I can't wait for it, for I haven't heard it in months.

Hi all, just wanted to ask what happened to this awesome show, hasn't been a new one for ages and I've lost count of the times I've cranked the old ones!

I will be on the air and the web playing garage and punk tunes on Saturday February 9th from 1:00-3:00 PM EST on 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY and streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu.

THE LAST 6 INTOXICA PLAYLISTS!!!

INTOXICA!

9/25/12

REVELS- INTOXICA

RUMBLERS- THE HUSTLER
CRESCENTS FEAT. CHIYO- PINK DOMINOS
CORVETTES- PICK UP
JOHNNY AMELIO & THE DOWNBEATS- JUGUE
JOHNNY AMELIO & THE DOWNBEATS- DOWNBEATS
SHADOWS- BOP-ALENA
LITTLE JOHNNY & THE RUMBLERS- RIOT IN CELL BLOCK #9
LAUREL LONDON- DON'T KNOCK THE ROCK
HAYDEN THOMPSON- FAIRLANE ROCK
BUFFALO REBELS- MONKEY WALK
BUFFALO REBELS- BUFFALO BLUES
TELSTARS- TOPLESS
ROYAL TEEN- MAD GASS
JOHNNY CARLTON W/THE ESCORTS- BAMBOO BABY
JERRY MARTIN & THE SOUNDS- JANET

HARLEQUINS- EVERYBODY FISH PT. 1
TEEM MATES- MOVIN' OUT
DAVID MARKS & THE MARKSMEN- KUSTOM KAR SHOW
ESCORTS- LEAKY HEART & HIS RED GO KART
ROBERT WILLIAMS & THE GROOVERS- LOUD MUFFLERS
THE ALABAMA KID- ROCKING JALOPY
ANDY WYNN ACC. BY THE FIVE JAYS- BALLAD OF A HOT ROD KID

RICKY LIVID & THE TONE DEAFS- NUTS & BOLTS
JIM DANDY & SUGARBEATS- WARM UP
LETTERMEN- HEY BIG BRAIN
SHADES- VOODOO WOMAN
VOLCHORDS- BONGO LOVE
PETE BENNETT & THE EMBERS- FEVER
RICHARD BERRY- IT'S ALL RIGHT
CHAMPS- THE RATTLER
JIMMY SEALS- GROUNDED
JIMMIE BYRON- SCREAMIN'
DOROTHY ELLIS- DRILL DADDY DRILL
JILLETTES- DADDY DO
FRANK MOTLEY & HIS MOTLEY CREW- HONKIN' AT MIDNIGHT
JOHNNY LITTLE JOHN & GUITAR- JOHNNY'S JIVE
LATTIMORE BROWN- YAK-A-POO

GALLAHADS- BE FAIR

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Since I'm from Virginia, I recommend checking out Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things volumes 1, 2, and 3.  It's a compilation series of sixties era Virginia garage bands.  Also, there is an excellent documentary out on DVD call Hardcore Norfolk that focuses of the Norfolk, VA underground rock scene of the 80's and 90's.  It really is a great and well made film.  I highly recommend you check it out.  Here's a link to the trailer: http://www.hardcorenorfolk.com/index.php/movie

There is also a companion CD to the film which is great also.

Shameless plug....we just released What Wave #24,  (a zine we did from the mid 80's to early 90's) a zine that was put to bed in 1996 and resurrected this past year as part of a project called  Graphics Underground: London 1977-1990 ( a visual display of the posters and zines from London Ontario that was on display at a local art gallery). Here's a link:

http://graphicundergroundlondon.ca/

With this ish of What Wave,we did a 90m cassette of all London Ontario Canada bands from about 1978 to 1992, almost all unreleased tracks.  The music ranges from 77 punk, artpunk, biker rock, garagepunk, hardcore to straight rock'n'roll. Most of it would probably appeal to members of the Hideout...

The zine itself probably wouldn't, as it's over 100 pages documenting the band family trees from London Ontario in the time frame of mid 70's to the early 90's when grunge sorta took over...we sell them for $10 at the local record stores. But if anyone's interested we can sell them by mail, but the postage is killer due to the size...

Here's a link to the facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/What-Wave-Records/117360351668515?fref=ts

end of shameless plug and i'll go back to lurking.

Found another podcast on Wolf Wolf's Face Book in Scotland. Interested?

