tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53265336331135920592024-03-13T14:34:21.522-04:00The (formerly) Daily 7A spin through the early 90's at 45 RPMMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-9261167194539073992023-05-19T21:28:00.000-04:002023-05-19T21:28:03.267-04:00Time for a comeback?It might be. I've re-ripped everything but this stuff as Flac files. More to follow.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-69703282329343429192013-09-28T17:01:00.002-04:002013-09-28T17:01:30.108-04:00Hiatus - Still happeningWell, it's been over a year since I last posted. I had planned to move, but never did as I got laid off shortly after that last post. It took nearly a year to find a job again, too. So my stuff is still stored in the garage, waiting to be unpacked somewhere else. Maybe next summer after I finally get around to moving I can go and rip all of the stuff that I hadn't quite gotten to here. Or maybe I'll break down and unpack it this winter. We'll see.<br />
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I'm sort of amazed that this keeps getting traffic and comments. Not a ton, but far more than I ever thought it would. Thanks!Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-7731971457351605992012-05-10T22:24:00.001-04:002012-05-10T22:24:20.428-04:00Update - long hiatus to continue...It's been a crazy year. Lots and lots of work travel over the winter and into the spring. Now I'm home, but I'm looking to move. At some point anyway. So renovations and that kind of stuff have been eating up my time. I've packed up the turntable and the vinyl, it sits in the garage, waiting to be played again. Maybe when I'm in a new place back up on the North Shore where I belong. So I've got vinyl to rip, but no way to rip it until I either move or give up and unpack my shit. We'll see which comes first. Until then, thanks for visiting.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-84423856609248611082011-12-06T22:34:00.000-05:002011-12-06T22:34:24.334-05:00Victory & Associates - Party Savior<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://f0.bcbits.com/z/68/46/684612373-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://f0.bcbits.com/z/68/46/684612373-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>One of the coolest things about turntable.fm is that you meet people who like music. Really, really like music. People on that site play music, make music, talk about music, write about music, collect music, live and even eat music. I met <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/conan-neutron">Conan Neutron</a> there, and I think he does all of those things, all at the same time somehow. I'm not quite sure how he does it.<br />
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Anyway, I managed to talk him into sending me one of his bands' 7" with my order of his <a href="http://victoryandassociates.bandcamp.com/">Victory & Associates</a> full length LP. What a blast these two records are. Good ol' fashioned Indie RAWK (LOUD, not like that wimpy current Indie stuff) is timeless; and Victory & Associates fits in with a lot of this blogs' stuff from 20 years ago, yet still manages to sound all fresh and new at the same time. <br />
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A: Party Savior<br />
B: Thousandaire<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?1fomqw5z4s1srbx">Enjoy!</a><br />
(and please- go buy the LP, it's cheap, and it's worth it for "You Can't Eat Prestige" alone)Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-14178030774295032022011-12-06T09:12:00.000-05:002011-12-06T09:12:26.791-05:00UpdateLots of traffic lately thanks to Everett True. The blog has been on a bit of a hiatus, (busy lately) but I will get some fresh material up here soon. Really!Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-64803640575416273622011-10-19T21:01:00.005-04:002011-10-20T21:32:14.324-04:00Babes in Toyland - House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lhdNN5RsEXo/TlBtA2W4fwI/AAAAAAAAAWY/u9WUC93zAiw/s1600/babesintoyland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lhdNN5RsEXo/TlBtA2W4fwI/AAAAAAAAAWY/u9WUC93zAiw/s320/babesintoyland.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Lots of work road trips have cut into blogging and ripping time. I've accumulated about a dozen 7" to rip over the last 2 months, and they're just gathering dust while I'm in Ohio or Michigan for work. I'll see if I can get moving on these.<br />
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I'm marching slowly but steadily towards the goal of getting the whole Singles Club Part 1 together. Of course that first single might not happen, it's a <a href="http://www.sliver.it/nirvana/test/index.html">bit rare</a>, but I'll get the rest of them in place.<br />
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As for this band- they weren't really a part of Riot Grrrl, they actually pre-date it. I guess they're sort of a girl grunge band, and they sound the part on this single. The vocals take some getting used to; Kat Bjelland is all over the place. She screeches, howls and screams her way through both tracks.<br />
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A: House<br />
