Another gig, another planet (Liege, Belgium)
Expectations are high...

Check out a song penned Steve Blodgett for Finland's Them Bird Things... sneak preview at www.myspace.com/thembirdthings

Shame, Shame, Shame, Shame, Shame!

The single is out on Playground Music on July 1, with the entire album, "Fly, Them Bird Things, Fly!" out in August... 12 songs penned by Mike Brassard and Steve Blodgett (both of Mike & the Ravens)... Them Bird Things is the coolest collaboration between Finns and foreigners since the Winter War... produced by yours truly with liner notes by Electric Prunes singer James Lowe and Monk Eddie Shaw...

Went out to the "Ink n Iron" festival at Long Beach last weekend. It was a blast, cool rides and vendors, plus The Woggles, The Fuzztones, and The Sonics ! Wow...The Sonics were on fire ! Before the festival, I went with Mrs Wig and a friend to pay our respects to Johnny and Dee Dee at the Hollywood Forever cemetary. Johnny's bronze statue is awesome, Dee Dee's headstone is engraved with The Ramones logo, and lyrics from his "Highest Trails Above"...very cool stuff. We checked out a few more plots, Jane Mansfield, Don Adams, Mel Blanc...couldn't see Rudolph Valentino's spot, there was a service happening in the mausoleum he's in, so we decided to split. On our way out we drove right up by Johnny Ramone's plot...I shit you not, as soon as we were right next to him "I Wanna Be Sedated" kicked in on the radio !!! We all looked at each other and were like WTF ??? We're talkin' goosebump central...It's gotta be the coolest and weirdest moment I reckon I've ever experienced. Naturally we stayed parked until the song finished. What a crazy cool thing to happen ! I'm not bullshitting...this really did happen. Cheers, Wig

Very cool...but "Je ne peux pas parler Français !" Hope they release an English version. Cheers, Wig

HEYA, I guess some of you have already heard of this (I hope I don't doublepost this here...)

There's a new book out in France featuring some classic Garagebands and page spreads with their album covers. I haven't seen it myself, but here's Amazon Shmamazon.

And also two write ups:


A short one in english,

and a longer one in french.

Hope you dig it! If anyone has it or buys it it would be cool if you post what you think of it here!

May 24th:

Virus Radio 18.00-19.30

Broken Hearts - Respect
Human Eye live (Dæmonens Port 26/9-2007)
Jack Tragic & The Unfortunates - Fight For Your Life
Miles Davis - Theme from Jack Johnson (live 1975)

Lowcut 19.30-20.30

The Johns - Brad Pitt
Jeffrey Novak - No One Misses You
Black Lips - Elijah
Nobunny - I Know I Know
Rock'n'Roll Adventure Kids - Birdy
Dust Bugs - Don't Like It
Kværn - Blomster
Subsonics - Dubious Charms
Tubeway Army - That's Too Bad
Rat Traps - Break It Down
Michael Yonkers - Kill The Enemy
Terrorizer - Storm of Stress
Neokarma Jooklo Trio - Strange Land
La Ira De Dios - Al Viento
Nihilistics - Black Sheep

May 31th:

Virus Radio 18:00 - 19:30 Hosted by Nils of Doomed Denmark

Church of Misery - El Padrino
Paternoster - Stop These Lines
Monarch - A Look at Tomorrow (Discharge cover) & Mass Death and Destruction
Purling Hiss - Purple Hiss
Metamorfori - Selva Oscura
Biglietto per L'Inferno - Ansia
Zeni Geva - Skullfuck
Grey Daturas - Barren Planet
Sourvein - Black Cloud Revelations
Bunalim - Yeter Artik Kadin
Amanaz - History of Man
Witch - Tooth Factory
Possessed - Climb the Wooden Hills
Church of Misery - Master Heartache
Birth Control - The Work is Done
Sainte Anthony's Fyre - Get Off
Bolder Damn - Got That Feeling

Lowcut 19.30 - 20.30

The Middle Class - You Belong
Guilty Hearts - Devil's Tail
Homopolice - Ass Fucker
Wooden Shjips - Shrinking Moon For You
Out Cold - I'm The Cutter
Bolder Damn - Dead Meat
For The Worst - Road Warriors
KG Beasley & The Leather Violence - Sonic Bondage
Betong Hysteria - Snuten Kommer
Black Rose Band - He'll Have To Go
A.H. Kraken - Kevin Costner + Black Borny
Rising - ?



