Despite their being named after my favorite brand of pants and the fact that I loved me some poppy punk rock music in my early teens, I don't believe I ever got into The Dickies. Maybe they were just a little too goofy for me, or maybe I was so busy with the output of Dischord and Lookout! Records that I never got around to them, but they seem to have been somewhat of a divisive band. Their longevity and devoted fan base indicate that they've got something going for them, but most of the DJs at KCMU seemed not to be buying it, at least not for their appropriately titled 1989 "comeback" record.They sure do love their local cultural references, though!
Not having heard the record, I can't really comment on the music, but the song title "Going Homo" doesn't exactly make me want to sit down and spend some quality time with this one.
"The kind of record you just know will get into M before you review it. This'll no doubt be played + sold lots of at Cellophane Square; it has that 'humorous' element to otherwise average rock + roll. You'll find something. P.S. Thank God there's no lyric sheet.""What do gross generalizations about Cellophane Square's buying crowd have to do w/the music on this record?"
"What do people without names have to hide?"
"On top of that, it has that late '70s sound to it. Close your eyes & it's 1979 all over. These guys typify what you may have liked & didn't like about new wave. A KZAM revival, anyone?"
"A must. 'Monster Island' rules, 'theme' to a great movie." [I think that's what this says? The one positive review and I can't really make it out at all.]
"Why hairy armpits" [with arrow pointing to the singer's hairy armpits]
It seems the thing people at KCMU most wanted to talk about regarding this 12" single by the Northern Irish band (with an American singer) That Petrol Emotion was the graphic statement on the back of the record regarding the strip searching of female prisoners at Armagh Prison in Northern Ireland. …
American treasure Willie Dixon would have turned 100 this year. As it seems must be the case with even the most revered and successful blues musicians, his life had its highs and lows; sometimes those were two sides of the same coin, from having his songs covered by some of the most popular bands i…
