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    • June 18, 2012 2:46 PM CDT
    • cool! thanks.

    • June 18, 2012 8:31 AM CDT
    • I can't believe how good the new Baddat For Trubbel is. Why is this so fucking hard to find

    • June 18, 2012 3:09 AM CDT
    • Free Form Frenzy #56

      The full show is actually four hours ...

      but I direct your attention to the 2nd half of the show ...

      two hours featuring the sounds of STUPIDITY from Sweden ... www.stupidity.se

      appearing at SURF NITE! this Friday at Two Boots in Bridgeport, CT

      with

      Commercial Interruption (from Milford CT) (surf meets Zappa) + The Radiation (60s garage... from Unionville, CT)

      more info : email me via surfnite@gmail.com

      - bob d.

      ==================================

      this is the 2nd half of FREE FORM FRENZY #56 http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/37367

       

    • June 18, 2012 2:42 PM CDT
    • So yeah, this song was posted to Youtube late last year.

      ...along with this message on a few sites:

      "Mr. Crypt RecordsTim Warren, posted today on his Facebook™ that Teengenerate is currently remixing a clutch of UNRELEASED recordings from a 1994 sesh at Egg Studios. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!! I'll post more info as it becomes available."

      Hopefully this still happens!

    • June 18, 2012 1:54 PM CDT
    • Misfits Interview from 1983

      Tour Dates Live Recordings Media Appearances Recording Sessions Time Line Song and Name Information Merchandise Fan Club Sources

      CRETIN BULL, 2/83
      -----------------

      [This interview took place on 1/29/83 and features several photos
      by Bill Daniels.]

      MISFITS AT THE RITZ!

      Like a tidal wave of white noise, the Misfits overwhelmed the throngs
      of anti-punk humanity Saturday night (January 29th) at the Ritz.

      The evening started out with the Droogs doing an unusually hot set.
      They left the stage, however, on a seemingly angry note. The
      Offenders took over next with JJ in prime form. His uncontrollable
      animalism and maniacal mongoose energy reminded me of Henry Rollins.

      Les Big Boys did their Big Boy stuff next. By this time the hall was
      packed literally to the rafters, so the crowd got really jumpy when
      the brass section made their first appearance in months.

      And then, after all that, the aforementioned Misfits came on and took
      over. Robo, ex-Black Flagger, pounded away with Roman Centurion
      peacock pride. The Only brothers (Doyle and Jerry) thundered away at
      their guitars, churning out the horror rock stuff that they're so
      proud of.

      At first, the terrible rhythms and anti-melodies were totally
      indiscernable from one perpetual blast of droning thunder. But later,
      as the ear became used to the onslaught of musical TNT, everything
      fell into place, making for an excellent show.

      The Misfits performed an extra long set with enough energy for seven
      bands. It was the first time we've seen the Ritz in operation for a
      while; I hope we get to see more of it soon. I hope we again see the
      Misfits soon too.

      Talked to the bassist Doyle Only after the show. Check it out:

      Bull: How do you like playing in places like Texas?
      Doyle: Tonight was great.
      Bull: I heard that ya'll met in a gymnasium: is that true?
      Doyle: Well, uh...
      Bull: We want to know how much you can bench press. Do you bench?
      Doyle: No.
      Bull: I thought for sure...
      Doyle: No. The last time we went on tour, the police down in New
      Orleans stole all our weights. We had weights in our truck. They
      stole that and our cameras.
      Bull: Tell us what happened in the cemetary in New Orleans. Are you
      planning to go to the graveyard here?
      Doyle: No, we're not doing that anymore. (general laughter) It cost
      us 300 bucks. We made 300 bucks playing in New Orleans and we had to
      give it to the cops. We got good publicity out of it, but fuck that,
      you know...
      Bull: How did ya'll run in with Robo?
      Doyle: Well, we were just in the market for a drummer. We were on
      tour two years ago and our other drummer, Googy, he said that we was
      going to split the band. He didn't get along with Glenn so well. They
      didn't hit it off, so he said that after this tour he was gonna
      leave. We just put out an APB for somebody and Robo called and said
      "hey, it's Robo..."
      Bull: When did ya'll meet the Big Boys?
      Doyle: The first time I met them was when we played the Island last
      time in Houston...
      Bull: Ya'll seem to hit it off pretty well...
      Doyle: Oh yeah, they're all great. Pretty much everybody that, you
      know, is in the scene...uh, Black Flag, everybody...we're friends
      with everybody. Except the Dead Kennedys; we hate them.
      Bull: Why?
      Doyle: They're a bunch of assholes; Jello's a jerk.
      Bull: What do you say to people who say you're imitating Kiss and
      stuff like that?
      Doyle: Well, that just show the state of their knowledge of music.
      Bull: How do you find Slash?
      Doyle: Slash does nothing; they're a useless record company. Anybody
      who deals with Slash is out of their fucking mind. We came to them
      with a tape, the album cover; we gave them the whole thing in a
      package deal. We just brought it right down, put it on their desk;
      and all they had to do was have it made. They didn't kave to do
      fucking nothing. And, you know, how they come up and tell us "hey,
      you guys owe us money..." We owe you money? What the fuck are you
      talking about? We almost tore up their office on them and stuff...
      Bull: I noticed you got some bad press in California for a little
      mishap or something; care to comment? (Notice the skillfull manner in
      which Jake 2000 avoided actually naming any of the unpleasant
      details...)
      Doyle: Well, we don;t take shit like a lot of people take shit...
      Bull: What happened?
      Doyle: We were up there, busting our butts for the crowd, you know;
      and then they start target practice with beer cans...People throwing
      full cans of beer at you; eventually it came to the point where we
      said "yeah, fuck you..." And...we handled it.

