I've been listening to the new Ugly Pop 45s recently. I tried to start a topic about the label, because they are doing so much interesting stuff lately, but apparently I was denied or it takes a week + to approve such garage rock topics.

Anyway, the new Ugly Pop singles - Bent Wind, A Passing Fancy, and the Northwest Company - All obscure Canadian 60s garage bands that would have fit easily on any of the BFTG comps. Easily my favorite reissues of 2012.

Almost everything put out on estrus

I totally love 45s, and some of my very favourites would be The Masters Apprentices "Undecided', The Kinks "Waterloo Sunset", Small Faces "All Or Nothing", Ramones "Do You Wanna Dance", Haunted "1-2-5", MC5 "Looking At You" and Buzzcocks "Ever Fallen In Love".
Here's a pretty casual blog dedicated to various 45s in my own colection. Hasn't been updated recently, but I'll get back to that as summer winds down.

http://singles-minded.tumblr.com/

Cool:)

Angel V said:

I love Little Steven & Glam Rock! I will have to check out that band.

I love Little Steven & Glam Rock! I will have to check out that band.

Thank you KK. I will look up the book and thank you for your words of encouragement.

KK Dirty Money & Las Drogas said:

Good luck, this is a great idea. 

I make a bunch of different home-made instruments, from stringed to percussion. 

I recommend poking around the Cigar Box Nation site. There are thousands of do-it-yourselfers on there and they have made many variations of what you intend to make. 

Also, a great book entitled "Hand Made Music Factory" by M. Orr is a wonderful book that shows you step by step how to make a variety of these instruments from reclaimed/recycled materials.

The web has everything you need. 

But your idea sounds great, have at it. You can always modify it after you build and the trial by error begins. Bottom line: great idea = just do it!

Here is an update. I just posted a video on youtube, which will document what needs to be improved upon. 

Anyway, the drumming is not really bass ended. I need to find better padding, maybe carpet or something. The percussion sounds like somebody shooting a shotgun instead of a bass drum. i also need to add more amplification, but that is a neighborly issue.

Anyway, this is a work in progress and any suggestions to help modify this would be greatly appreciated.

Good luck, this is a great idea. 

I make a bunch of different home-made instruments, from stringed to percussion. 

I recommend poking around the Cigar Box Nation site. There are thousands of do-it-yourselfers on there and they have made many variations of what you intend to make. 

Also, a great book entitled "Hand Made Music Factory" by M. Orr is a wonderful book that shows you step by step how to make a variety of these instruments from reclaimed/recycled materials.

The web has everything you need. 

But your idea sounds great, have at it. You can always modify it after you build and the trial by error begins. Bottom line: great idea = just do it!

Actually it is pretty well built as it is an older one.

G. Wood said:

OK, thanks, I'm getting a picture here. Those inboxes are kind of lightweight, no? Hope you don't rock it to pieces too quick.

OK, thanks, I'm getting a picture here. Those inboxes are kind of lightweight, no? Hope you don't rock it to pieces too quick.

Thank you Caryn. I might try glueing a non-slip bathtub pad to the board. Also, good idea about the chain.
caryn lavender said:

They have this stuff that comes in a roll with a sticky backing...it's used for stairs and such to prevent slipping...or how about those stick on rubber things that go on the bottom of a bathtub or shower so you don't slip.

I will also post a video or something after it's complete...

I was also considering using chain against the license plates...like a snare sound.

This is a percussion instrument. I have a 10 3/4 x 15 1/2 piece of wood  (which is screwed to the top of a wooden office inbox) which hangs  5  1/2" over the edge of this box. By pressing at the end of this board, the box makes an up and down motion. The dugout is where I will place the tamberene (which i plan to affix to this device), so I can easily pull it out.   I am thinking about tying a bungee cord to the tamboreen as an alternative. 

I hope I was able to clarify things with this post.

 

G. Wood said:

I don't understand what this kickstand is, or where the bucket goes or what a dugout is. In fact, I don't understand anything about this! What is this thing for? I see a mention of drums, is this a percussion instrument? I don't get it.

They have this stuff that comes in a roll with a sticky backing...it's used for stairs and such to prevent slipping...or how about those stick on rubber things that go on the bottom of a bathtub or shower so you don't slip.

I will also post a video or something after it's complete...

I was also considering using chain against the license plates...like a snare sound.

I don't understand what this kickstand is, or where the bucket goes or what a dugout is. In fact, I don't understand anything about this! What is this thing for? I see a mention of drums, is this a percussion instrument? I don't get it.

Good luck with the "Idaho Drum," Caryn.

