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Column: Pouring the Red Whine

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GET BENT is thrilled to welcome Eric Davidson, freelance writer; singer for New Bomb Turks and LIVIDS; author of We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001 (Backbeat Books), to the blog! His first contribution is a 2011 top ten full of GB faves, obscure gems, and cool happenings, plus some predictions for the future. How lucky are we?!

By Eric Davidson

2011 Might’ve Sucked in a Number of Ways, but as Usual, Goodness Snuck in’n’out of Back Doors like Cat Burglars. Cool Cat Burglars, that is. Hmm, Cool Cat Burglars, Not a Bad Band Name. Kinda “Shockabilly”-ish Though… Anyway…

“Oh fer fuck’s sake. Another year end list, in mid-January?!” Yeah, that’s right, pal. Why not? The sheer flood of interweb “writing” about music seeps into our eyeglobes and bloodveins with a demonic ferocity, and don’t y’all make like Moses frantically schlepping the beasts onto the boat anyway? Hey, if it ain’t this, it’s another rant about “Whatever happened to Tapes ‘N’ Tapes,” or “Is Lana del Ray actually pretty?”, or “Who should puke on the next Booze Cruise” or whatever the fuck seems infinitely important for about 2:13 seconds of your “busy” day. So why not the fave raves of a longtime ROCK’N’ROLL lover from the greatest city in the world, Cleveland, Ohio! (I currently live in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, hoping to pick up a Jamaican accent…)

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(Source: letsgetbent)