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Dudes, dudettes, I’m back. In my weekend travels to Seattle, I learned a few things.

1. Layne Staley does not have a grave, he was cremated. R.I.P.
2. Ben Shepard owns a bar & parties hard.
3. When the sun comes out in Seattle, it’s actually shocking how beautiful it is.
4. Jive Time is a really well kempt record store. No bullshit.
5. Ethiopian food can clog my bowels for days. I think it’s that spongy bread.

Now that I’ve returned, you’re probably expecting something massive, but I’m afraid you’ll come up short. The Fuck-Ups “FU82″ 7″is hardly massive. Although it bills itself as a “6 song Mini lp” it’s really more of a “6 song 7″ E.P.” The Fuck Ups kinda sound like if Flipper was an actual hardcore band to me, but maybe meaner and less self hating. I guess it’s not surprising they have a Flipperish vibe as they come from the same scene, which is where Fang was from too. This is one of the first hardcore records to really get a reputation as reactionary, and being from the bay area, I’m sure they got a lot of shit for it. All these stupid ‘lofi hatepunk’ bands you’re hearing now owe their left nut to the Fuck Up’s crowd baiting.

The cover has the most disgusting looking baby ever taking a switchblade in the head. Fucking gross. It’s released on the band’s own Fowl records in a few different editions (either 2 or 3). I think there’s some peach covers, some green covers, and some pink covers, and I believe each says which pressing it is. Green is first maybe?