ghosts: the fabled lost album (maryjane)

“fleeing a dust storm“. farmer arthur coble and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, cimmaron county, oklahoma.arthur rothstein, photographer, april, 1936. (library of congress) Between 1989 and 1993 The Ghosts recorded a vast number of songs (the group themselves would hesitate to dub these sketches demos) on a living room installed Teac

communiqué #12: salutations

A special thanks to Any Major Dude With Half A Heart for mentioning SibLINGSHOT ON THE BLEACHERS alongside several other sites in his Music For Bloggers: Vol. 7 post last week. It was gratifying on diving back into the blogging pool after my short break to find this site singled out for approval.props and salutations.

tea box: simtec simmons

when is a teapot not a teapot ? This stunningly obtuse selection from the world of fine teas comes freshly brewed from the wonderful Office Naps – run with considerable style by DJ Little Danny out of Austin, Texas – a site I stumbled across by happy accident some time back, and have turned to

the boys are back in town

the roof top concert, january 30th, 1969. “i’d like to say ‘thank you’ on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition.”“hello. hello. good to be back.” I know, I know : some people are clearly better off back behind bars, and the less said the better. By the same

communiqué #11: gone camping

columbia F.B.2816.illustration by ib, after the cure’s “a forest”.This city is too filthy and sticky this weather to stay cooped up like chickens hiding from a fox.“If you go out in the woods today You’d better not go alone It’s lovely out in the woods today But safer to stay at home For every bear

bubblegum: special k for the kidz

and don’t forget to floss. For a brief period between 1969 and 1970 Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz’s “Special K” productions very nearly came to dominate the charts and pollute the critical faculties of children everywhere. Remember the awful 1910 Fruitgum Company ? How about Joey Levine and Kris Resnik’s evilly Machiavellian Ohio Express ?

further, pranksters, further

the electric kool-aid acid test. From Psychedelic 60s: “In 1959, Ken Kesey, a graduate student in creative writing at Stanford University, volunteered to take part in a government drug research program at Menlo Park Veterans Hospital that tested a variety of psychoactive drugs such as LSD, which was legal at the time, psilocybin, mescaline, and

lost valley (of the dolls)

whiplash records EP200, naugatuck, connecticut. arthur ‘killer’ kane: self prescribing living statue, ‘mister kool’. From Wiki: “Arthur Harold Kane Jr, was born in The Bronx, New York to Erna and Harold Kane. His mother died when he was a young man and his difficult relationship with his father went downhill. He graduated from Martin Van

(i belong to the) blank generation

stiff BUY 7, 1976. sire 12″ reissue, 1977. After his alliance with Tom Verlaine – first with The Neon Boys and then Television – had fallen afoul, Richard Meyers hatched a gunpowder plot with his new band, the Voidoids, and immediately set out to coin and otherwise capitalize on the CBGB scene in New York

massachusetts (thrice): another view

varulven records 805-111. feauring jonathan richman. First off, let me explain why “Massachetts (Thrice)”. This is not the original version of “Sticking With You” from the unreleased ‘fourth’ album by the Velvet Underground, recorded in NYC between 1968-69 for MGM, and repackaged as “VU” on Verve in 1985. There never was really a ‘lost’ album

massachusetts (twice)

the mighty jonathan richman. Born in Natick, Massachusetts on May 16, 1951, Jonathan Richman moved to New York City in 1969 hoping to cement his infatuation with the Velvet Underground. That’s ‘GLUED” to you. After a spell sleeping and living on the Velvets’ then manager, Steve Sesnick’s couch, Richman returned to Boston nursing a somewhat

the barbarians: moulty

not quite black leather barbarians, but barbarians nonetheless. laurie LR 3326. written by e. greenberg & d. morris. Pre-dating The Seeds even, The Barbarians – formed in 1963 – were a proto-punk garage band straight out of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Their original line-up – consisting of Jeff Morris; Jerry Causi; Bruce Benson; and Victor “Moulty” Moulton

pow!

rubber biscuit

josie 803. $100. Performed by Charles Johnson; Nathaniel Epps; Shedrick Lincoln; Samuel Strain Jr.; Paul Fulton. Written by Charles Johnson. Released in August 1956 on Josie Records. ▼ THE CHIPS: RUBBER BISCUIT from “Rubber Biscuit b/w Oh, My Darlin’” 45 (Josie) 1956 (US) CLASSIC 45s

deodato, carly and carole

creed taylor industries. Recorded by Eumir Deodato in Brazil, 1972 and featuring a stellar line-up including several members of the original Os Catedráticos (with whom he’d recorded since 1964), the title used for the album’s release in Brazil on the Equipe label. Thanks to the mighty Loronix for filling in some of the blanks. More

take five

columbia records CS 8192. Featuring cover art by Neil Fujita, the album comprises all original compositions in a variety of time signatures. Dave Brubeck: pianoPaul Desmond: saxophoneEugene Wright: bassJoe Morello: drums Written by Paul Desmond. Wickedly restrained – but flamboyant enough – drumming from Joe Morello in the breaks. ▼ THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET: TAKE

sibling whispers #7: les strokes

Switch the dial for a blistering set by The Strokes from 2002, at La Mutualité, Paris, France over on Art Decade. Posted by Mike. Complete with authentic accompanying franco-twittering to make you wish you were actually there. Nice.

san quentin

original punk rocker, and still king of the hill, mr. johnny cash. ▼ JOHNNY CASH: SAN QUENTIN #I from “Johnny Cash At San Quentin” LP (Columbia) 1969 (US) ▼ JOHNNY CASH: SAN QUENTIN #2 from “Johnny Cash At San Quentin” LP (Columbia) 1969 (US)PURCHASE JOHNNY CASH AT SAN QUENTIN: LEGACY EDITION

alan vega & martin rev

my crude photoshop remix. Suicide toured with the Clash in 1977. Bottles were thrown. People spat. Fucking assholes. ▼ SUICIDE: CHEREE (REMIX) from “Cheree / I Remember” 12″ 45 (Red Star) 1978 (UK)SUICIDE REMASTERED

vladimir cosma

kiss by the hotel de ville by robert doisneau, 1950. Thinking on Emmett and his wife honeymooning close to the Seine as we ‘speak’, it brought back to me my first – and, alas, only – visit to Paris in the 80’s. It is a city unlike any other. The light, too, diffused and gentle,