I Can't Decide whether either of these is a good idea; I'd hate for anyone to Damage their reputations. But who knows, one of these lineups might be The Best One Yet.

Oh god-damn, Butt Trumpet…that takes me back. This tape was in heavy rotation for a short time, along with stuff like Blatz, Raaoouul, The Tourettes, Black Fork, Schlong's Punk Side Story CD…anything that had screechy, super-pissed sounding punk girls was right up my alley.

Great article as always Mr Heller. 37, ex straight-edge here. I was a small town sXer, no scene, no crew, just me not wanting to be like my alcoholic dad or my brainless, perpetually fucked up, cheerleader-impregnating jock peers. All the Minor Threat/Dischord shit got me through high school with some measure of…

Well now that you mention it, Suzy's fantastic breasts bear more than a striking similarity to my wife's, and I DO own a red shirt…hmmm, I think I sense our next theme party…

I saw this earlier thanks to someone posting it on facebook. Wow. It's like he knew I would be home sick from work today,and needed the perfect bite-sized, surrealist segue from My Name is Earl re-runs to feverish nap-time. Really sort of tied the whole afternoon together.

Ashur really is the Worst, every time he shows up with that smug look on his face I just want whichever character he's with to turn around and beat his ass. I know by the end of the season someone will probably knock his dick in the dirt, but I have no doubt he'll somehow manage to slink away and pop up again next…

The one thing that always sticks in my mind when this show ends each week is "Wow, some poor schmuck has to clean all that mess up!"

Was anyone else kinda hoping big boys face was going to land with a little splat at the end of Spartacus' little lecture?

Speaking as the proud owner of a Big Rig tattoo, I have to agree.

I've loved everything Jesse has been involved with over the years, from OPIV through Big Rig to Common Rider. He always just comes across as so passionate, angry but positive at the same time. He's also a fantastic artist, so many great album covers under his belt. (His artwork for the Filth side of the Shit Split is…

Really have to stop watching this show immediately after Fringe, such a steep drop-off in quality. I just keep thinking "Oh, but what the Fringe people could do with this premise!"

Darcy Nutt…That has got to be the Least Metal name ever. All I can think of is "Darcy, Darcy, Darcy Pennell, she makes your life a lot less hell!"

And in other exciting (well, exciting to a select group of people) resurrections, 625 Thrashcore has been reissuing the out-of-print Spazz albums…I just got Crush, Kill, Destroy in the mail today, so stoked! I know La Revancha is already out as well, and I think Dwarf Jester Rising is due out this month…

Will definitely be checking out Liberteer & Loma Prieta; and hells yeah on Poison Idea…and tangentially related, since that new reissue is on Southern Lord; was anybody else as excited as I was for the Noothgrush double album they put out last year? Fucking killer. I love Noothgrush, but they never get mentioned…

First show out of the gate and we already get a nice long look at a topless Lawless…this in and of itself bodes well for the season.

Between this, some douchey fashion designer ripping off the Crass logo, and that indie rock band that stole the Man Is The Bastard skull, it's a dark time for my t-shirt collection!

"Scary"? "Unsettling"? I do not think these words mean what you think they mean. Seriously, google "Cephalic Carnage Ohrwurm" to accurately re-calibrate your Scare-O-Meter.

Killdozer, like Flipper, is one of those "separate-the-wheat-from-the-chaff" bands. In other words, they fucking rule.

Three words: Men's. Recovery. Project.

Don't get me wrong, I love 'em both; but I realize they're not for everybody. The Tourettes, that's another one you have to have special ears to be able to handle. Oh, and Black Fork, they had an album on Lookout, too, right?