Not too much to write, except that I am pissed about a new K Mart commercial.
On a rainy friday night in February 1996, me and my friend Lan took the train and a bus from Davis to Sactown to buy Fugazi tickets at the Beat, an bizarrely overpriced independent record store in midtown Sac. After we bought enough tickets for about a dozen friends and figured out that Hamburger Mary's is primarily a gay establishment, Lan wanted to show me a loft space behind a book store in midtown.
We climbed the steps to the Hindenburg, a punk music record store collective and zine library. I never felt punk enough in this kind of damp, dark punker kinda place, but the kids there were really friendly. The vibe was much more relaxed than Epicenter Zone in the Mission and I had a good time.
After talking with a couple of young anarchist hitchikers, I left there with a record that I had heard good things about, "J.D. Salinger" by the Wynona Riders. The cover art references the burgundy and mustard colored cover of the _Catcher in the Rye_, the institutional version most of us read in high school. Inside the sleeve, the two 12" records, a 7", and ample liner notes of teen outsider angst not only held the spirit of the novel but also turned the record into one of my favorite poppy punk records. It's a good balance of original writing and some well placed and funny cover songs.
The best cover song is a version of the early 80s Kim Wilde hit "Kids in America" and it really illustrated what a great little punk song that it. It's up there with J-Church's version of Radiohead's "Creep".
Anyway, there's a new K Mart Back to School commercial feature the Riders' version.
I am plagued by Back To School commercials. Time to turn off the TV.
Oh, and it's still hotter than hell in Sacramento. Bleck.
On a rainy friday night in February 1996, me and my friend Lan took the train and a bus from Davis to Sactown to buy Fugazi tickets at the Beat, an bizarrely overpriced independent record store in midtown Sac. After we bought enough tickets for about a dozen friends and figured out that Hamburger Mary's is primarily a gay establishment, Lan wanted to show me a loft space behind a book store in midtown.
We climbed the steps to the Hindenburg, a punk music record store collective and zine library. I never felt punk enough in this kind of damp, dark punker kinda place, but the kids there were really friendly. The vibe was much more relaxed than Epicenter Zone in the Mission and I had a good time.
After talking with a couple of young anarchist hitchikers, I left there with a record that I had heard good things about, "J.D. Salinger" by the Wynona Riders. The cover art references the burgundy and mustard colored cover of the _Catcher in the Rye_, the institutional version most of us read in high school. Inside the sleeve, the two 12" records, a 7", and ample liner notes of teen outsider angst not only held the spirit of the novel but also turned the record into one of my favorite poppy punk records. It's a good balance of original writing and some well placed and funny cover songs.
The best cover song is a version of the early 80s Kim Wilde hit "Kids in America" and it really illustrated what a great little punk song that it. It's up there with J-Church's version of Radiohead's "Creep".
Anyway, there's a new K Mart Back to School commercial feature the Riders' version.
I am plagued by Back To School commercials. Time to turn off the TV.
Oh, and it's still hotter than hell in Sacramento. Bleck.
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