tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post1666233626142968386..comments2024-03-27T23:24:02.731-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Songs for the New DepressionNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-76510624693151337282015-03-31T21:35:50.266-04:002015-03-31T21:35:50.266-04:00Shalom & Erev tov...Dub Taylor & Ken Dougl...Shalom & Erev tov...Dub Taylor & Ken Douglas were/are remarkable people, breaking the strangle-hold of 'mass media' fascism...I am pleased that, 40 years ago, I could make a small contribution.<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />STEPHAN PICKERING / חפץ ח"ם בן אברהם<br />Torah אלילה Yehu'di Apikores / Philologia Kabbalistica Speculativa Researcher<br /> לחיות זמן רב ולשגשג<br /><br />THE KABBALAH FRACTALS PROJECT<br />chofetzchayimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599957617930620791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-30419259269257277742013-08-24T02:15:14.947-04:002013-08-24T02:15:14.947-04:00Vickie Rock,
might be too late, but please contac...Vickie Rock,<br /><br />might be too late, but please contact me through my blog by leaving a comment on any post. Am just starting to do an in-depth on the Vicky Vinyl I.M.P boots and would love to have you contribute.<br /><br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-38925795696554924822013-07-17T09:52:19.184-04:002013-07-17T09:52:19.184-04:00Vickie Rock
Don't worry no one will see your ...Vickie Rock<br /><br />Don't worry no one will see your email except me.<br /><br />BBJbuzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-10650880512031515592013-07-16T14:07:46.870-04:002013-07-16T14:07:46.870-04:00leave a comment and i'll send you an email.leave a comment and i'll send you an email.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-58845375584160412013-07-16T12:25:31.214-04:002013-07-16T12:25:31.214-04:00buzzbabyjesus:
I don't know how to contact y...buzzbabyjesus: <br /><br />I don't know how to contact you through nowthatswhaticallbushit.com<br /><br />Any tips?<br /><br />Vickie RockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-49461860680328118062013-07-15T08:56:26.214-04:002013-07-15T08:56:26.214-04:00I haven't done supermarket Reddi Whip since I ...I haven't done supermarket Reddi Whip since I was in my twenties.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-75472135154235987342013-07-15T06:36:07.867-04:002013-07-15T06:36:07.867-04:00I explained that I was two-thirds done with 12 con...I explained that I was two-thirds done with 12 consecutive nights of concerts from Santa Barbara to Vegas to San Diego to Anaheim to L.A. He told me to say hi to Sandy and my husband. He always teased me about my living arrangement. I didn’t like that and wished I never told him.<br /><br />I drove my sports car to Elise’s and, sure enough, I met the Safeway cashier and his buddy in the parking lot. We got acquainted while playing pool. My uncle, taught me well in using visualization and geometric techniques to bring my game to near perfection. I kicked their asses.<br /><br />But it was too easy. Both of them sucked. I even missed a few on purpose. They had no concept of setting up the next shot or defense strategy. Nothing they did made sense or was very graceful. It wasn’t fun, it was kinda maddening. Kids these days. Too busy with their joysticks.<br /><br />When his buddy went to pee, the cashier guy made a very brazen pass at me. I told him I was flattered but happily married. I joked and told him he couldn’t handle it anyway. I giggled and said I was old enough to be his mother, but I had a daughter who might be interested. I admired his chutzpah though. And it was an ego booster. <br /><br />I drove home that night listening to the Jeff Beck show through my car stereo. The top was down and the cool ocean breeze caressed me. I smiled in reflection. I couldn’t wait to get home to show my baby that I still had “it.”<br /><br />Vickie Rock<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaYLAZErAhY<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYPqv_VJ5AYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-50955742123650046072013-07-15T05:57:05.370-04:002013-07-15T05:57:05.370-04:00Buzzbabyjesus and anyone who cares:
