Saturday, Feb 23rd The Redwalls w/ Sabrosa Purr My Pet Saddle @ Knitting Factory Hollywood 7021 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood, CA 90028 All Ages Show/Ticket Info Text 'REDWALL' to 467467 to buy tickets “The new self-titled album by the Redwalls is a taut collection of seriously catchy tunes, full of killer riffs and vocals that are sometimes almost heartbreakingly sweet. Overall the music feels like an expert blend of the Fab Four’s carefully crafted pop and the fuzzy, frantic garage of all those hungry little bands that put out two mind-blowing singles 40 years ago and still turn up on Nuggets-style comps.” - Miles Raymer / Chicago Reader

February 19, 2008 Maddy Brothers - Bob - Jim - Tom: Rockin' Party (Celestial) Billy Adams & the Rock_-Teens: You Gotta Have A Ducktail (Nau-Voo) Billy Lamont: Tom Cat (Runnin' Wild) Donnie Barren: I Love My Cats Meow (Teenline) Mars Attacks: Baby Baby (Run For Your Life) Dusty Chance & the Allnighters: Drive Me Wild (Savage) Ron Haydock & the Boppers: Runniin' Wild (99 Chicks) Joey Paige : Roll Over Beethoven (Greasy Rock And Roll) Sonny Burgess & the Pacers: Fannie Brown (Sun) Ronnie Self: You're So Right For Me (Columbia) Charlie Hightone & the Rock-Its: Try To Guess Your Blues (Rock It Man, Rock It) Spinouts: You Better Behave (Crusin' At Night) Polecats: Rockabilly Guy (Polecats Are Go!) Hubcaps: Rockabilly Baby (s/t) Blue Cats: Jump Cat Jump (Fight Back) Tune Tones: Won't Somebody Love Me (Runnin' Wild) Roddy Jackson: I Love Her Just The Same (Central Valley Fireball) Honky Tonk Boozers: Pinball Mama (It's Boozin' Time) Cherry Casino & the Gamblers: Baby C'mon Lets Go (Fat Mama's Daughter) Lucky Stars: Honky Tonk Bound (Hollywood And Western) Radio Ramblers: Fever Bound (Hot To Trot) Johnny Law & his Pistol Packin' Dadddies: Mean Mama (I'll Get It Right) Skinny Jum & the Wildcats: Red Fat Cat (Ain't Up To No Good) Al Allen: Egghead (Stompin' Time) El Gassaway w/the Clyde Stacy Trio: The Big Gas Cool Jerks: This Is It (This Is It) Hi-Risers: Foundation Rock (Once We Get Started) Neanderthals: I Go Ape (The Modern Stone Age Family) A-Bones: Go Betty Go (Life Of Riley) Kaisers: Hipshake Shimmy Kitten (Squarehead Stomp) Morticia's Lovers: Splish Splash (Piss And Love) Riots: Hold On Me (Love After) Easybeats: She's So Fine (Easy) Mustangs: Hang On Sloopy (And That's For Sure) Rippers: Little Girl You'll Be Mine (Shake Your Ass) Tranzmitors: Glamour Girls (Deranged) Makeouts: Still Love You (Radio Obligato) Roky Erickson: Don't Slander Me (Don't Slander Me) Thirteenth Floor Elevators: You're Gonna Miss Me (Nuggets) Barons: Don't Come Back No More (Don't Put Me On) Mods: Ritual (Hang It Out To Dry) Little Bits: Girl Give Me Love (Yeah Yeah Yeah) Swamp Rats: Psycho (Disco Still Sucks) Tempos: You Got Me Going Out Of My Mind (Speaking Of The...) Adrian Lloyd Lorna (Back From The Grave) Rydells: Rock And Roll Beach Party (Where The Fun Never Sets) Whoa-Babies: My Retarded Baby (First Bank) Replacements: Tossin' And Turnin' (b-side to The Ledge) Pram Bath: I Don't Want You (Sweet And Hot) Lottie Collins: Girls On The Beach (Poppers MCD) Queers: Goodbye California (Where The Fun Never Sets) Kidnappers: A Bit Of You Love (Ransome Notes And Telephone Calls) Hipshakes: I'm Gone (Die Slaughterhaus) Pumpers: Reckoning Day (Wallride) Stinky Lou & the Goon Mat w/Lord Bernardo: Looking For A Girl (12 Roots & Boogie Blues Hits) 5.6.7.8's: ??? ??? Ramones (Golden Hits Of The...) Head: Killed By Death (Goner) Cheap Time: Handy Man (Douchemaster) Shudders: Lipstick Stained Teeth (Compact) Flying Over: I Don't Wanna Go Away (Kaiser Sessions) Channel 3: You Make Me Feel Cheap (Skinhead Years) Plastiques: I Can't Stop (101) Half Rats: Throw It Around (Culture Cast) Teengenerate: Shake A Tailfeather (Audio Recording) Mummies: Your Love (Death By Unga Bunga) Touch-Me-Nots: Brother Theodore (Chris Owen Said It....) Modern Primitives: Sixty With A Forty Four (s/t) Red Barons: Gabby Gabby Gabby Go (Tour Of Duty) Contaminators: Ain't So Fun (s/t) Frumpies: She's A Real Cutie Pie (Frumpies One Piece) CoCoComa: I Want More (s/t)

