I usually crack out a basic bass riff, then maybe dirty it up or not with a Big Muff Pi.
Paul the guitarist will play with chords round the bassline.
We hah and hum for a while, have a beer, then practice the whole song, usually it's repetitive process until one of us says "what about?" and we try those ideas within the tune.
Regarding the lyrics, we have a stock of songs that we try to fit into the new tune, or we will start saying any old thing until it fits. UIsally we have jst one line and will slowly change the words as the tune develops.

I'm curious to hear thoughts on the reincarnated New York Dolls. They just released their second album since they reunited. I've given it quite a few solid listens, and, a bit to my chagrin I find myself enjoying it quite a bit. I liked their previous release too (perhaps a bit more). While a part of me is troubled by the use of the name New York Dolls by only two surviving members, I'm willing to forgive with the quality of this material. It'd be another story if they released something as embarrassingly putrid as the Who's Endless Wire - but happily, that's not the case. While I certainly miss Johnny Thunders' guitar work and (even more) his sneering/whining vocals, the music holds up to their classic work. It's not quite as good, and lacks some of the power and sleaze. Instead, it is a bit more refined and mature. All in all, it's quite good. I did catch their live show last time around too, and it was surprisingly good. There was certainly a high level of energy. Anyway, I'm just curious to hear other opinions.

Check it out: OIL CITY CONFIDENTIAL

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379092/

Julien Temple is in production on "Oil City Confidential", a documentary on the amazing kings of 70's pub rock, Dr. Feelgood. Unfortunately Lee Brilleaux is no longer with us, but there should be enough footage of the band to enjoy. I'm looking forward to this one.

Does anyone here use Songbird? As apposed to iTunes or any other music player? So far I've tried it and it's been great. The add-ons are all great and it can play practically any music file type both, AAC and WMA something iTunes/WMP can't depending on which you are using. It gives the user so many more choices. It even has an add-on for iPods though i haven't it yet. Anyone know how well it works with iPod?

yeah, i saw the movie. it can be good if you don't think about all the inconsistancies but those are hard for me not to see. hah.

ette james a republican?? man, i'd hope that she'd be smarter than that. oh well, she's still got them pipes, man, so i'm not worried.

Hopefully not! Else I will just have to "NOT-SEE-THAT" when I listen to her! Kevin Schneider said:

"He ain't my president"
Oh my God, is Etta James a republican? Ryan Katastrophe said:

I like Etta James saying Beyonce is gonna get her ass whipped if she keeps singing her song... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZAqKv86Clg

"He ain't my president" Oh my God, is Etta James a republican? Ryan Katastrophe said:

I like Etta James saying Beyonce is gonna get her ass whipped if she keeps singing her song... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZAqKv86Clg

i never knew this but ol' Big Daddy Roth had himself a surf band! i found the three records they made and put em up for download on my blog Get Dorked!. i dig em a lot. hope ya like it. ps. i'm new to these parts. nice little place ya'll got here.

how about NOVEMBER ERA 1972 I DO THINK BUT THINKING HURTS @ TIMES

long shot bbut ?????????????? lords green sleeves

Hhahahaha! Hilarious, good stuff! Pacifiction Records said:

How about TAIKE? It's a rustic heavily localized form of Taiwanese punk/rock. Here's a weird 'n' wild music vid by the classic taike band LTK COMMUNE:


For more on Taiwan indie music, visit Island of Sound (www.islandofsound.org)

MB=! How about BORIS? Realreal good doomy kind of Metal, with psych sprinkles. ...Not the best explanation, though haha. Seen live and loved. Brother Panti-Christ said:

Yeaaaya... the Boredoms played in Bern in the 90's, Zorn did a couple times too, both of them mindblowers. Japanese are leading the front for the weirdest and wildest music, damn sure. Melt Banana is my faves, they are just toooooo damn weird.

Brother Panti-Christ said:

Yeaaaya... the Boredoms played in Bern in the 90's, Zorn did a couple times too, both of them mindblowers. Japanese are leading the front for the weirdest and wildest music, damn sure. Melt Banana is my faves, they are just toooooo damn weird.

Then you should check out Melt-banana covering classic Detroit rock band The Dogs. I just posted "GST 483" on my profile, actually sounds kinda normal; for them! For more info, take a look at The Dogs tribute here: http://www.pacifictionrecords.com/japan/CD/VA_doggystyle.shtml Sorry if it sounds like self-promotion, but yes, I am trying to sell records!

Yeaaaya... the Boredoms played in Bern in the 90's, Zorn did a couple times too, both of them mindblowers. Japanese are leading the front for the weirdest and wildest music, damn sure. Melt Banana is my faves, they are just toooooo damn weird.

