Totally agree with the Count !

Count Brockula said:

Rachel sounds NOTHING like Ruth Brown! Not even close! I personally can't stand the Detroit Cobras nor do I like her voice. Their choice of covers are great but I hate the way they do them. I prefer the originals and don't need to hear them butchered. As a R&B/Soul fanatic, they actually offend me a bit. The only good thing about them is that some people hear these hacks and then search out the originals. After hearing the originals, I don't know how anyone can fill their ears with this garbage ever again.

Great band.  I've seen em live a couple times and thought they were really fun...I think you guys are taking Rachel's bitchy stage antics too seriously.

Let it ALL hang out!

Billy Miller had a post up the other day saying it was nearly sold out. So if you are gonna go get tickets asap

Got tix for Friday and Saturday nights, plus the Sonics gig @ Maxwell's. Should be tons o' fun.

TURBO FRUITS

might be a dumb question but, which of the podcasts' play modern rock n' roll?

how bout your favorite 1 woman bands?  mine is TWO TEARS

hi, Lost and gone : Hasil Adkins, for sure. Dr. Ross & Joe Hill Louis are great too. Modern days : My fav. would be Bloodshot Bill, but there are many I like then (my frenchies fav. : Chicken Diamond & Sheriff Perkins) and certainly more I need to discover.

I have the same bogen amp sitting at home waiting to be rebuilt!

Speaking of scrap built amp heads:
this here is a 15-watt all-tube 1950's Bogen PA amp head that was modified a bit into a Bassman-styled circuit in some parts. It is an old "birdcage" design, but some extra knobs, switches, and the red LED was added after the circuits inside were being modded.
Enjoy.

Spencer in Brasil. Grrreat!



Ok, I agree with what Kopper said, but I'm not biased on selling out music for commercial, I'm not generalizing. Simply I think this song is a crap as most as the last things he did. Black Angels recently did the same, but they still making good albums (IMHO). Everybody remember White Stripes Coke commercial, and noone can say that White, or Spencer are crap just for that, ignoring all the rest. I took the Blues Explosion for example, because it's a band that I really loved in the past, and not everyone knows that in Italy he collaborates with a shitty italian melodic singer called Eros Ramazzotti (one of the best italian sellers) in something beyond the imagination. In my sorrows I ask WHY?  ..and answer: ..shit never ends.

And BTW seeing a huge audience of TV zombies singing po popopopo popo (Seven Nation Army) didn't raised the cultural level around me.

Eros Ramazzotti featuring Jon Spencer:

kopper said:

I think it's kinda funny (ironic?) how some people I know really *cringe* or yell "sellout" when they hear a great song being used on a TV or radio commercial. It's almost as if they'd rather hear crappy music on them instead. I have no problem with it, for the most part because it means the artist is actually getting PAID for once (hurray for them!) and it means I get to hear a great tune on a commercial once in a while instead of some hip hop or Phil Collins bullshit. It also means that their music is being heard by a HUGE audience... and primarily an audience of TV zombies whose only other exposure to music of ANY kind is the crap they hear on commercial radio, in movies, or somehow convince themselves is good like the crap you hear on stupid shows like American Idol. But whether or not you like it or not is beside the point entirely, because it's up to the individual artist to determine what happens with their music. If they want to sell the rights to a marketing agency so it's used to sell shampoo or cars, then that's their right, and you HAVE to respect their right to do what they want with their music. Because it belongs to THEM, not to you. Just because you "heard it first" or love it so much that it changes your life doesn't mean you own it. Plus, you never really know how you would respond to an offer like that if the shoe was on the other foot.

End of rant. ;)

I think it's kinda funny (ironic?) how some people I know really *cringe* or yell "sellout" when they hear a great song being used on a TV or radio commercial. It's almost as if they'd rather hear crappy music on them instead. I have no problem with it, for the most part because it means the artist is actually getting PAID for once (hurray for them!) and it means I get to hear a great tune on a commercial once in a while instead of some hip hop or Phil Collins bullshit. It also means that their music is being heard by a HUGE audience... and primarily an audience of TV zombies whose only other exposure to music of ANY kind is the crap they hear on commercial radio, in movies, or somehow convince themselves is good like the crap you hear on stupid shows like American Idol. But whether or not you like it or not is beside the point entirely, because it's up to the individual artist to determine what happens with their music. If they want to sell the rights to a marketing agency so it's used to sell shampoo or cars, then that's their right, and you HAVE to respect their right to do what they want with their music. Because it belongs to THEM, not to you. Just because you "heard it first" or love it so much that it changes your life doesn't mean you own it. Plus, you never really know how you would respond to an offer like that if the shoe was on the other foot.