Please don’t ...Buzzbabyjesus and anyone who cares:<br /><br />Please don’t tell me you’re one of the guys with the Reddi-Whip?:-)<br /><br />Here’s a little epilog to that Reddi-Whip story:<br /><br />When I got back to the Arlington Theater for the Beck show, the doors had just opened. I went to the bathroom and did my usual “Claire Kent” ritual to get wired for sound. It never failed, whenever I was getting ready, I got a huge pre-show rush. The thrill still hasn’t gone.<br /><br />As I walked out of the bathroom, I spied the grocery store cashier that tackled one of the Reddi-Whip guys. He was walking into the men’s john. I had to talk to him about it!!<br /><br />I waited by the bathroom door. When he came out I said, “Nice tackle!” He remembered me and smiled. We laughed our butts off about the incident. What a coincidence running into this guy! <br /><br />He was with a buddy. I invited them to have a drink with me at Elsie’s after the show. They were up for it.<br /><br />After the show I met this old concert buddy of mine named “Rick” (not his real name). He produced and directed “quality” porn in the Valley and was a huge Jeff Beck fan. So, it wasn’t shocking to see him there. Actually it would have been a huge surprise if he wasn’t. <br /><br />What did throw me was that he was with Carl Palmer, the famous drummer. Apparently he had just wrapped up an Asia reunion tour in SoCal. I know, I hate that band too and pretty much every band he’s been in! But he’s a great drummer.<br /><br />I can’t remember how they hooked up with each other, but they didn’t have any women with them. “Rick” never did. Palmer was a really nice guy. He was nothing like I expected. I thought he’d be a boring pill, like Steve Howe. Or a complete asshole like Greg Lake and Keith Emerson. But Palmer was a regular guy, albeit with a British accent.<br /><br />“Rick” told me that Eddie Van Halen was having a party on Saturday. I told him that I already knew through Michael, another porn guy. He asked me if I was going. I didn’t know. I didn’t really want to, but I didn’t tell him. <br /><br />There was a Johnny Rivers show that night at the Galaxy in Santa Ana, which I was definitely going to. So if I did go, it would be late, if at all. Besides, Eddie was a pretty lost cause at that time and I didn’t feel like getting depressed. I was sure the party would be beyond over-the-top.<br /><br />“Rick” was one of the nicest people you could ever meet. It was hard to believe he was a porn merchant. He was a real decent guy and very warm. He took real good care of his mother. Super genuine too.<br /><br />He’s one of the few people for whom I ever took the time to make taped copies of shows. He deserved them. I knew he truly appreciated them.<br /><br />In turn, from the mid-eighties onward, he’s been getting us a full ride at the AVN’s. We are treated like royalty. He makes sure of it. At first, Sandy and I didn’t really want to go, but he persuaded us. After our first time, we were corrupted.<br /><br />Me and Sandy first met “Rick” at the 1980 Jeff Beck show at the Greek. We’ve been concert buddies ever since, bumping into each other often due to similar tastes. That’s when he found out that I taped. I had excellent equipment and was way into it by then. <br /><br />I had a top of the line Sony D-5 cassette recorder and was blatant about it. I just walked in with my rig. Most of the time nobody said anything, but if they did, I just told them I worked for the news. It was nearly foolproof.<br /><br />I got a super excellent tape. One that was fit to bootleg. But, lo and behold, before I could get a hold of anyone that mattered, Ken put out a shitty tape of the show done on a rotten Aiwa by some snot-nosed amateur. <br /><br />I wasn’t mad. It just sucked. That boot could have been better. At least he used the obvious suggestion for the title, “Greek To Me.” It came out on Monomotapa Records because Ken was obsessed with Africa at the time.<br /><br />Anyway, as I was about to leave, Mark asked me if I was going to any of the other Beck shows. I told him I was going to the Greek in a couple of days and the Vegas House of Blues show of Friday. He told me that he’d see me there.<br /><br />Vickie RockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-38980044358797759742013-07-14T13:35:06.385-04:002013-07-14T13:35:06.385-04:00Vickie Rock,
Contact me through:
http://nowthats...Vickie Rock,<br /><br />Contact me through:<br /><br />http://nowthatswhaticallbullshit.com/<br /><br />There is too much to tell here.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-55426506365437699562013-07-14T08:45:52.417-04:002013-07-14T08:45:52.417-04:00I walked back to the Arlington and hopped in my 12...I walked back to the Arlington and hopped in my 124 Spider convertible. I figured I’d get some Mexican food at Los Agaves. I looove their steak nachos. I was so hungry I got a couple of sopes with it. <br /><br />Jeff Beck’s guitar tech walked in. After he ordered his stuff at the counter and took a number, I saw that he looked lost. There weren’t any empty tables, so I invited him to sit with me. What a boring dude.<br /><br />I didn’t feel like talking about Jeff Beck or guitars. Didn’t want to bother him with it. I was my usual effervescent self and was very nice to him. But he was very stiff, reserved and dull. Fuckin’ Brits. All some of them are good for is taking up space.<br /><br />Anyway, now that you’ve suffered through that, here’s a great site for bootlegs. It’s well worth signing up to File Factory to check it out, if you’re so inclined. It’s been pretty active the last few months. <br /><br />If you find real old links that don’t work, don’t worry, the people there recycle the old classic stuff. Seriously, they post all tapes in circulation by certain bands. And if any new source or show surfaces, they’re right on it. Leans toward so called “classic rock” and prog though. But not exclusively. <br /><br />http://musictravellerstwo.blogspot.com/ <br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/636e45b5-7198-40b6-aa30-2d046595492e_zps15d52213-1.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-62259529609855633372013-07-14T08:10:58.876-04:002013-07-14T08:10:58.876-04:00buzzbabyjesus and anyone who cares:
James Brown k...buzzbabyjesus and anyone who cares:<br /><br />James Brown kicked ass at the Coach House?! Where was I? Damn! I could have preserved that for eternity! Was it packed?<br /><br />Those are pretty nice places you lived, given the right neighborhoods. Except for Garbage Grove. <br /><br />I love Santa Barbara. My dear, dear uncle went to school at UCSB during the protest days. I visited him whenever I could because I missed him so. We really loved each other. A lot. <br /><br />It got too weird and violent for him when the National Guard came out, so he transferred to Cal Poly in Pomona. It was a better fit since he wanted to go into aerospace engineering. He became a consultant for a defense sub-contractor. His specialty was guidance systems for missiles. He was super smart but not even close to a dork.<br /><br />I always knew someone who was going to school in Isla Vista. I also had friends and relatives who lived in Pismo Beach. So I was often in the area. <br /><br />What part of Santa Barbara did you live in? Outskirts or the city? Isn’t it stupid that the TV show Psych ‘s setting is based there but they shoot in Washington? My daughter’s a big fan.<br /><br />Got hooked on the Santa Barbara Bowl. Great venue! Such a beautiful neighborhood and mellow people. Santa Barbarians.<br /><br />The Arlington Theater rocks too. So intimate and such wonderful acoustics. Saw Jeff Beck there in 2006. I got there early because I was alone and didn’t have a ticket. I figured some good ones would drop. I was right.<br /><br />Some super dorky, obsessive, borderline-stalker guy that ran a Jeff Beck fan site was there. He had a Sony D-7. He showed me his rig and I showed him mine. <br /><br />He had permission to get in for the lengthy sound check. Since it was love at first sight for him, he let me tag along. We both taped it.<br /><br />I had a few hours to kill before show time. My new best friend wanted to do nothing more than babble about Jeff and hang out with another fan. I wasn’t in the mood. Wacko’s bore me. I lied and told him I had to meet somebody.<br /><br />I went to the adjacent Safeway Market on Chapala. The one with the mosaic tile mural. It used to be a Von’s. I was dying of thirst.<br /><br />As I walked to the back of the store, I could hear two guys laughing like hyenas. When I rounded the aisle, I noticed that they both looked to be in their mid-forties. They were making a spectacle of themselves like two junior high school boys.<br /><br />They had already sniffed the propellant out of about ten cans of Reddi-Whip and had a major nitrous buzz. They were totally blowing it. I walked around them and minded my own biz. But a clerk saw them and called the cops.