June 7th:

18.00-19.30 Virus Radio:

The Intelligence - Juggle Bubble
Kenni Cocksucker live (fra Lowcut Radio 16/3-2008)
Endless Boogie - Morning Line Dirt
Sunn 0))) - Big Church
Arthur Doyle Plus Four - Alabama Feeling
Motorpsycho feat. Jello Biafra - Punch
Bride Of No No - Out For The Day
The Intelligence - Beehive

19.30-20.30 Lowcut:

Revillos - Rev Up
Las Nurses - Apples & Hatreds
Bulemics - Revenge
Hunches - At My Teeth
C.S.C. - Speakin Romanian
Insect Warfare - Internet Era Alienation
Mad Jak & The Screaming Shambles - Break Of Day
Servotron - People Mover
Th' Inbred - Jesus Youth + Satan Youth
The Clean - Platypus
Blade Of The Ripper - Cast Me In The Fire
Infections - Be A Man
The Intelligence - Guys
Gaye Blades - Whore Hunt
Wehrmacht - Shark Attack
Death (detroit) - Keep On Knocking
Mano de Mono - Humans
Alan Silva & The Celestrial Communication Orchestra - The Seasons part 6

I agree 100%. It doesn't go out on a limb at all. Good call.

I'm kinda expecting to be shot down here but The Wailers version is pretty damn lame

naturally the pistols never mind the bollocks is the leader of the pack. they solidified the entire movement. this is an iconic album. Andy Butler said:

yeah! the first Ramones started it all really......the ultimate garage band album...and first punk album.

I wanted to mention Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks too originally....maybe seems a bit too obvious...but really that was a classic..without them where would punk be.

I found that comp last year at a record store. It's fantastic. Classic punk tunes from the late 70's. Solid choice. sleazy said:

I once had a punk collection album sent to me by an Italian friend simply called Punk Collection Vol I (I think) and it featured trax like Fall Out by early Police and other bands like The Damned, The Boys, early Patti Smithetc. ..........it had a beautiful picture of a loo on the cover....don;t remember much else about it thou.

Just been listenin' to entirely too much Beach Boys (as well as my guilty early ska pleasures...oh lord)

Last summer it was all sleazy instrumentals (w/ loads of latin/tropical/bongo tunes thrown in fer good measure)...think' I need to dust some of the those nuggets off, ya dig?

& I can't believe I'm sayin' this but I could go the whole dreaded summer without once hearin' any variation of "Summertime Blues" ...I've wore that tune straight out!

Since I had witnessed my neighbor...in a burqa... mowing the lawn. Ive been inspired to write one! ;-)

Always like to listen to Jimmy Smith in the car when driving on a sunny day

Can't Find My Way Home - Jack 'O' & The Tennessee Tearjerkers
Summertime Girls - Andy G & The Roller Kings

Here Comes the Summer - Undertones

I've been playing at home this one very often lately! I love it!

Roman Rebellion. What summer brings (Mr. G 818)

What's on your summertime playlist this year? Songs about summer, fun, girls, going to the beach, etc. I'll try to compile and post my own list shortly, but I wanted to get this rolling since it's already June!

Rollerskate by Angie Heaton
But a bit faster and a little more dirty...

It sounds like there's some serious talk of starting a roller derby league in my area. With my band being on hiatus, I thought it would be a kick to start a side project just to play mostly covers at their afterpartys and do Rollerland by the Twiliters. What other songs would go well on the setlist?

