On this Musical Memory edition of EarFool, I travel back in time to the late 70's in my town of San Antonio, Tx, to take a look at the city's unassuming introduction to punk rock music, and how a humble taco restaurant shaped a community.

 

<a href='http://tacolandstories.blogspot.com/2005/06/guru-of-good-times.html?m=1'>Taco Land Blog</a>

<a href='https://m.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/an-oral-history-of-taco-land-10-years-after-the-death-of-ram-ayala/Content?oid=2448969'>An Oral History of Taco Land</a>

<a href='https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xdt05'>Texas State Historical Association on Taco Land</a>

<a href='https://m.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/music-ram-ese-cliff-notes/Content?oid=2265676'>Ram's Colorful Glossary </a>

<a href='https://thelosangelesbeat.com/2014/12/d-boon-the-day-the-music-died/'>Linda Kite on D. Boon's Death</a>

<a href='https://youtu.be/SGTqfbYJHyE'>Dead Milkmen - Tacoland</a>

<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es_WMg3zkdE'>Kevin & the Blacktears - Taco Land Shuffle</a>

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