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Availale Now! (also as a streamer on Spotify...)   SEVEN SHOTS OF WHISKY & THEN TRY TO SING IT - a live recording - The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of being self-reliant. DIY questions the supposed uniqueness of the expert’s skills. In the punk subculture, the DIY ethic is tied to punk ideology and anticonsumerism, as a rejection of the need to purchase items or use existing systems or processes. DIY as a subculture arguably began with the punk movement of the 1970s. Instead of traditional means of bands reaching their audiences through large music labels, bands began recording themselves, manufacturing albums and merchandise, booking their own tours, and creating opportunities for smaller bands to get wider recognition and gain cult status through repetitive low-cost DIY touring.   -Gender Jam    SETLIST (side 1) 1. Nancy Boy (w. Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal, Robert Schulzberg) 2. Love For Sale (w. Cole Porter) 3. Just The...

<a href="http://jeankoning.bandcamp.com/album/seven-shots-of-whisky-and-then-try-to-sing-it-a-live-recording">Seven Shots Of Whisky And Then Try To Sing It - a live recording by Jean Koning</a> Official live albums and bootlegs are always a gamble. The major flaw with official live albums is that the recordings are often wrought with overdubs and studio re-recordings that often kill the songs. Bootlegs are often far more organic, but you never know what the quality of the recording will be. How many times have we spent $25.00 for a bootleg concert that sounds as though it were recorded on a home tape machine? A major flaw with both live albums and bootlegs are that the artist/band's performance often sounds thin, and the songs are usually not up-to-par with the studio recordings. Official bootlegs are usually th...

"'If Donald J. Trump becomes president, punk has to come back,' Jean Koning read somewhere, and he took it to heart. And so the old punker returns to the stage, th is time with just an acoustic guitar and his voice, in the guise of a sinner-songwriter (sic)." (-Amsterdam Alternative)   The album will be released November 25th. Pre-orders for the Bandcamp digital version have already begun.         More information about JK's first offical acoustic-punk-live album called "seven shots of whisky and then try to sing it - a live recording", as well as more promotional live dates to be announced soon...   <a href="http://jeankoning.bandcamp.com/album/seven-shots-of-whisky-and-then-try-to-sing-it-a-live-recording">Seven Shots Of Whisky And Then...