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This episode marks the momentous occasion of L.A. Zine Fest organizer Rhea's first podcast! We talk about music to listen to when you're working and we share some strategies for finding new music. We also discuss homemade Halloween costumes and April Fools' Day. We do not talk about how much we all miss former LAZF organizer Simon, who has decamped to Portland, Oregon, but the longing is palpable, even over the airwaves. –Bianca To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #357 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Anna Vo, “The Condition” --- Big Joanie, “Dream Number Nine” Electrelane, “On Parade” Ibeyi, “River” --- Karen Dalton, “Skillet Good and Greasy” Carla Bozulich, “One Hard Man” Suburban Lawns, “Janitor” --- Waxahatchee, "Under a Rock," Ivy Tripp (Merge) PAWS, "Catherine 1956," Cokefloat! (FatCat) Erase Errata, "Galveston, Dark Tides," Lost Weekend (Under the Sun) --- Juanita y los Feos, "Reina por un dia," s/t (Self-released) Sister Mantos, "Last Night," UNK (Self-released) Badlands, "Dreams," Dark Dreams (Porchcore)

LISTEN HERE: Martin Wong / Save the Music in Chinatown Interview MP3 Born from necessity, maintained by enjoyment. When punk works, it works in levels. Multi-leveled tiers of participation and abstract, often unnoticed stipends. If you thought the stock market was convoluted, just think about the “dividends” one receives from their involvement in DIY punk. All the benefits are fringe benefits. When Martin Wong started organizing the Save the Music in Chinatown show series he did it on all the right levels: a love for his family, a love for education, a love for music, and a love for fun punk shows. When a good excuse is a good cause, you know you're on the right track, and that's why he's still at it. It's also why so many people from so many different backgrounds have rallied behind the cause and helped be part of the project. This may be one of the best interviews I've been a part of because, at a certain point, I realized that just letting Martin talk was so much more interesting than any of the questions I had prepared. He was coming from decades of involvement and still dedicated to the ideas that made him excited as a teenager. Punk with a purpose is having realistic expectations and the enthusiasm to actually make it happen. See some mind-blowing bands, raise a couple bucks for the kids, eat some delicious cookies, and get home at a reasonable hour. Levels. –Daryl This podcast also features live tracks from Mike Watt And The Secondmen and The Adolescents, recorded at Save the Music in Chinatown #5 on 01/11/15. Click here for more info on the next event. To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) LISTEN HERE: Martin Wong / Save the Music in Chinatown Interview MP3

Hello all! I hope you enjoyed my previous foray into podcasting. To be honest, I wasn't sure I had enough new punk music to share (or at least, bands that have not already been featured by friends also on the Razorcake podcast wagon)—gotta keep that shit fresh. Unless there's an audience for old gospel and calypso records? I still don't have a jean vest but maybe if I make a bunch of patches for obscure Trinidadian musicians, I'd finally be cool. Not impressed? Enjoy the above picture of a toilet from the Museum of Sex in Amsterdam. -Samantha Beerhouse To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #356 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Stalins Of Sound, “Monkeys Attack” Tank Tracks (Slovenly) --- Night Birds, “Born To Die In Suburbia” Born to Die in Suburbia (Grave Mistake) Screaming Females, “Ripe” RoseMountain(Don Giovanni) Libyans, “In the Name of Order” Expired Language (Sorry State) Johnny Thunders, “Get Off the Phone”D.T.K.- Live at the Speakeasy 15 March 1977 The Barreracudas, “Don't Roll Your Eyes at Me” Nocturnal Missions (Douchemaster) The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Date with the Night” 7” --- Kalashnikov, “Vivi In Un'Era Di Caos Psichico” Living in a Pschy-caos Era(Self-released) Pears, “Terrible” Go to Prison(Anxious And Angry) Lightning Bolt, “13” Ride the Skies(Load) Shitty Limits, “Comedy Quiz” Speculate/Accumulate(Sorry State) --- Gateway District, “SunkenCity” Old Wild Hearts (It's Alive) Baby Shakes, “What Can You Do?” Baby Shakes (Douchemaster) Neighborhood Brats, “One Wasted Year” Recovery(Deranged) The Clash, “White Riot” The Clash The Ergs, “Pray for Rain” Dork Rock Cork Rod (Don Giovanni) --- Tenement, “Sitcom Moms” Bruised Music Vol. 1 (Grave Mistake / Toxic Pop) Tranzmitors, “Dream Our Dreams Away” 7” (React)

