I know exactly what you're talking about King Lemon.  I think when it comes to bands, bookers use Facebook likes as some kind of measure of your success.  They're looking to see how many people want to be kept abreast of your upcoming shows.  It's not particularly fair though as facebook is only one way to get the word out, and even if you had a billion FB fans it doesn't guarantee them coming out to see your band.  

Hey!  "Like" my band fellow rock'n'rollers!  1/3 of my "likes" are from my family members!! 

Ramma Lamma!

That is the worst marketing ploy ever, a nasty corporate tactic to get into peoples timelines.

Elle Diabla said:

Do you know what is really fucked up? Some FB pages MAKE you hit like to hear the music. That is such an awful scam. So it's totally not accurate whether that many people like the band or not. I don't respect it when a band sets that feature.

Do you know what is really fucked up? Some FB pages MAKE you hit like to hear the music. That is such an awful scam. So it's totally not accurate whether that many people like the band or not. I don't respect it when a band sets that feature.

kopper said:

Agreed, Mardy. The whole "like" thing is completely overblown/overrated has gone out of control. It was because Michael Kaiser's RadiOblivion podcast wasn't getting enough "likes" here on the Hideout that he decided to stop doing it and ditch the site entirely (I believe he also deleted his Facebook account, for what it's worth). He specifically told me that he stopped doing his show because not enough people here "liked" it. Amazing.

That is to bad since you should always do something that you enjoy and not worry about what other people think.

I never look at bands sites. I love bandcamp and soundcloud though. I find them to be the best for checking out stuff.

Not surprisingly, i endorse bubblegum music. I was fortunate/unfortunate enough to have been 3 or 4 when the bubblegum counterrevolution hit at the end of the sixties, and two of my favorite songs of all time to this day are "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Chewy Chewy." Huzzah!

Well, hold on......putting the BCRs in the same bag with the UNDERRated Monkees is like trying to compare chocolate with pure s**t.....where The Bay City Rollers is the latter of course. In MY time, B music was intended as meaning Suzi Quatro, Marc Bolan, etc. ..........so yes, I DO love B M :):):)

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy I got love in my tummy for Bubblegum Music. The first music I remember as a wee lad.  

love that stuff - got a cd comp of ohio express, 1910 etc ... play it a lot... some great stuff from that era!  love the kasenatz katz guys... no shame in bubblegum

The Ramones did more than their fair share of bubblegum covers when starting out and also recorded a couple of classics (Indian Giver, Little Bit O'Soul) and a lot of decent 80s garage bands threw in a bublegum song or two into their set.  There's a lot of good stuff out there whether or not it's by studio musicians.  Sometimes it's the song, not the singer that should be listened to.

The Damned, with awesome Captain Sensible video interview. http://www.rockerzine.com/index.php/2011/10/the-damned-35-years-of-evil/

John...

That's a new one to us Sam, but we'll be happy to check 'em out.

Sam Sinister said:

Hey guys, have you heard the NYC band The Bloody Muffs?

Hey guys, have you heard the NYC band The Bloody Muffs?

Jersey City Mods said:

Hey, we're Bob & Marti but go by Jersey City Mods on most public access sites because we don't want potential employers or prosecution attorneys Googling things that could be used against us.  Neither of us are musicians but we met as college radio hosts, collaborating on a show called The Groovy Cellar from 81-84.  We used to live for record shopping and shows, stopping by Midnight Records in NYC before going to the original Cavestomps at the Dive. I wish we'd been a little more social and less intimidated by the bands then, but we still managed to have a great time. Lived in Philly for awhile and met a number of great bands there.  Now we're back in the NYC area, still looking for exciting, new-to-us music.  See ya at the shows, we'll be at the bar.

Don't forget about the Guitar Wolf movies. The little parts that the band plays in those are pretty epic.

Eddie, in Hollywood

Outstanding. If anyone cares , and has'nt got too much cool on 'em , I just saw The Yardbirds , and they KILLED.
 
Matthew Nykodym said:

 

Pretty good scene of the Yardbirds.

http://youtu.be/_zeza1xeWKM

That's awesome! Hard to believe but Boing Boing just got even better!

kopper said:

Wow, I somehow missed this on Monday... the über-cool blog BOING BOING plugged "We Love Trash"!!

http://boingboing.net/2012/04/16/we-love-trash-the-best-of-the.html

OK , I CONFESS MY IGNORANCE ....i DID'NT KNOW THE BUCK OWENS COLORING BOOK / FLEXI DISC WAS SOMETHING ORIGINALLY MEANT FOR RELEASE ON RSD. I THOUGHT YOU MEANT SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT , BACK IN THE DAY. IT COULD HAVE ! IF YOU CARE TO PERUSE MY PAGE , YOU'LL SEE TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD HAWKING HIS SAUSAGE AND BISCUITS CHAIN ON A 2 45 SET !

THANKS , MOLE. I love how some of those sleeves resemble the Hip Pocket Records.
 
Mole said:

For real! Check it out:

http://www.sundazed.com/shop/rsd2012.php

John Battles said:

You're killing me ! They're doing all of those in one fell swoop? Seems like they usually have just one or two 45s for RSD. Guess I'll have to wake up before 10 , now...
 
Mole said:

All the neato 45s that Sundazed are peddling - Chocolate Watchband, Bloos Magoos, Captain Beefheart, Byrds, Gene Clark etc. All top gear!!!

wHAT ABOUT eUCLID  ? oR IS THAT NOT CONSIDERED PART OF sT. lOUIS....Or , did they close? i'VE ONLY BEEN THERE , ONCE. s'CUSE MY CAPS.

kopper said:

We still have some great record stores here in St. Louis that get a lot of support and have events planned for Record Store Day. Apop Records on Cherokee (great new & used underground punk/garage/indy/noise stuff), Vintage Vinyl on the Delmar Loop, Euclid Records in Webster Groves, and the (HUGE) Record Exchange on Hampton (which is housed in an old city library building and has an entire room full of old 45s).

got a beat up vhs version somewhere in the shed...

Misfits.

Niña con frenillos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFTMU0u-0Qo