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    • March 6, 2014 2:12 PM CST
    • hot bagels is fuzzed-out, lo-fi, garagey indie punk rock. The band released Toasted on LP, CASSETTE, and DIGITAL this month. 
      The 15 mind melting tracks on Toasted range from 43 seconds to just over 3 mins in length and were recorded in "cars, basements, apartments, and practice spaces" around Chicago over the last three months. Hot Bagels is the essence of DIY and a band to watch and experience in 2014.

      FFO: Jay Reatard, Mineral, Screeching Weasel, Guided By Voices, whatever noisy indie rock punk shut up

      LP comes with lyric sheet and DOWNLOAD LINK (which includes mp3s of album & music sheet so you can play along at home and at one or all of the shows-Let's jam?)

      BUY IT HERE: http://behappyrecords.storenvy.com

      LISTEN HERE: http://hotbagels.bandcamp.com

    • March 6, 2014 4:10 AM CST
    • So funny and sooooooooooooooooo true indeed !!!

      By the way, tonight only at the Carnaby Freak Lodge, International Top DJ Minty Vinyl will be spinning teenbeat a go-go to make you shake and shimmy all nite long you groovy Hip-mods and swingin' Pussycats !

      So you'd better jump in your mini-skirt, comb your fringe; shine your pointed boots, grease your moptop and get ready to get wylde to the sound of the 60s platters that matters !

       

      Be there or be square !

    • March 5, 2014 2:21 PM CST
    • It is flippin' hilarious and true! And ya know what? I always click on those posts, read those articles and listen to those tunes! This article goes for more than just DJs, concert posters, album covers, record store ads- all guilty, and I still dig it.

      Consumer of vintage, hip, gritty, low-Fi swag - ChazDaddy

    • March 5, 2014 7:33 AM CST
    • Now THIS is funny...

      And yes, I've been guilty of this myself. And, ya know what? It's STILL funny as hell. Why? Because it's true?

    • March 4, 2014 4:24 PM CST
    • Haven't posted in a few weeks here so this will be a double post.  My most recent program featured a mini-set of songs from later-era Devo in honor of Bob Casale and the program before that was comprised entirely of surf rock music.  

      Play list for March 4th, 2014:

      1. La Luz - Sure As Spring
      3. La Luz - Phantom Feelings
      3. Martin Van Ruin - American Moon
      4. Holy Wave - Psychological Thriller
      5. Temples - Shelter Song
      6. Habibi - Far From Right
      7. Tire Swing Co. - I Awoke
      8. Middle Sister - Maudite
      9. Handsome Ned - One Hundred Miles of Open Road
      10 The Hidden Cameras - Doom
      11. Dum Dum Girls - Cult Of Love
      12. Devo - Big Mess
      13. Devo - Freedom Of Choice
      14. Devo - Through Being Cool
      15. Roky Erickson & The Aliens - I Walked with A Zombie
      16. The Hoop - Phog Lounge
      17. The Vapids - Powerchords and Skateboards
      18. Light Bulb Alley - Liquor Store (Rough Mix)
      19. The Basements - Wrong
      20. The Black Angels - Better Off Alone
      21. Teenanger - Psychic Sonya
      22. Wanda Jackson - There’s A Party Goin’ On
      23. Handsome Ned - One Hundred Miles of Open Road
      23. Stompin’ Tom Connors - The Horseshoe Hotel (Live At The Horseshoe 1971)
      25. Lou Reed - Nobody’s Business

      Download/listen to the pdocast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20140304-1030-t1393929000.mp3

      A blog post on Devo's Bob Casale:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2014/03/devos-bob-casale-1952-2014-show-498.html

      Surf rock program February 25, 2014:

