Something to do.

I was listening to/digitizing some new arrivals and thinking about next big things I want to post from recent obsessions.
I ended up quarantining a large list of MN cds from the 90's into their very own folder in the SSC folder titled "MN Rocks" with the intent that in some future time I will spend a few months running down a long list of the local stuff that nobody outside of the Twin Cities Metro ever really heard. Still a few holes I need to plug to make it be what I want so who knows when it will happen.

I'll probably end up running with a Duke Ellington radio bootleg bonanza before that.

Or I'll just continue to peck away with the things that are still clogging up the SSC works waiting for their day in the spotlight.

Speaking of which..

Liquorice (1995)

Discogs sez:

" US indie 'supergroup' Liquorice featured Jenny Toomey (Tsunami (6), Grenadine), Dan Littleton (The Hated, Ida (3)) and Trey Many (His Name Is Alive). Jenny and Dan were close friends and had been playing music together sporadically for the several years. However, commitments to their main bands made collaboration increasingly difficult. In 1995, Ivo invited Jenny to make a one-off solo album for 4AD. She worked with Dan on the demos and Liquorice was born...

I tend to believe them. They seem like they know what they're talking about.

Bad September (1990)


On the other side of the globe and five years previous the Kryptonics from Perth, Australia released their final blurt into the world. Notable for a couple of fine original hard and fast Aussie punk pop and a reasonable cover of the oft covered "Another Girl, Another Planet" by the Only Ones.
It's not the sort of thing you might seek out for itself, but one that you find coming across your random play and nodding along with while you're driving.


Maybe you ought to go on a road trip.

This is not a suggestion.

I'm Going to Turn the Coffee Back On

I could use another cup to get through the next few hours.

Farrahclones (1978)

One gets the feeling that Mark Hoback and his band probably didn't get laid much.

First off he's a bit bitter about the number of vapid blondes with the feathered flip hairstyle who just don't have the kind of emotional depth that a complicated man like him requires. He's a real man who knows how to treat a full grown woman. But these easy ladies are just not for him.

Flip the record over and we're into the friendzone and our gentlesir just can't quite seem to take a hint.
He's "left her with his number a number of times" and he's "left her with a number of dimes"* and she still won't call him back and give him a chance to treat her like a real woman deserves to be treated.

It's so sad. Women are so shallow.

*For our younger viewers, before telephones became cameras you could put in your pocket and use to send text messages so you don't actually have to listen to other people talk, there used to exist in public places a thing known colloquially as a "Payphone" which accepted money in order for one to talk to somebody for a period of minutes before rudely cutting you off or extorting another quantity of small change to continue the conversation. In the 70's this price was 10 cents.

Launderette (1981)

Vivien Goldman. 

Dub & reggae influenced single. A-side produced with  John Lydon & Keith Levene from PiL. 

You  can decide if this is in your wheel house. 

At least she's not some kind of Farrah clone.

Linked by general geography

More or less, give or take etc...

Food For Worms (1981)

These guys were from Baltimore which goes a long way to explaining why their record label is Balto Weird Records. There's a farfisa. Some minor chords and a garagey nu-wave vibe. They don't want to be president. I don't blame them. It would really cut down on how much golf you could play. (At least for legitimate ones anyway.)

Eggs (1993)

These guys were from the DC area and on Teenbeat records.
That is all.

Well Fuck You Too (or Holy Fucking Hell Not More Fucking Boyracer)

Fuck You, Tiger (1995)

It's Air Miami again.

That is all.


And also:

Boyracer/Sabine split flexi (1993)

Yeah, more fucking Boyracer. Deal with it.

Sabine are related to Veronica Lake. They share two members in common. I'll post some Veronica Lake sometime later in this century.

You've got nothing better to do