August 2007

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A New Deal for the Gulf Coast

Support the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project, and push Obama and Edwards to do the same (should we even bother with Clinton?). The basic idea is, let those affected by the 2005 hurricanes go to work on the reconstruction. Watch Edwards on New Orleans, check out "The Lower 9th Battles Back" in The Nation, and then read and circulate the important report from Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch, who write:

"On September 15, 2005, President Bush pledged that our nation would 'do what it takes, and stay as long as it takes,' to rebuild the Gulf Coast. Yet over 60,000 people are still in 'temporary' FEMA trailers, and houses, hospitals and schools across the region remain shuttered. For thousands of people, the Katrina recovery has failed.

"[Blueprint for Gulf Renewal: The Katrina Crisis and a Community Agenda for Action (pdf)], published in collaboration with Oxfam America and the Jewish Funds for Justice, looks at 80 statistical indicators and draws on interviews with more than 40 Gulf Coast leaders to identify roadblocks to recovery, and ways federal leaders can tackle critical needs in the region like housing, jobs and coastal protection.

"The study also features 'Where did the Katrina money go?'--an in-depth analysis of federal Katrina spending since 2005. The Institute reveals that, out of the $116 billion in Katrina funds allocated, less than 30% has gone towards long-term rebuilding--and less than half of that 30% has been spent, much less reached those most in need."

New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, two years later:

http://neworleansmusiciansclinic.org
http://southernstudies.org/gulfwatch
http://studenthurricanenetwork.org
http://www.survivorsvillage.com
http://louisianamusicfactory.com
http://www.solvingpoverty.com
http://squanderedheritage.com
http://commongroundrelief.org
http://justiceforneworleans.org
http://drkingcharterschool.org
http://handsonneworleans.org
http://stopglobalwarming.org
http://bestofneworleans.com
http://tipitinasfoundation.org
http://americaswetland.com
http://childrensdefense.org
http://www.zenithsvs.com
http://acorn.org/katrina
http://reneworleans.net
http://katrinaaction.org
http://nojazzfest.com
http://dirtycoast.com
http://vatul.net/blog
http://satchmo.com
http://nolevee.com
http://thegyac.org
http://cleanno.org
http://offbeat.com
http://levees.org
http://wwltv.com
http://nomrf.org
http://wdsu.com
http://wwoz.org
http://nola.com

New Orleans brass bands thread at I Love Music

Previous posts on New Orleans.

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at August 31, 2007 5:41 PM | Comments (2)

 

David Campbell: Mr. Blue Sky

Read my profile of David Campbell, the E.L.nO. guitarst and Local Show guest-host (more here), then go see him with the great local band Accident Clearinghouse on Friday opening for Le Cirque Rouge Cabaret and Burlesque at Lee's. Hope to make it after a day at the races.

Accident Clearinghouse also play the wedding of Dan Haugen (radio's "the Dan One") and Amy Softich (brilliant and beautiful sister of singer Sara Softich) on Sunday up in Northern Minnesota. Sara will sit in with the band.

I snapped the photo above when I caught Dan and Amy on what turned out to be their second date, in April 2006 at the Turf Club, and it was a happy epiphany: I knew both of them separately before they moved to Sioux Falls, had no idea they knew each other, saw them together, and in an instant knew they were perfect for each other. It's their first photo together. All happiness, Dan and Amy. Toasty and I can't wait.

Howwastheshow's photographer-about-town David de Young took great pictures of Sunday night's Suicide Commandos (MySpace) show at the Minnesota State Fair for the Howwastheshow flickr (including the one of Chris Osgood above), while Jim Walsh took a bunch more for emergent blogzine Reveille (that's "REV-illy," right?). Toasty and some guy with a beard are in both. It was a perfect night. (More at TCPunk.)

Here's a set list from the show (courtesy of Modern Radio message board): 1. Burn It Down 2. Attacking the Beat 3. She 4. Monster A Go Go 5. Tent 6. I’ll Wait 7. Little Red Book 8. Real Cool 9. The Hunter 10. Fireball 500 11. Nervous Breakdown 12 Slow Down (Beatles) 13. MotorBikin’ 14. You Can’t 15. It’s My Life (Animals) 16. Kidnapped 17. Weekend Warrior 18. I Need a Torch 19. Complicated Fun.

