RIP - Carl Smith

(info courtesy of The Proprietress)

I got really pissed off dodging crusties and their flying beer at the Soul Shack last night so when I woke up this morning I decided it was about time I put together a long planned MP3 comp of early Graham Bond Organisation tracks. It runs for 30 minutes and includes material recorded between 1963-1966 for Parlophone, Decca, Columbia and Reaction. I was going to call it "Junk Bond" but "Gold Bond" is more respectful to the great man. Enjoy.

01 Wade In The Water - The Graham Bond Quartet
02 I Saw Her Standing There - Duffy Power with The Graham Bond Quartet
03 Long Tall Sally - The Graham Bond Organisation
04 High Heel Sneakers - The Graham Bond Organisation
05 Strut Around - The Graham Bond Organisation
06 Little Girl - The Graham Bond Organisation
07 Harmonica - The Graham Bond Organisation
08 Hoochie Coochie Man - The Graham Bond Organisation
09 St James Infirmary - The Graham Bond Organisation
10 Soul Tango - The Graham Bond Organisation
11 Waltz For A Pig - The Graham Bond Organisation

Tracks 1-2 (Parlophone); Tracks 3-8 (Decca); Tracks 9-10 (Columbia); Track 11 (Reaction).

Download "Gold Bond" from http://www.mediafire.com/?egtgnugbtbz and then go sell your Cream records.

I second all of these emotions...

SOME MORE NEWS OF THE GOOD VARIETY...

The Bambi Molesters "As the Dark Wave Swells“ will be released by Dancing Bear in Croatia. Release date February 7th!

11 fabulous new songs ready to take you on another road trip.

The album, produced by Chris Eckman, was recorded during spring and autumn 2009 in Zagreb. Glitterhouse Records is releasing the album in Europe in spring 2010. Tracklist is:

1. AS THE DARK WAVE SWELLS
2. THE KISS-OFF
3. WRONG TURN
4. POINT OF NO RETURN
5. INTO THE CRIMSON SUNSET
6. PANIC PARTY
7. LAZY GIRLS HANGOUT
8. SIBONEY
9. MINDBENDER
10. THUNDERIN' GUITAR
11. RISING EAST

I’m pretty sure that this guy needs no introduction but this project opens up the blues gash and pairs him up with various femme fatales. Imagine Mark Ronson if he had any sense of undulatory gratification. A sleaze noir concept that combines The Cramps stripped down sensibilities with a Rev/Vega/Stereo Total take on Nancy and Lee variations with a couple of shots of Porter Wagoner. The dark side of Dean and Britta.

The Legendary Tigerman is the alter ego of Paulo Furtado and “Femina” (Metronomo/Discos Tigre) is sophisticated minimalism. The visual aspect is captured on a companion dvd with super 8 clips punctuating the ooze and throb of the music. There’s a lot of smoking and I thought a lot about the juxtaposition of how David Lynch shoots cigarettes and how the remake of Gun Crazy carried a certification warning that it showed people smoking. The smoke itself seems to be some kind of metaphor for the way that the music threatens the convention of the typical “one-man band”.

The version of “Lonesome Town” with Rita Redshoes, another Portuguese artist is devastating in its simplicity. This could easily feature in Lynchland somewhere down the road. The streets may be filled with regret but this is really something. It’s like what you read that a Nick Cave record is like but never delivers. “Radio and TV Blues” is “TV Set” turned upside down and inside to be filtered though “Jukebox Babe”. Together with Asia Argento, he’s invented a new genre in argent(o)tronica. A virulent sonic mutant analog virus that should tickle any Nico heads out there.

Also conspiring with Paulo is Lisa K (Bellrays), Peaches, Phoebe Killdeer and Becky Lee plus other game ladies. “Femina” deserves to be bigger than that Moby record that was licensed every which way all over the world. It’s a modern sounding record that bonds the past, present and future of twisting the mainstream. And those accents, well those make it doubly exotic, especially Claudia Efe’s performance on “Light Me Up Twice”. Closing with a bizarro world George Formby uke twang take on Daniel J’s “True Love Will Find You In The End”. There’s a strange twinge of hope that’s akin to lighting a paper boat and sending it out.

