Animal Logic — Animal Logic (1989) — It’s that first CRACK! of “There’s A Spy (In The House Of Love)” that makes your ears perk up. It’s familiar. You know that drum sound — even if you’re not a drummer. It’s Stewart Copeland. And then that crisp jangly guitar comes in and you scratch your head thinking…

Witch Taint (Comedian Dave Hill) — Sons of Midwestern Darkness — The truth is I know bupkis about black metal. For a reason I can’t seem to recall I discovered it in the mid-aughts. Metal, any kind of metal to be honest, isn’t my go-to genre, so discovering black metal was more like having a piece of food lodged in your…

Paul Westerberg (The Replacements) — Pleased to Meet Me — Well, you wish upon a star That turns into a plane And I guess that’s right on par Who’s left to blame? If you were a pill I’d take a handful at my will And I’d knock you back with somethin’ sweet and strong I was driving my friend Andrea…

No, seriously, WHAT THE FUCK?! — It’s been awhile, and I wish I were writing something new under better circumstances. I don’t have kids. Hell, I don’t have too many feelings one way or the other about children. Okay, fine, that’s not entirely true — I don’t feel kids should be killed while attending school. I…

The Vapors — Magnets — (1981) — I remember being over at my friend Chris Keller’s house and catching the video for The Vapor’s “Turning Japanese.” I thought it was kind of a silly song. and mildly racist. But since it was the beginning of the decade that would see American automotive dominance usurped by the Japanese…

Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records — Author Jim Ruland stopped by Thunderlove Cafe’ and talked with Rob Janicke and Keith R. Higgons about his new book, Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records (Hachette Books). There were many stories shared and, believe it or not, most of them made it into the podcast. …