      (Bull note: The tape ran out strategicall, but Doyle apologised for
      what happened.)

      by Jake 2000.
      ______________________________________________________

      The Misfits have managed to assemble almost everything I dislike or
      avoid -- their shells are huge and muscular, the result of much
      he-man efforts, their rude leather and spikes lavishly expensive,
      their live shows deafen the ears for about 30 hours, their daddy
      flies them home after every weekend, they even beat up a kid in his
      feable attempt to empathize with the band.

      However, despite all these bad points against bad eggs, the Misfits
      are still fun to watch; they transmit so much energy that you can't
      help but enjoy their shows, (assuming you weren't part of the mass
      exodus who fled with pained ear drums).

      This is no horror rock as everyone claims it to be. This is just
      loud, fast metal played with subtle danceable rhythms. Their music is
      barely even disguised to conceal it's true nature -- heavy metal in
      used leather drag. But it's good metal nonetheless.

      But what they do conceal beneath their devilish appearance is the
      fact that they're really nice guys with regular jobs during the week
      who probably wouldn't ghoulishly rape you on the first date,
      (assuming you would ever date a Misfit). This image I am
      extrapolating from Doyle, the bass player, who was eager to talk,
      friendly, articulate, a good egg.

      We bombarded him after the show with questions, all asked at random,
      hardly allowing him to answer. So it's a little jumbled and not much
      is elaborated upon. Cretin Bull again exceeds the limits of
      journalism.

      by the Sister.

    • June 18, 2012 1:11 PM CDT
    • Cool! Yeah, they included the demo of "touring" on the one uploaded above (the actual finished one with the keyboards was included on Rhino reissue too, i think). I remember a lot of stuff was on the More Unreleased Tracks bootleg, except "stares in this town" was called "Nothings gonna change you" or something like that.

       But until yesterday, I NEVER heard the demo for "sitting in my room" (which I think really works well as an opener), and I had no idea that "yeah yeah" was from this session either. When i first heard it on All the Stuff and More Volume 2, I figured it was a demo from the same era as "slug". 

      I still love pleasant dreams the way it turned out, but, for sake of discussion:

      - If "This Business is Killing me" was replaced with "yeah yeah"

      - If "we want the airwaves" was replaced with "sleeping troubles"

      - If' "9 to 5  world" was replaced with "kicks to try"

      - and one of the ballads (Don't go, or 7-11..really only need one) was replaced with "stares in this town.

      ......combined with rawer production similar to the demo, Pleasant Dreams would've been a fucking monster.

       

    • June 18, 2012 11:13 AM CDT
    • That demo was floating around the internet a few years ago...i had it and it wound up getting deleted. There was a bunch more to it -- songs like "Touring" which didn't see the light of day til "Mondo Bizarro" in 1992 were on there.

      Tyler said:

      Someone uploaded the pleasant dreams demo in almost its entirety. Nothing new, but it's really cool to listen to it altogether to get an idea of how it could've sounded with some punkier songs, rawer production, and a couple less experimental tunes. Might've been their definite  album ever. (it's missing the demos "kicks to try" and "stars in this town" though that were included on the rhino reissue.)

    • June 18, 2012 8:41 AM CDT
    • Someone uploaded the pleasant dreams demo in almost its entirety. Nothing new, but it's really cool to listen to it altogether to get an idea of how it could've sounded with some punkier songs, rawer production, and a couple less experimental tunes. Might've been their definite  album ever. (it's missing the demos "kicks to try" and "stars in this town" though that were included on the rhino reissue.)

    • June 18, 2012 12:38 PM CDT
    • Yeah, this would be good for its own separate topic. I love Teengenerate.

      But I never heard anything about these plans... nor have I heard the unreleased tracks you're talking about. Where did you hear 'em?

      Tyler said:

      Sort of off topic...

