Tom Spurgeon reviews Jim & Jam over at the Comics Reporter!
Read moreJin and Jam plugged on Indie Street Radio!
The nice guys at Indie Street just mentioned Jin & Jam on their website:http://www.indiestreetradio.com/news/reads5
Read moreRRRecords – Lowell, MA
After many years of wanting, I finally got to visit RRRecords in Lowell, MA and meet its proprietor Ron Lessard on the recent tour. I failed to put a card in my camera, so had to settle for a single still from the old video cam. One of the...
Read more51 3rd 041809 – n:R v. ONR
51 3rd 041809 – n:R v. ONR, originally uploaded by lookseeseen. Cheers to Peter Barvoets aka LookSeeSeeen for constructing this amazing panoramic view of us apparently playing to the wall. Offset Needle Radius Vs. nickname: Rebel live at 51...
Read moreJG Ballard 1930-2009
I don’t know where to begin with explaining how much the writings and ideas of James (JG) Ballard have meant to and influenced me. Probably more than any other single person. I have all of his books and have probably read about half...
Read moreOffset Needle Radius Vs. nickname: Rebel at 51 3rd Street, Troy NY, Saturday April 18
Danny Dutch in the Stranger!
Sparkplug sensation Danny Dutch made its way into the Seattle Stranger this week:http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/new-in-books/Content?oid=1391792
Read moreThree New Books at the Stumptown comics fest!
This weekend (April 17th-19th) at the Stumptown Comics Festival, Sparkplug will be premiering three new books:Department of Art by Dunja Jankovic Reich #6 by Elijah Brubaker Bird Hurdler by Andrice Arp, Theo Ellsworth, Faryl Dalrymple, Zack Soto...
Read moreTour Snaps
Joshua Baker, originally uploaded by Marc Arsenault – Wow Cool. First group of photos from the Offset Needle Radius Vs. nickname: Rebel Spring 2009 Tour are up on flickr. These are from last weekend’s Boston area dates. This shot of...
Read moreWall of Sound – Phil Spector looks down upon Angela Sawyer of Weirdo Records on the Day before his Conviction for Murder
Angela Sawyer, owner of Weirdo Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Taken in the store, Sunday, April 12, 2009, one day before Phil Spector was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson. Click the photo for a super-large version. Other wall goodies...
Read moreBughouse Sale!
Man, Daedalus just got a bunch of copies of Steve Lafler’s Bughouse Vol. 1, for $1.00 plus postage each. The book is supposed to cost $15 so this is some kind of crazy bargain. While supplies last.
Read moreUnited Airlines new Theme Song
Messed around alot on the plane with Intua’s excellent BeatMaker app for the iPhone/iPodTouch. I have this serious problem where every time I fly United I get the Throbbing Gristle song stuck in my head (also Operation Ivy’s Unity and...
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