Scale

really behind the 8 ball here but I've been in Skyrim.

The only comment I really want to throw in here is that Kitchen's Floor should have been rated a lot higher, because after many of the highly disposable acts lauded in this list are gone, their albums will be noted as works by a band that got punk right in 2010, 2011, wil again in 2012.

Royal Headache - look, I want to like them, I do, but a great singer doesn't make up for pedestrian songwriting.

and Lost Animal shoulda rated higher.

I liked it. I think Richie wanted to be devestated, and it was just part of his coming out process. Nothing more, nothing less. And he becomes the hero of the story, in a traditional sense: he is transformed and empowered. it's really subtle, but apologising to Hector is a transformation: right then and there, he makes a decision to be in control of his life, not have secrets and own his mistakes. it was so slight, so undramatic - not yelling, no tears, you miss it because it works so hard to not use the cliches of television.

yeah, it was good TV. I have to say the best episode was Manoli, and the Lex surprised the hell out of me, but it was all good really. Voiceover was lame but I was so held by other things, I didn't care. I like the TV show for being more humane and having more hope than the book does, just because I like to think redemption might be possible for some in life, even if that is fiction really.

buy the album instead.

GUTTED about no Hobart. GUTTED.

I will find a way. I bloody will.

it's not that amazing, just honest and cheeky. Good on them for being themselves and giving nary a toss.

Rhys has sent a pile of these CD/DVD's to Hobart and it's such good gear.

Great stuff, fine band.

The Wicker Man.

I kinda like Bathtub Shitter, but I think they're grind.

Anyway, there's two things: you argue the best hardcore band forever, and everyone is largely right whatever they chuck in, but tmaybe, it's really about the blueprint, which is pretty much Bad Brains. There's argualbly 'better' bands but HR and co bring it being, You can efine it as much as you like but you'll never create it.

1. Naked – Run At Me
2. BEARS – Skin Grafted
3. Traitor – God v Evil
4. Will & The Screaming Seniors - Chutebox vs UTAS
5. This Is A Robbery! – Don’t Fall For Me
6. myblackson – Forget
7. Strictly Business – DBCB
8. Treehouse – I Got It
9. Anti-Chynus – Drop Out
10. The Lucky Dips – Obsession
11. NowyourefuckeD – Long Johns
12. Moe Grizzly – Sincere Neighbour
13. Phat Meegz – Punk Jumps
14. Social Death Squad – Sick Of Damaging Scenes
15. Smutty Sam - Alpha-Flight Got Cancelled

free to downlaod from here

this was compiled by R. Fisher of Hobart's myblackson; he writes about it on his blog.

Art Speiglman