Cave and Minogue this ain’t. Want to hear something that’s more fun than a whole case of White Stripe(s)? Get in touch with your “Femina” side. Spring for the deluxe edition.

Rita Redshoes is also a Portuguese artist. She started off in a band called Atomic Bees and her first solo album, Rita R fuses a Neko Case type urban country with Maia Hirasawa’s outré pop. The result is a very satisfying strain of skewed AOR. Much stranger than Kate Bush, in an oddly peculiar parlance. >It all comes down to great songs in the end and “Golden Era” has a strong set of those.

It’s all a touch Lynchian too with a spectral, filmic quality that suggests that there’s a real chance that this could creep across the whole world. “Dream On Girl” is an excellent example of this. If you heard it on the radio or in a store, I think you’d have to find out what it was. In our endless quest for new kinds of musical kicks, I’m seriously impressed with this and if it was still possible to be a true global star then I think this girl has a lot of the ingredients to take such a trajectory.

The world is just one big onion after all. Right?

The Del Lords are heading for Spain.

With a show in the best venue on earth when I'm in Stockholm.

A case of you cannae win 'em all.

RIP - The Tote

(Info via TJH)

Update @ 8am on 16/1/2010 from Bill Gibson's facebook...

"Hoss, Legends Of Motorsport, Drones, Dave Graney & The Lurid Yellow Mist, Dynamo, Deaf Wish, Guttersnipes, Kamikaze Trio, Dan Kelly's Dream Band, The Nation Blue, Onyas, Breadmakers, Spencer P Jones & The Escape Committee, Cosmic Psychos, Meanies, Dacios, Exotics, Kim Salmon, Beaches, Town Bikes, The Stabs, Johnny Casi...no, Bombshells, Digger And The Pussycats....all sending The Tote off in style tomorrow from 2pm!" Maybe that means today? They are 10 hours ahead.

The download link for Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby's "Bobblehead Doll" and "Teflon Wok" tracks is active now. You can whap them on to your mp3 player or Ipod if you have such a beastie.

Of course, I urge you to grab a copy of the 45 so let's remind you of where you can score one of those babies.

Coming soon via the good offices of Amigo Records! More info soon...

A Real Cool Time Revisited –
Swedish Punk, Pop and Garage Rock 1982-1989

CD 1

1. I’M 5 YEARS AHEAD OF MY TIME – THE NOMADS
2. INSANE – SHOUTLESS
3. UNKNOWN JOURNEY – THE WAYWARD SOULS
4. OUT OF MY MIND – THE BACKDOOR MEN
5. EVEN I TELL LIES – CRIMSON SHADOWS
6. SILENT WOODS – DOLKOWS
7. NO LIES – THE SONIC WALTHERS
8. WHEN I GET HOME – THE HIJACKERS
9. WHEN SHE LIES – THE SINNERS
10. THAT’S THE BREAKS – THE VOODOO DOLLS
11. KING OF THE WORLD – LEGENDARY LOVERS
12. YOUR EYES – WATERMELON MEN
13. HELP THAT GIRL – THE WYLDE MAMMOTHS
14. WHERE ARE YOU SLEEPING TONIGHT? – THE FRIENDS INSIDE
15. DON’T PUT ME DOWN – THE STOMACHMOUTHS
16. LOVE MACHINE – PSYCHOTIC YOUTH
17. MOTORBIKE DRIVIN’ – WILMER X
18. CARTOON ANIMAL – UNION CARBIDE PRODUCTIONS
19. RAMBLIN’ WRECKLESS HOBO – THE BOTTLEUPS
20. STRANGERS – THE BANGSTERS

