12 Mar
TSOL
1980 Demos
Jack Grisham – vocals
Ron Emory – guitar
Mike Roche – bass
Todd Barnes – drums
01 80 Times
02 Superficial Love
03 You Don’t Have To Die
04 Silent Majority
I finally landed a job. I’ve been working for, just shy of, two months. Your head goes to weird places when you’re unemployed. There are dozens of things [...]
Posted in Mike Check, Reviews by: Mike E.
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06 Mar
Another one of the many things I got sucked into on Facebook:
OK, here are the rules. Test your memory, and your love of live music by listing 50 artists, or bands (or as many as you can remember) you’ve seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. An [...]
Posted in Mike Check, Reviews by: Mike E.
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27 Feb
As you have seen on this site in the past, “punk rockers” hate everything. That’s right. If I do a review, and they agree with the review there won’t be a single comment, but if I accurately diss their beloved Beatles . . . they will light up the comments for that article. [...]
Posted in Mike Check by: Mike E.
6 Comments
20 Feb
Dave Alvin/Boz Scaggs
The Greek Theatre
Fall 1999
Time: 8:00 PM
Back in the ’80’s, even though I wasn’t drinking, my Mom said I should attend AA meetings. Both my Grandfathers were alcoholics and my Father was also. My Mom told me I was displaying personality traits of an alcoholic. And that I should attend AA, [...]
Posted in Mike Check, Reviews by: Mike E.
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13 Feb
Thirteenth Love
Sugar Train EP
Released: 1995
Produced by: Thirteenth Love
Joe Esparza – Vocals
Jon Sorensen – Guitar
Tracy W. – Bass
Brad Doan – Drums
1 Too Funky
2 Ice Cream
3 Waiting
4 Flamenco Serenade
5 Hustle Time
6 Punkin’
The Time-Out Chair
The beginning of November (November 7, 2009) my Son sits down next to me, and starts telling me the events of his busy kindergarten [...]
Posted in Mike Check, Reviews by: Mike E.
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