:: Articles by Yale ::


Here is an assortment of articles I've penned over the past few years. Most appeared in the Missoula Independent. The rest appeared in various 'zines or were never published at all. Also here are some other oddments that I didn't write, but that might not have otherwise ever seen the light of day.

The Geography of American Punk Rock
Anecdotal Evidence That Punk Rock Is Esoteric
Days of Thunder
Re-Unthinking the Politics of Dirt
Mix Tape Protocol
Gary Sanchez' Hydrosaponification Profiles



Articles Kinda or Not At All By Yale


Humpy Interview (never before published [and actually 90% written by Andy Smetanka])

Meditations on The Melvins' Houdini and Nirvana's In Utero (Recently [Nov 09] revealed to have been written by T. Stansberry)



Articles by Yale in the Missoula Independent (little or no cussin' in these ones!)


Tree's a crowd: Banyan's musical cross-pollination (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 11/11/2004)

The Importance Of Being Hard: The Never-Ending Discography Of Henry Rollins (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 1/16/03)

Rock In a Hard Place: Reconstituted Lazerwolfs Cook (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 10/31/02)

Rock of Ages: Pump Up The Volumen On Cries From Space (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 4/4/02)

California Screamin': No Power Shortage In The So-Cal Rock Of Fu Manchu (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 1/31/02)

Family Values: Basking In The Savage Power Of Victims Family (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 12/16/01)

Review of House of Large Sizes: Idiots Out Wandering Around (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 4/13/00)

Super-High Fidelity: There's More To Hiper Lopro Than Meets The Ear (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 7/27/00)

Shagadelic Rock: The Woggles Bring Garage Rock Back From The Age Of Swank (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 5/25/00)

They've Got (Algo)rithm: Pencils up. Don Caballero Wrecks The Curve Of Math-Rock (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 7/6/00)

Straight Outta Frenchtown: The Rise, Fall, And Rise Of F'Town's Greatest Band (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 6/8/00)

The latest from Fu Manchu and the Swingin' Neckbreakers (originally appeared in the Missoula Independent, 5/18/00)