CD 2

1. THIS AIN’T THE SUMMER OF LOVE – SCREAMING DIZBÜSTERS
2. UPPSKÄRARJACK - PROBLEM
3. DON’T PUSH ME AROUND – THE SLAMMERS
4. SHE’S GONE – THE CREEPS
5. DON’T LIE TO ME – MARYLAND COOKIES
6. PLASTIC SURGEON – DR. YOGAMI
7. JUST ANOTHER LONER – HIGHWAY SLUGS
8. CARRY ON – THE PUBLIC VEIN
9. TOO MUCH TALK – THE BOTTLEUPS
10. DAYS AFTER TOMORROW – PLAYMATES
11. LOST REVENGE – THE PYROMANIACS
12. SUDDEN DEATH – SLOBSTER
13. THIRTYNINE STEPS – THE PREACHERS
14. SHE’S BLIND (BUT I DON’T MIND) – PUSHTWANGERS
15. HEY CONDUCTOR – CORNFLAKE ZOO
16. SALLY – THE HIGHSPEED V
17. FASTEST CAR AROUND! – THE LIVINGSTONES
18. BOPALINA BOPALINA OW MOW MOW MOW – THE RUMBLERS
19. PIGVALLEY BEACH – SATOR
20. PRIMEMOVER – THE LEATHER NUN

CHEETAH CHROME
w/ Very Special Guests The BLACKHEARTS

17th January 2010 8:00PM at Continental
25 Third Ave., NYC, New York 10003
Door: $10

Continental Reunion nite! with: CJ RAMONE - LENNY KAYE - BEBE BUELL - SEA MONSTER - THE WALDOS - TRIGGER’S ALLSTARS - THE BULLYS - TWO MAN ADVANTAGE - DRAG CITIZEN - HEAP - CHARM SCHOOL - DANIEL REY - HANDSOME DICK MANITOBA

My request wasn't granted...

RIP - Bobby Charles

It was like the old star trek monitor thing this morning schlepping to work through the snow. It’s all getting a bit tiresome now. In addition, we’ve all pretty much accepted the fact that the local authorities and well, every alleged authority really, can’t cope with even less than extreme weather. The last few days have been a little fraught, I’m coming down with a cold and am determined to spend less time on the computer. Could there such a condition as blogger’s block? If there is then I’ve got a double dose of that too.

Getting with the 2010 program continues to be problematic. Here we are in the middle of January already. It’s like the holidays never happened. The road to heck is being paved with my good intentions as I tap away. Pretty much given up twitter and myspace. Facebook is do-able but I could do with not getting invitations to attend antics that are not within travelling distance or of no fucking interest whatsoever. I’m also not a fan of this “become a fan of” bullshit. Still I realise that some folks spend all day, every day pissing about with this nonsense and I thank whoever that I’ve not fallen that far. It was getting pretty close for a while maybe.

Constant bombardment with information about stuff has resulted in my being contrary about pretty much everything. Especially when being hailed from places and individuals that I have no traction with. Or ever will have. “Please take a listen to this band, singer/songwriter, blah, blah…” and let me know what you think? Sometimes it will be obvious that something is worth listening too or looking at, other times not so. Judgement calls have to be made and I’m getting to be pretty canny at wheedling out the chaff.

I sincerely hope I can turn this thing on tomorrow morning and find out that n-one has left the theatre but meanwhile...

RIP - Teddy Pendergrass

RIP - Dannie Flesher (Wax Trax)

Thanks to Ben for the info. I'm a little fried on all the RIPs too but we have to put the word out. So that people who don't know but might want to for one reason and another. So no whining about getting bummed out OK. Gracias.

RIP: Jay Reatard

NPR obit

M E T A P H O R S - Chapter 8

Not able to come out to play right now. Mix of weary and an extreme lack of motivation but that's no reason for you not to get active. There's a new Eric show "on the air". He'll keep you amused for a half hour while I ponder where to start with everything that needs doing.

I'm not complaining, merely offering some modicum of reason for why it seems like there's nothing much going. That's not strictly true. Some of it's like kinda backstage and will reveal itself (maybe) in the fullness of that precious commodity known as time

I'm sorry to report that there's another man down. Thanks to Brian for the info...

RIP - Mick Green

Oil City Confidential
- UK/Ireland screenings

Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co. puts the holidays behind and greets winter with a warm and toasty return to the Rodeo Bar! More beer and peanuts, please...

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13th / RODEO BAR
375 Third Avenue (at the corner of 27th Street) in ol' Manhattan / Two frost melting shows, from 10pm sharp until 12:30am / No cover!

Yours in the new year, Michael
Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co.
"Ballads, Boogies & Blues"