Reactionaries

Time for a little shameless promotion... although that's what writing blogs is all about, right?

I recently partnered up with a few friends to start a record label that showcases musicians from my hometown of San Pedro. We just finished our first record, which is a re-release (first release) of a practice tape The Reactionaries (Minutemen before they were the Minutemen) and a b-side of a bunch of pedro musicians doing their versions of the songs by the aforementioned band. It's a pretty cool concept and was a lot of fun to make. You can check out site out at Water Under The Bridge Records. We even have another blog that chronicles the whole process of making the record.

It was a pretty damn cool experience. Chuck Dukowski of Black Flag played on it as well as Jack Brewer and Joe Baiza of Saccharine Trust and even Mike Watt, Todd Congelliere. So get down!

We are having a release party for the record at Harold's Place in San Pedro, Saturday Feb. 20th with a bunch of bands and good times. Check / click on the flyer below for info!

Tunesday: Andrew Jackson Jihad

Lately around these parts, we've been updating more about music than food... trust me, we've still been eating though, but not out and about as often as we like. Being that our pockets aren't lined with gold, our culinary excursions have been cut down a bit. Maybe we'll do a write up about this really cool pizza place with a really cool specialty... Croatian-style pizza. (because it's good, not just because it's walking distance from our apartment)

Anyways.

Here's another band that we find ourselves listening to quite often as we sit around on a Friday night wearing away the tarnish of the week's toil. Not only do they have an awesome name, but they have an awesomely unique sound to belt out their message. I get the feeling that I'm being screamed at by a paranoid folk band on crank when I listen to these dudes. Everything is fast paced and paranoid. Messages delivered in a wail, but lyrical content that definitely rings true. Oh, and their name is Andrew Jackson Jihad.

Here's one of my favorites. I find the idea of beards on fire as funny.

Their most recent record dropped a while ago on Asian Man records with a new record slated for September '09. You can probably find these dudes jamming somewhere in Arizona if they aren't out and about on the road, which by the looks of their website, does not include California.

Another tune?

Gotta love people, right?