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The End of Comfort Food: Last of the Past from “80’s Weekend #4”
Okay, it's taken me a lot longer than anticipated to finally put a pin in this prolonged '80s flashback series, best known as "80's Weekend" (or the plural version of that, since this will be the third and final installment of this series). Call it what you will - procrastination, distraction, burn-out, etc. Actually, I've …

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Witching & Bitching, ’90s Hollywood & Concrete Blonde’s “Tomorrow, Wendy,”
Taking a slight detour today. I'm smack dab in the middle of writing up my last "80's Weekend" post, which has been up against the usual challenges of time, energy, and motivation. And today, I woke up thinking I just needed a brief change of pace. Not a big one. Just something that's not definitely …

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She Wants Revenge close the inaugural Cloak & Dagger Festival on 10.21.17
So I just found out that She Wants Revenge broke up last year. I had no idea they were amongst the casualties of 2020 - not death per se (nor do I mean to belittle actual tragedy), but one amongst the many comforts that have either closed, concluded, or fallen by the wayside. Total bummer.It's …

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P.I.L.’s “The Order of Death” with a ’15 flashback to the Fonda

Public Image Ltd perform at the Fonda Theatre on 11.29.15.
I've got one final post for August, which I'm attempting to squeeze into this semi-spotty workday. It means I'll probably be penning this in fits and spurts throughout the day. But with any luck, I'll have a semi-coherent piece on today's featured artist, Public Image Ltd.My original intention was to post P.I.L. (as they're commonly …

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“Pepper” from Butthole Surfers

Butthole Surfers, circa 2017. Photo sourced from artist's Facebook.
My first proper experience with Texas troublemakers Butthole Surfers was back in 1989, when the San Antonio-based experimental psychedelic noise outfit came to UCLA. They were scheduled to perform in Ackerman Ballroom, which was like an extremely dated open-floor high school auditorium ... but bigger ... and deeper. The college radio station KLA was located …

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