A CELEBRATION OF NEW YORK PUNK
There is nothing like good old fashioned New York punk to get the juices flowing on a lazy, rainy, sleepy Sunday morning. It’s funny…in 1977, most of the music here was considered pretty radical, even to the point of some people calling it noise. Yet 31 years later, it still sounds as fresh and relevant…more so than most of the crap that was “mainstream” back in the mid 70’s. Compared to what punk eventually splintered off into, especially some of the more hard core streams, it’s was also pretty damn tame.
As I’m writing this, I’m waiting to watch the USC – Ohio State football game. For those not aware, I am true blue Ohio State Buckeye fan, and have been my whole life. Having grown up in northeast Ohio, Buckeye games, whether on the radio or on TV have been a fall tradition since I can remember. In fact, I still have the Akron Beacon Journal from 1978 when Woody Hayes was fired. So, I have this sense of dread right now, because I hate to see my Buckeyes loose. We’ll see what happens.
Enjoy the music!
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: Ok…the Buckeyes were not just beaten, they were destroyed. I honestly don’t find fault with loosing to a team that is better, provided you did everything you could, you left every part of yourself on the field. Sometimes, even when you play your absolute best, you will loose, because the other team is better. There is no dishonor in that. But there’s not a chance in hell the Buckeyes can say they left their best on the field last night. Not even close. They took a serious beat down from a better team, and looked like scared, panicked little girls the whole game. I’m sorry, but I can’t respect half efforts. Half efforts are the product of hubris, of thinking your better than someone else, when in fact your not. Half efforts are for losers. Congratulations USC. It was a well deserved victory, as much as it pains me to say that.
- Richard Hell & The Voidoids
- The Ramones – Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
- New York Dolls – Bad Detective
- Patti Smith – Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Suicide – Ghost Rider
- Talking Heads – Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
- Television – Friction
- Lou Reed – Vicious
- Johhny Thunders – You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory
- Mink DeVille – Bad Boy
