Baby Tapeworm - Oh Mommy It's...

Today's pick comes (again) from the $1 box at Academy Annex. Just by the cover alone, I knew I needed to rip this record. The music itself is kind of all over the place, like the band didn't know what genre they wanted to play. The first side is super funky, which isn't bad, though the drummer and the bassist seem to be on repeat. The second side starts with a lovely Christmas ballad about Frosty the Snowman experiencing various parts of NYC for the first time. I think it has 2 refrains? The last song tells the tragic story of a mother being attacked by moths, over and over (the telling, not the attack). Bonus points for the lead singer being named Maximus Dogbitch.

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Yellow Scab - Tuna Town

I got this record as part of a bundle of most of Intensive Scare's back-catalog (someone had acquired almost everything that was left and was selling it off). This (almost) all-female group from New York didn't put out much music (though they did do a pretty cool cover of Blondie's One Way or Another, complete with 5-7 key changes) in their career. Nevertheless, this 7" serves as a reminder that punk doesn't always have to be about politics and how much the world sucks, sometimes you just have to have fun. Song topics on this record include: fish, drugs, romance, and peeing into other people's mouths. They play fast and loud, and Erika's brash singing voice carries out well.

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Regret - Punk Since Ten

This may be, in terms of musicality, the worst record in my collection. The singer can't sing, the guitar is out of tune, and the drums are generic. But, in a way, that's what makes this 7" so great. Released in 1994 on Middle Man Records, this appears to be (as far as my research can tell), the only release by the band. They hail from Punta Gorda, Florida (as evidenced by the hand-written address on the inner sleeve) and play what is best-described as fan punk. You can tell they were into Green Day and Minor Threat and try to emulate them in their songs. I also like the labels of the record itself, which list songs popular at the time (Side A lists 2 songs from Offspring's Smash and Side B 2 from Green Day's Dookie) with the band's name printed over them. Here's a picture of the A Side label:

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Desiderata - Desiderata

This release from 1991 features Amanda Mackaye, the sister of Minor Threat and Fugazi member Ian. It was released on Dischord and is the only release ever put out by the band (though they also appear on the Give Me Back compilation released the same year). For fans of Fugazi, Spitboy.

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