<br /><br />When I was at the check-out, the cops came and dragged their laughing butts out of there. One of the guys initially made a run for it but was tackled by a cashier at the store’s entrance. They were both cuffed in the back of the squad car with traces of whipped cream on their faces as I walked out of the store. <br /><br />Imagine these idiots having to explain this to the wife and kids, let alone a judge. What possessed them? What losers!!! The whole episode was really bizarre.<br /><br />Vickie RockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-76673495652118994062013-07-13T23:50:24.968-04:002013-07-13T23:50:24.968-04:00I never talked to anyone at Beggars Banquet. Peppp...I never talked to anyone at Beggars Banquet. Peppperland, Music Mart.<br />I lived in Garden grove, Huntington, Newport Beach. Santa Barbara, San Diego, West LA, Hollywood.<br />James Brown was killer.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-83629264851030474832013-07-13T20:29:10.124-04:002013-07-13T20:29:10.124-04:00Buzzbabyjesus & anyone who cares:
Yeah, Begg...Buzzbabyjesus & anyone who cares: <br /><br />Yeah, Beggars Banquet was at the corner of Beach and Ball. What a great name for an intersection! So many possibilities with that combo. You just knew it had to be good!<br /><br />So, if you shopped there you probably saw Andrea, right? Did you know any of the people who worked there? Ever go to Pepperland Records? They were out that way too. What about Music Mart? <br /><br />Speaking of Andrea, I don’t know who did the artwork, or if they stole it, but the Idle Mind label has a rendering of an Eve-like woman which bears a pretty fair likeness to Vicki Vinyl at the time. So here’s that, in lieu of some decent pix:<br /><br />http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?label=Idle+Mind+Productions%2C+Inc.<br /><br />Beggars Banquet was just a couple of major blocks away from Disneyland and the Anaheim Convention Center. The latter was the site of many 60's and 70's concerts. It had a 7,500 capacity, which made it a third the size of The Forum. <br /><br />Sandy and I often used to hitchhike there from Berdoo before we had our driver’s licenses. We’d go to Disneyland during the day. Her uncle worked there so we always got a “guest” pass. At night, we’d walk across the street for the concert. Everybody shared their ten dollar a lid weed. Rides home were never a problem. TWTD.<br /><br />Saw some great shows there including the Who, Cream, Hendrix, Doors, Airplane, Donovan, Janis, Van, Tull, etc. Everybody played there from 1967 through the Seventies. Not so much anymore. But they do have the NAMM show every year which is a lot of fun.<br /><br />Did you live in Orange County? I love the beach towns, especially between Seal Beach and Dana Point. My friends and I have rented a monthly beach house twice a year at Newport since 1969. So I know the Costa Mesa, Newport, Balboa, Huntington Beach like the back of my hand.<br /><br />I’ve got some property in Huntington Beach and am trying to build a home on it. The process is a bitch. Lots of fees, studies and bureaucratic bullshit. Seriously, they’re so greedy, why don’t they just be honest about it and ask for a bribe. It amounts to the same thing. <br /><br />BTW, how was James Brown when you saw him at the Coach House? I never attended one of his shows after the early 1970’s. Was he high on PCP or some other heinous drug?<br /><br />I'm going to the Echoplex tonight to see the Flamin' Groovies. Hope it's a good show. I'm due for one.<br /><br />Vickie Rock<br /><br />Here’s some more pix of bootleggers, particularly the King, during various eras:<br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/59889929-4e7a-46f2-bd8b-0380a9b9d58e_zps3cc36d51.jpg<br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/dcbd2ddc-8f21-4ab1-9a0c-def9073b35b1_zps412b5bec.jpg<br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/ce1c6da1-cbf3-4cd1-a590-2ae2fb93c796_zps932fb123.jpg<br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/ae6949e1-a38e-4252-b201-41f7b3eacc82_zps5559c2ac.jpg<br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/815f5ee9-7d61-4cf1-8ea3-3982993a4dd4_zpsa485d8ca.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-32871331785286944472013-07-13T11:17:04.175-04:002013-07-13T11:17:04.175-04:00I shopped at Beggars Banquet in the '70's ...I shopped at Beggars Banquet in the '70's and '80's.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-31204171182244851832013-07-13T09:49:50.712-04:002013-07-13T09:49:50.712-04:00Andrea Waters aka Vicki Vinyl, “Android” to me, th...Andrea Waters aka Vicki Vinyl, “Android” to me, the proprietor of Beggars Banquet Records in Anaheim, did some great work. A lot of her story is in Heylin’s book. But I don’t believe he ever interviewed her.