Category: Punk

Their Ship of Love Is Ready to Attack

Song of the Day: DFX2 – Something’s Always Happening Twin brothers Donald and David Farage (DFX2 – get it?) are frustrated and annoyed.  They lost their employment and crashed their car and worst of all they are “threatened with obscurity”!  That last thing was really more than a threat as they remain almost completely unknown …

Nothing Ever Happens to Us, ‘Cept We Miss the Bus

Song of the Day: Buzzcocks – Something’s Gone Wrong Again Life is really bugging Pete Shelley.  He lost a sock, his egg yoke broke (no joke), he missed a bus, etc.  Somehow, Shelley and the Buzzcocks make these petty little annoyances seem ominous and even downright perilous.  But, haven’t we all felt like that sometimes, …

Three Big Dummys

Song of the Day: I Love You, You Big Dummy This tender, sweet love song was originally written by Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart.  It’s heartwarming message of affection must have deeply effected Howard Devoto, who was moved to record it with two of his bands, first with an early version of …

Not Too Flashy or Neat

Song of the Day: David Johansen – Funky But Chic From Ex-New York Dolls leader David Johansen‘s  fantastic 1978 solo debut comes today’s Song of the Day, Funky But, Chic!  It’s more than a song, It’s a Rockin’ Anthem, a FUNKY lifestyle choice, a fabulous Way of Being, baby!  So, yeah we really like this one …