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
I don't think shostakovich or mingus slayed the father (and come on, I'm a die-hard Laker fan, but I gotta admit that NO-ONE has slain jordan) in the sense that they become more succesful then their mentor. However: Gun Club > White Stripes Schoolly D > Ice T, NWA Chuck Berry > Keith Richards Pixies > Nirvanaby MrFab
Oh, I'm well aware that Bo's still with us cuz he comes thru town every now and again - saw him a few years ago. Beware! He actually doesn't do much BoDiddley-beat type stuff, more Chicago blooz. But if that's your bag, he's fun. I was actually reading about Chubby recently and he's basically given up trying to do anything else except The Twist on the nostalgia/stby MrFab
"the fact that my 1st wife knew all the TP bands actually contributed to the difficulties in a way" Eh? How so? (Oops, might be too personal - you don't have to answer.) Post Edited (08-26-07 00:35)by MrFab
Tito Puente encoring with the theme to the I Love Lucy. The Hollywood Bowl crowd went nuts. (And here we are back to vintage tv again.)by MrFab
>>Jeez, Ira didn't say a bloody thing when I pointed out that the Yankees actually had a Yaz Day in the Stadium back in '67.<< Yaz in '67, eh? Their psychedelic era, before they went techno-pop?by MrFab
All right, now y'all got me doing it. But really, does anyone have a longer TP entry then The Fall? For that matter, does anyone have a bigger discography ANYWHERE? Has even Mark E. listened to them all?by MrFab
The Henry Rollins show on IFC has a wealth of good musical guests - recently saw Shane mumble (in a compelling way) thru "Dirty Old Town," Manu Chow, Stooges. Sinead O'Conner's coming up. Gotta get one of them cable/satellite thingies tho.by MrFab
They just added that Music Page recently on the Nortons site. Until a couple of months ago or so there was nary a mention of his music past. Oh, and after the meal?by MrFab
It should be served if we ever have Sunday Brunch at The Nortons.by MrFab
The Germs film came and went at the Los Angeles Film Festival. I think the Joy Division film already opened in England. The Roky Erikson film is on the road. I'l finally get to see it in Sept. There's a Cramps movie? Post Edited (08-16-07 19:36)by MrFab
I think they were dismissed at the time because of their wimpy preppie image. It was assumed their music must be similiarly lightweight. But I also heard them again recently and, after having listened to a lot of Latin music in the interim, I instantly picked up on the heavy Cuban flavor of some of their hits. They had more complex rhythms then most of the contemporaries, but the vanilla singiby MrFab
