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11/29/2025

I love the Buzzcocks' "Love You More." I just can't explain, but I try!

A single going steady straight from my teenage bedroom

11/23/2025

https://paperbackzero.substack.com/p/when-were-dead-and-gone-the-playlist

A new feature over at my Substack!

A new feature begins

11/17/2025

Paperback Zero, the vacation home of Zero Hour, has moved to paperbackzero.com. Subscribe for free to my new Substack.

08/22/2025

Hello, I'm not posting as much on here. Zero Hour is much more active on Instagram. Please follow me there if you would like!

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08/14/2025

New post up at Paperback Zero, a tribute to Jonathan Kaplan & Over the Edge! Link in comments.

07/28/2025

Highlights from Friday’s Zero Hour, which included an opening tribute to the sadly departed Dave “Baby” Cortez, new music from GINO and the GOONS , The Dogmatics and Theatre Royal, and songs by Jack Oblivian, THE SELLWOODS, Holly and the Nice Lions, tv sound, MOVIE MOVIE, The Minus 5 & more@. Link in comments.

07/21/2025

I lived in Texas for half a second around the turn of the century and was fortunate enough to see Billy Joe Shaver and review the show. My review for his performance on the University of Texas campus in 2002 is now up at Paperback Zero. He would have been 86 on Aug. 16. Link in comments.

07/16/2025

Revisit my 2011 article with the dynamite DM Bob now on Paperback Zero! Interviewed him for WMSE's late great Sonic Diet blog. Link in comments.

07/15/2025

Highlights from Friday’s Zero Hour, which included an opening tribute to Stax, new music from David Lowery and Perfect Buzz, and songs by the William Loveday Intention, the Frogs, the Drip Edges & many more! Playlist and audio archive in comments.

W/ Trolley, Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, Spanking Charlene, Miss Georgia Peach, The Drip Edges, King Salami and the Cumberland 3, The Breadmakers & many more!

04/13/2025

New update on Paperback Zero takes us back to 1998, North Carolina, and the glory of a night with Nashville P***y! Link in comments.

04/12/2025

Get your kicks with yesterday's archived Zero Hour, starring Vancooths, Teen Cobra, Subsonics, The Fox Sisters, 1313 Mockingbird Lane, DEVILS TEETH, RAT BATH, Proto Idiot, Jack Oblivian, Thee Fine Lines, The Pink Tiles, The Fleshtones (Official), Flamin' Groovies , Dwight Yoakam & many more! Link in comments.

04/06/2025

Sneaking in here on a Saturday night with yesterday's Zero Hour! Starring Stupidity, The Routes, Buzzcocks, The Dustaphonics, The Quilz, Newski, Yo La Tengo, The On and Ons, Nick Lowe, Nada Surf, The Black Lips, The Kinks & many more! Link in comments.