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.

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

The August 26th Show! 
Listen here: http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20120826-0030-t1345937400.mp3

The setlist:

I have not herd heard that single.  But thanks for the tip, I'll be searching it out!  Cheers!

Peter Brat von Staben said:

Great seeing some classic Aussie 60's... especially the Throb. Have you heard their single 'Black'? Awesome!

Cheers

Was there a picture sleeve with that? What else did you find?

FAVE RECENT 45 SCORE - Paul Revere and The Raiders "Orbit - The Spy" b/w "Beatnik Sticks".

This was their very first single , on Gardena. I thought it was the second , but , I looked it up (Not on WIKI! HA!) . "Orbit" is a killer Surf / Ventures -ish instrumental , that goes thru about 10  tempo changes. It's like they spliced ten songs onto one , and it worked.  "B.S." is similar to the follow - up and their first hit , "Like , Long Hair", BUT , i THINK IT'S THE BETTER OF THE TWO.

"Orbit - The Spy" was mentioned in an article in Kicks ,  IN THE 80'S , about "Grunge Guitar" , back when the more or less self - coined term MEANT something.

Don't envy me , tho'. It took me YEARS to find this , and it's certainly playable , but not in great shape. I had to root thru the cellar of a local antique store that REEKS of soot. My eyes were burning for two days when I went back there , this past week .

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

Great EP. A lot of people thought they were Canadians , or , at least , Canucks relocated to Texas (In a sort of Draft - Dodger exchange program.Sorry , that was'nt funny. I don't think Canada HAD the draft.). In fact , I found a pretty good Canadian 60's and 70's comp on a big label , and "Writing on The Wall' was on it ! These guys were'nt even HONORARY Canadians , like Ronnie Hawkins. Oh , well.

That's a good idea. I kind of doubt it was him. Tho' it could have been a Brother or cousin.

Daniel M said:

@John: I think the Youtube site is maintained by someone in the band. You might contact them through Youtube if you have an account and see if your teacher was in this band.

I just found out Prima Donna is finally coming to Pittsburgh.  They will play at the 31st Street Pub on September 27 with the Dollyrots.  I'll have some pictures to share.

Hey,

I was wondering if you guys could lend a hand with something.

I'm probably crazy but I swear I heard a really great swampy garage punk cover version of what might be this song the other night:

Big Daddy Wilson - This Is How I Live

Not 100% sure it is the song, I was drunk when I heard it and just half-remembered some lyrics and the general feel of it. Anybody have any idea of the song I am looking for? Tried Google, iTunes, Soulseek, Last.FM, and various other sources first. Nada.

If it is any further assistance, the cover has the same riff as this song:

Typically, it is held Labor Day weekend, and has been just on Sunday the past few years, but in 2010 it was held in October for some reason.

Zachary Griffin said:

Alison,
I read your post about it going from a 3 day to a 1 day event. In google-researching the event since seeing your original post I gather that Dragon-Con (which I went to in 1995) had something to do with this. I have decided that I am coming down for Drive Invasion next year. Because of my line of work I need to make arrangements almost a full year in advance. I need to know 2 things.
1. Is Drive Invasion always the Sunday before Labor Day?
2. Is Dragon-Con always the weekend before Labor Day (When I went it was in June or July...Since I will be in the area, might as well make a return trip for a day)?

Thanks for your help.

The Lizardmen played the very first Drive-invasion back in '99 I think. Fun show, hot as hell that day!

Alison,
I read your post about it going from a 3 day to a 1 day event. In google-researching the event since seeing your original post I gather that Dragon-Con (which I went to in 1995) had something to do with this. I have decided that I am coming down for Drive Invasion next year. Because of my line of work I need to make arrangements almost a full year in advance. I need to know 2 things.
1. Is Drive Invasion always the Sunday before Labor Day?
2. Is Dragon-Con always the weekend before Labor Day (When I went it was in June or July...Since I will be in the area, might as well make a return trip for a day)?

Thanks for your help.

Alison , I've heard a lot of cool things about this event , but , now I'm almost in shock.    Mary Woronov
came to Chicago and appeared at two separate screenings of "Death Race 2000" and "Rock 'n'Roll High School", about 5 years ago. She was very cool and funny , and still looks great. Real class act , she is.  
 
Alison said:

I have been to quite a few and my highlights would include seeing Roky Erickson (he played almost all of The Evil One), Mary Wornov (one year they showed Rock N Roll High School and she made an appearance), Wanda Jackson (she told Elvis stories), and The Blasters (my favorite performance).  The festival used to be all three days of Labor Day weekend, but it has shrunk down in recent years to just one day of concentrated mayhem.  There are plenty of families with children of various ages - often riding around in go-carts and scooters, so perhaps you should just kidnap the family and come on down!

I have been to quite a few and my highlights would include seeing Roky Erickson (he played almost all of The Evil One), Mary Wornov (one year they showed Rock N Roll High School and she made an appearance), Wanda Jackson (she told Elvis stories), and The Blasters (my favorite performance).  The festival used to be all three days of Labor Day weekend, but it has shrunk down in recent years to just one day of concentrated mayhem.  There are plenty of families with children of various ages - often riding around in go-carts and scooters, so perhaps you should just kidnap the family and come on down!

This week's show featured music from Manchesters The Bell Peppers who are a new Surf group, as well as music from Young Rival, The Standells, The Stooges, The Clash, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and more!

Listen/download the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20120828-1030-...

Check out my blog post and interview with The Bell Peppers here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2012/08/bell-pepper-hopan-interview-with...

The Play List: 

1.  What Seas What Shores – Siren Radio
2.  Papermaps – Reaction Formation
3.  Sebadoh - License To Confuse
4.  Tame Impala – Elephant
5.  Blonds – Magic
6.  Dundas – You Can’t Hear Me
7.  Jaill – House With Haunting
8.  Vic Godard & The Subway Sect – Double Negative
9.  Twin Library – Phantoms Run The Factory
10. Wax Mannequin – Black Bells (Reprise)
11. The Cramps – Voodoo Idol
12. Indian Wars – Commanche Killer
13. Atomic 7 - She's Got Haggar Party Slacks
14. Bell Peppers – Drapes N’ Squares
15. Bell Peppers – Moonlight Heartache
16. Thee Oh Sees – Tidal Wave
17. The Standells – Rari
18. The Stooges – Trollin’
19. Lost Patrol – Ghost In The Night
20. Young Rival – Black Is Good
21. John Spencer Blues Explosion – Soul Typecast
22. The Clash – Know Your Rights

I'd hardly call 'em "Elderly ", though....Mick is younger than me , and Kid only has a couple of years on me.

Les Sexareenos from the 90's and 00's

The go nuts and phantom surfers came to mind first

gotta check that out for sure.

Ray Klein said:

Ive been enjoying the new Chrome Cranks Album.

don't know how new they are, but I saw 45 Spider last Saturday here in NYC and they kicked arse.

Anybody know anything about this band?  I can't find any info or tracks.  The record sometimes turns up on ebay, but it's always too expensive to take a chance on something that might just be new wave lite.

Paul Nicholas said , not surprisingly , it was HE that Meek was more interested in. The "Telstar" Joe Meek biopic is wickedly great ( Self - love corner - Please see my review at www.roctober.com , which will appear in Roctober #51 , in actual print.....). I strongly recommend that everyone score themselves a copy.....But , don't trust me. I liked "Stoned" , the Brian Jones biopic , unlike (Inexplicably) most Americans.....