As the L!F!P! project progresses, I thought it would be neat to check in with the interview subjects to see what they’ve been up to lately. I’ll catch up with those I spoke to within the last couple months some time later this year, but for now here is the first set of replies I received to my request.

Please note that these are lifted directly from the messages each respective individual sent to me. I’ve not copy edited their writing.

Leora Colby: “Since we last spoke things have been going great.  Sit & Spin Records has caught a lot of buzz around town and we meet new customers every day. Thulsa Doom will have the honor of playing with the legendary CONFLICT in October. Twice! Not to mention that my new project, Future Primitive, is beginning to catch some praise.  My little girl is wrapping up her punk rock summer and gearing up for 8th grade.” 

Bryan Karl Lathrop: “Just back from a quick vacation in Ecuador; keeping busy shooting portraits and other subjects in and around Philly. Still skateboarding.”

Richard Hoak: “i am busy staying as LOUD as possible!!!  working on new releases for both brutal truth and TFD;  just finished a european fest tour with BT, with 2 other short eurotours coming up this fall.  the newest tfd ep is all free all the time at: right here."

Michael Cantor: “In terms of projects, I am currently wrapping up an EP of self-recorded solo material. I am also gearing up to play a few shows solo as well as with my band The Ambulars. The three of us at DIYPHL are hard at work organizing our ‘First Time's The Charm’ show, which encourages folks to start bands for the first time (with an emphasis everyone that falls outside narrow sampling of the cis-white-dudes that tend to dominate punk culture. The show happens this November. And yes, I'm still straightedge.”