LISTEN HERE: Aztlan Underground Interview MP3 It only takes seconds into an Aztlan Underground tune for listener to know they've come across a group unafraid of working outside the usual comfort zones. They take the spirit of open defiance bred in the barrios of East Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley, draw fuel from the 1980s hardcore punk and hip hop scenes, and infuse spiritual inspiration from the continent's native cultures and religions. What results voices the frustrations of peoples marginalized and dehumanized in lands to which they have been physically and spiritually connected for more than 20,000 years. AUG drew from a diverse musical palette over the course of their three albums, each building on its predecessor while pushing in a new direction—from straight hip hop augmented by native instrumentation, to an electrified fusion of punk and rap, to soaring soundscapes that alternate between poetic beauty and a withering brutality reminiscent of early Swans. For their efforts, they're considered one of the linchpin bands of the ‘90s “Chicano Groove” scene; have garnered several honors, including four Native American Music Awards nominations in 2010 for their self-titled third album; taken active roles in their communities, both as artists and residents; staged nearly two decades of annual Farce of July concerts featuring like-minded artists, poets, and performers from the worlds of punk, hip hop, rock, and beyond; performed on at least three continents; were personally invited to open for the Southern California stop of Steve Ignorant's “Last Supper” tour; and had one of their songs listed among the ethnic studies materials identified as objectionable and effectively “banned” by the Tucson Unified School District, alongside other dangerous and subversive materials as Drown by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz and Shakespeare's The Tempest. And that's only scratching the surface. I once referred to them as “the real dope” in a review and I stand by that assessment. After two-decades-plus of existence, they remain challenging, subversive, and uncompromising. More importantly, they walk the walk—something increasingly rare today, even in the underground. While the punters slice, dice, and sub-sub-categorize parts of the underground into irrelevancy, lifers like AUG continue to push beyond terms like “hip hop,” “rock,” and “punk” and offer glimpses of the possibilities that lay beyond for those willing to commit their lives to their art and working toward a better world for all oppressed peoples. –Jimmy Alvarado To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) LISTEN HERE: Aztlan Underground Interview MP3 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Included tracks: Iconoclast, “Battlefields / Things of Beauty” Self-titled 7” Aztlan Underground, “Lemon Pledge,” Sociedad=Suciedadcompilation Aztlan Underground, “Indigena,” Decolonize Aztlan Underground, “Be God,” Aztlan Underground Aztlan Underground, “Decolonize,” Sub-Verses Aztlan Underground, “9 10 11 12,” Message to the Dominant Culture Aztlan Underground, “AUG to the 9,” Decolonize

LISTEN HERE: LAZF 2015 “Old School, New School” Panel Discussion As part of LA Zine Fest 2015, I was asked by Daisy Noemi to host a panel. It was named “Old School, New School” and billed as a “friendly, lively panel discussion between longtime and newer zinesters. They'll share stories of veteran experience and newer zinester enthusiasm, look at the changing landscape of zine culture, and talk about the current challenges and celebrations of making paper zines.” This podcast is that audio file. It was a great, fluid conversation and a wonderful day. Thanks to the four rad zinesters who participated, to the nice lady who let me plug into the board to capture the audio, to Jenn Witte of Feminist Library On Wheels for getting me in contact with Suzy Mae, and to Jen Hitchcock of Book Show for introducing me to Sabrina Dropkick. If you enjoy the podcast, do yourself a favor and check out the zinesters on the panel, all of whom I highly recommend: Larry Harmon: Genetic Disorder (website) Sabrina Dropkick: EAT Art DIY (tumblr, instagram, twitter) Suzy Mae Mattay: Creative Director, Sandy The Zine (website) Johnnie Jungleguts: Do Whatever The Fuck You Want Until the Humans Make You Stop (facebook, instagram) –Todd Taylor LISTEN HERE: LAZF 2015 “Old School, New School” Panel Discussion To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.)

