FINAL POST

     When I unofficially stopped updating this blog, I was under the impression that it would fade off into the ether as a relic of a part of the internet that absolutely no one pays attention to anymore. I was wrong. People still talk to me about it. Folks still ask if I'll ever update it again. Younger punks thank me for sharing these things that they thought they'd never get to hear. Older punks thank me (or chastise me) for saving the things that many of us thought were lost to time. 

    I started the blog because my partner at the time got diagnosed with breast cancer. Between the doctors appointments, care-taking, organizing rides and a myriad of other unexpected things that happened in those times, I needed a way to refocus my brain so that I wouldn't doom spiral into a empty shell of my former self. (Jury is still out on the verdict of that being successful or not). To be transparent, I dove into finishing every single Tony Hawk Pro Skater game that you can possibly get for the PS1 and PS2. I also learned how to digitize the hundreds of tapes that lived (and still live) on shelving in my room. Many of the tapes were released in editions of less than 20. Some were even less than that. Many of the tapes were commercially available. Most of them shared a vision: They were made by people in my life who had almost nothing at their disposal. Tons of the music was recorded on the shoddiest of equipment because none of us knew any better. We didn't know how to find a reasonable studio for years. A lot of us grew up in rural areas, light years away from coastal cultural centers and didn't understand how to make our bands sound like the stuff released on labels like Very Small, Secret Center, Vermiform or one special record on Roughneck. It didn't stop us from trying or from putting our entire hearts into it.

   For most of the years that I was writing this, I was drunk. I was very bitter and depressed. I said a few mean things that I truly regret. I said a few mean things that I still stand by. A lot of truly amazing people died and I still miss them every day. I deleted a few posts for wildly petty reasons. Some people cherry-picked the bands that went on to be famous and then reposted their demos on youtube in some kind of cool-guy contest, claiming that they had the tapes, but I know better. None of this is cool. A majority of the bands on this blog are geeky little twerps and hicks, playing their shit that no one  except their friends wanted to hear the first time around...and it was brought to you by this geeky little hick twerp who now lives in one of those coastal cultural centers. 

    I stopped doing the blog for many reasons and here are a few of them: I ran out of steam. I didn't want to live in a nostalgia world or become a parody of myself. Friends kept dying and it felt SO FUCKING AWFUL to keep writing eulogies for them. I got a nice 70's stereo receiver that wasn't able to communicate with a computer. What we do should be secret and I fucked up.

   There was an erroneous belief that I lived and breathed this kind of punk 24/7. This blog acted as a conduit to get it out of me and start to look forward towards other things. Getting the stories onto the screen and into other brains helped to put a lot of it behind me. It was a bit like public therapy. I do wish that some of this stuff was less of my perspective and more of the others who also participated in these scenes, but not everyone wants to revisit the past. I don't blame them.

   I wanna say thanks to the people who have said really nice things about this tiny, dusty corner of the internet. I also wanna say thanks to the people who have said mean things about it, because well-rounded perspective is important. It feels good to talk to younger people who found inspiration and light in the hundreds of songs and stories collected on these pages. If you run into me at a punk show, let's hang out. Yes, I do still want to hear your band's tape. 

Many of the download links are still active and that will be true for the foreseeable future. Look around and find what works for you.

I have been at this address since 2008 and I'm not going anywhere. Drop a line.

Greg Harvester

PO Box 40786

San Francisco, CA 94140

I'm working on a region rock-related project that should be done by next year and then I hope to put that era behind me. You'll find it at Remote Outposts when it's done. 

For the inspiration behind the name "Remote Outposts", link on over to remoteoutposts.com. At the bottom of the page, you'll find links to whatever is going on. I have a film photo newsletter that is updated regularly. It is only punk in the sense that I am a punk. 

The new ADD/C LP is so fucking good.

Thank you for everything.

Music Mixes for 2023

    Oh hey there! Is this a new music post? Kind of.... 

