TERMINAL BOREDOM

Sorry for the brief delay in updates there. I nodded off for a second….BACK TA BUSINESS now, via Part One of an interview with the esteemable Mr. Mike Edison by TERMBO NYC Chapter Minister of Defense Aaron Lefkove. Part Two will follow in the upcoming second issue of Humanbeing Lawnmower zine, a split interview of sorts bring together the world of on-line and print fanzines. The interview follows in the wake of the release of Mike’s new memoir, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go, a book I should’ve long ago written a review of in these pages…let me just say, it’s an intoxicating blend of many things that I love and hold dear: tales of old school wrestling, drugs, Reagan Youth, garage punk, pornography, and GG Allin. And much much more. I whipped through this pup in less than a week whilst sipping pousse-cafes from the safety of a lounge chair in the backyard of TB HQ. I’d suggest anyone astute enough to be reading this website should pick up a copy and be regaled with tales you wish you were interesting enough to call your own. We’ll be back with some rapid-fire updates in the following week, including hot columns from Hyde and Young Steve and much much more.

Round Three! The fearless Lars Finberg, fresh off a European ass-kicking tour, dives into head-to-head interview combat with Thee Oh Sees mastermind John Dwyer. Who comes out on top? I don’t know! I do know that ‘The Masters Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In’ is quite possibly my favorite album of the year. A amazing piece of work. Read John and Lars talking about it here. Who’s next? Don’t ask me, although Lars did ask me if I have any contact info for Steve E. Nix & The Cute Lepers the other day…On deck: Mike Edison vs. Gozac Termbro. Near future: reissue reviews, Tape Delay/Demo Zone, Florida’s Dying, Lars vs. Part IV, and more top secret columns and interviews…

Terrible Twos interviewed for you by our pal Jenny Charlesworth. Apologies to both Jenny and the Twos for my ass-dragging in posting this. And if anyone out there has a band they’d like to interview, drop us a line. Jenny did and it worked out great. On deck: Lars vs. The Ohsees. See you this weekend.

Here’s a new one from the man who appears to be our only surviving columnist these days (a situation that needs to be remedied pronto…), Money Shot Matt Coppens. I’d just like to thank Matt for his years of servitude under the TB banner, he was here from the get-go and is still standing strong where many others have fallen (or just got fucking lazy). I always look forward to his columns and consider them a welcome breath of fresh air. The man understands that the reason for this website existing isn’t that damn messageboard. It’s here for people to write about music they love. I think that says it all. Follow his example. All of you….Be back soon with some interview action later in the week. Read Matt here.

Back to the grind. Here are some more reviews of records of recent vintage for you to persue and hopefully make some semi-educated purchases based upon. We’re just trying to be helpful. I think we are close to caught up with reviewable as we’ve ever been right now. Future reviews updates will hopefully be more timely and a bit less dense, to prevent logjams like this from happening and to perhaps allow all of us to give some more much needed quality time to these records. More easily digestable in the future, that’s what we’re aiming for. So look for another new release section within a month or so, some Reissues before that. This update also welcomes new reviewer (TO) to our ranks. I initially saddled him with a Garbage Can column as a new guy hazing, but I felt so bad with some of the dung I heaped on him that I included them here. Look for him to be reviewing some more quality product in the future, as we like his style. Looking forward, there will be some Matty Coppens coming your way next, then a Terrible Twos interview, then Part III of the Lars Finberg Vs. Series where he puts up his dukes against The Ohsees, a column or two and that Florida’s Dying article (I swear, really) and even more sooprizes after that. See you soon. Summer is ready when you are.

Massive reviews update, and it’s only about half of them. I had to cut it off before it got too huge. Too much stuff still incoming, too much stuff to still be edited, too many pics to upload…so for everyone’s health, I stopped tonight and posted what was left finished. The rest will be up momentarily, so if your record isn’t in this batch, please don’t fret. Part Two is iminent, promise. Thanks for understanding, my dwindling staff and I trying to keep up as best we can. Read eighty or so reviews right here. After the second half of the reviewables (or concurrent with) we have Part III of the Lars Finberg series, a Terrible Twos interview, the Florida’s Dying feature I promise to get off my ass and finish and tons of other rad shit. Stay cool. It’s fucking hot out there.

