Nostalgia

Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic

Ghost are reissuing 'Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic'. The 7" features the long-lost remastered 1969 song (make-believe) "Kiss The Go-Goat"...

The Linda Lindas: "Groovy Xmas"

I hate the holidays. There, I said it. As I get older, I've become increasingly more flexible though. You could say I've found a comfort...

The Real "Championship Vinyl"

I've had an entry in my head for a while now. I feared that it might be taken out of context, so I never published it. A light went on...

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

"How do I learn to breathe my own breath again?" That is a question that all of us have spent time with at one point or another. It is a...

The Pez Outlaw

Long before my days of selling vinyl online, I bought and sold Pez dispensers. I had thousands of them at one point. I bought Euro...

Over The Edge

The movie definitely didn't make the impact on me that the music on the soundtrack did. I was already familiar with Cheap Trick, but Over...

American Movie: Rest Easy, Mike Schank

Mike Schank is best known as the co-star of American Movie. A family friend confirmed to Milwaukee Record that Mike “passed away early...

Alright Tokyo! Are You Ready?

A recent conversation with a new friend (she lives in Rockford, IL) led to a Cheap Trick jag. There's a point in time in every music...

Last Night A Heavy Metal Band Saved My Life

I was born and raised in the Midwest. The town that I lived in didn't stimulate me creatively. I also wasn't a fan of the things that my...

'Make Up The Breakdown' Turns 20!

Once upon a time I managed a fairly popular blog called Rock Sellout. A lot of my friends that were involved with that project are still...