B: Arriba<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?p9oe77b5kfslsp7">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-83972808459086066282011-10-04T21:39:00.001-04:002011-10-04T21:40:42.318-04:00Nervous Eaters - No More Idols<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-APrtoB_N-bs/TlBt5ALZq_I/AAAAAAAAAWo/IbHFTv8rdes/s1600/nervouseaters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-APrtoB_N-bs/TlBt5ALZq_I/AAAAAAAAAWo/IbHFTv8rdes/s320/nervouseaters.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>On the road a lot the last few weeks. Falling behind; I've got plenty of 7" to rip still, I just haven't gotten around to it.<br />
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Breaking out of the steady stream of Sub Pop that I've been on lately. The Nervous Eaters were Boston legends in the 70's and 80's, with local hits <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-qObaURt6Q">"When I Talk To Loretta"</a> (recently covered by Neko Case) and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03eb4_wtOTI">"Just Head"</a><br />
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So I was pretty excited to find a cheap 7" of theirs recently. This was some early 2000's effort of theirs put out on some Spanish label (my first foray into this century!). It rocks-a-plenty, but it doesn't live up to their 70's stuff. Their early stuff was riding at the forefront of the whole punk thing, and had a wild, unpredictable energy to it. Hard to keep that going for 30 years, I suppose.<br />
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A: No More Idols<br />
B: Today and Tomorrow<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?x9eidleb7lqgzwj">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-79326652335122020472011-09-13T21:40:00.003-04:002011-09-14T22:49:04.649-04:00Snow Bud and the Flower People- Killer Bud plus Third Shelf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FFbF3ASWnNY/TlBtMP_s9bI/AAAAAAAAAWc/lJ7KxZDURZ8/s1600/snowbud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FFbF3ASWnNY/TlBtMP_s9bI/AAAAAAAAAWc/lJ7KxZDURZ8/s320/snowbud.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sub Pop Singles Club, August 1993<br />
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Look, if you can't figure it out from the Mad Magazine like artwork, the band name, or the album title, this is music for and by stoners.<br />
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"Killer Bud" is a long, slow jam with 60's-ish fuzzy guitar sounds, accompanied by a mellow, lazy sounding vocal track. It's everything you'd expect and oh, so much more.<br />
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"Third Shelf" is a bit more aggressive. The early 70's rock sounds are still there, but Snow Bud sings like a man who can't find his stash, and the song drifts into some crazy prog-rock thing for a moment. <br />
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A: Killer Bud<br />
B: Third Shelf<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?f5f1ro3l3712z0v">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-86754552214978264952011-09-06T23:12:00.001-04:002011-09-06T23:13:46.312-04:00Didjits - Dear Junkie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-19rCllrl6WI/TlBs0b4IJXI/AAAAAAAAAWU/BVy82X-4_Us/s1600/didjits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-19rCllrl6WI/TlBs0b4IJXI/AAAAAAAAAWU/BVy82X-4_Us/s320/didjits.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>November 1993 Sub Pop Singles Club<br />
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Straight up Chicago punk rock, noisy and fast. The B-sides are live tracks, which shows off some of their stage banter, something they had a reputation for.<br />
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By the way, I've been DJing a bit over at turntable.fm under the entirely predictable name of Daily 7 lately. I usually throw a song or two from the blog up while I'm there, so check it out if you get the chance.<br />
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A: Dear Junkie<br />
B: Skull Baby, Fire in the Hole<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?rdk1lcsw1djf925">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-65456128993310432902011-08-31T20:54:00.000-04:002011-08-31T20:54:16.395-04:00Big Chief - Chrome Helmet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qBsoRarBBuo/TlBtW5dz2nI/AAAAAAAAAWg/IeBXO6ifK_Y/s1600/bigchief.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qBsoRarBBuo/TlBtW5dz2nI/AAAAAAAAAWg/IeBXO6ifK_Y/s320/bigchief.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sub Pop Singles Club March 1990<br />
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Big Chief formed out of the ashes of the <a href="http://daily7inch.blogspot.com/2011/03/various-artists-alice-cooper-tribute.html">Laughing Hyenas</a> and the Necros. Sub Pop signed them before they recorded anything based on their pedigree. This was an early venture outside of Seattle by Sub Pop. If the car reference (or the Necros reference) doesn't give it away, they're from Michigan. They cut three albums, one for SubPop before packing it in.<br />
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Both songs rock. Chrome Helmet seems a bit dated, I think it's the vocals, but it's still good.<br />
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A: Chrome Helmet<br />
