......WOW , Tiny Tim and Wayne Newton? No disrespect , but that sounds like an address on a Chinese Kibbutz - 2 Katz Fukien .

sTILL ,, COULD HAVE BEEN HISTORICAL. Who knows if someone wa being pranked or not? Maybe he tried to get on stage , and they did'nt believe he was who he was (I know , could there have been any mistaking?) . Ken Goodman's a cool guy. I remember , once we met BLOWFLY BACKSTAGE , AND WE JUST WANTED TO SAY HI , AND LET HIM REST UP BEFORE HIS SHOW. bUT HE SAID "nO , IT'S ok , stay a while fellas , and I'll tell you the story of Blowfly !". 20 minutes later , Ken and i LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID , "mAN ! i FEEL LIKE I'VE ALREADY SEEN THE SHOW !".

i WAS GOING TO MENTION PRAVDA RECORDS , BUT , I COULD'NT REMEMBER IF KEN OWNED IT OR WAS ONE OF THE HIGHER - UPS. PRAVDA HAD THEIR OWN RECORD STORE NEXT TO THE METRO , ONCE THEE HAPPENING VENUE IN CHICAGO. IT WAS A GOOD STORE , BUT , IT WENT THRU SEVERAL NAME AND OWNERSHIP CHANGES. KEN WAS IN THE SERVICE , OF COURSE , THE NEW DUNCAN IMPERIALS , AND A GREAT ONE - SHOT NOVELTY BAND RIGHT BEFORE THEM. NOW , HE'S IN THE GOLD STARS , BACKING ANDRE WILLIAMS , AND HE WAS IN THE GREASY WHEELS , ALSO BACKING ANDRE.    BUT , THE BAND ON THAT BUGHOUSE CD WAS THE ALTAMONT COWBOYS - KLAUS FLOURIDE (DKs) , JAY ROSEN (SPEEDFREAK RAB/C&W GUITARIST.....He did'nt tell me what bands he's been in) , The Drummer (Whose name I forget.) told me he was briefly in The Cramps , on an as needed basis , bu t, never made a member . I THINK THE LEDGE STILL PLAYS JUST ONE SHOW A YEAR , WHEN HE FEELS LIKE IT.

I SAID , IN A REVIEW , HE WAS LUBBOCK'S #2 SON, SECOND ONLY TO BUDDY HOLLY. HE SAID "ME? WHAT ABOUT JOE ELY ?" I SAID "NOPE !".

And speaking of that great Bughouse series, I reviewed the Legendary Stardust Cowboy's CD for the old No Depression magazine magazine. It's still online here: http://archives.nodepression.com/2000/01/legendary-stardust-cowboy-live-in-chicago/  

I got to see him live in Austin around this time. Crazy crazy fun!

I met Tiny Tim in the early 80s at a Wayne Newton concert in Albuquerque. This is true. I was freelancing for this little paper there and was covering the Wayne show, which was at the University of New Mexico basketball arena. I ran into this campus cop I knew and we were yacking when he looked up and said, "That's the weirdest-looking son of a bitch I've ever seen." Sure enough, it was Tiny, with a purple tint in his hair.

I approached him, told him I was a reporter and started inteviewing him. He was in town because he was singing at some car show. And of course, he was a huge Wayne Newton fan. I'd always assumed that Tiny's strange demeanor was just part of the act, but talking to him, I began to realize there was just something off about him. He seemed bitter about his fall from the limelight ("Johnny Carson quit returning my phone calls," he complained) He told me about his latest single, which was a love song to British actress Koo Stark, who'd recently been in some kind of scandal with some royal family member. But he said he knew he'd never really make a comeback until they legalized gambling in Florida. I didn't quite follow his logic then, but now ai realize he was predicting the rise of the casino circuit, which has been a blessing for many a washed-up pop star.

As it turned out, Tiny and the woman he was with were sitting a few rows in front of me during the show. Somebody came up and said something to Tiny, who got up and started walking toward the stage. Oh my God, I thought, Tiny's going to do a song with Wayne Newton! So I got up and tried to follow him. When I finally made it to the gate to the backstage area I had lost him in the crowd. I asked the security guy if he had seen Tiny Tim. "That's who he was?" the guy said. "Yeah, he was here a couple of minutes ago saying that someone had told him Wayne wanted him on stage. But nobody told me about that. I couldn't let him in."

Either it was a cruel set-up to humiliate Tiny or that security guard stopped the duet of the century.

I have that Bughouse album with The New Duncan Imperials as his backup band. I was talking to the guy at Pravda Records who's sent it to me and he said Tiny would "go play anywhere for $500." When I released my own album on CD in '96 and was planning my CD release party I actually thought of bringing in Tiny to play. But sure enough, he died just afew days later. Another great duet that never happened. 

