Oh, they were opening for (the incredible) Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, who I love but are also a known quantity. These folks were unexpected and had all the greater impact for it.

I really, really wanted one of these. But it wasn’t to be.

That guy was pretty good in GREEN ROOM (the only thing I’ve seen him in). I guess an insistent EXXXTREME techno soundtrack is supposed to inspire some kind of excitement in people.

Could be wonderful - guess I’ll never know.

I don’t know, man.

I’ll look into this. His work was hugely important to me during my dissipated 20s.

“London A-Z” is the long-running, pocket-sized London map book - assuming OP is British, and “A-Z” has become a generic term.

That’s why you give your Punk Bucks to true indie-owned businesses, kids. Though I feel bad for all those who were affected by the sketchy layoffs.

An old boss of mine collected them, and used one as part of his desk set. Apparently they were notoriously poorly made, and broke all the time even when new. You ended the call by setting it back down on your desk or table, which depressed a button.

I’d love for bands, venues and event promoters to list their upcoming shows on Mastodon. But I can’t really see it happening in the immediate future, since they have to cast the broadest possible net to lure people in. I tend to go to a lot of punk / garage shows (it’s an emotional outlet, I guess) and they’re allllll advertised exclusively on Instagram, often with AI-gen flyers. To add insult to injury.

There was an old guy with the first name “Adolf” at my parents’ church when I was a kid in the 1970s.

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