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    • April 11, 2011 9:13 AM CDT
    • I just downloaded my copy.  I'll let you know what I think of it.

      kopper said:

      Links are live NOW! Go get it, kids.

      From the menu at the top, go to More > Hideout Comps

    • April 11, 2011 9:05 AM CDT
    • Links are live NOW! Go get it, kids.

      From the menu at the top, go to More > Hideout Comps

    • April 11, 2011 2:39 AM CDT
    • HEY!!!

      It's TODAY!!!

       

       

      where can we download it?!?

       

       

       

    • April 10, 2011 2:21 PM CDT
    • The COUNTDOWNs running everybody! Not long now!

    • April 8, 2011 6:09 AM CDT

    • MIKE and MUSKRAT: Thanks a ton guys!

    • April 11, 2011 7:26 AM CDT
    • Here is the wikipedia version of what the TAMI show was...

       

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.A.M.I._Show

      ELECTROMAGS said:

      I saw them play Ann Arbor about a year and a half ago. They are originally from near where I live here in Michigan, so I think it was just a one-off show.  They played an intimate little club downtown that holds about 80 people comfortably. 

      They rocked and sounded good. ? still can pull it off for being an old-timer now.

      I am not familiar with the TAMI Show. What is that?

    • April 10, 2011 8:57 PM CDT
    • I saw them play Ann Arbor about a year and a half ago. They are originally from near where I live here in Michigan, so I think it was just a one-off show.  They played an intimate little club downtown that holds about 80 people comfortably. 

      They rocked and sounded good. ? still can pull it off for being an old-timer now.

      I am not familiar with the TAMI Show. What is that?

    • April 9, 2011 10:29 PM CDT
    • The band put on a good show, but what I really liked was watching "The T.A.M.I. Show," which was screened before the band hit the stage.  That was my first time watching it, and I'll definitely have to get the DVD.

       

      Anyone else here ever see ? and the Mysterians or "The T.A.M.I. Show"?  If so, do you have any thoughts to share?

       

    • April 10, 2011 11:43 AM CDT

    • * Louie Bluie Film Soundtrack by Howard Armstrong. About 30 years ago, my pal Alec turned me on to a fun little LP called Martin, Bogan & Armstrong. It was an old African-American string band recorded in the early '70s.

      It wasn't "blues," there there were some bluesy tunes there. It wasn't "jug band." These guys were playing mainly pop and jazz tunes of bygone eras. The players were old guys but all excellent musician -- and they were full of Hell. They'd been playing together in various combinations since the '30s under names such as The Tennessee Chocolate Drops and The Four Keys.

      For instance, they start out with a straight version of the  uptight WASPy frat song "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" (which before, I'd only heard performed by The Lettermen!) before they slip into a parody that was popular in the '20s ("She's the sweetheart of six other guys.") But my favorite MB&A song was "Do You Call That Buddy," which has a line that stuck with me for years: "If I had a million doughnuts, durn his soul, I wouldn't even give him a doughnut hole."

      Just a few years ago I found Martin, Bogan & Armstrong on CD, as part of a twofer with a subsequent album That Old Gang of Mine. But even more recently I discovered a documentary called Louie Bluie made in the mid '80s directed by Terry Zwigoff, who is more famous for Crumb. The title character of Louie turns out to be fiddler/mandolinist Howard Armstrong. Also featured here is guitarist, singer Ted Bogan -- who catches continual unmerciful ribbing from Armstrong throughout the film.

      The film tells the story of Armstrong (who got the nickname of "Louie Bluie" from a tipsy mortician's daughter) To quote Roger Ebert, "The movie is loose and disjointed, and makes little effort to be a documentary about anything. Mostly, it just follows Armstrong around as he plays music with Bogan, visits his Tennessee childhood home, and philosophizes on music, love and life." And I love it.

      This soundtrack album on Arhoolie captures some of the greatest moments of the film, as well as some that didn't make the final cut. There's a delightfully filthy version of "Darktown Strutter's Ball." There's blues, gospel and jazz tunes. Also, a German waltz and a Polish tune. Yes, Armstrong, as he explains in the movie, was fluent in several languages, incljuding Italian and a little Chinese. This, he said, helped him get gigs when he moved to Chicago.

