Slowpoke, a hardcore band that I played in from 1993-1995, playing a show at Benedum Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus in Fall of 1993. From what I remember, Anti-Flag and Rugburn were also on the bill that night. The shows at Benedum Hall were put on by the guys behind Ascension Records, a label that was run by members of the bands Abnegation and Pressgang.
I am a writer and journalist from Western Pennsylvania. I've written essays, many about class and culture, for Guernica, Oxford American, and The Rumpus, and my reporting has appeared in the Atlantic, Esquire, Forbes, and Spin.
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