Voix de Garage #20 – My My Kinda Tracks II (special ain’t heard yet) (26/03/2014)

(Jingle)  Know Your Product / The Saints / Eternally Yours / 1978 / Australie (Brisbane)

Twist 2000 / Dum Dum Boys / Electronic Pop Music Created By / 1998 / NISSA (France)

Bubblegum / Dum Dum Boys / Soul Bondage Deluxe / 2001 / NISSA (France)

She’s Sweet / Vue / Down for Whatever / 2004 / US (Cisco, California)

Zit / Happy Birthday / Happy Birthday / 2010 / US (Vermont)

*The gorgeous 60's Chapell* : Satisfaction Guaranteed / The Mourning Reign / single / 1966 / US (San José, California)

Carper Seller’s Blues / LP « No Tyme for Tears » / The Norvins / 2014 / France (Paris)

Electric / The Men / New Moon / 2013 / US (NYC)

I want you / Danko Jones / We Sweat Blood / 21/10/2003 /Canada (Toronto)

*Listen to that Greasy Glitter*: Do the Strand / Roxy Music / For your Pleasure / 23/03/1973 / UK (London)

Brazil / LP « Behind the Magnolia Curtain » / Tav Falco’s Panther Burns ‎/ 1981 / US (Memphis)

 *The quiet moment* : Psycho / Beasts of Bourbon / The Axeman’s Jazz / 07/1984 / Australia (Sydney)

The Beat Up (aka The Beatings) / Bad Feeling / Black Rays Defence / 31/01/2005 / UK (London)

 Flashing New Dance Steps / The Monkeywrench / Gabriel’s Horn / 2008 / US (Seattle)

*A teaching coming from Norway* :Rendezvous with Anus / Turbonegro / Apocalypse Dudes / 1998 / Norway (Oslo)

* To be played at maximum bearable volume* : Gotta Keep Movin’ / LP « The First and the Last » / New Race‎ / 1982 / Orstralia (Sydney)

- See more at: http://www.trensmissions.ens.fr/voix-de-garage-20/#sthash.EJaKAipr.dpuf

Voix de Garage #19 – Love! Love! Love! (19/03/2014)

 (Jingle)  Know Your Product / The Saints / Eternally Yours / 1978 / Australie (Brisbane)

 *Quiet moment with love in Scott Asheton's memory* : Down On The Street / The Stooges / Fun House / 07/07/1970 / US (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Ever Fallen In Love (with someone you shouldn’t’ve) / Buzzcocks / Love Bites / 08/09/1978 / UK (Manchester)

She Said She Loves Me / The Scientists / The Scientists (aka The Pink Album) / 1981 /Perth (Australia)

Be My Lover / Alice Cooper / Killer / 11/1971 / US (Detroit Alice Cooper City)

*5' French talk* : about hippies

Her Love Rubbed Off / The Cramps / Saty Sick! (CD bonus track) / 12/02/1990 / US (Akron, Ohio)

*Listen to that lovely GLITTER* : Gary Glitter – I Didn’t Know I Loved You (‘til I saw you rock’n’roll) / Glitter / 03/03/1972 / UK (Banbury, Oxfordshire)

Your Love Is A Fine Thing / Reigning Sound / Too Much Guitar / 04/05/2004 / US (Memphis, TN & Ashevill, North Carolina)

In Love / The Datsuns / TV appearance BBC “…Later with Jools Holland” / 06/12/2002 / NZ (Cambridge)

*The quiet moment of pure love*: Swamp Of Love / King Tuff / King Tuff / 2012 / US (Vermont)

Hindu Gods (Of Love) / The Lipstick Killers / single / 1979 / Sydney (Australia)

*The DOUBLE 60's Chapell with Love*
     -Zombie Love / The X-Ray Harpoons / Zombie Love EP / 2010 / Germany (Köln)
     -Have Love will Travel / The Sonics / Here are the Sonics / 1965 / US (Tacoma, Washington)

Richard Hell & the Voidoids – Love Comes in Spurts / Blank Generation / 09/1977 / US (NYC)

Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World / The Ramones / Ramones / 23/04/1976 / US (NYC)

What Love is / The Dead Boys / Young Loud and Snotty / 10/1977 / US (Cleveland, Ohio)

