Speaking of Punk bands
Speaking of punk bands, check out this fabulously interesting account of Narthex.
From their website:
Bit players in the cinerama epic of punk, Narthex played shows in Philadelphia and vicinity from 1980 to 1983. From the unknown chapters of punk history, here is their story along with an album's worth of audio.Makes me wish I had more evidence of the glories of 4-Real and Outright. There is one video tape of an Outright show (one of two or three that we actually did) that I think should exist somewhere. I hope Aaron Buettner or Jeff Brandt still have a copy, because I don't. Anyone remember Mason City Hardcore's Sorry Excuse?
August 17th, 02005 at 2:28 pm
Yeah Matt I remember those guys! Scott Ream,Val Perez, Pete Lagious and of course Derek "Derock" Reynolds. Not many of us around but if you go to http:/www.prevailingwisdom.net/se/ you may be able to listen to some of thier (our) early tracks. Hope it works for you Matt and drop me a e-mail derock@mchsi.com it would be good to hear from you. Derek
August 17th, 02005 at 3:24 pm
Wow Derek, that's an amazing "small world" experience. It's great to hear from you. I was very happy for the posted SE audio. Darren Luker, Mark Proctor, and I would listen to that old cassette - the one with the green insert - all the time. Hearing that stuff again brings back some fond memories. Any chance you can post or send a scan of the cover?
August 23rd, 02005 at 9:45 pm
Hey Matt,
Yes... glad you could experience the power of my flash media player. I don't know if you remember me or not I played guitar in a hardcore band called "Confrontation" and occasionaly borrowed and traded records with you in Mason City. We just took Libido Boyz albums and transferred them to digital format. Those will be up soon. Very impressed with your resume as I used to work as a technical recruiter, web developer, software engineer and PeopleSoft consultant to Bandai America, Inc.
Cool to see you remember your roots.
August 23rd, 02005 at 11:23 pm
Hey there Linux guru... I don't know if you can check this out on your box... since it's in .wmv format... but Derek put together a little video to the tune of Bad Religion's "Let Them Eat War" ... here's the link: http://www.prevailingwisdom.net/letthem.htm
Shoot me an email sometime...
Cheers - Josh
August 24th, 02005 at 8:13 am
I remember you Josh. Good to hear from you.
August 24th, 02005 at 11:11 am
Awesome! I remember you were going into the engineering field however I had no idea that you were that interested in computers, software etc. Geeks of the world Unite!
August 24th, 02005 at 11:26 am
Matt, I have used Windows OS for the majority of my Web / IT Career ( a little work with Redhat and Unix Shell Scripting) and I am sickened with the amount of virus, spyware, and security intrusions I am currently facing. I am thinking of switching over to Unix / Linux. One problem is that I use several Abode and Macromedia applications to aid in my website design and development. Don't get me wrong... I can hand code PHP and ANSI SQL... but that leaves out the pleasing graphics my clients are so fond of.
1) What Unix / Linux OS would you recommend for my home/business computer (the machine I would be using for PHP, MySQL and graphic design???
2) Are there any strong graphic design , web design/development tools available for Unix / Linux machines???
A lot of people have pointed me towards Mac.... but I think they are a little over priced vs. home made machines... but I think Unix / Linux knowledge / experience would be a big plus on my resume. (besides Apache and Linux seem to be the majority of web servers out there, correct?
Please let me know your thoughts....
August 26th, 02005 at 8:07 am
Josh,
Big question. Short answer: consider an OS X machine.
I've personally run Linux and Windows side by side for a long time. That's the way I do it now, but that's just what I've become accustomed to. I might do a mac on the desktop in the future.. or not.
If you want to do Linux, I'd suggest starting out by testing a few live distros. That will let you try Linux on your PC, without actually having to install anything. There are lots of choices beyond that, but I'd consider Ubuntu (which also has a live CID) or Fedora first.
There are many interesting apps for Linux. I'm kind of oldschool and am mostly about xterms and vi, but you might want to check out: the gimp and Bluefish. Both of these apps are open source and also run on Windows, so you can check them out before you move to Linux.
Google for more info. There's a lot out there.
August 26th, 02005 at 9:51 am
Thanks Matt. Appreciate the info. I have spent a lot of time with Google researching myself, but always like a direct opinion from a systems expert before wading through the plithera of information on the Internet. I will let you know how it turns out. Thanks again. (PS - love the diverse, and rich content offered on your blog! - keep up the good work)
September 28th, 02005 at 2:47 pm
Hey you two! Get a room.