A special Monday treat for you brown-baggers and nine-to-fivers. The fourth installment of Too Much Junk from Mr. Justin Collectorscum himself. Covering some cover songs this time around, it’s a treat to have someone as knowledgable and helpful as Justin on staff. I know there are some other record collecting heavies lurking out there, I see you hiding as Guests on the message board, your ULTRA-RARE OOP IP addresses lurking in the shadows of the TB site. Expose yourselves and come up with something as informative and interesting as Too Much Junk or Cheap Rewards or The Guide to GG Allin. I dare you. Share the knowledge stored in the long boxes of your mind before it is lost forever. TB will be more than happy to assist you in interacting with other humans via the interweb. Don’t be frightened. We want to hear those long-lost test presses and local obscurities and hard-to-find KBD bonzers and shockerz. Call us anytime at termibore-at-aoldotcom and put your collection where your mouth is.

Here’s a quick little reviews update of some demos and tape-only releases we’ve had the pleasure of receiving somewhat recently. We have no problem giving demo discs a spin and are really enjoying what seems to be a mini-revival of cassette releases. TB HQ is valiantly fighting to stay on top of reviewable materials here. We’re swamped. It’s great. Keep sending stuff. A full-fledged new releases reviews section is right around the corner (again), plus more Termbro columns and interview action on the summer horizon. Be back very soon…here’s the link for the reviews.

Finaaly got some reviews finished, this time of the old stuff variety, including the new Mission of Burma 2XLPs, Neutral Spirits, Hellhammer, Iron Virgin, LSOK, Tactics, Solvent Abuse, Scott Walker and much more, including Prof. Sniper’s African Music Reissues Round-Up. Contributions from Snipes, Hyde, Gaffney, Boyle, the Editor, Steve-O, all very much appreciated, our pal Collin slacked off on this one a bit, a little disappointing, yes, as Collin’s reviews are always my favorite part of a Reish Reviews section. He’s been given a verbal warning. Lots of good stuff here, we’ll be back with some new release reviews very shortly, including an all demos/cassettes section plus a huge backlog of LP reviews and perhaps the return of Mindless Contentment, the editor’s old Blank Generation column which I’m sure none of you remember. Plenty of interviews in the works, including one with Rich of Florida’s Dying that just needs to be laid out, which will be the first of a series of profiles on regional labels/scenes. Lars is in Europe right now formulating the next Intelligence vs. interview. Plus, we have some top secret super surprises coming up which will be blowing your mind this summer if all goes to plan. So you’ve got that going for you. Which is nice. Oh, check those reviews out here.

And as usual, if anyone want to write/review for TB, please contact the editor via the contacts link on the sidebar. I’ve had a few applications submitted, but nothing firm yet. I know there are some good writers out there, don’t be scared, we’re actually very nice here at TB HQ and can offer a nice benefits package after your six month probationary period is over. We could use the help people. Over and out until next time.

In Part Two of an ongoing series, the fearless Lars Finberg this time dukes it out with Seattle’s party-time monsters Coconut Coolouts in a no-holds barred action-packed interview. Lars and his Intelligence are currently somewhere in Europa playing to packed houses. Go check ‘em out if at all possible. Who’s next to fall prey to Lars’ potent interview skills? Ohsees? Plastic Letters? Brainbombs? Who knows?! Stay tuned to find out….
In other Termbo news, all staff members seem to have survived Horriblefest. We’d like to thank Russ Romance, Now That’s Class, Sleepy Bear, My Mind’s Eye and the city of Cleveland for being so gracious to us. If anyone would like to do a write-up of the fest, drop us a line. Record reviews of both the reissue and new release variety are on deck, plus a series of interviews/articles with some regional record labels where we talk shop about the label game and some local scene stuff…more on that front soon. We’re always looking for contributions, and are also currently looking for some dependable/competent record reviewers who would like to lend a hand. If you think it’s just a good way to get free records, don’t bother…if you want to review a lot of stuff that you’re buying anyway, please apply via the editor, then we’ll talk about free stuff later….be back soon….