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    • December 19, 2011 5:37 PM CST
    • GO , BABY , GO !!!   WORK IT OUT ! GO !! GO!!   HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAA....

      KOKO TV said:

      Gotta "remember the ladies"!
      Whether they are singing, playing an instrument, dancing, or just plain looking good, we all know that music would be dull without the female counterparts, and hell, sometimes it sure does "motivate" men. As humans, we can't resist the movement...

    • December 19, 2011 5:36 PM CST
    •    I have'nt seen that many who were very good....Of course , I've seen some.

       The Pontani Sisters (Now with a totally different lineup) really raised the bar , and that's no sexual innuendo , they did.

    • December 19, 2011 5:27 PM CST
    • Bitch Slap Attack!  Great!

    • December 19, 2011 4:54 PM CST
    •  I never heard of that Girl fight in the Hasil Adkins doc being a fake , but , you might be right. It IS hilarious. I don't get my nut watching people beat each other up , but , that clip is so funny - "AH WANNA SIT NEXT TUH HASIL NOW !!!"....REALLY COOL VIDEO , LOVE THE USE OF COLORS , ESP. THE GREEN AND BLUE. The song rocks , too.

    • December 19, 2011 5:12 PM CST
    •  Yep. People forget , Tina used to be great. In the 80's , she accepted an "R&B Singer of the year award" by saying "Why are you giving me this?! I HAVE'NT SUNG R & B IN 15 YEARS !!".

       

      Anyway , Wanda Jackson , Janis Martin , Cordell Jackson , Nancy Sinatra , Ronnie Spector , Sugar Pie De Santo , Ann - Margret , Mary Weiss , Etta James , Barbara Lynn , Lorrie Collins ,

      Lulu , Brenda Lee , Gale Garnett , Buffy St. Marie , Mariska Veres , Susan Jacks , Exene Cervenka , Poly Styrene , Poison Ivy , Toody Cole , Buffi Aguerro , Chris Horne , Heidi Liebe ,

      Paula Pierce , others. 

    • December 19, 2011 5:09 PM CST
    • Annual Wrekking Hours Xmas special - part 1 this week, 12.19.11   

      featuring Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Brian Setzer and much more!!  

      Next week is Part 2, 12.26.11 - featuring Rosie Flores, Reverend Horton Heat, Los Straitjackets, Southern Culture On The Skids and many more!!  

    • December 19, 2011 5:05 PM CST
    • I {heart} that tone that Link Wray has. Pussy Galore's 'Cunt Tease' has a similar tone.

    • December 19, 2011 4:51 PM CST
    • My favorite is the guitar in "Shakin' All Over" by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. So cool.

         

      Also, the guitar tone in "Primitive" by The Groupies.

    • December 19, 2011 4:46 PM CST
    • There definitely ARE Male Groupies , but , how they go about it is very different , at least , most of the time.... I've met Female rockers who were very sexy and very friendly , but , I was'nt trying to make them uncomfortable , just make conversation , and , they understood that. Whether it went beyond that , I'm pleadin' the fifth. Maybe some of them want to have Male Groupies. You have to understand , we Men are generally clueless on such matters.

      Any guy with sense does'nt want to step over the line , or be out of line....

      Maybe some Lady Rockers are'nt making their interest clear , because they don't want to be percieved a certain way , or they forget , WE'RE GUYS. We're the ones who need to be hit in the head once in a while , to know the other in interested.

       

      I saw The Pandoras in '86 , and , while they had a lot of Male fans in attendance. Most of them were terrified by their sexual confidence and aggression. Not this boy.

    • December 19, 2011 4:36 PM CST
    • I saw Mary a few years ago , she looked and sounded amazing. The album on Norton ROCKS. Not taking away from her past glories , but it's a great setting to hear her in.....One can only imagine , the unfinished Shangri - La's reunion album on Sire Records , at the height of East Coast Punk and Power Pop , might have sounded something like this.....

