welldone--- nice informative read*

* Pissing Out The Poison: Singles and Other Swill by New Bomb Turks. I'm a relative newcomer to the NBTs. I decided to download this in anticipation of NBT frontman Eric Davidson's new book We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001. a history of below-the-radar proudly uncommercial, untrendy bands like The Dwarves, The Cynics, The Mummies, Thee Headcoats, Dead Moon, The Devil Dogs, The Gories, and, yes, New Bomb Turks among others. (The book arrived and I'm reading and enjoying it now. You should too.)

This album is a compilation of singles, rarities, even a Christmas song. It's all high-charged, furious, crazy guitar rock -- what Davidson calls "Gunk Punk."

There's a handful of covers, including The New York Dolls' "Bad Girl" and a Rolling Stones obscurity called "Summer Romance." And there's strong alternative versions of Turk classics like "Crying in the Beer of a Drunk Man," "Let's Dress Up the Naked Truth," "Sucker Punch" and "Taller Crush."

 
* I Know You Be Houserockin' by The Gories. Before he started The Dirtbombs, Detroit's Mick Collins was in another amazing band -- The Gories.

This was a trio featuring two guitars (Collins and Dan Kroha) and drums (Peggy O'Neill). No bass, no frills, just raw punk blues.

This compilations contains the Alex Chilton produced I Know You Fine But How You Doin' plus almost all of The Gories' first album, Houserockin' (missing only "Let Me Ear the Choir Sin.") 

Hey, while fooling around on YouTube, I found an actual live video of The Gories doing one of my favorite songs from this album, "Thunderbird ESQ." Peggy looks pretty sexy chewing her gum. Check it out:



*Party Favorites by Ray Condo and his Hardrock Goners. This Canuckabilly was perhaps the finest rockabilly revivalists of the 90s and early 00s. The only one who comes close was Big Sandy, but the late Condo, who died in 2004, had a crazier edge. The title of his 1997 album Door to Door Maniac (which was an alternate title for a very obscure 1961 Johnny Cash movie)

I first came to know Condo's music when he was living in Vancouver and playing with his band The Ricochets. This album is from his days in Montreal, when he was playing with The Hardrock Goners (named in honor of hillbilly boogie monster Sidney "Hardrock" Gunter) This outfit, which had a fine fiddle player (not sure of the name) and perhaps was a bit more country sounding than The Ricochets.

There's a cool "St. James Infirmary" here as well as a version of "Her Love Rubbed Off," one of Carl Perkins' more crazed compositions, also covered by The Cramps.

But my favorite tune here is "Barroom Crazy," which contains the verse, "I broke both of my arms/I fell down on the floor/I started to dance but I lost my pants/So they tossed me out the door."

I hate when that happens. 

PLUS

* Seven songs from The Very Best Of by Hoosier Hot Shots. True story. When I was a little kid and my grandmother was taking me somewhere, she'd say, "Are you ready, Hezzie?" She'd just laugh when I'd ask who the hell was Hezzie. A few years ago when I discovered The Hoosier Hot Shots it all became clear to me. Maybe I got my habit of making obscure cultural references from my grandmother.

When I did discover the Hotshots it made me appreciate how hip Nana actually was. (After all, she took me when I saw Cab Calloway as a kid.) These guys basically were a country string band (well they had a clarinet too) with the soul of Spike Jones. 

I only had enough to get seven tracks this month, but I'll pick up the rest when my account refreshes. (This is a good one for eMusic bargain hunters. 40 track for the price of 12!)

And, by the way, Hezzie was Paul "Hezzi"e Triesch, who played washboard, bells and whistles.

* "Cucaracha Taco" by Joe "King" Carrasco. I got this for my latest podcast of The Big Enchilada. I already had most of the other songs from this collection, called Yabba Ding Ding. But it looks like a great introduction to the master of Nuevo Wavo.

I missed Issue 29? I have to check out your website more often.

Anyway...Not a fanzine but I only just discovered Shindig. Not as awesome as Ugly Things but cool. I use to like things like Cryptic Times, Bad Vibes, Bad Trip, Psychedelicitesen, and Garage and Beat (but this was so long ago).

