Archive for June, 2003

“There’s no stoppin’ the cretins from hoppin’”

Saturday, June 28th, 2003

We just got 1 inch buttons made for Punknews. It strikes me as weird to have them, I’m not used to seeing us as something physical that you can touch. It feels strangely legitimate. They look great though.
It’s a sunny Saturday afternoon and I just got back from a late afternoon bike ride down to […]

“Business man come shake my hand…”

Sunday, June 15th, 2003

I’m really try to avoid being as unempathically reactionary as the people who post comments on Punknews. However I can’t deny that the sudden announcement that Rancid, a case study in indie-label success, signed to Warner Records got under my skin. All the arguments that were in the comment sections passed through my head at […]

“He might pass by, in the hour of need”

Monday, June 9th, 2003

I very distinctly remember this period before I left for university when I had my computer holed away on this old steel desk in the corner of an unfinished room in my parent’s basement. I think it was here that I really became immersed in punk / indie music and really committed myself to making […]