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AN REM HOLIDAY WEEKEND!

Posted by Infonistacrat on Friday, July 3rd, 2009

I’m sitting here in the Detroit airport, waiting on my wifes plane to get in from Cali, and decided that instead of working, it would be better to listen to some music, write up a post, and have a little fun. I can only take work so long, and besides, everyone else in my [...]

SHUFFLING THE iPOD, DAY 3

Posted by Infonistacrat on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Last day in a hotel room for a few days…tomorrow, I am heading home. Sometimes, even with the roughest of jobs, you get a week where the stars align, the universe opens up, and everything goes well. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it’s a beautiful thing. And make no [...]

BACK TO THE FUTURE, I GUESS

Posted by Infonistacrat on Monday, June 29th, 2009

Well, I had the new theme up for a bit, but there were a few tweaks I just could not get worked out. Mainly, I simply could not get it to work with Wordpress Stats. There were a few other things that kind of bugged the hell out of me, that I could [...]

SLING IT LOW: GREAT PUNK 77 HITS

Posted by Infonistacrat on Thursday, January 24th, 2008

It’s been a while since I posted any punk, so I thought, what the hell, lets give it a go. Of all the musical genre’s out there, I think old school punk is my favorite. My favorite Christmas present this year? A Sex Pistols t-shirt. Thats right…I am a old punk rocker. The most played album on my iPod is “No Thanks! The ’70s Punk Rebellion”. It’s an amazing collection of great old school punk. I was listening to it today at work, and decided that is would be a perfect theme for a playlist.

While I do like that early 80’s California punk, punk 77 is far and away the best. Both the New York and the London scenes are equally great in my eyes. Two minutes, staccato drums, and 3 three chords…thats pretty much all you need to make a great song. The Ramone, Buzzcocks, Iggy & The Stooges, Richard Hell and Nick Lowe, Pere Ubu and the Damned…these are the giants of punk. Without punk, there would never have been new wave, no college rock, no underground. Modern rock, at least the rock I love, all started with punk 77.

So happy Thursday, and rock them sock off. This should carry you through to Friday, and on to the weekend. Enjoy!