   First off, I can't address every comment that is asking me to re-upload dead links, so I'll just say it here: My ENTIRE backup of mp3's got deleted somehow, due to a dying computer. They're all gone. I even took out the hard drive and went through it elsewhere. Oh well, I'm trying to move on and act like it's not a big deal. 

   Secondly, I decided to make a 1 hour music mix for every month of 2023. You probably won't find a ton of shoddily recorded punk demos in these mixes. I'm making them in the vein of a mixtape I got when I was 12. The tape had no track listing and the genres bounced around drastically, but many of the songs on it grew to be all-time favorites. These mixes have the band names, but no song titles. 

   You can find the current month's mix at Remote Outposts Soundcloud at the top of the pile. 

     When the new mix goes up, the old one will be deleted from Soundcloud, but they'll be archived and downloadable at the link below. Please keep checking back, if that's a thing you're into. 

Thank you

January Mix

PATRICK JENNINGS – Jane//LIL’ BOB AND THE LOLLIPOPS – The High Road//THE PLEASURE SEEKERS – What A Way To Die//LOW DOWN DA SINISTA – Going Through A Thing//WARDS – Weapon Factory//BROKEN STRINGS - ???//VELVET UNDERGROUND – After Hours//DAVIE ALLAN AND THE ARROWS – The Lonely Rider//KRIGSHODER – Ditt Eget Stalingrad / Hatet//LEE MOSES – You Are Too Much for The Human Heart//FASTBACKS – I Never Knew//JAKE THACKRAY – Scallywag//SKIP GRAVES – I’m Mad At Me//D.L.I.M.C. – Wicker Park//DOROTHY – I Confess//JESSIE HILL – My Love//WARREN BURNS – Losers On A Train//DEAD MOON – Demona//HEAVY COMFORTER – Crazy, Gross and Old//YOGURT – End Of The World//CHIN’S CALYPSO SEXTET – Night Food Recipe//SOLID SPACE – The Guests//BOB SEGER SYSTEM – 2+2

Feb Mix 

TELEVISION – Venus//BIG BOYS – Which Way To Go//SIZE – Tonight//LOST KIDS – Alle Taler//IMMORTAL MICE MEN – Go Too Far//THE OSMONDS – Crazy Horses//LOS CANADIANS – Never Can//BOBBY BLAND – Don’t Cry No More//STEVIE WONDER – Sir Duke//SARAH DIRKS – My Favorite Astronaut//NATURE BOYS – Caught In The Fix//CENTURY 21 – Unfinished//KAOS – Boja//GRASPING AT PIECES – Alabama//THIN LIZZY – Southbound//THE SENSATIONAL GUITARS OF DAN AND DALE – Batmobile Wheels//JOHNNIE FRIERSON – Miracles//VERNON GREEN AND THE PHANTOMS – Sweet Breeze//BUNKER HILL AND LINK WRAY – The Girl Can’t Dance//THE BOBBYTEENS – Hey Roxy//THE JETSONS – Genetically Stupid//ABI OOZE – Right Now And Not Later//WADE DRIVER – Evergreen/Dad //CCR – Someday Never Comes

March Mix 

 IGGY AND THE STOOGES – Shake Appeal//THE PENETRATORS – Drive Me Crazy //MINUTEMEN – Untitled Song For Latin America//IRMA THOMAS – Somebody Told You//THE BELTONES – No More Heartaches// PEGGY LEE – Is That All there Is?//HICKEY – Kingdom Come (outro)//RUSSIAN TSARLAG – On the Street// IMPRACTICAL COCKPIT – Have A Wonderful Death//JACOB BERENDES – Twin Elephants//BLOODWALL – Cello 3//THE MAGITS – Disconnect//BIG KITTY – Your Bird//SUN RA AND HIS INTERGALACTIC SOLAR ARKESTRA – Outer Spaceways Inc//PUMPKIN WITCH – Chased By The Shadows Of Autumn//ASH KREY – Crows//J GALLEGO – Downtown Cruising// JIMI HENDRIX – Little Wing//DAS BEACH BOYS – Street Whites