Retraction : I was not at The Legendary Stardust Cowboy's Lounge Ax show (Recorded for the Bughouse CD.) , COME TO THINK OF IT. i SAW HIM THE NEXT THREE TIMES HE PLAYED IN CHICAGO (opened for two of 'em.) , and once in New Orleans.....I HEARD D'ARCY from The Deathly Dull Pumpkins was there. A friend of mine dated her Sister at the time.  HE SAID D'ARCY HAD GOOD TASTE IN MUSIC . MAYBE THAT'S WHY SHE WAS THE FIRST TO LEAVE .

Tiny Tim was definitely bizarre , even to a turned- on , psychedelicized Late 60's youth culture , but , the Hell of it was , he got a LOT more bizarre after fame and fortune had turned it's back on him.......Though Jewish by law (His Mother was Jewish , and his Father , Catholic. Don't know how he was actually raised.) , he talked a lot of Jeezus stuff , centuries before it was cool to. He condemned the youth , the people buying his records , for "Not following Christ's teachings , and giving in to their desires.... when the Wife and I have S-E-X , it is only because we are trying to have children" , which is probably , partly , why his Wife ,  Miss Vicki , of The GTOs , divorced him in such a hurry (They were famously wed on "The Tonight Show".).

I like Tiny Tim , sure. He was'nt like anyone else. His roots were in the Tin Pan Alley music of The 1920's , but , that VOICE !

You loved it or you hated it. I admit , I can't listen to him , that often . His admirers included Screamin' Jay Hawkins and even GG Allin.

Garage Punk fans should at least give "Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm a Nut .).". a listen.

After 3 or 4 good - selling albums , several apppearances of "Laugh - In" (Where he was only , possibly , outdone for bizarre music and behavior by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy .) , and , as I recall , a heartfelt commercial jingle for "Dawn" dolls , and a string of well - recieved concert appearances , Tiny Tim went into steadfast decline. He still turned up in the media on a semi - regular basis , well into the late 70's and 80's. The National Enquirer ran an item about a "Hasbeen Tour", featuring the likes of Tiny Tim and John Carradine , among others. It was'nt billed as such , but The Enquirer relished in the sheer sadness of it all.  

Later , Tiny Tim met a man who would prove an unlikely factor in staging a comeback.

"Big Bucks" Burnette , President of The Mr. Ed Fan Club , friend of Jimmy Page (But , more significantly , Jim Dandy , too.), former record store owner on the once - cool Greenville Avenue Strip in Dallas , and , presently , Owner and Curator of The 8 - Track Tape Museum.

Burnette took Tiny Tim under his wing , releasing a 45 of "The Mr. Ed Theme Song" ( Tiny Tim appeared , along with Joe Ely and Allan Young ("Wilbur Post", at  "Edstock", a Burnette - sponsored festival at the legendary Bronco Bowl in Dallas.) and a series of other recordings , his most notorious later track being "Santa Claus Has Got The AIDS This Year".

iN THE '90s , Chicago Musician and Entrepeneur , Ken Goodman  , tried to give Tiny Tim's career yet another boost by releasing what would , sadly , prove to be one of Tiny Tim's last concert performances . The live CD appeared on Goodman's label , Bughouse , as part of a series of Live CDs by "Outsider Artists" , including Hasil Adkins , Cordell Jackson and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy.  I was at the latter three shows , but , not Tiny Tim's gig. A friend had seen him in Dallas the week before , and said he was VERY creepy , even given what we knew about him in later years. Plus , I did'nt know where the Hell the venue was.

I saw Tiny Tim , literally , die on Television , maybe some of you did , too. HE WAS SHOWN SINGING "TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS", at a benefit , before a small audience , and literally dropping to the floor. It looked, at the time , like it might have been a stroke , or only a siezure (But , siezures kill people. Ask John Travolta.), but the cause of death was listed as Cardiac Arrest.  I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THIS WAS SHOWN ON tv , AFTER HIS DEMISE , BUT , WITH TINY TIM , TRUTH WAS STRANGER THAN FICTION.

I was wondering if any of you guys are fans? I know he is far from the Punk and Rock n Roll genres this site is used too, but his originality and sheer bizarreness definately fits into the whole DIY and  'be yourself' ethics of Punk music.