      1. Os Morgans - Opus (Portuguese Nuggets Vol 1: A Trip To 60's Portuguese Beat Surf And Garage Rock - 2006)
      2. The Future Primitives - Everybody Up (Fender IV Cover) (Songs We Taught Ourselves - 2013)
      3. Wes Dakus & The Rebels - Cavalier Twist (Wes Dakus & The Rebels Vol 1 - 2006)
      4. The Mel-Tones - Kung Fu Saturdays (Surf Sensation - 2004)
      5. Jon & The Nightriders - Hit Man (Charge Of The Nightriders - 1984)
      6. The Surfites - Surf Reveille (It Came From The Hideout - The Best Of The GaragePunk Hideout Vol 1 - 2011)
      7. Les Skyliners - Entre Nous Il Est Fou (Les Introuvables - Volume 2 - 2007)
      8. Les Devalons - The Lonely One (instrumental) (Les Introuvables - Volume 7 - 2007)
      9. Polaris! - Hypnovista (Polaris - 1997)
      10 Eddie Angel - Kawanga (Eddie Angel's Guitar Party - 1997)
      11. The Panasonics - Penepede (Introducing The Inscrutable Panasonics (Featuring Eddie Angel On Guitar) - 1995)

      DERK BRIGANTE OF SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 SEGMENT:

      12. Takeshi Terauchi - Moanin’ (The World Is Waiting For Terry - 1967)
      13. The El Caminos - Hornets Nest (Reverb Explosion - 1997)
      14. Yuzo Kayama - Crazy Drivin’ (The Exciting Sounds of Yuzo Kayama And The Launchers - 1966)
      15. The Surf Coasters - Redzone Deadzone (The Surf Coasters - 1999)
      16. Goggle-A - Reverb Chase (Dendeke Rock Combo - 2003)

      17. Takeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys - Terry’s Theme (Let's Go Terry! - 1966)
      18. Takeshit Terauchi & The Bunnys - Black Carnation (Let's Go Terry! - 1966)
      19. Martin Schiller - The Innocuous Pastiche meets Professor Adventure (The Innocuous Pastiche meets Professor Adventure - 2011)
      20. The Vy-Dels - Unknown (New Wave Surf Party! - 1981)
      21. The Junior Raymen -I’m Branded (Rumble '66 - 1966)
      22. Dead Ghosts - Commanche (That Old Feeling Single - 2010)
      23. Pow Wows - The Horse Thief (Live) (Bent Out Of Shape - 2013)
      24. Davie Allan & The Arrows - High Rise (Cycle Breed - 2008)
      25. The Vondells - Dill Pickles (The Vondells (Unreleased - 2003))
      26. Progressives - Man Of Mystery (Lost Legends Of Surf Guitar Vol III - 2003)
      27. The Bell Peppers - Salt Shaker (Sizzling Hot Bell Peppers - 2013)
      28. Dick Dale And His Del-Tones - Tidal Wave (Summer Surf - 1964)
      29. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - The Case Of The Missing Lady Fingers (Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham - 1991)

      Download/listen to the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20140225-1030-t1393324200.mp3

      A blog post on Japanese surf artist Takeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2014/02/takeshi-terauchi-lets-go-terry-show-497.html

    • March 3, 2014 1:37 PM CST
    • Radio What Wave Playlist.....Feb27/2014

       

      1. Dave Campbell....My Way...from the Finding The Real CD. Local artist and you can get his CD for free at Grooves Records here in London Ontario.

      2. Heart Attack Kids....Have Heart....from their brand new download called Hooligans....local 2 piece.

      3. The Mogs....Bored....from the El Mogamundo CD on What Wave Records. 3 piece outta Hamilton/Burlington who are presently looking for a drummer.

      4. The Connexions....Against The Tide....from their brand new CD called Connect Four. From Newfoundland and connected with these guys via the garagepunk hideout.

      5. Frankie And Jimmy....Let It Rock....from their soon to be released LP, Scream The Blues. Hamilton based duo who play out a fair bit.

      6. Nazi Drugs...Atomic Terrorist...from the Dawn On Me CD. Penssylvania duo who have their own little label called Martian Ambassador Records.Another connection via the garagepunk hideout.

      7. Grim Imperials....Morningside Lane....from the Martian Ambassador comp Terrible Things Always Happen.

      8. Ding Dongs....Are You Ready?...from the Rang Tang Ding Dong LP on Norton Records. For those that don't know, this is Bloodshot Bill and Mark Sultan's 2 piece project.

