Tag: down2shuck
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Welcome to the Jungle – Los Angeles Rock Review, October 1989
Y’all ready to rock out with your cock out? I picked up this issue of Los Angeles Rock Review from October 1989 and it’s a perfect time capsule of the LA music scene at that time. It’s mostly hair metal, but we do have a little bit of punk rock and it goes a little…
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Trouser Press Thursdays – October 1979
So we got David Bowie for October. Not totally spooky, but certainly spookier than say….Elvis Costello? I have one big complaint about this issue: Who in the fuck was their artist? Both this cover and the artwork for the Bowie article is fucking TERRRRRRRIBLE. Now I get it – not everyone can be Jack Davis…
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Trouser Press Thursdays – August 1979
I’m apologizing in advance: I’m getting an endoscopy later today (the day I’m writing this), so I’m hangry and thirsty and it may effect my attitude while writing this weeks review. Hopefully in a good way, because we all know my writing and opinion is shit. Good thing I’m not getting a colonoscopy. Anyways, this…
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Trouser Press Thursdays – July 1979
So last week there was no Trouser Press Thursdays because I was out of town. I thought I might have been able to get it done before leaving, but that never happened. No big deal. But I was STRUGGLIN’ this week while doing this review. One thing I like about this magazine is that it…
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Trouser Press Thursdays – June 1979
What’s so funny about peace, love, and understanding? Actually, I find all of it boring. Just like this June 1979 issue of Trouser Press. Despite having some articles and interviews with some of my favorite bands, this issue was a real snooze fest. The Elvis article was just some bloke waxing poetic about him, because…
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Cafeteria plan
One promising thing to come out of this pandemic is the return (hopefully) of cafeterias and cafeteria-style dining.
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Trouser Press Thursdays – May 1979
Nobody told me there’d be lots of cool ads in this issue. I’ll be honest – I’m not a John Lennon fan at all. Yeah, he did some great music, but I don’t like how he treated people (including his own son.) But surprise – I don’t hate Yoko. Yeah, I use the term “Yoko-ing”…
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Trouser Press Thursdays #3 – April 1979
This week we join Trouser Press Magazine as they celebrate their 5th Anniversary. There’s lots of reminiscing, good and bad, and I enjoyed their “Five Year Calendar” that marked important things that happened in music. There’s also a lot of bitching and complaining, which I was totally expecting. Overall, a pretty good issue with lots…
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Trouser Press Thursdays #2 – February 1979
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Let’s take a walk on the mild side with this issue from February 1979. And when I say mild, I mean meh. I’m not a big Lou Reed fan and I’m fine with that. But this entire issue is kind of meh. Not a lot of bands I’m into and the new bands sounded like…
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Trouser Press Thursdays #1 – January 1979
Fun Fact #1: Devo is one of my favorite bands, so it’s great to see them kicking off the New Year and this blog series. Fun Fact #2: I wasn’t alive when this issue came out. I was born in March 1979. With the headline of this issue being “DEVO: Future of Rock or Total…
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