*The Norway lesson of love* : Librium Love / Turbonegro / Hot Car and Spent Contraceptives / 03/1992 / Norway (Osl)

 *Must be played at maximum volume with love*: Love Buzz / Nirvana / Bleach / 15/06/1989 / US (Seattle)

- See more at: http://www.trensmissions.ens.fr/voix-de-garage-19/#sthash.8usSzEeP.dpuf

This week's podcast featured a selection from the bands that Scott Asheton has been in such as The Stooges, Sonic's Rendezvous Band and Scott Morgan band also ther was music from The Spys, Thee Mighty Caesars, Dead Drugs, The Skids, The Diodes, Richard Hell and more.  

 

This play list:

1.  The Spys - Welcome To The Cruel World My Friend
2. The Poles - CN Tower
3. Blam Blam Blam - Battleship Grey
4. Thee Mighty Caesars - I’ve Got Everything Indeed
5. Dead Drugs - Get Weird
6. The Revelions - Sighs
7. Scott Morgan - 16 With A Bullet
8. Sonic’s Rendezvous Band - You’re So Great
9. The Stooges - TV Eye (Takes 7 & 8)
10. The New Values - Straight Line
11. Damaged Bug - Photograph
12. Papermaps - Poor City
13. Public Image Limited - Memories
14. Johnny West - You Make Me Feel Like An Impotent Squadger
15. Novels - Mr. Foster’s Teenage Daughter
16. Indian Wars - Won't Do A Thing
17. Neil Young, Bob Dylan & The Band - Looking For A Love (Live San Francisco, CA Kezar Stadium 1975)
18. The Polymorphines - Mainstreet Jimmy
19. The Stomach Mouths - Waiting
20. The Pagans - I Don’t Understand
21. The Diodes -We’re Ripped
22. The Skids - Masquerade
23. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Going Gong Gone

 

Listen/download the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20140325-1030-t1395739800.mp3

 

Blog post on Scott Asheton here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2014/03/the-stooges-drummer-scott-asheton-1949.html

This week's podcast featured mustic from 63 Monroe, Pointed Sticks, The Clash, The Replacements, The Kinks, Thee Oh Sees, Slow, Guided By Voices, The Velvet Underground and more.  It was also teh 500th episode of Revolution Rock.  

 

The Play List:

 

1. Sun Stone Revolvers Elmore's Surf
2. Action Makes - Nothing For Money
3. Simply Saucer - Get My Thrills
4. 63 Monroe - Twist My Wrist
5. The Victims - Open Your Eyes
6. St. Paul & The Broken Bones - The Glow
7. Holy Wave - How Do You Feel?
8. Them - You Just Can’t Win
9. Thee Oh Sees - Wait Let’s Go
10. Link Wray - Raunchy
11. Paul Jacobs - I Got It
12. No Fun - I Ain’t Got No Face
13. Carbonas - Hate You
14. Pointed Sticks - I’m Numb
15. The Scabs - Don’t Just Sit There
16. Ruefrex - Cross The Line
17. Slow - Have No Been The Same
18. The Replacements - Left Of The Dial
19. The Kinks - Powerman
20. Guided By Voices - A Good Flying Bird
21. The Clash - Deny
22. Ty Segall - Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground Cover)
23. The Black Lips - My Struggle
24. The Velvet Underground - Beginning To See The Light (Early Version)

 

Download/listen to this week's podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20140318-1030-t1395135001.mp3

This week's blog post:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2014/03/revolution-rock-tales-of-late-night-dj.html

I heard some recent material by The Primitives, which is great. Especially their version of Turn Off The Moon, which is so adorable that I want to take that song home and mother it. They did quite a few garage covers, such as Little Black Egg and I Wanna Be Your Dog, which suited Tracy Tracy's vocal style.

I once heard that a lot of indie discos played 60's beat groups, garage and early punk alongside Stuff like The Flatmates, The Smiths, The Creation, MC5, The Primitives, McCarthy. Is this true?

He was so bad, he was good.

I'm a huge fan! The Termites, The Ethiopians.

Thanks to the False Poets & the Banditos who have provided me with tunage, and looking forward to all the others who have some on the way.

