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I have a theory regarding the state of what calls itself the punk-scene: At 1980 at the latest all punks fled from the punk-"scene" because of all the non-punks (who of course considered themselves to be punks) getting into it. All other parts of society and all other subcultures were to a certain degree influenced by punk, which was even strengthened by punks coming there fleeing the punk-scene. Now the rockists, posers, squares etc. have for many years completely taken over the...

This here blog is about three faves of mine, which I discovered by pure coincidence on the internet (in these cases via some online communities). All three acts have in common that they play highly individual music and have a creative impact which makes you listen with ardor and astonishment. Andy Brazendale is a hell of a songwriter. Hidden in the beautiful Tasmania, Australia, he creates tricky and ambitious songs, which at the same time have a simple and catchy feel to them, that you get...

In those bad bad old days when mass media could decide which information you got and which not, some of the very best artists disappeared unaccountedly, be it due to lack of commercial success sufficient to fund the record companies' investments, be it due to personal decisions. I do not blame record companies, corporate or indie, to make economically based decisions in a capitalistic environment, though. But, as they say in techno-land: "John Peel is not enough". John Peel...