GETTING CLOSER...

NORMAL SERVICE...

... WILL BE RESUMED AFTER I GET A BEAT ON DEALING WITH THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF THIS THING.

GO SHEENA!

Ramones Cartoon Sheena Is A Punk Rocker from Neil Williams Media on Vimeo.
 

DAHLMANNS 45 / NBT 28 ORDERING INFO

I tried to format this on facebook and it was a mess so I hope this is easier to follow.

Email me here for pp details. Stuff will be sent out from June 20th.

I’m making lists, furtively checking them at least twice and wondering why the bejeezus I ever thought it would be a good idea to print a bloody magazine. Actually I know what I thought I thought but it’s all so different. The mechanics are a tad rusty. Let’s look on the bright side though. I get to have my own back on the Ebay sellers that stink up the post office queue. I used to be the king of that. In my lunchtimes when I worked in Larbert, the folks that just nipped in for a stamp, or their pension, likely referred to me as ”that little c*nt that held up the queue”. Sometimes I’d be nice and let people go about their business. There were other times when folks that obviously had their knickers in a twist that I would just let stew. Anyway, let’s see how it goes. I actually got the bugger out, that’s the most surprising part.

If you want to send me your postal address and what you’re after, I’ll get back to you. Here’s what’s available...

THE DAHLMANNS, THE SCHIZOPHONICS, GIRL TO NEW YORK by AMY RIGBY, GRADE A FANCY on the town with LAURA (CANTRELL) and AMY (RIGBY), REINE LAKEN, FUNTASTIC DRACULA CARNIVAL, THE HULLABALOO CLUB by J.D. KING, EX-CRAMPS MANAGER CONFESSIONS and whatever the heck else might fit. 32 pages. 190mm x 190mm format in stapled, numbered lucky bag with 45 by THE DAHLMANNS with ANDY SHERNOFF. Price is for a single copy and includes post and packing.

UK             EUROPE           USA/CANADA         AUSTRALIA           JAPAN

£10            £12                 £15                       £16                     £16

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THE DAHLMANNS, THE SCHIZOPHONICS, GIRL TO NEW YORK by AMY RIGBY, GRADE A FANCY on the town with LAURA (CANTRELL) and AMY (RIGBY), REINE LAKEN, FUNTASTIC DRACULA CARNIVAL, THE HULLABALOO CLUB by J.D. KING, EX-CRAMPS MANAGER CONFESSIONS and whatever the heck else might fit. 32 pages. 190mm x 190mm format. Magazine only in stapled, numbered lucky bag. Price is for a single copy and includes post and packing.

UK            EUROPE            USA/CANADA         AUSTRALIA           JAPAN

£5            £8                     £9                        £10                      £10

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THE DAHLMANNS with ANDY SHERNOFF – FOREVER MY BABY/THE LAST TIME 7” (NBT 4528) in “classic black” vinyl. Price is for a single copy and includes post and packing.

UK            EUROPE            USA/CANADA         AUSTRALIA           JAPAN

£5            £8                     £8                        £10                      £10

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PayPal please - via the friends and family checkout option. Cheque would be OK here in Blighty but it’s easier for me to keep tabs on everything if it comes via PP. And it'll take longer. Prices are for single copies, if you want multiples then the postage will come down up to a point. Then it starts getting stupid again. 

Wholesale enquiries are welcome. This stuff will be available via a few stores and mail order outlets that were always part of the NBT global village. A few new endeavours that were just wee when the original blighter wobbled across the earth will hopefully also have copies.

SUPER ROCK IS UK BOUND... A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS AWAY!

RIP ADAM WEST - HE SHOOK A PRETTY MEAN CAPE...

HAPPENING SIX YEARS TIME AGO!

REMEMBER WHEN NYC WAS WHERE IT WAS AT?

AS DISCOVERED ON PURE!

TWO WEEKS FROM POLLING DAY!

MERCURIAL REV!

EPISODE 5 IS COMING RIGHT UP!

The soundtracks to Lynch projects have always added an important element to the overall effect. The ideas he “catches” are layered in sound. It’s already been stated in a few places that the music in TP – The Return isn’t up to the Badalamenti/Julee Cruise original but it should be considered that the “Lynchian” sound didn’t really exist before that. Elements came together to make this ethereal, neo-symphonic feel that seems so prevalent now. The low frequency hum that weighs in as sound design is as metal machine muzak as it gets. This too has been a trademark all along.

The idea of closing each episode with a related-sounding act is likely a blessing and a curse for both parties. I’d never knowingly heard Chromatics before the opening salvo of this semester but I must have. They just never made an impression before and while investigation of their catalogue suggests to me that their output is a wee bit patchy, there’s no denying that when they hit their stride, as they do on “Kill For Love” then they’re very good indeed. Episode 3 includes The Cactus Blossoms who out-Isaak Chris isaak to some extent. Michael Shelley has been raving about them for months and again, while I quite like them, I think it’s the familiarity that appeals more than the songs.

Au Revoir Simone closed part 4. I also kind of like them but I can’t eat a whole one. I saw them in London more years ago than it seems possible because the first time Hello Saferide played in the UK was opening for them. They couldn’t hold a candle to Annika Norlin. They didn’t then and they didn’t now. That made me wonder if Lynch is aware of HS or Sakert! This is very post-Twin Peaks music too, albeit of a different calibre. Anyway, I’m not complaining, I’m just stating a fact. I look forward to hearing what else this “Jimmy Stewart from Mars” guy has in store for us. It seems to me like he might be sending himself up to some degree and that everything but the proverbial kitchen sink could be coming at our noggins. One can but hope.

THIS TAKES ME BACK TO WORKING IN A RECORD SHOP ON A SATURDAY IN THEM SEVENTIES!

DAMP JUNE MORNING CHECK-IN

There’s only been a couple of days since April that there hasn’t been a post. Granted, there’s been little commentary but that can’t be altogether a bad thing. Looking at the ‘stats’, I’m led to believe there’s still a fair volume of traffic. It seems to spike weekly in the wee hours of Thursday and I’m not sure how kosher any of it is but there’s in excess of 20,000 visits a month.

I shall endeavour to keep it active but there will be a blip now and again. I appreciate you stopping by though. And who knows, there may even be something you like.

FANTASTIC... FUNTASTIC VOYAGE XII WILL BE BOARDING!!!

MORE FLIGHT INFORMATION 

AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE!

Säkert! = SUBLIME

NEW PRIMEVALS ALBUM DUE JUNE 12th...

... Details will be forthcoming here. 

I can agent the deal if that doesn't work for you.

EXCELLENT USE OF THE MARY CHAIN FORMULA (with a hint of Geraldine)

REV and LEON... YESTERDAY

I JUST REMEMBERED I HADN'T POSTED TODAY!