Recently posted elsewhere:

I talked about Twin Cities hip hop on WNYC radio in New York (8/20/07), Final show at the Toybox this Friday (CPCulture.com 8/29/07), Drinking and biking (CPBlotter.com 8/28/07), Mr. Blue Sky: Local Music's Most Optimistic Fan Joins the Current (City Pages 8/29/07), Seen Your Video: Rick Fuller turns his back on MTV to preserve the history of the local music scene (click photo above for full image; City Pages 8/22/07), Sound Unseen opens tonight with 1981 punk film (CPCulture.com 8/22/07) God Bows to Math: The Human Calculator Speaks (CPCulture.com 8/17/07), News Brief: You Are What You Drink (City Pages 8/15/07), North Vs. South Festival in Lawrence, Kansas this week (CPCulture.com 8/13/07), Join an archeological dig in downtown Minneapolis (CPCulture.com 8/7/07), 35W Bridge links (8/02/07)

Femi Kuti outshines the Wailers at the Zoo (Citypages.com 8/1/07), News Brief: Stressfree Advertising (City Pages 8/1/07), Teenage Riot: For a new all-ages scene, rock & roll can't wait (City Pages 8/1/07), with all-ages links (Complicatedfun.com 8/1/07), Tom Snyder, R.I.P. (CPCulture.com (7/30/07), How to be as big as John Travolta (CPCulture.com 7/24/07), Jazz man hit by car, makes cool album (CPCulture.com 7/24/07), Mud flaps by women for women (CPCulture.com 7/17/07), previous roundup

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at August 27, 2007 6:57 PM | Comments (0)

 

Madonna: Keep Pushing Me

A compilation of Madonna songs released between 1983 and 2005, using Youtube links here, for two sides of a 110-minute Maxell cassette tape. What's your favorite Madonna song? Her newest: "The Beat Goes On". (Above: Madonna in Rolling Stone in 1985; in New York in 1981, and 1982 with Jean-Michel Basquiat.)

Side One: Now I know you're mine

1. Into the Groove (1985)
2. Borderline (1983)
3. Like a Prayer (1989)
4. Love Profusion (2003)
5. Get Together (2005)
6. Live to Tell (1986, 1990 remix)
7. Holiday (1983, 1990 remix) [partial version of original video]
8. Who's That Girl (1987)
9. La Isla Bonita (1986, 1990 remix)
10. Take a Bow (1994, 2001 edit)
11. What It Feels Like for a Girl (2000)
12. Like a Virgin (1984, 2001 remaster)
13. I Love New York (2005, excerpt)

Side Two: I feel like I just got home

14. Dear Jessie (1989)
15. Deeper and Deeper (1992 7-inch edit)
16. Hung Up (2005)
17. Secret (1994, 2001 edit)
18. Frozen (1998, 2001 edit)
19. Justify My Love (1990)
20. Bad Girl (1992)
21. Sorry (2005)
22. Promise to Try (1989) (official video)
23. Mother and Father (2003)
24. Ray of Light (1998, radio edit)
25. Secret Garden (1992, excerpt)

All songs in their original mix except where noted.

From the albums:
2: Madonna (1983)
Madonna remastered (1983/2001)
12: Like a Virgin remastered (1984/2001)
1: "Into the Groove" single (1985)
True Blue (1986)
8: Who's That Girl Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1987)
You Can Dance [dance remixes] (1987)
3, 14, 22: Like a Prayer (1989)
I'm Breathless (1990)
6, 7, 9, 19: The Immaculate Collection [remixed and edited hits] (1990)
20, 25: Erotica (1992)
Bedtime Stories (1994)
Something to Remember (1995)
Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack (1996)
Ray of Light (1998)
11: Music (2000)
10, 15, 17, 18, 24: GHV2: Greatest Hits Volume 2 [edited hits] (2001)
4, 23: American Life (2003)
5, 13, 16, 21: Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)

