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Tracks played:
01. 4-Squares – Jailbreak (Save the Clock Tower)
02. Found Dead In Trunk – Prescription For Suicide (Keresone Cocktail)
03. Rats Eyes – Revenge Quest (single)
04. Negative Element – Police Beat (On Me) (Yes, We Have No Bananas)
05. Bad Brains – Supertouch (Rock For Light)
06. Even Worse – Mouse Or Rat? (single)
07. Christ On Parade – Another Country (Sounds of Nature)
08. The Chumps – I Hate My School (Invent Rock ‘n’ Roll)
09. Wayward Youth – El Mundo (Is a Weirdo) (single)
10. Heart Attack – Young And Dangerous (Toxic Lullabies)
11. Feederz – Why Don’t You Just Die (Vandalism)
12. Quincy Punx – Uncontrollable Urge (Nutso Smasho)
13. Battalion of Saints – Holy Vision (Second Coming)
14. CIA – Tighten Up the Noose (S/T or Synnerbob)
15. T.S.O.L. – Code Blue (Dance With Me)
16. Roach Motel – Nothing To Lose (Worstest Hits)
17. Cloak/Dagger – Deathbed Rebels (Lost Art)
18. Zero Point – Working Class Zero (Hooligans With Cheap Guitars)
19. Fuck Ups – Bacon And Eggs (We Got Power compilation)
20. Jerry’s Kidz – Insanity (Well Fed Society EP)
21. Isolation – Next In Line (Isolation EP)
22. No Fraud – Thinking Of You (The E.P.)
23. Bark Hard – No Will Power (Bark Hard)
24. Verbal Abuse – Boredom (Just An American Band)
25. Gang Green – This Job Sucks (The Taang Years)
26. Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine – The Terror of Tinytown (The Audacity of Hype)
27. The New Enemy – Tim Horton Hears a Who (Shakedown EP)
28. Destructors 666 – Saturday Night (Let’s Fight) (Split with Danger’s Close)
29. Huns – Glad He’s Dead (Busy Kids single)
30. Killers – I Just Wanna Be Me (Killer)

999
999
Released: March 1978
United Artists Records
Produced by Andy Arthurs

Nick Cash – Guitar, Vocals
Guy Days – Guitar, Vocals
Pablo Labritain – Drums
Jon Watson – Bass, Vocals

1. Me and My Desire – 3:48
2. Chicane Destination – 2:43
3. Crazy – 3:39
4. Your Number Is My Number – 2:59
5. Hit Me – 2:56
6. I’m Alive (Cash/Days/Jon Watson) – 2:35
7. Titanic (My Over) Reaction – 3:34
8. Pick It Up – 2:44
9. Emergency – 2:53
10. No Pity – 2:00
11. Direct Action Briefing – 2:21
12. Nobody Knows (Cash/Days/Pablo Labritain/Watson) – 3:14

On October 31, 2009, I took my Son to breakfast at McDonald’s on Vanowen and Balboa. It was empty, quiet and the playground was open for him.

As a regular breakfast consumer of McDonald’s I get used to people panhandling. If I eat deeper into Van Nuys most people bypass me, thinking I don’t know Spanish, so they walk on.

I give change, or on occasion they just want my coffee cup before it’s thrown away.

On Sunday, I see a guy walk in, he looks like the mountain man from The Oak Ridge Boys. A little roughed up, but not dirty. Boots seemed clean. He didn’t seem to order; he placed his travel roll in a booth, and kind of walked around.

At this point my Son had finished his food, and wanted to play outside. So, we went to play.

After, about, a half an hour my Son was done, and wanted to head home. Right as I was starting to stand-up. The bearded Mountain Man came walking into the play area. I reached into my pocket, and pulled out a dollar. Before I could hand it over, the Man said I want you to have these. He proceed to give me two coupons for a free cup of coffee, one coupon for a free breakfast sandwich, and a gift card that he said “might only have forty cents on it, but use it to buy your little one an ice cream.”

I told him I couldn’t accept it, that he should keep it. Use it for tomorrow’s breakfast. He said, you keep it, I’m fine.

I pocketed my dollar, his coupons, and the gift card. Before I could look up, he was making his way out the driveway, pulling his travel roll. I called out to him, “let me drive you somewhere.”

He said no, I’m fine. He pointed to the bus stop, and said “there’s things I want to see.”

Turned left out of the driveway, and looked at him waiting for the bus, puzzled.

He stood looking up at the sky smiling.

On to the review . . .

In England the phone number for emergency service is 999, or at least is was when these guys chose the name. I know there have been efforts made to create one worldwide number.

