Shameless? yeah heh baby ...

well this is a dub track but the video is amazing. just mute the video if you don't like dub. the colors get you stoned. http://vimeo.com/24840381

Digital Leather - hurts so bad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNwcZ9FjpXM

This is a new video from Watch It Sparkle. They have a great live show too, check them out if you get a chance!

I prefer early Stones w/Brian as opposed to the classic rock era Stones, but I have a soft spot for some of the 70's albums like Goats Head Soup and Some Girls especially.

I love me some goats head soup. Heartbreaker is a killer song.

Johnny Bean said:

As a total fanatic I would say everything between the first album and Goats Head Soup is classic. My real favourites though are the first 2 albums, plus early bootlegs like the Chess Sessions and Camden 1964. If you have those recording the first Ramones album, I`m Stranded, Louie Louie and the Best of Bo Diddley you have everything you need to know about rock n roll :)

I would say that this stuff you're calling "later" is actually early. Those guys have been making albums for a long time! OK, so I guess it's 'later early.' Maybe you could say those albums were the 'Golden Age.' Their last album, A Bigger Bang, is really good, much better that what they did since the good ol' days.

I had Keith's autobiography in my hands on Friday but bought a book on the making of Night of the Living Dead instead (which I love by the way).  I do want to go back and pick up the autobio because I am sure if would spark a stones fest for me.  I love Exile, and Tumbling Dice is probably my Stones anthem.  And I still love Tatoo You.  I would say I grew up with later Stones and maybe I burned myself out on it just a little bit.  So if I catch a stones tune on the radio I am more apt to flip off newer stones but rarely leave older stones behind, except blues standards like Route 66 which bore me.  Wow, MikeL, I realize you have my head spinning with indecision.  Theres no doubt - its is all so frickin good. 

i was very disappointed in "Exile" - maybe because by the time i finally got to hear it i had been bombarded with just what a masterpiece it was!  it wasn't - at least not to me. much prefer sticky fingers... but hell i like the stones even in the 80s... that early 70s seems to resonate most with me but then again...

the early covers are the shit.  but thats also in the context of what they would go on to do later.  beggars banquet was the first album to hook me.  let it bleed is the masterpiece. 

That's them in the picture that heads up this group. I wonder if everyone knows that Mary Weiss, lead singer, did an album a few years ago, called "Dangerous Game," backed by Reigning Sound, and it's really good. Mary performs occasionally, I saw her in Hoboken (NJ) 3 years ago, and had the pleasure of meeting her. She's a real sweetheart.

At a yard sale, I found an old Cashbox newspaper with the Shangri-Las on the cover, and sent a scan to her. She was excited to see it, and told me that over the years, she's lost all of her memorabilia. So I sent it to her. If anyone has anything like this that they'd be willing to part with, Mary would love to have it, she's on Facebook.

Wish I could go, but I'm too poor and stupid. Someone buy me a ticket!

Anyone planning on attending? Just bought a golden pass. They've announced a few bands, including......Alarm Clocks! Awesomeness.

I vote Rod Argent of The Zombies

His keyboards make The Zombies, both with his comping and his sick solos.

I like his playing because he's sophisticated and sloppy at the same time. He's got these great licks that you'd hear from jazz guys but he lays it over a real raw track and rushes just enough to give his solos this frantic feel.

I have yet to hear the combination of complexity and soul from another garage rock keyboardist but tell me what you think. I wanna hear about some more players I can check out.

Listen to his organ work on :

Just Out Of Reach (keyboard solo at 1:00)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7aebYXnArg&feature=related

and then his electric piano work on

She's Not There (solo 1:37)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5IRI4oHKNU&feature=related

In case anyone was wondering, I decided to pull the trigger on the Burns Double Six.  I had to save a bit since they are "valuable" (things are "valuable" if they're worth the high ticket price and "expensive" if they aren't).  Everything about it feels and sounds ... right.  I considered the Rickie but just couldn't justify the ~ $2000 price.

Hollow body's are great with distortion, but you have to manage the feedback. the easiest way is to buy synthetic (no Moisture) foam squares from the make up aisle. It must be synthetic, cotton holds moisture and will mess with the guitar. Stuff the squares into the f-holes carefully till the guitar is half full, several bags. What this does is cut down on the sound waves bouncing around inside the guitar but still maintaining the killer vintage tone. We have an early 70's era Silvertone hollow body and this worked great. Some vintage guitars have microphonic pickups (they work like a mike) which cause feed back. A good guitar repair guy will know how to dip them in wax to stop this.

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'Never Ever Land: 83 Texan Nuggets', ripping comp!

I just finally started listening to it but Songs the Hideout taught us is pretty awesome!! Kicks off with the legendary Cynics. One of my favorite garage singers Greg from The Fiends once tole me their "Blue Train Station" record was one the the ultimate garage records of all time.

almost all the good ones are already listed...

The Fort Worth Teen Scene(s)!

Garage Punk Unknowns

Northwest Battle Of The Bands!

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Yeah, most "Northern Soul" is mediocre, IMHO.

Check out this snoozer:

Not sure if it's the same band you're talking about, though...

Reverbnation has a digital media app, that sends the songs to I tunes, napster, amazon, last FM plus a bunch more. You have to sign up on an annual basis i thinks its about $150. But you get paid every time someone streams a song. for the price they have web hosting, electronic press kits, lots of widgets. Its worth giving it a look.

I'm the drummer for a 60's fuzz garage band called 45 Spider from Cleveland, OH.  2 girls (vox & me, on drums) and 2 guys (bass & guitar).  Looking to possibly add organ as well! Recordings are rough basement versions......in final phases of our 1st album.  Check us out http://www.myspace.com/45spider.