January 23, 2012 6:07 PM CST
Good! : ) I wonder how many times she had a "Back To The Future" moment ?
"I'd like a TAB !" "OH , it's OK ! You'll get one at the end of the evening!"
"I KNOW I'll get one at the end of the evening , but , can I have my Tab , or what ?".
whatwave dave said:
That's funny John....you triggered a memory for me of Niagara asking for that drink when she was in London Ontario over 20 years ago....lol....
January 22, 2012 8:53 AM CST
That's funny John....you triggered a memory for me of Niagara asking for that drink when she was in London Ontario over 20 years ago....lol....
January 23, 2012 5:56 PM CST
It's a loaded question , to be sure.
I , personally , don't think Glitter could get a tour off the ground , at this point. Maybe , here in the states , where his music is virtually unknown (Save for the use of his one American hit , "Rock'n'Roll Pt. 2" , only better known today via it's appearance at sporting events . But , if you mentioned his name or the name of any of his better - known songs , the average U.S. sports fan would , most likely , draw a blank.) , he could embark on that U.S. tour he made tentative plans for , 40 years ago (He's performed a total of two songs in America.).....Maybe. All the controversy surrounding Gary Glitter in the last , roughly , 15 years , went under the radar in America , recieving very little coverage at all. He did appear on an episode of VH1's "Where Are They Now?", before the internet porn charge , and the program dealt , briefly , with the fact that he'd been charged with , and acquited of , two charges of indecency with a minor. Outside of a cult following , Glitter remains so obscure , here , he would'nt rate a sidebar in a scandal sheet.
That out of the way , yes I'm a fan of Gary Glitter's music , but not of things he did , or is said to have done. I'm not pro - murder, either , but , I admire the work of Leadbelly , Joe Meek , Phil Spector (OK , the verdict's never going to be out , but....Gee , D'YA THINK?) , Pat Hare , and , maybe to a lesser extent , Taildragger. I don't condone woman beating , but , I still like Ike Turner and Brian Jones' music.....Bill Wyman usually gets lumped in with Gary Glitter on the now - synonymous topic of pedophilia , but he did have the girl's Mother's consent (So much so that her Mom hooked up with his Son !), Not saying that makes everything peachy keen, but he had'nt had a scandal in his whole career with The Rolling Stones , barring the "We piss anywhere" incident , and he was due for one. Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry did , or were accused of , everything short of selling secrets to The Russians during The Cold War. They're still great Artists. And , as great Artists go , you could'nt argue with Chaplin or Picasso , both of whom married teenagers. Several times.
Then , there's the simple fact that , back in Gary's day , a large number of Groupies , at least , in the states , were'nt even old enough to attend their Junior Prom. Who was complaining about that ?
Roger Daltrey said , shortly after Pete Townshend's internet porn case was swept under the rug , that the way he felt about Glitter was , that this is a sickness , and that the way society deals with it is wrong (Even if it does turn out that a person like Gary can't be cured. It's still not illegal to have such thoughts , only to act upon them. ). Maybe there is no end - all solution , but , would it be the end of civilization if offenders were treated , psychologically? Still , even after serving jail time , Glitter seems to be in vast denial. Upon returning to Britain (And , soon , requesting permission to relocate to France , while authorities concurrently sought Roman Polanski's extradition from the same country , to stand trial , here.) , a Journalist asked him if he intended to get help for his problem. He was told , "No , because I have'nt done anything wrong". If he'd told the man it was'nt his business , it might not have made him appear delusional.
So , it still seems possible that this Twitter site is a hoax. And , even if it is'nt , I don't know how Glitter intends to pull off a comeback tour. Negative publicity , however , is still publicity.
January 23, 2012 8:53 AM CST
Methinx we are taking it for granted......FAR TOO MUCH for granted.....that GG was a paedo!!! Judges, so-called "proof", judgements and courts have proven to be DEAD wrong in many of these cases, or are we all forgetting that??!!:):)
January 23, 2012 8:15 AM CST
It was a joke, Howie. Still, even though he's a paedo, he deserves some respect as a musician. I love Intoxica Radio, you should get Luxuria Music to licence it to BBC 6 Music.
