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June 6, 2011

The music of Justin Vernon offers exhilarating evidence that the rural really are different, and not in the pickup-drivin’, flag-fetishizin’ way that sells in Nashville. Five years ago, following the breakups of his band and his relationship, Vernon retreated from North Carolina to his native Wisconsin. Snowbound in a rustic cabin for the winter—or so the story goes—he produced a collection of quasi-religious hymns to the terrible beauty of heartbreak, which he self-recorded under the name Bon Iver, an intentional bastardization of the French phrase bon hiver (good winter).  For full story visit: Vanity Fair

For this #musicmonday I thought I’d post some hometown punk rock. This video was filmed in Eastern State Penitentiary which was the first solitary confinement prison. Al Capone resided there for a while and it’s also where they filmed 12 Monkeys. Zipperhead was a popular punk rock store in the 80s on South Street. Unfortunately it no longer exists.

Vodpod videos no longer available.

The Dead Milkmen – Punk Rock Girl, posted with vodpod

Zipperhead on South Street in Philly 1980's