tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post2301935785838908719..comments2024-01-17T16:53:41.793+00:00Comments on The Next Big Thing: Jeroen Vedderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12449317481543476795noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-13775247017690116222009-07-05T13:13:26.971+01:002009-07-05T13:13:26.971+01:00Damm I was standing next to Barry that night, I th...Damm I was standing next to Barry that night, I thought he was going to jump on stage and kick his ass.<br />Guess we wuz to ripped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-89021331140364121412009-02-11T00:57:00.000+00:002009-02-11T00:57:00.000+00:00Liam,There was more to it than just Lux's involunt...Liam,<BR/><BR/>There was more to it than just Lux's involuntary exposure. Brian Curley of, among other things, Lester Bangs and The Delinquents and Evilhood Wildlife, provides this vivid recollection of the same show:<BR/><BR/>DUKES ROYAL COACH INN fuck we need a club that cool again,remember orange<BR/>tommys,sally norvell just loved 'em,so THE DELINQUENTS had been doing a month of<BR/>wed. night gigs at dukes that month so we had played a few nights before the<BR/>cramps,as i remember barry gavin usually got what he deserved,he and santiago<BR/>just loved to hassle any out of town bands.so the week of the cramps show the<BR/>toilet in the ladies restroom had been stopping up and flooding the back hallway<BR/>with overflowing crap,so at the end of the back hallway which also served as the<BR/>backstage area,sat this mop and bucket full of yecchh! for the encore lux came<BR/>back onstage with that mop and sucked it like a lollipop,licked it,bit down on<BR/>it and let it spin from his teeth,oh vomit,imagine the horror of us local yocals<BR/>who knew where that mop had been and what it had been used for all week,cleaning<BR/>up overflowing shit and piss!!!!!after the show we talked with ivy and lux and<BR/>mentioned how<BR/>unhealthy that mop might be to him.the next day he went to brackenridge and got<BR/>all kinds of shots,needless to say,the funniest part was when the doctor told<BR/>lux,"SIR,I REALLY DO NOT RECOMMEND PUT FECAL MATTER IN YOUR MOUTH IF YOU WANT TO<BR/>LIVE MUCH LONGER"!!!!!!!!the cramps left that day for the next show on the<BR/>tour,oh,those good ol' daze,hey i love all you fuckers,adios,brian salvador<BR/>curley c/s RIP LUX YOU RAWKIN CRAZY FUCK!!!!YOU WILL BE MISSED!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-5393223685569826552009-02-10T17:06:00.000+00:002009-02-10T17:06:00.000+00:00Todd,so let me get this straight? You want to take...Todd,<BR/><BR/>so let me get this straight? You want to take credit for being the reason the Cramps didn't come back to Austin for over a decade? Good job you're living in St louis now - though I hear there's a lynch mob heading your way from austin right now.<BR/><BR/>LiamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-37006140790713490272009-02-08T18:18:00.000+00:002009-02-08T18:18:00.000+00:00Todd - yeah, let's turn this thread into the wall ...Todd - yeah, let's turn this thread into the wall outside Graceland for us LOTCers. One memory I have of the Cramps at Duke's in Austin that time was that it was not long after Bryan had left and they were touring with that girl from the Mad (?) Anyway, Ivy was going around before the show with a cigarette, burning out Bryan's eyes in all the flyers, which still had him pictured.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-76586026981232007332009-02-07T17:02:00.000+00:002009-02-07T17:02:00.000+00:00Dewey Martin's death reported in the LA Times:http...Dewey Martin's death reported in the LA Times:<BR/><BR/>http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-dewey-martin6-2009feb06,0,6541056.story<BR/><BR/>PJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-38120890304846047182009-02-07T15:47:00.000+00:002009-02-07T15:47:00.000+00:00I'm hoping Luke Riches of Horsham will find his wa...I'm hoping Luke Riches of Horsham will find his way here soon. While we're waiting let's watch this fabulous interview; it's the next best thing to seeing him in person:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHc3aJd9hm8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-76241583321170970312009-02-07T15:33:00.000+00:002009-02-07T15:33:00.000+00:00Hi Liam,Thought you might show up here. This threa...Hi Liam,<BR/><BR/>Thought you might show up here. This thread is rapidly becoming the virtual equivalent of the wall outside Graceland.<BR/><BR/>Here's my reminiscence, originally posted on the Raulsclubfoot site, of the first and only Cramps show I ever saw; I'm sure Randy and Donna can expand upon my comments:<BR/><BR/>Re: [raulsclubfoot] Re: RIP Lux Interior<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hey,<BR/><BR/>Anyone remember The Cramps show at Duke's? We pulled Lux off the<BR/>stage, jerked his pants down and threw him back on stage. After we got<BR/>done with him those signature vinyl hip huggers were around his knees.<BR/>It must've taken him by surprise. I was told he vowed never to play<BR/>Austin again. [They avoided Austin for well over a decade after that incident - that's why this was my first and only Cramps show.]<BR/><BR/>Lux also threw the mike at a vocal and disgruntled Barry Gavin,<BR/>smacked him right slap on the face, then yanked the mike back into his<BR/>hand yo-yo style without missing a beat. Neat trick.<BR/><BR/>I attended the show even though I had been grounded for staying out<BR/>too late and hanging out with degenerates like you all. I snuck out of<BR/>the house, walked all the way from Oak Hill to downtown and back home<BR/>to the ranch again after the show was over. And I didn't even get<BR/>caught. No kidding. I wasn't going to miss that show.