Barking Dogma

Another one of Kevyn Dymond's many bands for you here.  Shit I wish I could remember some more of his bands for you, but I did do a post on my favorite one, Drilling For Mom, a while back.  Barking Dogma has the Frank Zappa thing going on, which is interesting because Kevyn looked like Zappa in a wheel chair.  Zappa and Dogma are cool but I think they are more for those musicians out there.  I just don't have the musical backround to appreciate this stuff fully and I've long felt that was one of my (many) short commings.  I did play clarinet and saxophone but never really had the talent to get good.  I even tried to play drums in one band (just cymbal and snare), but I'm just not musically coordinated.  Now ping pong and video games are where my coordination's at, but I don't see how watching me do that would be entertaining to you.  Anyway, about Barking Dogma, it looks like you can get this whole cd here, but I already ripped it so you get it from me too.  There's an interesting article Kevyn wrote on underground cassettes for the Ebook, Cassette Mythos, here.  As I said Kevyn was in LOTS of bands and I actually found a cool site with one of his bands, Girth, posted here, here and another one here, here.  Now Kevyn Dymond was a big part of the scene up in Arcata as far as I remember and for all I know he may still be.  Maybe some of my bros that still live out there can comment in more detail about him.  This is not my favorite of his bands but you might find it good anyway.  All that's left is for you to groove to some Barking Dogma, so do it if you like. EDIT: So these uploads were lost when I stopped renting a server, but if'n y'all want to give this thing an audio gander let me know...

Cringer - Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

Not much to say, tonight, things are kinda quiet.  Kim and I are slowly moving into our new farmhouse and looking forward to what all that means.  A little bit of snow again today which was nice and actually around here as long as the wind isn't blowing, I don't mind the cold.  We do hot chocolate and a movie every night which is a nice relaxing routine.  I hope that life for everyone who has bothered to read this is going well and yall have moments of goodness.  That was my sappy way of saying I hope you guys are all doing alright.  Been digging the comments lately even though my old bros have been kind of scarce.  The only two kinds of people who comment here are old friends, and new ones who tend to be other bloggers.  Thanx guys and because life is going well for me it made me think that I want you guys to be getting your piece of the pie as well.  About the only thing I can do for you from all these miles away is provide you with my thoughts and a little bit of music.

 One of the many "interesting" (there's got to be a better word to describe it) things about doing this blog is that I end up learning a little bit more about these records that I've had for a while.  This was not my favorite 7" when I first got it, but listening to it again I kind of liked it.  Kind of that pop punk thing going on that usually isn't what I listen to, but sometimes it's okay.  I know I should remember something about them, like I have the feeling that someone I knew had a brother in this band and that's why I got this, but I can't put my finger on it.  As is sometimes the case, these guys, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cringer_(band) don't have much to say but they do have a few links, including this one, http://www.myspace.com/cringerhbr .  One of the founders of the band, singer and guitar player, Lance Hahn died pretty young in 2007, you can read about him here, http://www.punkbands.com/news/13264/ .  They had several releases on Vinyl Communications, including this one, but they also had one on Lookout.  As I said, kind of the pop punk thing going on, but there is an anarcho feeling in it too.  Let me know. In Solitary Witness National Hero / Garbage And Trash Example Nowhere To Run McElligot’s Pool Zen Flesh Zen Bones

 

Nuisance - Attractive Nuisance demo

   Another one of those posts just for the Humboldt of it because I'm not really that excited by the band.  They are very good, I think, for the style they play, but it's not one of the many styles that grabs me.  I only saw these guys once that I remember and that was in 1987, the first year I was up there.  They played in the common room on the first floor of the Sunset dorm.  I remember liking them which was why I got this tape, but I was pretty high and drunk at the time (and maybe dosed as well).  The singer guitar player was a really nice guy and seemed like he was the meat and potaoes of the band.  I don't think they were around too much longer and ended up moving to the bay area.  They released stuff on Kirbdog Records, Very Small Records and Lookout Records from what I can tell. I couldn't find too much about the band on the net except for this, http://www.myspace.com/nuisanceband .  There's some live video over here, http://blackblk.blogspot.com/2007/03/nuisance.html.   As I said the band is a little too poppy for my taste, but the tune, Censorship Song, kind of warmed my ears and reminded me more of what they were about live.  Rockin' ya know.  See what you think. Your House Brighter Flower Censorship Song Waiting Room Days Of Sun Long songs so you can get it the easy way too, http://www.mediafire.com/?zyewimnjznw