by Affluent White Male | May 10, 2011 | Affluent White Male
I’ve referenced Dave Witthaus before. Dave is the owner and sole proprietor of Platterpus, Too, a music store that I use and endorse. Platterpus was a fixture in Westfield for years, before taking an unfortunate ciesta in the Hadley mall, dying, and resurfacing...
by Affluent White Male | May 13, 2011 | Affluent White Male
I’ll admit I’m more than a little bit partial to this piece of news, as I did a relatively extensive report on the issue of homosexuality and sports in college. Sean Avery, noted asshole, came out in support of gay rights. It’s not the word of a...
by Affluent White Male | May 18, 2011 | Affluent White Male
The beauty of DIY/Punk scenes is that, sometimes, really great things happen at really obscure places. That being said, I’ve seen some of my favorite shows in the Valley at Diamond Junction Bowling Alley in Palmer, MA. The space is set up just behind the lanes,...
by Affluent White Male | May 27, 2011 | Affluent White Male
Dave Markey is having quite a renaissance lately. Last month, Flywheel hosted a showing of his documentary 1991: The Year Punk Broke, featuring a q and a session with no less than Thurston Moore. 1991 is an epochal documentary that shows Nirvana (just before they were...
by Affluent White Male | Jun 4, 2011 | Affluent White Male
Just a follow up on the previous entry- Dave Markey did an interview that answered a lot of the questions I had surrounding the surfacing of Reality 86’d. Check it out. What’s interesting is that a Henry Rollins column about music piracy in LA Weekly...