hey Miss Bee, i'm there some of the time - there's stuff there but ya gotsta dig deep... head on over there! http://blip.fm/ixnayray

I don't know much about this blip.fm thing, but I use last.fm if here anybody uses that.

Hey there MissBee. Come on over and play with us on blip.fm. Some days we really have a blast!! http://blip.fm/marthalyle

TEX: No prob guys, sounds like there is some cheese stuck to this.

SSP: Hhahaha, he such a bad dude or what? Or just his lookout on the music?? I haven't read anything by this guy or heard of him before - spill the beans!

Well...just a few words about this : I hate the man who wrote that book !

Cheers !!!

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!

has anyone tried a bullhorn and a coffee can? steve schmitt said:

for authentic garage fuzz, attach a paperclip (loosely) to string(s) near the bridge.

Well....for what it's worth - I used split my signal and run two amps (an Ampeg B50R and B100R). I'd run direct to the B100R and thru a Sovtek Big Muff (regular, not bass) to the B50R. I'd keep the level lower on the B50R and crank the volume on the Big Muff.....so, clean, the majority of the volume was from the B100R, but both were running clean. Then when stepping on the pedal, the fuzz would kick in nice & loud, but the same volume level of clean bass was coming from the B100R. I used these 2 amps eventually because they're fairley inexpensive, light, have a small footprint and you can stack 'em. To begin with, I used the same idea only used an Ampeg V4B thru a 2 15" Kustom cab for the clean and a Marshall 100 watt Lead thru a 4 12" cab for the fuzz.......sounded fucking great, but too much shit to haul around. Anyway, that's how I got the "screwdriver thru the skull" sound.

for authentic garage fuzz, attach a paperclip (loosely) to string(s) near the bridge.

UPDATE TIME:

So after all this discussin' I went with my wild hare and tapped a friend into buildin' me a bass fuzz pedal from scratch!

Haven't got it yet but he promises a sound between a Mosrite Fuzzrite and a Big Muff (esp. EQ'd fer bass 'natch)

Will report back once I get a chance to test drive the sucker...thanx again fer all the help and info, gang...

from the great beyond, they GOT the AIRWAVES....

Rock In Peace!

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

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...

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

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