Who Cares Anyway
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Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco & the End of the Analog Age (via @headpress.bsky.social): https://amzn.to/3M3L162
WCA podcast: https://whocaresanywaysf.wordpress.com/podcast
Fatal Strategies (new podcast): https://fatalstrategies.substack.com
WCA podcast: https://whocaresanywaysf.wordpress.com/podcast
Fatal Strategies (new podcast): https://fatalstrategies.substack.com
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“Who Cares Anyway – Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age” – by Will York
I recognize that writing about Will York’s engrossing new book on San Francisco’s 1977-94 “post-punk” sub-underground takes us off our chosen journalistic beat a bit. Clearly, this is a book, and m…
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"I just devoured this 560-page tome in what was effectively three glued sittings, and I’d very much like to tell you about it. It’s one of the best rock books I’ve read in years, and I’ve read a few." - Jay Hinman
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Last weekend’s epic viewing at @spacegallery.bsky.social: boxd.it/bMqCwL
A review of Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 (2024)
No chance of writing anything truly coherent on this decades-long depiction of a laboratory of dehumanization and authoritarianism, so let me share a few things I jotted down in the dark in a notebook...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Last weekend’s epic viewing at @spacegallery.bsky.social: boxd.it/bMqCwL
Dogs can't read, ya idiot
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Dogs can't read, ya idiot
Glorious Din
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November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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i can recommend @leavinghashurt.bsky.social’s book on SF shenanigans headpress.com/product/who-...
Who Cares Anyway
The San Francisco music underground, from the aftermath of punk to the dawn of the dot-com era. Includes interviews with over 100 musicians and artists.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
i can recommend @leavinghashurt.bsky.social’s book on SF shenanigans headpress.com/product/who-...
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GREGORY EGO PHOTOS: Born to Loose. Bruce Loose with Flipper at the Lion's Lair in Denver, 3/31/2012...
September 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
GREGORY EGO PHOTOS: Born to Loose. Bruce Loose with Flipper at the Lion's Lair in Denver, 3/31/2012...
Another Flipper/Bruce Loose photo question...
I've seen this one credited to Claire Sutherland, who seems to have been based in or around Boston, but I can't find any info on her.
Can anyone enlighten me? Is she still around?
I've seen this one credited to Claire Sutherland, who seems to have been based in or around Boston, but I can't find any info on her.
Can anyone enlighten me? Is she still around?
September 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Another Flipper/Bruce Loose photo question...
I've seen this one credited to Claire Sutherland, who seems to have been based in or around Boston, but I can't find any info on her.
Can anyone enlighten me? Is she still around?
I've seen this one credited to Claire Sutherland, who seems to have been based in or around Boston, but I can't find any info on her.
Can anyone enlighten me? Is she still around?
A new podcast episode is available—an interview with Philip Peters of early 80s Palo Alto electronic/synth pop outfit Quiet Room.
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WCA Podcast, Ep. 28: Philip Peters (Quiet Room)
With this episode, we take a trip back to Silicon Valley (as it was just coming to be known) at the dawn of the 1980s. The same area that gave rise to the Sleepers and U.X.A. during the original 19…
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September 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A new podcast episode is available—an interview with Philip Peters of early 80s Palo Alto electronic/synth pop outfit Quiet Room.
whocaresanywaysf.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/w...
whocaresanywaysf.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/w...
This photograph of Flipper at the 9:30 Club (Washington, DC) doesn't have a photo credit, but it's too good just to be some rando's anonymous Wikipedia contribution.
Any leads on who might have taken it?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper...
Any leads on who might have taken it?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper...
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Flipper (band) - Wikipedia
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September 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This photograph of Flipper at the 9:30 Club (Washington, DC) doesn't have a photo credit, but it's too good just to be some rando's anonymous Wikipedia contribution.
Any leads on who might have taken it?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper...
Any leads on who might have taken it?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper...
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I wrote about French punk label Idiotape Records for this month's Tape Label Report.
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The Tape Label Report, August 2025
Five tape labels to know and love this month.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I wrote about French punk label Idiotape Records for this month's Tape Label Report.
daily.bandcamp.com/tape-label-r...
daily.bandcamp.com/tape-label-r...
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Will York speaks to guitarist Andy Hawkins of Blind Idiot God "about how he developed his distinctive guitar sound..." fatalstrategies.substack.com/p/ep-3-andy-...
September 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Will York speaks to guitarist Andy Hawkins of Blind Idiot God "about how he developed his distinctive guitar sound..." fatalstrategies.substack.com/p/ep-3-andy-...
"Snake People, Lower East Side, 1984"
This photo of Bruce Loose with Susan Miller (guitarist on his solo A-side "What's Your Name?" and later member of Bad Posture and Frightwig) was part of a series of taxicab passenger photos.
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This photo of Bruce Loose with Susan Miller (guitarist on his solo A-side "What's Your Name?" and later member of Bad Posture and Frightwig) was part of a series of taxicab passenger photos.
brucesilverstein.com/artworks/367...