Check out The Grim Imperials

 - http://thegrimimperials.bandcamp.com/releases 

New music is coming soon as well 

 

thanks!

The Flash (www.flash1512.co.uk) is a "classic" rock station on line, I've recently got a couple of shows on there, and I'm looking for bands to play, basically.

You can find me on facebook.com, or email me gershwingentile@gmail.com, drop me a link to a downloadable version of your tunes, and all that.

 

Open to both kinds of music (rhythm & blues) so let me know about your band!

 

Cheers!

Radio What Wave Playlist, March 27/2014

 

1. The Spitfires....I Don't Care....from the Not Yer Buddy's Compilation Volume 3, on the Not Yer Buddy's label out of Vancouver.

 

2. Hanson Brothers...Blitzkrieg Hops...from the Gross Misconduct CD from 1992. Hanson Brothers are in town at CTO tonite. And this is a song about making your own beer, something i've been doing for many years. Check out Brewhaven here in London, where you can make your own beer or get supplied to make it at home. Been going there for around 10 years.

 

3. The Viletones....Possibilities....from A Taste Of Honey CD on OPM Records. Coupla London connections in this one as former CHRW DJ Simon Less (best DJ name ever as he would get kicked off for profanity in songs) worked his aural magic on the re-mixing (along with Chris Spedding...you know, the guy who produced some of The Sex Pistols recordings). This is on Jan Haust's OPM label in 1994.

 

4. The Forgotten Rebels....American In Me....from the Nobody's Hero's CD from 2000, also on OPM Records. And that's our dose of 70's Canpunk for this week's show!

 

5. Dustbin Flowers....Bayside Jenny....from their recent CD.

 

6. Dustbin Flowers....She Smiles....as above. Local combo that i haven't caught live yet....but really want to!

 

7. Mere Humans....Temple....recent demo from this Ottawa trio.

 

8. Nazi Drugs....Eye Candy....from the Went Dawn On Me CD.  Pennsylvania duo who record, but don't play out live.

 

9. Frankie And Jimmy....Who Do You Love?  From their soon to be released LP, Scream The Blues. 2 piece blues combo from Hamilton Ontario.

 

10.The Mogs...Swamp Love...from the El Mogamundo CD on What Wave Records.  Burlington/Hamilton combo who will be playing next friday night in Brantford Ontario at Therapy Lounge.

 

11. Noble Savages.....Harlot...from their latest CD. Hamilton combo who have just agreed to be on Transistor 66 Records.

 

12. Teenage Head....Your Sister Used To Love Me....from the Electric Guitar LP from 1988. Guitarist Gordie Lewis will be playing a tribute to Scott Asheton this coming Wednesday at This Ain't Hollywood. Also on the bill are Noble Savages and Lucy Fur is DJ'ing.

 

13. Teenage Head....Dance With Your Doll....from the Can't Stop Shakin' 12" from 1987. You can never have enough Teenage Head!

 

14. Dead City Soul Review....Angel Lee....from their latest recording session. Formerly known as The Hook Up, they will be releasing a CD soon.

 

15. The Ballantynes....Sickos...from the Liquor Store, Gun Store, Pawn Shop Church EP on La Ti Da Records. Just got this one and it's some great modern soul from Vancouver.

 

16. The Reply....I Must Stop....from the Downtown Soul CD. This is a great live combo who tend to play Northern Ontario and do quite well.

 

17. The Flamin' Groovies....Shake Some Action....from the LP of the same name. This is a song that Psycho Daisies usually play for me and they are playing at the St Regis on Saturday night, here in sleepy London.  And there's a kickstarter campaign to help finance a documentary on the Flamin' Grooves!!

 

18. Fireball Grant....York Hotel....recorded live on Radio What Wave 10/31/14. Great one man band from Watford Ontario, a little siding on the CNR mainline between here and Sarnia Ontario.

 

19. Daddy Longlegs....Death Train Blues....from the Evil Eye On You on Norton Records. Killer 3 piece outta NYC!

 

20. Fred and Toody....Johnny's Got A Gun....recorded live on WFMU Distort on 12/10/13. Fred had heart surgery just recently and we wish him well!