999, the bands debut album of the same name, was released during the height of the British punk era, contained singles “I’m Alive”/”Quite Disappointing” and “Nasty Nasty”/”No Pity”

The album also contained “Emergency”, which was the start of the band’s more distinctive approach to their previous punk sound.

The standout cuts are Emergency, and I’m Alive.

If you can find it, buy it!!
Rating: *** ** three out of five stars.

Currently:
Reading: Breakout by Richard Stark
Listening: 999 – 999
Watching: American Hardcore directed by Paul Rachman

Free & legal download of the week: Tim Armstrong – Oh No: http://www.epitaph.com/media/download/audio/984

I just did a quick delete of some older shows, mainly ones from 2006 and 2007. If you want one that was wiped just shoot me an email.

-Scott

As we close out the decade, I’ve been reading more and more top 10 lists, so I thought I would give you my top 10 punk albums of the decade. So, for the whiners, I know, I know you’re going to say “Dude, I can’t believe you left off Bob’s Bung-Hole, their album Parking In The Gimp Spot was a frickin’ classic!” Guess what? My list, my picks!

10. Billy Idol – Devil’s Playground, 2005
I don’t care what people think of this. I dig this album, and it gets better the more you play it. Enjoy!

9. Bad Religion – New Maps of Hell, 2007
This is the first album they’ve done in 25-something years that has reminded me of How Could Hell Be Any Worse? and that is a good thing.

8. TSOL – Divided We Stand, 2003
Another good, strong album. These guys have always had great musical chops. I do miss Todd’s big booming, tribal drumming.

7. Henry Rollins – Provoked, 2008
Sorry all you Hank-Haters, but to hear him imitate Raymond Pettibon, and David Lee Roth alone is worth the price.

6. Street Dogs – State Of Grace, 2008
Another great group out Boston. Jean-Paul over at Headline insisted I buy this. He basically said everything else they’ve is so-so, but this one is great. He was right.

5. Marked Men – Ghosts, 2009
Lisa at Frontier gave me a copy of this. She thought this was the greatest album of the moment. She was right.

4. Cobra Skulls – American Rubicon, 2009
Based on my friend Jay’s accolades for this band I broke down and bought this. Good, fun-driving music. If this doesn’t decrease road-rage by 10%, you should get your money back.

3. Dear Landlord – Dream Homes, 2009
I discovered this band in Razorcake; in their top five picks (two-page spread) half of the staff had chosen this album, so I had to find out what the fuss was about. Good stuff.

2. Rancid – Let the Dominoes Fall, 2009
A great collection of songs. I think my five-year-old may like this just a pinch more than me.

1. Everybody Out! – Everybody Out!, 2008
Who did you think would end up here? Again, thanks to Curtis for recommending this to me.

Honorable mentions (these albums were released a year or two prior to the start of this decade): Rancid – And Out Come The Wolves, Whatever – Youngsters.

Currently:
Reading: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemmingway
Listening: Street Dogs – State of Grace
Watching: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints directed by Dito Montiel

Free & legal download of the week: Tim Armstrong – Hold On: http://www.epitaph.com/media/download/audio/940

This past Summer I wrote a piece on Boston Hardcore on this here site. I intended to do a Top 10 Boston bands list. So, I buzzed Curtis at TAANG for some info. It evolved into a “Most Important Boston Bands” list (http://strangereaction.com/2009/08/21/top-10-boston-hardcore-bands/). Curtis’ doing, not mine.

Anyway, I thought I’d ask Lisa Fancher (Frontier Records) if she wanted to do a list like this, either “best Los Angeles top 10″ or “most Los Angeles important top 10.” I prefer L.A. music anyway.

Lisa sent me this great list within a few hours!! So, here it is – in no particular order, Lisa Fancher’s Top 10 Los Angeles Bands

Man, that’s a rough call! I will say to me these are the most important and inclusive of my favorites though there would be many more from each decade of course:

Love

Buffalo Springfield

Spirit

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

Sparks

Runaways

X

Weirdos

Guns n Roses

NWA

I do love GNR and NWA, I don’t care what anyone thinks I should like! : )

Best,
Lisa

Check out Frontier Records at:

Frontier Records
PO Box 22, Sun Valley CA 91353
http://frontierrecords.com/

Currently:
Reading: Burning in Water Drowning in Flame: Selected Poems 1955-1973 by Charles Bukowski
Listening: Street Dogs – State of Grace
Watching: 1408 directed by Mikael Håfström
Free & legal download of the week: Rancid – Time Bomb: http://www.epitaph.com/media/download/audio/284