Both box sets only bat .500 (That Children Of Nuggets bullshit doesn't even count), but the great songs are truly great, and I couldn't imagine the last six or seven years of my life without them. I got really heavily into '60's psych and R&B in my late teens, when I decided I needed something o...

The music itself = CRAP.

The extra-curricular activities = NOT CRAP.

Apparently, they are a huge influence on Canadian hardcore punk band Fucked Up.

Discuss.

I went to Egg about six weeks ago to drop off our deposit, and hung out for about half an hour. These are my findings: Conrad Uno gives really good directions. I had no problem finding Egg. NC. He also really really likes to drink. Especially tequila and whiskey. But as he tells me, "I don't li...

Jesus. When did I turn into such a fucking stoner.

Oh yeah. Two weeks ago.

Straight up waffle.

I don't get this band. I guess you had to be there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMhU3u6JJE Police Teeth performing "Tetsuo 2: Body Hammer," "Here Come The Drums," and Pere Ubu's "Final Solution" at a house show last weekend. I thought it'd be really funny to get really baked while we were playing the Pere Ubu cover....

Motorhead's March Or Die is correctly regarded as their nadir by fans and the band themselves. Their next record, Bastards , I think is the high-water mark of post 1990 Motorhead. Unsane's Occupational Hazard isn't bad per se, but in retrospect, it's seems slightly boring and safe. Most of the blues...

Grind-a-billy. Somebody make it happen, folks.

In Police Teeth, I use either one of two amps: http://www.sky.sannet.ne.jp/kuwa-kou/inst/image/mm_11265.jpg A Music Man 112-65. Chris actually owns this. It sounds pretty rad. Almost exactly like the guitar sound on Pink Flag . http://www.synergyguitars.com/Soldano-Amplifiers/Soldano-Avenger.jpg A S...

Marijuana references in rock music.