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(glitch art by candice/infinity-machine) Do you enjoy Razorcake's podcasts? Razorcake is the first and only official non-profit DIY punk rock fanzine in America primarily dedicated to supporting independent music culture. Please help keep us rolling along and consider making a tax-deductible donation to us. If you are reading this before December 31st, 2013, check out our year-end incentives! Every introduction I tried writing for this podcast came across way too serious and self-important. I guess that was the danger in putting together one based on politics. It's very simple: the world is fucked, here are fourteen cathartic songs that make me feel a little better about it all. -Candice PS. Keep spying on my dumb ass, I got nothin' to hide. 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 #291 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: Anti-Flag, “I'm Being Watched By The CIA” (Die For Your Government, New Red Archives) --- J Church, “If I Have To Dance Then I Don't Want Your Revolution” (The Horror of Life, No Idea) This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, “Body Count” (Front Seat Solidarity, No Idea) Discount, “North Sea Bubble” (Love Billy, Fueled by Ramen) --- Gang Of Four, “5-45” (Entertainment!) Jawbreaker, “Imaginary War” (Unfun, Shredder) Minutemen, “Straight Jacket” (The Punch Line, SST) --- Defiance, Ohio, “Petty Problems” (The Great Depression, No Idea) Dead Mechanical, “Film At Forever” (Addict Rhythms, Toxic Pop) Classics Of Love, “We Need A Change” (Self-titled, Asian Man) --- Mission Of Burma, “Foreign Country” (Peking Spring, Taang!) Night Birds, “Paranoid Times” (Fresh Kills Vol. 1, Grave Mistake) This Is My Fist!, “A History Of Rats” (A History of Rats, No Idea) --- The Brokedowns, “The Brah Of Iran” (Six Songs, Cassette Deck)

Do you enjoy our podcasts on Razorcake.org? Razorcake is the first and only official non-profit DIY punk rock fanzine in America primarily dedicated to supporting independent music culture. Please help keep us rolling along and consider making a tax-deductible donation to us. If you are reading this before December 31st, 2013, check out our year-end incentives! I blame society for this one, but I should just blame myself. It's just a fuckin' track list for a podcast, right? Slap some songs together, try to tell some jokes, forget correct details, done. Go stare at the sky some more. I hate dancing in public when punk or old soul's not being played. I feel like a traitor. To myself—to my thirteen-year-old self; to my forty-one-year-old self—if I feign excitement when I don't have it. (Sliding scales change depending on booze and the, “Okay, she's my wife. One dance. Don't be a doosh” clause I imaginarily signed with my wedding vows.) I'm merely on a DIY punk guard post over the sea of digital shit that's lapping into our brains, attention, and wallets. But, in my mind, these songs have to “fit.” Not “fit” like anything's for sale. Not like there are any points to gain, credibility to build or lose. They all have to buckle together in my mystery of a brain, like an exciting professional wrestling match, like chapters to a good novel, like ingredients of a burrito, like the set list you want to hear when you're on your way to see your favorite band… -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 #290 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: Neighborhood Brats, “Sick Tatts” (No Sun No Tan, Deranged) Rev Nørb And The Onions, “Rocket 707077” (EP 707077, Brad X Tapes) --- Broken Bottles, “California Sun” (Hospital, Bat Skates / TKO) The Old Firm Casuals, “Born Criminal” (Born Criminal 7”EP, TKO) Young Offenders, “Situations” (Self-titled 7”EP, Parts Unknown) Riverboat Gamblers, “Jenna” (Self-titled LP, Recorded Messages) --- Flag Of Democracy, “Geisha” (23 LP, SRA) Youth Avoiders, “Affliction” (Self-titled LP, Deranged) Abject Object, “Cruel” (Romance LP, EchoCanyon / Protagonist / Corn Dog / Flower Of Carnage) The Estranged, “Sacred Decay” (Sacred Decay 7”, Green Noise) --- Generacion Suicida, “El Centro” (Con La Muerte a Tu Lado LP, Going Underground) White Murder, “Harold's Place” (“Harold's Place” b/w “The Tell-All,” Tru Vow) The Brotherhood Of Electricity, (“Hearse” / “Nothing,” Self-titled 7”, Super Secret) --- Pangea, “Golden Arches” (Harvest Moon Society / Pangea, Split 7”, Stress Domain) Big Boys, “Hollywood Swingin'” (Fun, Fun, Fun…, 12”EP, 540)