Bonus videos: Everybody (1983), Lucky Star (1983), Burning Up (1983), Physical Attraction (1983, fan video), interview with Mark Goodman on MTV (1983), Material Girl (1984), Dress You Up (live, 1984), Angel (1984 promo video), Papa Don't Preach (1986), True Blue (1986), Open Your Heart (1986), Pepsi commercial (1989), Oh Father (1989), Cherish (1989), Express Yourself (1989), Vogue (1990), Sooner or Later (1990), Hanky Panky (1990), "Like a Virgin" scene from Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991), "Like a Virgin" discussion scene from Resevoir Dogs (1992), Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful (1992), Erotica (1992), Erotic Soul (with De La Soul, 1992), Bedtime Story (1994), Rain (1992), Human Nature (1994), I Want You
(1995, Marvin Gaye cover with Massive Attack), "interview" with Courtney Love (1995), Don't Cry For Me Argentina (1996), You Must Love Me (1996), Drowned World/Substitute for Love (1998), The Power of Goodbye (1998), Nothing Really Matters (1998), Beautiful Stranger (1999), Don't Tell Me (2000), Music (2000), American Pie (cover of Don McLean song, 2000), Die Another Day (2004), American Life (2003), Hollywood (2003), Britney/Christina kiss and Missy at 2003 MTV VMAs (2003), Nobody Knows Me (2003), Nothing Fails (2003), Jump (2005), Feel Good/Hung Up (live, with Gorillaz and De La Soul, 2005), BMW commercial (2006), HM commercial (2007), Hey You (2007)

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at August 26, 2007 1:58 AM | Comments (2)

 

Suicide Commandoes on a stick

The band that wrote the namesake of this blog plays a free show at the Minnesota State Fair Sunday opening for Fountains of Wayne. (Click image for larger flyer. Oh, and here's the version of "Complicated Fun" recorded for posterity during the Target commercial sessions with Magnolias singer John Freeman on vocals.) See you there!

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at August 24, 2007 10:04 PM | Comments (0)

 

Sound Unseen kicks off tonight

Read my profile of local-music filmmaker Rick Fuller (his website) and then head down to the Riverview Theater tonight if you're near Minneapolis to see his 7 Nights in the Entry, a must-watch 1981 documentary featuring early performances by Husker Du, the Replacements (click for a video sample), Fine Art, the Dads, Things That Fall Down, Hypstrz, the Neglectors, Rusty Jones & the Generals, the Situation, Wilma & The Wilburs, Stagger Lee, and Peer Group. It's screening as part of this week's Sound Unseen festival (reviews here, more here), which mostly takes place at the Ritz. Girls Rock!, which screens Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m., also looks pretty awesome. Afterparty tonight in the 7th St. Entry honoring "Artists of Distinction" Tony Paul (of KFAI), Dessa (of Doomtree) and Conrad (from First Avenue). See you at the Sound Unseen Dance Party Saturday! (CPCulture.com post, MNSpeak thread, TCPunk thread.)

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at August 22, 2007 2:54 PM | Comments (1)

 

Minutemen: Thinking Too Much Can Ruin a Good Time

Minutemen mixtape for two sides of a 110-minute Maxell cassette, 70 songs recorded between 1980 and 1985. Many of the links are alternate or live versions caught on videotape. What's your favorite Minutemen song?

Side One: Can you really be sure of the goddamn time of day? (turn handle, puppet)

1. Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth? (live)
2. I Felt Like a Gringo (alternate version from Radio Tokyo Tapes)
3. 9:30 a.m. May 2
4. Joe McCarthy's Ghost [here's live video]
5. Maybe Partying Will Help
6. Shit You Hear at Parties (alternate version from "Ballot Result")
7. Anxious Mo-Fo [here's "Retreat" and "Anxious Mo-Fo" live]
8. Definitions
9. Search [here's "Search" and "Static" live]
10. King of the Hill
11. Themselves (solo acoustic) [here it is live]
12. Disguises
13. The Only Minority [here's "The Only Minority" and more, acoustic]
14. Mr. Robot's Holy Orders [here's a live version, might swap on tape]
15. The Struggle
16. Working Men Are Pissed [here it is on Youtube]
17. This Ain't No Picnic [here's an alternate, and acoustic version]
18. Party With Me, Punker
19. Spillage
20. The Anchor [plus live video]
21. One Reporter's Opinion
22. Cut
23. Black Sheep
24. Cohesion
25. Fake Contest
26. Dream Told By Moto
27. Paranoid Chant
28. West Germany
29. Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
30. Nothing Indeed
31. The Toe Jam
32. Take 5, D.
33. Situations at Hand
34. '99
35. Two Beads at the End
36. My Part (solo acoustic)
37. Sickles and Hammers
38. Song for El Salvador

Side Two: In honesty, I scream it (hoping for hope is only a prayer)

