Selling out means changing your sound/vibe/look/ethos in order to please the masses and get more attention and make more money.

"They didn't play like girls?" Dammit, Dave retro music is cool, retro misogyny is not. Glad you had a good time.

All this going on at once , and Jeffrey Evans  had to OPEN THE SHOW? Oh , well.....I WILL READ THIS LATER , MY EYES ARE A BIT IRRITATED , IT LOOKS LIKE YOU COVERED ALLTHE BASES, WHICH IS HARD TO DO WITH A BIG FESTIVAL LIKE THIS.....

I really like New Model Army. I only started listening to them about 10 years ago after they made a rare visit to Atlanta and their show blew me away. Their most recent album, Today is a Good Day (2009) is their best since The love of hopeless causes (1993). Yes, I can see why anyone can think their sound is very "dated" because the lyrics are very earnest and political, but I guess I need a little of that from time, especially during election season. "Turn out the lights on the age of reason!"

I never thought much of them , but , I realize that probably puts me in a minority. I think Kopper has a point , though he left it here about a year ago. A friend who tried to get me going on them was also a Quaker , coincidentally. She did'nt mention the guy from NMA being one.

PAUL REVERE IS  A MENNONITE (NOT THE SAME THING.) AND WAS A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR BEFORE THE VIETNAM WAR BROKE OUT. I'D MUCH RATHER LISTEN TO THE RAIDERS , THO' AN OLDER FRIEND OF JAMES PORTER AND MYSELF TOLD HIM THEY'RE "GARBAGE" . HA HA HA.

Doc,

I still dig New Model Army, and listen to them on occasion, although I only own The Ghost of Cain and Thunder & Consolation...thunder bein my fave-

Robt

This magazine consists of interviews of musicians who where there in the 1960s having fun playing rock music, and changed the social fabric of history. In this issue we have The Pacifics - minor hits, 'Barracuda' and 'Slowly But Slowly.' Toni McCann, a diminutive 15 year old who sang raucous songs, and recorded garage classics, 'Saturday Date', 'No.' Plenty of pix, published in color.

www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-ainsworth/rhythm-beat/paperback/product-20436490.html

Hi Allan,

Thanks for getting back to me. So many amazing bands you've been in! I'll get some questions written up and email them to you. I'll try and come see your new band when you play in Dalston too, not too far from where I am.

Cheers

Adam: Please do.

And Allan: Please let us know when your friends' book materialises...

Hello Adam,

I was in the Prisoners, JTQ, Prime Movers, Headcoats, Solarflares, loads of other Medway bands and currently doing my own thing in The Galileo 7 (new album out now!). I'll do my best to answer any questions about the Medway 'Scene' (or whatever you might call it) you have. A couple of my friends are writing a book about the whole thing and have already started interviewing a few people. No idea when it might materialise though..

You can do it via this thread or write to me at thegalileoseven@hotmail.com if you like.

Cheers

Allan
www.thegalileo7.co.uk
www.facebook.com/thegalileo7

So jealous you got to see those bands Matt, especially The Buff Medways. Where did you see them? Do you think there's any chance you could scan the copies of that zine into the computer? I would love to read them and I'm sure they would help. I'd never heard of it before you said.

And Jon, I'm not sure where it'll be available, I've only just started on the project but I'll definitely let you know.

Cheers.

It sounds just like What Gallon Drunk and The Cramps were doing, just a lot sultrier.

Dead Boy said:

Martin Denny and Esquivel yes.

Add maybe some Les Baxter, one  drop of Perez Prado, a thin slab of Yma Sumac and a dose of Latinia-style moody surf. 

Or even some spacey instro a la Gene and the Esquires and a bit of theremin...

Also, you can't wrong with the LAVENDER JUNGLE compilation or even some Las Vegas Grind/ Jungle Exotica comps for a more sleazy cocktail.

Cheers Ladies and Gentlemen !

John Peel Day Events for 2012  

http://keepingitpeel.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/john-peel-day-events-for-2012/

misheard?!?.... http://youtu.be/SmSl49bTI1A     now THAT'S missung!

Like "Bert" , somebody named "Bert"? That's still kinda funny.  Lumabgo's not funny ,but, it sounds funny when you say it.....

Yep, I'm sad, someone told me it was berts and i looked it up and apparently it's berts. No cockney humour I'm afraid. Would be better if it was though...

Is that right? I always thought it was "Bird's Lumbago" , not because I ever thought a bird could GET Lumabago , just Marriott's irreverent/irrelevant Cockney humor.  Did you see a transcripton of the lyrics ? I usually don't look 'em up, unless I must.

Check out Jack Wild's version , if you can. Between the two of them , and Davy Jones (Who never recorded the song.) ,it could have been The Artful Dodger Trinity song. 

Small faces: lazy Sunday

How's your bird's lumbago?

Should be 'how's your berts lumbago?

I thought birds could get lumbago, probably can now I've said that.

Years ago a friend of mine heard this lyric as 'It's the Return of the Vulture', which amused me no end, as I remember there being a Spiderman story of the same name way back in the 60's.  In a similar punk/animal vein, another friend thought the Sham 69 line 'Hurry up Harry, come on', was 'Hurry up, hairy camel'. 

John Battles said:

It's funny you should say that , an old ex - friend and I were listening to "Alternative Ulster " , and he heard it as "A tail of RED LOBSTER " ! Jake Burns is , or was , living here in town...I wonder if anyone ever told him that.
 
SarahJayne said:

"a tale of a lobster" ~ an old friends mom's rendition of Stiff Little Fingers 'alternative ulster'

I'm looking for some underground music like the bands mentioned in the title; Cramps/Birthday Party influenced. Know any?

however 2 short but sweet classics from this century that get 2 thumbs up from here would have to be our german cousins al with 'i got pot' and them dangerous danish dames the felines with 'daddy walk'.

sideshow Barty said:

b side of nice 'n' sleazy by the stranglers is called shut up and comes in at a groovy 1.06.

b side of nice 'n' sleazy by the stranglers is called shut up and comes in at a groovy 1.06.

The radio show I co-host (The Big Mix) is being truncated this week due to a high school football game (The not so Big Mix?).  Shorter show = shorter songs (< 1:30).  Tune in at 5:30 Central this Friday to se what my favorite shorties are (or not).

http://www.wdbx.org/

Nice write-up today in the Express about D.C.'s Windian Records.

http://www.expressnightout.com/2012/10/primal-screams/

Nice quote: "In the endless cycle of rebirth that is garage rock, Windian is right up there with Goner Records, HoZac, In the Red, Infinity Cat and other neo-paleo labels."