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Non-Music Shit / Re: Portland, ME - fairly simple Christmas favor request inside if you live there!

« on: January 27, 2020, 05:27:58 PM »

I did get it! In time for Christmas and everything. Thank you Rev. Stanley J Bingman

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Non-Music Shit / Portland, ME - fairly simple Christmas favor request inside if you live there!

« on: December 16, 2019, 03:53:54 PM »

Hi - do you live in Portland, Maine? My wife Becky got in a fender bender and it fucked up her favorite bumper-sticker from Becky's Diner. If you live there you know this place. If anyone in Portland is willing to go by there, grab one of the free "Becky's Diner, Nothing Finah!" bumper stickers at the counter and mail it to me in California, you would be contributing to a real killer of a stocking stuffer. Happy to Paypal you some money for on omelette or whatever! PM me if you're down.

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: December 04, 2019, 03:05:23 PM »

the aforementioned main draw lone track really scratches that itch. A cover of Keith Hudson’s “Turn The Heater On”, in the hands NO, the Jamaican gem becomes a cold, grey (“e” for British English) mid-energy dancefloor zoner that because of the previously mentioned oft-unfavorable vocals feels much more plaintive and yearning than the original.

It's a really cool version - I guess if your voice sounds like you're singing in a room that hasn't had the heat on in a while, it works.

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Music Shit / Re: Punk 8 Tracks?

« on: November 27, 2019, 01:22:04 PM »

I had one of those portable 8-track players forever - the ones that look like a bomb detonator they use in the cartoons. That thing was a workhorse. We showed the 8-Track Mind zine movie in the back yard of our house back when he took it on tour ('So Wrong They're Right' I think it's called). The guy (Russ?) also took apart & fixed a few of my fucked up 8-tracks while he was there - dude was an 8-track master. We charged $5 and an 8-track, or it was free if you brought a Kinks 8-track (of which 2 were brought). Once you get known as 8-track guy fucking EVERYONE brings them to you no matter what the hell they are. I have a box of the best ones still, though I never lucked in to much punk. Lots of free jazz luck (Sun Ra etc), Fahey, Silver Apples, Nick Drake (sealed Bryter Layter is probably the coolest one anyone brought me from a thrift store), NRBQ, Modern Lovers, Costello, Dead. Recently found a working player at a flea market that's blue plastic and looks like a boom-box so I busted them out again, it's fun for some back yard listening. Such incredible pieces of shit!

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / Re: WTB - Relatively Clean Rivers reissue

« on: August 07, 2019, 02:49:17 PM »

Fusetron appears to have it in stock:

https://www.fusetronsound.com/products/relatively-clean-rivers-s-t?_pos=1&_sid=0737b7029&_ss=r

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: May 16, 2019, 11:59:41 AM »

The Jazz Butcher - Distressed Gentlefolk LP
Mostly "Big Bad Thing" over and over.  Rest is just alright.

You ever get in to Condition Blue? I kinda wrote of later Jazz Butcher but I love this one. His divorce record, long songs, not like sad ballads more like he's got a spring in his step but also wants to drown himself.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Noir, etc.

« on: June 26, 2018, 10:35:07 AM »

How did you like the Simenon? I dig him. I like the Maigrets a lot but the non-Maigret ones are cool too - maybe a little more psychological. The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By is a good one. He has an overwhelming amount of books.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: BURGER BOOGALOO 2018 DEVO DAMNED SPITS RIP OFFS FIRESTARTER SUBSONICS LE SHOK

« on: March 06, 2018, 04:20:55 PM »

So glad to see these guys secure another great lineup. This thing is always so fun, for whatever reason it's not just a bunch of people with their damn phones out - feels like a real old-school music festival.

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / Re: WTB Go Team - Archer Come Sparrow tape

« on: February 12, 2018, 07:32:00 PM »

Thanks! PMed

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / WTB Go Team - Archer Come Sparrow tape

« on: February 09, 2018, 09:45:31 AM »

I'm currently being bothered that I never bought this tape when it was available from K. Happy to pay a slightly exaggerated price. OR if you have this and don't want to sell it and would be down to make me a copy, that would rule too. Some songs are scattered throughout YouTube but the full tape isn't on there as far as I can tell. And some ass wants $127 on discogs.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: the money will roll right in...

« on: August 30, 2017, 02:45:47 PM »

I think it's Google's music thing that integrates with YouTube? I never think of YT as a way to listen to music on my phone because the YT stand-alone app sucks, but a friend of mine who's been a deep reggae head since the 80s started using Google Music (or whatever it is) and for his interests YouTube via the Google app was by far the best because people upload super rare shit. It unintentionally became probably the deepest music resource out there. I avoided Spotify for a long time, I hate that nobody gets paid but it saves me money now that I can check out a record instead of just being led to believe it sounds like "a peyote dream beamed in from a suburban teen basement" when it's really some middling psyche. Bandcamp is my favorite (and yeah there is an app and it works well), and for something like the Onions is a pretty clear choice. I have an obscure new band that has 2 songs up there and even we've made $20 in the last month. Just the fact alone that you can buy physical product as well and get the download right away makes it much more appealing to people who grew up caring about physical records/tapes/etc.

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Music Shit / Re: Identical Record Covers

« on: February 21, 2017, 05:00:12 PM »

Can't say I ever expected to be on the Ferrante & Teicher discogs page.

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Music Shit / Re: Identical Record Covers

« on: February 21, 2017, 04:44:37 PM »

You see these 2 Pavement-appropriated covers pretty often in thrift stores and dollar bins but in all my time in the cheap trenches I've never come across this one:

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: January 10, 2017, 01:46:13 PM »

Ranking Dread was fucking brutal! It's very disorienting to listen to his records and think that it's possible he was so hardcore. You know his tune "If Nanny Was Here"? He macks the Coward of the County chorus and kills it. I like most L Voag in small doses, he gets a tad same-ey on his own. But I do love the Just Measurers record.

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: October 05, 2016, 12:22:08 PM »

Is Felt underappreciated, or am I just outta touch?

I would say yes & no. They're worshiped in the smallish indie-pop world but it seems like it's as much for their mystique as their music. 80's UK pop was my formative teenage music and while I "loved Felt" back then, I appreciate them musically more now. I like that the more you focus on their songs, they become less good in a way. It's like pop as mood/ambient music. Especially the Maurice Deebank years. Most of their records are good and all of them have their own personality. I thought the Lawrence doc would be depressing but it actually wasn't at all, he's deluded but he's a true character & seems happy enough about it. Surprised they haven't gotten the royal reissue treatment by now. Whether or not you like what he's playing, this recent DJ set is worth listening to just for Lawrence's between-song commentary. https://www.mixcloud.com/Domino_Radio/lawrence-from-felt/