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Razorcake Cover design by Keith Rosson PO Box 42129, LA, CA 90042 Cover photo by Matt Average THANK YOU: THANK YOU: When the roar of a band washes everything razorcake.org else away—job problems, life problems, addiction problems, relationship gorskypress.com “But now even the problems—that’s one hell of a measure of a band’s power thanks to both facebook.com/razorcake Keith Rosson and Matt Average for giving the Night Birds their due on the twitter.com/razorcakegorsky people I love are acting cover; Well, that’s depressing, but real, thanks to Brad Beshaw for his illo. youtube.com/RazorcakeGorsky like fucking robots / in Sean’s column; Respects paid thanks to Craig Horky for his illo. in Jim’s razorcake.tumblr.com ?KHQIJĢ P łNOP  & PDKQCDP  ļ2D KD  SA ?=J†P D=RA OLKQO=H =>QOA ‡ PDAJ & razorcake-records.bandcamp.com Forget now what you realized it was Keith Richards. Phew. Thanks to Jackie Rusted for her illo. in gorskypress.bandcamp.com Dale’s column; Furby fascination and upside down funnel of curlies thanks heard in your youth / to Alex Barrett for his illo. in Nørb’s column; What’s next? Stripper thongs And I can’t wait ‘til you at funerals? thanks to Nation of Amanda for her illo. in Gary’s column; ADVERTISING / CONTRIBUTOR DEADLINE I’m calling animal abuse on the Chickenhead thanks to Chloe Clayton ISSUE #72 st wake up and face the for her photo in the Rhythm Chicken’s column; Gettin’ hyphy and izzle Dec. 1 , 2012 developmental thanks to Pantsless Bill Pinkel for his illo. in Nardwuar’s Visit razorcake.org truth / Let’s go.” Click “Ads” for rates and details. column; Adding to my favorite-sounding Spanish words albondigas and Ad rates start at $40. Tiltwheel, “Teach Your Children Hell” manteca de cacahuet, I’m adding Bombón PD=JGOPK@NE=Jļ&OKQJ@HEGA &†IKJ@KSJANO‡1AJJU=J@"RANļ&†ICAPPEJCIU>KS=J@>AHPJATPSAAG‡ This issue is dedicated to the memory of Mark C. Shaw. Miss you, buddy. Velasquez, Shanty Cheryl, and Andrew Wagher for all of their interview help; In The Cramps? Check. In The Gun Club? Check. In Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds? Check. Thanks to Ryan Leach, Matt Average, Larry Hardy, and Keith Rosson for the Kid Congo Powers interview; Ca-caw! Motherfucker Ca-Caw! thanks to Matt Average, Keith Rosson, Sean Arenas, and Matthew Hart for the Night Birds interview help; Dammit. I really thought I came up SEPD=JASSKN@@RANP=EJIAJPļEO=LKNPI=JPA=QKBPDASKN@O=@RANPEOEJC =J@AJPANP=EJIAJP&PS=OłNOPQOA@EJ>U-=PNEVE=*QOOK =J&P=HE=J LNKBAOOKN KB >N=J@ ?KIIQJE?=PEKJ‡ 1D=JGO PK !=J ,VVE  0A=J =NOSAHH  Kevin Dunn, Marcos Siref, Candice Tobin, Joe Dana, and El Diablo for all of their help with the Punknews buyout articles; Welcome to the coal mine of DIY punk music culture. This is where the ore gets regarded for quality, heat, and purity thanks to the following who reviewed music, zines, and books: Megan Pants, Ryan Leach, Andrew Wagher, Lauren Trout, Rich Cocksedge, Craven Rock, Ryan Horky, Keith Rosson, Chris Mason, Matthew Hart, Dave Williams, Sal Lucci, Mike