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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.
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ReplyDeleteCongrats of 5 years, in this racket that's an eternity, as you said many have come and gone. Your place was one of the first I discovered and was partially an inspiration to do my own thing, so thanx again for that. A tall glass of water and a wide cup of coffee to another five years of enlightening the masses.
ReplyDeletehaha I can't admit to ever liking Squirrel Bait... maybe this will open my mind!
ReplyDeleteHere's to another 5 years and then some, bruddah!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your consistency. I read a shitload about music day in and day out and I look forward to your posts. This blog's a diamond in the rough.
ReplyDeleteI'll simply say this:
ReplyDeleteLove you man.
Keep after it.
Keep up the good work, buddy.
ReplyDeleteLookin forward to the next 5 years! Thanx for reeminding of bands I'd forgotten about and introducing me to others I never knew existed.
ReplyDeleteFive years in and you're still getting new readers like me, so i am glad you kept going. Congrats & thanks for all the great posts and for the ones to come.
ReplyDeleteThis place is the fucking best. The variety is without compare. I don't always like everything you post, but I for damn sure have learned a lot and relived some great times via your hard work. Cheers my brother!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words, B7.
DeleteI mix it up all the time - I could go crazier - but no one really wants to hear about my love of thuggy underground East Coast 80's / 90's rap here, etc.