Howie Pyro said:
i would go, people will go for whatever reason...saying "Getting beaten up by vigilantes could be a good start" is as fucked as anything else you're accusing about so check yourself, smart guy...people like you talking about him in public forums are giving him publicity...any of which helps...so you are actually doing GG a favor (or was it favour...)
January 23, 2012 7:41 AM CST
i would go, people will go for whatever reason...saying "Getting beaten up by vigilantes could be a good start" is as fucked as anything else you're accusing about so check yourself, smart guy...people like you talking about him in public forums are giving him publicity...any of which helps...so you are actually doing GG a favor (or was it favour...)
January 22, 2012 8:58 AM CST
So true.....money can get you just about anything as Michael Jackson proved. But money can't make me like MJ's musak....lol...
But getting back on topic, if i had a chance to see Gary Glitter, i would definitely go.
Chris Henniker said:
I think it was because Jackson was a gobal soul legend, where as Glitter was more of a cult artist who's appeal was quintesssentially English.
sleazy said:Funny how that BASTARD of Michael Jackson was never convicted of being a paedophile, while GG was.....perhaps MJ just had more $$$ to buy off the judges, HHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM:):)
January 23, 2012 4:47 PM CST
Short songs are perfect for people like me with ADHD!
January 23, 2012 4:47 PM CST
Talk Talk! I would've mentioned that but you beat me to it by far, heh.
John Battles said:
That's tuff , I'd have to go back and check all these songs that'll turn out to be over 2:OO , Anyway...So I'll take the easy way out - "Talk , Talk " The Music Machine. Says more in 1:58(?) than most full albums.
Runners Up - Jim Basnight "She Got...Fucked".
Ramones : I Can't Be.
Vomit Pigs : Baby's Playing Games . No known recorded version is two minutes long.
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January 23, 2012 3:02 PM CST
The shortest , non - Hardcore , song I can recall was "The Human Mertzes" by Plan 9 , on the album "Sea Hunt". The title track is 13 minutes long , while the aforementioned song is 13 SECONDS long.
January 23, 2012 3:06 PM CST
I should add , Miriam Linna , not The Cramps' first drummer , but their second , was also based in Cleveland , before relocating to NYC .
John Battles said:
"Having an Intellectual Discussion With..." and , later "Eyeball of Hell" (Electric Eels.) , "The Modern Dance" (Pere Ubu) , "The Day The Earth Met Rocket From The Tombs", and a recent Mirrors collection - I forget the name.....
The thing about the earlier bands , they did'nt have many places to play , much less , a visible following beyond friends and the few who'd had it with cover bands. and a lot of them LOATHED each other , or at least , individual people did. I've spoken with enough of them to know. The Electric Eels played a total of five times. I doubt that Rockets played too many more times than that , but , I could'nt tell you , one way or the other....
The Dead Boys had to defect to New York City to make a name for themselves , as did Pere Ubu , and The Cramps , who were'nt all Clevelanders , but , of course , Lux and Ivy were based there , as was later member , Nick Knox (And much later member , Mike Metoff , his Cousin , from The Pagans.), before forming The Cramps in NYC.
Michael Weldon (Mirrors , Psychotronic Video magazine.) told me recently , "I've got all these people asking me for interviews about the early 70's Cleveland scene.....It was'nt even a scene !".
January 23, 2012 5:58 AM CST
Hmmm --- '80's garage outta Boston... The Lyres (yes to the above)!, The Neats, The Prime Movers ('it's just a matter of time; damn, now I'm singin' it), Kenne Highland's Hopelessly Obscure -- check out the cover version of Rain of Death by the Broken Jug (no idea who they are) below, it ain't bad:
btw: I've seen The Prime Movers (NOT THE LA one) listed as a 'punk' band from Boston. I heard them play many times and they were always a garage band to me -- seriously, with that organ bamp bamp bamping? Nah. I'm sure I'm leaving out a fair few -- so many have been labeled punk retrospectively that I hesitate to list them here. Don't know why that has happened.