<br /><br />She was 25 years old when Columbia Records and Bruce Springsteen descended on her for the magnificent “Live In the Promised Land” and “Piece de Resistance.” She'd been at it since she was 21. She was a Rolling Stones freak, big time. She’d travel thousands of miles to see them. That’s why her record store, which opened in 1976, was called Beggars Banquet. I think her first release was the Mike Millard tape of the Rolling Stones 1975 Forum gig.<br /><br />She is a living legend as far as I’m concerned. Many of her releases were as good as it gets, whether it was Zeppelin, Elvis Costello, Bowie, McCartney, Queen or the Dead. She had a true passion for the music and a great business sense. And she was a girl!!! But a very exceptional one. A fuckin’ “Lioness.” I bow down to her.<br /><br />She’s been living in Laguna Beach forever. She got married sometime in the mid 1980’s. She met her husband at a Stones concert, naturally! I don’t know if she wants her new name out there so I will withhold it.<br /><br />Oh, in the 1980’s Ken teamed with author, music impresario and NASA freak, Robert Godwin on all of the Zeppelin titles. Godwin, of course, wrote The Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Led Zeppelin around that time. <br /><br />Godwin also worked with The White in the mid 1980’s. They were one of the first Led Zeppelin Tribute Bands, starting around 1978 in Southern California. When they moved to Canada, where Godwin had a club, they started doing original material.<br /><br />When they were based in California circa late 70’s/early 1980’s, I slept with their lead singer, Michael White. And believe me, I wasn’t the only one. It was a youthful indiscretion. It was a cocaine and Quaalude decision. Oops. <br /><br />But that's another story altogether. And a good one. But not now.<br /><br />Here’s a few pictures to put a face on the bootleggers. Some are from back in the day. Others not. I couldn’t dig up any old photos of “Android” so you’ll get the older saggier version, and a shitty picture to boot. Sorry.<br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/3abd8c7e-adae-4ae6-bd02-29407677ef45_zps3e1981eb.jpg<br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/995a218a-f856-45e4-bbac-0f85d60db14b_zps9e5a9b65.jpg<br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/thefaceofbootlegging_zpsad7f6381.jpeg<br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/burn_box_f_zps74cdeaef.jpg<br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/b97bf673-8e0e-4905-b597-565c09c96b43_zps53d05f88.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-76411729247984397002013-07-13T09:24:45.149-04:002013-07-13T09:24:45.149-04:00All this talk about bootlegs. Coincidentally over ...All this talk about bootlegs. Coincidentally over at "Now That's What I Call Bullshit" I've begun making and "releasing" some.<br /> <br />http://nowthatswhaticallbullshit.com/buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-63480143048286395582013-07-13T08:43:22.246-04:002013-07-13T08:43:22.246-04:00Bootleg addendum:
The record distributor that Ken...Bootleg addendum:<br /><br />The record distributor that Ken Douglas and Dub Taylor worked at, Saturn Records, was owned by Ken's dad. <br /><br />Not long after GWW was released, Dub Taylor and a draft dodger they were using as a record runner, met and were interviewed by Rolling Stone reporter Jerry Hopkins at Platterpus Records in Hollywood. By the end of the year reviews of four of their bootlegs appeared in that magazine.<br /><br />LIVEr Than You'll Ever Be was recorded by Dub with a Sennheiser shotgun mic and a Uher 4000 reel-to-reel at 7 1/2 inches per second. Dub and his partner Chris recorded both L.A. shows, both Oakland shows, along with San Diego and Phoenix. They were even on the same plane as the Stones when they left Phoenix.<br /><br />Scott Johnson was Rubber Dubber. All of his boots were self-recorded and live. Except for the Essen 1970 show of the Stones. Not sure where he got that but his 2-LP set was the original. Dub re-EQ'd and copied it onto one disc later for TMOQ.<br /><br />Rubber Dubber's Led Zeppelin Live at the Los Angeles Forum 9-4-70 was different than Ken & Dub's Blueberry Hill. Both were recorded at the same show but separately and with different equipment. <br /><br />Stephen Pickering, Dylan obsessive and future Bob Dylan Approximately author, provided the source tape of While the Establishment Burns and parts of several other 1970 Dylan TMOQ titles.