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Welcome Back Midnight at Mazems episode 23.
Razorcake Podcast #953 with Midnight at Mazems Episode 23 - Welcome Back
"We spent eighteen months chewing over the notes like an overcooked wad of Salisbury steak."
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Artwork by Billups Allen
Peter Hujar’s Day (2025) review by Billups Allen
"...a transcription of the day-long interview was discovered and is the basis for this new film depicting Rozenkrantz (portrayed by Rebecca Hall) and Hujar (Ben Whishaw) discussing life in 1970s Manhattan."
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1. MUSIC!!! I don't know how to quit you. A short autobiographical comic by Rita Sapunor @ritalately 2026 2. I told myself: This is NOT a band. It's just 4-5 people gathering to play music in a living room - turned regular practice space. That's all I want. 3. Someone said "Let's play "Deceptacon!" and we all knew it. "Every day + niiight..." 4. "...Ev'ry Day and All Ni-i-ight... " can see your disco dick is sucking my heart out of my mind! I'm out of time, I'm out of fucking time, I'm out of fucking time. I'm a gasoline gut with a Vasoline mind but, wanna DISCO, Wanna see me DISCO!" But no sooner than one song in... 5. Another opportunity presented itself. "Wanna join my BALKAN VOCAL ensemble?" "Umm ABSOLUTELY!" 6. ...And I'm an opportunistic person. "We practice Tuesdays at 7." "I'll be there." (with homemade baklava and a bottle of Slivovitz.) 7. It's both a strength and a weakness, but small things can awaken strong ambitions in me. "What should we play next?" "Cannonball" "Yeah". (If I know myself,...I will parlay this into E.U. citizenship). END.
Webcomic Wednesdays #719 by Rita Sapunor @ritalately.bsky.social
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Plumeria playing atop the volcano at Rosewood Skatepark in Salt Lake City, Utah 2/13/2026 | Photo by Alice Remley
Alice Remley Photo Column—Plumeria
"Reminiscent of bands like Sleep, Weedeater, and Electric Wizard, Plumeria draws a large crowd of enthusiastic stoner metalheads."
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front end of a dirty busted-ass chevy.
Razorcake Podcast #952 with Christian Valles
"In this episode, we’ll listen to tracks from my music library, starting with bands whose names begin with the letter A and ending with bands that begin with the letter J."
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Artwork by John Toohill and Lindsay Tripp
Monarch Joy (2025) review by Rick V. @itsmerickv.com
"This video looks like a no-budget film Crass would make if they had the tools from today."
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Forever a Bassist: Replaceable but not forgotten.
Webcomic #718 "Four String Warriors" by Marcos Siref
Illustration by Josh Bayer and Hyena Hell
Razorcake Podcast #951 with Rick V., Hyena Hell, and Josh Bayer @itsmerickv.com @hyenahell.bsky.social @joshbayercomics.bsky.social
Three cartoonists, lots of punk songs.
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"Which of these can NOT be used to make ska?"
Webcomic #717 "Instrument of Dysfunction" by Ricky Vigil @supercoolnstuff.bsky.social
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Choir Boy at Backstage Bar & Billiards, Las Vegas, Nev 01/03/2026 | Phot by Gilbert Cisneros
Gilbert Cisneros Photo Column—Choir Boy
"Adam Klopp’s current project Choir Boy has the synthpop post-punk vibes that complement his crisp vocals."
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Razorcake Podcast #950 with Welly Artcore
"A compilation of compilations, all digitized direct from vinyl."
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"Some might be a-Paul-d, but Mick no mistake. Joe at the Topper my list."
Webcomic #716 by Ollie Mikse @olliemikse.bsky.social
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Dial Drive at Florida Underground Fest in Sanford, Fla | photo by Lorien Lamarr
Lorien Lamarr Photo Column—Dial Drive
Lamarr headed to the Florida Underground Festival.
"I learned the festival is organized by some of the members of Dial Drive and you could tell by the energy of the crowd that the town is fully behind them in support."
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night sky. Billboard for Primate.
Razorcake Podcast #949 with Jimmy Alvarado
"I was going through a book of old flyers and figured I’d make a podcast of bands that often appear on old flyers that many might not have heard/heard of these days."
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10 Years of Razorcake Hearts Drinking Beer & Listening to Records. Let's Celebrate with Tattoos & Cake. Feb 14, 5:pm - 10:pm Dollar Boys Evelyn Champagne Queen Footsies 2640 N. Figueroa St.
Saturday Feb. 14th. Footsies!