Higher education is supposed to be about bettering ourselves. If the pursuit of knowledge is so noble, why shouldn't everyone be afforded that opportunity, regardless of class status? This egalitarian concept is completely at odds with how the universities in our country are actually run. Working class applicants are continually discriminated against at elite collages, while the rich legacy students with poor academics are welcomed under the guise of “tradition.” Last month, Chris resigned from his position as a film archivist at Washington University in St. Louis, a school with abysmal economic diversity. We discuss its impact, the New York Times' classist condescension towards him, and ways we can challenge class warfare in higher education. To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) Listen Here: Chris Pepus Interview MP3 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Interested in learning more? Many of Chris's articles can be found on this site. Class Bigotry in Higher Education Expand Civil Rights to Include Social Class The White Trash Scapegoat Class Notes – Welfare for the Rich at America's Colleges For even more thought-provoking articles, visit his blog at www.againstclassbigotry.wordpress.com. You can follow Chris on www.twitter.com/ChrisPepus Candice can be found online at www.half-fiction.com, and www.twitter.com/CandiceTobin

LISTEN HERE: LA Zine Fest Interview MP3 Read this interview in issue #84, available here: http://www.razorcake.org/store/razorcake-84 Los Angeles currently scares me a in a way I never thought it would. For instance, the last several years have seen the rise of a lot of local breweries. I can't say I'm a fan of a single one. Record stores are popping up everywhere, yet my faith only lies in a handful. “Indie” culture is on the rise, but it feels so superficial—more for cash than autonomy. That's why an event like L.A. Zine Fest is so refreshing and real! L.A. Zine Fest is a much-needed, much-appreciated convergence of independent projects and people, for Los Angeles residents and visitors. It's a community-driven, not-for-profit experience that showcases the overlooked and under-appreciated: the zinesters, the independent publishers, the freaks, and the weirdos. It astonishes me how many people I've met and maintained a relationship with—our mutual roots all go back to this annual event. Putting Razorcake together can feel like a solitary act. A lotta basement time. And the people we do interact with are typically other people involved—or soon to be involved—with the zine. Being able to spend six hours behind a table, talking to people about what we do is an undeniable rush. There's nothing else like it the entire year for us. It runs the gamut of responses from the ecstatic to the indifferent, from the supportive to the, well… unsupportive. It's all there! And I love every minute of it. If someone tells me they don't like Razorcake, I totally understand. It's not for everyone. That's by design. But if you tell me you don't like L.A. Zine Fest, then I'm speechless, because L.A. Zine Fest truly is for everyone. Acceptance is unavoidable. Much respect to all the organizers—past and present—who've put so much hard work into such an inspiring project. –Daryl To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) LISTEN HERE: LA Zine Fest Interview MP3 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening.

Years go by and I keep getting older (as is often the case). At some point I turned that corner of being annoyed at hearing older people say, “It's amazing how fast time flies,” to finding myself saying, “It's amazing how fast time flies.” The days lead into months that lead into years and before you know it you're into a career and thinking, “So this is what it's like to be an adult.” Despite the march of time, the music endures. Sure, some tastes change, but I still listen to a lot of the same music I was into fifteen years ago. I'm also finding new music. It's all good. As the years go by, I still enjoy punk. It saved my life and continues to renew a fire inside of me every time I listen to something that sounds out a chorus of dissatisfaction with the world. Here is the last of my trilogy related to the calendar. The theme for this episode is songs with the word “year” or “years” in the song title. Enjoy! –Kurt welcometoflavorcountry@gmail.com To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #347 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Jesu, “Old Year” Conqueror (Hydra Head) --- Grade, “A Year in the Past, Forever in the Future” Under the Radar (Victory) Born Against, “Nine Years Later” Nine Patriotic Hymns for Children (Kill Rock Stars) Converge, “Year of the Swine” When Forever Comes Crashing (Equal Vision) An Albatross, “Mother's Day Came a Little Early This Year” Eat Lightning, Shit Thunder (Bloodlink) Raft Of Dead Monkeys, “2 Year Lease” Thoroughlev(Burnout) Whippersnapper, “23 Years” Appearances Wear Thin (Fueled By Ramen) --- Suicide Note, “Not in a Million Years” You're Not Looking So Good (Ferret) Embrace, “End of a Year” Self-titled (Dischord) Frodus, “Year of the Hex” And We Washed Our Weapons in the Sea (Fueled By Ramen) Coalesce, “Jesus in the Year 2000/Next on the Shit List” 0:12 Revolution in Just Listening (Relapse) Les Savy Fav, “The Year Before the Year 2000” Let's Stay Friends (French Kiss) --- Policy Of 3, “Twelve Years Down” An Anthology (Ebullition)

