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Guerrillas in the Midst

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Added some more 1980s Video 8-format movies to the collection.

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Former Post staffer Dave Kendall dies at 63

Dave Kendall, a former Bangkok Post sub-editor and Deeper Dive host, has died at the age of 63. He served on the Post’s editorial staf

Dave Kendall created MTV's 120 minutes before eventually hosting it and then leaving the network.

From the moment it debuted through the early 1990s, it was among a rotation of four, maybe five broadcast programs I never missed.

In high school, 120 Minutes augmented my listening to KRCC and extensive conversations with the staff at Recycle Records and Budget Records in downtown Colorado Springs, all of whom spurred and nurtured my everpresent quest for music that was weird, punk, new wave, hardcore, alternative and more.

Often I'd see a video for an as yet unknown artist on Sunday night, then head to Recycle Records on Monday after school to see if they had any of their records. If they did, I bought it, took it home and listened early and often.

For that, I'm grateful to Dave Kendall. Always will be.

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Good haul from the thrift store and local record shop this past weekend.

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On 250 Years ...

Two-hundred-fifty years is a drop in the bucket vs. other, older nations, but the grand experiment spurred by farmers, soldiers, merchants, newspaper editors and citizens is ever evolving, in motion and worth protecting, warts and all.

It's on us to keep it going, even when the amazing and historic steps forward are nullified by the proliferating and seemingly unending giant leaps backward.

Do no harm, tolerate no shit and stay two steps ahead to protect what can be.

I believe in you.

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Fixed up a free Denon cassette deck. Picked up some inexpensive tapes at the thrift store to make sure my work was solid. It was. Good tunes, too.

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Bit of a blend of "I can't live without my radio" and a smidge "you magnificent son of a bitch!" from today's second-hand vinyl soundtrack finds.

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Your chances of finding Killing Joke's second LP for $5 while perusing the neighborhood antiques store is never zero. Same with LPs by Taco and John Hiatt.

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Solid finds at the Second Avenue in Philly today.

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The film holds up nicely and the soundtrack is a bona fide classic.

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A Saturday on the water yielded sightings of seals, eagles and more.

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Good weekend for finding some great music at the local library sale and thrift store. Completed my Dumptruck acquisition spree in one fell swoop, grabbed Tiny Victories "Those of Us Still Alive" on CD and Jimmy Buffett's "Floridays" on cassette.

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Words and tunes

Satisfying day of adding to the stacks of wax -- and the bookshelf -- at Moore Familie Compound thanks to a healthy mix of thrift and record stores and a couple of online marketplaces.

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Definitely more than meets the eye.

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"And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer. The benefits of a classical education." -- Hans Gruber ("Die Hard")

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Added to the stax of wax this weekend. 1980s new wave, Alabama power pop, an underrated soundtrack and a band I'd heard of yet never listened to before (hello, Woodentops!).

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Some comics reading lined up for the coming. Love a good Marvel omnibus edition.

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After spending a few hours at the museum, we traversed a few blocks to the Second District Brewery over on Bancroft Street to check it out. As we sat at the bar, the music started up and it was Circle Jerks' "Coup D'Etat." My kind of joint.