Picture of a U.K. food bank. | Photographer unknown. License CC BY-NC 2.0
Victim Blaming and Social Welfare for the Ruling Class by Yann Bourdeau
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DO YOU REMEMBER BATTLE UNICRON 1. In the winter of 2001, we were reading the scene titles on the Transformers DVD. "One of those should be a band name" "What about Battle Unicron" "Dude! That's perfect!" 2. With only a band name, we improvised songs on my Casio Rapman Keyboard. 3. We record those songs as we made them up on a broken four track. "Unicron is a piece of carpet fringe!" 4. Those songs were put on a CD and it was strangely a hit with everyone we knew. "The Devil is from Fort Worth" - Ben Snakepit's review. 5. Our first and only show was at Moontunes on April 15th 2001. It was Easter Sunday and the day Joey Ramone died. At the beginning of our set we plugged in three vacuums and blew the power. "Unicron is Mucus Membranes." 6. Bands wanted to do splits and play shows with us but we couldn't because my Casio Rapman died. 7. Our pal Darrel really wanted us to record a song for a comp he was doing, so much so that he bought us a new Casio Rapman. "Holy crap! My baby's back!" 8. One new song was record for Darrel's comp, but every time we tried to record after that it didn't have the same magic and we just lost the recordings. "We should sample Double Dragon's theme but play it backwards*" "Yeah!" 9. The canadian hardcore band OXBAKER put out a split 7" with our original recordings. It still see it in distros. The OXBAKER side is seriously so good. 10. "I have been in many bands but Battle Unicron is probably the most notable band I've been in... and it was by no means impressive." 11. Dustin asks about recording new songs every couple of years. The Casio Rapman still works (I think). So who is to say we won't play again. "Unicron is little boy's teeth?!"
Webcomic #715 "Do You Remember Battle Unicron" by Rick V. @itsmerickv.com
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Apologies to Vi Subversa, Poison Girls.
Razorcake Podcast #948, Brassroots a-Tootin’: When Horns Are Okay49 with Ethan, Todd, and Tim
"You can trust us with two things—that we’ll never play a Kenny G. song in this podcast, or any other podcast we’ll ever record, in perpetuity."
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Sababu | Photo by Rob Coons
We’re Loud Fest, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa, Nov., 2025 by Reverend Beat-Man with live photos by Rob Coons
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Thanks @razorcake.bsky.social for waxing on our re-ish of the punk & power-pop gem "Teen City" from Modernettes! Re-cut from the OG analogue tapes! New insert, never seen photos & foreword by Buck Cherry. Clear vinyl w/ blue & pink smoke. 500 pressed! Order:
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"I love Rock' Roll. So play another Track on your Iphone, Baby!"
Webcomic #714 "Egon Forever!" by Andre Lux
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@razorcake.bsky.social has a really cool interview with Travis Millard, who details doing some work for PTA’s Inherent Vice
Big thanks to @razorcake.bsky.social for telling the people about our 45th Anniversary Edition of Pointed Sticks debut LP "Perfect Youth." Re-mastered, pressed on custom vinyl. Includes a new insert w/ never seen photos & foreword from Jack Rabid!
Get it here:
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'All killer, no filler, with both songs adding up to about five minutes of twee punk bliss' - thanks to Martin Wong at @razorcake.bsky.social for reviewing our single by the mighty JOSIE ! josieband.bandcamp.com/album/prenew...
orange in the sky over a Sun Donuts.
Razorcake Podcast #947 with Jimmy Alvarado
..."a potpourri of tuneage old and new that I think is nifty, from assorted records I’ve procured over the last few spins around the sun."
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1. One of my favorite opening sets in recent memory was from a local band in a tiny bar at 10:pm the night before Halloween. (No stage!) Bands played on the floor next to the bar. 2. They said they had to play a short set since their bass player was getting surgery on his finger in the morning. He played suprisingly well despite being bandaged up. 3. With two songs to go, they abruptly stopped. "Okay - we're done." "Why?" "Our drummer's partner is giving birth RIGHT NOW!" 4. "The next band got food poisoning, so they had to drop off the show. The headliner is up next and there are no more bands after that. Gratuities are appreciated!" A Grim Day for Art -2025-
Webcomic #713 “The Best Opening Band (in the Midwest)” by Mikie Manzer
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SMUG LLC at El Corazon, Nov. 23. 2025, Seattle, Wash. | photo by Chris Chappell @gettingwarmer
Chris Chappell Photo Column—SMUG LLC
"His latest endeavor is SMUG LLC, which is just him, a projector, and a laptop. Yes, at first glance this sounds like some boring DJ garbage, but it’s rad as hell." @gettingwarmer.bsky.social
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Trees reflecting on the lake water.
Razorcake Podcast #946 with Kurt Morris
"During the recent retreat, these are some of the songs that came to mind and seemed like they might fit in with a Razorcake podcast."
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