I spent the last couple hours battling blackberries in my backyard and remembered this banger of a Fred Cole quote:

#DeadMoon #PortlandMusic

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow

Dead Moon:
🎵 It’s O.K.

#DeadMoon

https://deadmoonnight.bandcamp.com/track/its-o-k

https://open.spotify.com/track/75It0xyB7EmLLiYdG6fcIM

Started my morning with the newest issue of Totally Different Head, a zine by my old friend & pen pal Corby Plumb. First article after the intro is an interview with Kelly Manahan, owner of Centaur Guitar shop in Portland, Oregon, who also is responsible for drawing the #DeadMoon logo and designing flyers for a bunch of different bands/gigs in the area.

There’s also interviews with Sad Horse and Vern and a stellar intro by Corby describing the theme of the zine: Lifers—folks who’ve been punks/creatives since they were kids and never stopped!

If you want a copy, email totallydifferentheadzine at gmail dot communist.

#zines #punk #DIY #Portland #music #fanzine

#NowPlaying #punk #vinyl

The Rats s/t (2008, #MississippiRecords)

This is Fred & Toody Cole’s band from before #DeadMoon, a reissue of their 1980 debut album. It’s very scrappy, primal, urgent-sounding and it makes you want to dance. Fred & Toody’s joint vocals are endearing, as usual. I haven’t listened to this record in far too long.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=RU1OlbWte7o&si=tdWwsUIhyYUWw5Br

#ChristmasMusic #PortlandMusic #DeadMoon

Dead Moon - In The Graveyard (1988 Portland, US) | Garage Punk | Full Vinyl Rip - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsJLNGJL7xc “#deadmoon #inthegraveyard #1988vinyl”