Just a little update for the masses

Not sure if anybody reads this still or not, but I am taking a temporary hiatus from this here blog. My updates have become less and less frequent, but it is not like I have lost all interest in it. This computer I have has been sludging and dodging for the past year or so and I keep putting off getting a new one. Well its time. I am hoping to get another one within the next week or so. And hopefully it wont take 4 hours to update the blog! Yeah, see why I stopped doing it?

Anyways I am typing up and adding my entire music collection to Discogs.com. Just to keep track of the damn thing. Its a work in progress, but feel free to head over there and take a gander. And suggestions on future entries would be great!

Also, I will probably be changing the name of the blog, or starting a new one. I'm not sold on the title anymore. I'm leaning towards "Chairshot To The Skull". Thoughts?

Keep posted!

Go to www.discogs.com and search for Chairshotrecords. Thats me!

or just got here.....

http://www.discogs.com/user/chairshotrecords

I spent way too much money at record stores this week! I hit up Blinding Sun Records in Frederick MD, and then Double Decker Records in Allentown PA. Here is my hauls!

7"

22 Jacks - Swallow
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Art of the Underground Volume 19 (206/250)
Ann Beretta - Burning Bridges
Bottom Line - No One' Safe (clear orange)
Bouncing Souls - 20th Anniversary Series: Volume 4 (white vinyl, 800 pressed)
Burn What Binds - S/T (Test Pressing)
Crush Story - S/T
Doppelganger - S/T (625)
Eyes Shut - What It's All About (black vinyl, 180 pressed)
Frenzal Rhomb - 4 Litres
Giant Haystacks - How We Lost The War (grey vinyl)
Hit Me Back - 8 Positive Tunes To Shaker Yer Bon-Bon To (black vinyl)
Hit Me Back - Only The Magic School Bus Goes Back In Time (test pressing)
Jolt - Burn / Epilogue (shredder)
Jolt - Emily
Jolt - Epilogue (red vinyl. original pressing on Buzzsaw. 50 pressed)
Jolt - Old Milwaukee (orange)
Jolt - The Agony of Deceit (white. 326/500)
Kucklehead - S/T (white vinyl)
No Empathy - Agrippa (orange)
Rhythm Collision - A Look Away
Rhythm Collision - Girl With The Purple Hair
Riverdales - Back To You
Slacker - Covering The Bases (black vinyl
Ten Feet Tall - S/T
The Cable Car Theory - Something New
The Disenchanted - The Other White Trash
Up Front - Doin' It Live on WNYU (clear vinyl)
Zoinks! - Dump-Eye

22 Jacks / The Smooths - Split
22 Jacks / Wank - Split
G-Whiz / Six - Split
Gus / Gus - Floriduh vs Canaduh (1st pressing on black. 300 pressed)
Jolt / The Wynona Riders - Split (clear red)

LP's
Latex Generation - 360

Compilation LP's
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 2
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 4
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 5
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 6
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 7
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 8
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 10
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 11
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 12
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 13
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 14
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 15
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 16
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 17
Desperate Rock n Roll Volume 19
Dirty Water: The Birth of Punk Attitude
Pebbles Volume 4
Pebbles Volume 11
Pebbles Volume 13
Pebbles Volume 14
Pebbles Volume 16
Pebbles Volume 17
Punk Uprisings Volume 2

Plague Of Shadows - Demo 2005 CDr

This release is a little bit different than most that I post on this blog. Although my collection consists of mainly pop punk and power pop, I do however have a large chunk of rockabilly, garage, grindcore, thrash, death metal, and even some country and blues. This however is a lone wolf in the collection.

I do believe this is my only metalcore release in my collection. To be honest, I always hated metalcore. But this release isnt all that bad, and has some fast parts which I really seem to enjoy. I picked this up at a show back in 2005 at the Champion Ship in Lemoyne PA.

Self released in 2005 on a CDr. It sounds like a home recording, but there are production and mixing credits. Probably not more than 100 or so released. 2 tracks, so its pretty short. But download it and let me know what everybody thinks.

And if you like this, the band is still around so check them out.

http://www.mediafire.com/?dlrt9zap2k4yoqs

Face To Face - Face To Face (1996)

I own just about every Face To Face release. This band was great. However most of the material is still in print. This CD seems like it is out of print, which would mean its going on the blog!

If you are into punk rock, and haven't heard of Face To Face, you need to get your ears checked. The band has been around since 1991, and released a ton of releases. Lots of vinyl as well for us collector nerds. This album in particular is one of their best. Not as good as Don't Turn Away, but pretty damn close. I was always iffy about buying this album for some reason. Until I picked up the LIVE! release and heard Complicated. This cd is a little bit more polished than the previous releases, but still great. I love the music of Face To Face, but I seem to find the lyrics leaving a lot to be desired.