 

21. Neo Boys...Poor Man's Jungle...from the brand new double LP Sooner Or Later. This is recordings done by Portland's Neo Boys between 1978 and 1980 and was released on K Records. This song in particular, sounds a lot like The Zellots, who are from the same era.

 

22. Neo Boys...Abnormal Chick...as above, but a much earlier, rawer track.

 

23. The Connexions...Ridin' On The Streetcar....from the Connect 4 CD. Newfoundland garage/power pop combo who are on the garagepunk hideout.

 

24. Dave Campbell... The Time Is Now....from the Finding The Real CD.  Local artist whose CD you can pick up at Grooves, it's at the front of the store and it's free!!

 

25. Drug Dealerz....Mayor Ford....timely demo.

 

26. Needles/Pins....I Don't Mind....from their 12:34 LP on La Ti Da Records. Brand new and this combo is from Vancouver.

 

Thanx for all the emails, phone calls, facebook messages and Heys!!! And thanx for tuning in to the madness each week! Back again next week with lots of new music and who knows what else.

You can listen to the podcast at:

 

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist, March 20/2014

 

1. Whipping Wind....Don't Get Into It....4 song CD that probably came with a 7" they put out in 2011. Local combo with some power pop tendencies.

 

2. Danny Laj...Queen St West...from a 4 song CD that Boppa Do Down released kn 2012. Powerpop trio and Danny was the 1000th person to join the Radio What Wave facebook page, so we sent him a coupla tunes!

 

3. Danny Laj...Alien Ate Some People....from a 12" called The Match. Toronto based powerpop trio.

 

4. The Cheap Speakers...She Has A System...from their Switches and Levers CD. Toronto combo playing their last gig tonite in Toronto.

 

5. Madhouse....Mystery Train....80's demo and the part of our show dedicated to singer/guitarist Richard Carstens who passed away this week. Richard wrote this song and gave it to UIC and they released it on their live LP on OG Records.

 

6. Madhouse...Writing On Benzedrine....1983 demo.

 

7. The Wammee....Headjob...from an early 90's cassette called Walkin' Sideways. Another Richard Carstens lead combo.

 

8. The Monks....Monk Time...from the Black Monk Time LP from 1966. This goes out to guitarist/vocalist Gary Burger who passed away earlier this week. Gary was active recording and producing up until very recently. 

 

9. The Monks...Shut Up....as above.

 

10. Das Furlines....Boys Are Boys....recorded live at Call The Office 6/5/1986. The Das Furlines were an all female tribute band to The Monks and this is one of their only surviving recordings. They were a LOT of fun live to see....you shoulda been there, there were at least 30 of us at the show!

 

Das Furlines....Call The Office 6/5/1986

 

11. The Monks...Complication....from the Let's Start A Beat! CD recorded live at Cavestomp in NYC 1999. This was The Monks very first performance in North America.

 

12. Pack AD....Airborne....from the Do Not Engage CD. They were in London on St Pat's Day here in London and put on a fine show! They surprised me by playing The Cramps Teenage Werewolf. Guitarist Becky liked the song and that's one of the few covers Pack AD ever do.

 

 

 

Becky Black of Pack AD. APP 3/17/2014

 

13. Masked Boy....Bed Spins....from the brand new Self Loathing CD. One man band from Wheatley Ontario.

 

14. Nazi Drugs....Bride Of Yee Sook Ree....from the Dawn On Me CD. Pennsylvania studio duo who have released several CD's recently.

 

15. Noble Savages....The Music Will Kill You....from a brand new self released CD. Hamilton Ontario combo.

 

16. Dead City Soul Review....Breaking The Shackles Of Love....brand new recording and first time ever aired on the radio. Another Hamilton combo who are about to release a CD.

Dead City Soul Review, Call The Office 1/16/2014

 

17. Connexions....I'll Get You In The End....from the Connections 4 CD. Newfoundland garage/powerpop combo.

 

18. Heart Attack Kids...Daydream....from the Hooligans CD. 2 piece outta London Ontario.

 

Right around this time, Ryan In The Red dropped by to yammer on air about his podcast called Rock City Madness which is available on the garagepunk hideout website. Ryan used to do In The Red that was on CHRW for about 10 years and we've been pals that long! The next edition of Rock City Madness is due on April Fool's Day!! Thanx for dropping by Ryan!