Frame, Designated Dale, Donofthedead, Adrian Salas, Billups Allen, Juan Espinosa, Chris Terry, MP Johnson, Kristen K, Matt Average, Kurt Morris, Ian Wise, Mark Twistworthy, Bryan Static, Nighthawk, Sean Koepenick, Ty Stranglehold, Joe Evans III, Paul J. Comeau, Nørb, Tim Brooks, Jimmy Alvarado, Jim Woster, Sean Carswell, Dave Brainwreck, Katie Dunne, and James Meier; The following people hands- on helped us out in the past two months. We never take it for granted thanks to Candice Tobin, Kari Hamanaka, Robert El Diablo, Malcolm McLaren, Chris Baxter, Mary-Clare Stevens, Andrew Wagher Alex Martinez, Marcos Siref, PJ Fancher, Ever Velasquez, Joe Dana, Juan Espinosa, Aaron Kovacs, Nicole Macias, Julia Smut, Jenn Witte, George Lopez, Rene Navarro, Donna Ramone, Tim Burkett, Jeff Proctor, Nighthawk, Josh Rosa, Toby Tober, Marty Ploy, Sal Lucci, Jennifer Federico, Johnny Volume, Katie Hornberger, Adrian Chi, Stacy Medina, Ronnie Sullivan, Garrett Barnwell, Adrian Salas, We laugh. We nap. Kristen K., Katie Dunne, Sean Arenas, Matthew Hart, and Ashley Ravelo. photo by Dayln Luedtke

Issue #71 Dec. 2012 / Jan. 2013 PO Box 42129 WE DO OUR PART Los Angeles, CA 90042 razorcake.org COLUMNS 6 Sean Carswell A Monkey to Ride the Dog 8 Jim Ruland Lazy Mick 10 Liz Prince I Don't Want to Grow Up 11 Shanty Cheryl Photo Page 13 Mitch Clem My Stupid Life 14 Designated Dale I'm Against It 16 Rev. Nørb Pøwer Pøp Pølice 44 18 Gary Hornberger Squeeze My Horn 20 Rhythm Chicken Dinghole Reports 23 Ben Snakepit Snakepit 25 Kiyoshi Nakazawa Won Ton Not Now 26 Dan Monick Photo Page 27 Adrian Chi Bite the Cactus 29 Art Fuentes Chico Simio 30 Nardwuar The Human Serviette Who Are You? 33 Rachel Murray Framingheddu Photo Page FEATURES 34 Bombón by Adrian Tenney and Ever Velasquez 5654 44 Kid Congo Powers by Ryan Leach 54 Night Birds by Todd Taylor and Matt Average 70 Punknews Buyout by Todd Taylor, Dan Ozzi, 34 Sean Carswell, and Kevin Dunn FAVORITESANDREVIEWS 76 Top 5s Neighborhood Brats made every band look like a bunch of WIMPS.... 78 Record These are the kind of girls who kill Phil Spector first... 104 Zine He still looks good swinging, but the mallet’s coming down on more and more empty holes... 109 Book Is it a white power thing, or just an ill-conceived concept record? ... 70 Razorcake/ Gorsky, Inc. Board of Directors are: Todd Taylor, Sean Carswell, Dan Clarke, Katy Spining, Leo Emil Tober III, Catherine Casada Hornberger, and Daryl Gussin. Moving? Have a subscription to Razorcake? Please do This issue of Razorcake and razorcake.org were put together by: Todd Taylor, Daryl Gussin, Sean Carswell, Skinny Dan, Katy Spining, us both a favor and contact us before you move. Bulk James Hernandez, Candice Tobin, Kari Hamanaka, Robert El Diablo, Malcolm McLaren, Chris Baxter, Mary-Clare Stevens, Andrew mail doesn't forward and we won't resend the issue. Wagher Alex Martinez, Marcos Siref, PJ Fancher, Ever Velasquez, Joe Dana, Juan Espinosa, Aaron Kovacs, Nicole Macias, Julia Smut, Jenn Witte, George Lopez, Rene Navarro, Donna Ramone, Tim Burkett, Jeff