Thanks for the UGLY THINGS shout outs. I'll try to check in here more often. The new issue (#30!) will be out next week. It's a KINKS special including an extensive interview with Ray Davies by Jon Savage (done in '83/'84 but mostly unpublished before now). Also featured: the Masters Apprentices, the Hysterics, the Nervebreakers & more. Order it at www.ugly-things.com

Another one that sometimes has really cool interviews in it is Carbon 14, comes with a CD as well...usually cover some rasslin', porn, art etc as well as cool tunes. http://www.c14.com/ This may be a dumb question, but i live in Canada and have NEVER seen an ish of Roctober...checked out their website and couldn't see any way of ordering or subscribing...how does one get Roctober??? Never mind, i found a place...http://www.dustygroove.com/featured.php?cat=33 guess the edit on this works...LOL.

Great. Reminds me of the Three O'Clock in the vocals. Jamie said:

This is a cool one!

This is a cool one!

Don't forget to check out Iggy Pop's tour rider! http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/iggypop/iggypop1.html And-- the essential Ramones gear site. Includes vital information on their shoes. http://rockometer.com/ramones/equipment/

ha! no worries! I am compiling for a radio show I am doing..... too bad you didn't get those in beforehand! Though you should vote off of these anyways! Emily Panic said:

o i didn't realize this was a contest i just wanted to say what my favorite basslines were. woops.

mmmmm sweaty!!! whatwave dave said:

Check under members, photos, there's loads of pics there....Here's Red Mass, Moon Over Marin, 6/27/2010, London Ontario Canada

nice shots!! swt said:

I have some concert shots (and other stuff) up on my Hideout page -- and a bunch over at the Garage Punk FLICKR page.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/garagepunk/pool/60517117@N00/

Check under members, photos, there's loads of pics there....Here's Red Mass, Moon Over Marin, 6/27/2010, London Ontario Canada

I have some concert shots (and other stuff) up on my Hideout page -- and a bunch over at the Garage Punk FLICKR page. http://www.flickr.com/groups/garagepunk/pool/60517117@N00/

I liove all the news about great garage punk bands but I would love to see some artifacts1!! who has some show photos or garage punk inspired art to show off?  lets get some photos up here if we can!!!

The one known appearence of the Sonics on TV was on Cleveland's UPBEAT show but that footage wasn't saved.

Any fans of the Technicolor Web of Sound podcast channel? Although most of the format hasn't been updated much in the past 10 years I never get tired of listening to those great psych records.

Here's da link:

http://www.techwebsound.com/

Yep, that scream at the beginning of "Girl Can't Dance" was immediately what I thought

No one beats Roslie. But, Bob Ledbetter from the Villians has some classic screams in Don't Ever Leave Me.

Gotta be Screaming Jay Hawkins and Screaming Lord Sutch. I mean, hell it is part of their names!

I also really dig the screams in the Sonics 'Psycho'.

Great thing :):)

I'm gonna listen!!

wow... poo-wave? sounds messy...

'82 Rickenbacker 620
'63 Danelectro (reissue)
Dearmond M75T (champagne glitter)

'68 Fender Twin Reverb
Fender Reverb Tank (reissue)

What a groovy amazing sexy fabulous wonderful sosexyIwetmypantseverytimeIlookatit stunning great Tee-shirt !!!
Man I NEED this one ! I DO need this one on my athletic beautifully suntanned body so the girls, I mean each and every girl on this planet (and probably from outer space too) cannot resist my charms and succumb to my mojo !
Thank you Shawn Dickinson, ixnayray and whoever was involved in the making of this great piece of art !
HAUTE COUTURE as they say in Paris where every chick is an anorexic model and every guy is a fag !

p.s. :I'll order one (or more to be able to wear a clean one in every circumstance) of those magic juju fetish as soon as I have a little money coming in...that means not before next month I'm afraid...too bad for my mojo...

Your naked lonely Preacher waiting for his new super-hero costume to change his dull grey life into a whirlwind of magic colors and a rainbow of beautiful girls worshipping THE magic Tee-shirt shining like a golden sun.