The first incarnation of this podcast was so goddamn weird and disjointed. I wrote out all the tracklisting, looked at it, and thought, “What the fuck?! Do I even like these songs?” I ended up removing a couple tracks, and then removing yet more tracks, and here's what you got. I think there are some pleasant surprises confined to this poorly guarded fortress of punk. It could definitely have been a lot worse. Stumble on, Daryl PS: Thanks to Kris, Julie, Eric, Todd, and Var for the records! 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 #289 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: Broken Gold, “Leave a Light” (Recovery Journal, Volcom) --- Boilerman, “Gee, Thanks” (Loss Leaders, Self-released) Dead Dog, “Most Precious Child” (Precious Child, Dead Broke) Kent State, “Disconnected” (The Wrong Side of History, Debt Offensive) Crusades, “The Art of Memory” (Perhaps You Deliver… LP, No Idea) --- Big Boys, “Fun Fun Fun” (Fun, Fun, Fun… LP re-issue, 540) Limp Wrist, “This Ain't No Cross on My Hand” (Barbaric Thrash Demolition Vol. II, 625 Thrash) Red Dons, “Cold Hearted” (Notes on the Underground 7”, Grave Mistake) Angel Du$t, “Rage” (Xtra Raw 7”, React!) --- The Stops, “Up, Looking Down” (Self-titled 7”, Residue) Dogjaw, “Last Beyond” (Split 12” with Agatha, Rumbletowne) Gas Rag, “The End” (Human Rights 7”, Beach Impediment) Shellshag, “Driving Song” (Forever, Don Giovanni) --- Abject Object, “Pillow Talk” (Romance, Echo Canyon / Flower Of Carnage / Protagonist / Corndog)

Hey ho, Razorcakateers! It's another new and wonderful podcast for you filled with my incoherent rambling and superior musical tastes. I have compiled a list of songs which require you, normally, to listen to an album all the way until the end. But fuck effort, right? So here they are in a simple package for your consuming pleasure. As always, email me your favorite album closers or useful woodworking tips to bryanstatic@gmail.com. –Bryan Static 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 #288 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: Sass Dragons, “White Girls” (New Kids on the Bong, Johann's Face) Mean Jeans, “2 Twisted 2 Luv U” (On Mars, Dirtnap) --- Off With Their Heads, “I Hope You Know” (From the Bottom, No Idea) The Underground Railroad to Candyland, “Paint Thin Walls” (Bird Roughs, Recess) Swing Ding Amigos, “Sassabee” (Kings of Culo, Recess) Descendents, “Jean is Dead” (Milo Goes to College, New Alliance) --- The Arrivals, “The Joke” (Marvels of Industry, Recess) Japanther, “Come Back Home” (Beets, Lime & Rice, Recess) Scared of Chaka, “I Don't Wanna” (Crossing With Switchblades, Hopeless) Screeching Weasel, “My Brain Hurts” (My Brain Hurts, Lookout!/Asian Man) --- Unfun, “1342” (Sick Outside View, Fast Crowd) The Spits, “Flags” (IV, Recess) The Bananas, “Nautical Theme” (Nautical Rock'n'Roll, Recess) Shannon and the Clams, “I Wanna Go Home” (I Wanna Go Home, 1234 Go!) --- McLusky, “Whoyouknow” (McLusky Do Dallas, Too Pure) Superchunk, “Everything At Once” (Majesty Shredding, Merge)

