Nice summer-y pop-punk :)

Listen/purchase: Chicago Pussy by Mikey Erg

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Vic Ruggiero @ The Grassy Noll - 1.28.2024

Booked a semi-secret show with at a space named after the Kennedy assassination, so of course I had to do a conspiracy board full of jokes and It’s Always Sunny References…

Have Yourself a Merry Secular Xmas

NEW EPISODE!!! THE ERGS!! CLASSIQUE!!

At hm warnings for the short story the above image goes with

The could be counted as Risetober day 25: vampire because of timeing and well I used vampires dbbdbd

Charaters may be ooc

Allusions to if not mentions of blood

More notes after

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Mikey shivered as he walked in the sewers. The part he was in was dark and unfamiliar. Not a part he or his brothers had frequented.

Well it wasn’t till Leo and Donnie had started acting weird. Mikey, April, Cass, Casey, and Raph had split up to look for them after they ran off. Mikey frowned before stopping. They were here he could still feel them.

“Leo? Donnie?” they’d better answer he wasn’t going to leave empty handed.

“Mikey you shouldn’t have come looking for us.” Leo’s voice rang out. Mikey glared a bit. “You should go home.”

“not without you two.” Mikey saw their eyes before seeing them still covered in shadows but the two sets of heterochromatic eyes practically glowed. “you-you’re still our brothers small changes or not.”

“Smalll? Michel being turned into vampires was not a ‘small change’.” Donnie spoke up. “we’ve become a threat to you and the others.”

“you’re not a threat. You wont-“

“we almost did” Leo cut him off. The slider wasn’t crying. He was holding it in because that would just make things worse. Not even emotionally having blood tears and being a blood sucker meant the hunger would be worse. “we almost bit you and Raph. We’ve been so close to hurting you guys.”

Mikey just took his brothers hands at that, support while making sure they couldn’t run again. A determined look on his face. “but you didn’t you’ve resisted the erge to do that. You wont hurt us. We can figure out how to help you even if we cant…change you back.” Mikey Smiled. “so lets go home…and call everyone. We were all worried….”

“Ok…Ok…” Mikey lead them back home…and called everyone else because he found them.

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So I wanted to write a halloween rise one shot. I wanted it about vampires leo and Donnie. I didnt want it to be in my fangs and futures au verse (writers block is a b but I will write the next ch)

Also I hope it was clear that everything was platonic. Im not the best at tones. I dont ship Tcest but that doesnt mean my intent wasnt misread.

So this was basically just a little one shot au. If yall wanna talk to me about taking over i would be fin with that but. *shrugs*

The Ledge #595: Replacements Tribute Albums

As one of those lunatics who tends to collect anything and everything asoociated with artists I love, it's probably no surprise that I have quite a few tribute albums devoted to The Replacements. When Let the Bad Times Roll (a Tribute to The Replacements) was released earlier this month, I did a deep dive in my archives and discovered that I actually owned seven of these types of records.

With that in mind, it was a no-brainer to do a show devoted to nothing but Replacements tribute albums. The seven records represented tonight have been released throughout the last three decades, and include releases originating in Australi and Italy. There's a few semi-big names but there are as many, if not more, bands whose career I know nothing about.

I also made myself a challenge that I would try not to duplicate any songs...and I succeeded! There are 35 different Replacements tracks covered by 35 different artists. Ok, there is one artist who appears twice - Mikey Erg's band, Ergs, covers "I'm in Trouble" while as a solo act he performs "Wake Up"

Just because the overall theme revolves around The Replacements doesn't mean that I'm ignoring the "52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks" series. In fact, you get a double dose of covers tonight to open and close the show. The first version is by an L.A. band called Kolars. They're a duo that features a drummer that tap dances rhythms with her feet atop a bass drum while simultaneously playing a stand-up kit. The version that closes the show, Freddy Lynxx and the Jet Boys, is led by a Johnny Thunders fanatic who actually allowed his hero to choose his band's name. 

As I do every week, however, I must again plead with y'all for more versions of "Teenage Kicks". If you are a musician, or have any contact with artists that could record their own take on the classic, please contact me!

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Along wth the "Teenage Kicks" bookends, tonight's episode included these tracks:

From Let The Bad Times Roll (a Tribute To The Replacements):

Mikey Erg - Wake Up 

The Color Fred - The Ledge 

Crazy Tom Martin - Sadly Beautiful 

Jon Snodgrass - Go 

Crossed Keys - I'll Be You 

From Graduate Unskilled: Un Tributo ai Replacements:

Lester Greenowski - God Damn Job

Laser Geyser - Answering Machine

Irene Sciacovelli - Achin To Be

Edward Abbiati - If Only You Were Lonely

Panamas & Massilanciasassi - Shiftless When Idle

From We'll Inherit The Eart: A Tribute To The Replacements:

Ergs - I'm In Trouble

Queers - Unsatisfied

Tiltwheel - Skyway

Drag The River - Portland

Against Me! - Bastards Of Young

From Left Of The Dial - A Pop Tribute To The Replacements:

Happy Regrets - Kiss Me On the Bus

Cockeyed Ghost - I.O.U.

