Just for American groups and just because... popsters velvet crush weezer ween mathew sweet (he get's grandfathered in) dixiecrats Vulgar boatmen wilco (border state in 1840 compromise) oldham and palace flaming lips troubled troubadours Grant lee buff and solo Beck Mark Lanegan malkmus 2 best bands outkast GBVby michael baker
Digging Bert Weedon We are... And, uh, here come some normals... they look like normal... Hawaiians. Well, uh, you didn't mention what month. You think you're normal? Yes, quite normal. OK, here comes one. Go inside! (tee hee hee) Well it's, ah, it's not for me to deter really, is it? I mean it's for a psychiatrist to deter these things, isn't it? I likeby michael baker
i also failed, but 2 interesting things: i spent 2 hours (!!!!?????) and on a julian cope sight it's the one song that does NOT have lyrics; hell, the site even has lyrics to that EP's other stunning cover, non-alignment pact-- the bill is in an envelope, but do i look up phoenix yellow pages for attorney or pimp for address?by michael baker
maybe tepid marxism but not inane Me and the farmer get on fine Through stormy weather and bottles of wine If I pull my weight he’ll treat me well But if I’m late he’ll give me hell And thought it’s all hard work no play Farmer is a happy crook Jesus hates him everyday ’cause jesus gave and farmer took {won’t he let you go? } probably no {won’t he let you go? } probably no {why does he treat yoby michael baker
Dear Germs and Gals: For a huge piece on Clevo and 70's--30,000 words in Perfect Sound Forever's November issue--I am compiling comments, reactions, definitions, love letters, eyewitness, influence upon thoughts re the connected, sort of, arc, from Raspberries Pere Ubu Pagans Human Switchboard Any direction, length--it's the Internet!!!--and point of view is welcome, and with comby michael baker
speaking of (not THE) carpenters What did Pontius Pilate say to Jesus after dropping the cross for the third time? You drop that cross one more time you're out of the fucking parade.by michael baker
i LOVE lists, but this will be scattershot, cause it ain't new year's NOR can i remember much from 2003. 2003 kills john cale drive by truckers outkast streets wrens momus (i think. who can keep up??) xiu xiu zombies 2004 cash's songs for his mama fiery furnaces (both years?) elbow claudia quintet sentimental choices: magnetic fields and mekons danny cohen black dice REAL sentiby michael baker
RE Lowell George: not christopher cross, but christ on cross, a whole diff thang. BTW i know (?) Otis Ball from Hoboken--he's periphereal member of periphereal NJ Pop mafia (R stevie Moore, Breetles, C Butler, Lane Steinberg, Dave Amils, WFMU, mastro's Hoboken guitar store, but NOT maxewell's), interesting stuff all the way round... haven't met or heard black randy. but iby michael baker
because of my of pseudo-existential angst, the perpetual hudson river ennui, and painful heel spurs, i sometimes get obsessed for 24-36 hours with one song; not academically, thank god and of course, but aurally and orally, until ears bleed and eyes dry. EG, last couple of weeks they included City Slang, by Sonic Rendevous, JD's Warsaw, and Cale's Amsterdam. Moi pointe, sil vous plaiby michael baker
a cook AND a carpenter? what's today's special? Rib-Eye Stake?by michael baker
60. Unhalfbricking F'Port Convention 61. Jam Sound Effects 62. Sailin' Shoes Lil Feat 63. slanted and enchanted P'Ment 64. SF Sorrow Pretty Thangs 65 Everybody's Talking Fred Neil 66. Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation 67. Otis Blue The Oats Man 68. Joni BitchHell Blue 69. Black Monk Time Monks 70. Raspberries Side Three Dept of Who Gives a Rat's Assby michael baker
1. Sebastian Cabot, Actor/Bob Dylan, Poet 2. Metal Machine Music Lou Reed 3. Soundtrack to Triumph of the Will 4. Swans Children of God 5. Onobox 6. Billy Joel's Greatest Hits 7. Sinatra's Trilogy 8. It's Hard The Who 9. Trans Neil Young tie for tenth a) Sonic Youth's Confusion is Sex b) Two Sides of Leonard Nimoyby michael baker
DANCE OF DAYS Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital By Mark Andersen and Mark Jenkins Soft Skull Press: 421 pp, $20.00 (that scene--captured nicely in dischord's box set--was so much healthier and rockin' vs LA's; man, it is alwys underrrated. i am not recommending the above book--i simply know it exists)by michael baker
Aw, you shouldn't do that Don't you know you'll stain the carpet Now don't you know you'll stain the carpet And by the way have you got a dollar Oh, no man, I haven't got the time-timeby michael baker
