I read Melnick's book. I enjoyed it. I have'nt disliked any of these books you guys are talking about ( "I Slept With Joey Ramone" is painful on many levels , the unbelievable physical and psychological turmoil Joey suffered as a kid , and the (Previously undocumented) bullying and egotism that might remind you of someone else......).

Dee Dee's previous book "Lobotomy" bears more of his alternately sick and good natured humor.  I read another book , released posthumously , where Dee Dee claimed to have killed a man on an icy road , dragged his body into the snow , and hacked him to bits. Of course , he made it up , but he so casually tells the tale , with no disclaimer , as though he believed it , himself. 
 

i ENJOYED "COMMANDO" , MAINLY BECAUSE JOHNNY TELLS HIS STORY , IN HIS OWN WORDS , AND DOES'NT TRY TO PAINT THIS MISLEADING PICTURE ABOUT HIS ATTITUDES TOWARD WOMEN , HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH JOEY ,  BEING A BULLY , ETC. . I DON'T KNOW WHY IT TOOK SO LONG TO GET IT PUBLISHED.
 Glenn Armstrong said:

Commando was kind of unintentionally funny in a dead pan sort of way. A well designed book full of graphics and top ten lists. I enjoyed Mickey Leigh's book as well. It was very insightful on Joey Ramone's OCD condition, etc. I found Poisoned Heart a tad bitter and it showed a lot of the infighting amongst the band. Anyone read On the Road With The Ramones by tour manager Monte Melnick? 
 
Mark George Harrison said:

Just finished Mickey Leigh's book today and really enjoyed it, even shed a tear at the end. Not sure if I'll get the Johnny Ramone book, read one of Dee Dee's(poisoned heart) and found it very disappointing, none of the humour you expect from him.

Jersey City Mods said:

We liked "I Slept with Joey Ramone" and thought Johnny was portrayed as more interesting than the usual thug caricature he often gets.  We will have to check this one out as well.

Of course , Mark , I'm a bit biased , as I'm in this book ( Treniers interview , with Col. Dan Sorenson , Mike Maltese , Ken Mottet and Dan Sorenson in a round table forum , backstage , before a typically sparsely attended , but , typically ass- kickin' Treniers show at Milt Trenier's fabled lounge , but , I wrote the article itself).  It's really hard to round it down to 10 best interviews , or even 50 best interviews , of the last 20 years in Roctober , but "Flying Saucers R'n'R" is a must - read for Roctber fans and newcomers alike.
Mark George Harrison said:

Just ordered this today, looking forward to it!

Just ordered this today, looking forward to it!

Been doing the same a lot lately-- seems like no one here cares at all about this stuff, but I'm scooping up Whispering Pigg 45s and the like on a weekly basis.

Rev. Norb said:

I found a crap-ton of great 45s in a local store's 20/$4.99 section...it took some digging, but i walked out of there with sixty great records, the highlights of which are "Let's Go ((Pony))" by the ROUTERS, "Raunchy" by BILL JUSTIS, "Don't Be Cruel" by the BILL BLACK COMBO, "Wayward Wind" by the CENTURYS, "Beat '65" by the SURFARIS, "Groovy Grubworm" by HARLOW WILCOX & THE OAKIES, "Sausalito" by the OHIO EXPRESS, and, of course, the immortal "Apples, Peaches Polka" by Green Bay's own ALVIN STYCZYNSKI. Nothing better than a bulk 45 run, i say! I love those instrumental records of the late 50's/early 60's; i prize those more highly than straight rockabilly or 60's punk records although all are cool and reet and such.

I found a crap-ton of great 45s in a local store's 20/$4.99 section...it took some digging, but i walked out of there with sixty great records, the highlights of which are "Let's Go ((Pony))" by the ROUTERS, "Raunchy" by BILL JUSTIS, "Don't Be Cruel" by the BILL BLACK COMBO, "Wayward Wind" by the CENTURYS, "Beat '65" by the SURFARIS, "Groovy Grubworm" by HARLOW WILCOX & THE OAKIES, "Sausalito" by the OHIO EXPRESS, and, of course, the immortal "Apples, Peaches Polka" by Green Bay's own ALVIN STYCZYNSKI. Nothing better than a bulk 45 run, i say! I love those instrumental records of the late 50's/early 60's; i prize those more highly than straight rockabilly or 60's punk records although all are cool and reet and such.

Thanks, Matt! Yeah, just released a few killer '60s 45s-- all garage monsters, authorized with picture sleeves, inserts, remastered sound and bands paid. Check 'em out here if you care: uglypop.bigcartel.com
As for favourite 45s, the last couple days, it's been The Merry-Go-Round's "You're A Very Lovely Woman" 45. Emitt Rhodes '66.

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.

John Battles said:

Wow , great sleeve art. "Kuk" , of course , is a classic. I have the single with the also - classic "Baja" ON THE FLIP.

Yeah, the U.S. release had "Kuk" paired with "Baja" instead of "Surf Party". Both great songs and long time favorites of mine. The U.S. 45 is somewhat infamous in Sweden since "kuk" in Swedish is a strongly vulgar word for penis and "baja" means to empty the bowels, haha.