B: Blowout Kit<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?b5au7qaz8v3p3qv">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-51314261059350027832011-08-25T21:01:00.000-04:002012-12-12T06:52:48.642-05:00Alice Cooper - School's Out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My other purchase last month in Columbus Ohio at <a href="http://www.thunderpussy.com/Home">Magnolia Thunderpussy</a>. <br />
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This is a mid to late 80's re-issue of the "School's Out" single, with "I'm Eighteen" on the b-side replacing the original "Gutter Cat". I had a hard time finding a lot of information about this particular release. I figured due to the popularity of the Alice Cooper tribute 7", it seemed like a natural fit. And I might as well play School's Out before school starts up again. Both songs are classics, and rightfully so. Queue them up, crank the volume, and have a good time. <br />
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A: School's Out<br />
B: I'm EighteenMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-2538356545222810892011-08-17T00:06:00.001-04:002011-08-17T00:11:08.676-04:00Pigface - Empathy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DOBVjOFtjT0/Tks9ZvcLBPI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/hUsthvcP0Gw/s1600/pigface.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DOBVjOFtjT0/Tks9ZvcLBPI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/hUsthvcP0Gw/s320/pigface.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>By request again...October 1993 Sub Pop Single.<br />
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I was sort of surprised by the first track. I thought it would be some sort of face-melting industrial assault. It's a little more laid back with sitar riffs. Very interesting, and I liked it far more than I thought I would.<br />
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Steamroller is more of what I had in mind; an all-out sonic assault. <br />
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A: Empathy<br />
B: Steamroller<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?jr57eccvd77uort">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-15972730535708140152011-08-07T10:50:00.003-04:002011-08-08T11:05:24.978-04:00Severin - Beagles! Beagles!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dwryEoNu8pw/Tj6idXbXyPI/AAAAAAAAAWI/BEQEGNMSrTI/s1600/severin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1TTzNoMfKKk/Tj6nBG-uDPI/AAAAAAAAAWM/DtVoA2S16ME/s320/severin.jpg" width="320" /></a>June 1993 Sub Pop Singles Club, and by <a href="http://daily7inch.blogspot.com/2011/04/nirvanathe-fluid-split-single.html?showComment=1312114232053#c5366337102975800657">request!</a><br />
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I mentioned earlier that I liked the one song I had by these guys, and wished I'd found more by them. I also implied that they <a href="http://daily7inch.blogspot.com/2011/01/various-artists-lever.html">disappeared</a>, and was quickly corrected by a few readers who pointed out that they had this among other things in their catalog. <br />
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Anyway, this is a great single. Very much in the DC post-hardcore vein, particularly the A-side. The B-side extends out into some very Dinosaur Jr-esque Indie-rock sounds, complete with wah pedals.<br />
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A: Waste of Time<br />
B: Power Play<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?lyy71fr7wygftdr">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-58897023602529897492011-07-30T00:36:00.002-04:002016-01-11T09:36:28.585-05:00David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Picked up what looks like a late 70's/early 80's re-release of this vintage single (1974) in Columbus, OH at Magnolia Thunderpussy while traveling for work. It's the last track off of one of my favorite albums of all time, and probably the most important album in terms of forging some sort of taste in music in a young me. My mother owned a copy of <i>The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars</i> and I played it a lot when I was maybe 10 or 11. It's really never grown old to me either; it's an album that I go back to almost annually, and I've never tired of it, unlike some of the other albums I've loved obsessively through the years. Anyway, this single was released 2 full years after <i>The Rise and Fall...</i> came out, as the label was trying to milk it for everything it could while waiting for Bowie to release something new.<br />
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The A-side is a classic, starting with an acoustic guitar and a simply sung opening and it builds into this massive, over the top crescendo with strings and horns and desperate vocals. It's a hell of a way to cap off a great album, and it works on its own too.<br />
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The B-side was pulled from 1971's <i>Hunky Dory</i>, and was recorded about a year and a half before "Suicide". Bowie went with the same acoustic-to-electric-to-orchestra approach back then, with the volume and drama slowly rising. It's not bad, but he clearly perfected the technique a little later with the A-side.<br />
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1/11/2016 update. David Bowie has left us.<br />
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A: Rock N' Roll Suicide<br />
