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Nardwuar’s ‘Basket of Northwest Punk Rock History Tidbits’

Nardwuar the Human Serviette or Nardwuar the Human Internet?

By Rob McMahon /

Credit: Hilary Henegar, photos and video

Nardwuar on Pacific Northwest punk

A lesson in Pacific Northwest punk history from gonzo music journalist and MuchMusic VJ Nardwuar the Human Serviette


If Robert McNamara was the human computer, Nardwuar the Human Serviette is the human Internet.

See Nardwuar’s band The Evaporators perform at the Hippie Daze Street Party on the Zulu Records Stage Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 2 p.m. FREE!

Join CiTR Radio – The team is always looking out for new volunteers, and the cost is only $35 for the general public.

Follow Nardwuar on Twitter; on CiTR; or on his website, www.nardwuar.com

The gonzo music journalist (MuchMusic Vancouver correspondent), freelance videographer and writer, punk rock historian, musician (The Evaporators and Thee Goblins), radio host (for CiTR 101.9 at UBC) and local personality is justifiably famous for his ability to dig up obscure celebrity facts and reveal them through interview subjects in a network of linked associations.

In the following video interview, shot deep in the bowels of CiTR radio, Nardwuar describes some of his favourite Pacific Northwest (and beyond) Punk Rock History Tidbits. Doot doo!
 

Nardwuar vs. Granville, Pt 1

 

Nardwuar vs. Granville, Pt 2

 

Nardwuar vs. Granville, Pt 3

 

Nardwuar vs. Granville, Pt 4


 


‘A Basket of Nardwuar’s Favourite Links’

•    The Fabulous Wailers

•    The Pointed Sticks

•    The Subhumans

•    The Dishrags

•    The Famines Cassette/364 Page Liner Notes Release

•    History of Vancouver Rock ‘n Roll LPs

•    History of Northwest Rock, by Peter Blecha

•    Infamous Scientists

•    All Your Ears Can Hear: Victoria Punk Rock

•    Personality Crisis and other books on the punk scene, by Chris Walter

•    Confessions of a Local Celebrity, by Mike Soret