Definitely broke here. For all of the work we put into releasing things, sure it would be really cool to at least break even. And we haven't given up on that. But like some others have said, this is more of an obsession type thing. You don't really get involved in making/releasing this type of music for money. I'm not suggesting that you are or anything. I think the best we can do is try to support the small labels that we like. The other part is, you can't give up. The more good stuff you release, the more people should eventually find out about your label and buy stuff from it. Which equals you putting out more. There are some places that have made a success out of putting out niche music, look at Norton.

Wonder what Apple's doing here. Just got this eMail from LaLa:

Hey Dead Boy, thanks for the video - I hope the film gets made, I'd love to see it. The moment, when Nick Cave stops to speak is so sad... Reminds me of the Johnny Cash-Video of Hurt, when June stands on the stairs and just watches Johnny - so sad...

Doc

"Trailer for Rowland S. Howard - Autoluminescent feature documentary. A co-production between Ghost Pictures and Lindsay Gravina's King Blank Productions."

Joenzy thought you would say that about Bruce:He just laughed a little too early Reply by ixnayray 2 hours ago "I bet Bruce Springsteen has a better fucking record collection." Joenzy said:

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

This has been a pretty interesting read. Some good points of view... a bit of attitiude. I like it.

I've never actually listened to Little Steven's show. Not my cup of tea by the sound of it, judging by some of the names mentioned in this discussion. However, it did peak my interest...

So I went to his site and found "The 50 Coolest Songs Of The Decade", or something like that. Here's some of the artists mentioned : OASIS, PRIMAL SCREAM, AEROSMITH, STEVE EARLE, NEIL YOUNG, THE HIVES, COURTNEY LOVE, PEARL JAM, THE GO-GO's, KELLY OSBOURNE, U2 and GARBAGE.

I bet Bruce Springsteen has a better fucking record collection.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

There's a big difference between being primitive sounding and the lo-fi approach. I call the Sonics primitive in that they recorded with the best equipment of the day but rather crudely and letting all needles go into the red. Tape back then couldn't handle the decibles so it came out sounding like it had some static. But there's better ways to get the primitive approach. You can do vocals through amplifiers without it sounding like a telephone call. Better way to do it is to run through a tube pre-amp while recording and setting it so the needle will run into the red. Yeah, the Wicked Cool releases sound too clean for my tastes but Statics, Flying Dutchmen, Brentwoods, and the last of the Supercharger recordings just sound like no one is trying. Dare I say, my favorite Mummies record is the bootleg. Of their official releases, it's the Shitsville EP. I'm sorry but in many ways, Party at Steve's really sucks and it doesn't compare to any Sonics record. If you don't like the last Woggles record, you should listen to the Zontar Sessions on Estrus for a really good sounding but still dirty record. Maxxed out vocals but not so hideous that you can't understand anything, and the guitars rip. By the way, Woggles still record on tape and on tube equipment.

By the way, when I wrote "The kind of corporate approach I meant was that everything has to be run by him first", I meant "has to meet his approval first", not that he has to run everything OR ELSE.

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

I'd say start with volume 10 which features Paul Bearer and the Hearsemen on the cover and then volume 1.

Thanks! LOTS of good stuff on the Sundazed website.

I think Spacemen 3 were best but Spirtualized were pretty decent as well.

Check out Bunnies from Massachusetts..especially future shock!

You musta missed this on page 1: Reply by Monty Boyce on April 23, 2010 at 4:43pm This might be the wrong forum to post this on, but it sounds to me like you need some Hawkwind in your life. 'Warrior on the Edge of Time' is a fabulous LP, as are 'In Search of Space', 'Doremi Fasol Latido' and 'Space Ritual'. Fuck it, John Rotten was/is a huge Hawkwind fan so they appealed to at least one 'punk'... Richard Chamberland said:

why the hell nobody sadid Hawkwind yet?
It's the best space rock groupe ever. It's like... trippier than lots of psychedelic rock bands and still rocks really hard. The best is the albums with Lemmy on them and Levitation. This is the kind of music that gets you high with nothing and getsyou higher when you're already.

2000 Light Years From Home and Citidal by the Rolling Stones

..Or contemporary stuff like Black Angels,Dead Meadow,Warlocks?
Or the Primal Scream album 'Evil Heat'.
They seem to owe much to My bloody valentine's amniotic sound.

KRLA was the best "oldies" station in LA hands down. They played real 50s and 60s rock n roll/R&B/instros/etc. as their regular playlist. KRTH was OK, more generic (from what I remember). I hardly listened to it. Today KRTH is just laughable. It's such a pile of shit that it should not even exist anymore. Who listens to that shit? As Mike said, KROQ in the 70s and early 80s was really good. I agree with that. It WAS really good. My older brother was a mod/rude boy back in the late 70s/early 80s and he would listen to KROQ and they played lots of different stuff. Hell I even remember the "Freeze Disease" play Johnnny Chingas "Se Me Paro" for chrissakes!! KCBS (93.1FM) was an oldies station for about 1 year and they played pretty good stuff too... THE SURF (1260AM) was an oldies station that started in the early 2000s for about 2 years and THAT was an AMAZING station. They played oldies ala KRLA and didn't venture past 1966 or so. They had specialized shows on the weekends such as "Finger Poppin and Snappin" which was pure R&B and "dance" records. It was soooo great. Then one day it was gone. It's back again as RETRO, but they play more "swing" and "lounge" stuff now. However at nights and on weekends they play just 50s/60s oldies so that's a good time to tune in. Art Laboe is still on the air on 92.3 every night, but his show is so different than how it used to be. Every so often he plays a gem, but it's getting rare. Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Well, I've been in the Seattle area for close to 25 years. Moved here in 1984 (which was a great year to do so). But every so often, I'd look at the websites of some of the stations from Los Angeles and they don't seem to different from anywhere else in the States. Yeah, KRTH (K-Earth 101) did generify. I remember when I lived there that they had a Number 1 records weekend (KRTH had the best weekends) and heard Jose Jimenez' Astronaut skit. Never heard that anywhere else.