The Put Outs - Nowhere Is My Home

Day of Reckoning - Left of the Dial

The Cables - Valentine

From I'm In Love With That Song:

Brad Shepherd - Alex Chilton

The Celibate Rifles - I Will Dare

DM3 - Rock 'n' Roll Ghost

Half Miler - Here Comes a Regular

You Am I - White & Lazy

From So What: A Tribute To The Replacements: 

Buick McKane - I Hate Music

Fastball - Androgynous

Beggar's X-mas - Johnny's Gonna Die

The Gourds - Favorite Thing

The Asylum St. Spankers - Treatment Bound

From Sorry Ma, Forgot To Let Out the Cats: A Tribute to The Replacements:

The Stonesouls - Mr. Whirly & Can't Hardly Wait

Hayride - Heyday

The Germans - Seen Your Video

The Woggles - Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out

Baby Fishmouth - Kids Don't Follow

We chatted recently with Laura and Veronica, two of the three founders and bookers of the 3rd annual Camp Punksylvania, the awesome Punk festival taking place in Scranton, Pennsylvania over Labor Day weekend. The lineup includes The Suicide Machines, A Wilhelm Scream, Tsunami Bomb, Bad Cop Bad Cop, War On Women, The Dollyrots, The Bar Stool Preachers, Belvedere, Mikey Erg, and many more!! We learned a lot about the team and this festival in this informative convo! To buy tickets and for more information: https://ift.tt/1Ph4RdY The confirmed artists to appear at Camp Punksylvania each day include: Friday, September 1, 2023 Tsunami Bomb (California) The Dollyrots (California) Mikey Erg (New Jersey) Lenny Lashley’s Gang of One (Massachusetts) The Squalors (Pennsylvania) Teen Mortgage (Maryland) Dead Rest (Illinois) Oh the Humanity (Massachusetts) Coffee With Lions (Pennsylvania) Tail Light Rebellion (Wisconsin) Black Guy Fawkes & the Co-Conspirators (Maryland) Saturday, September 2, 2023 The Suicide Machines (Michigan) Bad Cop Bad Cop (California) Escape From the Zoo (Texas) The Bar Stool Preachers (England) The Potato Pirates (Colorado) Belvedere (Canada) The Homeless Gospel Choir (Pennsylvania) Fat Chance (Pennsylvania) Working Class Stiffs (New York) The What Nows?! (Pennsylvania) Stop the Presses (New York) Pity Party (California) ÅSMR (Ohio) Suburban Downgrade (Pennsylvania) Cardboard Homestead (New York) Condition Oakland (Pennsylvania) Brandon Richie (Pennsylvania) Amy Gabba (Toronto) Vulture Raid (Pennsylvania) The Karens (Pennsylvania) The Chemical Imbalance (New Jersey) No Complyance (New York) Sunday, September 3, 2023 A Wilhelm Scream (Massachusetts) War On Women (Maryland) River City Rebels (Vermont) The Bar Stool Preachers, unplugged (England) Jon Snodgrass (Colorado) Dissidente (Pennsylvania) Froggy (Pennsylvania) Fat Heaven (New York City) The Car Bomb Parade (New York City) Dead 77 (California) Doc Rotten (New Jersey) Avenues (Illinois) Freeze MF (Pennsylvania) The Mostly Dead (Maryland) Sweet Anne Marie (Pennsylvania) The Wasted (Pennsylvania) Interview by Keefy https://ift.tt/SCnkPHU Produced & edited by Ojaay https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics​​​​ Theme music by Salted Wounds https://ift.tt/eNDkPuY ▵ PODCAST ▵ (Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Anchor) "Ghost Cult MagazinePODCAST" ▷https://ift.tt/6uh4Tg1 ▵ GEAR WE USE ▵ (These are affiliate links) Set up A: Sony A7 III - https://amzn.to/3tQm422 Tamron 17-28 - https://amzn.to/3ePrlTd Tamron 28-75 - https://amzn.to/3fqCjgY Desview Mavo-P5 Monitor- https://amzn.to/33LlTub Manfrotto Befree Travel Tripod - https://amzn.to/3hxbL0e Set up B: Feelworld T7 Monitor - https://amzn.to/2Re9hta Audio: Sound Devices MixPre-3 - https://amzn.to/3tKkJd2 Gearlux XLR Mic Cable - 3 Pack - https://amzn.to/3w3zN6Y Deity D3 Microphone - https://amzn.to/3tRa6W2 Fifine Usb Mic - https://amzn.to/3w8JHEG Lighting: YONGNUO YN600L - https://amzn.to/2QkNrn5 YONGNUO YN300 Air - https://amzn.to/2QjN5gu Dfuse Softbox - https://amzn.to/3uQq4AN Aputure MC - https://amzn.to/3oirFgx NanLite PavoTube II 6C - http://bit.ly/NanLitePavoTubeII Lightstands - https://amzn.to/3uSBl3x 5 in 1 Reflector - https://amzn.to/33KHdjo And our iconic Rope Light https://amzn.to/3ycdmyz For the full list of Ghost Cult gear: http://bit.ly/OJCPicsKit This video contains a shoutout to the band Villians In Vain https://ift.tt/tomBRVz Get your DIY band, record label, or shop mentioned in our videos on YouTube, by visiting our pinned post on Twitter for instructions! https://twitter.com/GhostCultMag/status/1142861626590355456

