The Punk Vault

Late night

Last nite I ended up working until just after midnight. I had such a headache last nite that it made me sick to my stomach. I had a hard time sleeping but at least I got to sleep later today and not come in until noon. I still don’t feel quite...

Sleep aways escapes me

I’m so tired today that I am having trouble keeping my eyes open. I wish I could take a nap. Thankfully the day at work is almost done for me. I needed to go get an oil change in the car but I decided to blow it off and not call to schedule...

Good friends visit

Last nite, Kristine came by and brought me dinner and kept me company to help keep my sanity since I’m trapped in the house while recovering. It was nice to have company since I’m starting to get cabin fever big time. She brought me...

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S.C. gets a facelift

Yesterday I uploaded the new look for the Spontaneous Combustion site. I got sick of the old one, plus the way I used to do it before meant having to add that navbar at the top to every single page and it got to be a...

Warfrat Tales Unabridged CD

Various Artists Warfrat Tales Unabridged CD Avebury Records If there is one problem with having a vault consisting of thousands of records is that there are plenty of them that you own, yet go ignored and damn near...

Selections from The Punk Vault [The Catatonics]

The Catatonics – Hunted Down 7″ EP (1984 Anorexic Nympho Records) The Catatonics were among the many standouts on the Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Volume Two compilation. Their song, “Descending in E”...

LFCM November recording session

Last night we had another recording session for our “Live From Combustion Manor” radio show. Sadly out planned special guest, Barry, couldn’t make it out for the show. Hopefully he can come out for the...

The many flavors of: Minutemen – Paranoid Time 7″

The first Minutemen single, which just so happens to be one of my favorite releases from the band, came in a few different variations over the years that it was in print. Not only were there a few different US...

Any WordPress experts out there?

Anyone reading this know much about how WordPress works? I have a big problem with it. Suddenly all email from it stopped working. I don’t get any notifications of any sort, not for comments, recovering lost...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I hope everyone who reads this has a great day and stuffs themselves into a food coma while eating the best meal of the year. As for me, I’ll be spending the day at my Uncle’s...

Bang Sugar Bang – Thwak Thwak Go Crazy CD

Bang Sugar Bang – Thwak Thwak Go Crazy CD SOS Records Though this is their second release, it is the first I’ve heard of this Southern California band. Upon reading the bio that was included with my CD...

Attention would be thieves

In case there may have been any question in the mind of all these image stealing assholes, let me make something perfectly clear. NO ONE HAS PERMISSION TO USE MY PHOTOS FROM THIS WEBSITE FOR ANY REASON WITHOUT WRITTEN...

LFCM October 2005 episode 3 now available!

I just posted the newest episode of our “Live from Combustion Manor” (or LFCM for short) radio show/podcast (or punkcast as I’d like to call it). Lots of great old punk tunes and some (hopefully)...