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Wedge

I Punched MORRISEY (no,really!! I DID!!)

About Me

slowly aging mid-30s HC PUNK . always wanting to hear from similar scumbags,but no "GG ALLIN" worshippers!!. no guarantee of instant reply cos i only go online 2-3 times a week, but always wanting to hear from older, somewhat jaded idiots like myself...whatever...
a strong knowledge of Cleveland OH / Japanese & South / Central American Punk / HC / Thrash & NE Ohio Funk / Soul / Northern is always a plus & pretty much guarantees an eventual, asap, reply.
sorry,but im really an OBSESSIVE music collector & thats what really interests me,among other things...but you gotta talk to me to find out what they are cos i dont volunteer "information" very easily...bit of "social" sociopath,i guess (does that statement even make sense??!!??)
not that i dont want to talk to you,though...
if you really must know, ive spent the last 20+ years being involved in the international TRUE HC Punk Rock community as a drummer in more than a few bands youve probably heard of(no names,though. you can figure it out for yourself!!)& spreading TRUE underground PUNK (not that Hot Topic BS!! blargh)thru various mail-order distro's & years of obsessive record/tape/video trading & just general hanging out & occasionally traveling to places throughout the world to either play music, or just hang out with like-minded persons & see what life is like in their part of this crazy fukked up planet.
i also have had more than a small interest in DAIKAIJU movies (ie- Japanese & other far-east[ie-YONGARY,DYNAMAN,etc...] rubber-suit monster stuff) & have amassed a bit of a collection of these types of things,but that can only go so far as most of the stuff i like from this genre came out when i was in grade school or before; and i have really have no interest in Uber-geek stuff like books/magazines/trading cards/models. not that i havent obtained a few of these types of items over the years;i just like the movies & their b-grade entertainment value & thats about as far as it goes with me...whatever

My Interests

World / International Punk Rock & Hard Core HC Thrash (especially Japan, South America[brazil argentina colombia ecuador venezuela peru chile etc], Europe [italy {esp 1980's GDHC scene!!}finland holland UK sweden norway belgium france spain portugal basque germany former-jugoslavia poland hungary czech former-east bloc denmark austria suisse/switzerland ] Canada, & also wanting info/records cd's from "exotic" scenes/records from India,Philippines,Malaysia,Indonesia,Taiwan,China,Singapore, Canary Islands,etc...
another major want is records/contacts from ANYONE who can tell me stories/get me records or pics/news clippings/get me in contact with ANYONE who was involved with the Cleveland/Akron/Canton/Youngstown/Toledo/Columbus/Dayton/Cin cinnatti northern soul / funk / r&b / blackrock / scenes from 1960's ~ 1980's. i love this stuff more than ANYTHING & im always wanting records (45's & LP's , and/or acetates) / info that i dont already have!!!

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

SOUL/FUNK labels~scenes
Saru, Way-Out, Solid Foundation,Boddie[bounty,soul kitchen,da-wood,day-wood,etc...], Co-Co (anything LOU RAGLAND-associated for that matter...THAT MAN IS A MUSICAL GENIUS!!!),Dee-O's,Harmony On Euclid affiliated stuff, bla bla...too many to remember.i will edit/add more someday
japanese HC Punk Thrash,
world /euro/south american PUNK,
tips on housebreaking cats
how to fix your car for idiots(like me)...
TAKRL/TMOQ/TMQ/MOD Prog Rock & Punk/New Wave Bootlegs
blah blah...

Movies:

SOCKEYE!!!
Godzilla
Gojira
Gamera
Gammera
Rodan
Radon
Maijin
Guilala
Ultraman
Ultra 7
Daikaiju
Rubber-Suit Japanese Monster movies
Bizarre comedy
underground & general pop/rock Music Documentaries
rare punk videos from all over the world
Kentucky Fried Movie
Airplane
H.O.T.S.
conspiracy theory stuff
Caddyshack
Mandingo

Television:

as little as possible .i only turn on the TV about 2-3 times a month to watch news programs & thats about it.(unless i watch a video/dvd=not very often)

Books:

"GIG" photo book by Gin Satoh
"Joe Bob Goes To The Drive In"
"Joe Bob Goes Back To The Drive In"
"Iron Joe Bob"
"DIY - The Rise Of Lo-Fi Culture"
"Revenge" and "Getting Even" book series' by George Hayduke
"Close To The Edge ~ The Story Of YES"
"Bootleg" by Clinton Heylin
"Tokyo Lucky Hole" photo documentary (author forgotten)
"Flaming Carrot Comics" by Bob Burden
"Much Ado About Teeth" by Food Fortunata
"Behold A Pale Horse" by William Cooper

Heroes:

your mama
shigehisa yokoyama
TRUE old punks who havent let the constant "commercialisation" of their lifestyle get them so jaded that they give up...were still out there & some of us will NEVER give in!!!

My Blog

20 Feb 2008

Fidel Castro offically relinquished power to his brother Raul today. i 'celebrated' the event by...1) listening to "Shoot To Kill (For Epileptic Soldier)" by G.I.S.M.2) allowed my wife to play Gastank...
Posted by Wedge on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:56:00 PST

somebody did a page for the 1st signifigant band i was ever in

if anybody cares, i was once in a band called Chemically Retarded. it was my dumb ass drumming (very poorly, i might add) behind some of the first true "punk" dudes i ever met outside of my high schoo...
Posted by Wedge on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:14:00 PST

STALIN LIVE!!! BURST CITY DVD!!! my 2-cents worth...

ok, i finally tracked down an official DVD of the Japanese cult movie called BURST CITY. this was originally released sometime in early 1982 & has been unavailable until a Japanese DVD popped up i...
Posted by Wedge on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:29:00 PST

KANGRENA EP dies an unexpected death...

...im still in disbelief...last night, while having a few beers & spinning some records, there was a MAJOR disaster...i got my ORIGINAL PRESSING of the KANGRENA "TERRORISMO SONORO" 7"ep out & ...
Posted by Wedge on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:04:00 PST

...whatever...

 alright, i decided to NOT completely show my complete immaturity & deleted my abhorently INANE blog posts.maybee someday when i finally have something to say outside of the realm of stupidit...
Posted by Wedge on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:00:00 PST