39. No Parade
40. The Price of Paradise
41. The Big Stick
42. The Punch Line
43. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
44. If Reagan Played Disco
45. Jesus and Tequila [here's more audio]
46. Stories
47. Faith/East Wind
48. The Glory of Man
49. History Lesson
50. It's Expected I'm Gone
51. Courage
52. There Ain't Shit on TV Tonight
53. Static
54. Toadies
55. Clocks
56. Validation
57. Ruins
58. My Heart and the Real World
59. Straight Jacket
60. Shit from an Old Notebook
61. Take Our Test
62. History Lesson - Part II [here's live video]
63. Badges (live)
64. Corona [here's The Tour version]
65. I Felt Like a Gringo
66. What Is It?
67. No! No! No! to Draft and War (live cover of song by Sambia)/
68. Joe McCarthy's Ghost (live) [I was at this show. Anyone have the full tape?]
69. Little Man with a Gun in His Hand (version from Double Nickels on the Dime) [here's a live video, and more]
70. Hittin' the Bong
71. Love Dance
72. Closing Jam (excerpt)

From the records:

3: Cracks in the Sidewalk (various artists LP, New Alliance, November, 1980)
4, 8, 27, 37, 56: Paranoid Time (classic debut single, 45 7-inch EP, second record released by SST, December, 1980)
55: Chunks (various artists 45 LP, New Alliance, July, 1981)
9, 12, 15, 38, 39, 42, 49, 53, 57, 59: The Punch Line (classic debut album, 45 LP, first LP released by SST, November, 1981)
23: Joy (45 7-inch EP, New Alliance, recorded August, 1981)
44: Bean-Spill (EP, Thermidor, 1982)
13, 20, 25, 29, 34, 47: What Makes a Man Start Fires? (LP, SST, January, 1983)
2: The Best of the Radio Tokyo Tapes (various artists double LP, Chameleon, 1987)
22, 26, 31, 64: Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat (45 LP, SST, August, 1983)
16, 18: The Politics of Time (LP of unreleased music, New Alliance, 1984)
5, 7, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24, 28, 30, 32, 35, 43, 45, 48, 50, 52, 54, 58, 61, 63, 65, 69, 71: Double Nickels on the Dime (classic double LP, SST, 1984)
11: Neighborhood Rhythms (Patter Traffic) (various artists double LP, U.S. Freeway, 1984)
1: Great bootleg recording of Minutemen live, 12/1/84 (Thanks, Sonicfreak!)
10, 60: Project: Mersh (45 12-inch EP, SST, 1985)
33, 40, 41, 46, 51, 66, 70: 3-Way Tie (For Last) (LP, SST, 1985)
36: English as a Second Language (Talking Package) (various artists LP, 1988, U.S. Freeway/Enigma)
6, 62, 67, 68: "Ballot Result" (double LP of live and unreleased music, SST, 1986)
72: "Ballot Result" cassette release (ditto)

(Note: All non-SST-CD tracks are available at Corndogs.org except for "Clocks.")

D. Boon: guitar except on 32, lead vocals except on instrumentals and *
Mike Watt: bass, *lead or shared vocals on 1, 3, 9, 22, 44, 53, 56, 57, 61, 63
George Hurley: drums, *shared vocals on 57
Songwriting: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 32, 42, 43, 44, 48, 50, 54, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 65, 68 by Watt
5, 6, 13, 37, 53, 60 by Boon/Watt
7 (contrary to credits), 9, 14, 20, 23, 30, 34, 47, 52, 57 by Hurley/Watt
10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 24, 28, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 49, 51, 64, 70, 71 by Boon
31 by Boon/Cooper/Crane/Hurley/[Dirk] Vandenberg/Watt
33, 46, 66 by Kira/Watt
45 by [Joe] Carducci/Boon
56 by [Martin] Tamburovich/Watt
67 by Sambia
69 by [Chuck] Dukowski/Boon
72 by Boon/Hurley/Watt

More joyous Minutemen links

Video: 1985 interview material [from IRS's The Cutting Edge?] with Fear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TeekNb0E00

"9:30 May 2" analyzed at ILM
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=38677

Book: 33 1/3 book on Double Nickels on the Dime
http://www.amazon.com/Minutemens-Double-Nickels-Dime-33/dp/0826427871/ref=cm_pdp_review_teaser_product/103-3233196-3135803

A History of San Pedro Punk
http://www.angelsgateart.org/shows/punk_rock.html

A History of San Pedro Punk flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelsgate/sets/450090/

Video: "Ack Ack Ack Ack" (Urinals cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmvopN-hLZk