April Mix 

 CONEHEADS – Smiling Beat Of Life//LOS SAICOS – Demolicion//WILLIE DUNN – I Pity The Country//WHITE TRASH SUPERMAN – Clock//ABNER JAY – I’m So Depressed//SBSM – Teeth//NIGHT FEVER – Fallout//CARLOS MONTOYA – Buleria//DIG & MIG – Skyggerne//G.L.O.S.S. – Outcast Stomp// SUGLUK – I Didn’t Lnow//AVENGERS VI – Good Humor Stomp//SONGS FOR MOMS – Wholey Water// OVENS – Fired From The Vogue Pt. 1//OTIS REDDING – Cigarettes & Coffee//PETER STUBB – Sad Way To Go//THE SPARK PLUGS – Chicken//THEE HEADCOATS – I Wish I Knew What I Was Living For//THE KWOP ORGANIZATION – Lost Cat//VULPESS – Mi Gusta Ser Una Zorra//EPPU NORMAALI – Poliisi Pamputtaa Taas//ARTIMUS PYLE – And All That Remains Is The Sorrow//EDITH NYLON – Tank//THE VICTIMS – I’m Flipped Out Over You//MELVINS – Dr Geek//RUNAWAYS – Wasted 

 May Mix

 YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS – Final Day//ROBERT PALMER – Johnny And Mary//JUANITA ROGERS – I’m So Glad You Love Me//OF MONTREAL – Absent Pilot//PROTOCULTURA – Bomba Nuclear//HOT NEW MEXICANS – The Great Unpaid//WILSON PICKETT – Give Your Lovin’ Right Now//SCHMIDTHEADS – Falling//THE FROGS – The World Will Never Change//DAVID KORESH – Don’t You Be A Laocadean//ANGEL BAT DAWID – London//LEE FIELDS – I Should Have Let you Be//RAINBOW BRIDGE – Big Wave Rider//WIPERS – Mystery//EDDIE & ERNIE – Bullets Don’t Have Eyes//TENDER TANTRUM – Firework//AGENT ORANGE – Everything Turns Grey//THE MOUNTAIN GOATS – Palmcorder Yajna//THE SUPREMES FOUR – I Lost My Job//GASPER NALI – Medel//DEAD MILKMEN – Tugena 

June Mix

JONATHAN RICHMAN – This Kind Of Music//VEXX – Black/White//KOLLAA KESTAA - Kirjoituksia Kellarista//NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS – Rainy Day//THE SONICS – Psycho//THE BREEDERS – Freed Pig// HUSKER DU – These Important Years//LEE HAZLEWOOD – Poor Man//JONATHAN HALPER – I Am A Hermit//HUFF STUFF MAGAZINE – Yesterday’s News//GIANT HAYSTACKS – Young Shavers//JAMES F BECK – A Slippery Subject//THE EAT – Catholic Love//BLITZ – New Age//WADE BOGGS – Here’s To Falling Down//BABE QUEST – The Wait//WASP WOMEN – Kill Me//NERVOUS GENDER – Nothing To Hide// MISFITS – Hybrid Moments//REM – Radio Free Europe//PINK SECTION – Shopping//THIS BIKE IS A PIPEBOMB – Johnny//POTENTIAL JOHNS – Past Due

July Mix

THE VENTURES – The Ninth Wave//OBSERVERS OBSERVING OBSERVABLES – Summer Emotion//DEAD MOON – Day After Day//LEE MOSES – Bad Girl//IRMA THOMAS – Wish Someone Would Care//CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL – Effigy//SUN RA AND HIS ASTRO SOLAR INFINITY ARKESTRA – Blues On Planet Mars//YOUR HEART BREAKS – Icy Roads To Index//50 MILLION – Burn Away//GEECHIE WYLIE – Last Kind Words//PINECONE PEOPLE – Keep Marching//BABY HUEY – A Change Is Going To Come//THE BODY – A Body

