tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63130350043323692282024-02-07T03:03:23.096-08:00THREE CHEERSJoel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-76601296304823039372009-11-25T03:28:00.000-08:002009-11-25T03:37:44.887-08:00COSMETICS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9McKeg2yha2sVxuBmjQRUaA7SNruEutaq40t8EE5nQYWvFtbbNhEimfPrAhKKwlEN30ejZ1DcGYDs6te1I2PIjH5_DmRKBEl-SNcbYt_o4nIQ5ELMLJu_X1qrLU2-OLOYN_6tPG7UVg/s1600/cosmetics.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408001851213137490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9McKeg2yha2sVxuBmjQRUaA7SNruEutaq40t8EE5nQYWvFtbbNhEimfPrAhKKwlEN30ejZ1DcGYDs6te1I2PIjH5_DmRKBEl-SNcbYt_o4nIQ5ELMLJu_X1qrLU2-OLOYN_6tPG7UVg/s400/cosmetics.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.myspace.com/cosmeticscosmeticscosmetics">Cosmetics</a> are great, one for fans of Glass Candy and Chromatics for sure. </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/689806882122cce9/">COSMETICS - BLACK LEATHER GLOVES</a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/689806882122cce9/"></a> </div>Joel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-67442057643659372512009-11-16T08:59:00.000-08:002009-11-16T09:33:56.686-08:00SCARS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcPYzTpNQ4GkIAOv-kh6KRi4w-J8HIB7_mijjSiz4TOgNu6UMsfY7ktPQLMSQX79eXGSsvPBf-F3Ga_R9G_EXNdguC_qt-o_rH_V_fLpVr1YQTxXmXbkshCC-Gmj4BSVmmz9o4sby2A/s1600/Scars,+The+-+1979+-+Horrorshow+Bw+Adultery+7%27%27.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluwEA_mQCv-W0vdoqZkFY5l8R0zW90leadEtbs_-646Osaw1lLc1G4jBHEHFoW_qEZcivNFYpyMP-y541GLBxGlSQ2F2cT6T3hjJ1RM_drh1Q8i-DBE4a7p2Rfq1si34doRS5ENf-xw/s1600/651959514_l.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404749976011987234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 390px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluwEA_mQCv-W0vdoqZkFY5l8R0zW90leadEtbs_-646Osaw1lLc1G4jBHEHFoW_qEZcivNFYpyMP-y541GLBxGlSQ2F2cT6T3hjJ1RM_drh1Q8i-DBE4a7p2Rfq1si34doRS5ENf-xw/s400/651959514_l.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I haven't had much time to devote to this blog so I will try and update a little more from now on.<br /><div><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thescarsscotland">Scars </a>were an awesome band from Scotland in the early 80's who often get overlooked when people talk about Orange Juice, Josef K, the Fire Engines and that Postcard scene. If you like the aforementioned bands and new stuff like Veronica Falls or Sea Lions then your bound to be into it. Click on the artwork to download one of their classic singles, the A-side of which 'Horrorshow' was <a href="http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/3584/Lemon%20Jelly-">sampled by Lemon Jelly</a> recently so may be familiar-sounding.<br /><br /></div><div></div><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/6855262321716db5/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404752852495576018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 397px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnKHhc-khOgjNOu367PAMjonUUAze-eadoEsrMRNowZOk5cEiXBqKDNwEwWpdAXZ7I87Kz7swRy_uJBda1sPbJjJGGNO7YA1tJH4nJq8uW8iAYCd7ZtlF2JigUkueaWzJkIVFE3iyYtA/s400/Scars,+The+-+1979+-+Horrorshow+Bw+Adultery+7%27%27.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here's a pretty vitriolic but entertaining bio that they have up on their myspace;</div><br /><br /><div><em>Chances are that you won't remember post-punk band Scars. Their moment in the sun was both tragically and gloriously brief. They stormed out of Edinburgh in the early 1980s possessed of equal parts glam audacity, art-rock solemnity and futuristic zeal. They were roundly hailed as the next great white musical hope. Two Peel sessions and a handful of music-paper covers later, they vanished in a fog of egotism and frustrated desires. But not before they delivered their one and only album, 1981's maddeningly beautiful Author! Author!<br />In the intervening years, Scars have been effectively forgotten. Years ago, Mark E Smith namechecked them as his favourite band ("because they were the complete opposite of the Fall"), and more recently, Lemon Jelly briefly raised Scars' profile by sampling them on their '64-'95 album. But despite guitarist Paul Research's sterling efforts to keep the name alive on his </em><a ref="http://www.scarsresearch.com"><em>Scars website</em></a><em>, the band appeared to be permanently consigned to the dustbin of history. Even in Simon Reynolds' supposedly "encyclopaedic" post-punk history, Rip it Up & Start Again, Scars merit only the most fleeting of mentions. Tosser. Meanwhile, down the last 25 years, every other once-forgotten band of their era has been either endlessly repackaged and/or critically rehabilitated to enable them to enjoy an extension on their fifteen minutes by virtue of their appearance on a thousand and one dodgy service-station compilations. As for Scars, their fate has hardly been helped by the convoluted copyright situation that has held up the reissue of Author! Author! for all these years. Now that it's finally out and sounding as edgy and lovely as it always did, maybe the band can finally enjoy some of the critical and commercial acclaim that has long been denied them. </em></div><br /><br /><div>On a similar token anyone know if the Sound of Young Scotland documentary's ever going to come out? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK8hdl02H2o">Trailer here</a></div><div></div><div>Joel</div></div>Joel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-60388399361569992372009-10-20T01:21:00.000-07:002009-10-20T01:26:11.877-07:00UPCOMINGStuff in Nottingham<br /><br />Oct 30th<br />DESOLATION WILDERNESS, (K Records)<br />SPECTRALS (Captured Tracks)<br />BLACK RAT (Pub Pop)<br />At The Central<br />£5<br /><br />Oct 31st<br />Exalt Exalt Horror Disco with<br />BOTTIN (Italians Do It Better / Bearfunk)<br />ZARCORP (Late of the Pier)<br />Prufrock<br />William Anthony<br />Matt Exalt<br />At The Bodega<br />£5 adv<br /><br />Nov 1st<br />THANK YOU (Thrill Jockey)<br />JO ROBERTSON AND MATTHEW ASHWORTH<br />THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE<br />DRIED SINS<br />At The Chameleon<br />£4 adv<br /><br />Nov 2nd<br />Liars Club with<br />COLD CAVE<br />FACTORY FLOOR<br />At the Bodega<br />£5<br /><br /><br />If anyone wants to send me any music that they would like considered for feature on here or the vice blog just email <a href="mailto:Jwawright@googlemail.com">Jwawright@googlemail.com</a>.<br /><br /><br />JoelJoel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-71039392688883976552009-08-26T08:16:00.000-07:002009-08-26T08:29:09.996-07:00UPCOMING!Loads of stuff coming up in Nottingham - Check it out....<div><br /></div><div>September 23rd:</div><div>w/ New Weird Nottingham</div><div>NODZZZ</div><div>LOVVERS</div><div>TEEN SHEIKHS</div><div>£6 adv</div><div>The Chameleon Arts Cafe</div><div>8pm Doors</div><div><br /></div><div>September 28th:</div><div>w/ Liars Club</div><div>NITE JEWEL</div><div>Plus guests</div><div>£5 adv</div><div>The Chameleon Arts Cafe</div><div>8pm doors</div><div><br /></div><div>October 30th:</div><div>w/ out of the woods...</div><div>DESOLATION WILDERNESS (K Records)</div><div>SPECTRALS</div><div>£5 adv</div><div>Venue tbc</div><div>8pm doors</div><div><br /></div><div>November 1st:</div><div>w/ New Weird Nottingham</div><div>THANK YOU (Thrill Jockey)</div><div>Plus guests</div><div>£5</div><div>The Chameleon Arts Cafe</div><div>8pm Doors</div><div><br /></div><div>Tickets will be available from Anarchy Records and www.gigantic.com for all these shows eventually. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you are a local band wanting to get on one of these shows email Jwawright@googlemail.com </div>Joel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-75585497616824003212009-07-28T04:30:00.000-07:002009-07-28T04:43:24.129-07:00WEIRDAPALOOZASo I've been away for too long writing blogs for Vice, neglecting this blog. Well I'm back now. Rejoice! <div><br /></div><div>We've got a very exciting event coming up in Nottingham...<br /><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid1Bv4Dx5P6TVbO0MBL2_avTqB1E29tGvMDC8BNddsX4wYqYMgnhvoQx6F1AfW2uY1SVbcBGWz66ogsZ7XL-__YAP7P85_4BSDrTP-ppdHqUXYkOhLbA8Gt_-Gu8uH7HdayNXmOSR_MA/s400/WEIRD.jpg" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">New Weird Nottingham/Care In The Community/Three Cheers<br />Present<br /><br />WEIRDAPALOOZA<br /><br />STRANGE BOYS<br />The Strange Boys come on like a mid-'60s Rolling Stones messed over by the Black Lips; all major keys and jangling guitars, but with a filthy agenda.<br />NME: 8/10<br />THIS BAND ARE SO AWESOME!<br />Releases on In The Red...<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thestrangeboys" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "3cf9b55844fa17d2b37fda2378f23642", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.myspace.com/thestrangeboys</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />LOVVERS<br />Hometown heroes return after 2nd US tour to celebrate the release of their debut LP OCD GO GO GO GIRLS. Expect a lot of jiving.<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/letscommunicate" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "3cf9b55844fa17d2b37fda2378f23642", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.myspace.com/letscommunicate</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />MALE BONDING<br />to quote the vivians ‘they’re like if three dudes from pre were obsessed with nirvana.’ yup. or like sonic youth with tunes. which is what i want from sonic youth these days as they’re getting really goddam boring. write a two and a half minute nugget of shiny pop squall please kim and thurston. in fact you don’t need to since male bonding beat you to it. chumps. anyway this is ace. (Cowsarejustfood)<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/malebonding" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "3cf9b55844fa17d2b37fda2378f23642", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.myspace.com/malebonding</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />TEEN SHEIKHS<br /><br />THEY FUCKIN' RULE STRAIGHT GOOD TIME ROCK'N'ROLL, OK, I'LL DROP THE REFERENCES I CAME UP WITH AGAIN, IE: BIG STAR, REPLACEMENTS, MAYBE EVEN SOME HÜSKER DÜ.<br />(Black Mamba Beat)<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/proteensheikhs" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "3cf9b55844fa17d2b37fda2378f23642", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.myspace.com/proteensheikhs</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />THE HIPSHAKES<br />Blistering UK teenpunk angst, straight from the garage -- blares so loud that we applied a warning label for your speakers. Fans of GG ALLIN, GUITAR WOLF, OBLIVIANS, REATARDS, KBD, take note! (Slovenly Goner Records Releases)<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thehipshakes" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "3cf9b55844fa17d2b37fda2378f23642", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.myspace.com/thehipshakes</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />THE DISSOLUTES<br />Drunkest, sloppiest, tightest, craziest garage band ever to come from Worcesters fair streets. <br /></span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thedissolutesuk" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "3cf9b55844fa17d2b37fda2378f23642", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.myspace.com/thedissolutesuk</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />GUILTY PARENTS<br />Nottingham three piece punk slime. Featuring best facial hair since ZZ top.