Proctor, Nighthawk, Josh Rosa, Toby Tober, Marty Individual opinions expressed within are not necessarily those of Razorcake/Gorsky Press, Inc. Ploy, Sal Lucci, Jennifer Federico, Johnny Volume, Katie Hornberger, Adrian Chi, Stacy Medina, Ronnie Sullivan, Garrett Barnwell, Adrian Salas, Kristen K., Katie Dunne, Sean Arenas, Matthew Hart, and Ashley Ravelo. This issue of Razorcake Want to distribute Razorcake? Email us via the "distro" link on the razorcake.org is made possible in part Razorcake is bi-monthly. Yearly subscriptions (six issues) are $16.50 bulk rate or $22.50 first class mail. Plus you get some free gooch. by grants from the City of These prices are only valid for people who live in the U.S. and are not in prison. Issues and subs are more for everyone else (because Los Angeles, Department we have to pay more in postage). Visit razorcake.org for a price. Prisoners may receive free single issues of Razorcake via Prison Lit. of Cultural Affairs and Project, c/o Bound Together Books, 1369 Haight St., SF, CA 94117 or Books to Prisoners, 92 Pike St., Box A, Seattle, WA 98101 (who is supported by the Los don’t ship to CA prisons). Angeles County Board of “Isn’t it good?” | “It’s somewhat cheap.” | “Oh.” She nodded. | “Will you tell me which ones are cheap?” | “Gladly; that’s half the fun. Supervisors through the Los Anybody can enjoy music; it’s disliking it that takes training.” –Philip K. Dick, Mary and the Giant Angeles Arts Commission. LAZY MICK “Wrestling AI’M MONKEY AGAINSTTO RIDE ITTHE DOG inspiration SEAN CARSWELL from the jaws of futility.” Down in the Dump

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Rachel Murray Framingheddu's Photo Page Neighborhood Brats at Awesome Fest, San Diego, CA August 2012 San Pedro, California is a city soaked with DIY and tight with just the right amount of reverb—all punk bands—past, present, and no doubt, future. while wearing totally beautiful matching outfits, or Of all the great bands that have come out of the “team uniforms.” harbor city, Bombón resonates with me. They just Bombón is no joke, yet they joke around non-stop. don’t fit in, and I can’t get enough. Angela Ramos, They gave their part-time keys player a “gangster Jerico Campbell, and Paloma Bañuelos formed nickname,” challenge each other to karaoke Bombón in 2009 at a time and place where they showdowns, and even the more serious personality were (and still are) the only DIY band around Pedro of the three (Angela—an analytical chemist working playing surf rock. on biomedical/solar cell research) busted out This is a band that works on vastly different her chemist jokes (yeah, that’s right!) after the levels, yet comes together in a completely microphones were turned off. harmonious way. Their songs are intricate. Their There is much to learn from a band that knows signature cover song is by Tchaikovsky. They keep how seriously to take their music and themselves. vocals to a minimum so that they can concentrate Bombón writes and performs with an inspiring on playing their instruments flawlessly. Their amount of confidence. They do what they want to shows are unforgettable—they play loud, hard, do, and they do it very, very well. 34 Intro by Adrian Tenney | Interview by Adrian Tenney, Ever Velasquez, and Todd Taylor Photos by Shanty Cheryl | Transcription by Andrew Wagher | Layout by Daryl Angela: guitar | Jerico: drums | Paloma: bass

