(Punk Rock) The Lawrence Arms - Коллекция (9 CD, splits w Shady View Terrace / The Chinkees) - 1999-2006, MP3, VBR 192-320 kbps

01. Intro
02. An Evening Of Extraordinary Circumstance
03. Kevin Costners Casino
04. A Guided Tour Of Chicago
05. Take One Down And Pass It Around
06. One Day Were All Gonna Weigh 400 Lbs
07. The Northside The L&L And Any Number Of Crappy Apartments
08. Smokestacks
09. Detention
10. Uptown Free Radio
11. Eighteen Inches

#77701. Sixteen Hours
02. Chicago Is Burning
03. Turnstyles
04. Asa Phelps Is Dead
05. All The Week
06. The Old Timers 2x4
07. Here Comes The Neighborhood
08. Light Breathing
09. Ghost Stories
10. 106 South
11. Minute
12. The Last One / Old Mexico Way / Purple Haze / Heaven Help Me

#777Shady View Terrace
1. I Hope You're Alone
2. Guardrails Can't Keep Me In
3. The Way She Felt
4. Fatt
5. Quiet Rides and Birthday Cards
6. Kissing a Memory
The Lawrence Arms
1. A Boring Story
2. Faintly Falling Ashes
3. A Toast
4. Nebraska
5. Another Boring Story

#777The Lawrence Arms
1. Quincentuple Your Money
2. 100 Resolutions
3. There's No Place Like a Stranger's Floor
4. Hey, What Time is 'Pensecola: Wings of Gold' on Anyway
The Chinkees
5. Clouding Up My Storm
6. 1980's Drowning Me
7. Heart + Me
8. Run for Help
9. Present Day Memories

#7771. Porno And Snuff Films
2. The First Eviction Notice
3. Navigating The Windward Passage
4. Your Gravest Words
5. Boatless Booze Cruise Part 1
6. Brickwall Views
7. The Corpses Of Our Motivations
8. I'll Take What's In The Box Monty
9. Right As Rainpart 2
10.3 A.M. QVC Shopping Spree Hangover
11. Abracadaver

1. Porno and Snuff Films
2. A Toast
3. Overheated

#7771. Introduction
2. The Raw And Searing Flesh
3. On With The Show
4. Drunk Mouth Kitchen Smile
5. Alert The Audience!
6. Fireflies
7. The March of The Elephants
8. Chapter 13: The Hero Appears
9. Hesitation Station
10. The Revisionist
11. The Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
12. A Wishful Puppeteer
13. The Disaster March
14. Outro (Hobo Reprise)

#7771. Intransit
2. Quincentuple Your Money
3. 100 Resolutions
4. There's No Place Like A Strangers Floor
5. Hey What Time Is Pensacola Wings Of Gold On Anyway
6. Presenting The Dancing Machine (The Robot With The Monkey Head)
7. Overheated
8. Necrotism Decanting The Insalubrious (Cyborg Midnight) Part 7
9. A Boring Story
10. Faintly Falling Ashes
11. A Toast
12. Nebraska
13. Another Boring Story
14. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been
15. The Old Timer's 2x4
16. Turnstiles

#7771. The Devil's Takin' Names
2. Cut It Up
3. Great Lakes / Great Escapes
4. Recovering The Opposable Thumb
5. Beyond The Embarrassing Style
6. Are You There Margaret? It's Me, God.
7. Jumping The Shark
8. Lose Your Illusion 1
9. Requiem Revisited
10. Key To The City
11. Old Dogs Never Die
12. Like A Record Player

Chicago's Lawrence Arms are a gritty but clever punk rock three-piece that trace their beginnings back to 1999. Their involvement in bands and the punk scene goes back many years prior however, as the members were involved in Windy City mainstays Slapstick, The Broadways, and Baxter. The band takes it's name from a run-down building the members resided in called the Lawrence Arms, which was located in a very lower-class area of uptown Chicago. For the record, they were eventually evicted from the place in the middle of the night.
Their latest album, Oh! Calcutta!, comes at a time when the stars have seemingly aligned and their presence is at an all-time high. Singer Brendan and his outspoken anti-Bush opinions have been all over TV this past year and he was even a feature interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He got off easy though and they only made fun of his tattoos. And you can have a look at any punk forum on the web and you'll come to find that The Lawrence Arms are the subject of many a hotly-debated discussion regarding their relevance. But forget about the chatter on the internet, Alternative Press recently described them “One of the best honest-to-God punk-rock bands around today.” Things are indeed looking up for the boys, but let's get historical.
After a couple releases on Asian Man Records, The Lawrence Arms chose to work with Fat Wreck Chords from among several interested labels and released Apathy and Exhaustion in early 2002. Their Fat Wreck debut was recorded after 13 months of constant touring and is an aptly-titled product of a band that endured every mishap and triumph of an arduous tour. For over a year The Lawrence Arms lived on the road, and every bit of defiance, debauchery, and desperation, comes through on Apathy and Exhaustion. Their next sonic conquest came in the form of their second Fat full length, The Greatest Story Ever Told, an exalted title no doubt, but one that they managed to live up to. In typical Larry Arms fashion, the band waxes intellectual whilst making repeated tributes to American pop culture. No one is safe, and everyone from Kafka to the cast of Perfect Strangers play a part in The Greatest Story Ever Told.
Talking shit has long been The Lawrence Arms calling card. Especially onstage. Everyone from Dashboard Confessional to Joyce Carol Oates have fell victim to the band's drunken tirades. Some of their fans will tell you that their shows seem more like a celebrity roast - just without the subject in attendance. This new LP is no exception, and this time around it's Van's Warped Tour that bears the bullseye. Lyrics on their folky bonus track for example: These thieves in their flip-flops and bro attitudes are the very reason we do what we do, When I say 'fuck the man', it's what I believe, No matter who that man happens to be… Ouch! What could possibly be the reason for such contempt? Maybe because they've been 86'd from the tour on account that they were shit-talking the whole operation while they were playing it. Yeah, that'll do it.
The Lawrence Arms seem like the very last punk band who are doing what they want. "Keeping it real", is the phrase, I believe? And their new record, Oh! Calcutta!, is fixin' to be a real breakthrough for the guys as they have a full head of steam and a tour with NOFX in the Spring. Touring is what they do best, and they have spent the last many months jet-setting the globe: Europe with Millencolin, Japan with No Use For A Name, and Australia with Anti-Flag. Let us not forget their more recent States-side tours with Lagwagon, Against Me!, and chums Hot Water Music. Look for them to be drinking straight from the tap and playing the hits from Oh! Calcutta! in a shitty club near you.