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'm a proud redditor. I spend way too much time there. 

plus two live videos on YouTube

Nervous Shakes Do you wanna live at Dna

                      live aux Combustibles in Paris France (great club);

c'mon feel the noize!

Any glam rock fans out there can check us out: NERVOUS SHAKES; Our album is on Ratboy 69's blog and our latest vinyl single is on my GPunk page; That's if you like the Dolls/the Undertones/etc; When I was a kid, I saw the Undertones over here in Brussels and they did Gary Glitter 'Rocknroll part 2' Glam forever; Ivan Hold Her

Does that DVD show Mott back in their prime, or is it from their recent reunion gigs? Either way, I would like to check it out. I saw Ian Hunter in concert last year, and he still has it.

Mottey's Garage said:

Glam is OK by me, I do a glam podcast about once a month or so. And of course, Mott the Hoople, pioneer punks and later glam stars...have a special place in my heart. Just watch the Mott The Hoople DVD that came out last year...and I do recommend it

Glam is OK by me, I do a glam podcast about once a month or so. And of course, Mott the Hoople, pioneer punks and later glam stars...have a special place in my heart. Just watch the Mott The Hoople DVD that came out last year...and I do recommend it

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.

We just pressed our first LP on DMS in the UK, and I can totally recommend them.. they did a great job and they're chep, fast and very thorough.

DMS Vinyl

Okay... i have switched things around a bit. I unscrewed and took off the top board of this contraption. While rummaging through recycled newspapers, I came out with the idea of filling up the hole on the bottom with newspapers to help muffle the sound while  screwing a board to the bottom, which turns the inbox into an actual box... asides from the cutout. Anyway, after miking this up with a delay pedal on a rockabilly setting, things sounded much better with a very bass ended sound. I still have the tamborine clamped on the front.  Anyway, i will make another video in a day or so showing the improvements of this stomp box. 

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.

Download or stream the Aug. 31 show right here.

Walking on the Surface of the Moon – Wreckless Eric
Mr. Moon – Bobby Charles
Mr. Astronaut – The Drivers
First Man on the Moon – The Scientists
Neil Armstrong – The Dexateens
Nobody Wants to Go to the Moon Anymore – Kelly Willis

Do the Do – T. Valentine
Love – Hal Hardy
Wigs, Wigs – King Salami & the Cumberland 3
Take it Off – Midnight Woolf
Trouble (Always Comes My Way) – Daddy Long Legs

Blue Heat – The Attention
You’ve Got Me Dizzy – Jimmy Reed
Money Talks – James Luther Dickinson
Let that Liar Pass On By – Rev. A Johnson
Richman, Richman – ’68 Comeback
Fire & Brimstone – Link Wray

Local Lunchbox
First Night Back in Milwaukee – Larry Lee Phillipson
Work that Skirt – Bo-Keys with Harvey Scales
Can’t Shake You – The Mistreaters
The Goon – Bleed

Beat Your Heart Out – Tweens
Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White – The Zeros
Destroy All Music – The Weirdos
Kokomo – The New Surfsiders
Gonna Make it Alone – Ronnie Dio & the Prophets
Party Line – The Senders

Why Am I So Flipped – The Nervebreakers
It's All Over Now – The Prophets
That Girl's Got a Big Mouth – Thee Fine Lines
Garza Girls – Audacity
Groovy Intiutions – Adam Widener

Hot Mess – Shoes
Holiday – Nines
Dream Crusher Machine – The Shazam

Mutts in the studio

Come Back Home – The Kaams
Hurricane Rock – Hurricane Marty
Right Out the Door – Bloodshot Bill
How Much Do Wou Miss Me – Harold Montgomery
Wake Up in Make-Up – The Jam Messengers

No Tengo Dinero – The Fleshtones
You’re Going to Be My Girl – The Above
Agent from Osaka – The Exotics
Time Machine – The Go-Wows
Hitting on Nothing – Esquerita
Wrong Way Inn – Los Straitjackets
The Thing – Dirtbombs
You Can’t Make Me Doubt My Baby – Bunker Hill
Wowsville Pt. 1 – Bob Taylor

Yes, I have the whole documentary as all Channel 4 gave me was a normal VHS tape of the show. I had a large party at my house the night it was first shown and taped it off the TV and my copy is better than the one the TV producers sent me! Anyway, I had a friend who also taped it and he sent me a CD which I use to pick parts out of if and when I need them. The program, with the adverts for the channel ran 30 minutes but in all it is about 25 minutes long. I don't think I can upload it complete on Youtube as Channel 4 would probably come down heavy on me. But I may try one day. As for Wreckless Eric, yes he did come down to audition for the early Cannibals, in fact it was just before I changed the name to the Cannibals, sometime around 1976. I was for him to play on but Pete, the other guitarist was against it so I decided to give it a miss. We auditioned the same day Tony Oliver and he wound up being in the Cannibals for a few years.

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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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!

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