Brand new "RADIO NAPALM" episode at Mixcloud!

Yep, not even my laziness can stop "RADIO NAPALM!" Podcast # 5 is up at Mixcloud, and it's a doozy! New hits from  MUDHONEY, CYANIDE PILLS, ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, BLACK FLAG, REV. NORB AND THE ONIONS, and FREDDY "BOOM BOOM" CANNON AND THE GEARS! Classics from THE CELIBATE RIFLES. THE DAMNED, JOHNNY THUNDERS, THE ANIMALS, and THE ANGRY SAMOANS. More music AND more reverb! It's Punk Boss Radio at its finest!Fully rad, dad! Let's rock!

"RADIO NAPALM" with your host Tim Napalm: Podcast # 5, 6-13-13 by "Radio Napalm" W/Tim Napalm on Mixcloud

"RADIO NAPALM" Podcast # 4 up at Mixcloud Radio!

Irregulars! The newly reanimated "RADIO NAPALM" juggernaut continues apace! Yes, Ed, Scooter and I got sidetracked by the shenanigans of projected guest co-host Kim Jong Un (the rotten bastard!), but we were finally able to deliver the latest blast of Punk Boss Radio goodness to you this past Saturday. AND IT'S STREAMING NOW! AND ANY TIME YOU WANT TO HEAR IT! AT MIXCLOUD RADIO!

This episode: Killer newness from David Bowie, The Strypes, and Wild Billy Childish! A fistful of goldens from Iggy And The Stooges, Slaughter And The Dogs, and The Louvin Brothers! All the screamin', echoin', comical madness you can eat! And surgically altered classic jingles and vintage commercials! In other words: An average day in The Garage for "RADIO NAPALM!" WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? OPEN UP YOUR SPEAKERS WIDE AND DIG!!!!

"RADIO NAPALM" Podcast # 4, 5-11-13 by "Radio Napalm" W/Tim Napalm on Mixcloud

"RADIO NAPALM" Podcast # 3 is on the air NOW! At Mixcloud Radio!

Irregulars, we've been on-the-air with the 3rd episode of the "RADIO NAPALM" Podcast for 24 hours now. Yeah, I suck - I shoulda been more on top of informing you. My apologies.

But...you CAN still click that handy link below, IF YOUR HEART CAN STAND IT!!! We've got new music and classics both from Iggy And The Stooges, UK Subs, and The Replacements; new hits from The Lovesores (featuring Scott "Deluxe" Drake and Jeff Fieldhouse of The Humpers), School Jerks, Pink Smoke, and Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds; classics from The Nuns, The Sex Pistols, Television Personalities, and The Undertones. Plus all the screaming, echo, and vintage commercials and jingles you can eat! And Ed The Engineer, Scooter my dimwit assistant, and I get into all manner of wacky hi-jinks, despite my inability to devise a plot line this week! 

So, click that link, open your speakers, and WAIL, baby! What are you waiting for? C.L. of Austin, TX., says "Awesome podcast, goes great with coffee." Hell, "RADIO NAPALM" boosts your coffee's caffeine efficiency by 500%!! CAN YOUR HEART STAND IT?!!

"RADIO NAPALM" with your host, Tim Napalm (Podcast # 3, 4/13/13) by "Radio Napalm" W/Tim Napalm on Mixcloud

Whoa! New "RADIO NAPALM" Podcast up at Mixcloud, and I didn't tell you?!

Damn! What kinda self-promoting jerk AM I?! Letting THAT slip by?! Anyway, "RADIO NAPALM" Podcast # 2 has been up at Mixcloud since last Thursday, and it's a doozy! Great music by Buzzcocks, Complaints, The Strypes, The Troggs, early Rolling Stones, and more! Plus Ed The Engineer and Scooter and I are up to our usual hijynx, and my old station manager Woody buys out Mixcloud just to annoy me in his inimitable fashion! So, what are you waiting for? Hop on it! Click the link and RAWK!

"RADIO NAPALM" with your host, Tim Napalm (Podcast # 2, 3/22/13) by "Radio Napalm" W/Tim Napalm on Mixcloud

"RADIO NAPALM" is back on the air NOW(!!!) at Mixcloud Radio!!!

Irregulars, it's been a long time comin', but WE'RE BACK! Me, Scooter, and Ed The Engineer have just reopened The Garage at Mixcloud Radio! We're dishing up all the echo, screamin', classic commercials and jingles, and even some raw rock 'n' roll for ya! We're serving you heapin' helpin's of The Hangmen, OFF!, School Jerks, Night Of Treason, Muddy Waters, Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers, The Enemy, and scads more from across 50 years of punk rock history! And it's all right here! Click the link below, open your speakers wide, and rejoice - Punk Boss Radio is BACK!! Can your heart STAND IT?!!

"RADIO NAPALM" with your host, Tim Napalm (Podcast # 1, 3/7/13) by "Radio Napalm" W/Tim Napalm on Mixcloud

Now's as good a chance as any to announce some new projects

The Mark Of Quality, Since 2008

Second cup of coffee already, which means I'd better type fast....

First off, now that I'm back in the rock journalism game full-time, I've resumed my duties as American correspondent for John Robb's great UK-based punk culture site, Louder Than War. I resumed my Letter From America column musing about Black Flag's reanimation, and giving props to my fave new band, School Jerks. You can catch all the buzz, cock, right here: Just click all this blue underlined shit. 

Second, the reappearance of the Mark Of Quality above might be telling you of another reanimation. Yep, I'm reviving "RADIO NAPALM!" It'll now be a bi-monthly, one hour, streaming podcast via the Mixcloud site. I had The Garage rebuilt (at great expense), and Ed The Engineer and my hydro-cephalic assistant Scooter and are furiously toiling in my off hours to produce a quality Boss Punk Radio experience for you, which you can now stream whenever you get the urge. No, no more live broadcasts, which I cannot do any longer. Nor is there a chatroom, unless I set one up and all you old Irregulars want to meet whenever a new episode is first uploaded and available. Be sure to add the "RADIO NAPALM" Facebook group, right here, and bookmark the new "RN" Mixcloud site. 

Finally, my return to the ink-stained world led to my discovering, almost overnight, a whole rash of exciting new punk groups the world over. I'd dare say there's enough there to suggest a new wave of punk rock rising! It's all very exciting and proper. I want to write about it, but things have changed. None of the mainstream outlets I currently enjoy have time for truly underground music, which is odd to me, considering  I was the guy who brought groups like The Gories and Mono Men into Alternative Press when every issue seemed to have another Wax Trax act on the cover.

Hence, I've decided to start a new punk fanzine, done totally online. It's called The Toxic Narcotic. It'll be a few pages of quick, dirty, raw extended record reviews and graphics, basically me unloading about the new sounds I'm digging at that moment, published instantly. It'll be available as a PDF you can download from this blog periodically. Watch this space for the first issue, as soon as it's done.