Ever: ,SHUVRQDOO\ORYHZKHQEDQGVVKDUH Jerico: ,GRQ¶WWKLQNZH¶YHHYHUPDGHDQ\RI Jerico: ³%DQG":KDWEDQG",GRQRWNQRZ FRPPRQLQWHUHVWV&UDIWLQJLVRQHRIPLQH RXURXW¿WVHQWLUHO\ ZKDW\RX¶UHWDONLQJDERXWVLU´ WKDW , VKDUH ZLWK 3DORPD 'R \RX JX\V Paloma: I think because we are really busy, Angela: ,GLGQ¶WZDQWWRWHOOKLP+HIRXQG DOVRVHZ" VRZHWU\EXW,WKLQNWKHEDQGDQGZRUNWDNHV RXWDIWHUZHSOD\HGDWWKHVFKRRO+HVDZLW Angela: Yeah. XSDORW,ZLVK,KDGPRUHWLPH,WKLQNLI LQWKHVFKRROQHZVSDSHU+HZDVOLNH³6R« Jerico: Yeah. ZHGLGZHZRXOGGRVWXIIOLNHWKDW%XWZH \RX¶UHLQDEDQG´ Ever: $ZHVRPH work a lot. Ever: ³1R7KDWZDVVRPHRWKHUNLGV´ Angela: Well, probably not as well as Adrian: ODXJKV@ Jerico: , WKLQN WR EH KRQHVW ,¶YH QHYHU 7KDW¶VEDVLFDOO\P\MREDVDFKHPLVW Jerico: ODXJKV@ Jerico: $QG,KDGWRJR¿UVW>ODXJKV@,WZDV out, so that’s what we’re going to try to Ever: 2K\RXVKRXOG look, because there’s DPLVWDNH focus on. 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We just want QRWUHDOO\SDUWRIWKH)LYHDQG'LPH GXWLHVIRUDOLWWOHELWDQGQRZ,¶PMXVWPDNLQJ WRVWRSSOD\LQJVKRZVIRUDOLWWOHELWDQGWU\WR Ever: %XW,EHW\RXDUHSUREDEO\DZHVRPH IRRGDW:KROH)RRGVIRUDZKLOH,UHDOO\OLNH FRPHXSZLWKPXVLF at it. it. It’s really fun. Angela: 7KDWZD\ZHFDQSXWVRPHWKLQJRXW Angela: >ODXJKV@ Ever: 7KDW¶VFRROWKRXJKODXJKV@ EXWZHKDYHWRLQRUGHUWRGRWKDW,WKLQNZH DZHVRPHDWLW JOXWHQIUHHYHJDQLWHPV ZDQWWRKDYHDUHFRUGRXW Paloma: $QJHODPDGHPHDUHDOO\DZHVRPH Adrian: ,¶PZRQGHULQJKRZ\RXPDQDJHWR Jerico: ,DPVXUHSHRSOHDUHSUHWW\WLUHGRI EDJRQFHIRU&KULVWPDVDFRXSOH\HDUVDJR GRWKHVHUHDOO\LQWHQVHIXOOWLPHMREVand be RXUUHFRUGE\QRZ ,WZDVDVLONVFUHHQWKDW&DOL0XFKRGLGZLWK IXOOWLPHPXVLFLDQVDWWKHVDPHWLPH,PHDQ Adrian: 1RQRWPHODXJKV@ Ever: :K\LVWKDW" Paloma: ODXJKV@ DFWXDOO\GRQ¶WXVHLWEHFDXVH,GRQ¶WZDQWWR issue too. 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We bring DOZD\VVHHPUHDOO\VWRNHGWRFRPHWKURXJK DOO WKH SHRSOH WKDW DUH IURP WKHUH DQG KHURXWDQGJR³:HJRW/D]\'RJRQNH\V´ 6DQ3HGURWRRZKLFKLVQLFH$QGLW¶VDOZD\V %UDGOH\ :LOOLDPV $OO 0LJKW\ 'R 0H $ %HFDXVH ZKHQ ZH UHFRUGHG ZH KDG VRPH QLFHWRFRPHKRPHWR6DQ3HGUR )DYRU  %UDGOH\ LV EDVLFDOO\ RXU EURWKHU RU NH\ERDUG RQ WKH VRQJV RQ WKH DOEXP 6R LW Angela: , VD\ ,¶P IURP 6DQ 3HGUR MXVW VRPHWKLQJ+HLVDOZD\VDURXQGRXUKRXVH ZDVQLFHWRDGGWKHPLQWKHOLYHVKRZV EHFDXVH \RX NQRZ 6DQ 3HGUR KDV WKDW +H¶VDOZD\VWKHUHFDQ¶WJHWDZD\IURPKLP Adrian: 7KDW¶VDQLFHWRXFK SULGH%XW,DFWXDOO\PRYHGIURP$QDKHLP >ODXJKV@1R,ORYHKLP+HWRRNXVWKHUHDQG Jerico: %ULQJVDOLWWOHH[WUD³RRPSK´WRLW3OXV WR6DQ3HGUR , WKLQN7KH 3LQH +LOO +DLQWV DQG HYHU\RQH VKH¶V$QJHOD¶VVLVWHUDQGVKH¶VDZHVRPH Jerico: :H¶YH DGRSWHG KHU QRZ VR VKH¶V WKDWZHNQRZWKH\¶UHMXVWJUHDWSHRSOH7KH\ Paloma: We bring her out when it’s a RI¿FLDO>ODXJKV@ WRRN XV LQ DQG ZH MXVW KDG D UHDOO\ JUHDW JRRGVKRZ Adrian: It’s not that far. 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