Thursday, August 28, 2014

"Always be prepared for the Instant Bummer . . . " (Terminal Zone, 1977)

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From a barn copy of Terminal Zone #1, 1977 (Chuck Berry cover). Issue has a long piece on The Aesthetics of Rock as well. Terminal Z...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Exclusive DANGERHOUSE Recording Artists: Black Randy and His ELEGANT Metropolitan Squad, X, Alley Cats and the Deadbeats/Amanda Lear and the Pack 1977!

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Better than Sparks' appearance in Rollercoaster but perhaps not as great as the Pack in a 1977 Amanda Lear exploito film, is Black Ra...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

The Turtles Cover Judee Sill's "Lady-O" (1969)/Flo & Eddie Interview Lou Reed on the Midnight Special/Turtlesmania

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Is the Turtles cover of "Lady-O" not one of the best pre-solo Sill covers out there and a great early promo film to boot (what ran...
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Saturday, August 16, 2014

"Five Really Gone Gone Girls Direct From the Canterbury"/Black Randy's Soul Sister

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I was recently wondering what Van Nuys, California's Rock Corporation was like: a "valley biker joint with a TV dinner tray for a s...
Monday, August 11, 2014

So Kickboy, How Do You Really Feel About VOM/"Some of you are very clever people"/"It was reaching terminal boredom proportions"

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Richard Meltzer and Kickboy Face aka Claude Bessy. Both born in 1945 (May 11 and June 20 respectively) and among the select group of music ...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Let's Head to the Rock Corporation

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Can you believe this lineup from 1978 in VAN NUYS! Currently the location of a panel beater/body shop.  Like Van Nuys needed another one!  T...
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Monday, August 4, 2014

$2 Checks Payable to Chris Desjardins/Available September 21 (1978!) from Upsetter Records

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Was 1978 the highwater  mark for punk singles in LA - lps are another story? Let's see - the street date for this EPIC release was Sept...