"Tuesday, November 18, 2008
AFS v. 200 ~ Panic on My 35th!
I'm back from vacation and internet-avoidance, and of course, I
gotta bag fulla goodies from record-shopping in Portland, Oregon, in
addition to part of the two-week backlog of promos streaming into
the KDVS mailbox. Nevermind how it's halfway to septagenarianism
(spooky, eh?)...35 might just be the best birthday ever! Everytime
I've had the pleasure to say hello to Fred Cole, I've always
asked "When are The Rats ever gonna get reissued?" Surely, he
must've been hearing it all the time. He would always nod a bit and
look sorta wistful. But now the wait may be over any minute because
Mississippi Records got it back from the presses last Wednesday.
There is a "but", however...Apparently, the label's kinda frettin'
over some kinda defect that is apparent on one song, which was
described as a loud pop. I listened to my copy gleefully and could
hardly care. Hey, this is a great, long overdue reissue of a major
piece of Portland's punk rock history, and that one tiny defect--if
it is even there!--won't keep this LP off the top of my best
reissues of 2008 list. Fans of Cole music aren't audiophiles!
Release it and keep those Rats reissues comin', please!"
DJ Rick/Art for Spastics
http://artforspastics.blogspot.com/2008/11/afs-v-200-panic-on-my-
35th.html