Video: "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love" (Van Halen cover)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YGybnHed8gw

American Hardcore
http://www.sonyclassics.com/americanhardcore/

Answers.com page
http://www.answers.com/topic/minutemen-band?cat=entertainment

"Ask Mike Watt" archive at TalkBass
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/archive/index.php/f-55.html

D. Boon MySpace page tribute
http://www.myspace.com/dboonspage

D. Boon obituaries
http://www.sidemouse.com/boon.htm

Big Boys Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Boys_(band)

Black Flag Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Flag_(band)

James Brown Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown

Captain Beefheart Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Beefheart

Chimpomatic interview with Mike Watt
http://www.chimpomatic.com/articles/mikewatt/index.php

Robert Christgau Minutemen reviews
http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Minutemen
http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/ourband-01.php
http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Mike+Watt
http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=firehose

The Clash
http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2006/11/complicated_cla.php

Byron Coley article on the Minutemen from 1985
http://www.sidemouse.com/bcoley.htm

John Coltrane
http://www.johncoltrane.com/

Corndogs.org
http://corndogs.org

Creedence Clearwater Revival Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival

CD: D. Boon & Friends
http://www.geocities.com/box_o_plenty/001.html
http://box-o-plenty.com/

"D. Boon in the Present Tense" (L.A. Weekly)
http://www.amazon.com/Sam-Minuteman-Can-Read-Book/dp/0064441075

Movie/video: The Decline of Western Civilization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_Western_Civilization

Blog: Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?
http://doyouwantnewwaveordoyouwantthetruth.blogspot.com/

Dos MySpace page
http://www.myspace.com/dosasintwo

LP: Double Nickels on the Dime (buy the vinyl of this, which has all 45 songs; but buy all the CDs, too)

Double Nickels on the Dime Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Nickels_on_the_Dime

Chuck Dukowski interview at Perfect Sound Forever
http://www.furious.com/Perfect/chuckdukowski.html

Dusted interview with Mike Watt after Minutemen "reunion"
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/176

Book: Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag
http://www.amazon.com/Get-Van-Road-Black-Flag/dp/1880985241

Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes (D. Boon's grave)
http://www.greenhillsmemorial.com/

Book: Hardcore California: A History of Punk and New Wave
http://www.amazon.com/Hardcore-California-History-Punk-Wave/dp/086719314X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-3233196-3135803?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187649489&sr=1-1

Hey Taxi (with George Hurley in 1980)
http://www.michaelandspider.com/past2present.html

The History Lesson tribute band
http://www.myspace.com/thehistorylesson

Husker Du database
http://world.std.com/~thirdave/hd.html

"I miss D. Boon" graffiti
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schlabotnik/131461984/

Interpunk (place to buy Minutemen records)
http://www.interpunk.com/

TV: IRS's The Cutting Edge (had segment on the Minutemen)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284720/

Video: "Joy at Sea" concert at Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/profile_video_blog?user=eurekamikefilm

Audio: Live at the 9:30 Club 1985 bootleg
http://hangoverhard.blogspot.com/2007/03/minutemen-live-at-930-club-washington.html

Live Music Archive page
http://www.archive.org/details/Minutemen

Martin Lyon Minutemen photos
http://martinlyon.com/minutemen/photos-minutemen.html

lyrics at Lyricwiki
http://lyricwiki.org/Minutemen

Maximum Wattage
http://www.maximumwattage.com/

Maximum Wattage message board
http://www.maximumwattage.com/phpbb2/

Meat Puppets
http://www.themeatpuppets.com/

Minuteflag MySpace page tribute
http://www.myspace.com/minuteflag

Video: Minutemen 1984 video
http://homepage.mac.com/jme/iMovieTheater9.html

Book: The Minutemen and Their World
http://www.amazon.com/Minutemen-Their-World-American-Century/dp/0809001209

"The Minutemen - Arguing with the Fish" by Joe Carducci
http://www.hootpage.com/hoot_carducci-spielsofa.html

Minutemen at Emusic
http://www.emusic.com/artist/Minutemen-MP3-Download/11613983.html

Minutemen at Live Music Archive
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Minutemen%20AND%20mediatype%3Aetree%20AND%20collection%3Aetree

Minutemen discography
http://www.idiot-dog.com/music/minutemen/indexm.html

Minutemen lyrics
http://www.go2lyrics.com/minutemen-lyrics-artist.html

Minutemen MySpace tribute page
http://www.myspace.com/theminutemen

"Minutemen: One Reporter's Opinion"
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/lowbrow/minutemen2.html

