DTR-005 Fiya “Room For One More” 7″

This is the fifth record I put out, sort of…  The 3rd was a CDR compilation of  Dead Tank releases and friends bands, the 4th was going to be a Kite Flying Discography –  that was taking too long and Init Records wanted to do it more, and yes – OK.   This was the fifth.

At the time I had only known Fiya through the “s/t” 7″ they released with Travis Fristoe’s Obscurist Press.  I loved that 7″.   I always had copies of it in my distro aas well as the CDR version the band made.   Somewhere in all that nonsense I saw them play a few times – probably constantly heckling  “I want to release your next record” over and over.

And so it happened.  And at the time, I knew the record was great.  But seriously –  every time I listen to it it gets better.   I even included some lyrics from the last song “Room For One More.”

About 80 of the records had these silk screened covers, the rest were printed at Imprint.

Room For One More

What now? We’ve got our back catalogues. We’ve got our frames of reference. We’ve got our identities. Yeah, and we’ve got mounting debts, and we’ve got alcohol shakes, and we’ve got fading hopes, and we’ve growing guilt, and history to threaten us, privilege to fall back on, vivid fear to run from, less and less time to spare. And who among us didn’t believe that she could defy her circumstances, that he could surpass his destiny, that we could create our destiny?   But we talk like fucking asholes now. Our lives warn against hope. Our words punish hope. We act like fucking assholes now, prescribe failure and compromise, predict defeat and repetition and humiliation.

Download it here –http://joshjubinsky.com/mp3/Fiya.rar

Buttons rule everything around me

Yeah, I was thinking I should have something to do.  You know, with my spare time.

And here it is – http://eatmybuttons.wordpress.com/

That’s just some stock internet photo or something.  I don’t think my adult self would be down to have carpet in the house.

Photo of the Week

American Cheeseburger at Yesterdays in Jacksonville.  2004 / 2005 ?

DTR-002 Darius Axis 7″

The second record I released. For fans of Evergreen and Braid – with some Gainesville quirkiness just for fun.  I love this record and loved seeing these guys play live.   The newer stuff they recorded made it to a cdr.  I’ll find that and eventually put it up as well.

Download it here – http://joshjubinsky.com/mp3/DariusAxis.rar

Garden Time

Too many bugs on the tomatoes.   But in the other area of the garden the beans are pest free and doing great. We took out three of the overgrown tomato plants and put in space for beans.  Good times.

DTR-001 The South “Chomp Chomp Chomp” LP

So I’m thinking posting up random records I love would be a good thing.  I recently got some fancy Tascam USB recorder that also handles phono inputs. So here we go.

Here’s the first record I ever released, The South “Chomp Chomp Chomp” LP on Dead Tank Records.  A link to download the whole album is at the bottom of this post.

I pressed 300 of them on black vinyl and was very new to the whole idea of pressing records.   I was very excited when this distributor in the UK wanted 20 of so copies of the LP. Here’s a review here wrote for his website http://www.collective-zine.co.uk.

“I knew this record would be awesome from the moment I laid eyes upon it. Although I know you should never judge a record by it’s cover. This one is screened and messy and gave me an inkling of what to expect before I even slapped it onto the turntable. And I guess it’s appropriate that I ended up reviewing this LP on the same day that I reviewed the Pine album. These two bands have done more to renew my faith in hardcore than any other new bands in recent time. Both ooze the intangible qualities that make me swoon over a record like it was a 2 day old kitten. It’s tough to explain why certain LP’s make me want to bay to all and sundry who enjoy a certain style of music that they should check an album out. But the South are one of those bands that subconciously urge me to run around telling everyone who’ll listen to “check out the South! check out the South!”.