      Included on this album are some old songs originally released on 78rmp records, including some with Yank Rachell, who appears in the movie. A couple of these feature Sleepy John Estes on vocals.

      Armstrong died in 2003 at the age of 94.

      * Unentitled by Slim Cessna's Auto Club. This band often is billed as a "country gothic" band. Led by Cessna, who shares vocal duties with sidekick Jay Munly, the Auto Club often takes the guise as sinners in the hands of an angry God.

      But on this album, which some critics are saying is the group's most accessible, so many songs are so upbeat and happy sounding, I really don't think the "gothic" label does them justice.

      True, they've that 16 Horsepower banjo apocalypse vibe going full force on the first song, "Three Bloodhounds Two Shepherds One Fila Brasileiro" a harrowing tale that deals with bloodhounds being set loose on some hapless target, perhaps an escaped prisoner.

      However, the very next song takes off with an eye-opening, frantic, almost '90s ska-like beat. The music is fierce and thundering and not very "country." Then  the following song "Thy Will Done" gets back to the banjo with an almost raga-like melody and some otherworldly whistle instrument I've yet to identify. The only thing this one lacks is Tuvan throat singers.

      That old time religion is a major theme with the Auto Club. The 7-minute "Hallelujah Anyway" is a twisted tale of an arranged wedding. But even better is the closing song, "United Brethren," an emotional song of a preacher losing his congregation to another church -- just as his great-grandfather had experienced. It's not a problem most of us will ever face, but as Munly pleads, "Lord have mercy upon us ..." in his lonesome tenor with just an autoharp behind him, only the the most hard-hearted heathen would be unmoved.

      * The Swan Silvertones 1946-1951. And speaking of spiritual crisis, the song "A Mother's Cry" on this album starts out with "Oh this world is in confusion .." -- and the listener isn't confused at all. It's the story of a mother whose son is fighting overseas. I would guess Korea.

      Yes, those post WWII years covered by this album were confusing times indeed and, probably not coincidentally, great years for Black gospel music as well.

      Take  "Jesus is God's Atomic Bomb," another tune in this collection. The Silvertones sing, "Oh have you heard about the blast in Japan/How it killed so many people and scorched the land." But it gets scarier. "Oh it can kill your natural body, but the Lord can kill your soul ...'

      Yikes! World in confusion indeed.

      The Swan Silvertones was an a capella group led by the great Claude Jeter, a former coal miner from Kentucky who wrote many of the songs here, including the ones I mentioned. This album captured their years at King Records. They weren't as raw sounding as The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi. They didn't have the irresistible personality of Sister Rosetta Tharpe or the sweet grace of Mahalia Jackson. But the Silvertones were solid and credible. And even now, a respite for confusing times.

      * The tracks I didn't get last month from Hannibalism! by The Mighty Hannibal. This is not your average obscure lost '60s soul-shouter compilation. This album contains the greatest anti-war song of the Vietnam era that you've never heard. Written and recorded in 1966, "Hymn #5" is a first-person tale of a scared soldier. It's a minor-key moan that sounds like one of the spookiest minor-key gospel songs you can imagine.

      "I'm waaaaayyyy over here, crawling' in these trench holes, covered with blood. But one thing that I know, (chorus comes in) There's no tomorrow, there's no tomorrow ..."


      There's a sequel that came four years later -- following a stint in prison by Hannibal  for tax evasion -- another soldier's-eye-view of the war. It's good, but not a fraction as jolting as "Hymn #5."

      I love Hannibal's early dance '60s tunes like "Jerkin' the Dog" (Settle down, Beavis!) and "Fishin' Pole." But I find his religious cautionary tales extremely fascinating. The moral of "The Truth Shall Make You Free" basically is that Jesus can help you kick heroin. Hardly original, but Hannibal sings with wild conviction. He was an addict for some years in the '60s. "There's nothin' I wouldn't do when I needed a fix/ I met the mother of my children goin', turning tricks," Hannibal testifies. And  its dark psychedelic/Blaxplotation guitar touches and the "Pappa Was a Rollin' Stone" bass line make you wonder why the song and the singer didn't become better known.

