February 9, 2011 3:05 PM CST
Back in the days when they were bad boys popping speed so they could play those eight hour sets in the clubs of Hamburg, not the cleaned up choir boys Brian Epstein turned them into. I can understand that.
erin said:
i like the REALLY early stuff, like when they still wore leather jackets and had ducktails and covered chuck berry. i know some of that stuff is included in the anthology.
February 9, 2011 3:01 PM CST
i like the REALLY early stuff, like when they still wore leather jackets and had ducktails and covered chuck berry. i know some of that stuff is included in the anthology.
February 9, 2011 1:53 PM CST
I have reached the point of conscious incompetence with relative ease. Once I reach conscious competence (maybe in a year or two), I'll consider doing a podcast on a regular basis.
February 9, 2011 1:40 PM CST
This looks interesting to me http://www.yourwaytomusic.com/new-yardbirds-boxset-due-from-easy-action-records/
What do you guys think?
February 9, 2011 12:50 PM CST
I've been trying to snag copies of Thee Flying Dutchmen's LP and the Zombie IV 7" for a few years. I finally had to settle for a burned copy of the former, although I loathe having a mere mp3 copy of anything.
Luckily before their demise, I was able to order the Sultanas, some F.F.F. vinyl and a few other things. Such a great label.
I found a zine called Caveman Digest that I think they put out, or had something to do with. I have a photocopy of it and would be happy to throw a copy someone's way.
February 9, 2011 11:48 AM CST
Does anyone know whatever happened to Boom Boom Records? This was a great label that was releasing some killer lo-fi budget rock there for a while, but I haven't seen nor heard anything from Jesse Lortz or any of his bands (The Flying Dutchmen, The Fe Fi Fo Fums, The Sultanas and The Dutchess & The Duke) in a couple of years or so. The label's website is gone and the Boom Boom Party Records' Myspace page shows the last login there was 5/28/2009! I've even tried to email Jesse but never get any reply. It's like he fell off the face of the earth! WTF?
February 9, 2011 10:25 AM CST
I've read it, and it's quite good. The writer Richards enlisted clearly captured Richards' "voice" throughout the text, sometimes even including a few repetitious verbal tics. Like many biographies of this type, the least well-known details of the subject's life - childhood - are among the most fascinating. Richards also presents himself as more of a serial monogamist than a womanizer, unlike Bill Wyman, whose book "Stone Alone" consists largely of a full accounting of every groupie he ever encountered and every dollar he made (or was cheated out of). For a book of this length, I came away from it thinking it could have been at least twice as long because the most interesting parts to me were Keith's comments on the Stones' own music and recording sessions, and many of these were just treated in passing or ignored completely. As I would have expected, he gives the recording of "Exile on Main Street" a lot of attention because of the major influence he had on that album, but I would have like to read more about many of the other songs. But maybe leaving you wanting more is the sign of a good book, and for the most part "Life" is top-notch.
February 9, 2011 9:45 AM CST
I just started on it, and I really like it. I just finished the chapter on when the Rolling Stones toured England with the Ronnettes, and Keith writes about how he was in love with Ronnie Spector. She liked him too, but nothing happened because she was with Phil Spector at the time (Enough said). Keith wrote about how Ronnie was practically held prisoner by Phil, and how he would take her down into the basement of his LA home and show her a coffin, and he told her that she would end up in that coffin if she ever left him. I'm glad Keith wrote about that, because it reminds me not to feel sorry for Spector now that he's in prison. I don't care how much great music that man made, he is an asshole.
February 9, 2011 5:47 AM CST
oh yeah !!!!
NUMBER 71 monobanda
this guy is really crazy, and i love him
tommominollo said:
NUMBER 71 MONOBANDA
is the fkng craziest one man band!
February 9, 2011 4:00 AM CST
NUMBER 71 MONOBANDA
is the fkng craziest one man band!
February 8, 2011 12:26 AM CST
Yes of course, and Hasil Adkins!!!!
February 8, 2011 12:16 AM CST
Rev Beatman
February 7, 2011 3:02 PM CST
King Automatic
The Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger
Hasil Adkins
Sheriff Perkins !
February 7, 2011 2:18 PM CST
February 7, 2011 1:58 PM CST
FELA BORBONE FROM MONGOLIA!!!