“What Would Huell Howser Do?” Simon Sotelo and Bianca Barragan are two organizers of the LA Zine Fest, coming to the Helms Bakery Building on February 16, 2014. To think, they used to be bitter rivals. 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 #287 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: Hi Ho Silver, Away!, “Alvarado Sleepwalker” (Chore, Secret Pennies) --- Man's Assassination Man, “Cavedad” (Self-released 7”) The Mae Shi, “The Virgins Diet the Hands of the Wolves” (Terrorbird, 5 Rue Christine) Kit, “Merticane” (Invocation, Upset! The Rhythm) You Me & Us, “Off Pudding” (Paperweights, Fun Mountain) --- Wounded Lion, “Dagoba System” (Self-titled, In The Red) Manhattan Murder Mystery, “I Always Think About Dyin'“ (Self-titled, Hello My Name Is) Blood Buddies, “True Romance” (Self-released 3-Song demo) Narwhal Party, “BYOPCP” (Self-released 7”) --- Crusades, “Attic” (The Sun Is Down and the Night Is Riding In, It's Alive / Razorcake) White Lung, “Those Girls” (Sorry, Deranged) BITCHES, “Drunk in the Cart” (BITCHES/Yuppies 12”, Palmist) --- The Coathangers, “Chicken 30” (The Coathangers/ The Numerators 7”, Suicide Squeeze) The Gossip, “Standing in the Way of Control” (Standing in the Way of Control, Kill Rock Stars)

Ah, new music, is there anything more satisfying? Living maybe. Breathing is pretty good too. Either way, here's eighteen new(ish) tracks that make me excited about music still. Sometimes it's hard to stay excited, which is why I only make like one podcast a year now. Feel free to tell me what you only do once a year or tell me how many factual errors I made at bryanstatic@gmail.com. –Bryan Static 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 #286 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: FIDLAR, “5 to 9” (Self-titled, Mom+Pop) --- Tight Bros, “We're All Fucked” (Self-titled, Let's Pretend) Peach Kelli Pop, “Panchito Blues” (II, Bachelor) Japanther, “Stolen Flowers” (Eat Like Lisa, Act Like Bart, Recess) Warm Soda, “Someone For You” (Someone for You, Castle Face) --- Radiator Hospital, “Our Song” (Something Wild, Salinas) Superchunk, “Your Theme” (I Hate Music, Merge) Diarrhea Planet, “Babyhead” (I'm Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams, Infinity Cat) Bitpart, “Vegetable Me” (Where We Are, Corn Dog) --- Thee Oops, “On The Lift” (Taste of Zimbabwe, Slovenly) Cool Mutants, “Buzzhog” (Buzzhog, Do What?) Future of the Left, “I Am The Least of Your Problems” (The Plot Against Common Sense, Xtra Mile) Fuzz, “This Time I Got A Reason” (This Time I Got A Reason b/w Fuzz's Fourth Dream, Trouble in Mind) --- Ovlov - Nü Pünk” (Am, Exploding In Sound) The Night Marchers, “Thar She Blows” (Allez! Allez!, Swami) Dog Party, “Gutters” (Lost Control, Asian Man) Wringer, “Mammoth Cave, Pt. II” (Bullfighter, wringer.bandcamp.com) --- Pale Angels, “Awful Son” (Primal Play, Kiss of Death)

