Here in the U.S., tomorrow is Election Day. This is what we call the Mid-Term Elections, which means that we are not electing a President, which also means voter turnout will be lower than it was in 2004. The central political issue this year has been Iraq. This is a timely moment to say a [...]
Power, passion, peeking
The last couple posts have taken us in Eighties territory, which led me to dip into my extensive collection of 12″ records from that period. Boy, do I love a remix. First up is Midnight Oil with a remix of their first big hit “Power and the Passion,” taken from their 1982 album 10, 9, [...]
“What we do is secret”
Posting 45 Grave earlier this week got me a little nostalgic for the L.A. punk/new wave scene. I’ll do something more elaborate later on, but here’s a taste. L.A. has never got the props of some other American punk scenes. Maybe that’s valid. But I’ve got hometown pride and nostalgia, so you roll with what [...]