Finally.

At the end of February (let’s ditch the optimism and call it May) the Bloggers are releasing their second album Part of the Problem from beyond the grave. It’s being put out by Geographing, along with a DVD of their top 500 jams (under 40%). Josiah Hughes at Exclaim has the details, and the MAD letterhead on his tumblr. I’m going to die.

Not on that DVD will be the March 2007 practice tape that I previously posted here (ghostplus.blogspot.com), because it was a practice, not a jam. Essential, not quite forgotten listening, along with their Hockey Dad debut album.

Also making me freak out, after releasing their demo tape back in 2007, a 7” in 2009, and throwing away dozens of recordings that add up to less than the length of Come Sail Away or Total Eclipse of the Heart or whatever too long song was on TV lately, (and sneaking a couple rarities onto comps that are impossible to get your hands on), B-Lines’ first 12” is so close to ready that it feels like we’re packed onto a bus and a homeless guy is yelling at everyone about nothing while his girlfriend sleeps with her mouth wide open. That’s nine songs or something in ten minutes probably. A twelve inch? Nominal and Deranged just like wasting the plastic (it sounds better).

There’s a blizzard tonight but I’m heading to Vancouver by plane, hopefully just before it hits, so instead of freezing to death for the next week, well, I’ll still be freezing to death, except I’ll be soaking miserable on the West Coast instead of buried under a foot of snow. This coast doesn’t even have a coast. See you at Nobunny.

While I’m on that plane, or not, here’s my pre-work / post-work / while everyone else is on lunch mix for you to, um, have. 45 minutes, half of that C90 for your crush.

1. Cutty Ranks Intro, Live at Skateland 1986
2. Deep Wound I Saw It 1983
3. Negative Approach Nothing 1982
4. Total Abuse The Same 2007
5. The Stalin Dendu Kokeshi 1980
6. Anonymous Corporate Food 1980
7. Screamers If I Can’t Have What I Want (I Don’t Want Anything) 1978
8. DNA Not Moving 1978
9. Deadbeats Brainless 1978
10. Black Flag Damaged I 1981
11. Endtables Circumcision 1979
12. Flipper Ha Ha Ha 1980
13. The Germs No God 1978
14. Descendents I’m Not a Punk 1982
15. Buzzcocks Time’s Up 1977
16. Dead Kennedys Ill in the Head 1980
17. Mad Virgins I am a Computer 1978
18. The Nothing Scream ‘n’ Cry 1979
19. Razar Task Force 1978
20. Minor Threat 12XU 1982

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