February 8, 2011 7:53 AM CST
Scion paid for them to record the album. Mick's influences are all over the place. This might get them some additional exposure that they deserve for the albums we all love. People like us will talk about it until the cows come home. Back in the mid 90s there was a tribute album to the Smith's performed by a bunch of knucklehead Hardcore bands. That got me to look at the Smith's a little differently. Hopefully if some Techno purists check this out they will like the Dirtbomb's a little more and who knows maybe the Dirtbomb's can convert a skinny jean wearing kid on this site to hit the dance clubs (god forbid!).
February 8, 2011 3:16 AM CST
PLUS: The others are right :)
February 8, 2011 3:15 AM CST
It's just like with mother nature's givings: The goodness never stops on the GARAGEPUNK HIDEOUT.
Seriously, here's a discussion where people can spotlight their personal faves from time to time, including what they loved about the content and the programming of a show, so others can pick up on it easy:
YOUR FAVE KICK ASS PODCASTS!
February 7, 2011 4:31 PM CST
Thanks Mal.
The admiration is mutual.
Mal Thursday said:
THE BIG ENCHILADA rules, by the way. WAY PAST COOL, KICKS FROM THE BOOT, and Kopper's new show are other good ones of more recent vintage. And the beer-themed one as well. There are so many. Michael Kaiser's are great as well. RADIOBLIVION, R.I.P.
February 7, 2011 4:00 PM CST
THE BIG ENCHILADA rules, by the way. WAY PAST COOL, KICKS FROM THE BOOT, and Kopper's new show are other good ones of more recent vintage. And the beer-themed one as well. There are so many. Michael Kaiser's are great as well. RADIOBLIVION, R.I.P.
February 7, 2011 3:52 PM CST
You have a good point, Chaz. Anyone who listens to ALL the shows has a lot more free time than I do.
Maybe tagging is a good idea (if that's possible. Is it?)
The trouble with trying to organize is that a lot of our podcasts contain lots of those various genres -- R&B, garage old and new, rockabilly, often in the course of one show. I know mine, The Big Enchilada, does. I also do hillbilly shows every few months and often do sets of various styles including gospel, jug band, Japanese punk, "world garage" etc.
Most of the current podcasts have playlists on our Hideout blogs or at least descriptions of each episode.
February 7, 2011 9:33 PM CST
I would write him. I'll take his address. Jacksn45@gmail.com also what kind of price was he charging?
Thee Wild Wraith said:
Anyone interested in doing short runs might consider Peter King out of New Zealand. He will do minimum runs of 20. His prices are pretty damned cheap as long as you do a small run (like 100 or less). Most people wouldn't want to do that, but I think it's great. Aside from the normal stuff he also does 5"s, 8"s, square records, triangles and custom shaped stuff. Everything he does is on clear vinyl.
He doesn't have a website, you have to call him or write him a letter for a quote. If anyone is interested I can email you his contact info. There are a few videos of him making records up on youtube, do a search for "peter king vinyl".
I was pretty happy with the records he did for me. They look great. I'd say the sound quality is a little lower than a regular record, but still really good in my opinion. He's a good option for smaller bands, and people interested in weird/novelty vinyl. Also he's just a really friendly and helpful guy.
February 7, 2011 6:13 PM CST
wow, what a story. Love Otto's. It's a total time warp. Usually has great music. And one of the last of the real LES bars left.
The Black Saxons said:
Kind of a different experience than hanging out with your favorite band but we played Otto's Shrunken Head on Fri. and we were the last of three bands so we did an extended set. Near the end this guy comes up and asks if he can play something with us, so we just made up a bluesy type of song on the spot and freestyled some lyrics, people were dancing, it was a real cool time. Anyway after the gig the drummer comes up and tells me, "Hey that was Frank Infante". So, I thought that was pretty gnarly. We talked with him out on the street for awhile and he was really cool. The End.
February 7, 2011 11:22 AM CST
I haven't looked at it in ages, but isn't this what Book Your Own Fuckin' Life set out to achieve? It was started originally by the folks behind MRR. Have you checked that out? Just a thought...
February 7, 2011 11:16 AM CST
I got my Grace radio (pictured above) and got it all set up over the weekend and I fuckin' LOVE this thing. I've got a bunch of great college & indie public radio stations all over the country programmed into it, so any time I want I can just flip the dial and select a station in Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, locally here in St. Louis... you name it. I also have several online-only streaming audio stations and podcasts programmed into it. I keep it in our kitchen and it's great to listen to whatever the hell I want when I'm in there fixing dinner or doing the dishes. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