<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/guiltyparents" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "3cf9b55844fa17d2b37fda2378f23642", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.myspace.com/guiltyparents</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />Plus Djing from Sex is Disgusting, Three Cheers, William Withers, NWN & lots more.<br /><br />And a BBQ<br /><br />And Distro Stalls<br /><br />And other stalls - message us if you want to do something!<br /><br />"Wow isn't that less than a pound a band?"<br /><br />"Yes, wow that's so cheap."<br /><br />"Yes, yes it is."<br /><br />The Bodega Social<br />16th August<br />5pm<br />£6 advance tickets<br /><br /></span></span><a href="http://gigantic.com/gigantic/home_the_strange_boys.html" onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "3cf9b55844fa17d2b37fda2378f23642", event) });" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://gigantic.com/gigantic/home_the_strange_boys.html</span></span></a><br /></div></div>Joel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-75806587379976568072009-05-28T16:35:00.000-07:002009-05-28T17:56:33.235-07:00LITTLE KIDS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYnE7xuTYO6nwI6bTEuLNAkwGnEWaehhc1yBmKBfS-Y3nnZzP1EF_vQN3omGCWb5ZdoZghdaDTXpesDG55tGI2mh0u6dt_UbcoPtHj47Zt8JgVugkxylLmtDqHkuyfanEgyO68xdiSg/s1600-h/Audacity.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYnE7xuTYO6nwI6bTEuLNAkwGnEWaehhc1yBmKBfS-Y3nnZzP1EF_vQN3omGCWb5ZdoZghdaDTXpesDG55tGI2mh0u6dt_UbcoPtHj47Zt8JgVugkxylLmtDqHkuyfanEgyO68xdiSg/s320/Audacity.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341027330111699202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/audacityca"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AUDACITY</span></a><br /><br />Four Californians with short attention spans...<br /><br />A fittingly succinct interview below plus you can download slop pop anthem "Teenage Town" off their first record "Power Drowning." (Available from <a href="http://www.burgerrecords.bigcartel.com/">Burger Records.)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">How did Audacity Come together?<br /></span><br />the band started in sixth grade (2001) w/ kyle matt and two other guys. during high school cameron and thomas joined and were much better fits. the other two quit due to religious and girlfriend issues, as we are an anti-god and anti-girl band. this all took place in fullerton california (north orange county)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What were your primary reasons/influences for starting the band?</span><br /><br />when we began we didn't have much as far as influences, we just made what we thought music should sound like. the only emphasis we had was on making original and creative music. these first few years we only practiced and played our own birthday parties and school carnivals/talent shows. everyone made fun of us, but these were our awkward years, and in high school we lost our innocence thanks to Thee makeout party! . some early influences were<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"a wizard, a true star"</span>,<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/toddrundgrenmusic"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwUJEl0NoAIxrhrnv62yBg6lUK70iQyap5OENUP7pI0vRFEexSSriIdkXziCSHdArrw4dtvtz3ZldSkMYkpps0plVm0DcWAqALr3z5fWfchGFpSiMlithQzcyOXv71ZAsUIfZoYLsDA/s320/rundgren.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341028772435018322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Mission of Burma,<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/missionofburma"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-saJx3ngPw5T9RZFwWN17TGfgde3-_OZhaBJqAZwZORvEhr7C52pP3hySNFtPsUqd5l7tFy9m2C0a5Mh-HRmJ72aaPeyuOTrMjjMqnSADzWYS66KhlXLtx3f2JJIE2VmQCLRCFGOyg/s320/mission-of-burma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341029063436636562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The Modern Lovers,</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/theoriginalmodernlovers"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb20wdr99NNyzsUi1KszLKkOQZ5Mh55lim33EnpiTDfEvy9APHMa8nzXikGkX9CTPhaDYMxvQ6Zg-Yx4GfoO6xpK5uvLsS5pUw0gJzHc6P42rS-uA-7j6joft4u4PxI9UYQsSoF0AfAA/s320/the-modern-lovers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341030233232831426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"pink flag".</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/wirehq"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dKyBLz5818TrgS1LhndF2_NcHreL2Mm0GzUFXPE0SCfqbBxh6nzAJysJRAKl302-yZDQLuEZPTgf8eLZpvzwMQfgZcy_wNfD9FjTpeiFYkPiWB8uGUGXGLmVpj2aryqGy6EthJe3Bw/s320/pinkflag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341030523430150642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />but when we started it was just cause we were little kids looking for something to do.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Along with Thee Makeout Party, what modern bands are you currently into?</span><br /><br />modern bands like<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Rantouls,</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/therantouls"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUxqOfuesQelmglNn8NdjVUYZOghFniiKwv2bAjmFqbvIx9EiPPN5ZWivJ5BjZHRm8GVCCythIOl_9ej8QM_6dI_gVz-VCmiaHRX51vjTDwdhMTBaaOpF9Ps7Xb4jxZiuw9aQ1fipag/s320/rant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341032302734585858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Danger Strangers,</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/dangerstrangers"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-T8IhJnUrhgjnX9d83jaqLg7asIFI6WJuIjoEbh9R4Klt8Exy8tW_3rHTMs5orXkrQwJd0cajdiHSd-l4bkRs8uD1QqWPMgOrMjxsI3gnW_r_sqa1DteDIbUAvjNBYfgtARXPrfWXA/s320/danger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341034238370332690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">White Night,</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/whitenightistight"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEd1F8jWlk19y_Xa6bGwIqa4wpnQfk7fulMX04g7YR-vwCnKsYxbeB5oekxZDLrdwk1kjG7zHE8eljRmvkIxl6o8gAFsn2g514v4zZmSE5Y71jY9qhyZH3kA-FCV7FnrfHtlV5_HITg/s320/white.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341036191412070930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nobunny,</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/nobunnylovesyou"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFbdwC_F-uycM2lwGGRe9t9O_m46RrXWDkU-6dXGYvlYXZXjlezzRD1gLqD1gPAYmi9-bjNnC9hMoToF0SUVe1DMC3ln4TN-fAqdyWB9CyI1-EZQ_9MzFF54TCkiy7KcnEG8nmS7OBg/s320/nobunny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341035118147348018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bad Antics,</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZIgNj6rXXR7eoNkWKHYxDztktrSd9hZbI4wP0QcFLKBm0qbe_PCVlnGgMKdFGz5zfv0m9GMGvXSViS4PmKHCwMJPBT96_FHqbQdkJMmyUyV5_wAt_3-YJBLbx59Poi3_Sprtpu6F7g/s1600-h/badantics.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZIgNj6rXXR7eoNkWKHYxDztktrSd9hZbI4wP0QcFLKBm0qbe_PCVlnGgMKdFGz5zfv0m9GMGvXSViS4PmKHCwMJPBT96_FHqbQdkJMmyUyV5_wAt_3-YJBLbx59Poi3_Sprtpu6F7g/s320/badantics.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341037770602021778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Tuberculosis Boys,</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/tuberculosisboys"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO9ef7KKRBVdk-oxCTUzBVDfL4WtFu2xatlL3DIIKMFVd0QwfqL3GJmByfEHaddp5bJ7LT4QPc57zC2PHDYFwPC3M2jdGMm3hXrL_TuQ6SoWsgPnxVIP8SFu7KQDfTN9I-RDI71D65rg/s320/tuboys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341038702268394770" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ANYTHING ON BURGER RECORDS</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/burgerrecords"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfVvaEpL7Jovl_154xHpZ5_xvXPiuck5-PPmS6_m6F4-xrMQsjSWg4tXlyJQnV8GL5Nafc-j8NaY9SYkcmXzOBQmNFbXrg2MeT-6RSdDiqP0Mhnp_lNMoQQQJyVdfInToBax4eOwIwg/s320/burg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341040478081222802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Have you got any plans to release / tour in Europe and the UK?</span><br /><br />we're tryin to get to europe, hopefully next year.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">See you then.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/60653234909f9d1f/"><span>AUDACITY - TEENAGE TOWN</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Joel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-8406288471918187112009-05-19T17:19:00.000-07:002009-05-19T18:13:56.042-07:00INCOMINGLast weekend was great - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mika Miko</span>'s show at the chameleon is perhaps best illustrated by this picture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMe8K0yYIVOXvjyJD8J5Iz5KS1M6zepzdMLU-cZde_uvTLPRBQpkKhN3irtrK2EJWzr0VKkORAQMJvAM5mEvP362YnN6jCmqMwrMThLOdqTsoUX1fk0ydTEMv45G1oIGbQbg9hlMOyRg/s1600-h/mikamiko.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMe8K0yYIVOXvjyJD8J5Iz5KS1M6zepzdMLU-cZde_uvTLPRBQpkKhN3irtrK2EJWzr0VKkORAQMJvAM5mEvP362YnN6jCmqMwrMThLOdqTsoUX1fk0ydTEMv45G1oIGbQbg9hlMOyRg/s320/mikamiko.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337701431251628434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SPEX FEST was even better:</span><br /><br />LOVVERS<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ypxwEBioTY8MrS5Fsfz4T4OtszePcqPHom9MWMgVZ1z_c5yJLlXmP9-tNCNXJ1bJtlDs05L0SMTzeGkyLs-GpoEWpwKYvAtb1x0JHOpGGp8mIWA3V-wfGpIxFdXDDgaQGV4IjKmdhw/s1600-h/lovvers.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ypxwEBioTY8MrS5Fsfz4T4OtszePcqPHom9MWMgVZ1z_c5yJLlXmP9-tNCNXJ1bJtlDs05L0SMTzeGkyLs-GpoEWpwKYvAtb1x0JHOpGGp8mIWA3V-wfGpIxFdXDDgaQGV4IjKmdhw/s320/lovvers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337704134186876546" border="0" /></a><br /><br />SHITTY LIMITS<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0D3dI5DO0oI_hPQFrRAA1g_I6m8el0ulFaL2YNF9ZdgonMlOEhUkl019C7I2_RI9ILDyyLCfO9Gn1u6nk9I-QJkDhM1jTHU82HHpZWn8B-dLh-gVw9YCeOlToiMi8uz2bCrUkfHnuMA/s1600-h/shitty.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0D3dI5DO0oI_hPQFrRAA1g_I6m8el0ulFaL2YNF9ZdgonMlOEhUkl019C7I2_RI9ILDyyLCfO9Gn1u6nk9I-QJkDhM1jTHU82HHpZWn8B-dLh-gVw9YCeOlToiMi8uz2bCrUkfHnuMA/s320/shitty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337704275918226466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />TIMES NEW VIKING<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRegP7k1lBfDAwjQUG9dFn4E1hrfDyuaidVt8Hjfcv14wSWuoKryYNcFRX7m0h8KxeO-pDTGmZV-omp_4B22JIuE5SoCzAnP929vVOf1F4g4d7axYD5mgLbSNR3VeR9ia1BndTbk6YzA/s1600-h/tnv.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRegP7k1lBfDAwjQUG9dFn4E1hrfDyuaidVt8Hjfcv14wSWuoKryYNcFRX7m0h8KxeO-pDTGmZV-omp_4B22JIuE5SoCzAnP929vVOf1F4g4d7axYD5mgLbSNR3VeR9ia1BndTbk6YzA/s320/tnv.