Food Not Bombs, HC shows @ Neil House, Cabbage Collective, Gilman Street, the Princeton Arts Council, Earthwell, finding vegan food on tour, steaming off stamps to trade zines, talkin' crap on the Cornell SXE messageboard, still regaining faith in Dischord after mailordering Shudder to Think's "Get Your Goat."
Music
Current, Constatine Sankathi, Ottowa, Jihad, Endpoint, Spitboy, Four Walls Falling, Christie Front Drive, Lifetime, Indian Summer, Angel Hair, Heroin, Ordination of Aaron, The VSS, Antioch Arrow, Frail, Julia, Team Dresch, Bikini Kill, Avail, Iconoclast, Policy of 3, Mohinder, Merel, Unwound, Drop Dead, Bugout Society, Born Again$t, Neanderthal, Cop Out, Crossed Out, Strife, Chokehold, Groundwork, Unbroken, Undertow, Rorschach, Cringer, Jawbreaker, Econochrist, Universal Order of Armageddon, Circus Lupus, Assfactor 4, Hoover, Ashes, Resurrection, Code 13, John Henry West, Slant 6, Rain Like the Sound of Trains, Los Crudos, Man is the Bastard, Falling Forward, Car vs. Driver, Evergreen, Huggybear, Chisel, Mouthpiece, Flagman, Native Nod, Navio Forge, Excuse 17, the Metamatics, Man is the Bastard, Bratmobile, Rice, Bev Clone, Hell No, Bob Tilton, William Martyr 17, Deadwood Divine, Chokehold (again), Policy of Motherfucking 3, and plenty more...
Movies
Watership Down, Swing Kids, Winnie the Pooh, ... what the fuck were we thinking?
Television
CHOKEHOLD CURRENT UNIVERSAL ORDER OF ARMAGEDDON POLICY OF THREE
Books
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Simba, No Longer a Fanzine, No Answers, Dear Jesus, Greedy Bastard, Fucktooth, Kidney Room...
Heroes
Rob Point for still being so "fuckin' pissed"
Sean McCabe for prank calling you.
About me: This is the MySpace presence for MORE THAN MUSIC , a book work in progress attempting to document a period of punk, hardcore, and American counter-culture marked by a revival of radical politics, the synergy of music and activism, the renascence of a regional and nationwide DIY network, and the "re-undergrounding" of 'American Hardcore.'
Participants--from bands to photographers to those with distros, flier packrats and whoever--are all invited to get in touch to share their experiences.
This chapter of punk has only become ripe for analysis now. Let's tell the story ourselves before someone else tells it all wrong.
Get in touch: TheMikeMcKee[AT]Yahoo.com
** NOTE:This book is entirely seperate from the book Burning Fight, which also explores 90s HC. That book was written by Brian Peterson from Chicago, and is scheduled to be released on Revelation Records. I will be releasing a bootleg version of his book called "Chung King and Brian P Can Suck It" just to demonstrate how committed I am to capturing the neurotically DIY side of the 90s.
Who I'd like to meet: Folks who attended shows, organized shows and fests, played in bands, took photos, did zines, scooped vegan chili at the Food Not Bombs table, ran workshops, drove hundreds of miles to see Man is the Bastard play on some lawn, called their friends back home with a dialer, could barely stay awake at Kinko's, and all the nerds in between who are willing to share their experiences of the 90s DIY hardcore scene, circa '90-1997.
Hey there! We would very much appreciate it if you would help us play with Saosin! ...with a few simple clicks we could be playing with them! ...Please vote for us in the three cities and we will love you forever!! <3 http://battleofthebands.pacsun.com/backstage/artist.php?artist_id=52670 ^ The link is right there...Please help!! :) You can vote every day also!!! <3 Us Vs. Them
see, MK-Ultra apparently is too "behind the times" to realize that Downcast and I are trying to challenge these old punk rituals. Start the pit? How about we try starting a deconstruction of the colonial experience as it pertains to Evanston record shops, .... grow up you jocks.
Respect for Mikey, long time Philly punk who contributed a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and action to our scene. He was a good guy and someone whom many people will miss and never forget.
I hope all is well Mike. It would be great to see you. I'm playing in Philly on Oct 11, don't know if I will have much free time though. Anyway, come to New England sometime. Peace!
Simba, No Longer a Fanzine, No Answers, Dear Jesus, Greedy Bastard, Fucktooth, Kidney Room...
