Don’t have much time this evening. Heading into Edinburgh to meet up with the Oslovian Cultural attaché.

Important matters of state will be discussed such as when The Dahlmanns album will be ready to go, stuff like that. It’s a school night though so no disorderly conduct is likely.

Hi Kids,

September is upon us and apart from it being the month of my birth we've got 3 hot gigs to celebrate it with you all. My official Birthday is on the 6th but you can choose any or all of these fine nights out to raise a toast to my arrival on this sceptic Isle, no need to buy me an expensive gift, your mere presence will suffice!
Wednesday 7th September at The legendary 100 Club, Oxford Street, with The Bermondsey Joyriders + John Sinclair (60’s counter culture revolutionary/ex MC5 Manager) and guest DJ Jeff Mundy. + Exotic Burlesque from Luna Rosa too all for £8 in advance or £10 on the door or contact us for £5 tickets (be quick) 7:30 til 11:00pm not to be missed!!! https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=233535206678475

Saturday 10th September at the New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Road SE14 6AS with The Television Personalities and The Electric Cocks 8pm Start, tickets/details from http://www.newcrossinn.com/event.php?id=240

Friday 23rd September at The Grosvenor, Sidney Road, Stockwell SW9 0TP; with Wonk Unit, The Bucha Effect, and The Electric Cocks and this one is FREE! https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=250633868294226

Our new LP Deptford Calling will be on sale on CD and limited 12” pink vinyl at all gigs along with whatever T Shirts and badges we have left

If you need any more Info just send me a message and I will be delighted to help.

Make September Phobic!

Tom

So here’s something you won’t want to miss. A super-limited (250 - numbered) slab of scarce live Cramps material that is only up for grabs to members of the Staysick board. It’s like one of those things they advertise on TV as not being available in stores or from anywhere else. So if you want one then you have to line up over there (link down the page a bit).

As if documentary evidence was required, this act provided one of the most comprehensive rock’n’roll visions of any popular music group ever. The fact that they never reached megastardom is moot. They didn’t care. The tail’s raison d'être was never to wag the dog – merely to see justice done. And ultimately to make this world a better place.

So anyway, the folks behind this are continuing what the LOTC wrought back some 25+ years ago. This is their biggest project to date and quite likely their last because the penny has dropped as to just how much effort goes into putting something like this, or the video comp, or – in the olden days – a fanzine and whatever - together. This is for the fans and not to be hawked on any auction sites or any such shennanigans.

What’s on it? Enquire at the desk but don’t be wasting Mondosean’s time or I’ll set Professor Von Bainée about ya.

I never heard this yet so beat me to the punch why dont'cha...

Happy Americans by mxrich

SÄKERT! på engelska (Razzia)

Regulars will be entirely aware by now that I consider Annika Norlin to be one of the very greatest artists that I ever discovered during my long time doing this. Pure and simple.

That said, she remains a mystery to much of the world. The indictment of this album not having a scheduled UK release underlines why the music business is dying here - the blighters involved are largely deaf or worse. The US (Minty Fresh) and Germany have indicated that they lead the field while poor old Blighty is malingering under the delusion that it still means something.

The strange thing is that it took a number of plays for me to actually hear this in English. My familiarity with much of the material meant that I heard it in default Swedish. Her accent is very much present and the words sound to me to be delivered in a different way than with Hello Saferide. I’m not sure that makes sense now that I’ve typed it but I believe this to be true. ‘tis my understanding that these translations are literal? Maybe that’s why it took me so long to acclimatise.

The whys and wherefores are not important, all that matters is that you hear it. There’s one new song (“November”) and the other 10 are from the recent “Facit” and the debut. (“You’ll Be On Your Own).

The lyrics are one thing but never underestimate the power of this band, a whole different wall of sound that so perfectly complements the mood. The Arcade-freaking-Fire? Don’t make me laugh. Those Oja-delic guitars and the sense of space in the arrangements captivate a grandeur that you simply won’t find anywhere else. Take the omnichord on “Can I” for example – it haunts the song to punctuate the words, making them all the more poignant.

So, for now you can order it on this internet contraption. A few savvy stores will carry it too. How you get a copy is entirely your business just so long as you do.

... Hold the presses!! THE TRASH SHACK has g-g-g-gone global and it's shippin' in the super swank sounds for none of yer pounds! That's right,swingers 'n' sinners, Sunday 4th September sees C.B.G.H. (CENTRAL BAR GATES HEAD) open its door to all you rockers,rollers 'n' right out of controllers for a tip-bound sounds 'n' dumpster-dive decor free for all! 'n' when we say free for all we means FREE FOR ALL! The price of admission sure do be... nada! zilch! nowt!!

Top of the shop's Boston U.S.A. garage beat buzz bombs MUCK AND THE MIRES. Signed to E Street band guitar slinger Little Stevens' WICKED COOL RECORDS in the States and Dirty Water on this side of the pond, The Mires blast forth a cool mix of pre Sgt. Pooppers Star club Fab 4 'n' Nuggets garage rockin'. You want 6 fisted, double twisted, oriental super mental rock 'n' roll? Thee Shack got it by the sack!

MINNESOTA VOODOO MEN are a 3-man Japanese juggernaut of treble-oid trouble in the Link Wray/Guitar Wolf mould. THEE MUMMIES CURSE (the world's only tribute/insult to bandage clad 90's lo fi losers THE MUMMIES) bring some SONICS style screech 'n' twango agro to the party.