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337704390744804610" border="0" /></a><br /><br />TELEPATHE<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1Tpb0hyphenhyphenmzWhRhPRVrJ0_tBUYU9weMYu4nRXCDRxlNT0jTQUVVweFyrTFWIiidwVvQ_2jTsehwXByhKZ_xRYKJJd0CzQA_Vdnf2uKaowcZmFrnvGAtlbi_NAsBLYCOkcmSZlBIQ3bDA/s1600-h/tele.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1Tpb0hyphenhyphenmzWhRhPRVrJ0_tBUYU9weMYu4nRXCDRxlNT0jTQUVVweFyrTFWIiidwVvQ_2jTsehwXByhKZ_xRYKJJd0CzQA_Vdnf2uKaowcZmFrnvGAtlbi_NAsBLYCOkcmSZlBIQ3bDA/s320/tele.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337704588667479058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />All the bands were good, but my personal favourites were Times New Viking and Lovvers, both of these played lots of new material and it ruled!<br /><br />Dot to Dot is on Saturday and I will mostly be watching Abe Vigoda, Vivian Girls, Titus Andronicus & Crystal Stilts.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Forthcoming Three Cheers Shows:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/jeremyjay">JEREMY JAY</a> / <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lesghosts">GHOSTS</a> / <a href="http://www.myspace.com/webreedkillingmachines">POPPY SEED</a><br /><br />I will be going to London for 2 months after this so this is something of a going-away party!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5pTGJlpvQRq-wKiFe5gGhzxMSahYUFoe3_Uba44WfWEE01cFwBpf-PGHs8xLLOJqbRnm2QpWp_MYl0OqwUf8zhgUTfpKIiZB1mTAzvFkYFRKIFzRKLYrLZx2-h7ww6oarh68m7JC4g/s1600-h/JEREMY+JAY+POSTER.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5pTGJlpvQRq-wKiFe5gGhzxMSahYUFoe3_Uba44WfWEE01cFwBpf-PGHs8xLLOJqbRnm2QpWp_MYl0OqwUf8zhgUTfpKIiZB1mTAzvFkYFRKIFzRKLYrLZx2-h7ww6oarh68m7JC4g/s320/JEREMY+JAY+POSTER.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337705900712105234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/finallypunk">FINALLY PUNK </a>/ <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thsticks">THE STICKS</a> / PRIZE PETS<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41uIIy3o4O7iKeHzr_tRhTiU8KJYXGsn3e3Gbyb2VyxhOTAsCRahCw8cR2WEoY4SjB9wu-yG_F57yDIJKgmuwOy-L5rx0EwqQKJ-BF_mCWe3DX-lRYIIhOcmKqpF18piIorQtfjUzKQ/s1600-h/finally.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41uIIy3o4O7iKeHzr_tRhTiU8KJYXGsn3e3Gbyb2VyxhOTAsCRahCw8cR2WEoY4SjB9wu-yG_F57yDIJKgmuwOy-L5rx0EwqQKJ-BF_mCWe3DX-lRYIIhOcmKqpF18piIorQtfjUzKQ/s320/finally.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337707627649730386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />1st July<br />The Chameleon<br />£5 O.T.D.<br />8pm Doors<br /><br /><br />Could be some more exciting stuff to announce soon!<br /><br />xJoel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-22132171877645687292009-05-07T17:01:00.000-07:002009-05-08T06:38:38.127-07:00NODZZZ<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/nodzzz"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5pLWtfiIqA0jOtOFVDGL9ICTpQJ0QCleszoC6KW3QokiD8vpvlbhML5lNcDXc4AcHps9ampQUIRQGy1XnViFqzZquC2ZxJpxD7YVPJymDC01k8sXE4LOcuqYBmnDeNKDCNAJ8JR-_w/s320/nodzzz5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333444487745665202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><span>The Nodzzz LP is one of my personal favourite records of the past few months, packing in 10 perfect pop songs in under 15 minutes. It's also well worth checking out the should-have-been summer smash "I Don't Wanna (Smoke Marijuana) which you can listen to on their <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nodzzz">myspace</a>. </span></span><span>While trying to sort out which <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nodzzz </span>mp3 it was cool to put up for download over at the <a href="http://www.viceland.com/music/">Vice Blog</a>, I ended up chatting to singer/guitarist Anthony Atlas on gmail chat which turned into this interview which I've edited to get rid of the inevitable gmail foibles. </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><br />So I guess we should start with How did Nodzzz come about?<br /><br /></span>I grew up in new jersey with the first drummer pete. we were in bands together from 6th grade, onward into high school. i met Sean Paul at college in Olympia. he coached the student club baseball team, which I played on. we did a band too. later me, sean paul, and pete (the first drummer), all lived in San Francisco so it was a natural, easy thing to start.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Were you listening to a lot of same bands / going to the same shows as well?<br /><br /></span>I probably met pete on the playground in middle school, and sean paul at the college sporting field. but we all had similar taste in music, yeah. Sean Paul introduced me to a wider, non-college community in Olympia, that involved more house shows and stuff. He had lived there a little longer than i had.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Did those house shows directly influence the sound of Nodzzz?<br /><br /></span>There's an ideal environment we envision our music operating in, which probably resembles the music scene we were part of in Olympia closer than anything else we know of.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">So were you in other bands then?</span><br /><br />I was in a band called <a href="http://www.myspace.com/studybuddies">Study Buddies</a>, which oddly and beautifully became <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Gun+Outfit">Gun Outfit</a> when I moved to Oakland.<br />Sean and I did a weird band called Vacation, too.<br />And I was in two other sporadic bands called Kamp Willies, and Breech Boys<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Kamp Willies?<br /><br /></span>yeah, you get the willies when you go to camp<br />kamp willies is what my grandparents got during WW2<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What are your top Five Records that relate to the music you make with Nodzzz?</span><br /><br />Cool question<br />lets see<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Date With the Everly Brothers<br /></span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/everlybrothers"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdat-IOtavuFtjGS9jaUd6dDxfa-6ed7CG75J4iV-yI9ABq8bXFxlM0SE8y0HbHjfNNwgEO50yb_gTA-qpmfiSRnRhFJP-exUQu6RIgR8UdLBetXCDdXHE0KaQ4QQyKu9eIEKwLvDvSA/s200/everly.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333238927968200482" border="0" /></a><br />harmonies<br />amazing<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bob Dylan "Basement Tapes"</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/basementtapes67"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwRdBQSJOuSgXnRMQMZXRk0hn16AP7GrmDsm4XJ3IBDKW0xOyUavwZ2NXzmjsY2vnlY0V3GHlvSF6Qbrn9PiAR0SVjXfSsq96iBb-KT-lOJexsiArWB_SVkyfHSYw_RhiEWqcV-oamg/s200/basement.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333239458191607794" border="0" /></a><br />It's a big big big record for Sean Paul. He knows every word.<br />I love it too, but his heart pumps that record.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">my dad's a dylan obsessive,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">I'm a big fan too<br /><br /></span>Yeah, like one of the heavy ones<br />weird i noticed the other bands put dylan too<br />i guess that's not too weird because he's the best<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gun Club "fire of love"</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/thegunclub"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Xcj8OebnMnEEcx06hNTn8Ut5M-L1bDYQeZ3q9vhbJWKL3hFjjtgIbcBiJTVQHyqXadNkVMYhVjBYE-xj0Conc4C2VL_RZSCzeGKp7N4sL1OKN4prUnhBtyOk2EoBRXlNbTwdnuPAgw/s200/fireoflove.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333240026609651538" border="0" /></a><br />i'm answering that one for sean and Eric<br />who seem to love it so much and jam the songs at practice<br />i dig it okay. but it resonates with their southern california upbringing<br /><br />becoming obsessed with Felt lately, so<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Felt - "forever breathes the lonely word"<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/ignitethesevencannons"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGnKbRumMivvGhlPA4EJ6Lu0pvy8Yn_uxsVSqBe1-yw-z6LYso9vnOeHm-CmJMe6OfDCG_nKeiYYeB9iAa1yJyjwYk1QrUakjqi_y7pdPlkTXd7gPIqAzOdFFsJVtrFilAjpsCMwf-SQ/s200/felt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333240768523312242" border="0" /></a><br />pop mind candy<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Kinks - Something Else<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/thekinksofficial"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGg6qBDwhzOwoXxlfSjd2vP2T8uBRUzxdK9wyY37eM_RxiO_wTVEHKVFhXEjzvEUgA6Wg_Od3jOzhX_iwdLqyPgV9tQJce-34yrARaEpPvqwgDZbC5F7JTVG9uDMc0QtrEpRVXU71PWQ/s200/kinks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333241377716608706" border="0" /></a><br />kinks<br /><br />fuck fuck<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/thefeelies"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEzvAbO1C34ghKda2xgcwOfLrT9vV7wnw58vWNK77y8vXg04Vlxih4mcQMV6NuB9fP4hPvTaXh4XvR478shpxm3jsqt_wGfawAiJ4PHJ-_6GzMed_Aw_UHcifnaTfBFwplBTb8jK9sQ/s200/the-feelies-crazy-rhythms.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333241945201626418" border="0" /></a><br />that's huge!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">did you ever hear Denim?</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> guy from Felts other band?</span><br /><br />haha denim is nuts right<br />i have their music on my computer but havent listened to it yet<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1Cz7u5v7tH8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1Cz7u5v7tH8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Denim's not so good compared to felt</span><br /><br />it's still amazing though!<br />lawrence pretending he's not some hopelessly OCD fuck-up<br />total pop posturing it seems<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />yeah have you read much about him?<br /><br /></span>i just now he had a deep emotional aversion to other people's excrement<br />is that true?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">yeah, I've read that too.</span><br /><br />a sad legacy for such a prolific and sensitive artist!<br />there's a felt lyric i read the other day, which reminded me of it.<br />let me see if i can find it<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I thought I had read it in the Rip it up and start again book</span><br /><br />oh wow, is there a felt chapter<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />I think so</span><span style="font-style: italic;">, I can't find it though</span><span style="font-style: italic;">, its a good read anyway<br /></span><br />i just sent you a cool unreleased felt tune<br /><br /><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/597498842e529639/">Felt - When The Dawn Start's Creeping In</a><br /><br />What are the Top 5 recent bands you’ve got into?