New episode of THE MAL THURSDAY SHOW up at http://malthursday.com/podcasts

Radio What Wave Playlist Feb 7/2013

1. The Jiggawatts....Angst...from the CD of the same name. Local punk combo who released this CD in 2009 and still play out fairly regularly.

2. Flying Squad...Godzilla...from the cassette, Slippery's Club Hits, that came with What Wave 24 and is currently #3 on the CHRW charts. Flying Squad were a mid 80's to early 90's biker rock combo from London Ontario.

3. The Hippies...Canteens...also from Slippery's Club Hits. Early 80's punk/new wave combo from London Ontario who released one 7".

4. Chris Hart...Burn This City...from the Rock & Roll Revelation CD that just came out. Yet another London Ontario artist who has played rockabilly, country and now delving into straight rock'n'roll.

5. The Mystics...Play Your Game...from their recent 7" on Boppa Do Down Records. Hamilton garagepunk combo who put on an excellent live show.

6. Royal Hangmen...Turn Me On...from their recent LP on Screaming Apple Records. Swiss garagepunk combo who have also released a 7" on Lost In Tyme Records.

7. The Rosy Red...Cloudy Day...brand new demo from this Hamilton/Brantford combo who stick to the 60's garage/rock'n'roll type of sound.

8. The Dead Beat...2000 Pound Bee....from their Boss Sounds CD. Hamilton Ontario based surf combo.

9. The Troggs...I Can't Control Myself....and we finished this shortened show (due to Western Mustangs Hockey taking over the airwaves) with a trib to Reg Presley who passed away the other day.

10. The Troggs...From Home.

11. The Troggs...With A Girl Like You.

12. The Troggs...Summertime....my fave Troggs track!

13. The Troggs...Night Of The Long Grass.

14. The Troggs...Supergirl.

15. The Troggs...Wild Thing.

And that's a wrap for this shortened show. Thanx for all the emails, messages and phone calls!

Back next week with special guest Mike Todd, from Speed City Records to talk about the record show on Sunday Feb 17th. I'll be at the CHRW table selling the latest ish of What Wave and maybe a coupla back issues.

Here's a link to the podcast:

http://chrwradio.ca/content/radio-what-wave#prev-shows

Why wouldn't 45 or 30 min tapes be better?

The Ultimatemost High said:

90 min. cassettes are good but 60 min cassettes are the best quality.  Tape stretches with each use.  The longer the length the thinning the tape.  Avoid 120 mins.

 

Chrome or high is a good bias.  Normal bias has a lot of ‘white noise’.  The best bias is METAL but it is not compatible with all player/recorders.

Totally agree: play a song in whatever key works best.  It's not always what's best for the singer, either.

Case in point:

When THEE DIRTYBEATS covered The 13th Floor Elevators' "Fire Engine", we did it "B". 

Now, the original version, in "E", is very cool;  but we really admired the intro Television added (see their 1978 live album "Blow Up"), with that insane chromatic chordal build.  And Television's version was in "Bb".   

As we worked up the song in Bb, we found a terrifically vicious downslash effect could be achieved on the I-IV transition if the IV chord was actually an open E rather than a barred F.  So we transposed the song again, this time *up* a half-step, from Bb -> B.

You can hear that guitar downslash at 0:54 (it's wonderfully noisy, if you're into that sort of thing) at http://theedirtybeats.bandcamp.com/track/fire-engine.  Changing the IV to E also freed Jamie to add a soaring thing to his fuzz solo.  While the higher key forced me out of my comfort zone as singer, it kept me on edge and reaching, which for a highly charged rock performance isn't necessarily a bad thing.     
 
We similarly fooled with "Shape Of Things To Come", originally recorded in F# by Max Frost & The Troopers.  We did it in E, because my guitar solo just fell out that way.

-A

THEE DIRTYBEATS maximum vintage garage
http://www.theedirtybeats.com

It depends. If you're playing in a covers band, try to sound like who you're covering, that's what the sots want. If it's a one-off cover in an otherwise original band, express yourself.

My band's current setup/gear is:

Fender Jazzmaster plugged into a Fender Frontman 212r. Treble and mid up to 10, Bass down to 2, REVERB all the way up.

Rheem Mark IV organ plugged into the same amp.

Epiphone Eb-0 plugged into a 100w Crate, bass is up, mids in the middle, treble is below the line.

