Browsing all 8 posts tagged with punk-rock.
Monday, March 6th, 2006
Sunday morning I was presented with a blank screen after firing up my PC. Switched over to the Mac and everything’s a-ok. Son-of-a! Time for a new video card. I jumped on the local shop websites to see what was in stock. What do you know… nothing! Suddenly my plans to do absolutely nothing turned into a road trip to pick up a new video card. Luckily, I was able to score the new AGP version of the Nvidia 7800 for a reasonable price and only half an hour out of the way. I know it’s time to make the jump to a PCI-Express enabled mother board, but that means a new processor and reformatting so I’m holding out and will just get a whole new machine. I was going to upgrade any more on my current rig, but this was kind of unavoidable. And I’m not going to complain about having a 7800 in my box. 
Sunday, September 11th, 2005
It’s been over 2 years since the first time I tore my face off listening to Tomorrow Come Today. Since then, Boysetsfire have been pretty quiet. I remember them playing one show in Toronto in the summer of 2003, but I think that was the only time they were up here in the past few years. Their online presence has been pretty dismal as well. Weird, right? Not really actually. You see, before the release of Tomorrow Come Today, BSF signed to Wind-Up Records (if you’re a friend of mine, you already know …
Thursday, May 19th, 2005
Various sources are reporting that Matt Freeman of Rancid and Operation Ivy fame, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. Truly sad news as Matt’s one of the greatest bassists of our time. Period. Hopefully, it was caught early enough that he can be treated and overcome this.
The Transplants (featuring Tim Armstrong of Rancid) were scheduled to play the Warped Tour kick-off show as the special guest headliners, but cancelled when they heard the news.
Suck.
Update: Tuesday, June 28 2005
From the Epitaph site…
Matt Freeman recently underwent a successful surgery and his
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
March 30th was a sad day for the Fat Wreck Chords family as we learned about the passing of Derrick Plourde. Derrick played drums on the very first Fat release, Duh, and we consider him one of the founders of the label as well as a great friend. His profound talents can be heard on all of the early Lagwagon albums and also on recordings from Mad Caddies, The Ataris, and Bad Astronaut. Above all, Derrick was a great guy who will be sorely missed and will always remain a member of the Fat family.
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
Last Fall I saw The Suicide Machines in Toronto for the 9th time. They played a killer mix of old and new in what can be best described as a ‘best of’ collection. A few times between songs, Jay (singer) mentioned how grateful they were that so many people had come out as it’ll be the last time they’ll be around for quite some time. I though for sure they were done after the tour.
When I was at HMV yesterday picking up the John Butler Trio album that finally got released in North America …
Friday, February 4th, 2005
First off – fuck yeah! It’s been a while since I’ve had my ass kicked, and Comeback Kid did just that with their new album, Wake The Dead.
Recorded at The Blasting Room with Mr. Bill Stevenson (of Only Crime, Descendents/All, Black Flag fame), this album is super hard-hitting and just plain awesome through-and-through! It reminds me of the first couple Raised Fist albums combined with some Kid Dynamite, Good Riddance and lots of balls. Tons of balls even! This album reeks of balls! Ok, that’s a little gross… but you get the …
Wednesday, January 26th, 2005
The first time I listened to this album, I swear I was transported back to 1995. Looking back on so many great memories; my first big show – Rancid with AFI at the Warehouse, endless days of skateboarding and rocking my first band. So rad!
I will admit, I haven’t been super into Lagwagon since the original drummer left and being disappointed by their mediocre performance at Warped Tour ’97. But that hasn’t stopped me from loving this record and has actually got me listening to their newer albums with a new found fondness.…
Sunday, December 5th, 2004
Well, it’s finally happened. Canada has it’s own iTunes store.
Having read Downhill Battle’s take on iTunes, I wasn’t too stoked to jump on board and start handing my money over to the dinosaurs. But I was in a situation where I could either…
A. Never find the album I’ve been looking for since October 5th, when it was supposed to be released.
or…
B. Pay $8 and get it from iTunes instantly.
So yes, I gave in and shelled out my hard earned cash for some digital music that …
