The Wrench - Worry When We Get There (1993, New Re.

The Killer Whales - Emotional Geography (1983, Rip.

Singles Going Single # 73 - Young Officers Movemen.

Singles Going Single # 74 - Overwhelming Colorfast.

Singles Going Single # 75 - Pavement 'Black Out'/'.Happy Hate Me Nots - Out (1988, Rough Trade).The Lilys - In the Presence of Nothing (1992, spin.Singles Going Single # 76 - Ridel High 7' (1995, M.Singles Going Single # 77 - Half Hour to Go Don't.Fire in the Kitchen - Theory of Everything (1990.Singles Going Single # 78 - The Wildebeests - Punk.The Haskells - Hopscotch and Bourbon (1995, Flipside).To my ears, the fourteen cuts here also recall Mercyland, a band who has been discussed on these pages before. More specifically, axe-slinger Mark Sogomian, by accident or not, adopted the well-manicured crunch that Bob Mould brandished on the final Husker Du record, Warehouse: Songs and Stories. Like many before and after them, L.A.’s Haskells flew the three-chord banner with fervor. Aside from some gnarly punk/hardcore compilations, the label released many mediocre LPs by even more mediocre bands, but The Haskells’ Hopscotch and Bourbon was a thankful and enjoyable anomaly. To cut to the chase, when the magazine folded in the late ‘90s, it’s in-house record label, Flipside Records (duh) did as well.

Many of you old timers on here remember Flipside fanzine, a content-heavy punk/alt-rock rag that crammed more reviews and articles into one issue than it’s DIY contemporary, Maximum Rock N Roll could in four.

Hop scotch and bourbon