Things I Love About Doing This Blog

Things I Love About - Last summer, I righted a colossal wrong, and published a website memorializing the Iron City Houserockers - the greatest band you never heard of, a hard-edged band from the early eighties from Pittsburgh that combined punk ferocity with heartland-rock aesthetics that made John Mellencamp sound like Culture Club.

And, since nobody west of Chicago had ever heard of them, they were my little secret.

Last weekend, I got an email from, of all people, the Houserockers' drummer, Ned Rankin.

The good news? He liked the site.

The buzzkill? His son has a CD out now.

Rule of the Universe #25 - you know you're in trouble when your teenage heroes' children are putting out records. Although if you listen to the clips, it's not half bad...