Anyway, after assembling the main parts to this contraption, I discovered the slickness of the wood is a problem. Time to find some non-slick rubber and/or maybe add a Velcro strap to go around my shoe. Otherwise, my beat is more uncoordinated.

When I am done, i will put up a YouTube video explaining how I built this and how it runs.

I might steal your license plate idea...it sounds interesting...and I just had to replace the plates on my car, so I already have 2 plates ready to go ;)

Am getting ready to do the same type of thing...I am calling it the Idaho Drum Kit...I don't plan on doing the one man band kind of setup though, because, to tell you the truth, I am not that coordinated...

I am in the process of creating a DIY percussion stompbox. Any suggestions would be very welcome.

I have a 10 3/4" x 15 1/2" wooden office outbox. I am going to screw a 6" x 9 1/8" foot  board to create a sort of a kick stand on the bottom of the box.  I want to add a dugout, bracket or something similar  in which I can easily put in and pull out a tamberine. Also, I will place various nuts, bolts, nails, coins and whatever in a can and create an area to slide this canister into. I also am going to make it easy to add and remove this canister. I will have a thick wooden board to bang the drum onto.

I will mike this up and put it through my spare practice Silvertone guitar amp. 

In addition,  I plan to experiment with putting Velcro on a license plate and attaching it to my shoe and  banging the plate on the bottom board.

Another experiment will be placing the license plates on the bottom board and hitting my pedal on this board. 

This is something my son and I are messing with to have fun.

Has anybody one here ever tried anything like this before? Any comments, suggestions, etc. would be much appreciated.

Show #387: "The Eggman Collection #121" playlist:

Gnidrolog - "Time And Space"
The Easybeats - "Sorry"
The Ventures - "Soul Breeze"
Jan & Dean - "Midsummer Night's Dream"
Funkadelic - "Be My Beach"
The Happy Return - "I Thought I Loved Her"
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Red House"
Beacon Street Union - "Angus Of Aberdeen"
Gulliver - "A Truly Good Song"
UFO - "Crystal Light"
The Human Equation - "Love Shines"
Van Morrison - "He Ain't Give You None"
Food - "Forever Is A Dream/Naive Prayers"
Ron Geesin & Roger Waters - "Chain Of Life/The Womb Bit/Embryo Thought/March Past The Embryos/More Than Seven Dwarfs In Penis-Land/Dance Of The Red Corpuscles"
Faine Jade - "Introspection"
Stackridge - "Purple Spaceships Over Yatton"
Reign Ghost - "Pudsy's Parable"
The Gisha Brothers - "Werwo's Rock"
Fairport Convention - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Tony Jackson & The Vibrations - "You Beat Me To The Punch"
The Electric Prunes - "Little Olive"
The 23rd Turnoff - "I'll Be With You"
Rockin' Horse - "Yes It Is"
Lazy Smoke - "Under Skys"
The Flying Burrito Brothers - "Four Days Of Rain"
Zerfas - "You Never Win"
Bob Dylan - "With God On Our Side"
The Carolyn Hester Coalition - "Tomorrow When I Wake Up"
Os Mundi - "Missle"
The Misfits - "T.V. Casualty"
Shocking Blue - "I Saw Your Face"
Sandy Salisbury - "I Just Don't Know How To Say Goodbye"
Grobschnitt - "Magic Train"

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Show #387: "The Eggman Collection #121"

NOTE: Due to an illness in my family which has me a little distracted at the moment, plus working 50-plus hours a week, I will be doing only Eggman Collection specials in the next couple of months until things slow down in the fall. I'm calling it "The Back-To-Back Eggman Collection End Of Summer Super Spectacular Extravaganza!"
The Eggman Collection is basically a big potpourri of every song I've ever liked in my life...EVER! It's literally a huge mixing bowl full of songs written onto tiny pieces of paper. Over 15,000 songs that I've been compiling for the past 20-plus years of my life. Every song I've ever liked has gone into this bowl, and every three weeks I draw them out one-by-one and play them for you in no particular order. A mix of everything and anything I like, no matter what genre, era, style or year of release...if I like it, then I'll play it! No repeats of the same song ever! Tune in tonight (Friday) at 10pm EST for the 121st installment of The Eggman Collection and hear bands and artists like: Gnidrolog, The Easybeats, The Ventures, The Happy Return, Beacon Street Union, UFO, Food, Ron Geesin & Roger Waters, Stackridge, Fairport Convention, The Electric Prunes, Rockin' Horse, Lazy Smoke, Bob Dylan, Os Mundi, Shocking Blue, Grobschnitt, and many others!!

