Enter Naomi: SST, L.A. and All That . . .

In 2005, Joe discovered that former SST staff photographer Naomi Petersen had been mysteriously found dead in a Washington, D.C., hotel room some two years earlier. Late last year, Joe published Enter Naomi: SST, L.A. and All That . . . , a book about his time in L.A. working at SST that also eulogizes Naomi—in a sometimes very confounding light.

Via the Village Voice, 2008

It sounds grisly, but I'd really like to know if it's a good read. S'posed to show LA in all its tawdry glory.

And here's a Q&A from this year, JOE CARDUCCI ON THE GLORY DAYS OF SST RECORDS

Most of those 1950s honkin' sax guys like Big Jay McNeely, Joe Houston, Bull Moose Jackson, etc., had some kind of jazz background. Matter of fact, you could say that about most of the jump-blues crew.
 
Chris Henniker said:

It really needs streamlining, with more country artists who contributed, for starters, and fewer of the populist inductees like Madonna. What did she contribute to rock'n'roll anyway? They really need to purge people put in for spurious reasons like unit sales and put some real rock'n'roll in.

Just out of curiousity, what Jazz musicians contributed to rock'n'roll's genesis? 

YEAH !!! James Porter and I were lucky in that we had many chances to see Honeyboy Edwards , and he NEVER failed , not even well into his 90's.
 
Chris Henniker said:

I can't disagree with you on that, I could listen to them all day.

John Battles said:

ROBERT JOHNSON , BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON , MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT , DAVE "HONEYBOY" EDWARDS , SON HOUSE , LEADBELLY , LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS , MANCE LIPSCOMB , AND A MILLION OTHERS ONLY MY UBER - GEEKASS COLLECTOR FRIENDS KNOW ABOUT.

I can't disagree with you on that, I could listen to them all day.

John Battles said:

ROBERT JOHNSON , BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON , MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT , DAVE "HONEYBOY" EDWARDS , SON HOUSE , LEADBELLY , LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS , MANCE LIPSCOMB , AND A MILLION OTHERS ONLY MY UBER - GEEKASS COLLECTOR FRIENDS KNOW ABOUT.

 Mark George , Yeah , I think you're right. We had a bear , who was kind of a radical political frontman.  , on early episodes of "The Banana Splits", which were'nt shown in The UK . He had this great big afro , wore wild clothes .....He turned up later on "The Hair Bear Bunch". He wrote some early songs for The Banana Splits , like "Kick Out The Jams , Jellies , and Honeys", "The American Zoos" ,  ''Black To Honeycomm (sic)", and "I Want You Right Now (Pickanic Basket!)" . Rumor has it , he changed his name to M*** F**** to avoid the draft. But , when Queen Elizabeth correctly identified him on a quiz show , it was all over , he was carried off to Ringling Brothers' Circus , to the chants of "DRAFT BEER , NOT BEARS !!!". 

I dont remember motherfucker, maybe we had a censored version over here??

John Battles said:

DROOPER AND SNORK , MOTHERFUCKER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mark George Harrison said:

Fleagle!

John Battles said:

Bingo.

Mark George Harrison said:

If it makes a shed load of cash for a deserving cause then why not, its not like they're going to tour and start writing a new NirTles/BeaVana album!

DROOPER AND SNORK , MOTHERFUCKER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mark George Harrison said:

Fleagle!

John Battles said:

Bingo.

Mark George Harrison said:

If it makes a shed load of cash for a deserving cause then why not, its not like they're going to tour and start writing a new NirTles/BeaVana album!

"I used to collect Stones picture sleeves. I've got all I need ,now. Picture sleeves are for CHILDREN."    Roy Loney.

the Birthday Party do a crackin version of 'Loose'. Peel Session

dave said:

Oh, I know it's both real and tongue-in-cheek, but, like ya said, "the sheer hilariousness of such a statement is a reflection of a Rock ego". Who else would remake Suicide's 'Cheree' and make it sound as good?

MEEEEAT! Grink of Meat (Ren and Stimpy) Classic Punx!