I find him so original and unlike anyone who came before or after him. Some of his performances really creep me out, especially this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c71RCAyLS1M

Also, he actually does have a great voice. I am a big Doo Wop fan, and I love his cover of Earth Angel...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT8t0VxZXEM

Johnny Lurg - AS you know , there were a lot of faux - Asian Novelty songs......Some potentially less offensive that others. Almost the sole province of R'n'B....."Ling Ting Tong" by The Five Keys , arguably the best , does'nt seem particularly offensive. Great Asian instrumentation , but no racial impersonations.

The song , to me , always seemed to be about an Opium den (References to kicking the gong around , ala Cab Calloway.) , admittedly ,a negative stereotype. The ultra catchy chorus "Ling Ting Tong , sing this song - Tai smoke'um boon dai yea , Tai smokeum boo.". It always sounded like a thinly veiled drug reference - "I smoke 'um Buddha ( Opium) and I smoke'um Boo (Pot) !". In fact , that's pretty much how The Human Beings  said it on their criminally uncomped version. Wolfman Jack even did a version , with a spoken intro about "A funky , groovy lookin' cat named Ling Ting Tong.....HE HAD THESE FUNNY CIGARETTES , WE'LL I TRIED ONE .....( Joint - sucking noise.) I SAID - TAI SMOKE'UM BOON DAI YEA ! TAI SMOKE 'UM BOO !".

I saw The Five Keys a few years ago. They claimed the Chinese musicians on the record taught them the chorus , saying it meant , in Mandarin , "The fragrance of the flowers. The sound of the music." UH - HUH.

I'll pre-apologize for this, but since I've been a fan for 25 years, I have to mention the Dwarves:

"Old enough to bleed, old enough to breed?
Old enough to pee then she's old enough for me!"
>Let's Fuck, Blood, Guts And Pussy (1990)

A trifecta of political incorrectness: lyrics, song title and album title

Actually, you could pull any song randomly from their catalog and probably say the same thing.