Almost everyone I know had a horrible time in junior high. I think that's understandable. It's a time of confusion and isolation, sexual discovery and social ineptness, swirlies and schwag smoking. And algebra. Personally, I had a fucking awesome time in junior high. I went from attending a small private Christian elementary school with the same twelve kids who I hated more every year to an immense public school miles from my house. It was the first time I felt anonymity. And man did it feel great to be nothing. My math teacher asked me to stay after class on my first day of junior high algebra. I thought I was fucked and I hadn't even said anything. She asked me if I liked the Germs when the rest of the kids left the class. I looked down at my Germs shirt and wondered whether she was stupid or a cop. There was no conceivable way a math teacher knew who the Germs were. I mumbled something like, “Yeah. Um, do you like the Germs?” She went on to explain her involvement in the ‘80s L.A. punk scene and asked if I wanted to be her T.A. My distrust of authority dissolved into my punk pants and I accepted the offer for two reasons: 1. she was beautiful and she also taught science, so her classroom was full of reptiles. 2. I needed to pass math. In fact, I failed every class but hers, the T.A. elective, and typing. She's the only reason I passed the 8th grade. Overall, junior high made all my dreams come true. I made friends, someone I liked touched my ding dong, I smoked drugs, got drunk, and made horrible zines. It was paradise. These songs are from records I bought in junior high. I was lucky enough to have an older brother who gave me a decent punk education. He would do massive amounts of speed and ramble for lengthy intervals about the nuances of punk culture and why Mike Ness wore messy eyeliner. The comic book store guy made my brother tapes and I stole his tapes to listen to under my baseball covers. They made me feel crazy. I loved it. It was in junior high that I set out on my own and discovered records that would leave a lasting impression and misinform my view of music for years to come. The songs I selected are ones I thought people would actually like and also ones that are emblematic of the genres I would later dig deeper into. And some stupid stuff. Daryl is concerned that I'm trying to look cool. Believe me: I was definitely not cool. There are plenty of bands I left out of this because you've all listened to Rancid, Green Day, and Savage Garden. Any who, this is self-indulgent and I hope you posers like it. P.S. Daryl, I was also part of the early 2000 grind scene just so you know. Totally, –Matthew 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 #285 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: Gay Cowboys In Bondage, “Domestic Battlefield” (Burrito) Simpletones, The, “I Like Drugs” (Re-Force / Posh Boy) --- Scream, “Fight/American Justice” (Dischord) F.Y.P, “Toss My Cookies” (Recess) Lemonheads, “Hate Your Friends” (Taang) Avengers, The, “Car Crash” (Dangerhouse) Offspring, “Kill The President” (Nitro) --- Human Investment, “A Life For A Meal” (Rotten Propaganda) Channel 3, “Truth and Trust” (Posh Boy) Grimple, “A Fucked Up Beautiful Day” (Prank) Picasso Trigger, “Calling God” (Jettison) Sti

Hey ho, everybody! Your best friend, Bryan Static, is back with more punk rock tunes for you to jam in your earholes. The flavor of the week: nostalgia! This is a list of crap I listened to in High School. I hope you're cool with me handing over the reins of the podcast over to teenage me. I swear to you, all of these songs appeared for a friend on a mix tape at some point during the era of 2005-2009. Here's a list of differences between college me and high school me: - I listen to instrumental music now - I have significantly less zits - It is no longer the highest priority to make sure I'm wearing a Ramones t-shirt when I get my driver's license picture Everything else is pretty much the same! My left eye still does that weird thing where it doesn't open all the way. If you want to tell me how your high school experience had a lot more ska, too bad. No e-mail address for you. But if you want to talk about A Song of Ice and Fire or other fantasy novels, you can reach me at bryanstatic@gmail.com. –Bryan Static 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 #284 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: Abi Yoyos, “Playground Mutiny” (Mill Valley, Big Raccoon) ---- Chixdiggit!, “I Remember You” (Pink Razors, Fat) The Mr. T Experience, “With My Looks and Your Brains” (Revenge Is Sweet And So Are You, Lookout!) Groovie Ghoulies, “Let's Do It Again” (Go! Stories, Stardumb) The Queers, “Fuck The World” (Love Songs for the Retarded, Lookout!/Asian Man) ---- Against All Authority, “Dinkas When I Close My Eyes” (24 Hour Roadside Resistance, Hopeless) Leftöver Crack, “Gang Control” (Fuck World Trade, Alternative Tentacles) Subhumans, “Zyklon-B-Movie” (The Day The Country Died, Bluurg) Mad Caddies, “Leavin'” (Just One More, Fat) ---- Dwarves, “Better Be Women” (Come Clean, Epitaph) Randy, “Promise” (Randy the Band, Fat) Sexy, “Pink Elephants” (Por Vida, Thrillhouse) None More Black, “Dinner's For Suckers” (File Under Black, Fat) ---- Consumed, “On the Take Again” (Hit For Six, Fat) Dead to Me, “Splendid Isolation” (Cuban Ballerina, Fat) Propagandhi, “I Was a Pre-Teen McCarthyist” (Less Talk, More Rock, Fat) Swingin' Utters, “All That I Can Give” (Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones, Fat) ---- Crass, “You've Got Big Hands” (Stations of the Crass, Crass)

