Rock Narcotic

Joe Carducci

Word is i'm one of the special guests on this publishing panel april  
18 in LA at USC:
http://web-app.usc.edu/ecal/custom/113/index.php?category=Item&item=0.866426&active_category=Search

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In other newses, both the nytimes (sam tanenhaus) and washpost   
(david broder) wrote pieces on family dynasties in politics that   
managed to avoid a mention of the daleys, who among other recent   
coups have managed for awhile to place a defense counsel, ed genson,  
to rep their enemy machine-apostate now ex-gov. blagojevich (his   
advice: keep quiet), not to mention placing a white sox fan in the   
white house - look next for a chicago olympics, and then daley's son  
patrick is about 33 now, a vet of afghanistan...  that's how to run  
a dynasty!  for political effect, not headlines.  and that's all   
richard m., his brother bill moved from fannie mae to jp morgan   
chase's corporate responsibility operating board position, so he's   
naturally laying low.  but what does this say about the news media?   
tanenhaus and broder may be masthead kings, but on sinking ships   
that just gives them a few extra breaths of air.
http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/theworks/090129/

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Dude's even wronger than foege or browne:
http://www.16miles.com/2009/01/top-10-of-2008-2-triple-candie-thank.html

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Assuming a touch above zero visibility this saturday david   
lightbourne & birgit burke will again bring their acoustic guitar &   
mandolin blues and rags songbook from laramie's buckhorn to   
centennial's trading post apres ski music series.  they'll go from   
4pm to 6pm or thereabouts.  free.

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SAT., 31JAN09 Curated by MARVIN TATE
ONO PERFORMING: Love Letters/The Night Time
"The diva releases what we are constrained to suppress;
she gives vent to our nameless furies; in her, our madness reigns.
We sin, she suffers." - Annie J. Randall
Elastic Arts Foundation
2830 N. Milwaukee Ave. (2nd FL), Chicago
http://www.travistravis.com/UPCOMING.html
http://www.roctober.com/roctober/ono.html

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Michael Fournier reads from his book on Minutemen - Double Nickels   
on the Dime:
Quimby's, Chicago, Sat. Feb. 14, 7pm, free.

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Check out pre-chicago wax trax founder jim nash at his denver wax   
trax in 77 with LA's the nerves on tour behind counter.
http://www.pattyheffley.com/

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Ron Asheton copy:
http://www.metrotimes.com/music/story.asp?id=13608
http://blurt-online.com/features/view/260/
http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2009/01/vintage_qa_with_the_late_stoog.php

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Blog archeology paydirt:
http://grimhorror.blogspot.com/2009/01/overkill-la-triumph-of-will.html

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The Stains / Carnage Asada.
The Stains lineup is Rudy on vocals, Robert on Guitar, Caesar on Bass
and Gilbert on drums which sounds like the original pre-LP lineup.

Liquid Kitty punk rock BBQ West L.A. Sun 2/22
Highland Park American Legion Hall - Friday 3/27
Doll Hut - Anaheim - Saturday - 5/22
http://www.myspace.com/familiacarnageasada

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Chuck Dukowski Sextet, Ketman
Friday, Jan. 30, 14 Below, Santa Monica.
CD6, Carnage Asada, Love Canal, Plain Wrap, Master Cylinder
Saturday, Jan. 31, Club Travesty/the Legion, 227 Ave 55, Highland Park.

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Latest bopst show:
http://rvanews.com/2009/01/the-bopst-show-and-with-anybody-episode-39/

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Lawsuit bait, two per shirt:
http://www.cinefilevideo.com/products-page/

Joe Carducci is a hell of a writer, record producer, and former A&R executive, formerly most closely associated with the influential LA-based record label SST Records. His most recent book Enter Naomi: SST, L.A. and All That, chronicles his time at the infamous label and the life and death of famed SST photographer Naomi Peterson--a supreme talent who I had the priveledge of working with on many occasions--and whose laugh I still miss. -Scott Crawford