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grass Widow</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/grasswidowmusic"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIkH8eu7H8T9BJM9GfSjj9TmGt-d1Xm6hjHuZZRxtJvO8XgxYjzcmBOqlewMXZvnShQbM3NHMz1Wk8ngAdVGhAaUr5Tqo-H7oNffki54JdxtiBNUHGsWO9c6q1wQ0CGXoHTr5LKv88Q/s200/grasswidow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333244016297083810" border="0" /></a><br />We share a practice space with them, and our drummer helped put out the record on his label. It's the best. Dynamic, and moving post-punk.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brilliant Colors.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/brilliantcolorssanfrancisco"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIo_-M2OVXaMme2VcjJ8_8s7QjpYtwqzn_ZmT8dn1qSSxTwPQK5t5v3ikTj_KEgq0x3aDa2BJl79EG02Bh9kvXtT2qKylcDklerQbBJrTLQQ42rOsiJadxzNEYoDQ5yeA4_PtUlv0lTg/s200/brilliant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333245553660717218" border="0" /></a><br />They have two 7"s. Also share a practice space with us, and, with Grass Widow, are the other best band in San Francisco.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Broken Strings </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/brokenstrangs"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2_9rjQ1GSy9Q9rOl-0wMigCx_G0-IR-PzBJvMl3OIRF6pDFmk3G5LYhYf3hh_qFuLHPSMh9CCxyRpiODZoKya8qA6CUA04_f2PrhHjHjPFnXUHABKuruYOp23P8FfTBKdUSns39xUQ/s200/broken.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333246429000919602" border="0" /></a><br />A bizarre limited edition LP on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/truepanthersounds">True Panther</a> of a recording from 2006 by Adam Croce, who now plays in <a href="http://www.myspace.com/rainbowbridge23">Rainbow Bridge.</a> Entirely felt and genuine bedroom-pop, whatever that is.<br /><br />Gun Outfit<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Gun+Outfit"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEBcUDL6kyeV_JxfjFAr3ikdEZ2nWMleX7J1JCHIpIzz-RktIHMQoRTvJDfZAZobQCrn1U0_QNLSTtXcZhN4-odvFvIPqGApytyhLQNrbWAEpbUZZEOlHiY6f63ISaIKSarP7MoIAwA/s200/gun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333247748544002690" border="0" /></a><br />From Olympia, Washington. They have a 7" and a 12" on PPM, and each is a unique world and a great record. Brilliant, moving lyrics, interlocked guitars, and a powerful sound.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/arielpink"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9MoJkWFBNsbii7cKg-NDbite1lrnzaVDV3GbPWSIcpyvA0AKJJao-FY7q9mUV7vUktLLsx196XB2h62_skYh4Wy3DB1fv3orTYj2VlxGCrsHRI6bgyZN6hGylTaQiNOHfzu-qYK9Pg/s200/arielpink.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333248271783651138" border="0" /></a><br />He's found a wonderful group of musicians to back his songs lately, and their recent version of his song "phantashtma” is proof of it." i'm excessively enthusiastic about bands right now. Things are good in music here<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Do you feel that there's been a lot more great bands coming out of America recently or have people just finally started taking more notice?<br /><br /></span>I think it's a synchronistic emergence of great bands, but it's developed alongside a "horribly incorrect music market", as my friend put it. any recognition of quality bands comes out of the unbelievable mountain of shit in mainstream music culture. and the quality is probably due to people feeling that they had to sustain and develop a legit music community on a small level and devote themselves to it.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If there was one thing you could change about the music industry what would it be?</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">you can have more than one thing</span><br /><br />hmm. i was just laid off from a record store job, so i can answer this in a personal way, or in a more detached way. Ideally, a music culture i would like to be part of would be slower. bands would feel little pressure to pump new product out to meet demands, at the cost of quality.<br />the transmission of ideas and songs is whats important between people, there's so much that distracts from that, that it gets disheartening.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Like hype / marketing?</span><br /><br />Yeah, marketing its unavoidable and necessary but i want pop music to be equivalent with a village bon-fire or afternoon tea with friends. I get stressed when i see the opposite happening.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">When bands get bigger I guess it becomes harder for that community feel</span><br /><br />That's true, an obvious toss up, I suppose.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What are your ambitions beside making music:</span><br /><br />I also do visual art, and graphic design. A fusion of those two fields is likely where I'll find myself making a living, if I can get it together. I love looking at old poetry books, and art-related graphics. Book and record design, I'm after things like that. Early work by <a href="http://www.joebrainard.org/">Joe Brainard,</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dine">Jim Dine</a>, and <a href="http://lallysalley.blogspot.com/2009/01/george-schneeman-rip.html">George Scheeman</a> convinces me that there must be a playful, low-stakes way of living the artist's life.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who or what inspired you to start making music when you were young?</span><br /><br />Not entirely sure. There was a grand-piano in my living room, but I could never figure out how to play it in any way that satisfied me. I'm not a "natural" when it comes to music, and my approach to it is more verbal, if anything. I got into punk music at age 10, and went to hundreds of shows before I graduated high school. Music was an easy and excited upbringing which happened before I was even really conscious of it.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Finally have you any plans to tour over in Europe and the UK?</span><br /><br />Yes, yes. We're going to Europe in September. I've never been there. The majority of the dates will be in the UK.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/5975077353976f41/">Nodzzz - Is She There?</a><br /><br />The Nodzzz LP is available here at the <a href="http://www.whatsyourrupture.com/">What's Your Rupture website.</a><br /><br />Thanks Anthony!Joel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-61152262419685147422009-04-30T15:57:00.000-07:002009-05-02T02:37:43.924-07:00UNEMPLOYMENT FOREVER<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_ZonMJbNhfVsOhv3JV0blooCV5i2NhjYj2MZF7RrDjdxG3qYb3U4EKE1HlUoOg6T6bqzSL43E3TCYrP-XS8KweC17j6sLTlcoy-G2wRjnPdvOHUlP9nK4YaZ-3lK2DcIwOP1TWApNQ/s1600-h/METHteeeeth.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_ZonMJbNhfVsOhv3JV0blooCV5i2NhjYj2MZF7RrDjdxG3qYb3U4EKE1HlUoOg6T6bqzSL43E3TCYrP-XS8KweC17j6sLTlcoy-G2wRjnPdvOHUlP9nK4YaZ-3lK2DcIwOP1TWApNQ/s320/METHteeeeth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330624112406341810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />A</span></span>nother Band from Portland.....<br /><br />(part of this originally posted on the <a href="http://www.viceland.com/music/2009/05/three-cheer-meth-teeth/#more-1357">Vice website</a><span style="font-style: italic;">)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/methteethmusic">Meth Teeth</a> are;<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Mattey-guitar,vocals.<br /><br />Kyle-drums,vocals.<br /><br />Fischmann-Guitar<br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">How did Meth Teeth come together?</span><br /><br />Meth Teeth came about when I quit one really frustrating band.Then another band I had worked really hard on fell apart. I was sick of bands and especially band mates. I become really interested in folk music and just wanted to write songs on my own and play them just for my friends. Exactly two years ago today I had my first show in a friends basement and invited some people to come play with me. That line up included a violin and a piano and was all acoustic. Then Kyle from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/leperprint">Leper Print </a>(our drummer) moved to Portland to go to art school on a Sub Pop Records scholarship. He had my really early demos and suggested that just me and him re-record the songs really blown out like an old <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sugarshitsharp">Pussy Galore</a> record or something. The folk vibe mixed with the lo-fi of our favorite noise and punk records seemed to work really well for the songs. We practiced once and then recorded the songs the next day on a cassette 8 track run through a karaoke machine. There was a layer of tape hiss on it so loud over it that when we would show it to people and they would listen and just look kinda confused. We really dug it though. That recording would later become our first 7''.<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />There's quite a few great bands coming out of portland at the moment, Eat Skull, The Whines, Rapid Youth were you inspired by them / are they friends of yours?<br /><br /></span>Portland's always been rich with amazing and original music. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thewipersrock">The Wipers</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/deadmoonusa">Dead Moon</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/blankblackoutvacant">Poison Idea</a> etc. Bobby from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thewhines">the Whines</a> and Rob from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/eatskull">Eat Skulls</a> house isn't too far from me. I wake up on their couch every once and a while and we've all played lots of shows together in town. I hadn't heard either of their bands when I started this project so I wasn't really inspired by them specifically but Rob and Rod (sp?) from Eat skull were in a band called <a href="http://www.myspace.com/hospitals">The Hospitals</a> earlier that I was listening to a lot when me and Kyle got started on stuff.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/rapidrapidyouth">Rapid Youth</a> is actually from Southern California though they have links to Portland. Those kids are funny as hell. One time I watched the vegan kid eat a pepperoni pizza that we pulled out of a dumpster when he was drunk. So awesome.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The tambourine's refreshingly loud on your recordings, similar to some sixties bands, notably <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thebeatles">the Beatles</a>! Was this a conscious decision?</span><br /><br />All we have is a set of really old, beat to shit drums that may or may not have been stolen by the dude i bought um off. We don't know anything about tuning them and have no money for new heads so we strapped a tambourine to the snare drum with a necktie to make it more audible.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">All-time Top Five records?<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beck - One foot in the Grave</span><br />I bought this record when I was 12 and I still love it. Really laid back, weird-o folk stuff. Don't really care for any of his other records so much. This one is amazing though.