    • December 19, 2011 4:27 PM CST
    • There's Margaret Doll Rod , still performing under that name , with a guitar/drums set up , often Bluesier than she was with "Dem Dell Rods" as Andre called 'em.

       

      Honkitonkioke , From NYC (?) . She sings Country standards , with an overhead projector , using drawings on clear plastic like puppets....You'd have to see it. Words fail me.

       

      Did anyone mention the Late , Great Cordell Jackson ? The first woman to own and operate her own studio , before Bonnie Guitar. Very seldom played with a band at all. Her solo live show was a wonder to behold. Fiery , fiercely independent and FUN. GREAT INSTRUMENTALIST , SINGER AND SONGWRITER , And , a great lady , besides....Look for "Live in Chicago" on Bugout Records.

       

      Barbara Lynn sometimes plays solo . Do I have to tell you it's great ?

       

      There's more. Gotta think of 'em. You're asking a man to THINK? Ohhhh, it's gonna be a long night.

    • December 19, 2011 4:05 PM CST
    •  I can't think of that many , besides Mark Lindsay. When The Raiders were still more of a Frat Rock group , he was honkin' his horn a'plenty , and , later on the recited smoocher "Melody For an Unknown Girl.",  already out of date for it's time. I saw Mark in 2001 , and he was wailin' sax on numbers like "You Can't Sit Down" and "Night Train". Of course , The Raiders' "Louie" was more sax - driven , too. I'm not good on names . The Wailers had a couple of great sax players , inc. the guy who played with them in later years , when they stormed the Ponderosa Stomp. He killed !

       

      Screamin' Jay played a pretty mean sax , himself , as did Ray Charles. Dave Hill from The Treniers , who's still alive and well , Dave "Bubba" Mitchell , from Milt Trenier's band , also still alive and CRAZY , as he nears his 90th Year , Earl Bostic , Louis Jordan ,  Lonnie Youngblood , The late , great , Sam Butera , Bobby Keyes , of course , Gordon from The Fleshtones , God Rest His Soul , Lora Logic from X- Ray Spex and Red Krayola , and her successor in the first band - Forgot his name - And ,who's the cat from The Pastel Six? I saw him sit in with Sky Saxon and The Seeds , it worked , too ! , Jesse Scinto , who's a younger guy , is keeping the honkin' sax tradition going , but , he does'nt seem to play much , these days....

    • December 19, 2011 3:49 PM CST
    • I love Steven McKay's Sax playing , even tho' my brief flirtation with Avant Jazz is basically over. He added a lot to the group , and still does. Nice guy , too , met him , briefly , once.
       
      BackdoorStan said:

      I love a lot of that guy's playing -- Funhouse is one of my favorite albums of all time. More due to Ron, Scott Asheton and Dave Alexander tho. Yeah, I mean I grew up getting into Steve McKay's sax playing. Iggy told him to play like Maceo Parker (J.B.'s main alto man) on acid! It's kinda how he plays.

      ratoonie said:
      my iggy albums are in storage...... way op in Sacramento.....its gonna take me a couple grand to get everything down to L.A.!!

      Rockin Rod Strychnine said:
      What do you think of the saxaphone on Funhouse and 1970 on the second Stooges LP?

    • December 19, 2011 3:45 PM CST
    • btw - i HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE HUMAN BEINZ "LIVE IN JAPAN" CD. I've got a review of it at www.roctober.com

    • December 19, 2011 3:24 PM CST
    • Yeah, punk loves to push the envelope, names, pics, etc

      John Battles said:

      ...I guess a lot of people would find the "You'll Hate This Record" comp (W/GG Allin , Art , Shockabilly and Tina Peel - pre Fuzztones.), with the attached plastic vomit , pretty ugly. I really should have bought that record. Rhino's misnomered "World's Worst Records " actually contains a barf bag , but , pretty pedestrian sleeve art. I only bought it , originally, for "Paralyzed" and "The Crusher". Those were'nt even the worst records on the dates of their release. Then there's those recent Rockabilly comps with the porno covers . As Cheech and Chong used to say , "WE'LL NEVER GET THAT ON THE ALBUM COVER !!!". THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS' FIRST ep was frequently kept behind the counter , because of the multiple image of a naked , starving Biafran ?, Cambodian ? , somebody with a bloated stomach.