Ryan Weideman, Snake People, Lower East Side, 1984
Gelatin Silver Print
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September 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"Snake People, Lower East Side, 1984"
This photo of Bruce Loose with Susan Miller (guitarist on his solo A-side "What's Your Name?" and later member of Bad Posture and Frightwig) was part of a series of taxicab passenger photos.
brucesilverstein.com/artworks/367...
This photo of Bruce Loose with Susan Miller (guitarist on his solo A-side "What's Your Name?" and later member of Bad Posture and Frightwig) was part of a series of taxicab passenger photos.
brucesilverstein.com/artworks/367...
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R.I.P. Bruce Loose.
FYI currently reading "Who Cares Anyway" and highly recommend it!
FYI currently reading "Who Cares Anyway" and highly recommend it!
After a prolonged struggle with life, Bruce "Loose" Calderwood of Flipper passed away from an apparent heart attack earlier this week at the age of 66.
September 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
R.I.P. Bruce Loose.
FYI currently reading "Who Cares Anyway" and highly recommend it!
FYI currently reading "Who Cares Anyway" and highly recommend it!
The most thorough Bruce obituary so far. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
September 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The most thorough Bruce obituary so far. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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Pescacontrarian: Bruce Loose draws the Flipper fish. Ruby Ray photo exhibit, March 29, 2012...
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September 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Pescacontrarian: Bruce Loose draws the Flipper fish. Ruby Ray photo exhibit, March 29, 2012...
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R.I.P. Bruce “Loose” Calderwood, longtime Flipper vocalist and bassist. Calderwood fronted the San Francisco punks on all four of their studio albums beginning with 1980’s ‘Album – Generic Flipper,’ an LP with a heavy, plodding sound hugely influential to bands like Nirvana. Bruce Loose was 66.
September 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
R.I.P. Bruce “Loose” Calderwood, longtime Flipper vocalist and bassist. Calderwood fronted the San Francisco punks on all four of their studio albums beginning with 1980’s ‘Album – Generic Flipper,’ an LP with a heavy, plodding sound hugely influential to bands like Nirvana. Bruce Loose was 66.
After a prolonged struggle with life, Bruce "Loose" Calderwood of Flipper passed away from an apparent heart attack earlier this week at the age of 66.
September 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
After a prolonged struggle with life, Bruce "Loose" Calderwood of Flipper passed away from an apparent heart attack earlier this week at the age of 66.
Thank you to the great Mike Watt (!) for having me as a guest on the Watt from Pedro show today.
We talk a lot about Michael Belfer/Sleepers/When Can I Fly? and a little about Who Cares Anyway.
@wattfrompedro.bsky.social @headpress.com
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We talk a lot about Michael Belfer/Sleepers/When Can I Fly? and a little about Who Cares Anyway.
@wattfrompedro.bsky.social @headpress.com
www.twfps.com/past-episode...
on-air guest will york from raleigh, nc via discord - The Watt from Pedro Show
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August 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Thank you to the great Mike Watt (!) for having me as a guest on the Watt from Pedro show today.
We talk a lot about Michael Belfer/Sleepers/When Can I Fly? and a little about Who Cares Anyway.
@wattfrompedro.bsky.social @headpress.com
www.twfps.com/past-episode...
We talk a lot about Michael Belfer/Sleepers/When Can I Fly? and a little about Who Cares Anyway.
@wattfrompedro.bsky.social @headpress.com
www.twfps.com/past-episode...
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Finally caught up with this outstanding episode- turns out my first live experience with Caroliner Rainbow (playing the On Broadway with Tarantino and Leaf Yard on my 21st birthday) was Winant’s first as part of the band!
New podcast episode: an interview with percussion maestro William Winant.
(links below)
(links below)
August 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Finally caught up with this outstanding episode- turns out my first live experience with Caroliner Rainbow (playing the On Broadway with Tarantino and Leaf Yard on my 21st birthday) was Winant’s first as part of the band!
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Dusted considers TFUL282. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7919694...
Listening Post: Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Sister Hell
Joyful and unique, Bay Area band Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 bubbled their way through the late 1980s and 1990s with an unheralded superpower: a...
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August 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Dusted considers TFUL282. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7919694...
New podcast episode: an interview with percussion maestro William Winant.
(links below)
(links below)
July 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New podcast episode: an interview with percussion maestro William Winant.
(links below)
(links below)
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From the archives of the Who Cares Anyway? podcast, @leavinghashurt.bsky.social interviews @jonsavage.bsky.social:
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Ep. 26: Jon Savage (England's Dreaming)
From the archives: my 2019 interview with the legendary British author
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June 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
From the archives of the Who Cares Anyway? podcast, @leavinghashurt.bsky.social interviews @jonsavage.bsky.social:
whocaresanywaysf.substack.com/p/ep-26-jon-...
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