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGmR1VFYMNbFjRJCBRs0TG2IkE-R8mOP7Vzgwl6tWwghF503LbUOxrlbQJOdaRWKjNou9KyQT2cm3fvaJCBkr7MWmrCmEx_vykW-4smFZl7H8hMSrS58YXW0-ZM93HI9DyyE30QlPxQ/s1600-h/beck-one-foot-in-the-grave-album-cover.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGmR1VFYMNbFjRJCBRs0TG2IkE-R8mOP7Vzgwl6tWwghF503LbUOxrlbQJOdaRWKjNou9KyQT2cm3fvaJCBkr7MWmrCmEx_vykW-4smFZl7H8hMSrS58YXW0-ZM93HI9DyyE30QlPxQ/s200/beck-one-foot-in-the-grave-album-cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330626082456677154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan</span><br />I had to sell all my records once to pay rent and they wouldn't buy this one off of me. It was all I had left so I listened to it over and over on repeat. I heard he didn't want this record to be released but was bound by contract or something. Also, I heard he was sick of playing the role protest tune songwriter at the time so there are no 'the times are a changin" crap. For some reason this record of his really got me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2ahZYjPLghDaGYeGGl0CZIsgW-J61GF_me3m3mzwP8TqgkNlrRgejqFbEFobcJAN12rlNgsDfvL0i5bZelWoZ_DImgnySw7G7aMg72s_g5fWdwecpzR72AWVasJb9wrgVXn6Hlk97g/s1600-h/anotherside.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2ahZYjPLghDaGYeGGl0CZIsgW-J61GF_me3m3mzwP8TqgkNlrRgejqFbEFobcJAN12rlNgsDfvL0i5bZelWoZ_DImgnySw7G7aMg72s_g5fWdwecpzR72AWVasJb9wrgVXn6Hlk97g/s200/anotherside.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330625920725349826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy</span><br />Very sweet, wall of sound-ish and almost 60's girl group songwriting mixed with brutal feedback. Pretty much perfect.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamLAn6QeeMUcIPj5EKWyoI601phKJs4JkyLUMpf53ZYKbtUzfv16rMqxcIi36d-HYR8uboDl_0IsRc6uhKow6Pb6Zxj8IgfpTxYNhQGym7nvNkUvMskp6doAkZ180Y_9ioehEosdu9g/s1600-h/psycho.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamLAn6QeeMUcIPj5EKWyoI601phKJs4JkyLUMpf53ZYKbtUzfv16rMqxcIi36d-HYR8uboDl_0IsRc6uhKow6Pb6Zxj8IgfpTxYNhQGym7nvNkUvMskp6doAkZ180Y_9ioehEosdu9g/s200/psycho.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330626313760552898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pussy Galore- last show LP released as Live:In the red. </span><br />Part noise, part garage rock. Led by Jon Spencer of Blues Explosion. A cool twist on the 80's,NY scene- No Wave ideas they were surrounded by in their day. Drummer plays a trash can instead of a snare drum!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGELoldN1GE1HCjsVesRm-5vVt_MylUHn1Vc0B-0az7uqmAv816eIrpr9Nh0yUl-Ul257flMvvOR5ZLei3rwPRjUoyogcDG-S0gDfmYBencVXNrbAXUuDi7B5HHf3IfxNOXsGF_-FeQ/s1600-h/pg.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGELoldN1GE1HCjsVesRm-5vVt_MylUHn1Vc0B-0az7uqmAv816eIrpr9Nh0yUl-Ul257flMvvOR5ZLei3rwPRjUoyogcDG-S0gDfmYBencVXNrbAXUuDi7B5HHf3IfxNOXsGF_-FeQ/s200/pg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330626597524974274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Neil Young - After The Goldrush</span><br />...He writes writes the best bummer songs ever. Listening to it right now<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKr-u9d5TPQaUb3jAuCGtVY0ccWTh93BV030Uac1MbMv7skAYChifhcK1A2FvvF0oTZQJuvaDWceRE7-XEw3HOjVE-NM0TDHbygwpkZ1t8KCbqZIKJheMufdleaNlz26Ql8TIJOW0Rxg/s1600-h/gold.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKr-u9d5TPQaUb3jAuCGtVY0ccWTh93BV030Uac1MbMv7skAYChifhcK1A2FvvF0oTZQJuvaDWceRE7-XEw3HOjVE-NM0TDHbygwpkZ1t8KCbqZIKJheMufdleaNlz26Ql8TIJOW0Rxg/s200/gold.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330626892634920226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Any plans for a UK tour or record being released over here?<br /><br /></span>Fly us over and we will play! haha. No UK releases planned at the moment. Oh wait, there is a re-release of our 4 song tour tape that we put out last summer. But this time it's being released as a spilt with two other bands. They are <a href="http://www.myspace.com/malebonding">Male Bonding</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mazesmazesmazes">Mazes </a>and that coming out on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/splittapes">Split Tapes</a> London any day now.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who or what inspired you to start making music?<br /><br /></span>Portland's annual eight months of darkness and rain take their toll. Boredom and insanity as a result of that have a lot to do with this towns music. Kind of a generic "Portland" answer to your question but move here and you'll see it's no joke.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">When's the LP out</span><br />Late June/early July. Stoked!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/5942815473abf2de/">Meth Teeth - Never Been To Church</a><br /><br />This mp3 is called "Never Been to Church". It's off our debut LP which is coming out on Woodsist in late June/early July.It's not even mastered yet haha.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/woodsist"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2A1hCz8m6mnxzzVP74cE3NqtgTxj-Ke899ZJDi89YJB03wE3PyOA7N6kOQJYLLzylLCTAqJs9cKA6Md3amCAF86QL_bBjYZl0jcwjUR84H1TxSmIoA8bTovRlov27RR62STXgWpFGwg/s200/woodsist.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330630996870202706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Thanks Mattey!</span>Joel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-13479274206936329452009-04-28T05:14:00.000-07:002009-04-28T05:50:19.054-07:00MAYDAY NEO_PAGAN PARTY THIS FRIDAY - MI AMI / EDIE SEDGEWICK / GRAFFITI ISLAND / HIRED MUSCLEThis Friday night and only a fiver on the door!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDynxQbIYEMSooT2NInSCXWO_Cxx2P7M2kIFUnLrGot6z7dk3GPoGKwVNbjDzL_Oy5ry2uweWCRuj1Kcze28PuQXhEHEnpr38HzuA0x5LYgWbYphQwVLfg1LXCwkzS0D2Rr8Sri-cIg/s1600-h/MAYDAY+FINAL.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDynxQbIYEMSooT2NInSCXWO_Cxx2P7M2kIFUnLrGot6z7dk3GPoGKwVNbjDzL_Oy5ry2uweWCRuj1Kcze28PuQXhEHEnpr38HzuA0x5LYgWbYphQwVLfg1LXCwkzS0D2Rr8Sri-cIg/s320/MAYDAY+FINAL.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329715760938192226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Thanks to Seb for the descriptions.<br /><br />MI AMI<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/myspace.com/miamiamiami">Myspace</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.touchandgorecords.com/bands/band.php?id=116">Touch and Go Bio</a><br /><br />(Quarterstick Records) San Francisco trio formerly of Black Eyes (Dischord) taking cues from afro-disco rhythms, free-jazz perplexity and post-punk abandon to craft acid-drenched dubby percussive fever dreams. A melting pot of Awesome Tapes from Africa, the mega-treble post punk of The Pop Group and Minutemen, pan-world Cosmology Dubs and Terry Riley psych-tremors.<br /><object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3609120&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3609120&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/3609120">Mi Ami - "Echononecho"</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/tgrec">Touch and Go/Quarterstick</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /><br />EDIE SEDGEWICK<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/ediesedgwick">Myspace</a><br /><a href="http://www.ediesedgwick.biz/">Website</a><br /><br />(Dischord Records) Justin Moyer (El Guapo, Supersystem, Antelope) is the transgendered reincarnation of a Warhol superstar singing songs about Arnie, Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek to shake your tail-feather to. Like a glammed-up Suicide or a more heavily made-up Make Up.<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/miOekRMiTVo&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/miOekRMiTVo&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />GRAFFITI ISLAND<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/graffitisland">Myspace</a><br /><br />(House Anxiety/Sex Is Disgusting) Glue-sniffing mummified surf-punks kickin’ it lo-fi, weaving a mythos of feral beasts and cannibal feasts and summoning the ghost of Lux Interior and your childhood pets.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJ06Q_cdYpY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uJ06Q_cdYpY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />HIRED MUSCLE<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/hiredmusclemen">Myspace</a><br /><br />Filtering big manly riffs through the James Brown ass-shake machine. Beefheart/Minutemen/Don Cab-tinged math-funk from three Leeds bruisers.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OsPePVEYLzM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OsPePVEYLzM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />plus NOISE* DJs playing radiophonic oddities, dub oddysies, no wave nihilism, kosmische musik, and shimmering disco diamonds.<br /><br />PLUS MIXTAPE/CD SWAP. Bring some!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nottmorenoise">myspace.com/nottmorenoise</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/threecheersforourside">myspace.com/threecheersforourside</a><br /><br />£5 On the door<br />8-late<br />Friday 1st MayJoel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-22779715001963980782009-04-22T08:27:00.000-07:002009-04-22T14:00:47.617-07:00EAT SKULL<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/eatskull"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLEBxXC3PByA0PgfTxDK0CGiyWfwQ2sq5IOFgFHxZ-yyZdI0MoR4x89LJWjJqcNrOklWy6t6BvXjCCRtiY0mAHg1_-zt9qSkatauDMldVxeIZv7xGHD3se_VW0vOyxjtg6MGVQArn9w/s200/SKULL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327550207691668274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Absolutely awesome band from Portland who's new Record 'Wild and Inside' is a highly recommended purchase. <a href="http://www.siltbreeze.com/eatskull.htm">It will be available from the Siltbreeze website I presume</a><br /><br />Listen to them on their <a href="http://www.myspace.com/eatskull">myspace</a> and <br />here is Stick to the Formula by Eat Skull to listen to while you read<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf" id="lalaSongEmbed" width="220" height="70"><param name="movie" value="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="flashvars" value="songLalaId=4900197875918449642&host=www.lala.com&partnerId=membersong"/><embed id="lalaSongEmbed" name="lalaSongEmbed" src="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf" width="220" height="70" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode="transparent" allowNetworking="all" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="songLalaId=4900197875918449642&host=www.lala.com&partnerId=membersong"></embed></object><div style="font-size: 9px; margin-top: 2px;"><a href="http://www.lala.com/song/4900197875918449642" title="Stick to the Formula - Eat Skull" target="_blank">Stick to the Formula - Eat Sku...</a></div><br /><br />They answered the usual questions below.....<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What are your top Five records that relate to the music you make with Eat Skull? And in particular to your great new record "Wild and Inside."