      Even wilder is the final song, "Party Life." What can you say about a song that starts out "There was a pimp by my house the other day ..." Next thing you know, said pimp has taken the singer's daughter and she ends up in a hospital in Kentucky in such bad mental condition she doesn't even recognize her own dad. Seriously, people, keep those pimps away from your home!

    • April 10, 2011 10:48 AM CDT
    • there's the gist of the question! how do you define punk rock? somebody please enlighten me, i've only just discovered what garage means? i play ping-pong in mine.

    • April 10, 2011 10:44 AM CDT
    • I think it's safe to say we all agree they're Punk..some of us just question if the music is pure Punk musically.

    • April 10, 2011 10:38 AM CDT
    • clash is punk, I know that probably doesn't bring much to the conversation, haha

    • April 9, 2011 9:31 PM CDT
    • Burns Double Six..epic guitars.

    • April 9, 2011 10:04 AM CDT

    • I like the sound of that, actually...Could be a great opportunity to put the Hideout in the spotlight too...
      kopper said:

      You could call it the Norfuck Fest.

      joey fuckup said:
      Ha! The closest I would get to starting up something like that would be something locally, and it would just be a few punk bands around...I would have better luck in Norfolk, though...And that probably wouldn't be too hard...I do know enough people from such bands as the Strap Ons, the Villains, Trauma Dolls, Hydeouts, thee Apostles, Sleaze Stacks, and more... Hmmm....And if I was able to throw something together there, I would have plenty of help...And it wouldn't be that hard to get Larry May down, too...

    • April 8, 2011 3:36 PM CDT
    • You could call it the Norfuck Fest.

      joey fuckup said:

      Ha! The closest I would get to starting up something like that would be something locally, and it would just be a few punk bands around...I would have better luck in Norfolk, though...And that probably wouldn't be too hard...I do know enough people from such bands as the Strap Ons, the Villains, Trauma Dolls, Hydeouts, thee Apostles, Sleaze Stacks, and more... Hmmm....And if I was able to throw something together there, I would have plenty of help...And it wouldn't be that hard to get Larry May down, too...

    • April 9, 2011 12:51 AM CDT
    • Show #320: "Psychedelic Minerals" playlist:

      The Rolling Stones - "2000 Light Years From Home"
      Crystal Garden - "Peach Fuzz Forest"
      The Sandmen - "World Full Of Dreams"
      The Pebbles - "Playing Chess"
      Stone Country - "Mantra"
      Rock Candy - "Magic Horse"
      The Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band - "Factory Endeavour"
      The Onyx - "Tamaris Khan"
      Ray Brown & Moonstone - "Start Of A New Day"
      Pearl Divers - "Terminal Loser"
      Crystal Fountain - "Sensations"
      Pure Jade Green - "Into The Sun"
      The Stonemen - "Faded Colors"
      John Covert & The Crystal Image - "In My Dreams"
      Faine Jade - "On The Inside There's A Middle"
      Thackeray Rocke - "Bawling"
      Stone Garden - "It's A Beautiful Day"
      Crystal Chandelier - "Suicidal Flowers"
      The Rock Revival - "Venus 2038"
      Little Free Rock - "Dream"
      Jade - "My Mary (More Than Ever)"
      The Sunstone Lollypop - "Never Sad"
      The Crystal Ball - "Trans-Love Airways"
      Blackrock - "Bad Cloud Overhead"
      The Rock Shop - "State Of Your Mind"
      Crystal Sect - "Days And Weeks"
      The Cosmic Rock Show - "Psiship"
      The Grains Of Sand - "She Needs Me"
      The Pebble Episode - "Tripsy"
      Pearls Before Swine - "I Shall Not Care"
      Red Dirt - "Memories"
      Dave Diamond & The Higher Elevation - "The Diamond Mine"
      Old Gold - "Teacher Of Electricity"
      Meteor & Demjen Ferenc - "Kivanj Te Is Nekem Szep, Jo Ejszakat"
      Opal Butterfly - "My Gration Or?"
      Crystal Rain - "You And Me"
      Stonehenge - "The Inferno"
      Sands - "Listen To The Sky"
      Stone Circus - "People I Once Knew"
      The Rock Garden - "Sweet Pajamas"
      Bloodrock - "Melvin Laid An Egg"

      Click here to stream this show now: http://eggmanrulez.com/m3u/320.m3u
      or to download: http://eggmanrulez.com/streams/320.mp3

      ***To stream The Metaphysical Circus live, listen to past shows, view playlists, etc…check out my website: http://eggmanrulez.com/ or wscafm.org Friday nights at 10pm EST on WSCA-LP 106.1 FM, Portsmouth Community Radio!

