Punk Retrospective
15Aug/12

El Dorko – The Crucifixion of Pussy Riot

Posted by ElDorkoPunkRetro

That's right...the folks at El Dorko are at it again...yeah, I'm old, so what? Jump on the bandwagon and grab your free download while it's still there...then go to Amnesty International to sign the petition for their release.

6Mar/12

LOSERLIST69: The Sacramento Punk Super Archives

Posted by ElDorkoPunkRetro

Loserlist69I was looking for internet posts about of the Spits show I attended in Sacramento and accidentally stumbled into a really cool vault of Sacramento punk artifacts, past and present, called Loserlist69. The archive is the work of a very dedicated man named Ken Doose.

The tagline reads:
SACRAMENTO PUNK ROCK -Faded old pics, crusty flyers, show listings, stickers, record reviews, interviews, and various other assorted things that relate to the past and present Sacramento punk rock scene and other interesting places.

I really don't have the time to do this justice right now...but it's an awesome task he seems to have assigned himself and I'm glad to have found it. Maybe one day I'll run into Ken and we can do an interview...until then I'll be browsing through the archives of LOSERLIST69.

[play-button:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16850984/Dicks/lifetimeproblems.mp3] The Dicks - Lifetime Problems Link source

3Dec/10

Spazzys

Posted by ElDorkoPunkRetro

Sometimes I understand why people don't keep their websites up to date.  The Spazzys Home Page seems to have become something of a time capsule! Their "i met her at the 7-11" demo is still there, along with a listing of shows for 2002!

[play-button:http://www.angelfire.com/punk3/thespazzys/music/paco.mp3] Spazzys - Paco Doesn't Love Me

[play-button:http://www.angelfire.com/punk3/thespazzys/music/surfen.mp3] Spazzys - Surfen Bird

[play-button:http://www.angelfire.com/punk3/thespazzys/music/spazzy.mp3] Spazzys - Let's Get Spazzy

[play-button:http://www.angelfire.com/punk3/thespazzys/music/marky.mp3] Spazzys - I Wanna Cut My Hair Like Marky Ramone

[play-button:http://www.angelfire.com/punk3/thespazzys/music/garage.mp3] Spazzys - You Left My Heart in the Garage

NOTE: The Spazzys old Angelfire server, which is the source of all these mp3's, sometimes gets glitchy, so you may have to go to the homepage to get the mp3's to play.

Check out the great Spazzys titles @ GEMM!

There is, as of 1/10/2011 only one copy of their debut album available on Amazon, and it's used:

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12Oct/10

Bad Religion

Posted by ElDorkoPunkRetro

Let me get out my best "grandpa" voice for this one...

Back when I was a kid, nobody had even heard of Bad Religion, but they were a very important band in my development as a socially responsible, anti-authoritarian human being. You have to understand, this was back in a time when a punk band might suddenly try putting out a Rush album, then hide it away in a garage until it was worth $100 on eBay.

OK, enough of that...I'm probably not going to drop any "Into the Unknown" on here, but it's worth finding, as a novelty item that grows on you. Below you'll find some links to their early stuff...buy it, it'll make you a good human, too.

Check out the Bad Religion MySpace page for tour dates and releases.

[play-button:http://media.epitaph.com/badreligion/86407-8085/wereonlygonnadie.mp3] Bad Religion - We're Only Gonna Die •Link source

[play-button:http://assgoblin7.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/AlongTheWay.mp3] Bad Religion - Along the Way •Link source

Look for Bad Religion CD's and LP's @ GEMM!

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21Sep/10Off

Starting over…

Posted by ElDorkoPunkRetro

...tired of spam...

[play-button:http://www.tenbulls.com/gotobed/No%20Time.mp3] El Dorko - No Time