</span><br /><br />Glad you like the new record! I don't know how to answer this question so I will instead list 5 records that I can think of off the top of my head today that I love.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bob Dylan "Bringing It All Back Home"</span><br /><br />duh<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDB82Y19WhQWxXip1bKQJehtFRDA_RyEmQjoAvDgAFGYjcPdupd8yFBWExr5zZBujKVOdEei-EnLyyIspLhtcS50maEeydn1MZNjnI8XhNlwyseUG7MCbSX331rRvqpNP5OL_zhP5Gw/s1600-h/bobb.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDB82Y19WhQWxXip1bKQJehtFRDA_RyEmQjoAvDgAFGYjcPdupd8yFBWExr5zZBujKVOdEei-EnLyyIspLhtcS50maEeydn1MZNjnI8XhNlwyseUG7MCbSX331rRvqpNP5OL_zhP5Gw/s200/bobb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327541042966469522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Neil Young "American Stars and Bars"</span><br /><br />especially side 2, although i like the coked out LA honky tonk shit on side 1 too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WnoaG2sEgsUjYNooUgO6-o-4-iO0cSqLtl0_jb28UKcyvq9EhRNRu5iKKOhWaP1dRvEskZjos2vOI9TxMCpMMBSnlSgsV9SuPA0JjtXycCdKD7Evi6jmLB0tAOZOu_hQshKvGZfZ-Q/s1600-h/neil.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WnoaG2sEgsUjYNooUgO6-o-4-iO0cSqLtl0_jb28UKcyvq9EhRNRu5iKKOhWaP1dRvEskZjos2vOI9TxMCpMMBSnlSgsV9SuPA0JjtXycCdKD7Evi6jmLB0tAOZOu_hQshKvGZfZ-Q/s200/neil.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327540416480304962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grateful Dead "American Beauty"</span><br /><br />duh<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF55Rpo35vzMpoo42_RryVT57msW4lRiF4zZbWeTRGskkGWVSYIEnPoBzZ7X9tbajlFcUpF3v39wILp-0SMCU_I-Y0Htt353zPZGmNcV3YzYSpk1KHHyg65d6JId3h6ua7UuKZgvS0UQ/s1600-h/grateful-dead-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF55Rpo35vzMpoo42_RryVT57msW4lRiF4zZbWeTRGskkGWVSYIEnPoBzZ7X9tbajlFcUpF3v39wILp-0SMCU_I-Y0Htt353zPZGmNcV3YzYSpk1KHHyg65d6JId3h6ua7UuKZgvS0UQ/s200/grateful-dead-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327541437387908178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">David Bowie "Hunky Dory"</span><br /><br />insidious and evil. "Don't Believe in Yourself...." Love it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQ8RHBkFPNR70ZjfAdgCQPwIeelPLqeWDSU_opXh3OZZ0fS4jBPV-Ilel7wpV674iZY9_J7cXRWrqUmk4th38lQO7Jp_K6pvbtc9zmxlMwg8AjseR6bvbKY29Q3PGIIphQK8C74U4PA/s1600-h/bowie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQ8RHBkFPNR70ZjfAdgCQPwIeelPLqeWDSU_opXh3OZZ0fS4jBPV-Ilel7wpV674iZY9_J7cXRWrqUmk4th38lQO7Jp_K6pvbtc9zmxlMwg8AjseR6bvbKY29Q3PGIIphQK8C74U4PA/s200/bowie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327541915021989474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hall and Oates "Abandoned Luncheonette"</span><br /><br />Relaxing Sunday morning music. Stupid and smooth.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyp793rqISh-T51hqqwdiKrkibjTzylBaCt7R-kuIPMDXAUx9b8u9KGzXmthv8LVt_EujlJco2A3NbqSMnnLMpAFExuorKzpYn1PHuyA6ojYchzOpJ-ykXHmJ1MhNdAQsDogiDKbwvQ/s1600-h/1973+Abandoned+Luncheonette.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyp793rqISh-T51hqqwdiKrkibjTzylBaCt7R-kuIPMDXAUx9b8u9KGzXmthv8LVt_EujlJco2A3NbqSMnnLMpAFExuorKzpYn1PHuyA6ojYchzOpJ-ykXHmJ1MhNdAQsDogiDKbwvQ/s200/1973+Abandoned+Luncheonette.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327542526268758466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Top Five recent bands you've got into?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kurt Vile</span> is my favorite thing to drive to with a beer in my hand wearing sunglasses lately. The Violators kill live.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/kurtvileofphilly"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju93xGoDT2-r1HThnTr35fiz9NWsoo2Am4i3dEgxqbac4OnLfaXhsfyA5ZBWNY4VR_ht8leT1vHF3sYDNuTzCkCpTRarTTKWn8wCnNZAqoYk2R3HW3sz-VgTKAFiWhdZXzpp1Q4gwJJw/s200/vile.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327543368802128722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Hunches</span> are not exactly recent but their new album 'Exit Dreams' is not a meaningless genre exercise or empty ironic gesture at all which is refreshing to hear these days from a punk type band and very rare. Actually none of these bands are like that but The Hunches are a truly great band and have been for years and they will be missed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/thehunches"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcQEfetOxbIae0PqZpCKn7-9Msv7IsOLCWLadw6ZsqwDwbQESGAimxmHe33FiQvHaBonKjO5HcPWiuu_sAXY8koMSYCaNoVFjV7NYCRSAj7jMvkMSHnuwUkQBkH26wmiM8tOh88N3zA/s200/huncheslive1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327544758961010658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Whines</span> - a young band from Portland who are honest, hypnotic and beautiful.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/thewhines"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTS01XiEZ5GxLz6VY6ZsDdKGBN960IcAfgxr5ZxUC4N7eg-8LOjYBtwUPWlEHH7Zl7t5L74t9WDvCoDSmVpLNxvZX2D3MviVGPTjaHrbknvr18BcMXc3NcDUcV_WeS5HLnbPXFhxKkOg/s200/whines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327545453740504610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mayyors</span> - Best party band I've seen probably ever. Inspiring for how masterfully they play their music, and how they refuse to whore themselves out to others. Tightly contained and controlled. LOUD<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mayyors"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-dde4uf-eiPgdkPxJPm1DfJ2EArZRISvUcAtHd0wqybWd0t1XZl5HK4y1tc7VYHzGOdESVsl3rfBmpB9Hc1FMPIf3kmtfcGNZ9-TbDIrBJDRLfDfXvpTTosRVGoS7OtkiEhMoKS74w/s200/yyy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327546218516238882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Black Dice</span> - Not exactly recent either, but they are still extremely gnarly and fucked up. Sounds like hell aka our world. Bad ass.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/blackdicemyspace"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CpokzQS7SarsahDkrqK3HUV_jtDj9JPB1ohxaHIAO8_vacVBDv-2-C8RJkJbGIvV-qzpNfvbA-Y9fL2CCZs0OUeIFG99RYp1hAtR1lwFsGzGtKs3JcEq4eFlJp0IqgjxV5ZzBi6Esg/s200/dice.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327546732245930130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Some of you have been in bands together before - How did those projects end and Eat Skull come about?</span><br /><br />Rod and I played in the Hospitals seperately and together, and did 'Hairdryer Peace' with Adam and Chris. After the last Hospitals European tour I moved to Portland to play music with him.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/hospitals"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 74px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgns1bISne8F_dH88AYg2e8IS77IboksF0OMT_GrjgIZtJbWAB7qibXH34-9LPKHWyKBFsHXzALHsSFb8AObUJgZ55KUtcDqAiHE6smNzhkJfwzGz4zbn5XmEovXVotq4tF5EDVK1qyUw/s200/thehospitalslogo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327547865303839314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">You are based in Portland, is it a good place for a band like yours and do you like living there?</span><br /><br />There are lots of bars and houses to play shows at and it's easy to jam and record in your basement or house here. It's easy to avoid the more negative aspects of the music scene here and just focus on doing your own thing at home.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What do you miss most when you go on tour?</span><br /><br />Tour can be a blast and sometimes you meet the greatest people and are treated so well by the nicest hosts, but it's easy to get sick of sleeping on hard cold floors and waking up next to dog shit and stuff and then eating at taco bell. After years of those kind of hijinks it stops being such an adventure. Usually I end up missing my sanity.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If there was one thing you could change about the music industry what would it be?</span><br /><br />There should be less bands, less records, less music and more quality. Then maybe bands and records would be able to be heard by a wider audience without having to be dumbed down into a sugar pill. More meat, less candy. Where's the beef?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What are your ambitions beside making music?</span><br /><br />Living in the country somewhere the weather is nice. Having a meaningful life.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who or what inspired you to start making music when you were young?</span><br /><br />Working backwards from crummy industrial music to Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle and the Residents gave me and my friends growing up the impetus to make crazy music and not worry about things too much, just press record on a boombox and go nuts on a casio, pans, broken guitar, recorder flute and whatever else was around. The shitty local punk scene was probably responsible for brainwashing me into an idiot servant for life. Now I will probably never stop.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What are your top five bands from the UK? Of all-time and recent times...</span><br /><br />David Bowie<br />The Kinks<br />Throbbing Gristle<br />Television Personalities<br />Mark Perry<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Finally have you any plans to release a record and tour over in Europe and the UK?</span><br /><br />We have a 7" coming out on Upset The Rhythm in a little bit. I guess we'll play it by ear from there!<br /><br /><br />-RobJoel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-588217777955439222009-04-07T15:36:00.000-07:002009-04-07T16:50:24.448-07:00CROCODILES<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2O_2Tih9XiL_JpfjdVo38pkEHJSy7Ide8k8AqMM6iSFe8b0t_WFdAdBBT9yfrd22KNl61zSG3qzn8PwVcjoSg1VrjoewJuA4tt27SU7LtTOWSXiMLGPCXVQtoTQEPI6IDy27a26ORQ/s1600-h/croc.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2O_2Tih9XiL_JpfjdVo38pkEHJSy7Ide8k8AqMM6iSFe8b0t_WFdAdBBT9yfrd22KNl61zSG3qzn8PwVcjoSg1VrjoewJuA4tt27SU7LtTOWSXiMLGPCXVQtoTQEPI6IDy27a26ORQ/s200/croc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322098787207319410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Two guys obsessed with the UK, ex of The Plot to Blow up the Eiffel Tower and various other projects.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/crocodilescrocodilescrocodiles">Listen Here</a> (mp3 at bottom of post...)<br /><br />I sent some questions over and they both answered them seperately (with some overlap...)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">First up, BRANDON</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What are your top Five records that relate to the music you make with Crocodiles?</span><br /><br />These aren't necessarily my top 5 records in the whole world, or even necessarily my 5 favorite bands (though I do LOVE them) but they definitely inform what we're doing to a huge degree. These aren't in any order either.