Oh yeah. March 21, according to Amazon.by MrFab
Is this it? From a 'net album "Interplanetary Materials":by MrFab
Yep, that Suburban Lawns link is from a great site called Post-Punk Junk. The guy updates it frequently - tons of great mp3s. And, yes, I'm afraid I may have something to do with that Bag O'Heads nonsense.by MrFab
Herky-jerky rhythms! Synth squiggles! Sarcasm! Featuring out-of-print (or never-in-print) classics from The Screamers, Wall of Voodoo, Oingo Boingo, The Suburban Lawns, and lots of great bands you never heard of, mostly ripped from vinyl.by MrFab
!!!!!!!! Just heard some new stuff he did with Toumani Diabate - really nice.by MrFab
He he. I've also been overthinking the Rat At Rat R review's "get the anagram, sport?" I realize now it's probly just "art art art." TELL us what the joke is, we're slow!by MrFab
"She Got A Nose Job" - Alfred E. Newman, Mad Magazine recordby MrFab
I do think the term "heavy metal" was in circulation by the mid-'70s - Robert Christgau's old reviews frequently make mention of the "heavy" music going around at the time. Probly just clueless label guys slapping any ol' title on a comp without really giving it much thought. But here's another question: which came first, the music or the comic mag?by MrFab
Just the "Warm Leatherette"/"TVOD" 7". So Silicon Teens was Daniel Miller's only album.by MrFab
Look, another great "S" artist: Silicon Teens who quite performing to run Mute Records after this one goodie.by MrFab
Just thought of one looking through TP's "S" section: Bobby Sichran and I thought I was his only fan. An album that went straight to the cut-out bin. Come back, Bobby!by MrFab
Speaking of Mooney Suzuki, I think Negativland got their name from Can as well. Beachwood Sparks - two streets in Burbank I drive past sometimes.by MrFab
No, Amazon's great. Check the used stuff - I've got albums for 49 cents! The Jilted John one just slipped past me I guess, don't know how I missed it. Online is where it's at now - except for the jaw-droppingly enormous Amoeba (the Wal-Mart of record shops), all the cool shops/chains have gone under here in LA: Moby Disk, Aron's, Penny Lane, even - shed a tear - Rhino Reby MrFab
Wimpiest: gotta be James Taylor - "You've Got A Friend" maybe Ballsiest: Ministry "Stigmata" (live)by MrFab
Cor blimey, the entire album? Bless you Delvin, you made my day.by MrFab
The mis-titled "Greatest Punk Rock Album...Ever!" (or whatever it was called) featured a re-recording of Jilted John. I was so disappointed. Where's the original, on some bazillion-dollar eBay vinyl rarity?by MrFab
Soulseek is great for OOP obscurities. Check the mp3 blogs. There's a ton of 'em, like Strange Reaction Lost Bands of the New Wave Era Post-Punk Junk (probly the best of the bunch) The Punk Archive Others throw in some alt classics every now and then, like: CrudCrud Cake and Polka Paradeby MrFab
Love the Chameleons, but shoegaze? Don't think they're droney and psychedelic enough - too cranky and angst-ridden. Unless that's just the stuff I heard. But I would add Loop and Spaceman 3. Post Edited (02-18-06 03:17)by MrFab
I'd like to hear: Tony Bennett "Nightclub Jitters" Paul Anka "Androgynous"by MrFab
Feh. Doesn't mean I have to listen to it, or like it. And since their Mutato Mutando company has been so succesful scoring countless TV shows and commercials, I don't think they're hurting for cash. Sorry, I don't buy that excuse, not this time around at least. The Go-Gos, on the other hand, I can understand...by MrFab
How could we forget: "Suspicous Minds"!by MrFab
Ha ha! "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)" may be the first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist." And it's available on iTunes - yes! Oh, thank you so much for this. And I thought Willie's reggae album was kinda kooky. He's really going off the deep end. Keep smokin', Willie!by MrFab
I actually was listening to a lot of elec. guitar/bass/trap-drum bands during that period, but they were mostly from Africa! Soukous from the Congo, mbaqanga from South Africa - that stuff was smokin'. Which shows that the guitar band lineup still has potential. I just dont see any sign of a guitar breakthrough like the '80s scene you mentioned on the horizon, though...by MrFab
When I wrote about this on my blog it drew a lot of comments, mostly negative. I mean, a 12 year old girl singing about her "uncontrollable urge"? Censoring lyrics: no more "eliminate the ninnies and the twits," the line "I'm a man with a gun" from "Big Mess" becomes "I'm a girl having fun," and perhaps most egregious, they change the enby MrFab
There was great stuff that I listened to obsessively during this period, but not in the basic guitar-rock style, which, honestly, I think is fairly exhausted. Eels "Beautiful Freak" - plenty I'm not crazy about here, but a fistful of classics. Eels "Electro-Shock Blues" - as powerful and, ultimately, life-affirming as anything you're going to hear, for this period aby MrFab
breno sez,"Love Tractor - Instrumental virtuousity in the service of catchy, melodic tunes. Seems like a great formula, so why does it only seem to exist in bluegrass anymore?" I'd say surf music does that. Here in LA there's obviously no shortage of it, and these guys may be "Guitar Player" types, but the rules of surf dictate that you must play fast, fun, energeticby MrFab
Yeah, methinks the Beatles were first. If not "Strawberry Fields", at least "Helter (I got blisters on my fingers) Skelter." Also check: Roxy Music "In Every Dream Home A Heartache"by MrFab
That's why I read reviews - the description sounded completely unappealing. Greatest music movie? That's easy: "Rock rock rock rock rock'n'roll high schooooooool!" NP: "A Mighty Wind" ostby MrFab
Brilliant, thanks!by MrFab
I blame myself!by MrFab