Sometimes familiarity can be comforting. My house is filled with records, driving my family nuts as they take up shelf space across the house. I don't always need something “new.” If the feeling is there, then I am as happy to hear a band banging out three chords in Finland 2014 as I am hearing a band banging out three chords in 1964. This pod has songs from now and then, here and there. Some of these tracks are well known and others that may have slipped under the radar. Music is like art, it's what you like. Fuck the haters, if it's a jam to you? It's a jam. –Tim Brooks To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #346 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Boston Strangler, “Strike The Match/Fire” (Fun With Smack) --- Achtungs, “I Hate You” (Going Underground) Motards, “Crazy” (Empty) Gentlemen, “Cry n Shame” (Vandan) Tongues Of Truth, “Talk About Girls” (Moxie) --- Ooga Boogas, “Mind Reader” (Aargh!) Soviet Valves, “Carrion Luggage” (Vertex Audio) Cosmic Psychos, “I'm Up You're Out” (Goner) Babeez, “Do'Wanna Love” (bootleg) --- Pura Mania, “La Sestafa Musica” (CV) Swindled. “Hymn #84” Pink Steel, “Some of the Things That You Do” Subhumans, “Firing Squad” (Quintessence) --- Bow Wow Wow, “C30 C60 C90” (major) Good Throb, “Toner Loner” (Not Normal) Shrapnel, “Imposter II” (Quality Control HC) Arms Race, “Bastards” (Quality Control HC) --- Impalers, “Mower” (540) Stone Dagger, “Siege of Jerusalem” (Electric Assault)

LISTEN HERE: Twelve Hour Turn Top Shelf Interview MP3 If there was ever a record that I feel like I played on but am not in the band, it's Victory of Flight.I met the Diem brothers in the early summer of '97, they were wide eyed and so full of enthusiasm it was contagious. Seeing their band, Twelve Hour Turn play a few times that summer, I was sold. Awesome! After another year or so, a few singles and a solid split LP with I Hate Myself, Twelve Hour Turn was ready to put to tape what turned out to be Victory of Flight. They had asked me where to record and I suggested Steve (Heritage) in Tampa, as I had just had a great experience with him. At some point I remember committing to go down there with them to the studio, but I ended up on tour, and they ended up having a tough, tough time; as you will hear. Part of me always loves adversity—it somehow adds to the finished product. It's kind of interesting to always have something to gripe about; it definitely made for a great interview. I hope you enjoy this. It is by far one of my all-time favorite records…victory of myself…indeed! –Matt Sweeting LISTEN HERE: Twelve Hour Turn Top Shelf Interview MP3

