Having grown up in the tri-state area in the 70's, I was aware of Bruce Springstreen before he became a mega star. One thing that most people do not realize is how supportive he was of the original NYC underground Punk movement.  He not only wrote songs for Patti Smith & Robert Gordon, but he wrote "Hungry Heart" originally for the Ramones. He came out of the same club scene, albeit a few years earlier, but Bruce Played at Max's Kansas City, a seminal NY Rock N Roll club that predated CBGB's.

 The Black & White cover of the "Born To Run" lp started a trend as most of the original NYC punk bands opted for no-frills Black & White record covers. Bruce also wore a biker jacket on the cover. The biker jacket was adopted as the most common fashion accessory in the original Punk rock Movement. The fact that Bruce wore one before they became trendy & popular, added to his street credibility.

I only said that because there are some people here who really hate Springsteen.  However, I'm hoping they can laugh at this.

Speaking for myself, I love "Born to Run" and "Darkness on the Edge of Town."

Axel Björnsson said:

Ok it's not cool to dig the boss blabla whatever.. Has nobody listen to his album Nebraska? Its so friggin good. I love the Boss..

Ok it's not cool to dig the boss blabla whatever.. Has nobody listen to his album Nebraska? Its so friggin good. I love the Boss..

That would only make him into a bigger "star."  Get it, Springsteen in space, becoming a bigger star, ha ha ha...

(Stoney silence)

OK, never mind.  Bad pun.  I'll never do it again.  Promise.

Andy O.B.O. said:

Bruce Springsteen in outer space makes a good band concept, too.

Bruce Springsteen in outer space makes a good band concept, too.

I think you should check this out.  It's both funny and eerily convincing...

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bruce-springsteen-releases-new-scifi-concept-album,21358/

This is great, turn it on and crank it up!

http://hypem.com/list/767

It's run by the guy who does the KBD Records blog. Enjoy.

The Boss RV 5 pedal is the best cheaper guy you can get for my opinion. Dig him more than EHX-Holy Grail and Digitech Digiverb.. But just get a fender amp man...

Huh??? lol!

Andy O.B.O. said:

So dumbfounded that I'm dumbfounder, as to imply MORE than dumbfounded.

Andy O.B.O. said:

So dumbfounded that I'm dumbfounder, as to imply MORE than dumbfounded.

Andy O.B.O. said:

I can't really say I hate this since I'm too dumbfounder to really know what to make of it, but...

The Gong show was hilarious actually.  I should have said... It's worse than Star Search! lol!

Cool:)  Hope you enjoy it.

Scott said:

Thanks Mike. I heard Tommy James talk about his book on Loog Oldham's Underground Garage show. Sounds entertaining. Finally  picked it up. Hope to read it soon.

Thanks Mike. I heard Tommy James talk about his book on Loog Oldham's Underground Garage show. Sounds entertaining. Finally  picked it up. Hope to read it soon.

Yeah. I have the Moldy Basement Tapes, too. Even if I don't listen them as often as "regular" TPB songs, it's cool.

I saw the great Shonen Knife at the Kings Cross Scala on Sunday night, hard to believe it's almost twenty years since I first saw them...and harder to believe it's their 30th anniversary tour! Absolutely fantastic show, I'm still smiling!

Cheers!

Steve

I say The Alice Cooper Band, so American glam?

If it's your first time seeing him, you're in for a real treat. It's amazing how much better of a show he can put on sitting down than some can on their feet.

Great! There's also a new Bloodshot sampler out with another new track and a third track from the album will be released on "Southern Independent vol. 3"

DOWNLOAD VERTIGOUS LINK:

the settings on the H2 are : Front 90, Rear 120, and all four together... I tend to use Stealth (external) mics as they're easier to get to head height, and you can stash the recorder (once you set the levels and locked it down) in a pocket or bag.

If stealth *isn't* an issue, the unit stands quite nicely on the rubber feet...

I've been recording since 1975 and it's always tricky getting the right level... with the H2, I set the attenuation to Concert and start with a level of around 85 (it goes to 125) You can adjust while recording, and balance it out later, but TBH, setting the level during a soundcheck, or support band is probably best.  

Leave some overhead just in case, set the peaks to around -6dB to account for loud claps/explosions/etc...

But really, the best advice is to go and record something... in a pub or free gig... just to get used to the rig.

My favourite rig was the Walkman D6.  it never let me down. despite having to flip tapes (under 2 secs, with practise)

Craig

Do you actually hold onto the H2 when you record, or do you place it somewhere on that foot/tripod device?

And what mic setting do you use? From what i've read, there's 4 different mic settings for mic direction.

And the reason i'm leaning more to the H1 is it's size and what looks like ease of operation.

thanx tons

I'm anyway grateful that kids become fans of garage. I remember when I started listening to it. It started with Black Lips, Mummies, Sonics, 13th Floor etc, but the thirst for more got me interested in hearing more.

Let's welcome them all!

Jon said:

yes. trendy as fck.. i have a DJ night where I play tons of BFTG tunes, stuff from all those awesome comps from Teenage Shutdown to the Quagmire series, but people don't seem intrested in really knowing the genre. as well as more current garagepunk band... instead tons of people go out to this other night where they play nothing outside the Nuggets comp and even then its usually only the Sonics, sometimes 13th floor elevators and a bunch of other top 40 tracks from the 60's and people are always at shows trying to brag about how much they know about "garage" and how good it is but can never talk any further than the sonics, mummies, gories, white stripes, and the black lips.

Don't forget the Teenage Shutdown song about Niatpac Levram; The evil mirror of Captain Marvel.

The Chevron's - Niat Pac Levram

Thanks for all the words of support. Ugly Things on the Radio (or on the Pod or whatever) will be back one of these days. I had a lot of fun doing the show, but since then got sidetracked finishing up a new Ugly Things among other things.