      9.Devo....Jocko Homo....from the Stiff 7" and goes out to Bob Devo who passed away last week.

      10. Devo....Uncontrollable Urge....from the Are We Not Men? LP. Never ever understood this, but metal heads used to cruise by people they thought were punks and yell out of their car 'Hey Devo!!!' Just doesn't make sense, but then neither did metalheads back in those days.

      11. NY Dolls.... 7 Day Weekend....from A Hard NIght's Day CD on Norton, the Marty Thau demos that they shopped around to the major labels. Probably my favourite NY Dolls track of all time, not only for it's idealism, but the way they plow through it, bringing a whole new life to this Gary US Bonds tune! And this is the start of our very short trib to Marty Thau, a HUGE influence on the music that we here at WW HQ's listen to!!

      12. NY Dolls....Back In The USA....as above.

      13. Suicide....Rocket USA....from their debut on Red Star Records (Marty Thau's label).

      14. The Ramones....Basement....1975 demo produced by Marty Thau.

      15. The Ramones....Boyfriend....as above...

      16. The Fleshtones....Shadow Line...from Marty Thau Presents 2 x 5 LP. God fucking damn....what can you say about a guy that was at the very beginnings of the above bands!!! HUGE INFLUENCE on music back then AND what we listen to, to this very day!! Ran outta time due to the hockey game, but i was going to play some Real Kids from their first LP, again on Marty's label, Red Star. There is a book of Marty's memoirs being prepared and hopefully his death doesn't put a kibosh to that.

      Thanx to all that tuned in and for all the crazy phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys in passing! As always we ran outta time but not tunes.

      Next week we carry on with part 2 of Psychos and Other Unusual Canadians!! And it's a full 90m show, so we'll be playing some far out tunes....including Bloodshot Bill who is playing at Call The Office on Tues March 11th!!

      You can listen to the archived show at:
      http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

    • March 1, 2014 7:10 PM CST
    • I took it in today Kopper. J. Gravity showed me how to change the strings and a few other things about the guitar as I had them check my guitar out to make sure it is okay. I purchased a handful of strings and a lot more picks. I like to use white picks because dark picks scuff the leather pick guard. I want to replace the pick guar with a plastic one. Thanks a lot about the reccomendation. I am loving the tone on the guitar, especially now with my new fuzz pedal.

    • February 28, 2014 11:10 AM CST
    • Having an adventurous spirit, when I get promo CDs from artists I’ve never heard of at KSFR-FM, if it looks interesting, I’ll consider playing a track on my radio show without listening to it first. But before I do this, I always check the credits to make sure there are no cellos. Seriously, with few exceptions, few instruments sap the rock ’n’ roll out of a song faster than a dreary cello.

      So imagine my surprise when I popped Wheel of Talent, the new CD by The Fleshtones, into my car stereo only to strings — a cello and a violin, to be exact — on the very first song.

      Nooooooo!

      Actually, the strings on “Available,” which pop up later in the album on “How to Say Goodbye,” turned out to be more of a slight misstep, perhaps a jarring texture, than a deal-breaker. Wheel of Talent, produced by Detroit’s Jim Diamond, shouldn’t be seen as The Fleshtones’ attempt to channel Mantovani.

      Elsewhere on the album you’ll find a ton of The Fleshtones’ trademark garage-forged “Super Rock.” It’s a high-octane noise that they’ve been pounding out for decades. Queens natives Peter Zaremba (vocals, keyboards, harmonica) and Keith Streng (vocals, guitar) formed the band in 1976, playing a pumped-up hybrid of garage rock, punk, New Wave, and soul.

      Despite Zaremba’s stint hosting an alt-rock show on MTV in the ’80s, Super Rock never got to be super famous. As they sing on the frantic, autobiographical “It Is as It Was” on this album, “We didn’t have a whole a lot of money/But we did what we wanted to.”

      I love the classic Fleshtones sound, so my favorites here are hard-driving tunes like “What You’re Talking About,” “Roofarama,” and “Veo La Luz,” in which The Fleshtones go bilingual — it’s got a fuzz-heavy guitar (with a riff right out of The Yardbirds’ “Heart Full of Soul”) and Spanish lyrics. I wouldn’t be surprised if this were an outtake from their 2012 EP en Español, Quatro x Quatro.