B: Quicksand<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?8ko6ha4s0p2ogq7">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-89300714162313597782011-07-26T20:15:00.000-04:002011-07-26T20:15:27.391-04:00UpdateNot dead yet, just busy. Been on the road a lot for work the last few weeks, traveling all over the midwest. Haven't had much time for fun stuff, though I did find a great record store in Columbus OH called Magnolia Thunderpussy. Grabbed some 70's 7" (Bowie and an Alice Cooper) there as well as a Black Flag t-shirt for a friend and for myself. Also got a few more old Sub Pop singles to rip, just haven't had the time. A couple more weeks of this and things will settle down and I'll start ripping stuff again.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-73560047647903091102011-07-03T17:38:00.000-04:002011-07-03T17:38:43.737-04:00Swamp Oaf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tg_Zk6phJd0/ThDd8hJaOnI/AAAAAAAAAVg/bD7jcotZWpw/s1600/Swampoaf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tg_Zk6phJd0/ThDd8hJaOnI/AAAAAAAAAVg/bD7jcotZWpw/s320/Swampoaf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The Bags' alter-ego band, a mythical rock-monster band along the lines of Spinal Tap, according to <a href="http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=bags">Trouser Press</a>. It's meant to be a bit more more psychedelic and experimental than the normal Bags stuff, so it's a little all over the place. It's sort of a Stooges meets Sabbath mish-mash, both in good and not-so-good ways. Some tracks venture into the ridiculous "Mama Swine", noodly jazz/rock instrumental, "Brain Masseuse" and others into straightforward heavy-duty-rock-n-roll "Steamroller", "(Howl at) The Moon".<br />
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Extremely rare, I've been looking for this album for years, and bought myself a copy online for my birthday last month. Had to buy it from someone in Denmark, so I'm happy to welcome the album home to the Boston area.<br />
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Definitely worth a listen. Most of these tracks are great, and this lends some credence to my earlier statement that this band could have and should have been big, or at least much bigger than they were.<br />
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While I'm on this Bags kick, I may just have to rip "Rock Starve" even though I already have it in digital format.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?n1jsqrl562n2a3d">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-14938671257881933132011-06-29T21:36:00.001-04:002011-06-29T21:37:54.718-04:00The Bags - L. Frank Baum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DnbmmjFLbGU/TgvQHstjogI/AAAAAAAAAVc/WMkHl-EclN4/s1600/bags_LFrank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DnbmmjFLbGU/TgvQHstjogI/AAAAAAAAAVc/WMkHl-EclN4/s320/bags_LFrank.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Local legends. I got into these guys in the late 80's, by the mid 90's they had fizzled out. Which is too bad, had they been from Seattle or something, they might have made it big. I've heard that their career has been resuscitated by Guitar Hero, which is pretty cool, and they have released a few new albums in last four years or so.<br />
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This single isn't exactly their usual fare, which is sludgy rock stuff. This is some sort of send-up of metal acts at the time, turning The Wizard of Oz into a heavy metal rock-opera. It's genius.<br />
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"Max Roach" is an instrumental that's bit more in their style. It's not like it's a long drum solo or something you might expect from the title. My guess is that it was a play on Mission of Burma's instrumental B-side "Max Ernst" but who knows.<br />
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I managed to track down a copy of their Swamp Oaf album, and have ripped it, but haven't cut up the tracks. I'll get that up here sooner or later. It's worth a listen.<br />
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A: L. Frank Baum<br />
B: Max Roach<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?6gdcnjucc7bcgfp">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-48423345381103655392011-06-21T00:10:00.000-04:002011-06-21T00:10:56.839-04:00Rodney & The Tube Tops - I Hate The 90's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R2_oRu_RLic/TgAWjj8NKJI/AAAAAAAAAVY/dlxz7pcLGbw/s1600/Rodney_Tubetops.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R2_oRu_RLic/TgAWjj8NKJI/AAAAAAAAAVY/dlxz7pcLGbw/s320/Rodney_Tubetops.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://daily7inch.blogspot.com/2011/04/stooges-1969.html">By Request!</a> Sorry it took so long.<br />
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It has the makings of something truly great. Thurston Moore, Eric Erlandson (Hole's guitarist) and KROQ's punk/Indie-friendly L.A. DJ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Bingenheimer">Rodney Bingenheimer</a> all conspiring to put out some sort of cool album. (Rodney is the guy in between Moore and Erlandson, looking like a really nice and polite version of Iggy Pop)<br />
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Eh. Not quite what I was hoping for. Sometimes we wish too hard. While it does make fun of the 90's, which deserved it, (and yes, I got tattooed during that time...) it could have been better. Rodney's delivery kinda brings it down. I guess that's why he became a radio DJ instead of a singer, just as my jumbled fingers on my SG's fretboard have me (poorly) typing this now instead of playing in some club tonight.<br />