A-bomb marijuana and heroin smoked in cigarette a la canona abrupt ("cold turkey") withdrawal from heroin baby minor heroin habit belly habit heroin addiction resulting in stomach symptoms black tar heroin potent heroin from Mexico blue velvet combination of elixir terpin hydrate with codeine and tripelennamine (as weak heroin substitute) blue velvet combination of paregoricby michael baker
yr zappa ref made me remember that Mr Beefheart and his (periodically) rotating misfits born under the aylerian mississippi moon belong on my top ten list--i'll have to kick soloist neil off and abide by paganizers' rules more stringently; btw i never saw magic band at their smokingest, a huge regret. this is no time to meditate--we're still murdering babies for a can of gas forby michael baker
according to your rules--since when are their rules?: I don't need no stinking ruuuuuules!--i stand by my men (except Neil?) but all day i felt shitty about beach boys not getting a nod, from here in new jersey (with the ONLY openly gay gov--Right On!) or elsewhere.by michael baker
i'm a very serious man (burp)by michael baker
Neil Young : The Needle and the Damage Done Rolling Stones : Dead Flowers Red Hot Chilli Peppers : Under The Bridge Guns N' Roses : Mr Brownstone The La's: There She Goes Dandy Warhols : Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth Sinéad O'Connor and U2 : Heroin Velvet Underground : Heroin Wolfsheim : Heroin, She Said Vidolls Heroin Love Signed D.C. Chile Peppers Under theby michael baker
sorry about typos--that unnecessarily obscure message should read Kinks. but i'm sure the lonks ( and the links) are rocking bands as wellby michael baker
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may hs beautiful bro get perfect soon spaeking of live lonks, i have 3 vol set of readt set go oe whatever that german 60's program--JUST got it--and although most acts are lip synched, links ain't and it's magic, almost as gooddd adss seeing the Move, the most underrated band of ALL time. also, who knew the lead singer on Build me up buttercup was a brother? everyday I learn sby michael baker
oops--forgot keith moon!!! tie for 11th sly, who, pere ubu, jam, isley brothersby michael baker
Best? NOT counting James Brown or Dylan, which are easily the answers if best artists. 1. stones 2. vu (just listening to enlarged Max's) 3. byrds--i'm cheating because of my adoartion of gene and gram) 4. Beatles 5. kinks 6. Neil Young (crazy horse counts?) 7. temptations 8. clash 9. husker du 10.can i count small faces and faces as one?by michael baker
brown equals heroin? Maybe... Golden Brown The Stranglers Golden brown texture like sun Lays me down with my mind she runs Throughout the night No need to fight Never a frown with golden brown Every time just like the last On her ship tied to the mast To distant lands Takes both my hands Never a frown with golden brown Golden brown finer temptress Through the ages she�by michael baker
Dear Senor Pimpster: Saw the who's next tour--we were driven to Clevo's Allen Theater by friend's mom!!--but what really matters is that i indeed forgot the Dylan ref, because I was torn between basement tape eyewitness aspect--free booze!--or 66 Manchester concert and those carnaby street babes. Judas! (Saw the born-again tour--ugh) Judas!by michael baker
blanton/webster ellington band 1938 velvets and nico at the dom. 67 monk/trane 5 spot 57 hendrix/soft machine tour 67 (?) howlin wolf anytime anywhere big star with chris bell paganini armstrong/waller 1926 white riot tour: buzzcocks, clash, slits, subway sect, jamby michael baker
from a musician friend Best sdtks: 1. RUSHMORE (brilliantly evocative collection of songs, which totally works for independant listening). 2. PULP FICTION (reintroduced several genres of pop back into the mainstream, while serving as a totallt subversive soundtrack to the film) 3. THE THIN RED LINE (maybe the most purely beautiful and meditative orchestral score of the last ten years) 4. VERby michael baker
well... 5 of my top singles of all time and starring sexy beast's star, ray winstone it/you win/sby michael baker
i love little british people as much as anybody, but that list-- complied by 23 year olds?--is dumb, dumber, and dumbest. it makes pitchfork's top 100 of 1970's seem savvy. and movie with dan ackroyd is automatically out of any positive competion. Most overrated and unfunny comic "star" since lucille ball. Without thinking, and with the Pagans on headphones, and without muchby michael baker