      (This song has apparently been in the band’s repertoire for a long time. Fooling around on YouTube recently, I stumbled across a 1988 live performance of the Fleshtones performing the English-language version, “I See the Light,” originally done in the ’60s by The Music Explosion.)

      “Hipster Heaven” is a good-natured, fast-rocking poke at one of The Fleshtones’ favorite targets in recent years, the contemporary hipster (this one’s got “a new tattoo and money from home”). There’s even a decent tribute to The Ramones here with “Remember the Ramones.” (“You don’t know what it means/To hit the Bowery and make the Scene/For a rock ’n’ roller and a kid from Queens.”)

      But, getting back to those cello songs, it’s obvious on Wheel of Talent that The Fleshtones are trying to stretch beyond their garage/punk roots. Recorded in Spain by renowned Spanish garage-punk producer Jorge Explosion, the strings on “Available” and “How to Say Goodbye” give those tunes a definite retro pop sheen. The former sounds like a rocking Fleshtones tune with some weird strings joining in, but the latter sounds like something that might have appeared on AM radio in the late ’70s (though it also reminds me a little of The Decemberists).

      There are other tracks that also seem to be aiming for richer textures. For instance, on the classy “For a Smile,” guest vocalist Mary Huff (from Southern Culture on the Skids) sounds a little like Jackie De Shannon. “Tear for Tear” is a slightly jittery stab at the greasy early ’60 teen-pop sound. It made me think of Gene McDaniels’ “Tower of Strength.” And surprisingly good is the horn-fortified, soulful “What I’ve Done Before,” on which The Fleshtones sound closer to Van Morrison than they’ve ever come before.

      Once I got (almost) used to the idea of The Fleshtones with strings and came to an uneasy peace with those songs, the only other track that bothered me was “The Right Girl,” which is sung in a phony British accent. If you’d told me that David Bowie was doing guest vocals here, I’d probably buy that story. Instead, I suspect this is some kind of in-joke among the band. But I don’t get it.

      All in all, Wheel of Talent is a good album with a few bugs in it. It’s good to see The Fleshtones still willing to experiment. But next time, I hope they forget the fake English accents and the cello.

      Also Recommended:


      * Todo Roto by Wau y Los Arrrghs!!! Listening to The Fleshtones singing “Veo La Luz” made me hungry for some of the real stuff. Fortunately, the premier Spanish-language garage rockers of this era, Wau y Los Arrrghs!!!, released a new album not too many months ago. It’s produced by Jorge Explosion, who also produced The Fleshtones’ sessions in Spain. But no, Mr. Explosion didn’t bring in a string section for Todo Roto.

      Led by singer Juanito Wau, this is a fuzz ’n’ Farfisa band (or it that a Vox organ?) that never lets up. Each song, it seems, rocks harder than the last one. Even the ones that start off slow tunes like “No Me Veras Caer” are permanently scarred by Wau’s crazy screams.

      While Wau, naturally, is the focus of most of the tunes, his Arrrghs are a tight little unit. On the instrumental “Rescate Griego” they prove they could even be a pretty exciting surf band on their own.

      * Records to Ruin Any Party Vol. 4 by various Voodoo Rhythm artists. I first heard Wau y Los Cantan en Español, which was released on my favorite Swiss label — and in fact, one of my favorite labels anywhere, Voodoo Rhythm.
      Arrrghs!!! on their first album,

      How can you describe a Voodoo Rhythm collection to someone unfamiliar with the artists? Here, verbatim, is how label owner “Beat-Man” Zellar (better known as “Rev. Beat-Man”) explains it in his promo one-sheet. “This compilation may contains Dirty Words and way too Loud Guitars Trash Blues Garage Punk, overdriven Boogie Blues Folk and Weimer Republic 1920s Jazz Cajun and Pure Snotty One Man Band Trash Punk.”

      Got that? The English is broken but the spirit is clear.

