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Gary Trujillo's avatar

That sounds sick as hell. Shit, it was worth it just for the Christian Death double LP.

Good times. Glad to hear it.

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Jim Ruland's avatar

Totally! I'm listening to it now. Brings back all kinds of memories.

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Layne's avatar

I'm jealous of that Only Theatre of Pain double album! I currently only have it on cassette.

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Jim Ruland's avatar

At the record store there was a section in front of cassettes and aside from reissues of The Eastside Story all the tapes were by female pop stars: Lana, Olivia, Chappell, etc. It was such a trip!

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Kelly Stith's avatar

Huge fan of Eyehategod; glad you had the opportunity to see them live!

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Jim Ruland's avatar

Thank you, Kelly! It was a long time coming!

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Travis DeVore's avatar

Congrats on the short story publication. I'll have to pick up a copy soon. Take care.

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Jim Ruland's avatar

Thank you, Travis -- and right back at you!

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Joe H's avatar

ohh.. the Rompehuevos! I was marvelling at some of his SoCal poems in Blue Collar Review a few mths ago. Now I need to add another book to the list.

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Jim Ruland's avatar

Yes you do!

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Good stuff. Been awhile since I had a fun band-filled week like that

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Jim Ruland's avatar

I left complaints about having to park blocks from the venues, people stepping on my feet, etc. You know how it is.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Entire blocks? I would demand to be parasailed right to the front edge of the stage.

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Jim Ruland's avatar

It's tough out here on the mean streets of San Diego, Jimmy!

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I’ll get you a plastic bubble full of Steely Dan 8 tracks and finger sandwiches

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Jim Ruland's avatar

Cucumber?

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Sean Johnson's avatar

Love to hear about LA-centric books. Thanks for the recs

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Jim Ruland's avatar

De nada -- thanks for reading!

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