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” –Friedrich Nietzsche, Götzen-Dämmerung (Twilight of the Idols) To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #345 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Nitad, “Snaran Dras At” (En Ding Ding Värld EP, Adult Crash) The Girls, “Transfer Station” (Transfer Station single, Milk & Chocolate) Hilary, “Drop Your Pants” (KineticLP, Backstreet) Bone Cabal, “I O Betulah” (Five Budget Cuts! EP, Mystic) The Imps, “Uh Oh” (That'll Get Itsingle, Do-Ra-Me) The Kaldirons, “To Love Someone” (That Don't Love You) (Eccentric Soul: Twinight's Lunar Rotation comp, Numero Group) --- Scott Goddard, “Your Fool” (Your FoolEP, Enigma) Deaf Aids, “Do It Again” (Do It AgainEP, Regional) Subverts, “Radiation Nation” (Independent Studies EP, Clandestine) Dïat, “Everyday” (Everyday single, Iron Lung) Iron Curtain, “Tarantula Scream” (Tarantula Scream EP, self-released) Cigarettes, “Oh Oh Oh” (Gimme Cigarettesingle, Carlysle) --- The Insane, “Dead and Gone” (PoliticsEP, Riot City) Beaver, “Georgetown Sucks” (BeaverLP, Dr. Strange) Toreros After Olé, “Ratas” (Toreros After Olé EP, Nuevos Medios) Kaaos, “Kuollet Sankarit” (Ristiinnaulittu Kaaos LP, Havoc) Atoxxxico, “Niños Maltrados” (Tu Tienes La Razon LP, Puro Pinche Ruido) GRB, “Cristianos” (Estoy Tan ContentoEP, self-released) Tropiezo, “Como Morir Sin Todavia Vivir” (split EP w/ La Virgen del Pozo, Discos de Hoy) --- Messian Dread, “Dub Against Racism” (From Dubroom Archive 3 LP, Dubroom Star Selections)

Here it is, 2015. We survived. Who knows for how long? As per usual, this year was filled with terrible politics, horrendous atrocities to mankind, and awesome music. This year, not like usual, I actually had to do some digging to find the best music of the year. I was not on the ball this year. I don't know what changed exactly, but finding new and exciting artists was not as easy this year as it was for me in the past. Probably it has a little to do with my schedule, a little to do with my depression, and a lot to do with my financial situation. But, never fear! I scrimped and scavenged and found seventeen of the best tracks of rocking punk music! And I didn't even use all of the good records that came out this year! 2014, here's what I have to say to you. You were a harsh, unforgiving year. A year that started out filled with hope and excitement for the future until you brutally crushed it out of me. But for that you made me stronger, kind of like a character in an RPG. So, thanks for helping me level up, I guess. Here's hoping you all got a chance to level up this year as well. Tell me the best records I totally slept on or your favorite video game to play because spending $60 on a brand new one is ridiculous at bryanstatic@gmail.com -Bryan To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #344 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Good Shade, “Play” (Self-titled, self-released goodshade.bandcamp) --- Antarctigo Vespucci, “I'm Giving Up on U2” (Soulmate Stuff, Really) Big Ups, “Goes Black” (Eighteen Hours of Static, Dead Labour) Rad Payoff, “New Bong Turks” (The Good, The Rad and The Ugly, Let's Pretend) Whatever Brains, “UVOD” (SSR-64, Sorry State) --- together PANGEA, “Make Myself True” (Badillac, Harvest) Lenguas Largas, “You Might Fall” (Come On In, Recess) White Lung, “Just for You” (Deep Fantasy, Domino) Single Mothers, “Crooks” (Negative Qualities, HXC) --- The Creeps, “Cancer” (Eulogies, It's Alive) RadiatorHospital, “Blue Gown” (Torch Song,Salinas) Baby Ghosts, “Excited!” (Maybe Ghosts, Dirt Cult / Lost Cat / Drunken Sailor / Hip Kid / Waterslide) --- Meatbodies, “Disorder” (Self-titled, In the Red) Christian Fitness, “soft power itches” (I Am Afraid of Everything That Isn't Me, self-released christianfitness.bandcamp.com) Chumped, “Name That Thing” (Teenage Retirement, Anchorless) --- Dahling, “Searchlights” (Near to Wanting, Trend's Die)