<br /><br />Ken and his wife Vesta used to sell boots at the LaHabra swap meet shortly after the falling out with Dub. <br /><br />I used to see Bill Stout around but I never met him personally until the 1990's when he was coaxed out of bootleg art retirement for the "Burn Like a Candle" Led Zeppelin CD. It was their 1972 Forum show, a bit of which came out nine years later on "How the West Was Won."<br /><br />We had a long anonymous conversation sitting on the curb. We were leaning up against the wall at "Bootleg Alley" during the Pasadena City College monthly record swap. Zepp and the Yardbirds were his favorite bands. The artwork he did for that title parodied Deep Purple's "Burn" cover art. As usual, it was wonderful. <br /><br />He's a very nice and mellow guy. He still had super long hair in 1994. Sometime later it came off. During our conversation he told me what an asshole Thomas Kinkade was. <br /><br />He was mad into scuba diving. I went to scuba school and dove occasionally so I could relate. He absolutely loved it, especially night diving. We talked about how trippy it was.<br /><br />He talked about his trips to the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica and other far flung places. I had no idea. Plus he used to do caricatures of people at Disneyland in the late Sixties. His hair was down his back then too, so he had to wear a short hair wig to get the job. What a scream! Ultimately, when the park found out he had long hair under the wig, they ordered him to cut it or lose his job. He got fired because he refused. And was banned from the park for obscenity.<br /><br />I knew the feeling. When my freshman class went to Disneyland for a "field trip," I had one of my older boyfriends meet me there. We were caught in a somewhat compromising situation on Tom Sawyer's Island. We thought we had found a secluded spot, but we found out they had cameras everywhere. <br /><br />They threw us out of the park after giving us a big lecture. They took our names and said we could never come back. How they would enforce such a thing, I dunno. <br /><br />They were threatening the hell out of my boyfriend because he was over eighteen. I told the stupid park cops that if they took him to jail, I was going too. Shit, I was fifteen and he was 19. As far as I was concerned it was perfect. I'm sure he thought so too.<br /><br />But I digress, if you don't have Stout's recent Legends of the Blues book, you ought to at least look it over at your local book store. Great R. Crumb styled renderings.<br /><br />Vickie RockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-91222993044879660512013-07-13T07:09:30.119-04:002013-07-13T07:09:30.119-04:00A beautifully written piece that I recall reading ...A beautifully written piece that I recall reading in SR -- now that I’ve reread it -- and thinking to myself back then something along the lines of, “Even though I’m no big Bruce fan, and even though I don’t buy into much of Bruce’s NJ-based lost-souls-fast-cars-stuck-behind the-eight-ball-working-class-decaying-cities highway-as-dreamscape framework, Bruce is an important artist who’s got the brains TO calculate and take his audience and others with him.”<br /><br />It’s too bad that there’re too few other artists who calculate -- or do whatever math comes natural to them -- like Bruce.<br /><br />And speaking of working class heroes, Peppi Marchello of Long Island’s Good Rats passed away on Wednesday evening (see http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/good-rats-lead-singer-peppi-marchello-dead-68-article-1.1396255). I bring this to your attention not only because I always enjoyed the Rats, but also because the Good Rats are and were just as representative of a geographically-centered musical orientation (Long Island) as Bruce is of NJ. And while the heyday of The Good Rats was in the mid-1970s, the Good Rats never stopped working and performing.<br /><br />What we need is some artist to out-Sufjan Sufjan Stevens, and begin work on a 50-album song cycle on the rock artists of all 50 states.<br />Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063639986915628650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-74943363372107068562013-07-13T00:08:55.391-04:002013-07-13T00:08:55.391-04:00buzzbabyjesus:
How was James?
