T Model Ford is on the line up, but I don't think he's going to be performing because of complications from a stroke. So sad. He was the number one act I wanted to see the most. I'm way into blues, in general.
July 6, 2012 5:49 PM CDT
T Model Ford is on the line up, but I don't think he's going to be performing because of complications from a stroke. So sad. He was the number one act I wanted to see the most. I'm way into blues, in general.
July 6, 2012 5:19 PM CDT
Radio What Wave Playlist for July 5/2012
1. The Everglades...Rock and Roll Cliche....from the Last Pogo LP that came out in 1979 and is the last stand for punk rock at The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto 12/1/78. The documentary film of this event should be coming out shortly. And RockandRoll Cliche sums up Radio WW....a great way to start the noise!
2. The Beatles...Birthday...from the Double White LP and for the Editor of What Wave and my partner in crime, Rena, as it's her birthday on the airing of this week's episode. And when the boss makes 'requests', you gotta play them!
3. Washington Squares...Walls (Polish Union Song) from their self titled debut LP from 1987. We first saw the Squares here in London at the long gone Kiplings, 4/24/88 as it says on the ticket stub. This was our first of many meetings with Lauren Agnelli who played guitar and sang for the Squares. We interviewed the band that night, and the interview appeared in WW zine...
4. Dave Rave...Anne Marie...from the Live With What You Know CD. Great power pop from this former Shaker and Teenage Head member. We also interviewed Dave Rave (he was in Teenage Head at the time) and his interview appeared in the same issue as Lauren Agnelli as mentioned above...neither knew each other at the time. They later hooked up (in more ways than one) in The Dave Rave Conspiracy and later just Agnelli and Rave and continue to play together whenever they get together. And the first time we saw The Dave Rave Conspiracy they blamed us for somehow getting them together...hahaha. And former Television drummer, Billy Ficca was in The Squares and Dave Rave Conspiracy.
5. Big John Bates...Wide Open Blues...from the brand new Garagepunk Hideout download, Supercharged Sounds.
6. Laughing Sky...Come On...from the recently released Divine CD by this NYC based combo.
7. Terror Lake...Transmission...from a very recent demo from this Toronto 3 piece.
8. Drug Free Youth...Ms. Abigail...from the brand new CD The Avocado Index...Greek based psych combo that the nice folks at Lost In Tyme hooked us up with.
9. The Basements...Wrong...from the I'm Dead CD on Lost In Tyme Records outta Greece.
10. Paul Messis...I've Been Through It Before...from the brand new compilation CD that comes with Lost In Tyme #6.
11. The Fiends...Writing On The Wall...from the Gravedigger CD from 1998 on Dionysus Records. Vancouver based garagepunkers that at one time had Pete Fiend on the bass, and Pete is in the next band in this list.
12. Living Deadbeats...Evil Hearted Blues...from the brand new record. This saturday night at Brennan's is the London debut of this Vancouver combo. Also on the bill are Gatgas and T.H.E.
13. Living Deadbeats...Time...from the second Garagepunk Hideout CD, Songs The Hideout Taught Us. This song was also a song of the week at Dirty Water Records in the UK.
14. Living Deadbeats...Lost...from the above mentioned brand new record.
15. T.H.E.....Chronic Masterbator...from their recent demo. Catch them live on Saturday night at Brennans.
16. Sheep Look Up....Jumper...from their only cassette release, early 80's, London based.
17. Hand Of Glory...Bloody Red Sun...from their 2nd LP, Far From Kith And Kin from 1989. Austin based combo with former members of Leroi Brothers, Poison 13, Doctors Mob, Joe King Carrasco and others. A high pedigree band that coulda and shoulda made it big!! On Skyclad Records.
18. The Finks...Can't Say No...from a 7" from 1987. London Ontario based combo that features Peter Gripp who is presently on bass in the Living Deadbeats.
19. Durango 95...Sandra Sez...from their Lose Control LP from the early 80's. These guys morphed into The Purple Toads (both combos recorded on Star Records and were based in Oshawa Ontario) and there is presently a book being written about the Toads.
20. Hypnotics...Here She Comes Now...from their Static Fuzz Radio LP...Windsor Ontario based garagepunk combo!
21. The Ramones...Sheena Is A Punk Rocker...from the Rocket To Russia LP 1977. There's a Ramonsemania show happening at Call The Office on Friday Aug 3rd where local bands get up and play a side of a Ramones LP, including....
22. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants...Eyes...from their latest split 7".
23. Budokan...You Don't Stop Lovin' The Band....from their new CD, Spin A Little Gold. Victoria BC combo who obviously dig Cheap Trick and 70's power pop.
24. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...The Allouette, She Was Canada's First Satellite, Way Before The Americans Even on Estrus Records. The Shadowy Men have a reunion show in Toronto in a week or so...
25. Dynamite Pussy Club...Testify...from their recent Church Of Yeah! CD....
Outta time, definitely not out of tunes. Thanx for the call-ins, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! Back next week with more action.
See ya all saturday night at Brennan's for Living Deadbeats, T.H.E. and Gatagas.
Here's a link to the podcasts which are up for one week only:
July 6, 2012 4:41 PM CDT
Touche. It's just difficult to figure how big a band's following is , if they're very popular locally, and maybe in a few surrounding areas , but are completely unknown , say , 500 miles away.....in any case , we can't expect Wikipedia to care any more than the cops or the neighbors....Someone told me a local band , then on a major label (Ok , It was Urge Overkill! No , I don't like 'em , and , no , they're not a Garage band to these ears.). But , they said the band was'nt doing so good , "They only sold 100 , 000 copies of the last album.." .I said "A HUNDRED THOUSAND?!! IN PUNK ROCK TERMS , THAT'S A GOLD RECORD !!!".
Cath said:
The "bands" that do that are probably a bunch of 15 year-olds who think nothing exists unless something's posted about it on the internet.
^Less than 1000 people? That's being very kind indeed!
July 6, 2012 10:42 AM CDT
Very funny indeed. That article took some serious effort and thought. I have admiration for the creator of this entry.
July 6, 2012 10:05 AM CDT
My favorite part:
The cops come regularly during your practice sessions and ask you to shut up. While this may make it seem that people care about your garage band, and indeed they do, they are not caring in the right way.
July 6, 2012 8:40 AM CDT
Oh, that is some goood satire. I love the entries at the very bottom in blue -- did you read those? Funny funny!
Gringo Starr said:
That's gotta be me favorite Wikipedia article ever!!
July 5, 2012 10:11 PM CDT
I HAVE'NT READ THEWHOLE THING , I CAUGHT THIS AS I WAS GETTING READY TO TURN THE OLD IDIOT BOX OFF....But , it looks pretty funny. Someone went to a LOT of work to get their point across. Anyway , do that many Garage Bands really think they belong on Wikipedia when they have following of , oh , let's be kind , less than 1000 people? There have got to be a number of Garage Bands , past and present , that are pretty big in our world(s) , but , they're not whining if they have'nt yet rated a mention in Wikipedia.
July 6, 2012 4:06 PM CDT
Right off the top o' my head, 2 come to mind no, 3:
The Dogs first 45- 19/Charlie Was a Good Boy/No Way
The Fun Things single- savage/(I Ain't Got)Time Enough For Love/When The Birdmen Fly/'Lipstick'
And the debut of the New Christs- Waiting World/Face A New God
All moody, cranked-up and pissed-off classics.
July 6, 2012 3:52 PM CDT
The Fall-Outs rule, noone out there like 'em. Plus, Dave Holmes is just a sweet guy.
Steve said:
And this SuperElectro 7"
by The Fall-Outs
Sleep b/w It's A Shame, Talk
July 6, 2012 1:38 PM CDT
Totally agree with that estimation on the Brides 45. PC Action is my favorite Time Flys song too.
July 6, 2012 1:33 PM CDT
Saints- One Way Street/Erotic Neurotic
Brides- Pushed Around/Get To You (possibly the best garage punk single of the 90's)
Teengenerate- Plays the Kids
Rip Offs- Make up your mind/Wild Jayne
Time Flys- Energy/PC Action
July 6, 2012 12:28 PM CDT
It's less open ended for me because I mostly just listen to Garage, but I think it's pretty easy after spinning for a while to tell which ones are good and which ones are pure genius.
I have been waiting for this one to come for like two weeks now... why are they doing this to me?
July 6, 2012 11:19 AM CDT
Sean G. said:
After obsessing over the hilarity of this vid, I finally found the single at the bottom of a crate at the local record shop. Only 3 bucks!