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Check out my psyched band... BRAIN WASHINGTON http://youtu.be/y8JGISIt9lM

Check this, man!
The Karovas Milkshake - it's really great!
http://karovas.bandcamp.com/

I agree that the OFF album is great and live they were more than stunning. I would also recommend Man Lifting Banner an amazing Dutch hardcore band, then theres Cheap Time, the new Adolescents EP, Royal Headache, The Laureates, actually its a great time for underground punk rock !

Radio What Wave Playlist....Aug 30/2012

1. UIC...Crop Dusting... recorded live at Call The Office in London Ontario 3/16/85

UIC at The Shamrock in Lucan Ontario 1984

2. Elvis...Blue Moon Of Kentucky...since Aug 31st is a blue moon, this song seemed somewhat appropriate.

3. Almighty Rhombus...Even Though...brand new from this Sudbury Ontario combo who deliver the pop.

4. Marvelous Beauhunks...Kickin' Around...from their Do Not Resuscitate CD. Oshawa combo from the early 90's who have reformed.

5. Budokan...All We Know Is Rock'n'Roll....from their Spin A Little Gold CD. Victoria BC combo, some of whom played in Bum.

6. Blue Demons...Cougar Country....from their recent Boppa Do Down single. Toronto instro combo who wear masks.

7. Pow Wows...Killing Me...from their single on Get Hip Records. Outta Toronto.

8. Aunt Beezy...Crawl Around...Toronto area combo of which there may be some Von Drats in this band.

9. Living Deadbeats....Lost...from their recent LP. Vancouver combo.

10. Redline...IRA....1983 demo from this London Ontario combo, of which one member is presently in Living Deadbeats.

11. Magic Christian...Teenage Head...from the recent single on Schizophrenic Records. Also features X Teenage Head guitarist Gord Lewis and singer Dave Rave.

Cyril Jordan's guitars, Magic Christian, Hamilton Ontario 1/20/2009 

12. Artful Dodger...Think Think...from their 1975 debut LP and goes out to guitarist Gary Cox who passed away recently.

13. Flamin' Groovies...Shake Some Action...from the 1983 Line 7" and goes out to leader Cyril Jordan who is celebrating a birthday today.

Record geek showing off his Cyril Jordan autographed single...

14. Fist City...Buried...from their brand new La Ti Da single and they will be at Brennan's on monday night.

15. Fist City...Cryptic Transmissions...as above.

16. Ultra 5....My Only Desire...recorded live at The Electric Banana in London Ontario 11/29/92. Drummer Ken Anderson is coming back to London next friday in his acoustic duo, Hungrytown.

We got a mention in the local daily for this show!!

17. Pelt...Mr Tarantino...from  Kingston Ontario and from a demo the band sent us about a year ago.

18. Familiar Fiends...Shut Up Little Man...from a 7" compilation from Brantford Ontario (about an hour east of London Ontario) and the first record from Brantford in many years.

19. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants...Eyes...from their latest single.

20. Lonesome Ghost...Haunted By God...from the Empty Church CD. Duo outta Aylmer Ontario, a tiny farming village just outside of London.

Lonesome Ghost at Grooves Records for Record Store Day 2010...the day we released the Lonesome Ghost cassette and probably their last ever live show...

21. Hook Up...65 Has No Blues...from the Call Up The Devil CD. They are in town at Grooves Records for an instore on Sat Sept 7th at 2:30.

22. Mo-dettes... Dark Park Creeping...all female combo from the UK from 1980.

23. Bush Tetras... Das Ah Riot...from a 7" from 1981 from this NYC combo.

24. Dennis Most...He's A Whore...from the recent Instigate Me CD. Dennis is infamous for his Excuse My Spunk song from the late 70's.

Thanx for all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages etc...Back next week at the same time for more noise!

The show is archived for a couple of weeks at this location:

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Church of Thee PVC # 11 is now live and ready for your ear'oles. Give it a spin and let us know what you think.

Here's what you'll get:

Loch Ness Monster – King Horror

Hot Tamales – The Prime Mates

Preaching the Blues – The Gun Club

All My Loving – The Almighty Defenders

Stop and Listen – The Shag

I Don’t Like You – Bo Diddley

Loving Cup – The Triumphs

Don’t Call Me Flyface – The Reekers

Problems – The Heathens

Bdaaa!!! – Los Peyotes

Diamond Skull – Atomic Suplex

Girl from the Neck Down – Suzi Chunk

Block of Ice – Thee Oh Sees

Golden Girl – The Rabble

Speedway – The Heyburners

Fuck… - Dan Sartain

Axis Abraxis – Mark Sultan

Let Me In – Hunx

Jamskate – Quintron

Sally Sensation – The Buff Medways

Brown Trash – Tandoori Knights