Tag Archive: Chris Alpino

Floorpunch-Ten Yard Fight-Hands Tied-Fastbreak-Uprise-Bladecrasher-Last Straw-9 Lives at Fieldsboro VFW in Bordentown NJ 1-4-97

My first show of 1997 was in Bordentown, NJ at the Fieldsboro VFW (which apparently doesn’t exist anymore?). When I began teaching at BCC in 2009, I noticed I drove near Bordentown every day on my commute and it always made me think of the shows I went to at this venue (Also, Vincenttown. Do the punks still slam there?). I missed the two other Floorpunch shows here (one with Rain On The Parade and Vision, and the other with Human Remains and Earth Crisis). I went to this show with a bunch of friends, two of which, John Piorkowski…
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Ludicra-Fex Urbis Orbis

Ludicra Fex Urbis Lex Orbis CD Alternative Tentacles Records I know very little about black metal, so I am not sure how to review this. Ludicra are on Alternative Tentacles (?!?) and remind me a lot of Cradle Of Filth, I guess. Like I said, I know very little about this stuff. I read online that a lot of this band’s lyrics are inspired by Les Miserables. That is pretty cool I guess. Check with Chris Alpino before buying.

Boris-Live CD (Guest Review By Chris Alpino)

BORIS Live 3xCD Set Archive Recently released on the Archive label, this is now way out of print. It came out in time for Boris’ recent US tour which Boris had for sale at shows. These were available as individual CD’s or as a full set with a thick paper stock slipcase keeping all three CD’s together. There were a total of 320 sets made with the 4″ slipcase. I’ve only listened to the 1st +3rd CD’s and I have to say this is some of the better Boris material I’ve heard. While the material on here is not unreleased,…
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