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Roach

vanillablue

About Me

I like old buildings, trains, Madonna, and punk rock. GO CUBS!
I'm a member of ICON : the OFFICIAL Madonna fanclub.

My Interests


Windsor, Ontario, Canada, collecting vinyl, World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Louis Sullivan, Madonna, Naked Raygun, punk rock, puppets, journalism, gender studies, labour issues, cooking & baking.
Louis H. Sullivan's Transportation Building at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893:

I'd like to meet:

Top row (l-r): Mr. Sarah, twin brother, brother, best friend.

Music:



80s American hardcore, punk, post-punk, oi, psychobilly.

Movies:


The Jerk;
Films by Pedro Almodóvar;
Dark Crystal.

Television:


Home Movies.

Books:


Kindergarten Chats and Other Writings by Louis Sullivan;
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Cooking But Didn’t Know How to Ask by Gregory Eck (my brother!).

Heroes:


My Grandma, my Aunt Marilyn, my brothers, Colleen Wilson, Martin Zajac, Bob Mould, Madonna, Ellen Degeneres.

My Blog

Flex Book 3 Available Now!

Now that I've secured my copy, I can let you all know that there will be a third edition of the Flex Book. For those who don't know, the Flex Book is a complete discography of U.S. Punk and Hardcore ...
Posted by Roach on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:49:00 PST

Records - Home, Free Shit, Throb Throb, The Wailing Ultimate

I decided to finish up sharing my Naked Raygun releases with Home, Free Shit, and the first reissue of Throb Throb.  This leads us right into the wonderful world of compilations on which Naked Ra...
Posted by Roach on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:56:00 PST

Record - Treason

Despite being numbered and released on hot pink vinyl, this record isn't that hard to come by.  When I first started looking for Naked Raygun vinyl, I hardly ever saw this anywhere.  Now, it...
Posted by Roach on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:48:00 PST

Bob Mould Pictures.

From the Belmont Music and Arts Festival last night. He played about five Sugar songs, five Husker Du songs, and the rest solo songs - including some that will be released on future albums. And some ...
Posted by Roach on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 03:23:00 PST

Records - Jettison, Understand?

I thought that I'd post both my favorite Naked Raygun record and my least favorite Naked Raygun record in the same blog. Jettison is not only my favorite Raygun release, but it's also my favorite alb...
Posted by Roach on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:56:00 PST

Tapes - Naked Raygun (assorted)

Luckily for me, no one gives a shit about tapes anymore and I can buy them for next to nothing. Here are the first four full-length Naked Raygun albums on cassette tape:Jettison and Understand? are t...
Posted by Roach on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:47:00 PST

Record - Throb Throb

This copy of Throb Throb is part of the last (probably final) pressing of this album. Only 400 copies of the clear green version of Throb Throb were released around the time of the Touch and Go/Quart...
Posted by Roach on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:08:00 PST

Record - Basement Screams.

This is my copy of Naked Raygun - Basement Screams, the 12 inch, not the 7 inch bootleg. This is the first Naked Raygun 12" ever released. ...
Posted by Roach on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:41:00 PST

Record - Flammable Solid

As you can see, I deleted all of my old blogs for no particular reason.I think that this blog space may be solely dedicated to photos of my records, starting with my highly prized copy of Naked Raygun...
Posted by Roach on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:37:00 PST