<br /><br />1) Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire<br />2) Beatles - Yellow Submarine/Revolver<br />3) Suicide - S/T<br />4) V/A - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era<br />5) Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands<br />6) Primal Scream - Screamadelica/XTRMNTR<br />7) Dr. Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken In Town<br />8) Birthday Party - Prayers On Fire<br />9) Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request<br />10) PIL - Metal Box<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJO8QLiloxDh6m_4Cz7eKeheGyy6Yn5Dg1JUQBqU-NG-fBgvLvRAYDrMIyfVmBeRLyy5jlqLItKPFwlK5wzbrJjeAFTZKKa3cZZMWBi8nVYCHYd3NLWyw-cR1SdC1OZfXNPBfDgsgucQ/s1600-h/spacemen.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJO8QLiloxDh6m_4Cz7eKeheGyy6Yn5Dg1JUQBqU-NG-fBgvLvRAYDrMIyfVmBeRLyy5jlqLItKPFwlK5wzbrJjeAFTZKKa3cZZMWBi8nVYCHYd3NLWyw-cR1SdC1OZfXNPBfDgsgucQ/s200/spacemen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322084491814807186" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6MIc775E7RoxvAGbwXsWNFT95BqmO0-zaWXfKdFe2xHcnDi79Lz1axtW81b6AjtW27reOj1UIvL9oj-1dq9ooB0beAFu2C1NBK9B8Bijoc3-3wytUBZjFCPbt73htZx28I7XaeltrQ/s1600-h/beatles-revolver.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_OMrRr8h2VJnB9kGARcR7FG2R6788EWO6eU_hs-rhfLqwRx_OhZpmD6L0_f05hDy6vDWThs7ePb0Cn_VcQ1TLt40AapsYqbuCdHcbj2MEcnQxbBcMNhpRdba-lGKG00oiNZ8dDzlYPw/s200/PIL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322089638010274834" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sorry, I know this is double the amount of records you asked me to list but I couldn't narrow it down! It's funny because I've seen a few people criticize us online for wearing our influences on our sleeve. We have nothing to hide - we're throwing all the stuff we grew up on and love into a blender, mixing it with copious amounts of marijuana and a severe lack of sleep and seeing what we come up with.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Top Five recent bands you've got into? (Pictures below are linked to myspaces.)</span><br /><br />In no particular order:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dum Dum Girls</span> - She is a brilliant songwriter and as a close friend of hers, I know she is not aping C86 as so many other bands are. She gets lumped in with this post-C86 movement, but I hear a love of girl groups and american garage-punk and stuff like Siouxsie Sioux. Movements are bad!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/dumdumgirls"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidw3EzXPfSIR9yRVKjrAKFrFBAXsZiJb9sKY_uLP5ZK6rtyqf-DgXVB2z8qv93ATZiQPQA4ChhPMBWAFs9C11GoJyFPDH43E2d9uWVECunavvbb0yZLaIIbL7qq2QUjxWeLXQHYiTHjQ/s200/dumdum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322090422151050482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Reading Rainbow -</span> This is a great new band from Philadelphia. Total bedroom psychedelic punk. Simple, catchy and brainy at the same time. If that makes sense...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/dumdumgirls"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvd5nbVfVQkPfgt6_kb43ZPIB0qzEEYiVVukXivrMIK2uyUm6BfHKjUVawiSxqByBL5-U_qF4a8n3wbONlkNLDErd3FeYWF4J9Wry_p0YUCE1ZaTzjsc72yIvTW0anq44qP5MBeOfqw/s200/reading.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322091041885696178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Catatonic Youth </span>- Don't know much about these cats ( or is it just one cat? ) other than their Piss Scene 7" is borderline perfect. To me, sounds like early SST punk (when Keith Morris was still singing in a British accent) mixed with the mind bending qualities of early Suicide or even a love of Dub. No idea if this is accurate or how this band sees themselves but that's what I hear.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/catatonicnoose"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYWVtlI2eIaHUHgi09vX4xVB4rlLqUnOKsI1MDphpRzrLWHVBh1Ty4gH04GbvMrs3-vcPlPu2Ol3PgB5Fop0lt8VvAKwxSkucWTokPmb7z2IxiF_8DabZIbQRa7EFXWTPg2elzJsCvA/s200/catatonic_youth-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322091543032559906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Spirit Photography</span> - This is a band from San Diego that features 2/3rds of Christmas Island. Rather than referencing Flying Nun and that era though, this band is informed by 13th Floor Elevators, Krautrock and Spacemen 3. I adore their upcoming 7" and we try to play with them as often as possible.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/spiritphotog"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzIRb8fjIAKXh2HuXAAQwF3bHBFgddPwD2bd9VI-yKUBpy8i2wAkIFsS0anOTjvflG41pVz_jWcKC3BkTbbI0ebprsbY-tw5c2Ud9oysCme7Q4eeMZOzDBjgjUUYHjoK6bPfVk6qyaw/s200/spirit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322092389365077234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Soft Pack </span>- Disclaimer: These guys are old friends and even feature an ex-bandmate, but their music shreds. They are probably in the process of blowing up in the UK right now.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/thesoftpack"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC69Ru6cyuqb4f2zb5a1Kamdrt-0G-cESgMnbUvdLPBub7Ii_2R5szhrJyfBn8Rw_-FKGBTKmEgvGVKdI2H2dB6xcUGuoMXMak_xI7_u_nuMcwdmHecC4VjlZNjtdS3lmRovJA6hHIvw/s200/soft.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322093225451155746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">You've toured the Uk before in your old band what's your favourite city and your favourite british bands of yesteryear and NOW. </span><br /><br />My favorite British city? Kind of hard to say - London is so much fun and we have good friends there, but we also have good friends in Sheffield so we always have a blast there as well. Manchester is amazing. We got to have an all-night bender with Mark E. Smith there about 2 years ago. It would be so hard for me to name my favorite british bands of yesteryear - probably a third or even half of my favorite bands are British. As cliche as it is to say, my all time favorite bands are the Sex Pistols and the Beatles. I don't know, I could probably list 100 records by UK bands that would rank in my favorites.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If there was one thing you could change about the music industry what would it be?</span><br /><br />I'm pretty uncomfortable with the idea of movements. They are usually something created by lazy journalists and they discourage individuality. Take for example this current lo-fi thing or this current C86 thing: It's just becoming redundant. I am so much more into the idea of bands who sound nothing alike touring together and playing shows together. If the focus was on being as different from your peers as possible, rather than being as similar to your peers as possible, music would be much more fun, interesting and forward thinking. I've noticed somehow every band in the world right now seems to be "influenced" by the Wipers. I find this hard to believe - I think one or two bands truly were influenced by the Wipers and they in turn influenced a hundred other bands. Those bands in turn claim to have always loved the Wipers, when in fact they heard them for the first time last year. These movements and trends make me uncomfortable.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What are your ambitions beside making music?<br /><br /></span>I would like to paint more and I'd also like to write more stories. It would be nice to escape this abject poverty that I've been living in my whole adult life as well, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who or what inspired you to start making music</span>?<br /><br />I found bands like the Ramones, Sex Pistols and Black Flag extremely inspiring when I was 12. I could play their songs on guitar with little effort and the things they were singing about (particularly Black Flag) I could really relate to. "The First Four Years" should be required listening for all pre-teens. I think it would drive the teen suicide rate down and there would probably be a whole lot less fist fights.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And finally have you any plans to release a record and tour over in Europe and the UK?</span><br />Yes, our album Summer Of Hate will be available in the UK via Fat Possum. We are coming over the last two weeks of June to tour with PENS, who we are doing a split 7" with on Art Fag Recordings.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And now CHARLES</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What are your top Five records that relate to the music you make with Crocodiles?</span><br /><br />As you will see Brandon and I are pretty connected head-wise.<br /><br />1. Suicide - s/t<br />2. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR<br />3. Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire<br />4. Kraftwerk - Man-Machine<br />5. Stooges - Fun House<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8Gnm9YNgi8vserMjyV3SxlEysnw_zNKJJBEO0Bv7XLeRl3RzNgEGtOfVTzy2Q1S7d2YMaueT44pq5vi-0InN34fwfy30Ywx6NDhezkLr5aX27bvML-jTkIv0fYBKPX5-E57u4DH27w/s1600-h/man.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8Gnm9YNgi8vserMjyV3SxlEysnw_zNKJJBEO0Bv7XLeRl3RzNgEGtOfVTzy2Q1S7d2YMaueT44pq5vi-0InN34fwfy30Ywx6NDhezkLr5aX27bvML-jTkIv0fYBKPX5-E57u4DH27w/s200/man.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322094407557249186" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxlc1jKhoxOJao3_q831zivpRvKA9p7Gn6VwxxPxULUALQUluqQnXqHDGppUSSt4wHzQGrwZyHQjBbifDG0k_15CO18iEkI05Eu_Cf1fa5NJsgcx0SEmYwQtYrmy07aFshdcjZeaDVQ/s1600-h/stoogesfunhouse.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxlc1jKhoxOJao3_q831zivpRvKA9p7Gn6VwxxPxULUALQUluqQnXqHDGppUSSt4wHzQGrwZyHQjBbifDG0k_15CO18iEkI05Eu_Cf1fa5NJsgcx0SEmYwQtYrmy07aFshdcjZeaDVQ/s200/stoogesfunhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322095260597994370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Top Five recent bands you've got into?</span><br />Nite Jewel (usa) - Kate Bushy warm dance stuff pop.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/nitejewel"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUW7JAePYiQJgk-mERHYnAVRQctOTcUblGrgpBwh8bqUj1RMQnQS3HLkD7ZZU_kgJXNkMGDh-xKP32JazWMqyxDddw9aF7o7KUQRJFm7hpeXWK9iz3wWf6b0IAl1OPa4kL9WzRYoHdQ/s200/nite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322096428797405570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Internet Forever (uk) - Perrrrrfect messy pop.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/internetforever"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZm7qzK8vBqDlhGH4H0XF4s2n3KChVXT58596vDgHEKl988Ae3BdIP1yxLCcxFVZb8j2VZUIlaghp_qRHd8wh_cWuyTAOR0TKzEWWGjlS7HLL2YgntGlb_6hRv3qexVbB13Rae1zMuQ/s200/interent.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322097518288050146" border="0" /></a><br />Pens (uk) - London chicks great gooy fuzzy pop.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/penspenspenis"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMssJUQ_ChKrpP7bM5fi90PelObp1hoZXVS1QIQV4acL9ecTaSaQ3RErWnfZzMjKE8yZR1E7oXiU0e6dZNkaJ7JpV_fSydQGrq2kVScZRqrSgfyqIKm8phLcBPpXYjjwaASWYPyaL4OA/s200/pens.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322097982753893394" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Reading Rainbow (usa) - Great Philly pop.<br /><br />Spirit Photography (usa) - Wicked San Diego pop.