Yeah. Goat. World Music album is amazing. Great live band as well. They're Scandinavian i think? Stunning!

Axel Björnsson said:

maybe not stoner. but good shit oldschool/new wave going on here. with some dash of africa!

Not too shabby! Also check out Acid Mothers Temple, Bo Ningen and Boris. I'd rock hard if i wasn't soooooo munchied, haha

Our parallel band 1st album, just release today, real heavy psychedelic blues : 

http://thedeadshamans.bandcamp.com/

Enjoy !

True Scotsmen. Busted for beer. Classic

Not sure if this thread already exists, but it should

JANITORS - My Stupid Girlfriend Hates Christmas (2012)

https://soundcloud.com/janitorscloset/janitors-my-stupid-girlfriend

Basement 5 - Last White Christmas (1980)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDN_T9Pr11w&feature=share

Add more!

Is it the instrument, or the role, that creates the ego, or is it the other way around? It's always best to have one creative leader and a few good soldiers.

Know the difference between a singer and a terrorist?
You can negotiate with terrorists

How many singers are needed to change a lightbulb?
One, and the world keeps on revolving around them.

The guitar player who used be the lead singer who's written all the songs but doesn't have the sex appeal and knows it but denies It.and spends every practice criticizing everything that I do!

Neither; she's the same person.

The drummer isn't allowed a microphone (that's me).

Which just leaves....... (waves hello at Caz...)

Unlikely!

D.

The lead singer who plays lead guitar is not a valid answer.  In that case, it's obvious: the drummer.

Answers from personal experience get double points.  Responses relating to your own current or previous bands get triple points.

And don't use terms like prima donna, diva, or bitch.  Misogyny is no longer in.

Sent to me minutes ago. Debut single out on Monday. Check'em out

I will be on the air and the web on Saturday December 15th 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 . You know the drill.

Radio What Wave Playlist Dec 13/2012

1. Amy Rigby...Dancing With Joey Ramone...from the Little Fugitive CD. Since we did all female rockers last week, thought we'd play some female power pop to get this show rolling.

Amy Rigby and her husband Wreckless Eric at Western University

2. The Excessories....Another Day...from the Pure Pop For Punk People CD on SFTRI. This one features the husband and wife team of Rich and Melanie Coffee.

3. Uranus...Motorbikin'...from Slippery's Club Hits cassette that comes with What Wave 24. Meant to play The Hippies track but screwed up...

4. Stolen Minks...Viola...from their High Kicks CD. Halifax all female combo that played London a few times a couple of years ago.

The Stolen Minks at Call The Office   8/17/07

5. The Damnsells...This City's Dead..from their first 7" from 2007. East coast combo and now one of them lives right here in London.

6. The Hippies...Can Teens...from Slippery's Club Hits...

7. Riff Randalls...Double Cross...from the LP of the same name. Vancouver combo who released this LP on Alien Snatch Records.

8. A-Bones...Gonna Be Loved...from the Tempo Tantrum 10" on Exile Records. Miriam and Billy of Norton/Kicks fame's combo. And Norton Records still needs our help with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

9. Mickey Baker...Midnight Midnight...from the Atlantic Blues Guitar compilation LP and for Mickey who passed away last week.

10. Mickey and Sylvia...No Good Lover...from one of the Lux And Ivy Faves compilations.

11. Spirit...I Got A Line On You....from their Greatest Hits LP and goes out to Ed Cassidy, their drummer who passed away recently. The Fleshtones cover this tune live.

12. Ananda Shankar...Streets Of Calcutta...from the CD compilation Asian Underground and goes out to Ananada's uncle, Ravi Shankar who just passed away.

13. Dragsville...Remember Me...recorded live at Brennan's 11/3/12. This combo is playing on saturday night at The St Regis Hotel. This song really reminds me of Panther Burns/Tav Falco.

14. Lee Hazelwood...Girl  On Death Row...from the CD compilation, The Twang Gang and features Duane Eddy on guitar.

15. Orie Hitt Machine...Killer Inside Me...a demo from this London Ontario combo and has a similar guitar lick to the previous tune.

