Late last week, as you were making plans for Pride weekend and living life like a normal person, your favorite garage-rock bands were doing battle on Twitter. Seth Bogart, the Hunx in S.F./Oakland gay-garage outfit Hunx and His Punx, had a steaming battle in the digital ether against a member of Atlanta "flower-punk" group the Black Lips (whom we believe was Jared Swilley). At the core of their dispute? Bisexuality, homophobia, and the word "faggot." Just in case you thought all practitioners of blown-out, hugely basic rock get along, here's startling proof they don't. The back-and-forth lasted for quite a while last Thursday, and ended with the Black Lips swearing off the Bay Area save for a few friends. (Maybe because their last show in S.F. was pretty whatever?) Anyway, for the sake of posterity/choosing sides/our own amusement, we recount the battle of the garage-rock tweets after the jump.

Happy summer, everyone: Bay Area rappers (and KMEL Freshman 10 alumni) Erk Tha Jerk and LoveRance had a big ol' beef on Twitter today. Apparently this tiffle has been amusing to a great many of their followers -- and understandably so, given that the rappers are set to perform together in Hayward this weekend. (And who knows, this could be/probably is just a big publicity stunt. But it's a funny one.)

Since even our conflict-averse Bay Area-raised asses love a good Twitter beef, let's tour some of their better barbs. By the way, Erk's new single is "Hands Up," LoveRance's is "Up." This info will come in handy. Here we go -- keep that scorecard nearby: