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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Since By Man 8/13/05 at Bottom Lounge

Last night I went to see Since By Man play at the Bottom Lounge. I ended up having to go by myself because no one I knew either could, or wanted to, go with, not even for free! Remind me to kill all of my friends seeing...

Curl Up And Die
8/11/05 at The House

Last night, youngdave, his friend Vince, and I made the trek again to the toilet known as DeKalb, IL to see the quick return of Curl Up and Die at The House. We were pretty stoked at the opportunity to see them just two...

Of thanks and life

Just some various odds and ends. I’d like to thank Thor for once again helping me with something blog related. I couldn’t seem to figure out why the redirect script I installed to get people to the new blog...

Selections from The Punk Vault [Serial Killers]

Serial Killers – Roadside Rendezvous LP (1987 Plus Records) I can’t recall how I first came to hear of this band, it was either the fact that someone from Condemned to Death was playing with them and I read...

Planes Mistaken for Stars
8/6/05 at Bottom Lounge

Last night I went to the Bottom Lounge to see Planes Mistaken for Stars. After a raping at the gas pump at $2.39 a gallon (which one gallon is more than I am making an hour right now seeing as I’m unemployed!) and...

The many flavors of:
Adrenalin OD – Let’s BBQ 7″

The first single from these New Jersey based jokesters came in a couple different variations in the short time it was available. The first pressing had red letters on the sleeve, and on the back cover, they scratched...

Curl Up And Die
7/28/05 in DeKalb, IL

Last nite, youngdave and I made the trek out to DeKalb, IL to see Curl Up and Die play. It was a band we had been waiting two years to see again. Young came out from the city and we met up and my place and hit the road...

More Frontier colored vinyl

Lisa Fancher, owner of Frontier Records, sent me a little care package in the mail. In it was the latest 3 colored vinyl reissues of some of the classic punk albums on the label. Not only do they come on sweet colors...