Glasgow's very own CHARLES RANDOLPH RIVERS' SLIM RHYTHM REVUE sound like quite the crew but this aint no brass 'n' backin' chanter big band, it's a one man rockabilly riot! Ol' Chuck lays on the limbs for his whack-oid whirlwind of country, blues, rockabilly real, real gone rockin'.

1st out the trap o' crap are local lads made bad THE HANDSOME DICKS (currently under summons for breakin' the trade descriptions act) with their Flamin' Groovie garage beat. Hell if you don't dig the Dicks you don' dig Diddley....There you have it, misters 'n' sisters, a full card o' kwality for nothin'. Not enuff you say? O.K. Let's throw in the Trash Shack double o' D.J's spinnin' PUNK JUNK! MOULDY MOD !RANCID ROCKABILLY! ROTTEN ROCK 'N' ROLL! OUT OF CODE ODDITIES!....kick off at 4pm. BE THERE!

INFO:
rufusrexx@aol.com or urbanandeastern@gmail.com

BAND PICS 'N' SOUNDS:
http://www.muckandthemires.com
http://www.myspace.com/theminnesotavoodoomen
http://www.themummies.com/
http://www.myspace.com/slimrhythmrevue
http://www.myspace.com/thehandsomedicks

TRASH SHACK SUNDAY SHAKE
THE CENTRAL BAR
HALF MOON LANE
GATESHEAD
TYNE AND WEAR
NE8 2AN
SUNDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER
START 4PM
ADMISSION FREE

MUCK AND THE MIRES (USA)
MINNESOTA VOODOO MEN (JAPAN)
THEE MUMMIES CURSE (EGYPT)
CHARLES RANDOLPH RIVERS' SLIM RHYTHM REVUE (SCOTLAND)
THE HANDSOME DICKS (ENGLAND)

DECOR: TRASH
DRESS CODE: TRASHIER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIm3l8vwDqs

A missive from Murray Ramone...

Gig this Sunday - September 4th - Henrys Cellar Bar

35mm DREAMS - poptastic 80's veterans reform for 30th anniversary gig !
MY-T-Hi - all the way from Japan !
SHOCK AND AWE - the world famous !

classic 3 band lineup this sunday at henrys cellar bar at the top of morrison street
doors open 7:30, first band on about 8, all over by 11pm so you can be nicely tucked up in bed before midnight

In between bands we'll be playing the forthcoming "Vic Godard and Subway Sect Live in Glasgow" album and some other tracks completely unavailable anywhere else in the world at the moment including one that cant be named! ... trot along and find out !

Sublime, as always... album review coming soon. I promise. (Thanks to Robster for the link)

Had some folks ask how to make contact via this blog now that I removed the link. If you make a comment below any post then I can get back to you. The reason for removing said link was because I was inundated with guff mp3s and wannabe’s that were looking to parade on this “Next Big Thing” circus that takes place here and there. It’s actually quite alarming to consider that so many minimal to no-talents would consider that they might compete with anything but that’s human nature for you.

I just delete anything like that which does make it through the defences but even that can take time. And time is a precious commodity that I'm very not into wasting.

"Tuesday night at the Lakeside Lounge in NYC: the "Elvis Club" plays a warm up show before heading to Spain. 9pm $20 suggested donation. No advance tickets, no reservations."

I’ve been preoccupied with the East Coast USA hurricane stuff and the sheer scale of the disruption. While obviously it’s best not to take any chances – let’s hope that that with everything being shut down that it can all start up again. Safety first indeed but with so much importance being placed on the economy – consider the money that isn’t going into it via businesses, etc this weekend and the insurance one way and another. Boggles the mind. This will be considered an “act of god” for sure – in many cases they’re home free. The supermarkets were however cleared in that plague-like hoovering mechanism that always kicks in in such circumstances. I think that TP might be the least of your worries if everything actually does go all armaggeddon.

So anyway, as I tap away the bisom has pretty much just breezed into the tri-state area. Sincerely hope that the destruction and flooding comes to nothing for all my peeps out yonder. The way news works these days, it’s not easy to get a handle on what’s happening unless you’re plugged into the mainframe that is those affected themselves. So far no news is no news and therefore could be construed as good news.

COMING SOON!

Heartening to witness a decent turnout at Tuts for some honest to goodness homegrown rock’n’roll last night. Looking at the upcoming gig listing, I never heard of any of them. Perhaps that says more about me than the booking policy but let’s leave that open. Oh there was one – G Love. I presume that’s the “Special Sauce” guy? Not Gerry??

Anyway, The Reverse Cowgirls make a reasonable racket and opened the night. If I were being objective then I’d say they’d make a better impression at this point if they trimmed a couple of songs from the set but my ADD isn’t their problem. The Brutes were something of a revelation and delivered just the right amount of genetically enhanced garage pummel. The gear shift in “Real Gone Gasser” especially hit the spot.

And what about The Primevals? This was evidently a dry run for a time when they can fill the Barras. Some cool stagecraft involved and proper lighting plus a proper stage. They were having fun up there and I really hope that they get to do it all again soon. I believe that London in for a pounding on Saturday October 8th at The Water Rats, Kings Cross.

A certain London combo that enjoys an overt amount of ass-kissing for way, way less might like to check out how it oughtta be done.

Many thanks to Ms Linna...

It's been a hell of a week one way and another. Not a lot of time or notion to futz about on here but there's a brace of fine rockin' releases coming up so one way or another, it's time the digit was extracted. Obviously you're thinking - "I'll believe that when I clock it". Abso-fecking-lutely squire (or squire-ette).

Is that a light at the end of the 2011 tunnel that I see before me? One reserves the right to figure it's a false alarm. Only time will tell.