Connor Ratliff & Mikey Erg - XMAS is the BEST

About yesterday at the Champagne of house shows, here’s some clips of the side hustle, Mikey Erg and Lou Barlow. Thanks Karring and all who made this the epic event it was. https://www.instagram.com/p/ChSKWmfuY3JZD0Gz2w4JvRZxawOQxRKZCbEL0o0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Listen/purchase: The Bunny's House by Whimsyland

Tompkins Square Park 31st July 2022 by Otto Yamamoto Via Flickr: Pinc Louds, InCircles, Mary Shelly, Mikey Erg

NEW RELEASES & REISSUES OUT TOMORROW (FRI 6/24) : TYLER THE CREATOR, SOCCER MOMMY, CONVERGE, MICHEL F APRIL / DEAD BY DAYLIGHT (ORIGINAL GAME SOUNDTRACK), KANYE WEST, JACK JOHNSON, THE DISTILLERS, MACHINE GUN KELLY, 50 Foot Wave, The Animals (4), Alexisonfire, Black Stone Cherry, Blake Babies, Caamp, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Coheed & Cambria, Cold War Kids, Luke Combs, Cypress Hill, Dengue Fever (3), Mikey Erg, Exit Wounds (Various Artists), Ella Fitzgerald, G. Love & Special Sauce, Conan Gray, I Saved Latin: A Tribute To Wes Anderson (Various Artists), Just Mustard, Phil Lynott / Thin Lizzy, John Mayall, Leyla McCalla, The Mission, Painted Shield, Grant-Lee Phillips, Polica, Porcupine Tree, Daniel Romano, Romeo Must Die (Official Movie Soundtrack), Atticus Ross / Dr. Death (Original Series Soundtrack), Sepultura, Regina Spektor, Tegan & Sara, These Arms Are Snakes (2), Timbaland, Timbaland & Magoo (2), The Tragically Hip, Cal Tjader, Trixie Mattel, U-Ziq, Warren Zevon (at Siren Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfKkLqBJw-M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Celeb crushes.. I don't think I have a type.. do I? Tumblr limits 10 gif 🙄😏

Bon Dylan in the 60s

Chicharito

Anders Holm

Rivers Cuomo

Christoph Waltz

Pharrell Williams

Eugene Hütz

A young Juan Gabriel

Maurice Moss

Brian Sella

Henry Rollins

Ian Curtis

James Franco

Common

Nev Schulman

Cole Sprouse

Mikey Erg

September 6th 2020

Podcasts: Stay F Homekins -- 25 You Might Be Pazuzu My Brother, My Brother, and Me -- 492 The Naming of 2020 My Brother, My Brother, and Me -- 493 Face 2 Face: U Up? TV: Holey Moley -- 2x12 Dicktown -- 1x10 Star Wars: Rebels -- 2x19, 2x20 Lovecraft Country -- 1x04 The George Lucas Talk Show -- Episode VIII: THX-113GREAT Music: Phil Augusta Jackson -- Get It Phil Augusta Jackson -- Jawn Phil Augusta Jackson -- Headspace Phil Augusta Jackson -- Rollin’ Up Phil Augusta Jackson -- Rise & Fall Phil Augusta Jackson -- Alone Sheena Anika Augusta -- Unknown Legend (Neil Young) Anika Pyle -- Poetry vs Reason Anika Pyle -- Prayer for Lonely People Mikey Erg -- Kimberly Gofigure (demo) Mikey Erg -- August 20th (Bad Decision Monday) (demo)