<BR/><BR/>The Cramps were my fave band and my friendships with fellow fans both<BR/>here and abroad are some of the longest lasting and most rewarding I<BR/>ever had. For some reason Cramps fans bonded tighter than most.<BR/><BR/>So thanks Lux and God bless.<BR/><BR/>And a fellow Cramps fan replied:<BR/><BR/>I remember that show!!! dang how did we stand the heat at dukes? we danced all<BR/>night in a club without AC. AHHHH Youth........<BR/><BR/>PS Duke's Royal Coach Inn was a bar catering to a largely male blue collar Hispanic clientele -- sort of like, for instance, a certain docker's pub in Scotland I once visited with our host -- that explicably "went Punk". (My high school buddy who attended the show with me told me that as a child his mother would send him there to escort his drunken father home.)<BR/><BR/>In the 60s it was the famed Vulcan Gas Company, host to the 13th Floor Elevators and other psychedelic luminaries. The eponymous "royal coach" was a large,lurid painting of same that hung above the bar. <BR/><BR/>ToddAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-76721341577472969112009-02-07T11:48:00.000+00:002009-02-07T11:48:00.000+00:00I've been hovering around since the news started t...I've been hovering around since the news started to break on Wednesday night - hard to know what to say other than to repeat what others have said about how, as well as giving us all a great deal of pleasure (and great memories) with their records and gigs, Lux and Ivy turned a lot of us on to a whole world of great music, movies, books etc. and we should all be very grateful for that. The LOTC played a big part in that too in putting us in touch with like-minded sickos with whom we could share the virus (Hi Todd!)<BR/>Thanks Lindsay, thanks Ivy and thanks Lux <BR/>Liam, BelfastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-33571326118830088362009-02-06T19:53:00.000+00:002009-02-06T19:53:00.000+00:00Hey Todd,Wow, you're not to far from Springfield t...Hey Todd,<BR/><BR/>Wow, you're not to far from Springfield then... please send me your actual e-mail address via the masthead contact.Lindsay Huttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965466333493390760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-26474901591126057372009-02-06T19:48:00.000+00:002009-02-06T19:48:00.000+00:00PS That's me, Todd, in post above.PS That's me, Todd, in post above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-30750922405040126442009-02-06T19:46:00.000+00:002009-02-06T19:46:00.000+00:00Lindsay,I'm in the St. Louis area, about 50 miles ...Lindsay,<BR/><BR/>I'm in the St. Louis area, about 50 miles west of downtown St. Louis with a lovely wife and two lovely children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-23756721786337938292009-02-06T16:24:00.000+00:002009-02-06T16:24:00.000+00:00Hey, thanks for the messages. Brother Randall and ...Hey, thanks for the messages. Brother Randall and Sister Donna, I thought about you guys as soon as I had it confirmed. John, I do indeed remember despite it being forever. I'm sorry you got hooked on the bru. I was a three bottle man myself in those days.<BR/><BR/>Gracias folks...Lindsay Huttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965466333493390760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-13224182475315143312009-02-06T15:28:00.000+00:002009-02-06T15:28:00.000+00:00You're not the only one. It was a lifetime ago, bu...You're not the only one. It was a lifetime ago, but I was LOTC member 346.<BR/><BR/>Lyndsay, thanks for turning me on to IRN BRU in 1983. You won't remember, but I dragged some yank friends with me to meet you when we were goofing around in your neck of the woods.<BR/><BR/>You said it yourself at the time that the London bands didn't measure up - you were right of course. <BR/><BR/>Special Kind Thanks to Lux for letting 10 of us underage fans into a show in Chicago - I remember him standing on the street patiently writing down all our names. What a guy.<BR/><BR/>John/Huns/Chicago/Iowa/London/Dublinjohnscachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03234693818943384686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-14203244162307468602009-02-06T00:14:00.000+00:002009-02-06T00:14:00.000+00:00hey Todd, hey Lindsay,LOTC member 354 reporting in...hey Todd, hey Lindsay,<BR/><BR/>LOTC member 354 reporting in. I heard the news from T Tex Edwards and came straight here. Sad day. Lux was our Elvis. Todd, we still have your Lux t-shirt by the way. <BR/><BR/>Randy & Donna Reeves<BR/>DallasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-27923503109564016622009-02-05T20:53:00.000+00:002009-02-05T20:53:00.000+00:00Hey Todd,Yeah, there's been a few old hands checki...Hey Todd,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, there's been a few old hands checking in today. Great to hear from you. Where in Mo are you? Thanks for dropping by.<BR/><BR/>best,<BR/><BR/>LLindsay Huttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965466333493390760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311002.post-80393381940344347572009-02-05T19:20:00.000+00:002009-02-05T19:20:00.000+00:00Hello Lindsay,I can't be the only old LOTC member ...Hello Lindsay,<BR/><BR/>I can't be the only old LOTC member that went straight to your site right after I heard about Lux. So hello to anyone who remembers the old days.<BR/><BR/>I made friendships through the LOTC that despite time and transatlantic tide have lasted to this day. It's only fair to give some credit to Lux and The Cramps for that. <BR/><BR/>Cheers to all,<BR/><BR/>Todd Beckett<BR/><BR/>Formerly of Austin, Texas, now an out-of-work librarian in MissouriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com