End of rant. ;)

Fuckin' A!

Andrew Malcolm said:

I heard the "Nuggets" l.p. back in the mid 80's. Listened to it with headphones, stoned on the couch at a friends' house, and was blown away. I recognized some of these songs from the oldies station, but this album put them in a different context, and they came across far more raw and gritty. Shortly after, I bought the l.p. "Attack of the Jersey Teens" 60's Punk From the Garden State. Great, but I was too much of a hardcore punk rocker to be swayed over to the garage side at the time. It wasn't until '92, when I bought the Mono Men l.p. "Wrecker", that something clicked. The nude chick on the cover. The crashing dragster on the back. And that band photo; these guys were ugly, and looked like they meant business. I took it home, and listened to it at least 5 times in a row! After being disillusioned with punk scene for a few years, and not succumbing to the whole "hippie" thing that everyone was getting into, this album was a breath of fresh air. Grunge was great, but I needed something more. "Wrecker" was honest, straightforward, and simple. But at the same time it totally ROCKED OUT!!! This was the same sort of epiphany I had when I was young and heard my first hardcore punk rock ( a flexi disk from "Take It" magazine '81 featuring The Angry Samoans, Dead Kennedys, and Flipper). They were playing the music I needed to hear, but couldn't put my finger on. It was a gift from heaven. I never looked back, and now have an entire room with wall to wall shelves, housing my obsession. Garage Rock has gotten me laid, gotten me jobs, and I have traveled the world because of it. Anyone who says "Rock is Dead" need only turn his/her attention to Garage Rock! It will renew your faith in music... 'Nuff said!

I can only imagine your collection, Erik! By the way, I love your label...

Erik Lindgren said:

Heard Ogdens Nut Gone Flake LP by the Small Faces in 1969 which blew my mind and made me realize there was obscure (at least in the US) music worth searching out. Then in 1972 a record dealer in Harvard Square sold me a worn copy of the 13th Floor Elevators-Psych Sounds LP for $4 and there was no turning back. While I was originally into UK mod bands (the Who Sell Out is still in my top 5 albums of all time along with Ogdens), obscure '60s US garage/psych eventually won out and got me to where I now have 10,000 small label 45s from that era and 5000 LPs. And I'm always finding more obscure sounds, yeah!

The Mc5, need i say more?

Heard Ogdens Nut Gone Flake LP by the Small Faces in 1969 which blew my mind and made me realize there was obscure (at least in the US) music worth searching out. Then in 1972 a record dealer in Harvard Square sold me a worn copy of the 13th Floor Elevators-Psych Sounds LP for $4 and there was no turning back. While I was originally into UK mod bands (the Who Sell Out is still in my top 5 albums of all time along with Ogdens), obscure '60s US garage/psych eventually won out and got me to where I now have 10,000 small label 45s from that era and 5000 LPs. And I'm always finding more obscure sounds, yeah!

The Cramps, "Bad Music for Bad People".

Wrecker was practically my most favorite album of 1992.  I was already a garage fan since 1980 BUT was pleased when that album came out.  It updated the Back From the Grave sound.  Some say it had AC-DC sounding guitars. Maybe, but it didn't have the awful guitar solos.  It was just the perfect album at the right time.  I wish it had done for me what it did for you but I'm just happy that it's out there.  It still holds up.