      The sampler features label stalwarts like those German blues punks The Juke Joint Pimps, the Swiss garageman Roy and The Devil’s Motorcycle, New Zealand songwriter Delaney Davidson, and not one but two bands — The Monsters and Die Zorros — involving Beat-Man himself.

      Among the artists on this collection that I’d never heard of before were Becky Lee and Drunkfoot, a one-woman band from Arizona that performs a slow, sad, pretty love song called “Old Fashioned Man”; The New Primitives, a South African garage band; and Heart Attack Alley, a New Zealand group whose sound might be described as neo-skiffle.

      Voodoo Rhythm proves once again to be a virtual United Nations of trash rock. Which is why I love them.

      Blog Bonus: Here's some videos:

      First, a recent live clip from The Fleshtones



      Here's that old clip of "I See the Light" in English



      Here's a live clip of Wau y Los Arrrghs!!!



      And here's Becky Lee & Drunkfoot

    • February 27, 2014 2:23 PM CST
    • Voix de Garage #17 – My-My Kinda Tracks  (26/02/2014)

       (Jingle)  Know Your Product / The Saints / Eternally Yours / 1978 / Australie (Brisbane) 

      This is Rock ‘n Roll / The Kids / The Kids / 1978 / Belgium 

      Gods are Bored / The Datsuns / Death Rattle Boogie / 05/10/2012 / New Zealand (Cambridge) 

      I want you to come over / The Fells / The Fells / 1997 / US (Tucson, Arizona) !!!!!

      *5' French talk*

      7 & 7 Is / Love / Da Capo / 1966 / US (LA)

      Pay To Cum / Bad Brains / Pay To Cum (single) / 1980 / US (Washington DC)

      I Like Your Style / The Bots / Sincerely Sorry / 2013 / US (LA)

      Taking the City By Storm / The Haskels / S/T E.P. 7″ / 1980 / USA (Milwaukee Hits)

      Pretty Pretty Pretty / The Fleshtones / Beachhead / 2005 / US (NYC)

      Troubled Times / Thee Headcoats / Headcoatitude / 1991 / UK (Chatham)

      *The 60's Chapell* : Jump & Dance / The Carnaby / single / 1965 / UK (London) 

      * The Return of the Chapell* :Quick Joey Small / Kasenatz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus / single / 10/1968 / US 

      *The lesson from Norway* :Sell your Body (TO THE NIGHT) / Turbonegro / Scandinavian Leather / 28/04/2003 / Norway 

      Meilla Voisi Tunaau Olla Hauskaa / Se / Killed By Death #6 (Great Punk sHits) / 1993 / Finland

      Let’s go (where the action is) / The Twistaroos / Twisted! / 2010 / Norway

      *Must be played at MAXIMUM VOLUME*: I’m Sick of You / The Stooges / single / 1977 (recorded 1972, Raw Power outtakes) / Us (DETROIT STOOGES CITY)

      - See more at: http://www.trensmissions.ens.fr/voix-de-garage-17/#sthash.5NSEhPA6.dpuf

    • February 27, 2014 9:49 AM CST
    • "Duty Now" is great! Gotta be their most fucked up album, not counting the Hardcore Devo stuff.

      You probably already know that the new Teengenerate record is actually the clean '94 "Egg Studio" sessions of Get Action. I wouldn't say it's necessarily better than Get Action  (a top 10 alltime favourite) , just different. It's well worth picking up. And by "clean", I mean clean by Teengenerate standards. It's still REALLY dirty. Comes with great pics and liner notes too.

       

    • February 27, 2014 8:18 AM CST
    • I pretty much like all DEVO albums, even the one that came out a few years ago - Not Hardcore Devo (which is amazing), but the studio LP. My favourite is probably the second one, Duty Now For the Future—or at least it has my favourite song "Smart Patrol/ Mr. DNA."

       

      I've heard nothing of the new Teengenerate record, would love to pick that up. "Boy From Nowhere" is a killer song

       

      Since the ast post, I got a reissue of the Rings - I Wanna Be Free (Chiswick) 7''. Been trying to find an original for a while, but this will do for now. Just recently learned the singer for this band was the drummer of the Pink Fairies and the Pretty Things at one point. Crazy. 

