Dave Hoffa's blog

Loyola takes back WLUW

Dave Hoffa — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:37:11 -0400

Super bullshit. Read about it here:

http://www.timeout.com/chicago/outandabout/?p=2548#more-2548

Doubly sucks because I was going to do a metal show later this year. ARGH.

FYI: For some reason, this link dumps you in the middle of the article. Scroll up to the top.

Back to the Record Store

Dave Hoffa — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:58:12 -0400

Customer: "Do you only carry, like, vintage stuff?"
Disemboweling Party: "What do you mean by that?"
Customer: "I don't know."

Photographer from the Lawrence Arms show last night.

Dave Hoffa — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:26:33 -0400

Dear Photographer From the Lawrence Arms Show Last Night,

While I understand that documenting this sort of thing (punk rock) as being incredibly important, the fact that you were taking pictures throughout the entire sets of the three bands that I saw while wearing a bright yellow shirt was just unacceptable. While I don't always agree with the rules and regulations for big arena shows, I now understand why photographers are made to leave the front of the stage after three songs or so.

Everywhere I looked on the stage, all I could see was your shirt, and then your arms flailing wildly after taking a picture, presumably to get some sort of cool effect in the said pictures.

I'm leaving for the UK tomorrow

Dave Hoffa — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:29:20 -0500

I'm touring as the merch guy for Brutal Truth for 10 days. Come by a show and say HI if you're really bored.

I don't expect anyone on here to care about Brutal Truth, but hey . . . it's worth a shot.

2 Feb 2007 18:00
Bierkeller bristol, england

3 Feb 2007 18:00
the corporation sheffield, england

4 Feb 2007 18:00
the cathouse glasgow, scotland

5 Feb 2007 18:00
voodoo dublin, ireland

6 Feb 2007 18:00
music box manchester, england

7 Feb 2007 18:00
rock city nottingham, england

8 Feb 2007 18:00
carling academy birmingham, england

9 Feb 2007 18:00

Dave Hoffa's Jackin' Pop Choices

Dave Hoffa — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:13:13 -0500

So I was asked to take part in this Best Albums of 2006 poll, and the results are in. One had up to 10 choices and could either assign each a point rating based on how high you wanted that particular album rated, or you could give each of the 10 albums 10 points, rating them all evenly.

I chose to give all 10 albums 10 points, and here's my list (you'll notice it looks very similar to my best-of list for Punk Planet 77):

1. The Lawrence Arms, Oh! Calcutta!
2. Cannibal Corpse, Kill
3. Frightmare, Bringing Back the Bloodshed
4. Mr. Lif, Mo' Mega
5. Cretin, Freakery
6. Lair of the Minotaur, The Ultimate Destroyer
7. V/A, Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
8. Kashmere Stage Band, Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974
9. The Steinways, Missed the Boat
10. Clipse, Hell Hath No Fury

Now, here's where they ended up in the poll:

Do you know anyone in Glasgow, Scotland that's awesome?

Dave Hoffa — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:00:49 -0500

OK. I'm going to be in Glasgow, Scotland the day of the Super Bowl on tour as a merch guy. The game will air at like midnight. Do any of you know anyone there that I can stay with and stay up late to watch the game?

I have no idea where we're staying that night, but really, really want to support the Bears from across the Atlantic.

Dave

RIP Bam Bam Bigelow

Dave Hoffa — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:16:42 -0500

The subject line says it all. Though it seems he made some poor life choices, he's one of these guys that won't ever be forgotten. I mean, he had flame tattoos on his fucking head!

Also, he saved some kids from a burning house one time. Seriously.

Rest in peace, Bam Bam!

Fugazi and the NFL?

Dave Hoffa — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:33:24 -0500

Anyone else catch a snippet of "Waiting Room" during week 11's "These are the Games That are Happening in Week 12" segment?

It was definately Fugazi, no question about it.

Thoughts?

Random Record (9.4.2006) Gang Starr: Hard to Earn

Dave Hoffa — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:49:46 -0400

Gang Starr's fourth LP falls almost directly in the middle of their not-so prolific output. Quite far removed from their first album, No More Mr. Nice Guy, Hard to Earn is a solid, but not completely memorable record. After the popularity of their previous two albums, Daily Operation and Step in the Arena, the duo's fourth album is just kind of there.

Random Record (8.29.06) Micranots: Obelisk Movements

Dave Hoffa — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:36:29 -0400

Okay. As the resident record nerd at Punk Planet, and because of my day job in a record store, I've decided to randomly choose one record per week and write about it on this here site. First up is from the 13th letter of the alphabet, M.

The Micranots initally formed in Minneapolis with three members (MC I Self Divine, DJ/production-guy Kool Akiem, and mystery member Truth Maze, who I'm assuming was another MC), although none of their recorded output recognizes this. Their first full-length, Return of the Travellahs was casstte-only, released in 1996 (and later re-packed onto CD by the Rhymesayers label), and featured only I Self Divine and Akiem.