Tag: Ron House

"Dick Clark"

“Dick Clark”: Well-Engineered 45

Memory is a funny thing. I can still picture myself standing at the checkout counter at School Kids Records in Columbus, Ohio having a chuckle with Curt Schieber over something – but was it a Great Plains 45 that had just been recorded? Or was it over the delicious roasted

February 8, 2016 3 Comments

"Rutherford B. Hayes"

Great Plains’ Presidential Punk

Remember Tom Newbold? Before he became manager of The Ferns, Tom and I once had quite the shouting match over Birthday Party’s “Release the Bats” (as previously recounted in the Zero to 180 piece, “Winged Mammal Theme“). At the time of the incident, I was convinced that ‘Newbs’ was merely

January 29, 2016 2 Comments