Playlist from 1.3.14: 2014 faves

12:04PM Ramma Lamma “Zero Hour theme” from Zero Hour theme (2013) on Self Local 
12:06PM The Oblivians “Call The Police” from Desperation (2013) on In the Red 
12:09PM Hickoids “Fruit Fly” from Hairy Chafin' Ape Suit (2013) on Saustex 
12:13PM John Paul Keith “Baby We're a Bad Idea” from Memphis Circa 3AM (2013) on Big Legal Mess Records 
12:16PM Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders “Dirty Thoughts & Busted Hearts” from 14th & Nowhere... (2013) on Rankoutsider Records 
12:19PM La La Brooks “I Broke That Promise” from All or Nothing (2013) on Norton Records Inc. 
12:26PM King Salami And The Cumberland 3 “Yosemite Sam” from Cookin' Up a Party (2013) on Off The Hip 
12:28PM Wau Y Los Arrrghs!! “Malditos Modales” from Todo Roto (2013) on Slovenly 
12:31PM The Stents “Limbs” from Limbs - Single (2013) on Hidden Volume 
12:35PM Barrence Whitfield and The Savages “Turn Your Damper Down” from Dig Thy Savage Soul (2013) on Bloodshot Records 
12:38PM The Ogres “Private Detective” from The Acrid & Misanthropic Sounds Of ... (2013) onHillsdale 
12:40PM The Outta Sites “Little Girl” from Shake All Night With the Outta Sites (2013) on Spinout Records 
12:45PM Churchwood “Weedeye” from 2 (2013) on Saustex Media 
12:50PM The Dunhill Blues “It's Gotta Look Like a Murder/Suicide” from Hulacide (2013) on Off The Hip 
12:54PM Organs “California Blues” from Headin' for the Door (2013) on Killer Diller 
12:56PM The Blind Shake “Red River Visionaries” from Key To a False Door (2013) on Castle Face Records 
12:58PM Becky Lee and Drunkfoot “Cook That Sugar” from One Take Session (2013) onVoodoo Rhythm 
01:03PM Animal Magnets “The Sea of Red” from Step on Your Neck (2013) on Easter Local 
01:06PM Static Eyes “Trouble” from Trouble (2013) on Windian Local 
01:08PM The Hussy “Hate This Town” from Pagan Hiss (2013) on Southpaw Local 
01:10PM Thriftones “She's Too Hip” from Thriftones (2013) on Fox Cry Local 
01:13PM Midnight Reruns “Chewing Ice” from Midnight Reruns (2013) on Good Land RecordsLocal 
01:20PM Lovesores “Bubblegum Riot” from Bubblegum Riot EP (2013) on No Front Teeth/Rapid Pulse 
01:23PM Nightmare Boyzzz “My Body Breaks Down” from Bad Patterns (2013) on Slovenly 
01:27PM Missing Monuments “Answer The Call” from Missing Monuments (2013) on Dirtnap Records 
01:30PM Bad Sports “Let Me In” from Bras (2013) on Dirtnap Records 
01:33PM The Rich Hands “Bad Girl” from Dreamers (2013) on Fountain Records 
01:35PM Wyldlife “The Right!” from The Time Has Come to Rock & Roll (2013) on Self 
01:38PM Dirty Fences “Heaven Is Tonight” from Too High to Kross (2013) on Volcom Entertainment 
01:39PM Shannon And The Clams “Hey Willy” from Dreams in the Rat House (2013) on Hardly Art 
01:44PM Miss Chain & the Broken Heels “Don't Look Back” from The Dawn (2013) on Dusty Medical/Bachelor 
01:47PM The Go “No More Stars” from Fiesta (2013) on Burger 
01:51PM The Sensibles “I Want Your Blood” from A Bunch of Animals (2013) on Rijapov 
01:53PM Gravy's Drop “I Get Down” from Gumball (2013) on Burger 
01:57PM The Dirtbombs “Jump And Shout” from Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey! (2013) on In the Red 
02:00PM Cyanide Pills “Sit Tight” from Still Bored (2013) on Damaged Goods 
02:05PM The Great Dismal Swamis “Canadian Tuxedo” from Great Dismal Swamis (2013) onRZO 
02:07PM The Future Primitives “You Lied” from Into the Primitive (2013) on Voodoo Rhythm 
02:09PM Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds “Killer Diller” from Haunted Head (2013) on In the Red 
02:13PM The Ribeye Brothers “Damaged Goods” from Call of the Scrapheap (2013) on Main Man Records 
02:16PM The Liminanas “My Black Sabbath” from Costa Blanca (2013) on Trouble In Mind Records 
02:19PM Twin Guns “Motorcity” from Sweet Dreams (2013) on self-released 
02:22PM The Blues Against Youth “Three Headed Demon” from Trapped In The Country (2013) on Off Label Records 
02:26PM Talbot Adams “Red Diamonds” from 7" (2013) on Spacecase 
02:31PM Stupidity “King Midas” from King Midas - Single (2013) on GoFast Records 
02:34PM The Woggles “Baby, I’ll Trust You When You’re Dead” from The Big Beat (2013) onWicked Cool Records,Inc. 
02:37PM The Above “Georgia Peach” from Georgia Peach/Imprisoned (2013) on Boppa Do Down 
02:40PM High Learys “Idolise Your Woman” from Here Come the High Learys (2013) on Soundflat Records 
02:43PM Neighbours “Green Shoes” from Prime Numbers (2013) on Get Hip 
02:47PM The Black Hollies “Benevolent Beacon” from Somewhere Between Here and Nowhere(2013) on Ernest Jenning Record Co. 
02:51PM The Copper Gamins “Silver Monkey” from Los Niños de Cobre (2013) on Saustex Media/Cosmica Records 
02:53PM The Bamboo Kids “Dumb for Life” from Safe City Blues (2013) on Drug Front Records 
02:55PM The Connection “Crawling from the Wreckage of a Saturday Night” from Let It Rock(2013) on Ghost Highway 
02:57PM Helen Love “New Boy In Town” from New Boy In Town - Single (2013) on Damaged Goods

Zero Hour's Top 50 Albums for 2013:

1. Oblivians – Desperation (In the Red)
2. Pat Todd & the Rankoutsiders – 14th and Nowhere … (Rank Outsider)
3. La La Brooks – All or Nothing (Norton)
4. Hickoids – Hairy Chafin’ Ape Suit (Saustex)
5. John Paul Keith – Memphis Circa 3 AM (Big Legal Mess)
6. Lovesores – Bubblegum Riot EP (Rapid Pulse)
7. Barrence Whitfield & the Savages – Dig Thy Savage Soul (Bloodshot)
8. Miss Chain & the Broken Heels – The Dawn (Bachelor/Dusty Medical)
9. Ogres – The Acrid and Misanthropic Sounds of... (Hillsdale)
10. King Salami And The Cumberland 3 – Cookin’ Up a Party (Dirty Water/Off the Hip)
11. Dirtbombs – Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey! (In the Red)
12. The Bamboo Kids – Safe City Blues (Drug Front)
13. Copper Gamins- Los Ninos De Cobre (Saustex) 
14. Missing Monuments – S/T (Dirtnap) 
15. Future Primitives – Into the Primitive (Voodoo Rhythm)
16. Churchwood – 2 (Saustex) 
17. Becki Lee & Drunkfoot – One Take Session (Voodoo Rhythm)
18. Cyanide Pills – Still Bored (Damaged Goods) 
19. The Connection – Let It Rock (Ghost Highway)
20. Nightmare Boyzzz – Bad Paterns (Slovenly)
21. The Blind Shake – Key to a False Door (Castle Face)
22. Ribeye Brothers – Call of the Scrapheap (Main Man) 
23. Wau Y Los Arrrghs!! Todo Roto (Slovenly)
24. Great Dismal Swamis – S/T (RZO)
25. Dunhill Blues – Hulacide (Off the Hip)
26. Black Hollies – Somewhere Between Here and Nowhere (Ernest Jenning)
27. The Liminanas – Costa Blanca (Trouble in Mind) 
28. The Sensibles – A Bunch of Animals (Rijapov)
29. The Woggles – The Big Beat (Wicked Cool)
30. Bipolaroid – Twin Language (Get Hip)
31. Plastics Pals - Turn the Tide (Polythene)
32. Bad Sports – Bras (Dirtnap)
33. Neighbours – Prime Numbers (Get Hip)
34. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds – Haunted Head (In the Red)
35. Organs – Headin’ For the Door (Killer Diller)
36. Rich Hands – Dreamers (Fountain)
37. Wyldlife - The Time Has Come to Rock & Roll (Self)
38. Gravy’s Drop – Gumball (Burger)
39. The Hussy – Pagan Hiss (Southpaw)
40. Left Lane Cruiser – Rock Them Back to Hell (Alive Naturalsound)
41. High Learys – Here Come (Soundflat) 
42. Thee Spivs – The Crowds and the Sounds (Damaged Goods)
43. Twin Guns – Sweet Dreams (Self)
44. Dirty Fences – Too High to Cross (Volcom Entertainment)
45. Night Beats – Sonic Bloom (The Reverberation Appreciation Society )
46. Blues Against Youth – Trapped in the Country (Off Label)
47. The Outta Sites – Shake All Night With the Outta Sites (Spinout)
48. Johnny Casino – Live at the Hanging Tree (Off the Hip)
49. The Go – Fiesta (Burger)
50. Shannon and the Clams – Dreams in the Rat House (Hardly Art)

Another promising quote from Dave's Facebook... (note the choice of song he's included...)

RAY ELUDED TO THIS SAME THING , A FEW MONTHS AGO....OF COURSE , HE'S ELUDED TO IT MORE THAN ONCE.

BEFORE DAVE HAD HIS STROKE , THERE WAS CASUAL TALK OF A REUNION , BUT , NOW , THEY'RE BOTH SAYING IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

I NEVER SAW THE KINKS. I REMEMBER THEY CAME THRU IN 1981 , BEFORE THE MEGA - FAME THAT HAD ELUDED THEM IN THE STATES . I TRIED TO TALK MY BROTHER INTO GOING (HE HAD A CAR.). HE DID'NT WANT TO GO BECAUSE WE'D JUST SEEN THE LIVE 'ONE FOR THE ROAD" SHOW ON TV. I WANTED TO SEE THEM FOR THAT VERY SAME REASON !!! THEY PROBABLY PLAYED TO 5000 PEOPLE , IF EVEN. AFTER "COME DANCING" AND STUFF , THEY WERE PLAYING TO 19,000.

 IF THEY REFORM AND ACTUALLY TOUR , THEY'LL PLAY TO TENS , IF NOT HUNDREDS , OF THOUSANDS A THROW. GOOD FOR THEM , IF IT HAPPENS. BUT , I'D HAVE RATHER SEEN THEM PLAY THEIR EXTENDED ENGAGEMENTS/DRINKING PARTIES IN THE 70'S ,WERE I OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE.       I SAW RAY DO HIS SOLO SHOW , TWICE , FIVE YEARS APART , AND BOTH SHOWS WERE EXACTLY THE SAME , EXCEPT IN THAT HE OMITTED "DAVID WATTS' , THE HIGH POINT OF THE FIRST SHOW , WHEN I SAW HIM THE SECOND TIME. HIS HEART WAS JUST NOT IN IT (THO' SEEING IT THE FIRST TIME WAS GREAT.) . THEN , I SAW HIS FIRST SOLO TOUR WITH A LIVE BAND. IT WAS COOL , HE DID A FEW ODDBALL CUTS , BUT.......IT WAS A BIT TOO "ADULT CONTEMPORARY" FOR MY PERSONAL TASTES.  I HEARD THE NEXT TOUR WAS BETTER. 

