I was just at the dentist. He had the oldies station on. The '70s are oldies? No little Richard, one Beatles, no James Brown, no rockabilly or Elvis, not even "Burning Love." Just 2 hours (ouch) of Fleetwood Mac 'n' stuff. But last night at Marie Calendars I heard, pretty loudly, Johnny Burnette's "Train Kept A-Rollin" hell yeah! When did they get cooby MrFab
Thanks! What does it say about the 21st Century Pistols that I'm more looking forward to seeing the Go! Team then Misters Rotten et. al..?by MrFab
Bloc Party I suppose The Go! Team could fit in here - absolutely wonderful, just saw 'em live. Don't have their latest, but their debut was one of my faves of '05. re: the suckiness of live hip-hop: the classic early '80s film "Wild Style" shows how hip-hop WAS a live art - spontaneous turntablism and freestyle rhyming taken to dazzling heights, like an open-endedby MrFab
Well now, if we're talking c&w, it would have to be Homer and Jethro's "I Got Tears in My Ears (From Laying on my Back, Crying My Eyes Out Over You")by MrFab
The Sunflower/Surf's Up twofer has some of their best and worst songs ever. Apart from the ones mentioned ("Feel Flows" is Carl's masterpiece) I love Cool, Cool Water, 'Til I Die, Disney Girls (Bruce Johnson's best), Forever (Dennis' masterpiece). Then there's the '77 outsider-music classic "Love You," really more of a Brian solo lp thoby MrFab
If you saw the cover to Black Randy & the Metrosquad's album, you'd see he's posing like Bowie on one of his covers (Hunky Dory I think). So, whilst under the influence of PCP aka "dust" he's acting like Bowie. Isn't a joke that much more funny when you explain it?!by MrFab
"Good News For People Who Like Bad News" (Modest Mouse) Post Edited (10-29-07 12:57)by MrFab
It used to be a duel between Wire and The Fall. Until Guided By Voices came along.by MrFab
"Theremin: A Electronic Odyssey" is a classic music doc. Even if you have no interest in theremins it's an amazing story. Th reunion of Leon Theremin and Clara Rockmore towards the end? Not a dry eye in the house. And you get to see a (sorry to say) hilariously unhinged Brian Wilson interview.by MrFab
Sunday Times in Davies CD Deal Well, it worked wonders for Prince. Not surprised others are trying it. So The Kinks are no more? Post Edited (10-12-07 14:24)by MrFab
I went to Boston once. Was thrilled when our cab drove by a Stop-n-Shop. With the (taxi) radio on. I actually have that Chameleon Church album. Found it in a thrift store. Had to buy it - couldn't believe when I turned the record over and there's Chevy Chase looking at me. Terrible music, tho. At another thrift shop I came across an album by a band called Carp. Carp? What kind oby MrFab
Definitely "coal bunker." And "Ecstasy Bruce," not "boost," isn't it? And must go right into "My Pink Half of the Drainpipe" the way "St. Pepper" must go into "Little Help From My Friends." And check out this album. Original versions of those obscure jazz novelty tunes the Bonzos covered. Post Edited (10-06-07 14:45)by MrFab
- individual artists have had their own books, like the ones I mentioned, and photgraphers, e.g. F-Stop Fitzgerald's SanFran scene, Gary Leonard's LA scene collections. - This book collects photocopied flyers - then there's The Album Cover Art of Punk You're right, "comprehensive" probably wouldn't be possible in a single volume. One would think, however, thaby MrFab
Funny you should mention this - I was in the LA Museum of Modern Art store just the other day and saw a book for sale called something like "Art in the Punk Era" and I thought: cool! Winston Smith (the brilliant DKs/Alt Tentacles collagist)? Gary Panter? Photocopied flyers? Er, no. Mostly the usual gallery favorites from the period like Keith Haring, Cindy Sherman, etc are covered -by MrFab
Haven't read Hell's, but I really liked Dee Dee Ramone's novel "Chelsea Horror Hotel," and his autobiography was pretty incredible. Nick Cave's novel - been meaning to read it since forever. And I missed the movie he wrote, too.by MrFab
He he, yep Ira just posted that:by MrFab
Whatever LCD Soundsystem are, their classic "Losing my Edge" is certainly one anyone on this board can relate to.by MrFab
Ha! Jeez, I recently saw Shane on Henry Rollins' tv show - teeth rotted out so bad it's like he's got a speech impediment: "I kithed my girl, by the gathworkths wall..." And they left in a drunken pre-song rant against Bush: "mumble mumble...fuck Buth...mutherfukerth..." So this should work out.by MrFab
Ha! Who needs Foster when you got Pabst Blue Ribbon? Who helped Brian? LA band the Wondermints, his backing combo. An old-timer on my street who used to see the Beach Boys back in the day said the Wondermints are better then the Boys, even in the vocal harmony dept., at least so far as live shows go.by MrFab
The Klaxons are a big deal in the UK right now. "The Bouncer" is pretty funny. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah ("Satan Says Dance") Digitalism. None of it's as good as the Gossip's "Standing in the Way of Control" tho. British music press term you will soon hate: "Nu-rave."by MrFab
It's got to be the first Mike Watt album where you can't hear much bass.by MrFab
Haven't heard either yet, but a duel between the brilliant Kanye and the that hack Shitty Scent is a Bambi vs Godzilla matchup if there ever was one.by MrFab
I love "Ha! Ha! Ha!", especially the berserk single version of "Hiroshima Mon amor" included on the CD reissue that blows away the album version. Later Ultravox gets too slick for me, like "Systems of Romance," but "Vienna" is a stunner.by MrFab
ira sez: "the live disc of Wheels of Fire is mindboggling. Blues-rock improv at an unmatchable peak" Hmm, well, back when I got that album I wasn't nearly as interested as improvised music as I am now. Might have to check it out...by MrFab
Disk One of "Wheels Of Fire" - apart from some of their biggest radio hits e.g. "White Room", also includes the delightfully bizarre Bonzos-esque "Pressed Rat And Warthog." (Disk Two - live wankery I never play). And I usually hate Clapton but you can't go wrong with this one, I'm tellin' ya. I like the Yardbirds, but no, there's not much guitarby MrFab
Just checked it out - yup. Even more blatant then Avril's Rubinoos rip (hear the mashup here). Couple of days ago I played along with both "He's So Fine" and "My Sweet Lord" on keys and they're actually NOT the the same. Apart from their different rhythms ("My Sweet Lord" heavy rock groove vs "He's So Fine"'s finger-snapping shby MrFab
Ah, well, should we get into the notorious art of jukebox sabatoge? My friends and I would check to see if a bar's jukebox had the White Album, set Revolution 9 to play ten times in a row, and leave. Can't remember where I found it, but there's a funny story on line about being in a bar where the jukebox had Eno's "Thursday Afternoon" in it's hour-long entiretby MrFab
What's the latest with "Black Market Clash"? Is the original version available on CD yet, or should I keep hanging on to my 10 inch (er, perhaps I should rephrase that...)by MrFab
Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes > Teddy Pendergrass Spencer Davis > Steve Winwood No Doubt > Gwen Knobheadby MrFab
Aw, damn. Sad. Got to meet the man himself in 1990 or so whilst hangin at CBs on a NY vacation. Seemed very unpretentious. Is there a recording of the last show w/Patti Smith? Couldn't find one last time I looked thru the interwebs.by MrFab