This is the first in a trilogy of podcasts dedicated to creatures in our natural world. This one is focused on songs with insects in the track name. While I'm personally creeped out by many insects, it seems that they have been associated with some good music, so I guess I shouldn't complain. There's also that whole thing with the food chain and being necessary for our existence, blah blah blah. But have you ever seen a big, ugly cockroach with their wiggly antennae? And it always seems they crawl around real quick and surprise you. Gives me the creeps. –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 #283 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: Neurosis, “Locust Star” (Relapse) --- Pig Destroyer, “Black Centipede” (Robotic Empire) Phoenix Bodies, “Half Billion Ants: A Force” (Init) Botch, “Thank God for Worker Bees,” (Hydra Head) Unwound, “Caterpillar” (Kill Rock Stars) Paul Newman, “Enter the Empire of the Ants” (Trance Syndicate) --- The Cure, “The Caterpillar” (Fiction) Superchunk, “100,000 Fireflies” (Merge) Moss Icon, “Moth” (Ebullition) The Appleseed Cast, “The Spider Wall” (Deep Elm) --- Misfits, “Queen Wasp” (Caroline)

Periodically, Gorsky Press posts new short stories for free download and streaming on the Gorsky Press Bandcamp page. This round, we proudly present: Myriam Gurba reads two poemy stories (super short), “Roving You Is Easy” and “Forever Egg Fu Yung,” and a short, short, short story called “Nuestra Casa Is Bilingual.” “My works enshrine extremely ordinary experiences anybody could have in Southern California if they were me. Hopefully, they will make you want to learn another language or improve the juans you already speak.” Website Brodie Foster Hubbard reads "Guillermo," excerpts from Fair Dig issues #1 and #2 At age thirty-three, with no athletic background beyond his time as a teenager in circle pits at punk shows, Brodie Foster Hubbard decided he wanted to fight in a cage. After an extensive search for a mixed martial arts school, he found a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy where he was paired with a fourteen-year-old training partner. It did not end well. Website | Podcast John Ross Bowie reads “Hardly Getting Over It,” an excerpt from his novel-in-progress. Christmas, 1991. A college student, driven to the brink by the phenomenon of lacrosse players listening to Nirvana, barricades himself into his college radio station. What follows is a monologue about his tumultuous relationship with music and medication. Twitter If you enjoy those stories, check out the previous eight rounds of Gorsky Press Short Stories. Alice Bag reads an excerpt from her novel Violence Girl, “The Orpheum Show” Michael M.B. Galvin reads an excerpt from the novel Louder than Bullets Cheryl Klein reads “Back to Her Mermaid State,” from her novel-in-progress, Saint Julian, Make Us Reborn. Kate Durbin reads an excerpt from her novel Kim's Fairytale Wedding Mary Hamilton reads her short story, “Fucking Birds” Todd Pound reads an excerpt from All & Nothing, a novel-in-progress. Bianca Barragan reads “The Formation of Cataracts in Northeast Los Angeles” Cassie J. Sneider reads a section from her graphic novel in progress, Deer Toyota. Taleen Kalenderian reads “How to Leave Cities” Gabe Durham reads “Tough Love Couples” Justin Maurer reads “Down on the Boulevard” Rev. Norb reads “Pogologue” Amelia Gray reads “On the Illness” Mike Huguenor reads “Dog Police!” J. Ryan Stradal reads “The Augustus Mackinnon Story” Patrick O'Neil reads "Something's Wrong" Sarah Tomlinson reads an excerpt fromThe Year of Mister Nobody. Scott O'Connor reads an excerpt from Untouchable Antonia Crane, from her upcoming memoir Spent. Ben Loory, “The Man and the Moose” Sean Carswell, “Big Books and Little Guitars.” Matthew Hart, “Legacy of Brotality” Jim Ruland, “The Jungle for Real” Todd Taylor, “We Called It War”