      But I wonder what happened to the plans Tim Warren had of remixing those unreleased Teengenerate recordings.. "teenage freak" rules

    • June 18, 2012 4:33 AM CDT
    • We had our website front page dedicated solely to "Mr Bertie" (fans of the Basil Brush show will understand this epithet) for a week back in April. 

      Two previous musicians to so move us on passing on were the late, great Captain Beefheart & the godlike Roland Kirk.  Exalted company indeed! 

    • June 17, 2012 8:05 PM CDT
    • Audio Gasoline  , I've considered the matter , and I see your P.O.V.   You were right.     

        "JUSTINE !!! JUSTINE !!!!  YOU JUST WON'T TREAT ME RIGHT , YOU LIKE TO BALL EVERY MORNING , STAY OUT LATE AT MIGHT!" - It moves from a happy to a frustrated mood , if you listen to the lyrics.   SO , IT'S LIKE "Good Golly Miss Molly" , not just in reference to "Ballin' " (Which is what they used to say before someone came up with the brilliant idea of making "Party " a verb.) , BUT , in that Justine or Miss Molly MIGHT LOVE THEIR OLD MEN , BUT THEY'RE STILL TOO WILD FOR ONE MAN TO HOLD DOWN. 

      AND , OF COURSE , BEFORE THERE WAS LITTLE RICHARD OR DON AND DEWEY , THERE WAS LOUIS JORDAN -  "YOU KNOW , MY MAMA TOLD ME TO LEAVE CALDONIA ALONE. NO FOOLIN' ! SHE SAID , SON , STAY AWAY FROM THAT GIRL ! SHE'S BAD FOR YOUR MORALE ! BUT , MAMA DID'NT KNOW WHAT CALDONIA WAS PUTTIN' DOWN......SO , I'M GOIN' TO CALDONIA'S HOUSE , KNOCK ON HER DOOR , AND SAY , "CALDONIA!!! CALDONIA !!!! WHAT MAKES YOUR BIG HEAD SO HARD ?!!!!!".   
       
      John Battles said:


      Justine? As in , Justine by Don and Dewey?  That's a happy song. The guy does'nt get his heart stepped on or his balls broken , but , maybe we're thinking of two different songs ?


      Audio Gasoline said:

      Hard Headed Woman - Elvis

      Jezebel - by anyone, the Mummies' version rules, and Horton Heat's is kinda spicy

      Justine - The Trashwomen, Mummies

      Take Me As I Am - Denise & Co. (Girls in the Garage Vol 1)

    • June 17, 2012 7:52 PM CDT
    • Of course , any version of "Mean Woman Blues" , starting with Jerry Lee , Elvis , Roy Orbison , Charlie Feathers ......But , there's so many of 'em......There's a great bit from the unreleased "Jerry Lee Lewis Show" TV pilot , where they BOTH sing in the third person !!! Yes !!!!

      "Whatever Jerry Lee does , he does mighty good!" "Boy , she makes ol' PERKINS  flip...".

    • June 17, 2012 7:46 PM CDT

    • Justine? As in , Justine by Don and Dewey?  That's a happy song. The guy does'nt get his heart stepped on or his balls broken , but , maybe we're thinking of two different songs ?


      Audio Gasoline said:

      Hard Headed Woman - Elvis

      Jezebel - by anyone, the Mummies' version rules, and Horton Heat's is kinda spicy

      Justine - The Trashwomen, Mummies

      Take Me As I Am - Denise & Co. (Girls in the Garage Vol 1)

    • June 17, 2012 7:40 PM CDT
    • .....I did have a couple of younger guys ask me , after an Iggy show in '88 , IF I WERE RON Asheton's son !  Anybody else have a funny story like that ? 

      Jeff Liles , who booked Screamin' Jay in Dallas in '86 and '87 , stated , recently , that when Jay played at The Dallas Hard Rock Cafe (May all the world forget she ever stood) , the 2nd of those two shows , cops showed up , backstage to arrest Hawkins for non - payment of child support for the Mother of one of his kids , then residing in Dallas.Liles said that he persuaded the Officers to wait until after the show to arrest him , because there would have been a lot more trouble if there was no show. He was right about that. We were all primed....And I did wonder what was taking so long !  

       

    • June 17, 2012 7:04 PM CDT
    • There's a very good documentary about this , culminating in a reunion with all of Jay's then - known children. The only non - participants are his children from his first marriage , who refuse to believe Hawkins would have cheated on their Mother , or fathered other kids out of wedlock. It's very sad , because the others seem primed to celebrate that they all have Screamin' Jay Hawkins in common.   I'm not saying what's wrong or right , only my initial impression.

    • June 17, 2012 5:37 PM CDT
    • I am the bastard son of Bo Diddley.

