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  • Juliette Cook And M On Philadelphia Exurb's Early Hardcore Scene

    by Frank Shankly
    "The 80s were a tough time to be a nonconformist teen in rural Pennsylvania. Fortunately, M created an oasis for us. 36 years later, I decided to c...

  • James Lansing On The First Time I Heard A Flock of Seagulls’ I RAN

    by Frank Shankly
    The first time I heard I RAN it was live at a club in New Jersey. 

I had read about A Flock of Seagulls in Trouser Press - the early 1980s bible o...

  • Mike Zahn On This Magic Moment

    by Frank Shankly
    To my ears, the global pandemic muffled the last echoes of postwar Anglo-American pop music as it’s been heard since the Fifties. My intuition was ...

  • Cliff Hengst on B.T. Express’ EXPRESS

    by Frank Shankly
    1. In seventh grade, every Friday would be special, because that was singles day. A teacher would put out her record player on a table and run...

  • Mike Monteiro On The First Time I Heard The Clash"

    by Frank Shankly
    The first time I heard The Clash was the worst time I heard The Clash. Or, rather, it was the worst time to be introduced to The Clash. Unless, of ...