Culture Of None on The Steve Barman Show

May 29, 2009

I had the unique pleasure of being invited to talk about records on The Steve Barman Show recently. Check it out.

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Shift ‘The Get Rich Quick Scheme EP’ (1997)

May 25, 2009

Shortly after seeing all my favorite Earache bands get snapped up by Columbia/Sony in the mid-’90s…the almost improbable news of Shift’s signing had me genuinely boggled. I got into Shift via their early ‘Pathos‘ ep on the evr label; which was an appropriately humble effort from a very young band which clearly understood that Quicksand […]

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Get High (1999)

May 21, 2009

Somehow this rather obscure album made it onto my ever-growing ‘wish list’ (amazon.com, half.com) – probably because I had read an intriguing review in a zine or catalog at some point. You should also know that I add EVERYTHING that sounds even remotely interesting to my wish lists – and, thanks to SwapaCD.com, I’m finally […]

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Why I Still Adore Records After All These Years

May 20, 2009

As I’m carefully packing LPs for the relocation of Culture Of None from Detroit to Seattle, I’m feeling a bit sentimental. So,here’s a just a few of the reasons I continue to love wax: It’s the most vast collection of sounds ever: I’ve said it before, and it deserves repeatin’: Vinyl has been the primary […]

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nymb ‘the glass eye’ ep (1999)

May 13, 2009

This was another Nymb release that was super difficult to track down. Yes – it is my folly that now (a great many years after seeing them live) I’m trying to get their full discography into the Culture Of None library. ‘The Glass Eye’ ep was actually the title that got me involved in the […]

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id ‘self titled’ (2000)

May 6, 2009

I really like finding independently produced CDs at thrift stores. This one was 99¢, 7 songs, and was recorded at The Space Studio in New York. How it made it to a Salvation Army store in Southfield, MI is anyone’s guess. From the song titles and the cover art/band photo, I got the feeling it […]

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How to use "Online Stalker" Techniques to Get Your Unshipped eBay Item

May 2, 2009

If you’ve used eBay to any extensive degree, you’ve surely come across some un-delivered items, or at least purchases that take forever to arrive. It’s vexing from every direction: you paid swiftly with Paypal, and now it’s three weeks later and you’re wondering where in heck your item is. Everything else you’d paid for around […]

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Mind Funk ‘Touch You EP’ (1991)

April 29, 2009

Mind Funk was one of the craziest things to happen in the world of metal, and they actually managed to turn their unusual formula of talents into a distinctive and memorable sound. It was the vocalist from Uniform Choice joining with Celtic Frost’s drummer and guitarists from Nirvana, Chemical Waste, and M.O.D. with a major […]

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My new membership to Swap A CD

April 27, 2009

I just joined today, and I already really like the site’s potential and how it works. I have stacks of CDs that I’m glad I was able to hear, but don’t feel I need to physically keep in the Culture Of None library. The grand majority of these titles are thrift store/dollar store buys, or […]

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nymb ‘novembre’ ep (1997)

April 25, 2009

I saw nymb perform in the basement of Chad’s house. nymb played dense, wall-of-sound indie rock that was often deep and swirling and articulate. As a live act, they had a meditative focus that suggested at the core of these crushing guitar epics were softly strummed acoustic origins. When I saw them in 2000, they […]

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