Chomp! is 8 tracks of pure fire and passion. It burns with a sincerity that so few bands evoke for me, they have the fury and they have the spirit. It’s not that common, but every now and again you get a politicized emo band, one which has something to say on a level other than the personal one. Yaphet Kotto is one of those bands. The South is another, they engender that rare feeling of awe in me, the feeling I got when hearing things like the first YK 7″ or the first Pine 7″ or a multitude of other records that most people are not particularly bothered about. And that’s fair play. Different records have different effects on folk, and that’s exactly the way it should be.

How many emo bands have song titles like “the Foundations of America Were Built on Religious Facism and Dinosaurs”? Heh. They’d probably hate me for calling them emo. But that’s the sound they have. Powerful screaming, guitars that hurtle along, wobbling precipitously on spider web thin melodies, before crashing into intense grooves that thunder along. They also can hit with a terrifying force, “Fire in the Hole” has moments where it is absolutely nitro fueled and brings the blitz with full effect, and just check out the rather peculiarly named “Crazy Dave Lied About His Shoes” which just plain detonates.

The record is liberally (hoho) sprinkled with some awesome samples from old time Americans and speeches, really adding to the whole political feel that the band eminates. That element makes me want to compare them to the aforementioned Yaphet Kotto. Musically that is a fair thing to say at times, though they are also decidedly different, and I won’t demean them by running off a list of other bands that play this kind of thing. The South are worth more than that. All that remains for me to say is: if you like the same records that I do, you MUST get this.”

Download the album here – http://joshjubinsky.com/mp3/TheSouth.rar

Random Photo of the Week.

One year anniversary of Inertia Records.

Some New Records, IFB Records Rule

Let me tell you, IFB Records is awesome.  Nevin Marshall is so quick and professional about getting records out.   Things are packed up well, mailed fast and friendly and the prices are killer.

Ft. Myers Florida is housing a real treat that you should  take advantage of next time you are ordering records.  They carry a lot of great hardcore / punk from other labels and of course Nevin has his own label that’s released tons of great records from Jiyuna, Merkit, Her Breath on Glass, Dead Friends, Carlisle, Roboteer, Hombrinus Dudes, and Resurrectionists and many more!  Upcoming releases include Drainland (I think that is Mark from Shikari’s new band?) and a 10″ from Panzram – that’s Joe and John from the band Merkit, and the former of Seven Inches to Freedom zine,  the latter of MRR and Your Day Will Come zine.

From the ‘philosophy’ part of the IFB website..

“We are a group of kids who believe strongly in the DIY ethic. DIY is not a stepping stone to get huge off of and then abandon – it has to be the centerpiece of our culture if we are to present any kind of meaningful alternative to the awful garbage of a culture we are currently mired in. We take pride in the music we release and we do all the design and packaging ourselves and are always trying to come up with creative looking stuff. We are opposed to this new trend in hardcore where labels and bands market themselves in a way that major labels do. You will not see barcodes on our releases, you will not see thick, glossy postcard advertisements or pictures of our bands dressed up with nice haircuts looking sexy. We are not out to make a sale. The music, the words, and the DIY spirit behind the whole thing are what’s important. We cannot let ourselves become a clone of the mainstream business world. We also cannot let the forces of capitalism coopt our culture and sell it back to us. Support DIY labels, bands, and projects. We encourage you to gag when you see a barcode on a hardcore record or when a label puts out ridiculous press kits with “selling points.” Please have fun and lead a meaningful, creative life.”

And Merkit is touring Europe soon! These guys are all super busy with great things and they are still sure to send your records fast and awesomely.

Anyway, here’s what I got.

Seein’ Red/Mihoen 10″
Seein’ Red/Catweazle 10″
I love Seein’ Red.  I love them more the longer they are around (over 20 years!), and they’ve been around forever.   Straightforward Dutch hardcore.   I saw them play at Trashfest in the Netherlands while on tour there and was totally impressed.  The drummer is amazing.  It’s insane to me that they are still doing the same kind of music for all these years.  The split with Mihoen is brand new and everything for that record is in Dutch.  And the Catweazle split is old, I just saw it on the list and never heard of it.