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">You've toured the Uk before in your old band what's your favourite city and your favourite british bands of yesteryear and NOW. </span><br /><br />Manchester will always be my favourite city. I love it. I've been quite obsessed with it. I would like to go to Macclesfield which is a little south because apparently I have some lineage back to that place on my grandfather's side. With that being said, my favourite british bands are either from Manchester (Happy Mondays, Durutti Column, Oasis) or Scotland (Orange Juice, JAMC, Primal Scream), generally, though that is not the rule. I do love London groups alot too (Sex Pistols, The Stones). I can also go into grave detail about the cities I don't like (i.e. Swindon, Leeds, and Portsmouth).<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If there was one thing you could change about the music industry what would it be?<br /><br /></span>It's changed itself alot over that last few years. It's alot easier to get your music noticed and in front of fresh ears. It is still the same however with actually traveling, it is still really difficult to get booking agents to want you. This is something Brandon and I have dealt since the dark ages. I would like to see some general government funding like that have in Sweden or Netherlands but then people would probably get pretty lazy. I hate working two jobs but at least it keeps me sharp. I suppose it is what it is though and it's difficulties are mearly speed bumps if you just work hard and be smart (and sexy).<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What are your ambitions beside making music? </span><br /><br />I have written a few pieces and they have been printed and are in rotation. Both are now out of print however. I am embarrassed that I am not writing more. It was my passion before music. I am sure it will flare back up soon, it always does. I just went through a rough patch so that didn't help. In my twilight years, my thirties or fourties haha, I would imagine myself recording, and touring comfortably with Crocs and just writing ALOT MORE! Though I have always wanted to be a star left back for Manchester United.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who or what inspired you to start making music?</span><br /><br />My dad is the person who turned me on to it. He was an avid record collector and everyday of my life was a music lesson, and a life lesson. He was the greatest person to have around because of his wealth of knowledge. Not only did he turn me onto all the cool punk shite we adore (PIL, Television, Minutemen), he also knew about nearly everything else in music. Growing up with that around of course I had grown big ears (and a big nose! haha). I would stare at his posters and just image myself in them.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And finally have you any plans to release a record and tour over in Europe and the UK?</span><br /><br />ASAP. The record comes out April 28th I believe.<br /><br />Here's an mp3 of Neon Jesus courtesy of the band<br /><br /><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/583319305e3a2a9b/">Crocodiles - Neon Jesus</a><br /><br />More posts coming sooner than this one did after the last one.Joel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6313035004332369228.post-49362983163279768912009-03-07T09:44:00.000-08:002009-03-08T09:56:41.349-07:00DUM DUMI did a short email Q & A with the fantastic <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dumdumgirls">Dum Dum Girls</a> from Los Angeles California<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> What are your top Five records that relate to the music you make?</span><br />perfect prescription by spacemen 3, leader of the pack by shangri las, ramones s/t, psychocandy by JAMC, dum dum by the vaselines.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtEj0Hl12iMNAKzBEuNc5CCpsezKijD5MXUJwFQhktqnhEgOy4jX3kThLx-iazNCmuBX244zsnh9Wsp1LP-wd9FPNNsetxLUW78QaTPCvIc8toT6Y8jIiAYEEi0lw9mrrC51YIY3B7Q/s1600-h/418BHJK2D3L._SL500_AA240_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjReuL2mkz5N4yTtCjWwqSWOQ1V2a4DMjDhKrybX4tcojhsLI0_FfY9LPQqWR_9aSReXfB1MZTVScPjpAapqvq2WVe0YpPpupEihkxN8BTfUmPQAHcB0JrwBIDgJiOV552Agtg4f84A/s200/ramones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310523582150474434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbafMkTQ6pCOZrIiw8n2stwnh8FyQu3SHyRWWwQhfkFqTbmLqqiCJAWJMLl6QEXfnIFYWFztcZ38RQKPuNTC21THE-ycI6RoC0E7uLe68hODnmlo9k093S1k0ToqZpUSf55r1viGCWA/s1600-h/the_jesus_and_mary_chain_psychocandy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbafMkTQ6pCOZrIiw8n2stwnh8FyQu3SHyRWWwQhfkFqTbmLqqiCJAWJMLl6QEXfnIFYWFztcZ38RQKPuNTC21THE-ycI6RoC0E7uLe68hODnmlo9k093S1k0ToqZpUSf55r1viGCWA/s200/the_jesus_and_mary_chain_psychocandy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310523853440390130" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjHmcrBM3oLcCjC5RIZ5pwt7y9bxcSjPpZ4980aoK4aijXlBoAkfv-TqsBPC3rv18yJldNcwtFTjXOtbbkRiBJtkCthew1uAXaJ7ihkUGc2JToqfNyUemGOlYWZ2bpVdUGtZZmN0DOw/s1600-h/vaselines1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjHmcrBM3oLcCjC5RIZ5pwt7y9bxcSjPpZ4980aoK4aijXlBoAkfv-TqsBPC3rv18yJldNcwtFTjXOtbbkRiBJtkCthew1uAXaJ7ihkUGc2JToqfNyUemGOlYWZ2bpVdUGtZZmN0DOw/s200/vaselines1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310524036719508658" border="0" /></a></div><div class="im"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Top Five recent bands you've </span><span style="font-style: italic;">been listening to?</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">thee oh sees, catatonic youth, crocodiles, brian jonestown massacre, wooden shjips</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Each Picture is linked to their myspaces.</span><br /><br /><div class="im"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/ohsees"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBBT8K0mYWlCTDhMv4D4adTQ95BwlrzpTA1AuY_kVAKEgW0V1oAmPitbQshrWMMcOap9uUNYIqXV5C8HbGL7_kVbbLBaFKrcGpbx-zToTUquiqge7WFDzpIAqQ6nO-oiWqzK-Xj_2nw/s200/OHSEES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310527790732567810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/catatonicnoose"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVOEC6jvQgkXltOoNagSL9-4I4y4ep1f0rY9qtgSZzz-kH016NMXhrarUHt_2xoSMRioj-WOZfH7KTi3N2LziV5qMFX1Y4g2Izt0hzYyxqTcr-B5KdtVbscBblWLkdXLf_PXISTkWXw/s200/catatonic_youth-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310840584889680866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/crocodilescrocodilescrocodiles"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbzTmO4xyqearu9hvXwS9ASmw5nikRefJU8WWATdQSq3lFZktH1ZC9-kbMR0TFuukhx50rsO4no_0bVDpn2X1XAXOlj9dItMvR0XROBIi_XnwHf6gwNmflKAIvkMPJlr4W5hADox6Ww/s200/croc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310841010563400930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/brianjonestownmassacre"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYq1uvuNQkXfH8ePYjltnXb5gMrIs_fuQl3xfLZn_zriKtg-6nd64bQ4sjMLx0Mv1ZvAaEJqHB4cESvJbYnaZW6RkpAdXpHEPi8o8NB9CHckQopipnEBoRmUDefszZXbgDXowwXB2QeQ/s200/bjm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310842237153000370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/woodenshjips"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_ZnfC63SG08Oq7nphb1T8vpIiH6pHnuCR3WjDLRbWKHSJ_NMdJ8qDVtJ0cJ2P2Kh-az-I5mRXSw4xq7_4jf9HvWk-_KT3nfvozEgVO4EE0-ySiJtTJee8wZyrDe0jr2JCSYeJdgydg/s200/wooden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310843839206380738" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">When and how did you come about to collaborate with Blank Dogs on the Mayfair Set stuff?</span> </div><span style="font-weight: bold;"> He found me on myspace & asked to put out a record. i wanted to collaborate on a song for it, but instead we did it separately. he was working on "already warm" & left it with a lot of space to be filled, sent it to me, i did my thing, sent it back, etc. yousendit!<br /><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/themayfairset"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1wg16U9ER2CzhZtoZzfTeHjTUgW8wHueSVr2WvRhR8WQ35x7qpfHXYn7Qh3uE65Ufhf6H4D41NHe1rtq51zVwaDT6lCF_EyMCFFOcxz01bNmvnAx1YZGZYxkahaBUSnZq5syc6cWlw/s200/mayfair.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310860045145470098" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="im"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">You cover both G.G. Allin’s Don’t talk to me & Sonny + Cher’s Baby Don’t Go, and apparently Play with Fire by The stones (though I haven't heard that one,) what inspires you to choose the songs you cover?</span> </div><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Poppy (or potentially poppy) songs i love that i play on acoustic guitar for fun, and that i think i can "do up" a bit differently. i'm obsessed with creating harmonies and sustained dissonance, total choral nerdy-things. ddg started as a recording project so all my time is spent playing with that side of things. i doubt anyone would praise my guitar work, but i'm happy doing that part simply so that i have a lot of room to explore vocally.</span><div class="im"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What are your ambitions beside making music?</span> </div><span style="font-weight: bold;"> That's the main one, but all my more minor ambitions still involve creating stuff. i like to take pictures, to write, to cook for my friends and family, etc.</span><div class="im"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who or what inspired you to start making music?</span> </div> <span style="font-weight: bold;">I've felt compelled to since i was a small child. don't know how to explain it really.</span><div class="im"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />And finally have you any plans to release a record and tour over in Europe and the UK soon?</span> </div> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Yes, probably not until the fall though. get ready! i'm lining up my helper angels now.</span><br /><br />Can't wait for her to play in the UK!<br /><br />Here are a couple of choice Dum Dum Girls tracks for your aural pleasure.<br /><br />Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://static.odeo.com/flash/player_audio_embed_v2.swf" id="odeo_audio" height="60" width="325"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://static.odeo.com/flash/player_audio_embed_v2.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="jStr=[{'id': 24214018}]"><br /></object><br /><br />Dum Dum Girls - Baby Don't Go (Sonny and Cher Cover)<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://static.odeo.com/flash/player_audio_embed_v2.swf" id="odeo_audio" height="60" width="325"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://static.odeo.com/flash/player_audio_embed_v2.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="jStr=[{'id': 24256631}]"><br /></object><br /> <a href="http://oldschoolmusiclover.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/baby-dont-go-as-performed-by-sonny-cher-1964/">You can listen to the original here.</a>Joel Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09074945772085513022noreply@blogger.com0