Also in St. Louis, the Nevermores have a new LP coming out on vinyl very soon... I posted this video in the Video section recently (it's just a promo vid, nothing special, but the song is very cool!):
February 28, 2012 10:09 AM CST
Also in St. Louis, the Nevermores have a new LP coming out on vinyl very soon... I posted this video in the Video section recently (it's just a promo vid, nothing special, but the song is very cool!):
February 27, 2012 4:24 PM CST
I played with The Magic Shadows really enjoyed them!
Rufus F. said:
I live in Hamilton, Ontario: "The Home of Teenage Head". Recent cool bands:
1.Mystics
3. TV Freaks
4. The Noble Savages (when we get a bass player)
February 27, 2012 3:54 PM CST
Yes THey reformed! and did a Montreal show heres some footage:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDAJDI6x7Jc
kopper said:
Did Les Sexareenos reform?
Light Bulb Alley ( New LP out!) said:Bloodshot Bill, Demons Claws, Les Sexerinos, Skip Jensen, a lot more coming and going, Im at work now so ill stop b4 i get fired
February 28, 2012 9:51 AM CST
Well, you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't, right? If we DON'T take all of this "a bit too seriously" then the Forum can get bogged down or riddled with mindless game posts/threads and flame wars that piss people off and cause them to leave, or if we DO take it seriously and keep the forum moderated, then we risk pissing people off for not letting them post their silly games and getting their panties in a wad over ridiculously stupid shit. That puts us in an awkward position that requires us to try to agree to (and stick to) a certain standard. I understand that there's a bit of an issue with attempting to "raise the bar" when you're dealing with, as you put it, cavemen and cavewomen, but we're honestly above that sort of mentality, aren't we? "Cavemen and cavewomen" shouldn't be synonymous with trolls or assholes, after all. Just because you like your music primitive doesn't mean you should have primitive brains.
Alison said:
I get it, but I think you might be in danger of taking this all a bit too seriously. We aren't intellectuals dissecting prog rock, we are "mindless" cavemen and cavewomen searching for that perfect primitive beat. Garage punk hits us on a visceral level. Anyway, feel free to encourage more (and post more) thought provoking topics, I just think its a little heavy handed to suddenly start shutting down people's posts. You pretty much started a "game" the other day with your worst video you've ever seen post (great find by the way).
February 28, 2012 9:05 AM CST
As a moderator myself, it has become a judgement call on some of these threads. This issue we were having was that it was no longer becoming much of a discussion, but as Gringo stated, heated debates/arguements between Hideout members. Yes, Kopper started that one thread you pointed out, but that was BEFORE we began having problems with these threads. Plus, many of these discussions really weren't discussions at all, just vid posting. If you had such an intense problem with a thread being shut down, and had questions regarding it, you should have messaged Kopper about it directly, not putting Gringo in your bullet's bullseye. He was just doing his job, and you crossed the line.
February 28, 2012 7:27 AM CST
Well, I was expecting this. If you could read the discussions that we have in the Moderators group you would realize how hard we struggle with moderating members' posts here. And by that I mean that we DON'T want to touch them! We have argued back and forth about what kind of posts are generating a positive conversation and which are becoming disruptive and superfluous. We have had members leave the site lately because of threads that ended up in flame wars, and we have even experienced members leaving because of the standard of posts and discussions here! All this has forced our hand a bit to get a little proactive and encourage a certain standard. All of us struggle with this. None of us want to be the Police.
I was a bit disappointed in the way you characterized my reply to the "Fight Song" thread - "Sorry Axel, but your post was not up to snuff, did not cut the mustard....." - When you compare that with my actual comment you include at the end of your post I think that anyone comparing the two would agree that you are being unfair and with your inclusion of the word "fascism", a bit over the top.
Look Alison, I totally understand where you're coming from on this. I never wanted to be seen as some kind of party pooper. I'm a podcaster and agreed to help Kopper moderate the site so he could have more time for his REAL life. I took the plunge and decided (with the consent of my fellow moderators AND Kopper) to be the one to close a few discussions. And what do I get in return? My name being used as a synonym for a bad discussion!
February 27, 2012 10:46 PM CST
I get it, but I think you might be in danger of taking this all a bit too seriously. We aren't intellectuals dissecting prog rock, we are "mindless" cavemen and cavewomen searching for that perfect primitive beat. Garage punk hits us on a visceral level. Anyway, feel free to encourage more (and post more) thought provoking topics, I just think its a little heavy handed to suddenly start shutting down people's posts. You pretty much started a "game" the other day with your worst video you've ever seen post (great find by the way).