   BUT , I SAW DAVE IN ABOUT 2001, AND HE KILLED IT. ALL PUNK AS FUCK HARD - ROCKIN' KINKS KILLERS (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A LOVELY "DEATH OF A CLOWN")....I JUST THOUGHT , MAN , YOUR BROTHER NEEDS YOU. Y'KNAAAA?      I SAW DAVE RECENTLY , AND HE'S DOING SO WELL. Loses his place , sometimes , too much guitar hero spunk , sometimes , but , it was still a very good show. Even if I preferred the Yobbo  Rock he was doing before his stroke.   OF COURSE , it's really down to The Brothers, but , if Mick signs on , Ray suggested that the other members of Kastoff Kinks ( Kinks tribute band madeup of past members of the group.) could help fill the gaps.            We'll see.

http://www.nme.com/news/the-kinks/74672 

 Possibly The best 60s band. Really hope this happens, so I can see 'em.

Last week I did my best of 2013 podcast.  Lots of garage on this years list including Dead Ghosts, Ketamines, Thee Oh Sees, The Black Angels, Oblivians and more. 

The Play List:

1.  Night Beats – Rat King

2.  Wavves – Dog

3.  Mudhoney - I Like It Small

4.  The Strokes – 50/50

5.  Deerhunter – Back To The Middle

6.  Fuzz – Preacher

7.  James OL – One Horse Town

8.  Paul Jacobs – Sharp Dress

9.  The Replacements – I’m Not Sayin’

10. Monomyth – Vision

11. The Bell Peppers – The Spray

12. Jay Sad – Three Floor’s/It’s Over

13. Daniel Romano – He Lets Her Memory Go (Wild)

14. Guided By Voices – Flunky Minnows

15. Obits – It’s Sick

16. The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow

17. The Oblivians – Pinball King

18. Teenanger – Time’s Up

19. Dead Ghosts – That Old Feeling

20. The Ketamines – Double Elevens

21. Ty Segall – The West 

22. Thee Oh Sees – Toe Cutter- Thumb Buster

23. Papermaps - The Memory Song

24. The Mark Inside – Panegae (Before The Split)

25. The Mark Inside – Shark Attack (I Can See Them Circling)

Listen/Download here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20131231-1030-t1388485800.mp3

Blog post on releases of 2013:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2013/12/2013-highlights-show-489.html

Also at CJAM FM we had Joe Strummer Day on December 22nd.  I did a 2 hour special on The Clash's original version of Combat Rock, Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg vs. Combat Rock. 

The Play List:

1. The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

2. Idle In Kangaroo Court (Kill Time) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

3. Know Your Rights (Combat Rock)

4. Know Your Rights (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

5. Car Jamming (Combat Rock)

6. Over Powered By Funk (Combat Rock)

7. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Alternate Version) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

8. Rock The Casbah (w/Rankin Rodger) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

9. Red Angel Dragnet (Instrumental Version) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

10. Red Angel Dragnet (w/Rankin Rodger) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

11. Red Angel Dragnet (Combat Rock)

12. Ghetto Defendant (Extended Version) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

13. Walk Evil Talk (Instrumental)(Outtake) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

14. Death Is A Star (Combat Rock)

15. Atom Tan (Combat Rock)

16. Innoculated City (Combat Rock)

17. Sean Flynn (Extended Version) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

18. Innoculated City (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

19. Cool Confusion (Instrumental 2) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

20. Cool Confusion (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg/Should I Stay Or Should I Go 1983 single)

21. First Night Back In London (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg/Know Your Rights 1982 single)

22. Straight To Hell (Extended Version) (Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg)

Listen here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/657-Revolution_Rock_Rat_Patrol_From_Fort_Bragg_vs_Combat_Rock-20131222-2000-t1387742400.mp3

Blog post on Rat Patrol & Combat Rock here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2013/12/rat-patrol-from-fort-bragg-vs-combat.html

haven't posted in a while.  Here are some old podcasts from a few weeks ago.  The most recent one is a Christmas themed podcast which seemed appropriate to post today:

Play List for December 24th:

1.  Impact - Punk Christmas

2.  The Damned – There Ain’t No Sanity Clause

3.  By Divine Right – Mall Santa

4.  Little Joey Farr – Rock N’Roll Santa

5.  Caribou – The Snow Capes

6.  Bright Eyes – Blue Christmas

7.  The Tom Fun Orchestra – Christmas Dinner On A Coleman Stove

8.  Prarie Cat – Count The Thoughts

9.  Les Breastfeeders – Noel Dans Le Vent

10. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – My Christmas Wish

11. The Wailers – Maybe This Year

12. The Walkmen – New Year’s Eve

13. Mojo Nixon – Christmas, Christmas

14. Psychic Ills – Run Rudolph Run

15. Iggy Pop – White Christmas

16. Lou Reed – Xmas In February

17. Los Straitjackets – Christmas Weekend

18. The Falcons - Deck The Halls

19. The Pygmies – Father Christmas

20. The Pygmies – Pygmy Parumpapumpum

21. Leadbelly – Christmas Is-A-Coming

22. Chuck Berry – Christmas

23. The Bell Peppers – I Can’t Wait For Xmas

24. The Bell Peppers – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Download/listen to podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20131224-1030-t1387881000.mp3

