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I Am The Disappearing Boy: 30 Years Of Kerplunk

December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 Larry Livermore 33 Comments Gilman Street, Green Day, Kerplunk, Mordam

Billie Joe texted to ask if I was going to write anything about the 30th anniversary of Green Day’s Kerplunk.

Punks And Hippies

May 14, 2020May 15, 2020 Larry Livermore 2 Comments Gilman Street, Hippies, Jello Biafra, punks, Ramones, Turn It Around

There’s a period of my life, almost five years, when there’s no proof I existed. From 1966 I’ve got a

Aaron Cometbus: Pen Pals

February 11, 2013June 12, 2018 Larry Livermore 5 Comments Aaron Cometbus, Berkeley, Coffee, Crimpshrine, Double Duce, East Bay, Gilman Street, House-O-Toast, In China With Green Day, John K. Samson, Pen Pals, The Weakerthans

Home is where the heart is, at least as long as you can pay the rent. But I always preferred

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We Need A Gathering Instead

February 4, 2012 Larry Livermore 6 Comments Asian Man Records, Berkeley, Big Rig, Classics Of Love, Common Rider, Dave Mello, David Hayes, Downfall, East Bay, Generator, Gilman Street, Green Day, Jesse Michaels, Lookout Records, Matt Freeman, Mike Park, Operation Ivy, Rancid, Tim Armstrong

Classics Of Love at Barfly, London, 2009. Photo by Imelda Michalczyk When Lookout Records, the label I co-founded and ran

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When Is Politics Anything But Personal?

February 24, 2011 Larry Livermore 12 Comments Ben Weasel, Boogada Boogada Boogada, Fat Wreck Chords, First World Manifesto, Gilman Street, Lookout Records, Maximum Rocknroll, My Brain Hurts, Operation Ivy, Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales

My old friend Ben Weasel is having a bit of a comeback these days. Maybe more than a bit; after

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Aaron Cometbus: In China With Green Day

February 4, 2011 Larry Livermore 12 Comments Aaron Cometbus, Asia, Berkeley, China, Cometbus, East Bay, Gilman Street, Green Day, Pinhead Gunpowder

It shouldn’t be surprising that a certain mystique has grown up around Aaron Cometbus. As a writer who seldom subjects

Old Friends

January 19, 2011 Larry Livermore 8 Comments 1990s, Berkeley, Brooklyn, Friendship, Gilman Street, Williamsburg

My nephew just turned 15, and I’m pretty sure that even if I weren’t related to him, I’d be telling

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More Old Pictures

March 14, 2010November 22, 2017 Larry Livermore 12 Comments Blatz, Dr. Frank, Eureka, Filth, Gilman Street, Green Day, Isocracy, James Washburn, Jeff Ott, Jesse Michaels, Mr. T Experience, Murray Bowles, Naked Lady Wrestlers, Ne'er Do Wells, Operation Ivy, Raooul, The Lookouts, Tre Cool, Walter Glaser

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Looking Through My Pictures

March 13, 2010November 22, 2017 Larry Livermore 17 Comments Blatz, Chris Appelgren, cub, Dallas Denery, David Hayes, Diamond Dave Whitaker, Dr. Frank, Frank Portman, Fugazi, Gilman Street, Grant Lawrence, Ian Mackaye, Jesse Luscious, Joe King, Jon von Zelowitz, Lisa Marr, Lookout Records, Mr. T Experience, Narwuar the Human Serviette, Patrick Hynes, Pinhead Gunpowder, Spy Rock Road, Sweet Baby Jesus, The Queers, Tim Yohannan

That’s actually the name of a never-quite-finished Potatomen song. Or, to be quite accurate, I finished writing it, and the

That Damned Exclamation Point

September 14, 2009 Larry Livermore 3 Comments East Bay, Gilman Street, Jack Boulware, Lookout Records, Punk rock, San Francisco, Silke Tudor

Got my advance copy of Gimme Something Better by Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor. It’s a magnificent compendium of information and