Thanks for your response, Rod:) Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Living Is the Best Revenge was a definite favorite of mine and 61/49 was quite a surprise for me as it was one for the best Romantics albums since the early 80s.

Living Is the Best Revenge was a definite favorite of mine and 61/49 was quite a surprise for me as it was one for the best Romantics albums since the early 80s.

Hi Peter,

glad to hear that, even if some fans out there now are unhappy ;-)! Have fun with all the nostaglia!

@ Mike: Well said! It felt like that to me.

Cheers, Doc

Good decision, this thread looked like the musical version of an online suicide.

aye aye sir... Andy Climax said:

i think it was 'Clockwork orange' haha

Oi! Punk etc. All the same moniker really. Just a reaction to the shit that was happening in Britain at the time. I believe the same shit was happening in New York and Detroit at the same time. Oi! was born of the skinhead/suedehead movement, and was more racially motivated. The skinheads came directly from the old punks who were totally disillusioned with the commercial crap that the clash and the pistols etc were eventually comin out with. So its all punk really. Like the hippy thing in the 50's and 60's, punk was'nt and is'nt a fashion thing, its a way of life and thinking

i think it was 'Clockwork orange' haha

what movie was that? Andy Climax said:

'A funny thing happened to me on the way to the forum', as the old movie title once said. This is a great wee place as we are all here not by accident but because of our love for all things punk, past and future. Facebook et al are worldwide platforms for the wonderful and the sad, this site i think is a wee bit more sublime than that. Theres no one-upmanship or point gaining, and yes i think we are all a bit 'Anorak', but only because we have a real passion for this kinda thing, to the extent that it transcends the music and art and then becomes a lifestyle choice. 'Art for Arts Sake' as one shitty Brittish band once lauded. Like the Muppets, we welcome all people here coz we know you live and love the same air we do. Zoe yer an absolute star. As King Jello Biafra once said, 'Keep it real, and be prepared!!!

I saw Hedwig and the Angry Inch. I thought it was a really good movie, but I wish there'd been an extra half hour to it making it a little clearer.

I really need to catch up on the 2000's it looks like. I didn't even know about the Cynics album you mentioned.

I don't know. That's my least favorite record of theirs I think. For me, it's the first three(if you can find them) and the last three studio recordings. Where the Action Is was for me the best follow up to Don't Open Til Doomsday.

Outstanding record. Keeps the party rockin'.

Yeah, I've got that one. In fact, I think it was the first of theirs that I bought on CD. It's a good album, but not my favorite by them by a long shot.

Yeah they can be hard to find in stores. If anybody is interested, you can get them here: http://www.deltamedia.com/pg_blank_audio_cassettes_new.html?id=vc448Hcz You can get different colors and whatever time you want, really cheap too. No this isn't an ad! Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Unless I want to record over old cassettes, I can't even find tapes to record onto. The last two I have were bought three years ago and I'm using them for demos when I finally get around to it.

Unless I want to record over old cassettes, I can't even find tapes to record onto. The last two I have were bought three years ago and I'm using them for demos when I finally get around to it.

So it's basically a podcast then. Cool. Alex said:

Obviously not literal mixtapes. MP3 mixes. He's taken mixtapes into the 21st century. Anyway, any punk that doesn't know about his "Lux and Ivy's Favorites" series is really missing out. Go get all 14 volumes.

TeenFink said:

how does one 'download' a cassette tape?

Alex said:

You should start by downloading anything by Kogar the Swinging Ape. He makes a ton of great tapes. Best known are the Lux & Ivy's Favorites series.

Obviously not literal mixtapes. MP3 mixes. He's taken mixtapes into the 21st century. Anyway, any punk that doesn't know about his "Lux and Ivy's Favorites" series is really missing out. Go get all 14 volumes. TeenFink said:

how does one 'download' a cassette tape?

Alex said:

You should start by downloading anything by Kogar the Swinging Ape. He makes a ton of great tapes. Best known are the Lux & Ivy's Favorites series.

Is that you Lars? haha. Mike Humsgreen said:

You casette traders are killing the music industry!

You casette traders are killing the music industry!

In the punk world, they never went away. Also it's the same impulse that kept vinyl going during the lean years. Plus they are dirt cheap. I prefer vinyl, but I still think there is something to cassettes. I can give a bunch of good reasons for using them. I started making them as a kid, and just never stopped. I drive an old car with a cassette player, so it makes sense for me to have some. They are great for people in poorer countries where not everybody has a computer or CD burner. Especially if you're in a band in a place like this, and need a really cheap way to distribute your songs. I'm always gonna support people listening and buying music in a physical way (cassette, vinyl, CD) over mp3s. Mp3s definitely have their place and are useful in a lot of ways, but I much prefer actually owning something and being able to hold the cover in the hand while I listen to it. Yeah it's kind of obnoxious to think about people being nostalgic about CDs someday once that format finally dies. But it's gonna happen, that's the way of the world. People usually feel that way about whatever they were doing/listening to as a kid or teenager. kopper said:

I dunno, I'm really having a hard time wrapping my head around this whole resurgence in the popularity of cassette tapes. It leans ominously close to the hipster ironic-nostalgia thing... but then, I'm old and grumpy most of the time, so... you know...

I just can't wait until people get nostalgic about CDs... ;)

how does one 'download' a cassette tape? Alex said:

You should start by downloading anything by Kogar the Swinging Ape. He makes a ton of great tapes. Best known are the Lux & Ivy's Favorites series.

I dunno, I'm really having a hard time wrapping my head around this whole resurgence in the popularity of cassette tapes. It leans ominously close to the hipster ironic-nostalgia thing... but then, I'm old and grumpy most of the time, so... you know...

I just can't wait until people get nostalgic about CDs... ;)

Fuck yeah! Welcome back to the... airwaves? Tubes? Whatever, listening now!

Good to have you back podcasting!

For what its worth, Danelectro makes the 'Spring King', real spring reverb for around $150.00, it'll even crash waves when you kick it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGgEwpzeOHE Johnny Danger said:

I'm thinking a fender tank, though I'm not too snobby to try a pedal.

I just got me that Boss FRV-1 'tank' pedal ... I really dig how it sounds and it's really cheap. It'll probably take me years to get around to saving/building a real tank and this'll definately tide me over.