the NEXT day!).. and ANGEL was the next band (Hated them!!! they were the Anti- Kiss... do the research... but... now in 2010... i'd go see them before AC DC or KISS... love ya Punky!!)

Point is... how many rockers TODAY (2000-2010) .. or even YESTERDAY.. (1980-1999) <---- i 've defined ages by the way... LOVED KISS? Sure..Simmons is a tool.. Stanley is a lackey... and well.. it's NOT Criss or Frehley in the make up anymore.... but really... watching this clip.. makes me want to love rock again. Loneliness... and longing for a time when rock was all about rebellion... and grease paint... (and lunchboxes).

The Return of Red Weasel. Kinda.

Hey. This blog operator was on WBOC TV news... in my hometown. Okay... it's nice to have this done... But really? I hope there's better news out there than me and my old band.

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RAMA LAMA FA FA ... hey!

Well.. It's my job. I'm on the road for Texas Pete Hot Sauce. (No.. not a joke.)... While I plan to be a brewer of the most amazing hoppy elixirs... I have to take my HD camera rig on the road. This weekend I was at the Michigan/Iowa game in Ann Arbor.

Driving into the town, I was thinking about the MC5... I kept replaying that moment in A True Testmonial .. where Wayne Kramer says that the heat was on.. so The Five had to "get out of Dodge".. and "Gotta Keep Movin'" plays.. as a POV camera angle shoots away from Kramer outside the Grande... and takes off on I94 to the college town.

The MC5 were feeling "the heat" of inner city Detroit in 1968. Crime... Cops.. and Copulation on the prowl... off they moved to the 45 minutes west to a "mansion" in the college district of Ann Arbor. The stories are amazing that came out of that house.. The birth of the White Panther Party... The dope... The Elektra Records signing...the guns... the jams in complete darkness... and of course.. the fucking in the streets. So how else could I NOT think about this holy site?

So... i'm shooting off Hill Street... That sounded familiar... Out comes the Blackberry.. and away I look. "The Mc5 took residence at 1510 Hill Street Ann Arbor"... I look across the street from THE ROCK.. (a Michigan college mainstay for spray painting the victories and sorrows of the previous football game) and there I am... 1500 block of Hill Street... I look closely.. and SHIT... There's the house.. right across the street! So .. i must as a fan boy.. take a pic... Now.. i look very "UGH'.. in the pic... but then... can i look giddy.. if i'm ready to fuck up "The MAN"?

CHEAP TRICK? Who loves ya baby?

You've got to love Cheap Trick right? I mean... who does NOT love this amazing band from Rockford IL. Sure... the output of quality songs has gone down hill since Dream Police... but some gems have appeared along the way. The last LP.. The Latest.. was actually very poppy and vast sounding.

My fave.. however has to be a combo of the first 3 studio records.. Robin was still angry in his singing.. and Rick was still loud.

In Color... a sister record to Heaven Tonight... was redone in 1998 by the band and Chicago producer Steve Albini.. (Chicago the town.. not the band)... This was an idea brought about by the band and Albini to remake the LP without the California gloss that original producer Tom Werman had added to the band's sound. Now.. instead of linked with Heaven Tonight... In Color is more like Cheap Trick (77) in sound and feel.

find the whole lp and more...HERE