Resurrectionists – s/t LP
Wall of noise style German hardcore on the IFB label.  The last (and first) I heard of them was the split 7″ with Merkit.  The drumming is totally amazing. Two vocalists with the one low pitched and high pitched, while it’s classic, it doesn’t seem overused here. The songs are fast and pummeling with the exception of the Eyehategod cover at the end.  You know, which is just slower and pummeling. Brilliant stuff. Listen to them here.

Iron Lung/Walls/Pig Heart Transplant LP
All 11 tracks on this LP were recorded while all 3 bands played together live at the Vera Project in Seattle.  Jon of Iron Lung also plays in Pig Heart Transplant, and Jensen (also of Iron Lung) plays in Walls…so you sort of get the picture here.  Last I heard copies of the LP are out of print. You can download the whole thing here if that’s your deal.  

Pollution – Nasty DNA LP

Dissonant hardcore ala Veriform Records.  The UK label Feast of Tentacles put this out.  The band is from Brooklyn NY, so I can’t help but think of Drunkdriver when listening.  With that reference in mind, I do hear the  occasional vocal effect – although the rhythm isn’t nearly as offbeat or jarring as Drunkdriver.   Also present is a tip of the hat to Die Kruezen and Rorschach’s mythical offspring.

And here’s the Thou stuff I got from the band. Still haven’t listened to much of it. From what I’ve heard so far, I really like the long song format, but them having many parts, not just slower and longer.  Pretty epic.

Thou “Tyrant” CD
Thou “Peasant C”D
Thou / Salome split 12″
Thou / Leech 12”
Thou “Baton Rouge, You Have Much to Answer For..” LP
Thou / Black September 7″

The discography page of the Thou website has links to almost everything they’ve recorded available for free download. Punk.  Check it out here.

Biblioklept Interview

My neighbor Ed has a very cerebral, and yet down to earth, literary blog called Biblioklept.   After hearing more and more about the zine collection, he asked about interviewing me.

“Jacksonville Public Library’s Zine Collection is one of the first–and largest– such collections in the Southeastern United States. Librarian and collection archivist Josh Jubinsky was kind enough to talk to Biblioklept about the collection, the essence of punk, the future of zines in an increasingly technologically-mediated world, and the million-fart bill. We corresponded via email, although we could have done the interview in person easily–in full disclosure, I should mention that Josh lives down the street from Biblioklept World Headquarters.”

Yeah, over email.  Ed’s good to walk past while I’m walking the dog, run into at Home Depot, have some beers with etc.  But talking shop on the weekends? Naw.

Check out the interview here.  You might become painfully aware that my ‘conversational’ typing is actually just a whole lot of run on sentences.  Sorry!

Mother’s Day Weekend

The weekend of lots of eating.

Well, I worked Friday. Friday night was Indian food at the Tea Room place in Five Points. Super good food, but maybe not enough of it for me.

Saturday was of course more working. Although I used my lunch break to try and catch Thou playing at zombie bikes. They showed up late. So instead, I helped build the velodrome a bit and mostly witness a snow ball fight. Not bad for a Florida summer lunch break.

Got to say howdy to Brian from Thou, got some records. And went back to work. I must say, that band is a bunch of troopers. Gainesville Friday night till 4am. Matinee show in Jacksonville on Saturday, then drive to Miami for a show Saturday night. Sunday they played in Pensacola. Wow. Mega props.

I haven’t heard them much before I got the records. And now that I have a new record needle (YES), I was able to check them out. I like it a lot. It’s funny how much it reminds me of his old band I did a CD for, Dear Diary I Seem to Be Dead. Bummed I couldn’t stay to see them play, but all in all good times.

Saturday night was food with the in-laws. Very awesome and fun hanging. Although Towncenter is always crazy and full of very odd people – or maybe exceedingly normal people.

Sunday morning was breakfast at the Fox and some house chillin.

Her parents have a few very large staghorn ferns that have been in the family for years. They brought one over for the tree in our front yard! It looks rad!