Minutemen page at Information Overload
http://mitglied.lycos.de/RaFuchs/musik/minmen/index.htm

Minutemen page at Kill from the Heart
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/usa/minutemen_main.html

Minutemen page at Stuk on Earth
http://www.stukonearth.com/minutemendiscography.html

Minutemen page by John Chedsey
http://www.ssmt-reviews.com/db/searchrev.php?artistID=746&showReview=true

Minutemen thread at ILM
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=4415

Minutemen Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minutemen_(band)

Movie: My Char-Broiled Burger With Brewer (2000)
http://www.chicagoreader.com/hitsville/000818.html

one MySpace blogger's opinion
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=149961403&blogID=298495448

Audio: Non-Plussed interview
http://www.corndogs.org/misc/minutemen_nonplussed_interview_1981.mp3

Blog: Number One Hit Song
http://www.numberonehitsong.com/

CD: Our Band Could Be Your Life: A Tribute to D. Boon and the Minutemen
http://littlebrotherrecords.com/ourband.html

Book: Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991
http://www.amazon.com/Our-Band-Could-Your-Life/dp/0316063797

Our Band Could Be Your Life review and essay
http://citypages.com/databank/22/1083/article9800.asp

Website: Party With Me Punker
http://www.partywithmepunker.com

Peck Park, San Pedro
http://www.laparks.org/dos/parks/facility/peckPk.htm

Perfect Sound Forever interview with Mike Watt
http://www.furious.com/Perfect/mikewatt.html

Raymond Pettibon Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Pettibon

The Plugz Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plugz

CD: The Pop Group, Y

"Punk is whatever we made it to be" D. Boon sticker
https://www.cafepress.com/hoothelp.18163361

Book: Rock and the Pop Narcotic
http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Pop-Narcotic-Joe-Carducci/dp/188098511X

Rockbill interview with the Minutemen
http://sidemouse.com/rockbill.htm

Rolling Stone article from 1985
http://www.thirdav.com/zinestuff/rs452.html

Rough Trade (all Minutemen CDs and records available through here)
http://www.roughtrade.com/

Saccharine Trust
http://www.saccharinetrust.com/

Sacred Grounds coffee house, San Pedro
http://www.sgrounds.com/

Book: Sam the Minuteman
http://www.amazon.com/Sam-Minuteman-Can-Read-Book/dp/0064441075

San Pedro High School Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pedro_High_School

Sidemouse: Watt Makes a Man Start Fires: A Mike Watt Tribute Page
http://sidemouse.com/

Sonic Youth
http://www.sonicyouth.com/

Book: Spiels of a Minuteman
http://www.oiedecravan.com/soon.html

SST Records at Emusic
http://www.emusic.com/browse/l/b/-dbm/a/0-0/1400116533/0.html

"The SST Records Story"
http://www.furious.com/Perfect/sst1.html

SST Records Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SST_Records

SST Superstore (doesn't appear to be working)
http://sstsuperstore.com/

Suburban Voice interview with the Minutemen
http://www.sidemouse.com/minutemen.htm
http://www.operationphoenixrecords.com/suburbanvoiceminutemen.html

Tar Babies
http://tarbabies.us/bartabbies/

Today in San Pedro Punk
http://www.angelsgateart.org/blog/?cat=15

Tom Troccoli on George Hurley and Spot
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=36525

Tom Troccoli interview (talks about D. Boon)
http://www.markprindle.com/troccoli-i.htm

Tom Troccoli's Minutemen set-lists cached
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:LFQuTjniSAwJ:www.sidemouse.com/troccoli.htm+%22Tom+Troccoli%22+minutemen&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

Trouser Press Minutemen discography
http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=minutemen

Truly Need #10 interview with the Minutemen
http://www.dementlieu.com/~obik/arc/other/mmen_tn10.html

Book: Ulysses
http://www.amazon.com/Ulysses-Modern-Library-James-Joyce/dp/0679600116

The Urinals Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Urinals

Varmintcong interview with Mike Watt
http://www.varmintcong.com/wattinterview.htm

Audio: "Vietnam" acoustic plus commentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q02GH4Vxqg

Radio/audio: The Watt from Pedro Show
http://twfps.com/

Mike Watt Hoot Page
http://www.hootpage.com/

Watt interview about Double Nickels
http://www.hootpage.com/hoot_watt-fournier06intrvw.html
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=59436154&blogID=247122916

