LA Derby Dolls presents Fight Crew vs Varsity Brawlers – at The Doll Factory – Los Angeles, CA

Back from summer hiatus, Southern California’s renowned all-female derby league, LA Derby Dolls, presented a close scoring and brutal brawl between the Fight Crew and newbie team, Varsity Brawlers. The ladies came out with a vengeance putting on one of the best bouts this hard core bank track roller derby fan has seen in Read more

What else would I be doing …if

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if I was obsessed with something other than Punk rock. It would be very convenient if I could apply the same amount of devotion to going to shows and collecting records to something more lucrative, such as accounting or selling real estate. Instead I spend most of my energy on a lifestyle that drains my time and money at a sometimes alarming rate.

When I think about how much I have invested into going to punk shows it actually gets to be pretty pathetic. For example Read more

Punk Rock Academy Fight Song – Kick It Over

I once kicked the school janitor square in the ass and got away with it! Now I’m not an advocate of random violence and I’m sure as hell not a spoiled brat who gets off on tormenting blue collar working guys. But I must say that I can write this with a mix of pride and disbelief. Pride because I stood up for myself and disbelief because after 20 odd years I can look back at this incident which could have landed me in a ton of hot water and use it to illustrate something positive.
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The Casualties – Krum Bums – Mouth Sewn Shut – Destructive Bastards – Glass House – Pomona, CA

It was 7:10pm when I arrived at the Glasshouse in Pomona and the place was swarmed with people. Many formed a line waiting to get inside, others were walking around trying to get money, and many were just sitting across the street waiting for the show to start or for their friends to arrive. There was another interesting thing that was going on in Second Street that I have never seen before. Read more

Have Heart – Ceremony – Shipwreck – Cruel Hand – Foundation – Bitter End – at Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA

Chain Reaction has a no reentry policy which can make living conditions pretty brutal at some of their shows, especially during this Summer. This along with the fact that I kept running into old friends in Chain’s parking lot ended up meaning that I put off going inside for as long as I could. I saw some bits and pieces of Shipwreck, who were brutal as always. Read more

The Mapes – The Peccadilloes – Loud Pipes – The Gerbils V 2.0 – 1/2 Ast – at Boomers – Las Vegas, NV

First up was a local Las Vegas band, The Gerbils V2.0 With only a bass player and a drummer these guys banged out a set you would expect to hear from a full band, with guitars etc. They rocked Boomers. With just a 2 piece band they made it work. Very cool band. I can only imagine how awesome Read more

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