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A: I Hate The 90's<br />
B: Tube Tops Forever/Cell Phone Madness<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4mvbfgg226flclc">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-63479298656246050002011-06-10T21:36:00.001-04:002011-06-10T21:47:23.565-04:00Big Black - He's A Whore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ux_07J4Tznk/TfLEdFwBqwI/AAAAAAAAAVU/KKoGBEK16ms/s1600/bigblack_Hes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ux_07J4Tznk/TfLEdFwBqwI/AAAAAAAAAVU/KKoGBEK16ms/s320/bigblack_Hes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Big Black's last single features an unlikely mix of covers. The A-side is an early, obscure Cheap Trick song, the B-side is a Kraftwerk song. As you'd expect, they nail them both in their own way. I prefer these versions to the originals. "He's A Whore" is a fairly obscure Cheap Trick song. It's fantastic. Cheap Trick really had a sense of humor, and I think the obscurity and nasty bit of comedy of this song made it a perfect cover for these guys.<br />
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As always, it's impeccably recorded, (it ripped incredibly well) and the album art can't be beat, with Big Black miming the covers from the original bands' albums. They really nail Cheap Trick's (and Kraftwerk's on the B-side) look.<br />
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A: He's A Whore<br />
B: The Model<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?0ms037w0i7uvfoy">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-80570036154817637482011-05-30T17:47:00.002-04:002011-05-30T17:48:26.878-04:00Sebadoh - Special Elitist Mail-Order Single<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5vkMhwtkt9M/TeQNqjmvdsI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/EN-Cjc-t5AI/s1600/Sebadoh_elitist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5vkMhwtkt9M/TeQNqjmvdsI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/EN-Cjc-t5AI/s320/Sebadoh_elitist.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Picked this up a while ago, but forgot that I hadn't posted it yet.<br />
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Released right before <i>Harmacy</i>, Sebadoh seemed to be making fun of Sub Pop with this one. Despite the name, it was not part of any Sub Pop Singles Club, or anything like that.<br />
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It's a strange release. Not much Lou, really. Two Jason songs, and unusual covers on the B-Side. Jason's "Princess" is quite good, one of his best songs. The B-side is all covers of surrealist/experimentalist 70's New Orleans band The Residents. They're strange. "Act Of Being Polite" has some sort of quirky cool thing that fits with Sebadoh's sound. <br />
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A: Princess, 1/2 Undressed<br />
B: Act of Being Polite, Moisture, Suburban Bathers<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?m20uoe64y0pe67k">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-39390957154640280872011-05-27T22:15:00.001-04:002011-05-27T22:17:30.055-04:00Not quite dead...It's been a while since I've posted. Busy these days. Lots of long hours at work, and I'm trying to get in shape for a road race later this summer for charity. Running is great, but man, it takes up a lot of time. Driving is so much easier.<br />
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Anyway, there is some new stuff on the way. Check back next week, I'll have fulfilled another request (Rodney & The Tube Tops) and should have a full-length album by a legendary Boston band ready to go. I've also added to my Sebadoh 7" collection.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-83057303056494141392011-05-16T21:27:00.002-04:002011-05-16T21:50:16.162-04:00The Unband - Chung Wayne Lo Mein<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZzXJnKAeMG0/TdHJywNlTFI/AAAAAAAAAVM/GFmhUXRI4w0/s1600/unband.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZzXJnKAeMG0/TdHJywNlTFI/AAAAAAAAAVM/GFmhUXRI4w0/s320/unband.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I had always intended for this to be a vinyl-only enterprise. But something very unexpected made me change my mind. While I was away, it seems that Anthony Bourdain did a <a href="http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain/Episodes_Travel_Guides/Boston">"No Reservations"</a> show about the grittier, working class side of Boston, which we DVR'd while we were away and just got around to watching last night. Tony ate and drank his way through Southie with Mike Ruffino. "Who is Mike Ruffino?" you're probably asking. In fact my wife asked me. And I knew I that I knew that name from somewhere... <br />
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He played bass in The Unband, and wrote a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gentlemanly-Repose-Confessions-Debauched-Roller/dp/0806526262">book</a> about their wild, excessive, yet low-rent not-quite-rock-star life. These guys were huge in Northampton when I was there in the early 90's, famous for playing (and trashing) the Bay State regularly. I caught them playing at a party in some apartment above Main St. once. Great show. Of course, the cops came and ended it. I think that's how a lot of their shows ended.<br />
