// YOUR BAND IS MY LIFE //

This is the first record I ever bought. I was in Lawrence, Kansas at debate camp in 1993. On the weekends, we were allowed to leave the campus for a few hours, so I went down to the local record store called “The Love Garden”. It was actually the first time I ever saw a girl with dreadlocks and armpit hair, I was mesmerized at the sight. You see, I’m from a small town in Iowa and as much as I tried to be cultured, it was next to impossible. The entire store smelled like incense and cat piss. The walls were draped with posters of Jimi Hendrix, Sonic Youth, and Black Flag. I was in heaven even though I really didn’t know who any of those bands were. Coincidentally, on my way to “The Love Garden”, I remember ripping a DRI poster off a telephone pole and right next to it, was a poster for Zipgun and Panel Donor show  at the Replay Lounge.  When I walked into the store, this was the first record I saw. So I picked it up, acting as if I knew what I was buying. Even today,  after not having listened to it for about 10 years,  I don’t regret buying it. Both these bands are great.

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