August Mix

SUN RA AND HIS SOLAR MYTH ARKESTRA – Outer Spaceways Inc//THE COSMIC RAYS – Somebody’s In Love//SUN RA AND HIS ASTRO INFINITY ARKESTRA – The Perfect Man//YOCHANAN – Hot Skillet Mama// THE SENSATIONAL GUITARS OF DAN AND DALE – Batman Theme//SUN RA QUARTET – When There Is No Sun//LE SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA – Advice To Medics//SUN RA AND HIS MYTH SCIENCE ARKESTRA – Space Aura//SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA – West End Side Of Magic City//SUN RA – Interplanetary Travelers//SUN RA – I Am An Instrument//THE COSMIC RAYS – Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lies// SUN RA AND HIS INTERGALACTIC RESEARCH ARKESTRA – It’s After The End Of The World//SUN RA AND HIS ASTRO-GALACTIC INFINITY ARKESTRA – I’m Gonna Unmask The Batman//SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA – Saturn Research//SUN RA AND HIS MYTH SCIENCE ARKESTRA – The Others In Their World//THE NU SOUNDS WITH SUN RA AND ARKESTRA – A Foggy Day//SUN RA – They Can’t Accept Me//THE SUN RA ARKESTRA – Cosmo-Extensions//SUN RA AND HIS SOLAR MYTH ARKESTRA – They’ll Come Back

September Mix

 This one is for August Golden and those affected by the shooting and murder in Minneapolis. Every band featured is from a block radius of Nudieland.

SCROUNGER – Lifers//VARIX – Locked Up//BLOODWALL – Cello 3//DOGS – Bomb The Skyways//TOTALLY CHAOS – Wild Outside//SHEP AND ME – Sittin’ Round//IMPRACTICAL COCKPIT – Fresh Shrimp//CLAIRE’S GIRLFRIEND – Live At Nudieland//THE LODESTONES – Lost Words (For Elyse)// VISITOR - Untitled//TEXTURE FREQ – I Fucked Artaud And Lost//DIRTYARD – 10,000 Black Sheep//TRUDIE PLUNGERS – Title Unknown//COUNTY Z – End Of The World//DEUCE BOLDLY – The Great Terribleness//DOGGERELLA DECIDED UPON – A4//HYAX – Twin//FEVER GLEAMING – On My Tail//CRUELTY – Untitled//HORSE GIRL – Stick Around//KING BADDOG - Live At Nudieland//3 MOONS – H.A.A.R.P. (We Milk The Clouds)//FROZEN TEENS – Hopeless City

October Halloween Music Mix

THE CURE – Jumping Someone Else’s Train//THE RIP OFFS – She Said Yeah//SHONEN KNIFE – Lazybone// MINUTEMEN – Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing//MELVINS – Antitoxidote//BEAT HAPPENING – Knick Knack//VOID – Authority//PROPAGANDHI – The Overtly Political But Oh So Intensely Personal Song//THE MUMMIES – I’m Down//THE RESIDENTS – N-R-G (Crisis Blues) Partial//MUDHONEY – Thorn// THE SLACKERS – The Big Scam//MINOR THREAT – I Don’t Wanna Hear It//NAKED CITY – Pile Driver// BREEDERS – Don’t Call Home//STOOGES – Not Right//REDD KROSS – Kill Someone You Hate// PUNKY ROCKIT – Smoke//CUB – Surfer Girl//BIKINI KILL – Carnival//CRIMPSHRINE – Summertime//THEE HEADCOATS – Girl From ‘62//TEENGENERATE – Dressed In Black//THE DONNAS – I Wanna Be A Unabomber// PINHEAD GUNPOWDER – Future Daydream//THE VOMIT SPOTS – I Want To Bowl// GAUNT – Rich Kid//THE FALL OUTS – Here I Come//FASTBACKS – Everything I Don’t Need//