The Chronicles of the Doozers, Part Two

Issue #148: We all make bad choices and we all have to live with them.

Hi again readers. Welcome to another Saturday edition of my goofy little newsletter.

This week, I decided to go over my band history. I’m going to make this as brief as I can. I’m sure nobody cares about any of this but I just felt like talking about it. I’ve been kind of missing playing music this week and I’ve been reminiscing.

My first band was a punk band I started in high school with a friend. It was called ABF. We did not name ourselves after the trucking company. We were pretty awful. I was the guitar player. We put out on 4 song EP called Spot.

The next band I was in was called Crackbaby. I sang for this band. We never released anything and only played one show before splitting up but we were the first punk band to play a traditionally heavy metal venue in OKC.

While I was living in Alaska, I played in a band with my friend Cameron. I sang in this one too. It was called Ice Station Zebra. We played a lot of covers (Misfits, Screeching Weasel, Social Distortion, etc..)

I moved to Seattle, WA and responded to a Craigslist ad for a band that became Otisburg. I sang for this one too but also played guitar (off and on). We released 2 EPs: Born Yesterday and Ubergeek and a single here and there.

The only other significant band that I was in (there were other bands but not really worth mentioning) was when I moved back to Oklahoma and started the band Get Fired. I sang for this one too. We released 2 EPs, Things That Are Not Rocket Science and Too Old To Dream before splitting up but then got together again specifically to record another EP Engineers of Mediocrity. I put this band together with another lineup to play a bunch of shows but eventually called it quits again a year or so ago.

The summer drought continues. There were only a couple of releases that really interested me so here they are:

Chicago based grunge/indie band Smut released Tomorrow Comes Crashing through Bayonet Records. I can’t remember ever having heard of this band. The name sounds familiar but I don’t recollect listening to them previously.

Far From Here was put out by Body Maintenance, a post-punk/goth band based out of Melbourne, Australia. The album was released by Drunken Sailor Records. I’ve not heard of this band previously either. They kind of remind me a little bit of Joy Division.

I did another Discograffiti this week. I covered one of my favorite bands The Methadones.

I also posted another Cover to Cover where I talked about the Journey song “Any Way You Want It.”

I am (mostly) caught up on the current X-titles that I read. I’m caught up on X-Men and Uncanny X-Men but not quite caught up on Exceptional X-Men. However, this week I was working on getting caught up on the current run of Superman.

Aside from that I read:

Superman: Last Son by Geoff Johns, Richard Donner, and Adam Kubert

The Thanos Quest by Jim Starlin and Ron Lim

I have been working my way through a re-read of The Infinity Gauntlet. I’m not done but I need to get it done before tomorrow night so I’ll probably jump in later today and try to finish it.

Here’s what was on my pull list this week:

• New History of the DC Universe #1 by Mark Waid, Jerry Ordway, and Todd Nauck

• Superman #27 by Joshua Williamson and Sean Izaakse

• Uncanny X-Men #16 by Gail Simone and David Marquez

I went to the theater last night and watched M3GAN 2.0. I enjoyed it. There is less of a horror/slasher element to it than the first one but I like what they did with it.

This week on Rebel Nerd Radio, JD and I started our series about the final season of The Clone Wars with a discussion about the Bad Bad story arc.

Also on Rebel Nerd Radio, JD & I finally got around to recording a new episode of Kryptonian Chronicles. We had a special guest on with us as we ranked live action Superman actors. Right now, that is one is only available on the Patreon so if you want to watch it, you’ll have to become a patron. You should. It’s only $2 a month.

On the Comic Den, Spencer gushed over The Thanos Quest while I pointed out the MCU’s inconsistencies with the story.

The guys over at Punk Lotto Pod dropped a new episode. This time around they covered the 1996 Stavesacre album Friction.

Well, that’s all I have for this week. Hope you enjoy reading this thing. I’d really love to hear some comments/feedback about it. What do you like? What do you not like? How can I improve? Shoot me a message here or you can email me at otter272@gmail.com. Or you can find me on Threads, Facebook, or Instagram.

See you next time!