Listen here: F.L.O.W. PODCAST INTERVIEW MP3 Allow me to get hyperbolic here. I think the Feminist Library on Wheels (F.L.O.W.) might be the best thing that's ever happened to women's rights in Los Angeles. This little mobile library gives our community a chance to enjoy the freedom of new worlds and perspectives through feminist literature and the joy of riding a bike. A successful crowd funding campaign allowed F.L.O.W. to build a cheerful yellow book trike that can be found across Los Angeles at different literary and cycling events, ready to promote feminism with a wide array of multimedia. Although not a cyclist myself, I'd been eager to talk to my former roommate and co-founder Jenn about the response to F.L.O.W., crowdfunding through social media, feminism, and the logistics and challenges of navigating a new community project. We also let Todd talk a little bit, too. You can get your library card, donate books, and learn more here: (www.feministlibraryonwheels.com). –Candice Listen here: F.L.O.W. PODCAST INTERVIEW MP3 To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening.

No getting around it. Shit's atomized, diffused. Even in DIY punk. Large media is “smarter” in the fact that they can take any meaningful word or phrase and turn it into an overnight marketing campaign. They just shove some money into their machine and crank up the sky computer that shoots pictures and words into millions of millions of screens. You: bummed. Them: trying to get richer. Culture: poorer. Fortunately for me, punk's not one thing that can be ripped off by a tourist. It's a system, a way of thinking. It's interconnected and interwoven. A webbing. Checks and balances. My favorite bands, with rare exception, were and are outliers. When I say shit like “The Minutemen/ Big Boys/ Hüsker Dü of today,” I totally mean it. Here's to songs that are stronger than quarterly profits and consumer forgetting. –Todd Taylor To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #342 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Hard Skin, “We Are the Wankers” (1-2-3-4 Go!) --- Superchunk, “My Gap Feels Weird,” Majesty Shredding LP (Merge) Ghost Knife, “City Titties,” Garrote Guarantee 7” EP (Twistworthy) Royal Headache, “Surprise,” Self-titled LP (What's Your Rupture?) Rev. Nørb And The Onions, “Teenage Tantrum,” Self-titled LP (Certified PR) Ramma Lamma, “Show Stopper,” Ice CreamLP (Certified PR) --- Reigning Sound, “Never Coming Home,” ShatteredLP (Merge) Delay, “Haze,” Circle Change LP (Salinas) Iron Chic, “Bogus Journey,” The Constant One (Bridge Nine) Black Rainbow, “Brownfields,” Self-titled LP (Starcleaner) --- Total Control, “Flesh War” Typical System(Iron Lung) Synthetic ID, “Escapement,” Escapement7”EP (Crime On The Moon) Strange Attractor, “Real Dark Place,” Back to the Cruel World LP (FDH / Mammoth Cave / Resurrection) Flag Of Democracy, “Love Song,” Love Songs 7”EP (Bogus) --- Big Crux, “DuPlenty Shuffle / Elmore Boogie / Jangly” Ponchito LP (B

The shit people are excited about on the internet makes me feel like an old, jaded piece of shit. It's not a good feeling, and it's one I spend a lot of time trying to understand. I usually result to finger pointing, “It's your shit that's making me jaded, henceforth it's your fault, not mine!” My logic, my rules. So I'd like to take this time to apologize in advance. If any of the following songs make you feel like an old, jaded piece of shit. I'm sorry. It's my fault, not yours. Fair is fair. But I hope in the songs below, you will find something inspiring. I think these bands are actually pretty damn good. Take care, Daryl To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #341 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Wand, “Take Me to the Void” (Split 7” with Meatbodies, In The Red) --- Ivy, “Got No Instinct” (Self-titled LP, Katorga Works) Leatherface, “I Want the Moon” (MushLP) The Gotobeds, “Wimpy Garcia (brotherfucker)” (Poor People Are RevoltingLP, 12XU) Hank Wood & The Hammerheads, “I Thought I Was a Good Man” (Stay Home!! LP, Toxic State) --- DFMK, “Rasputin” (Negatividad 7”, Detesta / Barbanegra / Bloodpact) Extended Suicide, “Intentos Fallidos” (Self-titled MLP, Putojefe) Big Crux, “Exposure” (Ponchito LP, B