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Episode two is here! This is the first SPAZ Radio episode, featuring eight songs by bands that have played at the Grn Strp Haus in Seattle. Enjoy!

Show Notes:

• 1:00 - "Crass A Nova" by Anchor Down, from Steel To Dust
• 4:53 - "Gentlemen Prefer Tea" by Destruction Island, from Preaches The New Wilderness
• 7:29 - "Rage Blackouts" by The Mark Sparkles, from Parking Enforcement
• 10:37 - "Full House" by The Sweet Revenge, from Creatures of Routine
• 12:45 - "Loose Teeth Don't Need My Help" by Like Claws!, from Prints & Things
• 14:40 - "My Boss My Hypocrite" by Marginal Way, from Marginal Way
• 17:49 - "Mind Eraser" by Shakes, from Shakes
• 20:31 - "Revolution Schmevolution" by Success!, from Success!

In an effort to put out at least two episodes of the show each month, I have decided to launch SPAZ Radio. SPAZ Radio will consist of music-only episodes that will appear regularly between interview episodes, featuring songs by local and touring bands that have played shows in Seattle recently.

I hope to have a theme for each episode to help pick the music that I play. For the first several SPAZ Radio episodes, the theme will be "Best of Venue". For these episodes, I will pick songs by bands that I have seen play at a specific location in Seattle; the first one will be "Best of GRN STRP Haus"!

Since interview episodes come out on the 1st Monday of every month, I'm planning to release SPAZ Radio episodes on the 3rd Monday of every month. However, the first SPAZ Radio episode may be a bit late, since I am just now getting started on it. We'll see!

I've decided to start posting small lists of upcoming shows on a monthly basis. After all, the whole point of SPAZ is to promote local music. The listed shows will mostly be the shows that I am planning to attend or would at least like to attend if I'm able. There are lots of great places on the internet that list shows more comprehensively than I ever could, so I'll leave that to them and just tell you where you might see me!

Here are the shows I currently have written down for November:

• Wed 11/04/2009 - Koozbane, Random Orbits, Deathlist5, Rebel Skum, Rev (of Success!) at Studio Seven, 7pm.
• Thu 11/12/2009 - Erin McKeown at The Tractor Tavern, 7pm.
• Sat 11/14/2009 - Teenage Bottlerocket, Cobra Skulls, The Cute Lepers, Head at El Corazon, 8pm.
• Fri 11/20/2009 - Smooth Sailing at The Rendezvous, 8pm.
• Sat 11/21/2009 - The Damage Done, Shakes, Smokejumper at Grn Strp Haus, 8pm.
• Tue 11/24/2009 - Off With Their Heads, Municipal Waste, Phobia and Cauldron at El Corazon, 8pm.

I will update this list as new shows come to my attention!

Update:

• Tues 11/10/2009 - The Damage Done, Requin, and others at The Bit Saloon, 8pm.

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Welcome to the first episode of Seattle Punk Audio Zine! This episode features an interview with The Damage Done and four songs from their recently-released full-length album Scream All Of Our Cliches. The interview was recorded in Seattle, WA on September 29th, 2009.

The Damage Done is:
Connor - Drums
Chris - Bass, Backing Vocals
Jake - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Ryan - Vocals

Show Notes:

• 1:01 - Song #1: Mumpa
• 4:45 - Scream All Of Our Cliches was recorded at Magnets Large & Small
• 5:30 - Album released on Better Half Records, founded by Chris Crusher and K2 of Smokejumper
• 7:25 - GRN STRP Haus is one of The Damage Done's favorite venues.
• 7:51 - In April, the band toured with Success!
• 8:15 - Bands at North Park Awesome Fast included Breaker Breaker One Niner, Tiltwheel, Dead To Me, and This Is My Fist
• 11:20 - Song #2: All The People In The Place To Be (Don't Care)
• 17:35 - Northwest Punk Board
• 17:44 - The Stranger, one of Seattle's two weekly news and entertainment papers
• 23:42 - Former member of The Damage Done, Eliot, has a new band Shakes, also on Better Half Records
• 24:09 - Chris and Jake have another band: Smooth Sailing
• 24:35 - Lucas Andrews of Anchor Down is an awesome guy! He designed the SPAZ logo.
• 25:14 - Ryan plays accoustic songs under the name Jefferson Deathstar
• 25:46 - Song #3: The Sky Is Really Heavy
• 28:28 - The Damage Done recommends the following bands: Polar Bear Club, Akimbo, Horse the Band, Helms Alee, Drunken Boat, Rumspringer
• 29:40 - Ryan passed out after seeing Rumspringer and John Cougar Concentration Camp
• 32:04 - Buy Scream All Of Our Cliches at upcoming The Damage Done shows, the Better Half Records website, on iTunes, or at Interpunk.
• 32:27 - The Damage Done played an amazing show at Studio Seven with A Wilhelm Scream, Living With Lions, Shook Ones, and The Riot Before.
• 33:29 - Song #4: Teen-Bop Hit Factory

Photo of The Damage Done courtesy of Cameron Collins, all rights reserved.