    • June 17, 2012 7:30 PM CDT
    • GLAD TO , IF IT'S ANY HELP. When I first heard Calvert's original...I went ...waitaminnit.....
        
      sleazy said:

      Thanx for the nifty heads up on that.....:)

      John Battles said:

       YOU'RE RIGHT. IT WAS BEN MILLER. DAM GOT OVER WITH THE PUNK CROWD , BUT THEY WERE VIRTUALLY UNCLASSIFIABLE. I READ AN EARLY REVIEW THAT COMPARED THEM TO HAWKWIND....WELL, THEY DID DO ROBERT CALVERT'S "THE RIGHT STUFF" , A GREAT TUNE.
       
      Dead Boy said:

      Hmmmmm, it may be Michael Davis, but I don't know, actually, but I think, hmmmmmmmm, it's not Ron(?????).

      The sax player was Ben Miller..

      DESTROY ALL MONSTERS - Art Garage Punk 1977 - 78

    • June 17, 2012 7:20 PM CDT
    • COME ON ! BUY THE NEW UGLY THINGS !!!  IT'S GREAT !! AND ,  HRH PRINCE PHILIP WANTS TO START HIS OWN GARAGE PUNK CAMP !

    • June 17, 2012 5:19 PM CDT
    • Many people are THAT uptight about something....It's not always about establishing a ranking order in the music "Scene". But , sure , there are men who , maybe , did'nt get into sports , but take that same mentality  into music . Trust me , they can be just as condescending to other males. The guitar stores are full of them , frustrated  guitar heroes who , maybe , are technically superior , but , they can't play in bands  because they're so egotistical (Or because contemporary tastes in music have passed them by.) and so devoid of ideas.....And , they would'nt know how to present their wankery as a solo (No pun intended) act.  But , I can readily imagine how some of these hard-ons treat women , even women who've already surpassed them as musicians.
       
      Ghislaine said:

      yeah,and there still are asshole way less ballsy and less talented than chicks ,yet trying to push around women playing r-n-r.There will always be that kind of ridiculous crap coming from (quiet a few) men...and not only on the artistic level,of course.The only thing to do is keep pushing back their attacks.

    • June 17, 2012 12:12 PM CDT
    • Sorry, the interview's not online. This was several years before Al Gore invented the internet. I might have a yellowed clip somewhere. But yes, Mark E. was in a great mood that night. I have a feeling those were less rare when he was younger.

      gregor said:

      ok here's what i think on it all,firstly i believe the fall are the closest and any band has ever came to perfection(in my ideals at least),and no i dont believe them to be the greatest garage act ever,without being at all controversial,if your speaking about the best garage bands ever,id have to mention bands like oblivions,standells,kingsmen,the seeds,maybe early white stripes,etc etc,but in amonst all that i believe the fall deserve an honourable mention,like tirc said above he'd never thought of them in that context,the reason i do is there total dedication to a non fuck around attitude to recording and production,there constant productivity,generally a total lack of pretention,a constant name checking and covering of garage bands like count five,the move,the monks and so many more,and mostly there total disregard for the mainstream,so no i dont believe them to be the best GR band ever but i do think they should be mentioned a lot more in the context of GR.

      @jon,belter of a tune and album YFOC!!!mental recording that 30 ye into your career!:)

      @swt.have you a copy of your interview online i could read,i take it he was in one of his better moods that night?

    • June 17, 2012 2:18 PM CDT
    • This week's prgram featured NEW music from Public Image Limited, Japandroids, as well as music from The Aces, The Cynics, The Black Lips, Gang of Four and Modern Lovers.

      Download this week's program/podcast:

      http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20120612-1030-...

      Check out this week's blog post on PiL:

      http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2012/06/this-is-pil-show-408.html

      The Play List:


      1.  The Aces – Why Should It Be Mine
      2.  Spits – Wait
      3.  Songs For Snakes – F.E.A.R.
      4.  Blonds – Run
      5.  The Schomberg Fair – Touched By Fire
      6.  Indian Wars – Tom Dula
      7.  The Cynics – I Need More
      8.  Captain Higgins – AM Radio
      9.  Skip Jensen – Done Tried
      10. The Sinners – No Brain Required
      11. Gentlemen of Horror – Overhead Projector
      12. Animal Kingdom – Tension
      13. Japandroids – For The Love of Ivy
      14. Joey Ramone – Rock N’ Roll Is The Answer
      15. Luger Boa – What Is Real?
      16. Only Ones – The Happy Pilgrim
      17. Public Image Limited – This Is PIL
      18. Gang of Four – What We All Want (Live)
      19. Crystal Swells - Kelly Bayside
      20. Holograms – ABC City
      21. Jaill - I'm Home
      22. Modern Lovers – Government Center
      23. The Black Lips – Sick Of You
      24. The Black Lips – Dance With You