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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...

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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...

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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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The many flavors of: Gang Green – Sold Out 7″

This record has the distinction of not only being Gang Green’s debut record, but also it was the first release on the now infamous Taang! Records. Taang was started by a fellow named Curtis, who was a big record...

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March 12, 2005

Flipside Fanzine, gone but not forgotten

In my mid-teens while in high school, I discovered Flipside Fanzine for the first time when I bought a copy of it at the Rose Records in Naperville (this is when Devon Brock from Out of Order was the buyer and before...

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March 10, 2005

The problem with wrestling today

While watching Raw this week I got to thinking about something that has been bothering me about the product for quite some time, something that I feel is partially responsible for the reason they don’t have as...

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March 10, 2005

R.I.P. Debra Hill

Debra Hill, co-creator of one of my all time favorite movies, Halloween, has died. She worked with John Carpenter on a lot of films, many of which rank among my favorites and she was in the process of working on the...

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March 8, 2005

Mr. Potato Head goes to Sin City

The next time I received one of the mystery envelopes in the mail, it contained the photographic document of Mr. P’s visit to Las Vegas. It would appear the little spud likes to gamble and see some shows. I wonder...

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March 8, 2005

Return to the Palace

Since the company I work for moved offices last spring to that wonderful toilet known as Ravenswood, a co-worker and myself have been lamenting the loss of our Friday tradition, lunch at the Palace Grill. For those not...

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March 6, 2005

The many flavors of: Necros – IQ32 7″

I covered the Necros in a past vault selection so I’ll skip the back story as it can be found there. This was their second release and was a split venture between Dischord and Touch and Go Records. Back then, and...

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March 5, 2005

Selections from The Punk Vault [Avengers]

Avengers – S/T LP (1983 CD Presents) In hindsight, I guess I could have included this as part of the feature from the other day, but since I like to keep those features as separate entities, you get two Avengers...

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March 3, 2005

Mr. Potato Head goes to Indiana – part 2

A few days after receiving the envelope from Mr. P, another one arrived postmarked from the same city. That must have been the end of his fun in the state famous for car racing and popcorn as the next envelope I...

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March 1, 2005