I'm not sure what made me think about this recently but I got to thinking about how my obsession with music began and the annoyance it may have caused some of my friends. Back in those days I used to record radio shows and listen back to them on a Walkman. I was particularly fond of Metallica in my early teens and used to listen to a radio show dedicated to two full hours of nothing but Metallica songs hosted by a guy who had every single live bootleg and outtake he could find. It was wonderful! I listened intently, soaking up every tidbit of knowledge about my mullet-sporting heroes. My excitement couldn't contain itself: I had to share it with someone. My buddy from grade school who was also a Metallica fan soon became my favorite target when I felt like letting someone in on what I felt like was some sort of secret. The poor bastard was nice enough to sit and listen to a demo version of an unreleased song… on a boombox… over the phone! Yes! The fucking phone!!! I still feel like shoving my head in the dirt when I think about how he was probably rolling his eyes and holding up his middle finger to the phone and cursing the day he thought giving me his phone number was harmless. Here's to these twelve songs hopefully not annoying the shit out of you. -Juan 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 #282 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: La Luz, “Call Me in the Day” (Water Wing) --- Milk Music, “Beyond Living” (Perennial) Bad Sports, “Eddie Bender” (Dirtnap) Zero Boys, “Monkey Meat” (1-2-3-4 Go!) --- The Repos, “Go Faster” (Youth Attack) Framtid, “Nuclear Power Genocide” (Crust War / Black Water / La Vida Es Un Mus) Gauze, Track 3, Japanese title (Prank) Ilegal, “Inutil” (Lengua Armada) --- Wymyns Prysn, “Time” (No Breaks) Pissed Jeans, “Vain in Costume” (Sup Pop) Lenguas Largas, “Si es Cierto” (Razorcake) --- Tenement, “(Messy Endings) in Middle America” (Cowabunga)

Fuck Pandora and her box. The first woman on earth, Pandora, had this box that contained all the evils of the world. It gets opened because numbnuts is bored slash curious and everything goes to absolute shit. All the evil is released. Metrics and algorhythms are for robots of the brain. “I don't know anything about you except swipes and clicks. Listen to this glossy piece of wow, fine citizen!” “Thanks robot friend!” Welcome to a musical cul-de-sac filled with amnesia and product placement. Ever found yourself paying $100 for a ticket to a festival and you don't even like any of the bands playing? Pandora of the soul. The evil is let loose and acts like a teddy bear wearing tight clothing. It says it's your buddy, that this is an adventure. It's consumption. You're the consumable. You're the product that just got placed. It's an expensive bummer. Ever found yourself in a basement with strangers making loud noise, making you deaf, and you're more than a little bit scared, isolated, and alienated? But it only costs between five and ten bucks. The record you pick up after the band plays is actually quite good. The only tie-ins are that you want to listen to the record over and over again and that you start recognizing and hanging out with either the bands or the other folks who show up at the shows. Here are sixteen songs for your consideration from bands that have little in common except I like them, I like punk, and I like Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship. Books and vinyl continue their awesome streak. –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 #281 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: Dark Rides, “Hereafter” (Do Ya Hear We) The Mummies, “I'm Bigger Than You” (Estrus) --- Royal Headache, “Psychotic Episode” (What's Your Rupture / RIP Society) Rumspringer, “Tourists and Vagabonds” (Dirt Cult) Detroit Cobras, “Hey Sailor” (Sympathy For The Record Industry) Le Tigre, “FYR” (Mr. Lady) --- Bits Of Shit, “W.W.Me” (Total Punk) White Murder, “Shutter Speed” (Self-released) This Moment In Black History, “Hung Up” (VersionCity) Tenement, “Freak in Cast Iron” (Cowabunga) --- Steve Adamyk Band, “Monterrey” (Hosehead) Gateway District, “Murakami Novels” (It's Alive) Frozen Teens, “Hopeless City” (Mauled By Tigers / Do Ya Hear We) Daylight Robbery, “Distant Shores” (PoisonCity / Dirt Cult) --- No More Art, “Won't Let Go” (Man In Decline) Oblivians, “Desperation” (In The Red)

