seattle dreaming


.:the stand gt at the legendary and now defunct crocodile cafe:.

while a good friend of mine is off to bumbershoot, i thought i'd kill a couple of birds by getting to an overdue post and writing a bit about a seattle-related omission from the stand gt discography page (thanks biopunk!).



'13 soda punx' was a dizzyingly cool comp put out by seattle's top drawer records in the mid-90s (and on glorious vinyl via munster records in spain). it boasted a killer line up that included such legendary west coast luminaries as the young fresh fellows, the fastbacks, bum, the smugglers, mr. t experience, cub and a little known band from way out in the boons of eastern canada!

the stand gt's contribution was a crushing pop nugget called 'corner store' (grab the mp3 here!), a track that has never appeared anywhere else. the song is about a late night cigarette trip in a wheel barrow after a post-show party in beautiful sault st. marie! while the comp is long gone and waaaay out of print, i still have a few floating around my closets. 13 soda punx was one of the great comps from this magical era in the stand gt's relatively unheralded history.