The Clash, I’m So Bored With The USA, 1977.
If you’ve been paying attention to the news the last few days, you might be thinking the same thing. The news is in doomsday overdrive. Banks are running out of money, the BCT (Brigade Combat Team) has been deployed to the US to prepare for any [...]

Nick Cave, Showbox SoDo, Seattle. September 23rd, 2008. Photo by Cherrybomb’s iPhone.
Cherrybomb got up close and personal with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds last night at the Showbox, SoDo in Seattle. Cave delivered a performance not unlike a fervent preacher might deliver Sunday Mass to a church full of Saturday night sinners. Of [...]

Hello Sandra, this is John McCain. How you doin’?
Click here to listen to John McCain’s voice mail to Sarah Palin. If you thought SNL was funny this weekend, this one takes McCain’s aversion to technology and facts to the next level.
Thanks to Dr. H, The Red Davey Kid and 23/6 for the “is this [...]

Nick Cave and PJ Harvey make singing about murder sexy.

Cherrybomb has often times wished she was PJ Harvey. This video is an example of one of those times. Speaking of Nick Cave, I’m off tonight to see the first of the two NC&TBS shows here in Seattle.
In honor of Nick being in Seattle, today’s Cherrybomb [...]

Nick Cave turns 50 today.
Could there be better timing for this edition of Cherrybomb’s Birthday Brawl? I mean, with Nick Cave being in Seattle tomorrow and Cherrybomb being in Seattle all the time and all. Anyway, Nick Cave and Joan Jett both turn the big 50 today. So off we go. The Nick Cave [...]

Buzzcocks, Ever Fallen in Love, 1978.
So if you read this blog, you know that I love to jaw about music and post random videos. Being random is fun. Anyway, in the random spirit of this blog, I thought I’d start something called Cherrybomb’s Daily Earwig. Whenever possible, I’ll post some sort of video. As long [...]

Plasmatics Fan Club mailer, 1982.
Have you been asking yourself lately if someone you love has been brainwashed into submission? I know I have. Why? I’ll tell you. When I was driving down I-5 today I ended up behind a sweet little powder-blue, 1965 Mustang. Even in traffic, it’s always exciting to get close to [...]