THE FIVE YEAR PLAN / POST.

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Plan?
What plan?
There never was a plan …

I certainly never thought I'd still be "writing a blog" about bands & records that I don't give a shit if anyone else besides myself fawns over.
My taste has only gotten more extreme (or worse if you ask some people), and my "photoshop skills" haven't broken any new ground - HA! - but I don't care - never have. What's the point?
In the end, I'm still having fun doing this. I have managed to crank out a post a week or so (almost / usually) so while I ain't so hella prolific in that department, I AM STILL FUCKIN' HERE .

I've outlasted quite a few - thought I'd pack it in a few times - but when I look around & see how many blogs I was buddies with over the years who have hung it up (for whatever reason), well then… that just gives me fuel to keep going!

The comments have waned over the years, but you really can't expect much from the internetz, honestly. This is my labor of love (not sure it's love, but it "is what it is"), and if you enjoy the ride that I provide, then let me know once in a while.

Thanks for listening, and hopefully you'll still be hanging in for whatever comes next.

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And now on to year six we go...

Squirrel Bait were "The Princes of Louisville, Kentucky" back in the halcyon days of the Mid-Eighties. A band of teenage bros who had chops for days, and wrote - for lack of better term - "post-hardcore" at a level way beyond their years (much like the chops they possessed.

While they only put out two short albums back in the day, those became the soundtrack to my skate-fueled "post-high school slacker life" that I had embarked on. Late nights & sweaty sessions grinding curbs all night on 10" x 30" decks w/ a boombox, a ratty cassette, some cold beers & a bag of dirt-weed. (That's all I needed anyways).
Here's a wonderfully fucking rare live recording of The 'Bait tearing it up in Minneapolis in 1986. Try to keep in mind that these guys were still in high school at the time. Makes you kind of feel like a chump, don't it? While I never cared for any of the other mega-bands that these fellas were involved with in the years to come, Squirrel Bait remains a VERY special band to me, and that won't change.
Guaranteed.

Squirrel Bait - 01.03.1986 Minneapolis, MN.

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INCINERATE.

Incinerate hail from that hotbed of gory-death metal known as Maplewood, MN.
They certainly hate that Jesus guy - even more than myself, I suppose - which ain't an easy thing to do (considering 12 years of Catholickkk School made me the fabulous human being that I am today).

The bros who call themselves Incinerate lay down a mean stripped-down version of Suffocation worship - I mean that in the best possible way. There are many pretenders to that throne, yet few can do it w/ more than just speed; Incinerate lay down some interesting tempos, riffs, time changes, etc.

If you dig this record, then definitely check out their newest release "Anatomize" which takes the formula even further. Good stuff from the Heartlands of America...



Incinerate - Dissecting the Angels

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WILLFUL NEGLECT.

Well, here's to a new year, a new Administration here in the U.S., your good health & prosperity, etc.

I guess now is the time once again to say THANK YOU to all of you out there who I have made friends with through this blog.
All your meaningful comments have made doing this blog just that much more fun for me to continue doing this thing.

This blog has never been about being cool/being first with the early leak/etc.
It's just been something I like to do, that is, share great music, get the stories in my head out, & flex my Photoshop muscles at the same time!
So, to all of you, I say thanks for putting up with my obsessiveness.

Keep the stories, info, requests & comments coming my way - THANKS.

Now on to the first post of 2009...

Willful Neglect were a very early 80's HC band from the Twin Cities area that may have gone unheard by many. A powerful and unique sound emanated from these guys - they didn't sound like the other "more famous" bands from the area - and all this kick-ass racket from a bunch of 20 year olds.

Truly a record you should all have in your "classic" HC collection.



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Willful Neglect - 1982-1984




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