Blog post on The Bell Peppers Christmas songs here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2013/12/revolution-rock-2013-holiday-special.html

Play List for December 17th:

1.  Jaill – I’m Home

2.  Babyshambles – French Dog Blues

3.  White Fence – Pink Gorilla (Live In San Fransisco)

4.  The Black Angels – Manipulation

5.  The New Strychnines – Dirty Robber

6.  Iggy Pop & James Williamson – Sell Your Love

7.  Jack Scott – Cruel World

8.  Hank Williams – Mind Your Own Business

9.  The Saints – Untitled

10. Talking Heads – Heaven

11. The Only Ones – Lovers Of Today

12. William Steffey – Belfast

13. Sam Coffey and The Iron Lungs – Sick of Love

14. Jung People – Releasing Fear Of The Colour Blue

15. Sloan – Torn 16. Indian Wars – Simple Mistake

17. Legato Vipers – Sweet 16

18. Centuries – 4th Dimension

19. Paul Jacobs – Sharp Dress

20. Paul Jacobs – Underwater

21. Fuzz – Now I've Got A Reason (Live In San Fransisco)

22. The Adverts – The Adverts (Cast Of Thousands Outtake)

23. The Replacements – Beer For Breakfast

Download/listen here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20131217-1030-t1387276200.mp3

Blog post on Paul Jacobs here"  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2013/12/drug-theaters-with-paul-jacobs-show-486.html

The Crushers from Moscow... they did not sound like any other local groups

OK . MY REPLY GOT 'ET. I first heard The Cramps and The Fleshtones in 1981 , and I saw the connection to stuff like The Music Machine , Electric Prunes and The Seeds. I was aware of the so-called "Paisley Revival" , but had only heard a couple of those bands in the early 80's. I was also getting into Blues  ,and there were two things it was'nt cool to be into at the time - Blues music and The Cramps.  "Punk Blues" SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED ABOUT 10 YEARS BEFORE IT DID. Jeffrey Evans deserves , but does not recieve , all the credit for kicking it off........well , you could say Hound Dog Taylor was the real Godfather.

I suppose this is a good place to make my entrance.  The Cramps Bad Music lp (cassette rather) was the first intentionally "garage rock" type music I heard.  I think the cover art intrigued me.  At the time (high school, early/mid eighties) I was only interested in hardcore and straight ahead punk mixed with a little black sabbath and motorhead since metal was all my friends were into.  I remember popping the tape in and thinking "Is this like surf music or something?"  My friends unanimously voted that it sucked balls but I thought there was something important going on although expanding my horizons really was a process that happened a bit at a time.  Not too long after I met some hillbilly who turned me on to Howlin Wolf, John Lee Hooker & Lightnin Hopkins and the dots started connecting.  

Playlist 12/28/13

I will be on the air and the web from 1:00-3:00PM EST on Saturday December 28th.  You can listen at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu

Radio What Wave Playlist.....Dec 26/2013. 6 to 8:30PM of only Xmas Music!

Lots of technical glitches on this show....almost all out of my control. The computer that controls the commercials locked up as the commercials were playing to start the show. Had to hard boot the computer twice to get it running, then the commercial program fizzled the first time i tried it. Eventually got it working....And that was after spending 20 minutes to get the turntables working prior to the show....the joys of college radio when the regular staff is on vacation! 

1. The Shanks...Christmas Star...from The Dark Richard Show from 2010

2. The Shanks...Start Taking You Home...from the above CD. Wasn't planning on playing this song, but had to play something while trying to get the commercial computer rumming....

3. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Santa's Comprimise...from Savvy Show Stoppers II from the Shadowy Men website Keeper.

4. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Faster Santa Claus, Ho Ho Ho....as above.

5. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Winterfresh....as above.

6. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Deck The Halls....as above.

7. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...The 12 Answering Machine Messages Of Christmas.... as above.

8. The Fleshtones....Hooray For Santa Claus....from the Stocking Stuffer LP. And Hooray I got the commercial computer running again!

9.The Gruesomes...Santa Claus....from the Unchained! EP.