 

19. Dark Carnival....Anybody Can Fuck Her....from the Greatest Show In Detroit LP. The rest of this show goes out to drummer Scott 'Rock Action' Asheton who passed away this week.

 

20. The Stooges....Real Cool Time....from the self titled debut LP. And this is where our sister show, Real Cool Time got their name! RCT is heard every tuesday at 6PM on CIUT FM from Toronto and feature Rocky and Deena on the sticks!

 

21. The Stooges....Loose....from Funhouse.

 

22. The Stooges...I Wanna Be Your Dog....from the first LP.

 

23. The Stooges...TV Eye...from Funhouse

 

 

Thanx for all the emails, phone calls, facebook messages and Heys!!! And thanx for tuning in to the madness each week! Back again next week with lots of new music and who knows what else.

You can listen to the podcast at:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

The theme for the next volume in the "acclaimed" Hideout Comp Series is UNHINGED ROCK'N'ROLL. That means I'm specifically looking for songs that are either fucked up and crazy/noisy and otherwise "unhinged" in nature, or they feature lyrics that deal with psychotics, derangement, weirdness, crime/murder, the macabre, mayhem, drugs, or otherwise batshit-crazy conspiracies and it's-the-end-of-the-world-everyone-go-fuckin'-nuts kinda stuff. Think Cheater Slicks, Hasil Adkins, Country Teasers, The Fall, Roky Erickson, Jay Reatard, Lost Sounds, Scratch Acid, The Hunches, Monks, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Cramps, Chrome Cranks, etc. The more primitive, the better.

I'm looking for cover art submissions from you artists, illustrators, doodlers and photographers as well. The cover art concept must also match up with the theme for this volume (see above).

If you don't already have a song in your arsenal that deals with these subjects, then A) what the hell is wrong with you?, and B) well, you'd better get busy writin' & recordin'!!

Deadline for submissions for this volume is June 1, although I may push that pack another month IF I don't have enough good submissions to choose from.

ORIGINALS ONLY—NO COVERS!! You want to show the world your great songwriting skills, not how well you can play someone else's song. Got it? Good. 

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT SONGS!

 

THE TRIP! MARCH 23RD SHOW! TRIBUTE TO SCOTT ASHETON AND MORE!

 

This week on The Trip we pay tribute to the recently deceased Scott Asheton and Randy Alvey!  A tough week for rock and roll legends.  Listen to the show here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20140323-0030-t1395531000.mp3

The setlist: 

BORIS KARLOFF - CIVIL DEFENSE SPOT 
DR. STRANGELOVE & THE FALLOUTS - LOVE THAT BOMB 
THE TRIP - STICK LIKE GLUE 
THE PUDDING - MAGIC BUS 
MARK & THE ESCORTS - GET YOUR BABY 
THE SPADES - YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME 
THE KINKS - I'M NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE 
THE STOOGES - REAL COOL TIME 
THE STOOGES - T.V. EYE 
THE STOOGES - GIMME DANGER 
SONIC'S RENDEZVOUS BAND - CITY SLANG 
DARK CARNIVAL - COP'S EYES 
THE THROB - BLACK 
KEN NORDINE - BLACK 
THE TROGGS - GIRL IN BLACK 
LINK WRAY - BLACK WIDOW 
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY - BLACK NIGHT 
IKE TURNER & RHYTHM KINGS - BLACK BEAUTY 
OBLIVIANS - BIG BLACK HOLE 
RANDY ALVEY & THE GREEN FUZ- GREEN FUZ 
BO DIDDLEY - DIDDLEY DADDY 
THEE HEADCOATS - ALL MY FEELINGS DENIED 
LOU CHRISTIE - GUITARS AND BONGOS 
JOHN LEE HOOKER - BIG LEGS TIGHT SKIRT 
BUMP MYERS & THE FRANTIC 5- I'M CLAPPIN' AND SHOUTIN' 
DONNA LYNN - I'D MUCH RATHER BE WITH THE GIRLS

THE TRIP! MARCH 16TH. THE MONKS TRIBUTE AND MOOOORRRRRREEEEE~~

This week Greg pays tribute to the late Gary Burger of The Monks and tons more!  Listen here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20140316-0030-t1394926200.mp3

