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TAD at NoLibs Spring Music Fest

That's right... yet again, Trained Attack Dogs will be playing a show where we dress neat and play sloppy! And this time, we're sort of out of practice, so expect us to look really snappy.

Ultimately, the day will be saved by our friends Tracy Stanton and Kurt Wunder of the 700 Club, backing our asses up with saxophone and trumpet (actually, we're really excited about them joining in)!

So, come on out Saturday, May 31st, to Liberty Lands Park (N. 3rd & Poplar Streets) for a day of music & fun at the Northern Liberties Spring Music Fest... stick around until 9pm, when we close the place down to the amusement - or horror - of the crowd (with any luck, both!)

Awesome...

Actor Tim Robbins gave the Keynote presentation at the NAB Show (National Association of Broadcasters), addressing journalists and media executives.

Initially he stated he would not give his planned speech, as it was apparently too controversial and at odds with the NAB Show planners. He then changed his mind and gave the speech, at which point NAB ordered all cameras turned off.

But they forgot the audio recorders...

You can hear the last six minutes of his speech here:

http://adage.com/article?article_id=126431

Essentially, he asks the broadcast media to grow a pair.

Trained Attack Dogs @ The North Star Bar this Saturday

It's a Benefit show, Saturday March 29th, at the North Star Bar (27th and Poplar Streets, Phila PA) for
Andrea Collins-Smith (http://www.punkrockmommy.org).

The line-up is:

• Deadspot
• Trained Attack Dogs
• Throttle
• Dominance
• The Heels (ex-Pagan Babies)

Tickets are $10, and I'm told there will even be door prizes!

We might even play something from the Nazis Ate Grannys Gladiolas tape... (see last post)

Oh My Freakin' Gosh!

Maybe you saw our sticker on the side of a SEPTA bus, and went and bought your copy for $3 from Zipperhead, or Chaos Records, or The Record Exchange on South Street...

Or maybe you bought it from us at a show for $2... or maybe you worked at a radio station or a fanzine or club where we sent you a copy and it ended up in your collection... Maybe you "borrowed" a copy from your friend or brother or sister... Maybe we just liked you and gave you one.

Somehow, there were hundreds and hundreds of this little demo cassette floating around in 1987.

Well, we still like you.

You asked for it, and you got it: Here, for the first time in 20 years is Trained Attack Dogs' original demo tape, Nazis Ate Grannys Gladiolas, for your free downloading pleasure. And this time, it's even cheaper than the first time you bought it.

Alpha Plan Z
White Castle
Religious Experience / TV Poison
Psychotic Surfers of La Mirada
Rock n' Roll Baby
Town With No Name

Of course, in true punk-rock fashion, the original master tape is missing... so I tracked down the best cassette I could find, and that's what's presented here. IF I ever find the original mixdown I'll repost better versions - but for now, enjoy!

Note: Todd Yoder was the performing drummer for Trained Attack Dogs at the time of this release, however the actual drummer for this recording is Bob Nichol.

Who is visiting me?

我的网站收到许多来访的中国人民。我不知道这种情况的原因。如果你是一个中国人，请你解释一下吗？你是否会觉得我的网站有意思吗？我将使用" Google "的翻译，你的回答。谢谢。


我的網站收到許多來訪的中國人民。我不知道這種情況的原因。如果你是一個中國人，請你解釋一下嗎？你是否會覺得我的網站有意思嗎？我將使用" Google "的翻譯，你的回答。謝謝。


내 웹사이트를받습니다 중국 인민으로부터 많은 사람들이 방문합니다. 이유는 잘 모르겠지만 이것합니다. 중국의 경우에는 사람, 설명해 주시겠습니까? 너 내 사이트를 찾는 재미? 나는 사용됩니다 "구글"을 번역에 대답을합니다. 감사합니다.


自分のウェブサイトからの訪問数多くの中国の人々を受け取る。私は、この理由を知っているのだ。中国の人の場合は、説明していただけますか？ご自分のサイトを見つける面白いですか？私が使って" google "との回答を翻訳しています。ありがとうございます。

24 Years Behind Schedule...

... the police state is finally getting off the ground.

Your birthmark is not your birthmark, it's a government identifier for tracking your activity.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/04/fbi.biometrics/index.html

Nobody should find any of this creepy or intrusive, right?

If you're not guilty of anything, you shouldn't be concerned right?

And your data will never ever be confused with somebody else's, right?

Here's your assignment: Watch Brazil - have a little chuckle, then mull it over for a few days.

Just in! Entertainment News

Britney! Paris! Lindsay! Justin! OJ! All News! All the Time!

Drunken Astronauts...

... a recent new story covers the emerging scandal of "drunken astronauts" flying into space. Apparently over the years, some NASA astronauts had consumed alcohol within 12 hours of their launch time.

Of note, none of the stories detail what the blood alcohol content of the astronauts were, what NASA considers to be a high or inappropriate BAC for an astronaut in flight, or if the incidents involved any of those piloting the craft.

Firstly, let me say that anybody who is either brave or crazy enough to strap their butt to a 10-story tall, 535,000 gallon liquid hydrogen bomb in the midst of a controlled explosion deserves a drink the night before. Note well, these people are not truck drivers or even airline pilots - they are ASTRONAUTS with highly specialized training. There are 6,600,000,000 people on earth, only 460 have ever gone into space - that is less than a billionth of 1%.

Secondly, while routine, space travel is not safe, let me repeat, not safe - it truly falls into the category of risky behavior. Aside from "tippin' the bottle", an even greater risk is posed by dropping foam panels, birds, space debris, computer failure, mechanical failure, etc. Again, when your heiney is plastered into the back of your seat while going 7 miles a second (that's 25,000 mph to you and me), there's not much anyone can do that hasn't already been programmed by Mission Control until they reach orbit.

So, c'mon News Media... lighten up! Aside from the OMG factor, there are bigger fish to fry than Astronauts who had a drink the night before they flew. Iraq may be getting old, but it still qualifies as much more news worthy.

I sort of feel obliged...

... to demonstrate I'm still alive. So, here you go.

By the way, I just turned 45 last week - a limpy greying geezer to some my friends, a veritable baby to others. Nancy, her sister Barbara, and our friends George and Zeb went out to Marigold Kitchen (at the corner of 45th & Larchwood) to celebrate - we had a good time and a dee-lish dinner. Marigold is the crew from the adventurous & short-lived Salt Restaurant (which we never got a chance to visit), so the food was very eclectic and tasty.

The other cool thing about Marigold Kitchen is that I used to live a few yards away on Larchwood Avenue. The address numbers that I drew on the front of my old house with Prismacolor pencils in 1987 are still there and as bright as ever. Being in the restaurant was nostalgic since I'd dined there back when it was a meatloaf and mashed potatoes place (yes - people tell the wait staff that all the time, with EXACTLY those words) - and it also had the same layout of my old house... those West Philly Victorians are really grand.

Anyway, a good time was had by all - I received brandy snifters and single malt scotch (Glenfiddich) as presents, so I made out well!