Category Archives: Music

Today was my nameday, so after dinner we manged to have a 37 minutes day at the local and only pub in our village. It was “open mike” night and a few local musicians were jamming. Here they are.

Március 15-én, a “Tüntetés a sajtószabadságért“-on Menyhárt Jenõ eljátszotta az URH “Szabadíts meg a gonosztól” cím? számát. Itt van két felvétel róla. Az elsõ jobban szól, de távolról lett felvéve. A másodikon jobban látszik az elõadó, de sokkal rosszabb a … Continue reading →

Last year I saw Jello Biafra with his latest band on March 1. Since then I’ve been only to two shows in the US (David J and Great Magnet/Angel Island) and to a  few more when I was in Hungary in … Continue reading →

I don’t know when I first heard the music of JG Thirlwell (aka Foetus and by many other handles), but I suspect it was around 1988 in the “Fekete Yuk” club in Hungary. I was exposed to a lot of … Continue reading →

Sometimes in the mid-1980s I’ve seen pictures of an all-female punk band made up of really young girls, which made such a strong impression on me that I still remember those pictures. Eventually I learned that the name of the … Continue reading →

I kept hoping last night that we could entice somebody to babysit our daughter so I could take my wife to the local (and only) bar in our village where finally the kind of bands were playing I might like. … Continue reading →

Three bands I loved in different ways and times in the 1980s are coming around again more or less at the same time. I missed when Einstürzende Neubauten played for the first time in Hungary in 1985, but it was … Continue reading →