The setlist: 

rogues- how many times
cole & the embers- hey girl
sloths- makin' love
the black angels- science killer
crystal stilts- future folklore
the monks (u.s.,60's)- monk time
the monks (u.s.,60's)- shut up
the monks " " - cuckoo
the monks " " - love can tame the wild
lightnin' hopkins- shine on moon
goon moon- at the kit kat klub
goon moon- mashed
goon moon- at the kit kat klub
mad heads- invasion (aliens in town) 
mad heads- ukrainian horror show
taifuns- the west wind
olympics- the story of the girl with the bass guitar
belfast gypsies (them)- boom boom
belfast gypsies- " - secret police
stiff little fingers- alternative ulster
stiff little fingers- state of emergency
thin lizzy- that woman's gonna break your heart
gringo star- in the heat
juan blanco- loops
paul jones- going back home

Wayne/Jayne County

How could we forget REV NORB

Seething Wells

 

Dizzy Gillispie

Thee Slayer Hippie - Dwarves

Thee Billy Childish

Link Meany - The Meanies

Attila the Stockbroker

 

Playlist 03/22/14

Stooges Real Cool Time
Cramps Mystery Plane
Mutants A Tribute To Russ Meyer
99ers Godzilla's A Punk
Warm Soda Postcards
Manchester Social Club Remember, Remember
Hymans Outcast of Society
Baby Woodrose Good Day To Die
Fleshtones It Is As It Was
Men From S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Mercury Wall
Skafish Disgracing The Family Name
Zounds Great White Hunter
Fall Leave The Capital
Toy Dolls Dougy Giro
Sex Gang Children Mauritia Mayer
Launderettes Hot Rocks
Cherrypops Versteck' Dich
Ace Industrial Slit
False Poets A Girl I Know
Sensible Gray Cells Queen For A Day
Dum Dum Girls Rimbaud Eyes
Low Frequency In Stereo Elevated/Desecrated
Mozes and the Firstborn Bloodsucker
Black Lips Drive By Buddy
Holy Wave Psychological Thriller
Dark Colours Since 1685 Midnight Train
Connexions I'll Get You In The End
PyPy Pagan Day
Supplement Nowhere
Bloody Hollies I Dream of Bees
Stupidity King Midas
Barbacoa Captain 20
Rebel Set Dropout
Bow Wow Wow Oran-Outang
Godfathers Gone To Texas

I will be on the air and the web on Saturday March 22nd from 1:00-3:00PM EST.  You can listen at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu.

A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican 
March 21, 2014

Note to loyal blog readers: This column is based on the blogging I did at SXSW last week (and early this week). 

For all of my fabulous snapshots of SXSW and other musical shows I saw in Texas last week CLICK HERE

I had just sat down to blog about what a fun evening of rock ’n’ roll I’d had on the opening day of the South by Southwest music festival on March 12 — all the great music I heard, all the cool people I saw, and all the friends I got to hang out with — when I got a Facebook message from my brother in Santa Fe. He had news of a bizarre tragedy at SXSW and wanted to know if I was OK.

It seems that a car that was the subject of a police pursuit plowed into a crowd in front of The Mohawk near 9th and Red River Streets. At that point, two people had died and five more were critically injured. By Monday morning, one of those five had died from injuries she’d sustained in the incident. A couple of dozen people injured by that driver were transported to hospitals that night.

I’ve heard grumbling for years about how the festival has grown too big and how the streets of Austin can’t handle the traffic, the crowds, and the insanity. You can’t blame the festival organizers for the alleged actions of the defendant, Rashad Owens, an aspiring rapper and music producer, who reportedly had a gig on the festival’s last night. According to police he was fleeing from a DWI checkpoint, may have been intoxicated, and had outstanding arrest warrants.

But this is a music column, not an op-ed piece, and I did hear lots of great music at the festival and at the unofficial events that surrounded SXSW.

Lucinda

There were a couple of singers I hadn’t planned on seeing who I saw at my very first SXSW in 1995. One was Lucinda Williams, who played a brief set at the Austin Music Awards. Accompanied by her own guitar and a lead guitarist, Williams played mostly old songs like “Passionate Kisses,” “Lake Charles,” and “Drunken Angel.” She was wonderful.

