What The Hell Was That Mexican Restaurant On South Central Called?
I'm attempting (elsewhere) to write about that amazing Mexican restaurant on South Central Avenue, just after you went down and through and up out of the underpass downtown – or hey, la otra vez if...
View ArticleWhat Paul Was Playing
Ha! Too hilarious!I'd never have guessed, nor remembered, nor remember-guessed, nor speculated, or nothin' . . .But tonight, I went over and looked at that photo from the rehearsal — hey! that was my...
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The Birthplace of Punk
Sort of.Kind of.If you squint hard, you can see it, there amongst the images of Dresden, Arizona, before the dreadful bombing. And look! Good news! A billboard for up-and-coming Lite Rock radio station...
View ArticleA Letter From Mikey
This one, I think, I'll hold off on until I speak to Mikey, and see if he cares to have his letter to me about Wiley, circa about '83, printed. More later, maybe. Depends, I guess.
View ArticleDebbie Dub, Al Simon, Clear Bob, Charlie Monoxide, Sharon Ehle
Debbie Dub was there. (I think she was supposed to contribute to Browbeat, but it didn't happen. She did contribute to Slash, though the current archive doesn't mention her. (Let's see, I remember for...
View ArticleKDIL Blues Licks
But wait! Hold everything! Stop the presses! Hold the phone! How could I have forgotten? There's no question that David and Greg (I'm'na remember Greg's last name before we're done; not Greg Jones of...
View ArticleBrowbeat
So a guy doing research on punk in Phoenix announces that I "claim that he and David Wiley from the Consumers created the world's first xerox-copied punk fanzine called Browbeat in June 1977."Uh, no....
View ArticleTales of Topographic Posters
Gosh, kids, it occurs to me — here's a way to help you understand.See that Consumers poster up top? The one that we posted up everywhere, all over Phoenix and Tempe and Scottsdale, Arizona? Where it...
View ArticleOctober 26, 1977 — the day after the Zoo show
"No further ado: What's Happening In Phoenix. Well, uh, you know . . . not much. Patti Smith was at the Celebrity Theatre last November and managed to alienate the 51 per cent of the audience who came...
View ArticleThat first Consumers gig, the one at the cowboy bar
I wish like hell I could remember the name of the cowboy bar where I booked the Consumers first show. I can see it pretty extraordinarily clearly in my mind's eye, I can see that one guy's body flying...
View ArticleTwo photos fall out of an envelope
Ok, so out of the blue, just a few moments ago, while looking for something else entirely, I found two photos of the Consumers. One of David, the other of Paul and Greg. I'll post them, sure,...
View ArticleIggy, Captain Beefheart, Captain Beyond, Dr. John, and The Eagles
OK, I kind of like this drooling, doddering Grampa schtick.But in truth, what it mainly reminds me of is the last time I saw David Wiley. Maybe, probably, it was the last time. My old friend. Seems...
View ArticleBe A Roper, Not A Doper
But wait!Any good ol' tale-telling Grampa ought to at least promise lots of thrills and chills up front, if only to entice the easily-distracted kiddies.So, let's see here...Seems to me you ought to...
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We Existed
Yeah, I like that Gramps approach . . . you dang little whippersnappers today, you poor sad little piss-ant bendable pose-punks, why, we used to have to trudge ten miles through the blazing asphalt,...
View ArticleBefore the Beginning, or After the Fact?
Where to begin? Back before the beginning, or as things blew up?Or, in traditional movie-novel-comic book mode, at the height of the action, as Arizona cowboys and Arizona bikers and Arizona punks come...
View ArticlePhoenix: Worst Place in the World! And Now It's Official!
It's official now!Phoenix is The Worst Place in the World!I was there just not so long ago, and I can confirm it.In fact, it's the model city meant to be The Worst Place In The World.On...
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Consumers R Us
Punk was invented in Phoenix.Phoenix, Arizona.I was there, so I know.You weren't there, so shut up and listen.
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