16. Warren Johnson and The Drag Kings...instro...recorded live at The Brunswick, 4/19/96. Don't know anything about this combo, but i was there taping this show when they opened for local rockabilly combo, Viv Sun and the Black Holes. Can anyone shed some light on this combo????

17. Bitchlove...Shoot You...from the Society split 7" with B10. Local combo on a lathe cut record and thanx to Kyle Embassy for supplying us with this!

18. Los Chicos Problema...Secuestradao En Otro Planeta....Mexican duo that shred!!!

19. The Ills...Panik...from their brand new Tuning Out CD.

20. The noble Savages...Fire In The World...brand new demo from this Hamilton Ontario combo that blows me away!

21. 101'ers....Keys To Your Heart...from the Elgin Avenue Breakdown CD and features a young Joe Strummer. Saturday Dec 22nd there is a tribute to Joe at Call The Office, called Minstrel Boy. Crooked Beat will be playing 2 sets of Clash material (back and rested after their Japanese tour) and local legends NFG will be opening.

22. The Clash...Capitol Radio...from the double The Story Of The Clash LP.

23. The Clash...White Riot...as above.

24. The Evaporators...Higgle-Ly-Piggle-Ly...from the Teenage Zit Rock Angst LP that Nardwuar released in 1995. And this goes out to Nardwuar as he won a lifetime achievement award in the Buckys on CBC3 Radio!! Congrats Nardwuar!!

25.The noble Savages...She's So Serious...another brand new demo from these Hamilton Ontario punks!!

Thanx for all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages and Hey's!! And thanx for tuning in to some real valve rock'n'roll! Back next week with more noise.

Here's a link to the archived show:

http://chrwradio.ca/content/radio-what-wave#prev-shows

Haven't heard any new stuff, but I just found this by a Montreal band, Grand Trine.

It's a moody, atmospheric rocker, Grand Trine - Say It

Show #401: "The TeenBeat Mayhem Top 100 U.S. Garage Rock Single Sides Of All Time, Part 2"

Every 3 weeks I leave an open slot to do random themes and whatnot. This week is "The TeenBeat Mayhem Top 100 U.S. Garage Rock Single Sides Of All Time". TeenBeat Mayhem is a book commemorating all the forgotten American teen rock-n-roll bands of the 1960's, primarily focused on the 45 rpm single, written by Mike Markesich (aka MopTop Mike), published by Priceless Info Press, and released earlier this year. I've been enamored with this book since I acquired it this summer, a book that many of us 60's music collectors had been jonesing for since it's original announcement about 2 years ago. Not only does the book have detailed and correctly documented discographies on over 4500 American garage and rock-n-roll combos of the 1960's, it also contains a ranking system, in which 14 of the world's biggest garage rock 45 collectors of the world partook in (including Mike). Nearly each song documented has a rank in a 1 to 10 scale, 1 being weak, 10 being essential... the "Garageometer" ranking system is basically intended to be used as a guideline for the collector who is unfamiliar with a recording, so that if a song is ranked high, then maybe it's worth putting out the cash for that record (cuz c'mon...if the top 14 garage rock collectors of the world can't convince you that it's a great song, then don't bother!).

Toward the end of the book there's a top 1000, which collects and compiles the ranked songs in descending order. Tonight, I am playing the top 100 of this countdown in descending order, and tonight's show is part 2: #50 to #1 of the greatest American garage rock single-sides of all time. The rules for inclusion are: all songs featured were pressed or released on a 45 rpm single, demo/acetate record, from the original garage rock era (1960's to early 1970s), or first issued or pressed within a five year span after it's original recording. So this disqualifies any unissued songs that have been since released from discovered tape sources, and also disqualifies any song that was issued solely on an LP and not a single.

Details on the groups featured tonight will be kept to a minimum, and primarily focused on the music itself. More information on TeenBeat Mayhem can be found at pricelessinfopress.com.

TUNE IN TONIGHT FOR WHAT COULD BE ONE-HALF OF THE GREATEST GARAGE ROCK RADIO BROADCAST TO EVER AIR IN THE HISTORY OF RADIO!!

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