hey, drop me an e-mail at rockandroll@wusb.fm and I'll give you contact info. haven't figured out how to send you a message in this place. wtf?

February 12, 2008 Boom Boom Cats: The Opening Act (Tell Me Who Told You About Lovin'?) Johnny Burnette & the Rock And Roll Trio: All By Myself (Coral) Dusty Chance & the All Nighters: Boppin' It (The Young Breed) Jessie Lee King & his Crowns: Nervous Wreck (Pine) Johnny Cavalier & the Keynotes: Rockin' Chair Roll (Hi-Class) Johnny Carroll & his Hot Rocks: Hot Rock (Decca) Charlie Hightone & Rock-It's: Crazy A3 Boogie (Rock It Man, Rock It) Bourbonaires: Burnin' Up (A Shot Of...) Luis & the Wildfires: Like A Storm (The Young Breed) Josie Kreuser: Gone Fishin' (Beggin' Me Back) Two Timin' Three: Sugar Fix (Payin' The Price) Super-phonics vocal by Ronnie Hanson: Teenage Partner (Rockin' And Boppin') Harold Lee: Blond Headed Woman (Esta) Percy & the Rockin' Aces (Lluvia) Round Up Boys: Whirlwind Mary (Another Night, Another Town) Junior Marvel & his Hi-Flyers: Hi-Fly Bop (Early And Unreleased) Johnny McCullough & the Four Sounds: Who Shot Sam (Log Cabin) Three Clicks: 38 Slug (Devere) Devilles: I Didn't Do It (Nau Voo) Lew Williams: My New Pink Suedes (Cat Talk) Ford Nix & the Moonshiners: Ain't No Sign, I Wouldn't If I Could (Clix) Buck Stevens: Laurie Lou (Do You Remember) Lucky Stars: Real Good Lookin' (Stay Out Late) Santos: Mess About You (The Young Breed) Jackie & the Cedrics: Let's Dance (1+2) Cool Jerks: Shimmy Babe (Soundflat) Astro Babys: Crazy Love (Go Baby Go!) Los Idiotas: Yeah Yeah (Iekk! Sounds) Wax Museums: Disco Ball (The Worlds Lousy With Ideas) Hex Dispensers: Lose My Cool (Douchemaster) Modern Primitives: Shotgun Blooze (s/t) 1.4.5.'s: Been There, Done That (Rock And Roll Spook Party) Teengenerate: I Don't Mind (Audio Recording) Car Bomb Driver: I Just Wanna Be A Ramone (Official Bootleg) Tabascos: Crush On You (s/t) Parasites: Fool For You (Pair Of Sides) Emmersons: She's A Brat (Shoot To Thrill) Queers: Love Love Love (Grow Up) Ramones: Yeah Yeah (Road To Ruin) Rydells: Then She Kissed Me (Go Mental) Head: Spend The Night Alone (Goner) Girl Trouble: Just A Little Bit (Illusion Of Excitement) Cramps: Inside Out And Upside Down With You (Flame Job) Pink Slip Daddy: 1-2-3-4 (s/t) Hillbilly Werewolf: Monkey Beat City (No Count Dance Party) Bo Diddley: You All Green (s/t) Kinks: Beautiful Delilah (You Really Got Me) Rippers: Little Girl You'll Be Mine (Shake Your Ass) Riots: Wasting My Time (Sound Camera) Makeouts: Still Love You (Radio Obligato) Half Rats: Throw It Around (Culture Cast) Replacements: Hitchin' A Ride (Al's Bar, LA 84-11-08) Pumpers: Nothing Fails (Wallride) Oh No's: Dumb, Deaf And Blind (s/t) Cheap Time: Wildlife (Douchemaster) Suspicions: Baby Talk (The Worlds Lousy With Ideas) Gito Gito Hustler: What's My ... (Big Neck) Travis Wammack: It's Karate Time (That's Scratchy Guitar From Memphis) Arch Hall Jr.: Congo Joe (The Wild Guitar!) Marie Williams: Cat Scratchin' (Out For Kicks) Tie Reds: Terilea (s/t) Morticia's Lovers: I Don't Speak English (Piss And Love) Romance Novels: It's All Lies (The Worlds Lousy With Ideas) CoCoComa: She Gets Too Heavy (Holds Too Tight) (s/t) Playmobils: Ongobak Baby (International Lifestyle) Hawaiians: Do The Wakikii (Teenagers Love) Boyz Nex' Door: My Girl Sue (Radio Honolulu) Taratula IV: Blow Out (Tear It Up) Shotgun Runners: Come On (Majestic Sound) Fevers: Girl After Girl (Go Where The Girls Are) Touch-Me-Nots: Food, Sex And Television (Chris Owen Said It...) Sonic Chicken 4: Do It Alright (s/t) Griefs: Bad Decision (Throwing A Temper Tantrum) Carbonas: Hate You (s/t) Heartbeatz: Secret Girls (Going Underground)