10. Marshmallow Overcoat....Santa Fuzz...from the Light Show CD.

11. The Fleshtones....White Boomers....from the Stocking Stuffer LP.

12. Tony Low...Merry Christmas....a song sent to us. Tony was a member of The Cheepskates (NYC garagepop combo from the mid 80's to 90's).

13 The Cheepskates...Last Minute Rush...from A Midnight Christmas Mess LP. A series of 3 Christmas compilations put out by Midnight Records in the mid 80's.

14. Plan 9....Merry Christmas...as above. 

15. Yard Trauma...Christmas Tyme...as above.

16. Blues Magoos...Jingle Bells....from a 7" on white vinyl i picked up many years ago. No label or numbering on it, assume it's a bootleg.

17. Thee Eviltones...It's Christmas....from a special download for Christmas.

18. Blues Magoos....Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Dante's Inferno...flip of the above 7".

19. Bitchlove...All I Want For Christmas Is Some White Stuff...local combo who are about to release another record.

20. Bitchlove...Santa Eats Your Cookies While You Sleep...as above.

21. 63 Monroe...White Christmas....7" from the mid 80's from this local combo.

22. Paul James Band...Run Run Rudolph....7" from this Toronto combo.

23. MX Sound....Christmas With The Devil....from the We're An American Band CD.

24. Urban Surf Kings....Jingle Bells...download from this Nova Scotia surf combo.

25. The Razorbacks...All The Girls Look Prettier At Christmas Time....from a late 80's 7". Canadian rockabilly combo that shoulda gone far but fizzled out.

26. Johnny Rabb....Christmas Dance...from the Midnight Christmas Mess compilation LP.

27. Johnny Rabb...Gotta Get Lucky For Xmas...as above.

28. Ramones....Merry Christmas....from the Brain Drain LP.

29. Jack Scott....Trouble Brewin'...from the Black Xmas Cramps download.

30. Elvis...Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me....from The Complete 50's Masters Box Set.

31. Elvis...Santa Claus Is Back In Town....as above.

32. Youngsters...Christmas In Jail....from the Black Xmas download.

33. Slade...Merry Xmas Everybody....from the Feel The Noize Greatest Hits CD.

34. The Creamers...Bob Kringle...from a single sided 7" on SFTRI.

35. The Creamers...Father Christmas...as above.

36. The Damned....There Ain't No Sanity Claus...from a 1980 Chiswick 7".

37. Deja Voodoo....Bugs For Christmas...from the Too Cool To Live, Too Smart To Die EP  on Midnight Records.

38. We Three Sings...O Holy Night...from a Wolf Beat Compilation CD called 20 Full Moon Hits.

39. Bob Seger...Sock It To Me Santa....from the Michigan Nuggers complilation LP.

40. The Sonics....I Don't Believe In Santa...from the Black Xmas download.

41. Patsy Raye....Beatniks Wish...from the Swing For A Crime compilation LP.

42. Mach Bell...C'mon Santa...from the Gulcher Records Christmas compilaton.

43. Crawlspace...Christmas Is Here....as above.

44. The Turtles...Santa And The Sidewalk Surfer...from Happy Together Again double LP on Sire Records.

45. The Fleshtones...Canadian Christmas....from the Stocking Stuffer LP on Yep Roc.

46. Phil Spector...Silent Night...from A Christmas Gift To You CD. We ended up playing this a couple of times as the program after Radio WW could not get their laptop working through the mixer, same problem as i had prior with the turntables. Ended up jerry rigging the mixer to get Lady L's program rumming.

Thanx for all the phone calls, facebook messages, emails and Heys!!! Hope you enjoyed (or at least tolerated) all this holiday music, a day late and a dollar short! Back again in the usual time slot next week with lots of new stuff for your listening pleasure.Happy New Year!!

The archived show is at:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

and the last hour at:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/fast-n-bulbous

Strummer Day show was really cool Ken!

Oh, and the new Dirtbombs.  Almost forgot. 

It's about that time for the Annual Best of... Lists. 

My Top 5 Garage/Punk LPs of 2013:

The Future Primitives (South Africa):  Into the Primitive

Wyldlife (NYC):  The Time Has Come to Rock & Roll

The Oblivians (you know):  Desperation

The Bamboo Kids (NYC):  Safe City Blues

and from Austin, TX, the incredible A Giant Dog:  Bone. 

A few honorable mentions that very nearly made my list:  Guitar Wolf, The Go, Black Joe Lewis (Electric Slave could fairly be called garage punk), Hanni El Khatib (ditto), and I haven't heard the new Bad Sports album yet, but I'm sure it's great.  Hope I didn't miss anything...