said the ticktockman

>  who are the brain police ? < “When I was a little kid, and I was going to East High in Cleveland – my dad had died in ’49, and my mom and I were living there – I cut school one morning and I went to, I think it was Halle Brothers, down

off the hook

bev davis and barbarians, toronto, 1965.“This photo was taken at the Ford Hotel in Toronto. The 2 clean cut young men were in a band called The Barbarians. The impossibly young woman is me. Geoffrey Morris, me and Bruce Benson… I just noticed the phone off the hook.” A re-up of a post from July

a word on anonymity

a•non•y•mous |əˌnɒnɪməs| adjective• having no outstanding, individual, or unusual features; unremarkable or impersonal : the anonymous black car waiting to take him to the airport | a faceless, anonymous group. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek anōnumos ‘nameless’ (from an- ‘without’ + onoma ‘name’ ) + -ous . ass•hole |ˌɑːshəʊl|noun vulgar slangthe

my friend on the raga

7N 15919. Released on July 30th, 1965, the Davies brothers use of sitar here predates the release of The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul” by several months. It has been alleged in some quarters that this superior Raymond Douglas Davies composition may in fact constitute the first popular release in the west to utilize Raga as a

we sell soul

Vintage Roky b-side. Before he took the elevator right on up to the 13th floor. ▼ THE SPADES: WE SELL SOUL from “You’re Gonna Miss Me b/w We Sell Soul” 45 (Zero Records) 1965 (US)

we do wie dü

‘church’ organist, larry clark gives it up for black monk time, 1966. As I have intimated previously, I have procured tickets for consecutive nights of Mark E. Smith & The Fall’s Glasgow bash, kicking off this evening on the Renfrew Ferry now permanently moored at Anderson Quay on the River Clyde. A location not ten

club minutes: dealing with cancer

“What the fuck was that ?” Ralph Hubert “Sonny” Barger, 1965.Every time I see Oakland flash up on Feedjit, I start a little (Frank; if that’s you, apologies). A hard-nosed businessman to the last, I’m not quite convinced Sonny Barger would approve of this choice cut, but I’m all out of Merle Haggard. Still. If

laugh at me (shindig)

“live”: “shindig” (ABC TV), 11th August, 1965. The real Bono.Not that Irish imposter withthe crap sunglasses. Atco 45-6369.son of a gun ▼ SONNY BONO: LAUGH AT ME (OVERDUBBED VOCAL PERFORMANCE) from ” Laugh At Me” 45 (Atco / ABC: “Live” on Shindig) 1965 (US)

sixty seconds to what ?

sarah palin and senator john mccain. As to whether there is any substance to the allegation that Palin’s designer broomstick is hand-crafted by Colombian orphans plucked off the streets in a fare trade deal, that is up to the American voting public to decide. What’s $150,000 between good friends ? The countdown to November 4th

el monstruo!

milwaukee’s reginald ‘the crusher‘ lisowski, 1926 – 2005. los shain’s. No. That apostrophe is in the right place; do not write in with corrections, this is how the name appears on the original LP jacket. Originally a hit for The Novas, and covered most famously by The Cramps on their IRS EP in 1981, this

day tripper ticket #65

photograph by robert anderson, 1993. Originally released in December, 1965. A riff so strong neither Jimi Hendrix or Otis Redding could resist it. With the Beatles there was seldom such a thing as a b-side. BBC Radio 1 playlists determined “We Can Work It Out” should be the one to incite commuters on the run

tony burrows: funny how love can be

photograph by joe rainaldi. Tony Burrows is one of the great British session vocalists in the history of bubblegum pop. Starting out in skiffle groups in the 1950s, he is better known as the voice behind the Flower Pot Men; Edison Lighthouse; White Plains; Pipkins; The First Class; and the abysmal Brotherhood Of Man, one-time

jailbirds and yardbirds

DB 7706 . A remarkable 45 from The Yardbirds with guitarist, Eric Clapton still on board, just prior to the recording of their massive hit, “For Your Love“. Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky. The a-side is a Graham Gouldman composition – later of the Hotlegs and 10CC – the flip-side is an equally great number by

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

i go to sleep

imogen cunningham (1883 – 1976): the unmade bed, 1957. Proof once more that sometimes the best songs recorded are those first fragmentary exercises in plucking substance out of the ether. Better remembered as a 1981 hit for Chrissie Hynde – Davies’ then wife – and The Pretenders, the original unreleased demo from sixteen years earlier

jimmy roselli

from Wiki: “In 1991, The Wall Street Journal wrote a front page story about Jimmy and his career headlined “Fans of the other Hoboken singer say Sinatra is just Roselli’s Salieri.” Comparisons to Frank Sinatra are inevitable due to their similar backgrounds, Italian-Americans from Hoboken, NJ. Roselli is the crooner who was loved and loathed