Earth, wind, fire, water. The four elements. I found three songs for each element and put this podcast together. And despite what you might think, this was not inspired by Captain Planet. (Besides, there's no heart!) –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 #280 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: Discharge, “A Hell on Earth” (Clay) Misfits, “Earth A.D.” (Caroline) Propagandhi, “Cut into the Earth” (Fat) --- Chad VanGaalen, “Wind Driving Dogs” (Sub Pop) Hot Cross, “Throw Collars to the Wind” (Level Plane) Julia, “Forge in Wind” (Old Glory) --- Japandroids, “Fire's Highway” (Polyvinyl) Jawbreaker, “Friendly Fire” (Blackball) Mara'akate, “Fireball” (One Day Savior) --- Elliott, “The Watermark High” (Revelation) Harvest, “Waterfall” (Trustkill) The Evens, “If it's Water” (Dischord)

Todd and Sean pull the curtain back on the prodigious interviewer, writer, and publisher Brad Listi. Brad is the founder of the literary website Nervous Breakdown and Other People, a twice-weekly podcast featuring interviews with contemporary writers. This interview is a myth-busting exercise. It serves to inform the layman on exactly how much work goes into maintaining a website and the common misconceptions of literary success. As a writer you know that the prospect of making money on a novel is so infinitesimal that sometimes you're forced to do the wrong things for the right reasons. You find yourself writing screenplays as a way of giving up or waiting for the elevator pitch and the luck of life. Or—like Brad—you put your creative energy into showcasing writers and the logistics of being one—both independent and commercial. You enter a world of unique visitor analytics, sponsorship, and watching premium content disappear into the cyber ether. Brad explains that, “If I want it to make money, if I want it to attract sponsors—which I need it to if I'm going to eat—then I have to have people on the show that people give a shit about, which is almost a joke because I'm talking to writers.” If you're talking to writers, you're inevitably talking about money in the abstract. How do you sustain creative endeavors and make a living? Listen here for all the answers. Well, at least for Brad's answers. -Matthew Hart 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 #279 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.

Long party weekends can lead to sleepless Sunday nights. Which means a fucked up Monday. And that August sun isn't making the day any shorter. But coming home and listening to all these records gives me more energy than I know what to do with. Which probably means drinking another beer or two. If you can't find one new band you like in this podcast, you're probably not listening to it anyways. Thanks for checking it out. -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 #278 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: Germs, "No God" (Yes LA Comp Re-issue, Frontier) --- Dark Rides, "Empathy" (Walk the Floors, Do Ya Hear We?) Sundowners, "Right Down Broadway" (Larger Half of Wisdom, Dirt Cult) Blank Pages, "Shelter" (Self-titled, Hardware) Roman Candles, "Riley Vs. Jason" (Riley Versus Jason…, Plan-It-X) --- Sick Sick Birds, "Burns in the Middle" (All the Fins in the Sea, Ghostbot) White Murder, "Arteries are Flexible" (third EP, Self-released) Cold Circuits, "Stifling Light" (Self-titled EP, Satellite Visions / Erste Theke Tonträger) Replica, "Big Black Boots" (Self-titled, Prank) --- Rumspringer, "Shitfaced in a Bathroom Stall" (Stay Afloat, Dirt Cult) Criaturas, "Asko" (Espiritu de Libertad, Residue) Radon, "Welcome Home" (Self-titled EP, No Idea) Sokea Piste, "Vieraantuneet, Spoeutuneet" (Ajatus Karkaa, Peterwalkee) --- Crimony, "Machine" (Self-titled EP, New Alliance)