I cannot deny that my Joan Jett experience was marred by the fuckers around me. First of all, she played on a stage that was penned in on both sides. On one side we had…
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RiotFest Diaries: I Saw The Replacements & am Still Trying to Find the Words
Where do I even begin? So I saw The Replacements, my very favorite band on Earth, and I didn’t die. At least not for very long. During “Androgynous” when Paul Westerberg asked “Hey did you…
RiotFest Diaries: The Ballad of Rose Penis
When I was in college my friends and I were convinced that if there were a weirdo in a 10-foot radius, he would come hit on me. Way, way, way after college (a few years…
Back to Backlash: Wherein I dream the ‘Mats are once again a garage band
As the title states, I am back to watching the “Backlash” video on repeat. I have watched this video so many times since Thanksgiving that I have every single thing memorize. Every flip of Joan…
‘Mats-related Fan Fiction I’ve Been Writing in Anticipation
As I type these words I’m on the very edge of a chorizo-stuffed-poblano-induced coma. This was one of those pain in the ass meals (stuffing many individual things is no fun) to make that didn’t…
Admitting that maybe I was wrong about The Spin Doctors
As I said on Facebook, my friend Steve tricked me into playing one of his dirty Facebook games. In this one your friend gives you a year and then you list the 10 best albums…