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January 22, 2012 6:00 PM CST
do you need some stuff ! please email to sylvie.subsonic@free.fr
January 22, 2012 4:34 PM CST
The worst gig I can remember in the last 10 years was the second to last time Guitar Wolf came over, it was the tour after Bass Wolf died. Maybe they were still getting over it, I don't know. They just stood around posing with Guitar Wolf feeding back his guitar for about half an hour and then left the stage. They attempted to play the odd song but they were shit to. Performance Art I can kind of understand but that was just total shit.
January 22, 2012 12:52 PM CST
When i was an undergraduate, there was a band caled Babydoll playing at a student dance. It was just awful, as the band had no energy and the lead singer was dying on stage (though not in the Tommy Cooper sense), owing to the lack of stage presence. It was as dire as the state of television or the English education system today. If they were around today, they'd be called "indie landfill".
January 22, 2012 1:40 AM CST
I took my son to see the Bad Brains about 2 years ago or so. Band was spot on, but HR just stood or sat at the mic and spoke the lyrics, not sing them. No energy, at all. My kid was 15 or 16 at the time and was appalled. Finally he kind of came alive on the last song (at The Movies)
The Hook Up said:
The worst show I went to has a couple of odd points to it. I went to see Bad Brains (or Soul Brains as they were known then) about ten years ago. The messed up part was the band were absolutely stunning. Just perfect. What made it the worst show was, it cost $20 to get in and they played for nine minutes. H.R. came back out and sat behind the drum kit attempting to play drums while smiling at a girl in the crowd. He kept waving at her until she waved back, which he took as some sort of green light, so he went into the crowd and slow danced with her with no music playing. The band came back out and yelled at him to come back up. He eventually got back on stage and they played half of "Banned in D.C" and then H.R. left. Earl accompanied my friends to another bar and hung out with us, which was amazing. I later found out that the band got into a fist fight with H.R. hours after the show. So, in short: Amazing band. Nine minute set. Total weirdness for a half hour then another forty seconds of music. But hanging out with Earl was incredible.
January 22, 2012 12:39 AM CST
The shins! Fuck were they were dull.
And the smashing pumpkins...bloody horrible stuff. Went with my house mates at the time it cost me $16.00, luckily Kim salmon and the surrealists were playing in the front bar, they were killer as always.
January 22, 2012 9:40 AM CST
we've missed these great psychotic rock sounds of the cranks, sounds good!
January 22, 2012 9:15 AM CST
a free and really good sounding live show to bridge the time gap, till hold'n the new Alb in yer Hands. http://freemusicarchive.org/genre/Rock/?page=659&sort=track_date_published
January 22, 2012 8:47 AM CST
Gerard van Herk, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter for Deja Voodoo still does the occasional show. John, you obviously know about the one in Toronto with Bloodshot Bill as drummer. It was supposed to be an OG Records reunion of sorts, OG was the record label formed by Deja Voodoo. There's some poor quality video of this show on youtube.
We had Gerard here in London Ontario this past summer and we got him up and playing for about 15m with a mystery drummer. It was totally amazing to see Gerard playing songs that we hadn't seen him do in over 20 years!! A lot of the younger folks who missed Deja Voodoo first time around became instant fans and finally got to see the legend! Below is a pic of Gerard in action at this show.
Gerard is currently in Newfoundland and sometimes does gigs with his son on drums.
January 22, 2012 8:29 AM CST
I have an MP3 blog, All I Want. It was originally meant to be for 7" singles only, but the temptation to add some LPs, 10" EPs and the very occasional 12" single, was too strong. I also mean to add some more scanned fanzines when I get the chance. The music on there is mainly from my personal record collection, alongside the occasional gap-filler from a friend. It's all from vinyl and it's all tagged, sorted and imaged-up.
The reason I joined Garage Punk Hideout was the number of times it cropped up when I was researching various obscure(ish) releases. I figured I'd just go straight to the source.
I hope you like what you see, and if there are any broken links just let me know and I'll fix them.