Mike Watt/Minutemen discography at Sony
http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/Watt/disco.html

Mike Watt music MySpace page
http://www.myspace.com/wattfrompedromusic

Mike Watt MySpace page
http://www.myspace.com/wattfrompedro

Mike Watt Yahoo message group
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/mikewatt/

Book: We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk
http://www.amazon.com/We-Got-Neutron-Bomb-L/dp/0609807749

Movie/video: We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
http://www.theminutemen.com/

We Jam Econo MySpace page
http://www.myspace.com/wejamecono

We Jam Econo review links (I was too harsh on it; the movie's way inspiring)
http://blogs.citypages.com/ctg/2005/08/party_with_me_punker_in_a_movi.php

Wire
http://www.pinkflag.com/

Wire Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_(band)

Brad Zellar tribute to Double Nickels [I'll have to clean this up]
http://mt.laweekly.com/min/pscholtes/2004/04/i_hate_1984_the_minutemen.php

Minutemen at the 1984 Los Angeles Street Scene, photos by Eric Stringer, from the Maximum Wattage message board.

Brave Ear Magazine, Winter '86 No. 3

Thank you to Peter Rabid's 1985 Minutemen special on his WORT-FM show in Madison, New Needles, for inspiration in making this tape and other similar recent tapes for friends and Toasty. Whoever stole my tape of that show, and my An-Aesthetic zine with the Minutemen, out of my high-school locker, I hope you kept them all these years. Thanks to Nate Patrin for burning me songs from Corndogs.org, and to Sonicfreak for burning me that 1984 show. More links, graphics, and thoughts to come... Discussion thread at DUNation.

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at August 15, 2007 2:41 PM | Comments (3)

 

35W Bridge links

For those keeping up with news about the 35W Bridge tragedy, here are some useful links, far from complete:

City Pages updates
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/

Google map of bridge

Current MNDot footage of highway
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/tmc/trafficinfo/cameras_map.html

CNN footage of bridge collapsing
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/tmc/trafficinfo/cameras_map.html

Star Tribune gallery
http://www.startribune.com/10136/gallery/1338445.html

AP and Star Tribune photos at Livejournal
http://drugoi.livejournal.com/2280005.html

"Functionally deficient" bridges in Minnesota, PDF
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/programmanagement/pdf/planning_metro_dist.pdf

"Functionally deficient" and "structurally obsolete" bridges in the U.S
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/defbr06.htm

Bush's speech today
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2007/08/west_wing_and_a.php

Youtube footage
http://pages.e-democracy.org/35W_video

Alternate routes around 35W bridge, PDF
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/hottopics/35wDetour.pdf

Public Routes website for redirect
http://www.publicroutes.com

WCCO coverage
http://wcco.com/bridgecollapse

35W Bridge Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_Bridge

MNSpeak, ILX, and Modern Radio threads

Popular Mechanics editorial
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4219981.html

CNN on that bus
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/02/bridge.collapse.schoolbus/index.html

CNN: Bridge problems noted twice since 2001
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/02/bridge.structure/index.html

Bush coming on Saturday
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22181842-1702,00.html

Federal information on 35W
http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/

Overview of press coverage
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=127877

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at August 2, 2007 1:29 PM | Comments (1)

 

All-Ages All Week

Read my City Pages cover story on the new Minnesota all-ages music scene (click the above cover photo of Lee Marie Hostetter from Children 18:3 for a larger image), tell us what you think, peruse reactions at Modern Radio, then check out the photo gallery featuring more images by Jayme Halbritter (who shot the pictures in this post), and find more clubs and links at www.myspace.com/tcallagesclubs, my MySpace page for the scene.

All-ages punk shows changed my life 24 years ago, and doing this piece helped restore some of my enthusiasm for the diverse subcultures still calling themselves "punk": Listen to Gumbi (who sound like a fuzzbox mutation of the Minutemen--they confirm they're fans of the band), Children 18:3 (MySpace) (who make me want to bang my head on the rock of St. Peter), and Small Towns Burn a Little Slower (who make me love emo) to see what I mean. Note: If you're underage and love ska, MNSka are holding a Jamaican Independence Day Celebration at the Red Sea Monday. (Click the Small Towns photo below for a larger version.)

Posted by Peter S. Scholtes at August 1, 2007 4:50 PM | Comments (0)

 

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