I found a nice copy of this for about the same price several years ago.
Favorite 45s is such a board question. One day it could be Motorhead - The Bomber, Next day VOM - Live at Surf City, then maybe T-Rex 20th Century Boy, on to K&K - Quick Joey Small, Bobby Peterson - Mamma Get Your Hammer, Fun Things ep, Small Faces - Lazy Sunday Afternoon, Hollies - Look Through Any Window, Mickey Lee Lane - Hey Sha-Lo-Ney, Lemon Pipers - Jelly Jungle (Of Orange Mamalade).... too many to name.
I definitely think 45s are the best format. And as G. Wood mentioned, I too, unfortunately am obsessed with obtaining picture sleeves, but I am more interested in the music.
Most recently I've been buying bubblegum/ psych, and glam. But that's not to say I over look metal or punk sections.
July 6, 2012 3:46 PM CDT
Both, actually. This is just an example, I'm not out to crucify anyone. To me, all these years later their experimenting w/ different styles just seems cheesy, like something Paul Simon would do.
Anyway, I'm middle-aged now, so I can be cranky now ;P I still like experimental punk (Chrome, Desperate Bicycles, Urinals, etc.) but it's got to have energy if not aggresiveness, and hopefully both.
Incidentally, this is what I'm listening to now, this first 45 deserves hall-o-fame status:
The Dogs - Charlie Was a Good Boy "Total bad-assery from France, circa '78." For fans of the Dolls/Thunders/Devil Dogs-style of punk.
Rockin Rod Strychnine said:
Are you refering to the production of LONDON CALLING or their actual performance? Because I think that record showed growth while not getting boring.
With that current Ramones thread going somewhere else, I think the best thing to say here is that they could have easily become stale if their 10th album sounded exactly like the first in terms of style. Maybe a better term would be stagnant to clarify my definition of stale.
dave said:Ya think so, Rod? I recently listened to London Calling again after 20 years, and I've gotta say it sounds stale and affected, while their 1st LP still sounds diamond-sharp.
The Ramones could still tinker around with slight differences, but it was still essentially "Da Ramones Sound"...
Maybe it depends on the band, but I find that at 48 I still like the "young, snotty, and pissed-off" records.
Popularity rubs the edges off a band's sound. The Strokes first album sounded great for about one listen, but after that it just seemed too slick.
July 5, 2012 10:59 PM CDT
Are you refering to the production of LONDON CALLING or their actual performance? Because I think that record showed growth while not getting boring.
With that current Ramones thread going somewhere else, I think the best thing to say here is that they could have easily become stale if their 10th album sounded exactly like the first in terms of style. Maybe a better term would be stagnant to clarify my definition of stale.
dave said:
Ya think so, Rod? I recently listened to London Calling again after 20 years, and I've gotta say it sounds stale and affected, while their 1st LP still sounds diamond-sharp.
The Ramones could still tinker around with slight differences, but it was still essentially "Da Ramones Sound"...
Maybe it depends on the band, but I find that at 48 I still like the "young, snotty, and pissed-off" records.
Popularity rubs the edges off a band's sound. The Strokes first album sounded great for about one listen, but after that it just seemed too slick.
July 6, 2012 3:29 PM CDT
Show #381: "Bands & Artists Starting With E, Part 7"
Every 3 weeks I do a series of shows I call the "Alphabetical Series" where I randomly draw a letter of the alphabet from a hat. Whatever letter I draw, I take all the bands and artists in my collection (from the 50's, 60's & 70's only) that start with that letter and play them in strict alphabetical order one by one until I run out of time. This week I drew the letter "E". This is the seventh time I've drawn the letter "E", so I will start from where I left off on show #6 (which was with Excalibur). This will be the FINAL installment of the Letter E! So, tune in tonight (Friday at 10:00pm EST) to hear 3 hours of bands and artists that start with "E" like: The Excellents, 2 different Excels, The Excelsior Spring, 2 bands called The Exception, The Exciters, The Excursion, 2 different Executioners, 2 different Executives, The Exkursions, Exmagma, 2 different Exotics, The Explosive, The Express, 2 different Expressions, 2 different Extremes, Exuma, 2 different Eyes, Eyes Of Blue, Denny Ezba's Gold, and many others!!
