TRUE HIGH FIDELITY

In the mid 90’s we got it in our heads to start another record label. In High School, Greg and I ran a label called Elbohead records (named after one of Greg’s teachers) and we put out a few seven inches for local bands and were on our way to doing an all local Philadelphia […]

FRANKLIN – GO KID GO LP

Franklin’s first LP, Go Kid Go would be the album of a million faces. Not because we wanted it so, but because it was a record run over by circumstance, mistakes, errors and miscalculations. However, almost 20 years after recording it, it’s another one of those situation where warts and all, it’s something I remember […]

CONTACT SHEET FROM FRANKLIN’S ROY IS DEAD 7″ BY SCHUMOW

Before computers, I’m not really sure how any records cover art was created. It’s still rather baffling to me. In fact, considering some of the disastrous covers that are featured on some early recordings my friends and I were apart of, one could say we were exceptionally bad at getting our design ideas translated into […]

THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE RANDOM FINDS!

So, I just watched the 1979 Disney movie The Black Hole. Somewhere between 5 and 9 years old, it was one of my favorites. I thought it might be nice to revisit. Sadly, it doesn’t quite hold up. Today, I received these three awesome additions from Chris. The first one up top there was an […]

TSUNAMI HIDDEN TRACK

Atom suggested I post this and after thinking about it, I thought it was a pretty good idea! Thanks Atom! Rewind back to 1991. I was booking all-ages shows at JC Dobbs and started asking bands from DC to come and play the shows. Not only would it help draw more folks to see our […]