I ended up missing out on the Friday night (it was an American holiday weekend and I was flying standby from Vancouver - all planes were full). I arrived in LA Saturday AM, got to attend the meet'n'greet (meat'n'greet?) BBQ Saturday afternoon (very cool), and both the Saturday and Sunday shows. The short version of the story is that I had a really good time and would definitely go again if there is another edition with a line-up as strong as this one. A lot of the bands were really great, the one I enjoyed the most was TH'LOSIN' STREAKS, who I hadn't seen yet and had been looking forward to seeing ever since their record on Slovenly came out.
It was also cool to meet a lot of like-minded fans, including some from this board. The room was a veritable who's-who of Rock'n'Roll Fandom.
If you weren't there, you definitely missed out!
I will post photos etc. once I have sorted through them all.
Big THANKS to Real Boss Hoss and The Eye for staging this event!

It was good to meet some of you folks!!

I was also going to throw in the towel after this Blow Out, but Gore convinced me to stay on and now he's leaving me!!

I'm going to soldier on, but less frequently...

There was a lot of underlying (behind-the-scenes) drama with this years Blow Out that Gore and I had to deal with and we're both tired...

In the end... the weekend was a blast and I hope to do it all over again next year!

come out more often! that's all you gotta do.

I had so much fun it was totally worth every mistake I made at work the next day! What's a sister gotta do to get more shows like these in L.A.?

was it worth it?

I'm totally there tonight! Maybe tomorrow. Damn! Am I the only one working Monday? Oh well it's probably going to be worth the sleep deprivation..

actually the last show I booked and I am promoting is Crash Normal at The Scene. April 24th.

so yeah...

Golden Boys on Feb 25th
Fallouts March 8th
Holy Kiss March 22nd
Surprise Band April 19th
Crash Normal April 24th
My permanent vacation starts April 25th.

I doubt I'll do anything after that...both Boss Hoss and Norma will continue on. I'm just way too bitter these days. I need a vacation.

new blood is good too.

thought the fall-outs show was your swan song?

putting on shows.

ok ok
what are you swan songing though?

I haven't had my juice yet >:)

Swan song ....?? what are you swan singing to?

and I was responding to Sean Law's remark about how in the garageshock days people would fly all voer for blah blah blah

defensive!!!!

no one's trying to be garageshock silly...still miss the A-Bones at your own discretion!

regardless... I plan on having the best time I can

a swan song of sorts

Let's be real here folks, no offense Gore, but Garageshock this ain't...

I'll be there!

I'll be there.

I hope you're wrong captain bringdown

I would go for the A-Bones alone, not to mention the entire line-up!!

Who's gonna fly me out there? Any takers?

I've started a new discussion forum for people in the Seattle area who are passionate about REAL rock 'n' roll, of the garagepunk variety and otherwise. Come on over to Jet City Rocker and be one of the first to sign up (and keep coming to The Hideout too!).

Totally - let me know when... i know they have soul and mod nights in Chicago which is 60s and all, so great, but there is only so much hammond organ this girl can take in one night. A good friend of mine who also DJs just moved to Chicago - we used to DJ together - played soul, ska, punk, garage, rhythm & blues, funk, etc ... And her husband has a band called The Living Blue, they won the Little Steven's battle of the garage bands a few years back - great stuff - we should put together a big garage night - djs, bands, garage garage sale, etc - or somethin' ... you can reach me more quickly on myspace - http://myspace.com/ednamillion