Ah, Jonathan is a good 'un! I didn't hear about the window incident. xpongx said:

Sarah speaks the truth. I was djing in New York with Jonathan Toubin in Sept at the Motor City and a kid got thrown through the front window during my set. Upong hearing this when i got back home to Portland a club booked me for a monthly night. "Anyone that gets someone thrown through a window while djing must be good, how's tuesday sound?"

I don't think our radio show has much cross pollination with the people that come see us live though. Most of our radio followers are not local, but our club night is a lot of hot college girls.

Hot Chilean bartender helps, as does both djs being in bands, although i dress "Portland casual" and the other guy dresses "Portland skinhead" we still get some of the kids that wear period clothes.

Try getting the coolest radio station to announce it.
Start an email list and keep it out for your new fans. Do the mass emailing about 4 days before the show.
Team up with a jock with a following.
Flyering and cards don't seem to work (you might tape up a hard copy of your jpeg announcement in the window of the location though).
Show up at other jocks' gigs.
Don't book a holiday weekend. Zero turnout will reflect badly on you.

OK, this has happened more than once to me. I have gotten invited to more than one garage fest to go and spin/DJ/whatever, but never have I been offered more than a hundred bucks to do this. Now, the money ain't that big of a deal, but if you're talking about an event that's taking place several hundred (or several thousand) miles away, don't you think they should also offer you a round-trip plane ticket to get there? Discounts on drinks/meals/hotel is nice, too, but honestly, the most expensive part about traveling to DJ is airfare. Not only that, but they should also provide you with a friggin' DJ rig there, not expect you to bring your own. I don't feel like having to travel with a mixer, turntables, etc. It's bad enough figuring out how to travel with a bunch of vinyl!

Bands routinely get pretty much any guarantee they require to play, and that includes airfare, hotel accommodations, etc. Bookers will bend over backwards to please bands, but when it comes to DJs, it appears to be a completely different story (yet our names get included on the show posters, too). Am I right?

Just venting. Interested in hearing if anyone else has ever been offered anything better in terms of traveling to DJ at a garage fest.

a tube mic pre-amp.

Try running the mic into a small amp (10 watts max or an amp that has a speaker attenuator), crank the gain and then mic that amp. Another option is to use an overdrive pedal that has a tone control so you can roll off the high end.
~JD

You could try running it through a big muff pedal. As a bassist, I find it one of the most controlable pedals. Worth a try.

Trying to get a live setup, but running a mic through a guitar pedal is giving off too much feedback. Thought about using a harmonica mic, but wasn't for sure if it would give enough distortion. Can anyone of ya give me a good tip on this? Or just let me know what you might be using.

Has anybody got word of a lineup? Last I heard Personal & The Pizza's and Parting Gifts w/ Greg Cartwright were added. Like to know if anybody has heard anything new.

I would suggest checking out Musicol. I does take awhile to get your records, probably around 3 months total. Good product though.

I know some friends of mine have used United. I think they had a few issues with them. I'll have to ask about the details.

State Records had stuff done by GZ in Czech Republic and DMS [who use GZ!]; strangely DMS were cheaper than going direct to GZ. No problems with their output so far, seem like decent DMM cuts, sleeves are good quality. Very fast turnaround - both occasions I've used them, we had the finished product within 3 weeks of sending off the masters and artwork! 500 45s in full colour sleeve was about £750.

We're getting a 7" pressed and looking for the best place to get it done - found a few places that seem pretty cheap and wondered if anyone had used any of them and got good or bad stuff to say? Looked at curved Pressings, disc manufacturing services, pure music, united records and mobineko... anyone got anything pressed by any of these?

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I cannot wait for this!! I've seen Scrawl & the Turks several times each, but never the Gibson Brothers. I'll be up front all day ... don't worry, I'm only 5 feet tall, so I won't be blocking anybody's view :)

Heh heh, yeah, I used to have a Scrawl album. Saw them in Olympia in '88 (or '89). But I gave it away. SCxMS said:

I'd be one of those people. When I was 18 I considered them 'the shit'.

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Sad to say but I know people who'd be estatic that Scrawl are playing again.

I'd be one of those people. When I was 18 I considered them 'the shit'. Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Sad to say but I know people who'd be estatic that Scrawl are playing again.

as depressing as this sounds.

EBAY... you can pick up fantastic old and new 45s on there, Simple

in Brighton (UK) there are three record stores.

borderline
the one sorta near the guitar shop
and the cafe records and bookshop just down from the train station.

you can find record stores easily, just google and search online.

P

get a silvertone twin twelve
a teisco or some other cheap japanese guitar
and maybe a maestro fuzztone

Very cool. A friend of mine has a Epi Dot and it sounds great. I've been tempted to get one of those Berhinger VIntage Distortions. Supposedly they're okay Big Muff clones. I'm not sure if a Big Muff is really something I want so I'm thinking that might be a good option just to try out. Speaking of guitar parts, does anyone a good source for Harmony parts? I need to get some new tuners for an old Harmony Bobkat. I'd like to keep the look of the old ones. SCxMS said:

I play a Epiphone Dot Deluxxe with a Bigsby added through a Bessinger Blues Overdrive through a Fender Blues Deluxe. It gets great sound, not too sure haow it stacks up for a total '50's feel, but it cranks.

I play a Epiphone Dot Deluxxe with a Bigsby added through a Bessinger Blues Overdrive through a Fender Blues Deluxe. It gets great sound, not too sure haow it stacks up for a total '50's feel, but it cranks.

So at each induction there is a 'band' that gets together of inductees and plays a tribute. Clearly it would be a Bo Diddley song, but who would be in it? Guitar 1: Poison Ivy Vocals: Billy Childish / John Spencer

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Yeah. But it should be once a month, not once a year. I don't think we'll be doing any of this in 25 years. Rinjo Njori said:

You should limit to five since that is what the RnR does

50s Chuck Berry
60s The Sonics
70s Count Bishhops
80s MIracle Workers
90s THee Headcoats
00s The Dirtbombs

Interpunk has some Knights of the New Crusade stuff. www.interpunk.com But I don't think you will ever find one place with everything you want.