Hope you got dinn...buzzbabyjesus: <br /><br />How was James?<br /><br />Hope you got dinner when you went. The food's no good but it gets you the better seats. If you're on a budget they usually let you get by with nachos.<br /><br />I saw James and his revue at a tiny place in Ontario called the Royal Tahitian summer of 1967. It was the night club at the Ontario National Golf Course. It was an 18 or older place. I was twelve but I used my fake ID to get in. It's amazing, but California driver's licenses didn't even have pictures on them back then. I looked older than my years and carried myself well. I never had problems getting into places.<br /><br />I also saw James at the Swing Auditorium circa 1967-1968. I think me and Sandy were the only white people there. It was awkward. But he puts on a good show.<br /><br />I've gone to the Coach House for ages. I think it opened in the early 1980's. I love the mom and pop atmosphere of the club and how it's run. Their booker died not that long ago. He was a very sweet guy.<br /><br />I saw the Replacements there in 1986. And multitudes of others. It's a great place to tape as long as you're at the long dinner tables. For a while they had a sound guy who'd let you plug into the board.<br /><br />During the 1980's and 1990's, I used to go there two or three times a week. I knew all the people there. Gary, the owner, had a place in Big Bear. Sometimes he'd let me use it. They treated me like royalty there. But I tipped good too.<br /><br />They don't offer as many good shows these days. Saw Todd Rundgren there this week for what I can only describe as an equivocal show. I'm not too crazy about it when he whips out a computer on stage. I've seen him better, and also worse.<br /><br />Shit, L.A.'s going to pot. I can't even find a decent show to go to on a Friday night. WTF? And it's summer too!<br /><br />My daughter's friend is in a relationship with the bass player of Say Anything. They're playing the House of Blues in Hollywood tonight, so her friend invited her for a full access show. Eisley is opening, so it's a family affair. <br /><br />Her friend invited me too, but I don't think she was really serious. I'll let the kids be kids. I don't like that crap, anyway.<br /><br />Your demo has no commercial potential. But that wasn't really the purpose was it? Kind of interesting - I dig the effects. Makes me wish Lou Reed would get a megaphone.:-)<br /><br />Vickie RockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-56808733172900499072013-07-12T22:25:42.539-04:002013-07-12T22:25:42.539-04:00The Coach House! That's where I saw James Brow...The Coach House! That's where I saw James Brown in about 1983.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-15175570758386107042013-07-12T21:01:09.799-04:002013-07-12T21:01:09.799-04:00Thought I'd include a little clipping from Bil...Thought I'd include a little clipping from Billboard about GWW. It's self explanatory. Hope the link works.<br /><br />http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a535/VanessaStone/aa01b421-fbd8-4c0a-8939-d14a283b0d83_zps847d00b8.jpg<br /><br />Norty & Ben were the middle aged record store owners. Not sure who Gerald Feldman was, but he was obviously one of their cohorts. This could explain why their version of GWW has a GF prefix in the matrix.<br /><br />Vickie Rock<br /><br />BTW, since this post is originally related to Bruuuuuce, I figured I'd give you a west coast dude who, I believe, surpasses the "Butt" in many ways, especially the cred department. The East Coast may have Asbury Park, but I'll take Downey over it anyday.<br /><br />This is what our hero's band sounds like on an off night. This is from the wonderful Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. A place where Alex Chilton lowered his pants for me in public. A venue with great sound, atmosphere and "real" "non-L.A." type of people. <br /><br />If you want to catch our hero's band firing on all cylinders track down "The Great American Music Galaxy" CD.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii1gm9MTdbA<br /><br />And a more recent performance<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEoKtLFmScI<br /><br />And here's what our SoCal heroes sound like when they're half dead with liver cancer:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1NCN7sBK0<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MoGqL20Bbg<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKgHDz4rWK4<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nt5BgMGJyI<br /><br />Now that's some Cosmic American Music!<br /><br />And speaking of Gram, what about this great cover?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MBO5Ytd34Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-87830190847783609692013-07-12T17:32:39.412-04:002013-07-12T17:32:39.412-04:00Yeah, I don't doubt the misspelling of "W...Yeah, I don't doubt the misspelling of "Wiskey." Was it a rubber stamped cover? Labels vary. Some are on Whiskey Records but I'm not sure how they spelled it.