I friggin' love Netflix, especially now that I've figured out how to have separate queues for my own movies (separate from my wife and kid's lists, I mean). I also really dig how it also gives you the option to watch a movie right there on site, right away. It makes me wish there was a (legit) site like that where you could "rent" albums from bands, so that they're sent to you in little mailers. Then you can sign in and rate them, and recommend them to your friends and all that. Is there such an animal? Or is there something (oh, like our good friends at the RIAA) that is preventing such a website from starting? I mean, you can rent CDs from the library, so what's keeping this sort of service from coming online?

Yeah, I was a bit let down by Beachhead, too. That's not to say there weren't a few good songs on it, but overall it wasn't as good as I'd hoped. Do You Swing? was much better...

I wanna hear this so badly now ...though I was let down by Beachhead (songwriting-wise and sonically), I have I hopes fer this new blast from the 'Tones!

Yep, that's how I heard it. Someone gave me the URL that took me directly to the 'Tones record. Dunno where I put it, though. Pretty sure it has something to do with the YepRoc Radio link, which seems to pick a record at random. I'm just not sure what the direct link is to the 'Tones record...Or even if that's the one that will come up if the randomizer chooses the Fleshtones.

I've heard it.

Jim Diamond produced half of it in Detroit (Ivan Julian the other half in NYC) and his stuff sounds like Beachhead sonically. The Julian stuff is really junky and cool-sounding, too.

Does it sound like their other albums ?

There was a Yep Roc promo site up for a while that was running the album in its entirety. Don't know if it was meant for the public at large or if it's still live. But, yeah, the album is pretty rockin'. Some great tunes.

So you have heard it or you have it?

A friend. Not sure I was supposed to have heard it, but I told Zaremba last weekend how much I liked it and he didn't seem bothered that I'd gotten my ears on it. That said, I'm not at liberty to let others hear it.

Where'd you get to hear it?

I've heard a fair amount of the new album and it's excellent!

Got this in an email from Yep Roc Records:

Fleshtones set to release Take A Good Look on January 22

They were birthed at CBGB along with the Talking Heads, The Ramones, Blondie and Television. Their first video is in the permanent collection at MoMA. They shared a practice space with the Cramps in the 70s, tours and a label with R.E.M. in the 80s, and stages with everyone from James Brown to the Police. They've been making albums and touring the world for thirty years, and they're still under the radar.

But now it seems that their years of dogged perseverance might finally pay off. 2007 saw the release of Joe Bonomo's biography, Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band. 2008 will see the releases of the band's tribute album Vindicated!, the film documentary, Pardon Us For Living, But the Graveyard Is Full, and the band's new album, Take a Good Look, which is set to release on January 22nd. Take a Good Look is pure Fleshtones, and bursting at the seams with fuzzy guitars and dance beats. Hipsters and shoe-gazers be damned, rock n' roll is a party and The Fleshtones just tapped the keg.

Good job, Kopper!

Keep it up buddy-boy...

Click here to digg it.

Check it out!

There weren't nearly enough reports on the Telltale Hearts reunion from about 6 weeks ago. Anyone have any?

I'm looking for the Red Beard & The Pirates "Go On Leave / Don't Be A Loser" 45. olivers@etcmail.com

Anyone heard of it?

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Hi Groupies! I've had a website about Garage Rock for years. We have some 1960s MP3s up there, and some mini-podcasts that run 12 to 15 minutes with 1960s Garage songs. Check it out if you love 1960s Garage Rock. http://www.GarageRockRadio.com So what Zine, Website or Radio Show do you have?????

Springboard Films has announced that the Black Lips (VICE) have signed on to star in the feature film, Let It Be. Scheduled to begin production in May of 2008, Let It Be takes place during the late eighties in the post-punk American underground rock scene. Atlanta's notorious Black Lips will play a fictional band who become a symbol of the changing cultural landscape. The movie will be filmed throughout the Southeast and will include notable music of the period and new music written by the band.

Let It Be will be produced by veteran producer Andrew Meyer (Fried Green Tomatoes, The Breakfast Club) and Winn Coslick (The Bottom), and directed by award-winning producer/director Roger Rawlings (Neurotica).

Craig Moore can still rock like he did back in 1966! Click here for proof. Feel free to rate the video and post a comment. Thanks! kopper

The movie itself may be a dud, but I'm looking forward to the music the band writes for it. That could be fun... writing songs for a completely different time period of music.

I have a feeling it will never materialize, similar to the Darby Crash movie.