Another unexpected pleasure was Howe Gelb, who I’d caught two or three times before with his old group Giant Sand. I stumbled into the Continental Club, where he was playing with a trio. On his quieter songs, he sounded like Marty Robbins after a three-week peyote trip. But Gelb can also tear loose on electric guitar with the same weird vision and fire that made me love Giant Sand to begin with.

And of course, I didn’t miss The Waco Brothers playing at the annual Bloodshot Records party at the Yard Dog Gallery. The original “insurgent country” band did some of my favorites, including “See Willie Fly By” and “Plenty Tuff Union Made.” They also did their covers of Johnny Cash’s “Big River” (which Jon Langford introduced as “Hotel California” by The Eagles), “I Fought the Law,” and a rousing (and I suspect spontaneous) “Hey! Bo Diddley.”

Smitty of The Hickoids gets ready for his next dental appointment

I caught the classic Texas cowpunk crazies, The Hickoids (which includes longtime Santa Fe musician Tom Trusnovic), twice this year — at an east Austin joint called The White Horse, right after they were inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame, and later at the Triple Crown, a bar in San Marcos. As usual, they lean on the punk much heavier than the cow, but their raunchy tunes never fail to delight.

Barrence Whitfield and the Savages performed a set at C-Boy’s Heart & Soul that was sheer intensity. Playing lots of stuff from his latest, Dig Thy Savage Soul, Whitfield raised the energy level several notches. Guitarist (and Taos resident) Peter Greenberg’s fingers were bleeding well before he left the stage.

Possessed by Paul James, the musical superhero whose secret identity is mild-mannered teacher Konrad Wert, played at the off-the-beaten-track Austin Moose Lodge, at a showcase by the small but impressive Hillgrass Bluebilly Records. Wert was in his one-man-band mode, playing a small arsenal of stringed instruments and using his trademark stomp-box — which is basically a wooden board that is miked — as percussion. All that, and his voice. When Wert gets to wailing, sometimes it seems as if he really is possessed.

Bobby Patterson

Veteran Dallas soul man Bobby Patterson, who was celebrating his 70th birthday that night, performed at C-Boy’s. Never very famous as a performer, Patterson is known mainly as a producer and a DJ. He produced records for Little Johnny Taylor, Fontella Bass, and Chuck Jackson. He was backed by a band that included a horn section, and at one point he was joined onstage by Whitfield.

I first latched onto The Grannies two years ago at SXSW. Appearing in colorful wigs, horrible frocks, and muumuus, the band just tore up the Triple Crown. They attacked the music with humor as much as fury. Singer Wizard Sleeves was wearing some kind of flesh-colored body suit, and guitarist Sluggo ended his set with a classic-rock guitar smashing demonstration.

Sluggo of The Grannies

Playing at the Moose Lodge show were several bands new to me, including The Pine Hill Haints, an acoustic group (with a washtub bass) from Alabama who describe their sound as “Alabama ghost music.” Peewee Moore, a Tennessee-born songwriter, also played with an acoustic band, though his honky-tonk sound would work with a full country band — fiddle, steel, drums etc. (Apparently Moore has played the Cowgirl BBQ in Santa Fe. I hope he comes back so I can catch him again.) The Rock Bottom String Band is a gaggle of countrified hippie kids who play a variety of instruments and sing with so much enthusiasm it was impossible not to get into the spirit.

Left Lane Cruiser has a raw slide-guitar-based sound you might call “damaged blues.” The group’s bass player also made crazy noises on a bizarre homemade instrument fashioned from an old skateboard and a beer bottle on a couple of songs. It’s a type of diddley bow he calls “skidley bow.” Playing harmonica on the band’s first song was  J.D. Wilkes from The Legendary Shack Shakers. Wilkes made a similar cameo earlier in the evening with The Pine Hill Haints.

Col. Wilkes with Pine Hill Haints at The Moose Lodge

The Woggles, who played at C-Boy’s, is a neo-garage band that’s been around several years. You can hear a little Count Five in The Woggles’ guitar and see a little Paul Revere & The Raiders in their moves. But mostly I heard echoes of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels in The Woggles’ music.

