Tapewrecks

08/28/2026

Central PA! Mud Pie Sun are BACK FROM THE GRAVE this SAT AUG 29, 1 PM at the BOOKS, BANDS & VINYL FEST at In Between Pages 113 S. DUKE ST, YORK, PA. We're doing a special ALL-COVERS show of 60's Garage Punk, Microcosmic Folk-Rock, Teenage Beasts, Billy Synth and other delights!

But enough about us - stay all day for great music from DeAlmeida 11 AM, The Janitors 12 PM, The Ploughboys 2 PM, Boothill Getaway 3 PM and Soy Sauce 4 PM.

Plus gobs of cool records & CDs for sale from our pal Rick Noll (Bona Fide) and other record sellers, books and crafts aplenty, and food and b**r galore!

08/28/2026

Central PA! Mud Pie Sun are BACK FROM THE GRAVE this SAT AUG 29, 1 PM at the BOOKS, BANDS & VINYL FEST at In Between Pages 113 S. DUKE ST, YORK, PA. We’re doing a special ALL-COVERS show of 60’s Garage Punk, Microcosmic Folk-Rock, Teenage Beasts, Billy Synth and other delights!

But enough about us - stay all day for great music from Eric DeAlmeida 11 AM, thejanitorsyorkpa 12 PM, The Ploughboy 2 PM, Boothill Getaway 3 PM and Soy Sauce 4 PM

Plus gobs of cool records & CDs for sale from our pal Rick Noll (Bona Fide) and other record sellers, books and crafts aplenty, and food and b**r galore!

08/15/2026

The very first tapewreck:

Tapewreck #1 - The X-Cellerations - Magic
I inaugurate this blog with the track that inspired it: the spectacular crash of a tape recorder desperately trying to capture a 1984 practice by the X-Cellerations in Lancaster, Pennsylvania leaving the beautiful remains of The Cars’ “Magic.” The X-Cellerations were a new wave cover band formed by Greg of the Sinister Lampshades and recorded on Harry’s dad’s reel-to-reel (see next post), but I can imagine the oil congealing in the bearings as Harry frantically tries to keep the tape turning with his finger.

Listen here: https://tapewrecks.blogspot.com/2010/12/x-cellerations.html

08/12/2026

The Tapewrecks house band/dad band from 38 years ago...

Mudpie on WKDU October 6, 2021 / user Mudpie on Jackie’s WKDU show from Wednesday August 10, 1988 The members of the band were: Steven – Guitar, vocals, percussion Tom – Bass Bernie – Drums, backing vocals Mudpie 1987-88 Bio Steven and Tom (gtr/vocals and bass, both from Lancaster’s The Re...

08/07/2026

We’ll be dredging up some old Tapewrecks on Instagram. Tune in instagram.com/tapewrecks

07/31/2026

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07/31/2026

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07/13/2026

Fantastic interview and music with Todd Shuster of The Jags, The Impossible Years, Cherry Fez, and With Radiant Action!

Steven on WIXQ Millersville PA June 18 2026 2-4 PM. PLAYLIST IN COMMENTS. Conversation, music & guest DJ sets from TODD SHUSTER of Abington PA. Todd's an extraordinary songwriter with a body of work going back to 1978 with THE JAGS, one of Philly's first punk bands. Todd kept the mod-psych-pop jangl...