Tama Rockstar Drums, two floor toms, one tom-tom, 20' ride, 16' crash, 14' hi-hats, bass drum head is off, the toms are semi-loose and the Yamaha snare is fairly tight, it sounds like a jazz snare.

I plug the mic into a fender frontman 25r, the eq is flat with the drive on and the reverb all the way up.

I also forgot, I plug my guitar into a Danelectro French Toast Fuzz/Octave and a Boss TR-2 Tremolo.

Mics- AT 4033, Sennheiser MD421, Shure 7B, Aventone CV-12 tube mic, Audix D6, Audix i5, Heil PR20, a few shure 57s, 58's, bullet mic, and a few other vintage no name mics.

Channel strips/ preamp /compressors: Universal Audio LA610, DBX Quantum, summit audio 2ba-211, Mindprint En-voice

Organ: Vox Jaguar, rebuilt custom job!

Guitars: mostly resissues, Gibson LP gold top, Gibson melody maker, Dan Electro U2, and Univox custom 67 hollowbody

Amps: 64-65 Fender Bassman (pre CBS), Bogen 18 watt tube amp made from turntable, Ashdown 100 watt guitar head super rare handwired version -100 made, Gibson Hawk, Eden bass head, Ampeg SVT Pro, Acoustic bass head 

Weird stuff: Elite tone Fuzz Monster pedal original prototype, Fender Echo chamber 66' tape delay unit

Record into Tascam 2488

Very sorry to hear Reg Presley died.I was pleased to see him in Cambridge Ma in 1981 or so.May his music live on forever.Miss you Reg.

Dave

Weird how losing someone like Reg can make you rediscover songs you hadn't thought about in a while.  Sad reason but positive results.  I've been bombarding myself exclusively with Troggs music for the last three days and I don't feel done yet.  They were a hell of a band.

Fuck-a-duck! You musta racked up some righteous Karma-Points! I don't think anyone here has had the run of good luck like you have, congrats!

First show - something called the Met Center Rock Festival. The bands were: The Litter, Brownsville Station, either Sweetwater or SRC, The Amboy Dukes, The Stooges, Grand Funk Railroad & Canned Heat. Not bad for $5.00!

First punk show - Ramones at Kelly's Pub in downtown St Paul on their first tour. Joey got out of a cab right in front of me & his sking was the color of glow-in-the-dark plastic. I went out & bought a motorcycle jacket the next day.

Best show - New York Dolls at the Mind Odyssey at the MN State Fair. The building was packed at the start of the show, but people kept leaving & I kept moving forward. I ended up right in front of the stage with Johnny Thunder's stage monitor right next to my ear. I went deaf in my right ear for about a week.

Many I've seen suck, but recently I've stumbled across a couple of high quality ones. 
Here's a good one!  Show your faves!  Discuss!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W3dQTWmjtMs

Wobbly Lamps new 7" EP "Drella" will be out very soon on our label Polyvinyl Craftsmen Records, they have already picked up airplay on garage shows in France and Germany and this week actually got some BBC 6Music action in the UK.

You can hear the new songs on Soundcloud and follow Wobbly Lamps and Polyvinyl Craftsmen Records on Facebook.

If you like a bit of Sonics/Cramps/Oh Sees/Billy Childish/Country Teasers/Fall influenced shit you'll enjoy the Wobbly Lamps.

The Anthem for 70's Slackers was BTO's hit , "Taking Care of Business" , tho' it's actually about WORKING in an INDUSTRY "The Music Scene" , but , beating the 9 to 5.

The Clash tried to explain that , yes , they're in the BUSINESS , but not above having a beer and playing pool at the pub in "Cheapskates" and "All The Young Punks".

Well, the anthem for slackers and people who don't wanna work was "Longview," by Green Day.

"I sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling
Call me pathetic, call me what you will
My mother says to get a job
But she don't like the one she's got"...

"16 Tons" Tennessee Ernie Ford. The ultimate working man's ballad. But , the only comeuppance is death.

Off the top of my head, Big Sugar's "Sleep In Late" is one song that comes to mind. It fits my current mindset.

Howdy!

I know a ton of you are already familiar with his work, but I found out about him only a few months ago, and I can't get enough. He's the total package when it comes to illustration and graphic design, and I hope to attain at least a tenth of his awesomeness in my own career.

All of this stuff he came up with for the Wachina Wachina Festival is outstanding!
http://mikbaroblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/wachina-wachina-festival-vol2-2013.html