      Egg

    • April 8, 2011 4:04 PM CDT
    • Show #320: "Psychedelic Minerals"

      Every 3 weeks I leave an open slot to do random themes and whatnot. This week's theme is "Psychedelic Minerals". Everything played tonight will be a brand of psychedelic rock from the late 60's or early 70's by a group or artist incorporating a mineral in their name. All sorts of trippy "rocks" and "stones" tonight! Tune in at 10pm EST to hear some Psychedelic Minerals like: The Rolling Stones, Stone Country, The Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band, The Onyx, Ray Brown & Moonstone, Crystal Fountain, Pure Jade Green, The Stonemen, Faine Jade, Stone Garden, Crystal Chandelier, Jade, The Rock Shop, The Cosmic Rock Show, The Grains Of Sand, The Pebble Episode, Pearls Before Swine, Red Dirt, Opal Butterfly, Crystal Rain, Sands, Bloodrock and many many more!!!

      ***To stream The Metaphysical Circus live, listen to past shows, view playlists, etc…check out my website: eggmanrulez.com/ or wscafm.org Friday nights at 10pm EST on WSCA-LP 106.1 FM, Portsmouth Community Radio!

      Watch my playlist unravel before your eyes LIVE here: wscafm.radioactivity.fm/

      Egg

    • April 8, 2011 9:17 PM CDT
    • Are The Undertones too obvious, or did someone name them already?

    • April 8, 2011 7:37 PM CDT
    • The Quick I think got missed.Cant leave out The Quick.

    • April 8, 2011 11:58 AM CDT
    • Love it.

    • April 8, 2011 5:36 AM CDT
    • Diggin it - UP!

      You done good my good barber, puttin that FRIGGS track in YAY-AH! All tunes make me wanna jump and give my ceiling some new decoration.

    • April 8, 2011 3:49 AM CDT


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      Watcha Weird-ohs
      I’m Mr A the Barber and this is vol. 32 of YOU GOT GOOD TASTE.

      This month's YOU GOT GOOD TASTE has been taken over by punks with a difference!
      Oh yeah, it's time for the girls to come out of the garage and strut there stuff cos trashy girls rule on this episode.
      So get ready weird-ohs cos for the next hour I'm only gonna be playing you garage punk of the girly kind. It's the least I can do as a pay back to all the liberties I've taken recently!
      Regular listeners know what I mean, Mr A's all heart really.

      Happy Days - The Barbarellas
      Pleasure Unit - The Gore Gore Girls
      Try To Cry - April March & The Makers

      Double Shot (of my baby's love) - The Goodees
      I've Been Working On You - The Feminine Complex
      I'll Keep On Holding On - The Detroit Cobras
      Radiates That Charm - The Downbeat 5

      Juiced Up - The Friggs
      In The Flesh - The Excessories
      You Know You Can't Resist - The Headcoatees
      Virtually Happy - Holly Golightly

      Baby I Dig Your Love - What Four
      Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart - the Puppets
      Mr. Genie Man - Society's Children
      I Can't Sleep At Night - The Diaboliks
      Hunt You Down - The Gore Gore Girls
      Baby Doll - The Bobbyteens
      Perversion - The Trashwomen
      Hanky Panky - The 5.6.7.8's

      Feeling Good - Michele Lee

      Stay Sick Weird-Oh's
      www.yougotgoodtaste.com

    • April 8, 2011 7:06 AM CDT
    • Any of you lovely people use Spotify?  I'm putting together a playlist (whiles the hours at work!) and thought I'd open it up to other people to add to. The List is called Andyuzz's List - feel free to subscribe to list and put on some kicking toons!

       

      If you don't belong to Spotify - what should I put on (the choice of music is not exhaustive!)

       

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