As for Real Don Steele, I never heard of him until I heard that Don and the Goodtimes song "I'm Real". But I don't think he was on any oldies station until after I moved away.

Mike said:

I forgot about KRTH, they were good too, the Real Don Steel was on there for a long time wasn't he? Or was that KRLA? But at some later point in time I think they dumbed down their playlist to just the standard generic national charting oldies. Are they still around? Even KLOS and KMET were miles above what is out there now. You had real DJ's still. Jim Ladd is still on KLOS late at night. I'll hear him once in a while at work, and he'll actually suprise me with something good once in a while in between his griping about the state of radio today.

This guy has a lot of KROQ recordings, and even some KMET stuff from the 70's and mostly 80's for download.

http://fromthegarage.blogspot.com/

Well, I've been in the Seattle area for close to 25 years. Moved here in 1984 (which was a great year to do so). But every so often, I'd look at the websites of some of the stations from Los Angeles and they don't seem to different from anywhere else in the States. Yeah, KRTH (K-Earth 101) did generify. I remember when I lived there that they had a Number 1 records weekend (KRTH had the best weekends) and heard Jose Jimenez' Astronaut skit. Never heard that anywhere else. As for Real Don Steele, I never heard of him until I heard that Don and the Goodtimes song "I'm Real". But I don't think he was on any oldies station until after I moved away. Mike said:

I forgot about KRTH, they were good too, the Real Don Steel was on there for a long time wasn't he? Or was that KRLA? But at some later point in time I think they dumbed down their playlist to just the standard generic national charting oldies. Are they still around? Even KLOS and KMET were miles above what is out there now. You had real DJ's still. Jim Ladd is still on KLOS late at night. I'll hear him once in a while at work, and he'll actually suprise me with something good once in a while in between his griping about the state of radio today.

This guy has a lot of KROQ recordings, and even some KMET stuff from the 70's and mostly 80's for download.

http://fromthegarage.blogspot.com/

I forgot about KRTH, they were good too, the Real Don Steel was on there for a long time wasn't he? Or was that KRLA? But at some later point in time I think they dumbed down their playlist to just the standard generic national charting oldies. Are they still around? Even KLOS and KMET were miles above what is out there now. You had real DJ's still. Jim Ladd is still on KLOS late at night. I'll hear him once in a while at work, and he'll actually suprise me with something good once in a while in between his griping about the state of radio today. This guy has a lot of KROQ recordings, and even some KMET stuff from the 70's and mostly 80's for download. http://fromthegarage.blogspot.com/

I have some at evilempirerecords.com and a standing 10% off deal for any hideout members (enter coupon code garagepunkdotcom)

Online:
Get HIp records
Dirty Water records
Soundflat
Screaming Apple
Munster Records
Slovenly Records
Vodoo Rythm
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Where? internet?

Any suggestions for online stores? Mole said:

Intoxica, Stand Out and Minus Zero [if they're still open] in Portobello, London are great for rare 45s, expensive but always good stuff. Sounds That Swing [Camden] good for new stuff. Most new stuff you can probably get cheaper online - not as much fun, I know, but save a few ££$$.

Intoxica, Stand Out and Minus Zero [if they're still open] in Portobello, London are great for rare 45s, expensive but always good stuff. Sounds That Swing [Camden] good for new stuff. Most new stuff you can probably get cheaper online - not as much fun, I know, but save a few ££$$.

An AC30 Combo would be easily enough for a small venue or practice room if you have it up off the ground. Vox actually designed some funky amp stands back in the day for this very reason. Pete said:

Wow, thanks! Super helpful replies everybody! I actually have a 150Watt Marshall Valvestate already (http://www.zzounds.com/item--MSHAVT150H) because I wanted something versatile at the time, but I quickly learned its limitations (there's no denying that it isn't a true valve amp and the effects are entirely useless).

I really like the AC30 because of the tone of the top boost, as well as the blend of the top boost and normal channel. Real spring reverb is nice to have too! The clean channel is nice too and sounds like it would react well with a some fuzzzzz!

From the sound of it, an AC30 combo on top of say, a flight case would be fine for a band in a small venue / practice room?

Wow, thanks! Super helpful replies everybody! I actually have a 150Watt Marshall Valvestate already (http://www.zzounds.com/item--MSHAVT150H) because I wanted something versatile at the time, but I quickly learned its limitations (there's no denying that it isn't a true valve amp and the effects are entirely useless). I really like the AC30 because of the tone of the top boost, as well as the blend of the top boost and normal channel. Real spring reverb is nice to have too! The clean channel is nice too and sounds like it would react well with a some fuzzzzz! From the sound of it, an AC30 combo on top of say, a flight case would be fine for a band in a small venue / practice room?