WOOLY WEEKEND! in MONTREAL, QC - AUGUST 6th, 7th and 8th, 2009! The Original Nuggets generation mix it up with today's primitive proponents of the neolithic NOW! cave dwelling set! THE ELECTRIC PRUNES Original line-up w/ singer James Lowe, bassist Mark Tulin and guitarist Ken Williams! LOVE feat. Original lead guitarist and backing vocalist Johnny Echols + Original drummer Michael Stuart-Ware from the classic 1966-1968 {S/T - Da Capo - Forever Changes} line-up! Backed by Baby Lemonade, the veteran L.A. band that accompanied Love founding member Arthur Lee for over a decade until his death! SKY 'SUNLIGHT' SAXON THE SEEDS! QUESTION MARK AND THE MYSTERIANS 96 Tears! THE FLAKES feat. Russell Quan of The Mummies in their FIRST and possibly LAST East Coast performance EVER! THE GRUESOMES Montreal's Tyrants of Teen Trash! THE ALARM CLOCKS Back From The Grave legends! THE HYPSTRZ THE MORLOCKS THE HIGHER STATE FORTUNE & MALTESE AND THE PHABULOUS PALLBEARERS THE A-BONES The World's Greatest Sinners! NAGG MUCK AND THE MIRES THE SAFFRON SECT Toured with Bob Bryden of Canadian Psych legends Christmas! THE SUNDAY SINNERS ex-members of Les Sexareenos! Also featuring a SATURDAY afternoon RECORD FAIR hosted by SUNDAZED RECORDS with live bands, DJ's and Free Swag to Give-Away! And that ain't all! Saturday afternoon, while digging through the hot slop of records and hep stuff at our fair, we'll also be hosting our very own and very first BUDGET ROCK SHOWCASE in Montreal w/ The Teutonics and Jinxes from L.A. plus The Anabolics (NYC), Hazard Lights (Calgary), The Beach Blankets (Ottawa), Sonic Avenues (MTL) and more way out combos!! And, we've got flicks too! Catch the Canadian Premier of the New REMAINS documentary, AMERICA'S LOST BAND, TEEN-A-GO-GO, THE LOST SOULS and '60s B-Movie Trash Galore!!! ALL THIS PLUS an int'l jetset of top DJ's feat. WFMU's own Dave The Spazz, DJ's Vikki Vaden and Suzy Moran of ATL's famous Fringe Factory freak-out, Rhode Island's garage-mod-psych maven Ty Jesso, Toronto's own ace DJ's Flipped Out Phil, Frantic Tim and resident tastemaker Crawdaddy Simon, Jorge of Los Angeles' Real Boss Hoss, Montreal's Sweet Pate & Melo... AND MORE! GO-GO DANCERS! PSYCHEDELIC LIGHT SHOWS AND PROJECTIONS! COLORED SIGHTS AND SOUNDS! ALL-DAY RECORD FAIR WITH LVIE BANDS! MONDO ALL-NITERS AND TAIL-SHAKIN' SOIREES! ROCK'N'ROLL B-MOVIES AND DOCU SCREENINGS! SCREAMIN' ORGANS!!! FUZZ GUITARS!!! WILD TEENBEAT MAYHEM!!! Nightly Concerts @ Théâtre Plaza, 6505 rue Saint-Hubert www.theatreplaza.org *** LIMITED PRE-SALE PASSES ONLINE NOW!!! *** VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR PURCHASING OPTIONS: If you prefer not to purchase through PayPal, ticket sales will be available through Admission and locally as of this week as well!!

Here is a list of groups and public figures I considered seminal and far and away head and shoulders above the pack in influence:
Cramps (who more than anyone else opened up the surge of interest in rockabilly and 60's garage to the hoi polloi)
Stooges (like George Washington 'nuff said)
Lester Bangs (as an early champion in the press)
Link Wray (what band worth listening to DOESN'T owe a debt to him?)
Ronnie Dawson (one of the top 5 concerts I ever saw)
Fuzztones (The Lysergic Emanations LP galvanized me as a late teenager.)
Standells
DMZ (punk pioneers who dredged up the old muck)
Sonics
Dave Allen and the Arrows (for that rattle of the Mosrite Fuzzrite pedal)

That being said, I agree with Jamie. Halls of Fame are for sports, and if we were all captains of our high school football teams or prom queen cheerleaders we wouldn't BE here!

Beats the living fug outta Dexter Poindexter! Doesn't anyone out there remember THAT monstrosity? "Feelin' hot hot hot!" Aye Aye Aye ARRRRRRRIBA!
No, really, just as I had discovered in my house some scratchy old early Springsteen albums I sorta hear some of the same spirit in the new 'Dolls, which isn't a bad thing by any stretch. It brings a much needed new aspect to their music. You just can't be on a dead end heroin death wish forever not even under the best of circumstances.

A bit to my chagrin: you're joking, hopefully;
it's David 'n'Syl ;
and the NY Dolls's (and Eddie Cochran's) spirit is obviuously still there;
plus Johansen sings better than evah;
Luv'
Ivan

that looks great! i love that Young John Watson track. Fuzzmeister said:

The Instro compilation "Loose Ends - Rave from the Grave, Blast From the Past Series Vol.2" is pretty good.

Track list here:

http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/comps/u/uni748.htm

thats awesome. thanks for all the info! i also found out (after searching for Ian Sippen's name) that him and Peter Sherster recorded some people and had a studio. i'm guessing this is where they bootlegged these recordings. The quality of the Link Wray and Eddie Cochran LPs (the next day after posting this i took home the Eddie Cochran too) aren't very good at all, but still great collections of some cool stuff. Thanks for telling me about those other records. do you know if they only put out these four LPs? i'll keep an eye out for the others if not for any other reason than just consistancy. hah.

thanks for all the info!