If you find you struggle with a song try to change the key you play it in... And try eating some extra strong mints... They open up yah lungs fer extra power...

drink rotgut whiskey. chainsmoke.

ad nauseum.

Some punk singer dude told me to pull your set of songs thru when you rehearse - either with your band or alone - just in one go, like you would do at a show live. Take time, go wild, jump around, mess up, go crazy, yell! Put in more calm tones, high, low, grunts, everything you can think off. Breath the max outta your lungs.
If you are so inclined you can record that stuff on a tape or something, to hear how you sound.

It's about seeing how your voice reacts in all the circumstances you put yourseld thru. You'll see what's possible and where you can go and where you wanna push yerself for where you wanna go.

I hope this is somewhat helpfull!

IDON

Well, at the moment I'm a pretty terrible singer, which I know in the world of trash is far from the end of the world.

However, as we are going into the studio soonish, I'd like to improve somewhat.

Any useful tips out there? Any exercises? All I do atm is sing pretty much all day. Makes me look crazy as shit.

Thanks in advance

Gun Club - Miami
I lived in Fredericton New Brunwsick, with my girlfriend ( now wife ) while she attended school. I listened to that record every day.... and if Fredericton ain't all but a desert island, I don't know what is.
~T

The Electronic Hole album - raw, droning, hypnotizing and chock-full of fuzz - but housed in a an Electric Ladyland cover (you know which one).

"living on an island" by status quo(but don't ask me how it got there,ok!!!)

then with all the empty bottles i've emptied,i'd be writing a thousand messages for each and lobbing them back in the sea..
the quo song will drive me to a permanent alcoholic daze,and drive me to drink and write even faster than ever!

what would happen first?
would i die of alcoholic poisoning,exhaustion,or be saved?
only smarties have the answer.

i said the witch the first time but maybe it would be concrete sea by terry jacks. i'd then kill myself after hearing too many times

<<Cream Puff War>> Dang straight. The Dead's first album was downright garagey! But Christ, I'm way too fickle to think of one desert isle record. Maybe the first Nuggets box set? Sam the Sham's SECOND ALBUM, the one with "Ju Ju Hand" and "The Gypsy" ? Las Vegas Grind Vol. 1? STAY SICK by The Cramps?

THE CAVALIERS from France.
They're THE best, and really handsome, and really mad, and mean and really cute!!

Friends, squires and noblemen... lend me yer cult-ivated ears. I am putting together a cool little Canadian zine focusing on '60s teen-beat, group sounds and degenerate adolescent rock'n'roll from past decades! I am currently looking for contributions and submissions for articles, interviews, record raves, useless babble, recent reviews of the re-ish scene, etc. Anything that's remotely interesting and befitting of our little digs! It will be distributed throughout Central Canada (Quebec/Ontario), and I would really love to feature writing from the many wise and talented garage gurus of the GaragePunk forums. We're not snobs to fuzz, screams and tambourines either... pop-psych, UK Invasion, early combo sounds, surf music, folk-rock and other related content is more than welcomed in our printed yellow payges! We're especially in need of submissions for more reviews right now. If you run a reissue label or would like to send in promos of your discs, comps, whatever... Please drop me a p.m. or email at oliverbesner@sympatico.ca if there's any interest! Also taking space for adverts now! Again: oliverbesner@sympatico.ca and I hope you cats will write in!

Rave on! TEENBEAT TAKEOVER

Friends, squires and noblemen... lend me yer cult-ivated ears. I am putting together a cool little Canadian zine focusing on '60s teen-beat, group sounds and degenerate adolescent rock'n'roll from past decades! I am currently looking for contributions and submissions for articles, interviews, record raves, useless babble, recent reviews of the re-ish scene, etc. Anything that's remotely interesting and befitting of our little digs! It will be distributed throughout Central Canada (Quebec/Ontario), and I would really love to feature writing from the many wise and talented garage gurus of the GaragePunk forums. We're not snobs to fuzz, screams and tambourines either... pop-psych, UK Invasion, early combo sounds, surf music, folk-rock and other related content is more than welcomed in our printed yellow payges! We're especially in need of submissions for more reviews right now. If you run a reissue label or would like to send in promos of your discs, comps, whatever... Please drop me a p.m. or email at oliverbesner@sympatico.ca if there's any interest! Also taking space for adverts now! Again: oliverbesner@sympatico.ca and I hope you cats will write in!

Rave on! TEENBEAT TAKEOVER

Sadly, Estelle of the Ronettes passed away few days ago. She was sister to Veronica (Ronnie Spector).

I agree that it would be interesting to know where he's buried... unless he's being cremated, which is a possibility.

The cramps official website states that a donation to animal society www.bestfriends.org should be left instead of flowers, so I made a donation there.

Thank you for your response. The ceremony was yesterday. I hadn't plan on attending the actual ceremony only to leave flowers afterwards, which I would still like to do.

a press release on their official website states that his funeral service will only be attended by his closest family, and wish it to be of the utmost privacy.
with all due respect, i think you should leave it at that.

Does anyone know where Lux Interior's final resting place will be? A friend of mine says his burial is today and seems to think it's in Los Angeles/So Cal area somewhere but doesn't have the dets. If anyone has any info. I would very much appreciate it. Thanks! -I.D.

Oh yea enjoy that vid too of Firewater which is not on the Competition Coupe LP!

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THE ASTRONAUTS, 1964 LP reissue Title: Competition Coupe Sundazed Bear with me all; this is my first attempt at a record review.... So I bought this sucker because my mom when to college in Boulder and would always talk about the Astronauts along with every other old fogy I met from Colorado. I'll keep it short and simple... This record was kind of 50/50 for me. All the vocal tracks pretty much reminded me of early beach boys, which I played out when I was about 6. So if thats your thing you'll love it because all the instrumental songs are pretty freakin solid! Only wish there were more instroson the LP. It make me want to get more of thier stuff just for the instros. Check out the website to explore the tunage: http://www.sundazed.com/product_info.php?products_id=961 Track Listings: 1. Little Ford Ragtop 2. Competition Coupe 3. The Hearse 4. ’55 Bird 5. Devil Driver’s Theme 6. Happy Ho-Daddy 7. Our Car Club 8. Devil Driver 9. Chevy Scarfer 10. 4:56 Stingray 11. El Aguila (The Eagle) 12. 650 Scrambler -Sumiji

Now that my family is settled in, and I know that we will not have any more children... I have decided to start MAGPIE again. Bring it out of the hole, though, I still have a lot of The Lobsters' 45's left over. I was wondering if anyone wanted to help me get rid of them. Heh? Come on, it's a great idea. If ya want just one, or two, or three... you can purchase them off of our myspace. www.myspace.com/magpierecords1 Thanks!

Hey John, I think this blog post that I found has all you need (this is where i got it from): http://rogkentroll.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-bomb-turks-part-ii.html

Unique (and rockin');
I wanna be...
Ivan

Actually i saw them live in London, and i didn't get it all! Literally the room was rammed fulla' bodies and i could barely swig m'pint. Still puzzled i got the record anyway, and it grew on me.

Tune your radios to 88.5 FM CJSR Edmonton or tune in on the web at www.cjsr.com for a tribute to the late frontman for the Cramps, Lux Interior – whose “Purple Knif” radio broadcast was the inspiration (read:COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF) for Flying Saucer Rock & Roll and Dan Electreau. I'll be playing lotsa Cramps and a bunch of stuff from the Born Bad series. This will also be the LAST transmission of Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll radio so don't miss your final opportunity to tune in. Squares beware. Jeff Papineau on behalf of Dan Electreau