February 27, 2012 7:17 PM CST
I think the thing is that bugs us about those sorts of topics is that a lot of those "discussions" weren't actually discussions at all, and that's why they got "Gringoed." They're basically GAMES, where one person posts something, then someone else posts a response that doesn't actually contribute to any kind of meaningful *discussion*... instead, what you get is a seemingly endless thread of YouTube videos (or links to YouTube videos for those who can't figure out how to use the embed button), one after the other, ad nauseum. If you want to post games, do it on Facebook, or use the Chat room (as he suggested) to post stuff like that. The Forum should be a place where people can go and actually read some interesting, thought-provoking topics of discussion, and not find topics with hundreds of mindless responses that say nothing at all about anything. That's what he means by "raising the bar." Make sense?
Anyway, that's my POV.
February 27, 2012 5:57 PM CST
Sorry Axel, but your post was not up to snuff, did not cut the mustard, and as a result you got "gringoed."
Hmmmm . . . perhaps we can have a "discussion" about what constitutes a proper discussion around here? The network guidelines just harp about making sure the discussions in the general discussion forum are general music discussions. Okaay. Well, I am new here and I don't want to break the rules or lower the bar of this fine social networking site. Or maybe I really really want to, the punk in me does like to fight against fascism. My official fighting song would be Bad Reputation by Joan Jett - Ha!
So, What makes a good discussion? What makes a bad discussion? What are some of your favorite discussions ever on hideout?
If you're going to the ring....
I have already commented about a couple of forum post like this. Maybe you guys didn't read them. We want to try to raise the bar a bit when it comes to forum posts. Picture games and song games are not cutting it anymore. I encourage you to give your forum posts a bit more thought. We always have the chat pane or your personal Hideout blogs if you wanna discuss things like this. I hope you guys understand where we are coming from on this. Thanks in advance.
February 28, 2012 9:41 AM CST
Kustom City Sounds 2/24/12
Playlist
Kustom City Sounds
2-24-12-1
Playlist
Hour I
The Damned – Neat, Neat, Neat
Sleater-Kinney – Combat Rock
Freddy & The Four_Gone Conclusions – I Can’t See You
Doctor Explosion – Everybody
New York Dolls – Jet Boy
Rocket From The Crypt – Drop Out
Seger Liberation Army – Get Down On Your Knees
The Death Set – Chew It Like A Gun Gum
The Escatones – Hello Lucy
Intro
Get Lost – One Way Ticket
The Black Hollies – Benevolent Beacon
Suicide – Rocket USA
Dirty Beaches – Horses
Moon Duo – When You Cut
Joy Division – Dead Souls
Black Pistol Fire – Where You Been Before
Carl Cherry – The Itch
Road Kings – Hot Headed Gal
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas – Drug Lists
Hour II
The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
Darkside – All That Noise
Dead Weather – Bone House
The Gun Club – Sex Beat
Little Barrie - Surf Hell
Imperial State Electric – Sheltered In The Sky
Light Bulb Alley – Eye In The Sky
The Satelliters – It’s Not True
Johnny Sandon & The Remo Four – Lies
Brylcreem
The Lyres – We Sell Soul
Urban Junior – Sweet Johnny Suicide
Little Walter – Lights Out
The Fleshtones – Ride Your Pony
The Orbits – Mr. Hard Luck
EATER – Public Toys
G.B.H. – Time Bomb
New Bomb Turks – Snap Decisions
Ernest – Shot My Paw
Satan’s Pilgrims – Soul Pilgrim
Glaze Of Cathexis – Cold Fusion (stereo)
The Breakups – Everybody’s Girl
Crisco
The Dolly Rocker Movement – Falling Home Again
Defectors – C’mon Shake!
The Strange Boys – Should Have Shot Paul
The White Stripes – The Hardest Button To Button
Velvet Underground – What Goes On (closet mix)
A.C. Jones – Oh Baby
The Performers – Mini Skirt
Hour III
Johnny Paycheck – I’m Barely Hangin’ On To Me
Joe Stockton - Coffeyville
Wayne Hancock – Double A Daddy
Jo Ann Campbell – Wait A Minute
Deadbolt – Whereabouts Unknown
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Shuffle Your Feet
The Modern Lovers – She Cracked
Bosco
John Lee Hooker & The Groundhogs – I’m Losin’ You
The Splash Four – Nut Cop
The Monkees – Porpoise Song
The Milkshakes – Grim Reaper
Johnny Throttle – Waking Up Alone
Muck & The Mires – Last Time
A Place To Bury Strangers – Ego Death
Radio Birdman – New Race
The Broken Vinyl Club – One Way Street
Elmer Fudd
The Compulsive Gamblers – Stop & Think It Over
Spectrum – Mary
Plasticland – The Glove
Jesus And Mary Chain – Teenage Lust
Acid Baby Jesus – Tyrannosaurus Rex
The Escatones – Hello Lucy
Beetlejuice – Qualifications
Hour IV
Ansel Collins – Nuclear Weapn
Desmond Dekker - & The Aces – Israelites
Thievery Corporation – The Richest Man In Babylon
Black Mountain – Druganaut
Led Zeppelin – We’re Gonna Groove
Boss Martians – She Moves Me
No Bunny – Blow Dumb
Shutdown 66 – Gone For Bad
Emmanuel Laskey – The Monkey
Hard On
Buddy Howard - Take Your Hands Off Me Baby
The Heavy Eyes – Iron Giants
The Main Street Gospels – Won’t Be Stayin’
Two Gallants – Fail Hard To Regain
Gene Vincent – Crazy Beat
The Fall – Big New Prinz
Ingredients – Please Don’t Leave Me
The Maharajas – Repo Man
The Solid Soul Disciples – One By One
February 28, 2012 9:19 AM CST
Great thread. I came across this link today. Conan O'Brien gets to check out George Harrison's guitars. His reaction is hilarious!: http://www.gretschguitars.com/blog/lifestyle/conan-checks-out-george-harrison-guitars/
February 28, 2012 9:04 AM CST
Hogwash's research has uncovered that thee "garage" standards should only be tunes that are covers of another cover, until the original artists versions tune, lyrics, timing is lost in the confusion.
