Man, The Go-Betweens certainly were a fun and extremely talented bunch of Aussies, as you can see in this video for “Was There Anything I Could Do?” Their poppy but nowhere near cutesy sound and style bring to mind other 80s bands like Let’s Active, Prefab Sprout, The House of Love and The Mighty Lemon Drops, who were a much-needed contrast to the Descendents, Bad Brains and Naked Raygun that were blaring through my Walkman headphones at the time. Rest in peace, Grant McLennan.

I was listening to way too much Propagandhi while mowing my lawn today, it’s so good for the soul and the mind but it can be a bit dangerous (I was this close to burning down a slaughterhouse). All that ferocity needs to be tempered a bit, so I thought back to my youth and [...]