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Ace of Records: “CAN’T HARDLY WAIT”

By Jessie Lynn The Replacements – “Can’t Hardly Wait” (Tim version) I’ll be there in an hour. It’d take half a month there...

Stefan BlitzSeptember 11, 2013

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Ace of Records: We Know

By Jessie Lynn How many punk bands can you think of who wear suits and fancy dresses on stage, and encourage their fans to...

Stefan BlitzAugust 28, 2013

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NAKED RAYGUN: We’re Here Now

Naked Raygun’s Jeff Pezzati and a smitten audience. Photo by Aaron Cynic. It is 1988. A group of Chicago punks loiter in the parking...

Stefan BlitzJuly 31, 2013

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As You Were: A Punk Comix Anthology #1 (review)

As You Were: A Punk Comix Anthology – Issue #1 (2013, Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club) Review by Jessie Lynn A lot of punks are...

Stefan BlitzJuly 18, 2013

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Ace of Records: I Know That Girl, There’s a Tattoo On Her Heart

By Jessie Lynn I’m still trying to work out the formatting for my new, improved column, and I think I’ve settled on something –...

Stefan BlitzJuly 3, 2013

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I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography
by Richard Hell (book review)

Review by Jessie Lynn I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography by Richard Hell (Ecco, 2013) Richard Hell – founding member...

Stefan BlitzJune 12, 2013

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Ace of Records: Punk Rock Changed Our Lives

By Jessie Lynn What’s cool, Jessie Lynn here, I used to write “Mix Tapes from the Midwest” and I haven’t abandoned Forces of Geek!...

Stefan BlitzJune 5, 2013

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
I’m Not Down

I set out to make this mix as though I were making a mix for a new friend who knew nothing of my musical...

Stefan BlitzMay 1, 2013

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
On The Road

I always get restless in the spring, after being cooped up all winter. What better way to celebrate my return to this column than...

Stefan BlitzApril 17, 2013

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
Cows, Beer, Punk Rock and Noise

Even in this day and age, there are people who think of the Midwest states as ‘flyover states’ – not only in the sense...

Stefan BlitzFebruary 20, 2013

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
Making Punk Month a Threat Again, Again

So you read the title of this column and you said – ‘What the hell is Punk Month?’ Let me try to explain it...

Stefan BlitzFebruary 6, 2013

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Mixtapes From The Midwest:
2012

The world didn’t end, but I did hear a lot of great music that I want to share with the world. Some of the...

Stefan BlitzJanuary 23, 2013

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SLAMDANCE 2013 Review:
JOSEPHINE AND THE ROACH

By Jessie Lynn Josephine and the Roach Directed by Jonathan Langager Written by Joe Swanson, Jonathan Langager Produced by Christie Hagenburger Damon Stea, Joe...

Stefan BlitzJanuary 23, 2013

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Mixtapes From The Midwest:
Punk Rock Warlord

December 22nd, 2012 marked a decade since Joe Strummer (born John Mellor) passed away. My best friend (the one who initially broke the news...

Stefan BlitzJanuary 9, 2013

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Mixtapes From The Midwest:
Like Loving a Woman With a Broken Nose

Chicago. Chicago. That toddlin’…nevermind. Chicago, home to some of the finest music ever made in the US of A. Chicago, my former home, and...

Stefan BlitzDecember 12, 2012

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
Let Fury Have the Hour

Music can be a powerful agent for change – it can wake you up to what’s really going on, and it can make you...

Stefan BlitzNovember 14, 2012

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
Let’s Have a Party, There’s a Full Moon in the Sky

I was going to do a playlist of Halloween songs, anyway, and I was thrilled when I found out this particular column would actually...

Stefan BlitzOctober 31, 2012

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
When Autumn Leaves Start to Fall

Autumn has come to the Midwest. The days are getting shorter. The geese are honking loudly in the ecstasy of their southward flights. On...

Stefan BlitzOctober 17, 2012

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
Forgotten Songs

Put simply – these are songs I used to love that, for whatever reason, I didn’t listen to for many years and have recently...

Stefan BlitzOctober 3, 2012

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
New Songs

The other day, I realized that 95% of the music I have mentioned in my column so far is at least a few years...

Stefan BlitzSeptember 19, 2012

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
I LIKE LOOKOUT!

Lookout Records, the seminal East Bay label, shut its doors this year, after 25 years of releasing some of the finest punk records on...

Stefan BlitzSeptember 5, 2012

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M ALL ABOUT – JESSIE LYNN’S THEME SONGS

If you could distill my personality and my life into a mix tape, this would be it. The initial draft for this column had...

Stefan BlitzAugust 22, 2012

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BOOK REVIEW:
The Minus Times Collected: Twenty Years / Thirty Issues (1992–2012)

The Minus Times Collected: Twenty Years / Thirty Issues (1992–2012) Edited by Hunter Kennedy Introduction by Patrick deWitt ISBN: 978-0-9831863-2-8 Reading The Minus Times...

Stefan BlitzAugust 20, 2012

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
GIRLS INVENTED PUNK ROCK, NOT ENGLAND

I feel like this mix – of punk bands that feature women – needs a small introduction. Let me start by saying that it...

Stefan BlitzAugust 8, 2012

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Ace of Records: “CAN’T HARDLY WAIT”

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Ace of Records: We Know

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NAKED RAYGUN: We’re Here Now

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As You Were: A Punk Comix Anthology #1 (review)

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Ace of Records: I Know That Girl, There’s a Tattoo On Her Heart

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I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography by Richard Hell (book review)

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Ace of Records: Punk Rock Changed Our Lives

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: I’m Not Down

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: On The Road

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: Cows, Beer, Punk Rock and Noise

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: Making Punk Month a Threat Again, Again

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Mixtapes From The Midwest: 2012

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SLAMDANCE 2013 Review: JOSEPHINE AND THE ROACH

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Mixtapes From The Midwest: Punk Rock Warlord

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Mixtapes From The Midwest: Like Loving a Woman With a Broken Nose

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: Let Fury Have the Hour

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: Let’s Have a Party, There’s a Full Moon in the Sky

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: When Autumn Leaves Start to Fall

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: Forgotten Songs

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: New Songs

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: I LIKE LOOKOUT!

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M ALL ABOUT – JESSIE LYNN’S THEME SONGS

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BOOK REVIEW: The Minus Times Collected: Twenty Years / Thirty Issues (1992–2012)

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Mix Tapes From The Midwest: GIRLS INVENTED PUNK ROCK, NOT ENGLAND

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I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography
by Richard Hell (book review)

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
I’m Not Down

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
On The Road

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
Cows, Beer, Punk Rock and Noise

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
Making Punk Month a Threat Again, Again

Mixtapes From The Midwest:
2012

SLAMDANCE 2013 Review:
JOSEPHINE AND THE ROACH

Mixtapes From The Midwest:
Punk Rock Warlord

Mixtapes From The Midwest:
Like Loving a Woman With a Broken Nose

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
Let Fury Have the Hour

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
Let’s Have a Party, There’s a Full Moon in the Sky

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
When Autumn Leaves Start to Fall

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
Forgotten Songs

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
New Songs

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
I LIKE LOOKOUT!

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M ALL ABOUT – JESSIE LYNN’S THEME SONGS

BOOK REVIEW:
The Minus Times Collected: Twenty Years / Thirty Issues (1992–2012)

Mix Tapes From The Midwest:
GIRLS INVENTED PUNK ROCK, NOT ENGLAND