    • February 27, 2014 7:56 AM CST
    • Non new releases I picked up recently:

      Devo- Oh No It's Devo. (Never bothered with anything after the first 3....but after hearing this, I decided that it's my 2nd favourite after their 1st. Underrated album)

      Status Quo- On the Level. (A dollar bin record that's way better than the ridiculous album cover would imply. Actually, that can be said for most Status Quo records up to the 1975.)

       

      New releases
      Teengenerate - 5 Covers EP 7'' (includes a killer cover of "Boy From Nowhere", which I like to think is the "Blank Generation"  for rural kids who grew up in the sticks)

      Liquor Store- In the Garden. (Picked this up last November. My favourite album of 2013. Has a Dictators/Radio Birdman vibe to it)

    • February 26, 2014 6:04 AM CST
    • Got several things recently

      From Ugly Pop, I got the Bent Wind and Thor's Hammer reissue LPs. Both of which are are totally killer records and look amazing. Bent Wind is heavey psych from Toronto and Thor's Hammer is some great Icelandic garage punk - both originally released in the mid 60s


      A friend, went back to the UK for the holidays and grabbed me some stuff from current London bands - Unfortunately it took until late Feb for us to get together...stuff he picked up for me:


      No - Great Space Lp - (Hardcore, ex Shitty Limmits - better than average)
      Shopping - Consumer Complaints Lp (This reminds me of the Slits or a surfy type Suburban Lawns - female fronted lo-fi, surf inspired rock 'n' roll)
      DiE - 7'' ep (D beat - Discharge sounding UK 82 hardcore, I think this is somebody from Quango?, this record is okay, but same as tonnes of other current hardcore, slightly better)
      Personnel - 7'' (Current powerpop, made obvious with a rotary phone on the cover - it's okay, but I'm not all that big on powerpop revival—my friend digs them a lot, so maybe if this is your thing you too may like them)

      Also got two demos which I have yet to listen to. Both London bands as well. 
      Frau - demo cassette
      Ano - demo cassette



    • February 27, 2014 12:48 AM CST
    • IT WORKS. That's a great picture....The ad is'nt showing , here , anymore. 2008?That's when Roky was between bands. He played out with a band that had no name, and The Black Angels and Okkervil River backed him , until he finally setled on Hounds of Baskerville. This current tour has to be grueling ,esp. in this weather , bu t, they wap it up in Florida !  Roky is doing a LOT of ELEVATORS songs.....We never thought we'd see the day...........

    • February 26, 2014 4:53 PM CST
    • Now that's weird! I was trying to post from my iPad a picture I took of Roky back then. Have no idea where that ad came from. Tried to edit it but it won't go away.

      Let's see if it works here

       

    • February 26, 2014 4:27 PM CST
    • Steve , was this "H" Salon ad I'm getting related to your message about The Night Beats ? Or is it possible I'm getting more spam (Which would NOT be your doing , of course.). I know you probably don't know what I'm off my head about , THIS time.......I'M NOT HEARING A LOT OF NEW PSYCH THAT'S DOING IT FOR ME , BUT , I'M A CROTCHETY OLD MAN.......A lot of stuff that's popular , here , is more influenced by Japanese Noise Psych , which is not my thing.

    • February 26, 2014 4:22 PM CST
    • Barrence is the first artist on Bloodshot I've cared about in yonks. It's too bad he has to go up against Roky , but ,I GUESS IT'S RARE , NOW , that there would'nt be fierce competition for someone you or I would want to see. I have'nt been to sxsw since 1993. Saw all the acts I wanted to see , inc. Roky's first comeback attempt show , no overlap , spent a total of eight dollars on shows. Thta was a LOOOOOONG time ago. Tho' bands like The Nervebreakers usually do free shows at the same time , not tied in with sxsw.