      The picture of Santo on the back would'nt offend a soul....Unless they prefer Football to Lucha Libre.

    • December 19, 2011 3:22 PM CST
    • ...I guess a lot of people would find the "You'll Hate This Record" comp (W/GG Allin , Art , Shockabilly and Tina Peel - pre Fuzztones.), with the attached plastic vomit , pretty ugly. I really should have bought that record. Rhino's misnomered "World's Worst Records " actually contains a barf bag , but , pretty pedestrian sleeve art. I only bought it , originally, for "Paralyzed" and "The Crusher". Those were'nt even the worst records on the dates of their release. Then there's those recent Rockabilly comps with the porno covers . As Cheech and Chong used to say , "WE'LL NEVER GET THAT ON THE ALBUM COVER !!!". THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS' FIRST ep was frequently kept behind the counter , because of the multiple image of a naked , starving Biafran ?, Cambodian ? , somebody with a bloated stomach.

      The picture of Santo on the back would'nt offend a soul....Unless they prefer Football to Lucha Libre.

    • December 19, 2011 3:19 PM CST
    • Fawk, yeah, the Swamp Rats are not mentioned nearly enough (even Jon Spencer likes 'em)!!

      Axel Björnsson said:

      swamp rats

    • December 19, 2011 3:09 PM CST
    • ZOMG, thanks! The Cramps turned us onto soooo many good bands.

    • December 19, 2011 3:04 PM CST
    • I'm dedicating this to Austin's Cretan Bull, which showed me in the early 80s that you could make an entertaining and funny zine. Not a bad thing for us to keep in mind...

      Anyhoo, here are some old zines I like that are still around. The move to the 'Net changes things sometimes, but overall I think it's a good thing. Okay:

      Bad Trip, Ugly Things, Roctober, (and here), Maximumrocknroll, Trouser Press, The Next Big Thing, Punk Planet, Forced Exposure (this last is for rekkids, not print, which is a shame. Put MRR and FE in the bathroom and you might not come out for a month! Dense...)

      {Dunno if the links will work, but if they don't this entry is in the Forum.}

    • December 19, 2011 2:35 PM CST
    • Cool, just listened to Sleep Talk, sounds kinda like something that coulda been on a Scorcese soundtrack.

      Wipeout! said:

      As mentioned by a few before me, Shannon & the Clams' Sleep Talk  may be the best record of 2011 fer me...I'm havin' a hard time thinkin' of any other albums I snagged this past 12 months (other than the new Ty record which I didn't dig one bit...)

    • December 19, 2011 2:24 PM CST
    • As mentioned by a few before me, Shannon & the Clams' Sleep Talk  may be the best record of 2011 fer me...I'm havin' a hard time thinkin' of any other albums I snagged this past 12 months (other than the new Ty record which I didn't dig one bit...)

    • December 19, 2011 1:33 PM CST
    • Favorites are definitely:
      GG King - Esoteric Lore (Rob's House)

      Useless Eaters - Daily Commute (Tic Tac Totally)

      The Gaye Blades - s/t (Norton)
       

      (Honorable Mention)
      The Spits - s/t V (In The Red)

      Acid Baby Jesus - LP (Slovenly)

      Shannon & The Clams - Sleep Talk (1234 Go)

      Thee Oh Sees - Carrion Crawler/The Dream and Castlemania (In The Red)

      Royal Headache - s/t (RIP Society)

    • December 19, 2011 2:25 PM CST
    • UNREAL MAN:):)

    • December 19, 2011 1:00 PM CST
    • Wow, gotta say it's all super, but I blew a gasket when I heard the Electric Eels God Says Fuck You, and that Pagans record on Treehouse, also RFTT Life Stinks. Dave