Andrew Malcolm said:

I heard the "Nuggets" l.p. back in the mid 80's. Listened to it with headphones, stoned on the couch at a friends' house, and was blown away. I recognized some of these songs from the oldies station, but this album put them in a different context, and they came across far more raw and gritty. Shortly after, I bought the l.p. "Attack of the Jersey Teens" 60's Punk From the Garden State. Great, but I was too much of a hardcore punk rocker to be swayed over to the garage side at the time. It wasn't until '92, when I bought the Mono Men l.p. "Wrecker", that something clicked. The nude chick on the cover. The crashing dragster on the back. And that band photo; these guys were ugly, and looked like they meant business. I took it home, and listened to it at least 5 times in a row! After being disillusioned with punk scene for a few years, and not succumbing to the whole "hippie" thing that everyone was getting into, this album was a breath of fresh air. Grunge was great, but I needed something more. "Wrecker" was honest, straightforward, and simple. But at the same time it totally ROCKED OUT!!! This was the same sort of epiphany I had when I was young and heard my first hardcore punk rock ( a flexi disk from "Take It" magazine '81 featuring The Angry Samoans, Dead Kennedys, and Flipper). They were playing the music I needed to hear, but couldn't put my finger on. It was a gift from heaven. I never looked back, and now have an entire room with wall to wall shelves, housing my obsession. Garage Rock has gotten me laid, gotten me jobs, and I have traveled the world because of it. Anyone who says "Rock is Dead" need only turn his/her attention to Garage Rock! It will renew your faith in music... 'Nuff said!

I heard the "Nuggets" l.p. back in the mid 80's. Listened to it with headphones, stoned on the couch at a friends' house, and was blown away. I recognized some of these songs from the oldies station, but this album put them in a different context, and they came across far more raw and gritty. Shortly after, I bought the l.p. "Attack of the Jersey Teens" 60's Punk From the Garden State. Great, but I was too much of a hardcore punk rocker to be swayed over to the garage side at the time. It wasn't until '92, when I bought the Mono Men l.p. "Wrecker", that something clicked. The nude chick on the cover. The crashing dragster on the back. And that band photo; these guys were ugly, and looked like they meant business. I took it home, and listened to it at least 5 times in a row! After being disillusioned with punk scene for a few years, and not succumbing to the whole "hippie" thing that everyone was getting into, this album was a breath of fresh air. Grunge was great, but I needed something more. "Wrecker" was honest, straightforward, and simple. But at the same time it totally ROCKED OUT!!! This was the same sort of epiphany I had when I was young and heard my first hardcore punk rock ( a flexi disk from "Take It" magazine '81 featuring The Angry Samoans, Dead Kennedys, and Flipper). They were playing the music I needed to hear, but couldn't put my finger on. It was a gift from heaven. I never looked back, and now have an entire room with wall to wall shelves, housing my obsession. Garage Rock has gotten me laid, gotten me jobs, and I have traveled the world because of it. Anyone who says "Rock is Dead" need only turn his/her attention to Garage Rock! It will renew your faith in music... 'Nuff said!

Well, let's hope "Surfing Bird" will lead him into more garage-based rock 'n' roll! But be careful, if he digs it too much, he'll be swiping stuff from your personal collection!

Danny Bonaduce said:

The first album by the Stooges. I got the album as a birthday present from a friend, and I remember listening to the hand claps on No Fun, thinking that this is just perfect. I have noticed that many members on this thread has "Surfing Bird" as "their" record. That is just the perfect single, and just a couple of weeks ago, my hip hop loving son proclaimed - much to my surprise - that "Surfing Bird" was his favourite track..

The first album by the Stooges. I got the album as a birthday present from a friend, and I remember listening to the hand claps on No Fun, thinking that this is just perfect. I have noticed that many members on this thread has "Surfing Bird" as "their" record. That is just the perfect single, and just a couple of weeks ago, my hip hop loving son proclaimed - much to my surprise - that "Surfing Bird" was his favourite track..

on the strength of the lineup so far I got our weekend passes

Flamin Groovies, Untamed Youth, The Hexxers, Luis & the Wildfires, Chuy & the Bobcats, Rhythm Shakers, Desperados, Three Bad Jacks, Gamblers Mark, Hellbound Hayride, Hard Fall Hearts, Rockin Ryan & the Real Goners, The Hangmen, Flexx Bronco, Pat Todd & the Rankoutsiders, King Kurt, The Chop Tops, Hard Money Saints, Craic Haus, The Rocketz, Cold Blue Rebels, Hi Strung Ramblers, Pachuco Jose, Don Juan y Los Blancos, Delta Bombers, Hi Rollers and many, many more.

Thursday, October 13 at 6:00pm - October 16 at 3:00am

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I spacefd out downloading this week when you posted it. But I just did and it's great. Cool western-swing number.