       

    • February 26, 2014 2:20 AM CST
    • Looks like he's having another icecream social at Threadgill's during sxsw. Bad news is that it conflicts with Bloodshot records party at the Yard Dog. Donor want yo miss Barrence Whitfield or The Waco Brothers

    • February 26, 2014 1:50 AM CST
    • Roky 2008

      It was 2008. Roky did play last. (It was billed as "Roky Erikson's Ice Cream Social") great show. I enjoy the Black Angels, but my favorite of the new psychedelic bands is The Night Beats.

    • February 25, 2014 10:42 PM CST
    • How long ago was this? Some people have told me they were better when their first album came out. i HEARD IT AT THE TIME , THOUGHT IT WAS OK.  But , The bLACK aNGELS have a decidedly younger crowd , that's cool. Us old fucks came to see Roky , bu t, i stuck around to see if THE B.A.s were up to the hype I'd heard......Did'nt DO IT FOR ME. bUT , IT'S REALLY HARD , FOR ME , TO ASK ANYONE TO FOLLOW ROKY. I usually have to leave the room , or the area , if it's outdoors , after he plays.THE ONLY BAND I EVER SAW FOLLOW HIM AND POSSIBLY MATCH HIS STRENGTH WAS ? AND tHE Mysterians at The Ponderosa Stomp , and they were playing at the TOP of their game that night ......

    • February 25, 2014 7:02 PM CST
    • I saw Roky on the same bill as Black Angels during SWSW. Both were great. That was the first time I'd heard the Angels, though my daughter already was a fan. No computers, no light show ( it was outside during the afternoon)

    • February 26, 2014 12:31 PM CST
    • THE TRIP! A TRIBUTE TO BOB CASALE AND MORE!

      Listen here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20140223-0030-t1393115400.mp3

      The setlist! 



      CHRISTOPHER & THE SOULS - DIAMONDS, RATS & GUM 
      KIT & THE OUTLAWS - THE MIDNIGHT HOUR 
      THE COUNT FIVE - OUT IN THE STREET 
      WILLIAM PENN FYVE - SWAMI 
      THE RAMONES - SITTING IN MY ROOM 
      JOHNNY THUNDER & HEARTBREAKERS - DO YOU LOVE ME 
      THE TROGGS - 6654321 
      BUNKER HILL - THE GIRL CAN'T DANCE 
      LINK WRAY - THE SHADOW KNOWS 
      THE GROOP- ALRIGHT 
      THE CHAMPS - TEQUILA TWIST 
      THE 5678'S WOO HOO 
      THE MONKS - HIGGLE-DY PIGGLE-DY 
      THE FUTURE PRIMITIVES - SCREAM 
      RUDY LEWIS - BABY I DIG LOVE 
      STUPID BALLOONS - UNDER MY THUMB 
      THE WHO - WALTZ FOR A PIG 
      SIR FROG & THE TOADS - MUSTANG 
      THE NERVEBREAKERS - WHY AM I SO FLIPPED 
      13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS - I'VE GOT ELEVATION 
      VELVET HAZE - LAST DAY ON EARTH 
      THE SPARTAN DREGGS - FORENSIC R 'N' B 
      DEVO - GIRL U WANT 
      DEVO - COME BACK JONEE 
      DEVO - LOVE IS STRONGER THAN DIRT 
      DEVO - UNCONTROLLABLE URGE 
      DEVO - SECRET AGENT MAN

    • February 25, 2014 10:52 PM CST
    • Speaking as a former Texas resident , I think that's hilarious !!!   But......Texas , especially Austin , has this weird dynamic , where they can't decise whether to be liberal or conservative , tho' conservativism usually wins. Who knows ? I think Exene ought to go wherever she feels comfortable , and can get the most things done.....She does have MS , and is doing remarkably well for someone in her position. Still does great shows. I admire her for moving forward , like she has. I think if I'd lived anywhere as long as she's lived in California , I'd want a change , too......But , not like that. Did Texas. Have some good memories , met some good people , but , have no desire to return.

    • February 25, 2014 7:11 PM CST
    • Who is going to South by Southwest next month? I just got my press credentials, so I'm psyched.

      Barrence Whitfield & The Savages is playing, The Hickoids and all the Saustex bands are playing several shows, and I understand The Fleshtones are playing which is great because I've never seen them before. Who else??