<br /><br />Your version of "Get Back" sounds like it has the same contents as "Get Back to Toronto." The "Kum Back" and "Get Back" on Lemon Records were were far from identical. But neither of them have the Lennon message at the beginning.<br /><br />There are lots of permutations of the "Get Back" bootleg. The early editions are sourced from a late September WBCN FM broadcast of the material. Where they got it from I dunno. John Lennon may have been the source, knowingly or not, since he was in the East at that time for the "Live Peace In Toronto" gig.<br /><br />That live album was supposedly rush released when bootleg copies of the Toronto show threatened to surface. But I don't know if that is true or legend.<br /><br />"O.P.D." and the foil covered bootleg are from a different broadcast of the material from Buffalo.<br /><br />On the West Coast, I never heard "Kum Back" until it was played by B. Mitchell Reed on KMET circa late 1969. Those were heady times.<br /><br />Vickie RockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-9629820923239268482013-07-12T16:44:34.185-04:002013-07-12T16:44:34.185-04:00Vicki --
I'd have to pull out Whiskey Flats (...Vicki --<br /><br />I'd have to pull out Whiskey Flats (it was spelled "Wiskey" on my copy) to recall the details. Definitely had a label, but haven't looked at it in many years.<br /><br />My copy of the Get Back bootleg was an early plain white cover edition - the first cut is about 3 minutes of John and Yoko talking about how they were going to be back in Toronto for the 1970 festival (which they didn't make, of course) -- this led to the rumor that John had a hand in getting the Get Back bootleg out, which I've never heard decidedly affirmed or denied.<br /><br />Gummohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09947040598570967596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-42341687040117588992013-07-12T16:31:52.710-04:002013-07-12T16:31:52.710-04:00Gummo:
I think Live at Whiskey Flats was original...Gummo:<br /><br />I think Live at Whiskey Flats was originally done on the East Coast. Ken and Dub copied it later. Does your copy have custom labels?<br /><br />"Get Back" on Lemon Records was from the West Coast. I think "Kum Back," and "O.P.D." were also from the East Coast. But not 100% sure.<br /><br />I think Whiskey Flats was the first live Beatles Boot. It was kinda iffy. "Back In the Hollywood Bowl" surfaced out here. That was better and probably brought on the official release.<br /><br />Rubber Dubber was also a major player on the West Coast circa 1970-1972. That guy did some outstanding releases. Hendrix, CSNY, The Band, Led Zepp, James Taylor, Neil Young etc. He had a Van Morrison 1970 show too, but he never released it. I guess he was too busy growing pot.<br /><br />Vickie Rock<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Vickie RockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-12390762785445112002013-07-12T16:01:21.114-04:002013-07-12T16:01:21.114-04:00Of the two TMOQ guys, Dub was the one more artisti...Of the two TMOQ guys, Dub was the one more artistically oriented. All the classic Stout covered issues from 1973 to 1974 were done by him. Ken was more the "in it for the money" type of guy. But he was up front about it.<br /><br />Dub may have been more artistic and loving of the material, but he didn't have the constitution to deal with the paranoia associated with his livelihood.<br /><br />He dropped out in the mid 1970's. That's when Ken became the king. TMOQ, Highway Hi-Fi, Pig's Eye, Amazing Kornyphone, Ze Anonym Plattenspieler, Flat, SODD, Excitable, Impossible, Toasted, Beacon Island, Phoenix were all his labels, and there were more.<br /><br />After spending the early Eighties in Europe, he re-emerged in the second half of that decade with Rock Solid, Box Top, Amazing Stork, Waggle, Screaming Oiseau and a plethora of other labels, including the wonderful named Pharting Pharaoh.<br /><br />He briefly got involved in the CD era with Toasted/Condor and Neutral Zone and then retired circa 1990.<br /><br />Getting back to the GWW, Ken insists that the original pressing had labels which read Rocolian Records. The artists credited is Dupree and the Miracle Sound.<br /><br />It was a mistake. The guy at the plant was supposed to reverse the labels so they were blank white.<br /><br />That initial run is dead rare. After Ken straightened the guy at the plant out, all subsequent early issues were blank.<br /><br />The name Great White Wonder came to be when the un-named 2-LP Dylan boot in the blank white cover hit the L.A. Free Press Book Store in July 1969. They made a sign promoting it calling it the "Great White Wonder." Ken and Dub liked it and went out and bought a rubber stamp.<br /><br />Oh, and Dub Taylor is no relation to the wonderful character actor of the same name.<br /><br />Vickie Rock<br /><br />Well they say this place is evil. That ain't why I stay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com