13 Songs: 1989 Reconsidered

Posted by Lance Davis - February 27, 2009 - 1989, Beastie Boys, Chico, Elvis Costello, Flat Duo Jets, Fugazi, KCSC, Maria McKee, Mudhoney, Neil Young, Nirvana, Operation Ivy, Pixies, Public Enemy, Superchunk, Thelonious Monster

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1989 had a profound impact on me. That was the year I started DJing at KCSC, Chico State’s campus radio station (see flyer below), and discovered so much greatness in the vast American rock ‘n’ roll underground. It was like seeing in color for the first time. Music didn’t suck, popular music sucked, mostly. Worst. […]

Reality of Being Keeps the Demon Away from the Threshold of our Eden

Posted by Lance Davis - February 23, 2009 - Prescott Curlywolf, Rob Bernard

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Prescott Curlywolf - Dignity Of Action Amazon Prescott Curlywolf - Dignity Of Action We return the mothership to the Curlywolves of Prescott, previously heralded around these parts in appropriately reverential tones. According to my buddy, Ducktaper, Rob Bernard said the lyrics to “Dignity” came from a book of poems written by inmates at an insane […]

Rebel Land, Alabam: The Dexateens & Archibalds

Posted by Lance Davis - February 14, 2009 - Alabama, Archibalds, Dexateens, Drive-By Truckers, Gourds, Neckbones, Quadrajets, Sam's Town Point, Tim Kerr

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“A lot of people don’t realize what’s really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidents and things. They don’t realize that there’s this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. Give you an example, show you what I mean. Suppose you’re thinkin’ about a plate of shrimp. […]