How about TAIKE? It's a rustic heavily localized form of Taiwanese punk/rock. Here's a weird 'n' wild music vid by the classic taike band LTK COMMUNE: For more on Taiwan indie music, visit Island of Sound (www.islandofsound.org)

Take a look kids: MISSISSIPPI RECORDS (!)

The old Calabash Music, before they merged with something called Mondomix, had a couple of cool blues bands that infuse good old American blues with musical elements from their native lands. The pages for these groups are still there, but each says "this artist is no available for your country." Maybe some of you guys from outside the USA will have better luck. The Nightlosers are from Romania http://mp3.mondomix.com/nightlosers Then there's Istanbul Blues Kumpanyasi, http://mp3.mondomix.com/istanbulblues, which like the name implies, is blues from Turkey. You can hear a song from each (and a lot more crazy shit from all over God's green Earth) on my World Music podcast. As for the Stooges on Tuba, theres some info about The Ridiculous Trio HERE: http://cakeandpolka.blogspot.com/2005/02/ridiculous-trio-plays-stoo..., but the MP3 links no longer seem to work.

Swedish Danse bands Can't say I'd recommend this but just for the covers alone you gotta give em full marks for trying

March 10th

18.00-19.30 DJ P.J. Bonneman (Gorilla Angreb etc.)

John Carpenter - Assault on Precinct 13 (main title)
Joe Meek - Entry of the Globbots + Telstar (demo)
Chain Gang - Son of Sam
Beat Happening - Our Secret
Doc Watson - Shady Grove
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues
Flipper - Love Canal
S. Gainsburg - SS in Uruguay
Green Mansions - A Hard Day's Night
Keggs - Girl
France Gall - Merci Herr Maquis
Lawrence Comp - Moon Beams
Ariel Pink - For Kate I Wait
Young Marble Giants - Brand New Life
Corporal Gander's Firedog Brigade - Hey You
UFO - Timothy
Pere Ubu - Non Alignment Pact
Barracudas - Baby Get Lost
The Normals - She's No Fun
Joe Meek - Disc Dance of the Globbots
Inspiration For Scanners - Gråd I Krogene
Lori Sanders - Out of your Mind
Ariel Pink - Immune to Emotions
Shames - My World Is Upside Down

19.30-20.30 Lowcut

A Feast Of Snakes - Kill Your Boyfriend
The Fall - 2nd Dark Age
Zodiac Killers - Genetic Mutation
Larry Wallis -Police Car
Brutal Knights - Bikini Diet
Church Of Misery - Killfornia
Chainsaw Eaters - Dawn of Desolation
Melting Walkmen - Desertland
Gunslingers - Black Dwarf Man
Dan Melchoir - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Syphilitic Vaginas - Benzedrine & Gasoline
Gert Wilden & Orchestra - Little Girls
Digital Leather - Studs in Love
The Lewd - Mobile Home
Smogtown - I Am The Cancer
Knugen Faller - Jeg Är Värdelös
Neokarma Jooklo Trio - Night Revelation

Sounds good- I'd like to hear it.

Hi there folks,
Us creeps are a new Garage band from Austin, Texas.
We've just self-released our debut album "Cave Girl"
We're talkin' primitive Fuzz driven Garage stomp...
Can I send a copy of our CD to your Radio Shows and Podcasts ?
Cheers
Wig

The Tatts are doing shows ? Hell yeah...the last gig I saw before I split for Texas was seeing the fellas at the Annandale Hotel, that was in 2003. A band I was in The Navahodads (90s), we were luck enough to have Pete Wells play on a couple of tracks on our first album...RIP Wellsy.

AL PLASTIC said:

Fierce Play said:

I completely agree. I get shit every time I bring this discussion up. Granted I love some of The Clash's tunes but there is something phony about strummer when he is being interviewed. I can't quite pin point it. But watch both The Ramones documentary ( End of the Century) and The Clash documentary (The Future is Unwritten) back to back and you might see what I mean.)

I AGREE! I was again disapointed by The Future Is Unwriten, I want to love this guy, but he seems totaly uninspired like boring musiscians or something. If you see The Filth and the Fury (the Sex Pistols Dir by Julien Temple) the difference is striking (Lydon seems honest and inspired, and suprisely more "social" than Strummer. Excuse my bad english.

I'm kinda with you on that one. I put it down to a bit of trendy west london self-concious cool. Include the politics and it puts The Clash somewhere between Bob Dylan and U2. That apart, I loved them at the time and they were boss live...

Bought mine yesterday. It's awesome. The A-Cads, The Invaders are both awesome. Also, lots of cool surf tunes.

Thanks for that lead
Yeah i thought that Singing Sadie was kinda cool, I don't think you can go wrong with the big band sound though
Nice one SWT