A Pony Named Olga, who played at the Triple Crown, is a high-energy psychobilly trio from Berlin (they call themselves “country-punk and polkabilly”), featuring an electric guitarist/singer, a doghouse bassist, and a drummer. They have the basics of psychobilly down pat, but they also have a few unusual melodies and chord changes that bring a twist to that sound.

And then there are The Beaumonts, a tight little honky-tonk band from Lubbock led by singer Troy Wayne Delco. They play sweet country music with foul-mouthed lyrics about sex, drugs, getting drunk, and more sex. But that’s not all. They also have a song called “Toby Keith,” in which they declare that the jingoistic country star is the “ugliest woman I swear I’ve ever seen.”

I saw them on Tuesday night at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City, and they totally killed it:)  They did kickass covers of "Louie, Louie" and "Rockaway Beach," and they sold out the place too.  BTW, I also saw Handsome Dick Manitoba at the gig, and B.P. Fallon gave the band a poetic introduction.  

The only sour note of the day was finding out that "Snapshot" was being released here in America on that same day, so I felt a little ridiculous buying that expensive import copy on amazon.  Oh well, what can I say, I have no patience.

I spent the day before the gig roaming the streets of NYC, and I came across the Cafe Wha? on MacDougal Street.  I'm sure most of you know the significance of that place (That's where the Velvet Underground first made a name for themselves).  I kept walking down MacDougal Street until it intersected with Bleeker Street, and I walked up Bleeker Street and took note of Mercer Street when I crossed that intersection (It made me think of the Mercer Arts Center, where the New York Dolls first made a name for themselves).  I kept on walking until Bleeker ended at Bowery, and, of course, that's where CBGB used to be.  I just thought it was cool seeing all those punk rock landmarks within that area.

BTW, anyone here familiar with Tim Horton's?  I tried some of their coffee while I was out and about.  We don't have any Tim Horton's here in Pittsburgh, so that's why I never tried them.  I liked the coffee, but I'm still a committed Dunkin Donuts man.

Anyway, I would highly recommend checking out the Strypes if they come to your hometown, or to anywhere near your hometown.  And if you still don't believe me, here is a collection of videos from that gig on youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrqfoPzNIvucBNY_cx4grYw/videos

......I just have'nt been playing a lot of music , lately. I have'nt even listened to 'black monk time".

But , for some reason , the news about Asheton shook me up , though I did'nt know him. Some of my friends knew and worked with him , though , and always spoke highly of him. I was graciously invited by my good friend , Derek See , who worked with the Stooges , to attend the after party when THE BAND PLAYED HERE HE SUMMER OF '10 , I believe it was....I got to meet James Williamson and Steven McKay , briefly , which was very cool , but , Scott had family and friends with him , including his Daughter , so , I knew better than to disturb him....HE WAS GETTING UP TO REJOIN HIS FAMILY , BACKSTAGE, and he got up to leave. I JUST WANTED TO Say "Hi", tell him it was a great show but he seemed to be staring right through me, even with his shades on. I'm sure he was just as nice as my friends had told me , but I did not want to get in the way of his getting back to his family and friends , evenfor a few seconds. He still looked as tuff as he did in his 20's. Still intimidating , without trying to be. I usually don't freeze up like that. I did , once , with Steve Cropper , but he came around and talked to me.......Not much of a story , but , there it is... I saw Scott twice in the 80's with The Scott Morgan Band. His playing was somewhat restrained.  My friend , the late Bob Mulrooney (aka Bootsey X) , sang with Dark Carnival , and told me Scott had been taking Jazz drumming lessons , just to feel more confident and consistent about his playing. When The Stooges finally reformed , it was plain to tell , his attack was harder - hitting , and his embellishments were tasteful. Thank Jazz.   I went to the Clarkeston , Michigan "Homecoming" show (That had been postponed for a week , when the power in Detroit , New York , PARTS OF Canada , etc. , went out.) in 2003 , then saw them a second time , with Ron , 5 years later , and twice with James , IN cHICAGO. LARRY MULLENS WAS SUBBING FOR  Scott at the Riot Fest in 2012 , and he did a fine job , but it was always implied that Scott would eventually be well enough to return to the Drummer's chair.