Vicious Cycle "Pale Blue Dot" CD

This was Vicious Cycle's only full length and it came out on Deranged Records. The band was inspired by Carl Sagan hence the name of the CD, the song "For Carl", and the stars on the cover. The band went into a big studio and as a result the production values are bigger sounding. Some think this is a good thing. I felt it killed some of the energy heard on previous releases. The songs on here are:

1. No Escape
2. Blur
3. The Waiting

4. Black Dot
5. In Tranquility
6. Death
7. Vertigo
8. Gamma Ray
9. Heaven or Hell
10. For Carl
11. Pale Blue Dot
12. Rebirth
13. Farewell

Flyer - Tuesday December 29, 2009

Sunday December 27, 2009

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BUNNY SKULLS - Nuke Portland / 83 Again (Punks Before Profit$)

Stephe's Top 10 - Newbie 7"s

ASPIRIN - Buchiyabure (Schizophrenic)

RATIONAL ANIMALS - Tasting Blood (Feral Kid)

PAHAA VERTA - Myo Ollaan Huoria (Roku)

OMAISUUS VAHINKO - Arvet (Ratbite / Roku)

CIVIL VICTIM - Problem (Loud Blaring Punk)

MAD WORLD - Persona (Even Worse / Kangaroo)

SPG - Rhetoric (American Waste / Give Praise)

DISCO ASSAULT - Work to Survive (Schizophrenic)

BORED STRAIGHT - Drink Beer L.L.C. (Data Control)

HARDA TIDER - Fuck Snuten (Not Enough)

Rob's Top 10 Acquisitions for 2009

DEVO - Turn Around (Warner)

SMITH WESTERNS - Tonight (Huzac)

NO BUNNY - Chuck Berry Holiday (Bubbledumb)

KING KHAN AND BBQ SHOW - Animal Party (In The Red)

REIGNING SOUND - Stick Up for Me (In The Red)

JAY REATARD - I'm Watching You (Matador)

ATTENTION - Stop or My Job Will Shoot (Self-Released)

YOUNG LIONS - Things Are Gonna Change (Schizophrenic)

KOWLOON WALLED CITY - Bone Loss (Perpetual Motion Machine)

NIRVANA - School (Sub Pop)

Ed's Top 10

BLACKLISTED - I Am Extraordinary (Deathwish)

RAH - It Won't Last (Labelled)

SOUL CONTROL - Pursuing Ghosts (Bridge 9)

I REFUSE - Your Sight Today is Piercing (FWYS)

ROMAN LINE - Jimmy (Merman / Monster Zero)

TITLE FIGHT - Loud and Clear (Run for Cover)

TRAPPED UNDER ICE - Against the Wall (Reaper)

REIGN SUPREME - And Come What May (Deathwish)

HOSTAGE LIFE - Con Man's Guide to Quantum Mechanics (Juice Box)

PROPAGANDHI - Last Will and Testament (G7 Welcoming Committee)

Treat Me Like Dirt

Liz Worth interviewed as many first wave Toronto punks as she could find. She organized their story telling into chapters based around event and ways to describe the scene. The result is an anecdotal story telling by the characters that made up that scene. It is brilliant because punk is an oral history and Liz uses their quotes to retell their stories. She doesn't re-write or paraphrase or even use rock journalism techniques. Instead she gathers quotes by the folks involved in the incidents and has them tell the story. There is always more than one story teller so they go back and forth and you get a perspective on the folk lore and legends of Toronto. Gary Topp, Colin Brunton, Steve Leckie, members of Teenage Head, members of the Diodes, members of the Ugly, and loads of other unsung bands that made up the scene. She hads done an incredible job here of bringing the stories back to life. And Gary Pig Gold of the Pig Paper assists in the editting and Ralph Alfonso publishes this on Bongo Beat Records so this has more than gone through the first wave filter of fact checking. You can be assured that the stories in here are accurate.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

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STOMPIN’ TOM – Merry Christmas Everybody (Dominion)

SIZE 14 – Mrs. Claus (Drive-Thru)
LE BISTHAN JAKE – Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (Drive-Thru)
THE DARYLS – I Want More for Christmas This Year (Bruce Monkey)
THE SHITBIRDS – Christmas is Coming (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
THE JIMMIES – Santa Please bring My baby back to me (Bruce Monkey)

TRIGGER HAPPY – Seasonal Excuse (Essential Noise)
POISON IDEA – Santa Claus is Back in Town (Tim Kerr)
BLOOD SAUSAGE – Fuck Christmas, Fuck Santa, Fuck You (Essential Noise)
FLAPS DOWN – Hey Santa (Rhino)

THE DICKIES – Silent Night (Rhino)
THE YOBS – Oy Santa (Captain Oi!)
JOEY RAMONE – Christmas (Sanctuary)
BILLY IDOL – Yellin’ at the Christmas Tree (Arista)

SLOPPY SECONDS – Lonely Christmas (Taang)
VANDALS – Hang Myself by the Christmas Tree (Kung Fu)
MUFFS – nothing for Christmas (S.F.T.R.I.)
SPECTRUM – Santa Claus (S.F.T.R.I.)

4-SKINS – Merry Christmas Everybody (Dojo)
THE GREEDIES – Merry Jingle (Rhino)
DENNIS LEARY – Merry Fuckin’ Christmas (Comedy Central)
SHANE MACGOWAN – Christmas Lullabye (ZTT)

NAKED AND THE DEAD – Ornament (En Guard)
CLIT COPS – Fast X-Mess (Intensive)
NATIONAL SPEEDBALL LEAGUE – Money in the Manger (Nepone)
THE HALFLINGS – A Kiss for Christmas (Second Thought)
THE CREEPSHOW - Merry Christmas, I Don’t Wanna Fight (Stereo Dynamic)

FUCKED UP – Do They Know it’s Christmas Time (Self-Released)
CRUCIAL YULE – X-mas Time for the SkinsFEAR – Fuck Christmas (Slash)
MR. T EXPERIENCE – Merry Fucking Christmas (Munster)
GREAT WHITE LYIN’ SNAKE - Last Christmas (Highly Collectible)
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN – Merry Christmas, I Fucked Your Snowman (Tario)

CRASS – Merry Crassmas (Crass)

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