***To stream The Metaphysical Circus live via the web click this link: http://portsmouthcommunityradio.org/listen ... to listen to past shows, view playlists and more, fan the show on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Metap ... 6748511750 ... Live every Friday night at 10pm to 1am EST on WSCA-LP 106.1 FM, Portsmouth Community Radio!
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Egg
July 6, 2012 2:35 PM CDT
http://garagepunk.ning.com/profiles/blogs/old-school-zeroes-8
^PSSSSST. A new episode of OSZ is out.
July 6, 2012 12:03 PM CDT
The compilation sounds really great...very good bands and a supercharged sound! ;-)
July 6, 2012 11:27 AM CDT
July 6, 2012 10:36 AM CDT
By now you may/or may not have noticed, cared/or not cared that the Rock'n'Roll Suicide podcast has been on hiatus for a while now. For what it is worth, we've been knocking out this Rock And Roll Dance Party radio program for a few years now (since '94). After three hours a week blasting out tunes on the FM dial, the podcast just seemed like a knockoff of what we we're already doing. So, the Rock'n'Roll Suicide podcast falls by the wayside but, we're still spinning records and kicking ass.
In this thread we'll post our playlists and probably a link or something to be able to give the show a listen.
We're broadcasting on WUSB 90.1FM out of Stony Brook, New York or streaming at http://wusb.fm Tuesday 9pm - midnight if you'd care to check it out in real time.
and now, on with the show...
R. Fink
July 6, 2012 6:17 AM CDT
No problem! The 'Rite' sounds really good, can't remember exactly what trannies he uses but they are silicon anyway. I reckon fuzzrites seem to be somewhat easier to clone than maestros, they seem more tolerant of different transistor choices from what my ears tell me. The more commonly heard recorded version of the fuzzrite would be the silicon version anyway (as opposed to the earlier germanium versions). It's generally a more stable pedal and sounds really nasty and grindy with a fair amount of sustain. The earlier fuzzrites were germanium loaded (that Ventures sort of stuff) but they are more inconsistent from what I hear (although DAM apparently do a very good version but costs a lot of $$). I tend to mentally associate the silicon fuzzrite with later 60s more psychedelic sort of stuff...
My preference for trash garage has to be a Maestro for sure. They were easily the most commonly used fuzzbox at the start of the fuzz explosion, you'll hear it all over nuggets, back from the grave, quagmire, pebbles, texas flashbacks, teenage shutdown etc etc. Frank Zappa used one in his early stuff, Billy Gibbons, Hendrix apparently in his mid 60s gigging days (he used fuzzrites too), Seeds, Electric Prunes, 13th floor elevators - maestros were everywhere!! Problem is that (considering it was the first commercially produced circuit) it seems to be very difficult to replicate without using the original transistors. The 'primitive' has a little internal trimpot (that North Effects advised not to tinker with - ha!!) that helps to tune in the 'gating' effect that maestros have so it is capable of getting close to the feel of an original. But being honest I think the 'rite' sounds closer to an original silicon fuzzrite than the 'primitive' sounds to an original maestro.
Either choice is a good one though imo, you get a pedal which easily sounds like boutique boxes twice (or more!) the price, as long as you don't care about fancy paint jobs! The chap that runs North Effects is a really easy dude to deal with too, quick postage and professional attitude. Good luck and happy fuzzin'!
July 6, 2012 5:48 AM CDT
i haven't tried them but i've seen them before and i'm curious as well. they look like bootleg MXR pedals as far as design, which would be real cool, but i dunno about like sound quality, durability etc...
July 6, 2012 3:07 AM CDT
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July 5, 2012 9:54 PM CDT
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN , BUT , I WAS ALWAYS GLAD TO PLUNK DOWN MY CHANGE TO GO SEE THE RAMONES IN THE LAST 12 YEARS OF THEIR EXISTENCE , BECAUSE , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A PITIFUL FEW (CRAMPS , IGGY , MOTORHEAD , e.g.), THE COMPETITION WAS'NT SAYIN' NUTHIN FROM WHERE I STOOD. The only "Bad" show I ever saw 'em do was their last gig in Chicago ( Barring Lollapalooza.). But , the monitors were shot , and you could tell they could'nt hear each other, half the time. That , and people throwing piles of plastic cups at the band did'nt help. I don't care if it was the worst show of their career , which it was'nt , you respected The Ramones , or you exercised the right to take your lame ass out the exit doors.