So under these conditions thee standards should begin with: Louie Louie, Surfin' Bird/Pah Ooh Mow Mow, Empty Heart, Suzie Q, Summertime Blues, Gloria........
February 28, 2012 5:40 AM CST
i'm surprised nobody's said Del Shannon's "Runaway."
February 28, 2012 2:40 AM CST
Watch Outside by the Mono Men
February 27, 2012 6:53 PM CST
I Need You by The Kinks.
February 27, 2012 6:08 PM CST
The Stones She Said Yeah.
February 27, 2012 4:21 PM CST
Elton John sang Someone shaved my wife tonight, sugar bear-Journey Don't stop believing, hold on to the ceiling-and when the bite goes down on the titty.
February 27, 2012 4:08 PM CST
I use a '67 KAPA Minstrel (see below). American body, neck by Hofner, electronics and pickups by Harmony. The Minstrel has a thin trebly tone, very much like an old Rick. Clean, with all three pickups engaged, it has a pleasingly lush vintage tone, very reminiscent of the Mercy sound; overdriven, it screams, squeals, and often throws an uncontrollable fit. I suspect this is due to the dicey pickups. It's an unpredictable beast, but that's part of the charm.
I use the Minstrel for all my solos in THEE DIRTYBEATS, as it contrasts so well (and cuts through) Jamie's thick fuzzed-out Mosrite -- another guitar with especially good tone for garage.
The following track has examples of both tones. The opening riff is the Minstrel with overdrive, while the backing guitar during the verses is the Minstrel played clean. The terrific solo is Jamie's Mosrite -- he totally has that fuzz thang down:
http://theedirtybeats.bandcamp.com/track/you-turned-your-back-on-me
THEE DIRTYBEATS - maximum vintage garage
February 27, 2012 3:49 PM CST
I bet it started as a Twitter thing.
February 27, 2012 2:35 PM CST
Of course it was. Who comes up with these hoaxes? Silly.
February 27, 2012 2:34 PM CST
A day later it was announced asa hoax...
February 27, 2012 3:18 PM CST
We're Live with Episode 2-27!!
Todays show features Frank "Andy" Starr from memphis Tenn. along with Gail & The Tricksters from Wild Oats Records!!
Then we're rockin with Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers, Randy Rich & The Poor Boys, The Stumbleweeds and much more.
Be sure to stay tuned for the Psychobilly hour featuring more brand new music from the Koffin Kats latest release "Our Way and the Highway" from their new record label Sailor's Grave Records!!
tune in @ http://whfr.fm/about/listen-live-now
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or w/ the Public Radio Player App in iTunes!!
February 27, 2012 2:59 PM CST
We will offer any member a free cd of GARAGE-MANIA to anyone in the USA.
Just e-mail me at robbyrussell@verizon.net
Some shows can be heard on oour web site
February 27, 2012 2:21 PM CST
Join Robby Russell and his loveable sidekick Nurse Cheril playing garage, pych and punk rock n roll from the 60's and 70's on the voice of Cerritos College in Southen California on www.wpmd.org every Saturday 1 to 3 PM Pacific time. Join us and our crazy cast of characters. Mary Jane, LIL Margie, Granny and Joey the K for the most fun garage rock radio show on the air. We will play new garage bands so check out our website at www.robbyrussellshow.com
February 27, 2012 2:16 PM CST
I don't. It's not gonna happen. There's no way we could get publishing rights on covers or get the original artists to waive their mechanical royalties.
The Blue Squares said:
I like this idea.
Ernesto Garcia Marques said:A Garage Punk copilation of cover versions would be really cool. Don't know about Kenny Rogers covers but that would be interesting....