This album was released on A&M Records in 1996. Catalog # 31454 0601 2 IN02. There is also a vinyl version that was released on Vagrant Records. Which is you really wanted it, you could pick it up around $15 to $20.

Resignation was also on the Five Years On The Streets compilation CD.
Blind was on "I Hear Ya: Summer '97" CD on Caroline Distribution, and "Bands We Like" CD on Combat Zone Records.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Resignation
2. Walk The Walk
3. Blind
4. Ordinary
5. I Won't Lie Down
6. Can't Change The World
7. Handout
8. Everything's Your Fault
9. Take It Back
10. Complicated
11. Put You In Your Place
12. Falling

http://www.mediafire.com/?ox5xo6xejwamp6v

V/A - Springman To The Rescue CD

I know, almost 2 months without an update. So shoot me. Actually please do not. I enjoy life most of the time and wish not to end it so suddenly. Thanks a bunch.

I wasn't going to upload this. I was under the impression it was still in print. However, with a little research it seems as though it is OOP. So here ya go!

Springman Records was one of my favorite labels when I was a teenager. Great comps, great bands and everything was super cheap. In an era when the 90's pop punk sound pretty much died off, Avi over at Springman was still churning out some awesome stuff. If you havent picked up any of the Punk Rock Strike CD's, you really really are doing yourself a disservice.

I honestly have no clue where I got this CD. I do know however I bought it because Day At The Fair was on it. And it also introduced me to Big D & The Kids Table. By the sounds of it, I think the Big D song is possibly a demo version. Released in 2004 on, yep, Springman Records. There was no catalog number that I can see, and I have no idea how many were made.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Shinobu - Not Gonna Happen
2. Groovie Ghoulies - Nowmal (Is A Million Miles Away)
3. The Phenomenauts - Mission
4. Up The Empire - Stars At Noon
5. The Wunder Years - The Lonely Vampires Club
6. Treephort - It Takes Talent To Scream Into A Microphone
7. Big D And The Kids Table - LA X
8. Day At The Fair - The Blame Anxiety
9. Single Man Riot - Run For It
10. The Haints - Ivy Says
11. The Rum Diary - It's Midnight
12. Jason Webley - Icarus
13. Secretions - Long Lonely Road
14. Pain - Adam's Apple

http://www.mediafire.com/?9xxzjfy2rqcwoau

ARTIST: Anti-Anti
TITLE: Hooray For Everything
LABEL: Fast Music
CATALOG #: Fast8009
YEAR: 2003

Here is another great release from Fastmusic. I have a number of their releases and they haven't disappointed yet. I picked this up from eBay a few years ago for I think 3 or 4 dollars. It's some really good skate/pop punk. Sounds like it would come out of the late 90's pop punk scene.

They also have albums titled Port Charlotte Rock City, Slumber Party Massacre (Debut album), a split 7" with Grave Mistake, and a split with Swamp Kids. I'm sure there are others but I don't know of them.

There also seems to be another band with the name Anti-Anti that released an album on Jade Tree, but I do not believe it is the same band.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Long Island Expressway
2. The Good Old Days
3. Englewood Beach
4. I Want You Back
5. It's Gotta Suck To Be A Girl
6. I Live In Florida
7. Jarhead
8. Bubblegum Girl
9. Queen Of The Scene
10. Don't You Know
11. The Last Laugh
12. Forbidden Planet
13. Slumber Party Massacre
14. Sweetest Dream

http://www.mediafire.com/?dmzcfhsuxjtsnbd

New Weekend Pick-Ups!

Grab these this weekend at Tom's Music Trade in Red Lion PA. All except the Nena and The Animals. Those are thrift store finds. Hoping to get there next week and drop some dough on the 7" records. Was pretty happy with what I got.

Also I hope to get an upload today! I just have to upload the music and post it!

Forstella Ford - Well Versed In Deception (I've been on a big old school screamo kick lately.)
Nena - 99 Luftballoons (Pretty good power pop / new wavey stuff)
NoFX - White Trash Two Heebs And a Bean (Original pressing on Epitaph. These guys were great before all the political crap)
Pud - I'm The Shark (Awesome gruff punk/pop punk on Recess Records)
The Animals - The Best of The Animals (original gatefold sleeve. Great band, and this is MINT. Not bad for $1.47)
Yaphet Kotto - The Killer Was In The Government Blankets (Awesome screamo stuff on Ebullition)
V/A - Pebbles Vol. 7 (If you like 60's garage, these comps are classic. Not as good as Back From The Grave or Teenage Shutdown, but still worth picking up)
V/A - Swinging From The Trees (Sydney punk comp with The Naked Lunch, Mushroom Planet, The Sweet Ride and more)