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Anyway, I picked this up when it appeared in local shops in 1994. The internet will tell you it came out in 1996, but the internet is wrong. It came out on some tiny NoHo label in 1994 before a moderately larger indie label from W. Mass picked it up later. It's incredibly obscure, long out of print and hard to find, and it's one hell of a fun CD. Full of mindless loud fun like "Drop Out!" and "ABCDEFUCK" and of course, their mantra, "We Like to Drink and We Like to Play Rock n' Roll". So, inspired by that show, and remembering what a little gem this CD is, I figured I'd break my vinyl only rule, and make sure a few more people know who Mike Ruffino is and who the Unband were.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?026wnjdil9nqtfz">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-14910288008327478082011-05-10T21:47:00.000-04:002011-05-10T21:47:59.579-04:00STP - Smoke 'Em<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rK5y6FjMNik/TcnjlkAXGfI/AAAAAAAAAVI/QhfR4jMld9A/s1600/stp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rK5y6FjMNik/TcnjlkAXGfI/AAAAAAAAAVI/QhfR4jMld9A/s320/stp.jpg" width="318" /></a></div>By <a href="http://daily7inch.blogspot.com/2011/03/7-year-bitch-lorna.html?showComment=1302392283191#c3373596315751653914">request</a>. <br />
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I want to thank biopunk for the recommendation. This rocks. An all girl band started by a former member of Pussy Galore, and produced/managed by Don Fleming and Kim Gordon. Could be great, could be crap, right? It's really good. "Hey Bastard" is a kick ass 1 minute long song that doesn't fuck around. Certainly worth a listen. Sadly, other than a couple of compilation tracks, this is it for their recorded material. They fell apart immediately.<br />
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Also, the singer is a dead ringer for my ex-girlfriend, the one with all of the Riot Grrrl stuff that appeared in this blog. Very strange. The resemblance is eerie.<br />
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Anyway, starting to get back to normal now that I'm home, but I'm running out of good material. I've got to go record shopping soon. Keep the requests coming. It's been fun to find these obscure bands and throw them up here. Anyway, things will be slow for a while while I restock.<br />
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Also, I've been given something quite unusual to rip for a friend- it's way outside of the normal scope of this blog, but will be fun to rip anyway, and I don't think he'll mind if I throw it up here. If anyone has anything to donate to this blog, let me know. I'll send it back! <br />
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A: Hey Bastard, Walkin<br />
B: 25 Miles/Safer<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?y7m4x976125u86s">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-3132470640777364042011-05-03T20:58:00.001-04:002011-05-03T21:18:48.890-04:00Brief Hiatus - back from Germany<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xm54MFeWYe4/TcCkNV1u3cI/AAAAAAAAAVE/1PmbUefJ2bg/s1600/Hamburg+156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xm54MFeWYe4/TcCkNV1u3cI/AAAAAAAAAVE/1PmbUefJ2bg/s320/Hamburg+156.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Only in Germany will you see stuff like this...<br />
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I'll get back on track over the weekend. Was in Germany for a couple of weeks (my last couple of posts were on autopilot), and now that I'm home, I keep falling asleep before I can post. I've got a 7" from STP by request (No, not Stone Temple Pilots...) to rip and get up here.<br />
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I missed out on that very cool looking shop loaded with vinyl in Munich, which I'm kicking myself over. Just didn't have time, and the place was closed on Monday, and opened too late on Tuesday for me to get in there. Oh well.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5326533633113592059.post-58736926291851637722011-04-27T00:05:00.000-04:002011-04-27T00:05:00.422-04:00Alice Donut - Nadine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FLtDFrIie-I/TaJmxoK5VxI/AAAAAAAAASs/Kii_vdNdx_A/s1600/alicedonut_nadine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FLtDFrIie-I/TaJmxoK5VxI/AAAAAAAAASs/Kii_vdNdx_A/s320/alicedonut_nadine.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Another 90's band that I never got too much into back then (hard to find their stuff where I was for some reason), but after re-discovering them, I find I like them. This seems to go against the grain, as a lot of people think they haven't aged well. I find them to be a bit in the Butthole Surfers vein of throwing some odd stuff into their songs, or writing about some strange things, but they were a bit more mainstream about it. Nothing wrong with that.<br />
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A: Nadine<br />
B: The Chicken Door, Empty Streets<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ubda0hr0jg068w5">Enjoy!</a>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450300998705538420noreply@blogger.com0