From: owner-bomp-digest@ (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@Bolis.com Subject: bomp-digest V1 #23 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@ Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@ Precedence: bulk bomp-digest Thursday, January 30 1997 Volume 01 : Number 023 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 03:09:14 -0500 (EST) From: FFortune@aol.com Subject: Re: "Black Monk Time" gets hyped In a message dated 97-01-30 00:35:21 EST, you write: << I'd like to know at least a _little_ more about this group before I plunk down the money for this disc. >> Man if you've never heard the Monks now is the time to buy this disc. What is a measly 12 bucks or whatever it is gonna cost for the U.S. issue. The Monks are one of the greatest bands of all time hands down!!!! Take the record store man all those shitty promo records you've been camping on for no reason, sell them and buy this disc. They put to shame every punk band that followed them. If you don't like them maybe you can trade the disc back in for a Journey re-issue. an unbiased opinion Freddy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 01:07:13 -0800 From: gary mollica Subject: Re:Sweet B.B. I've had so many "brushes with greatness" that I cn tell you stories of (Cale, Chilton, Devo, Police, George Carlin, Steve Harley, Willy DeVille, Johnny Otis, Wild Man Fisher, Daevid Allen, Jonathan Richman, to name but a VERY few). The 2 that stick mot in my mind is a phone call from the legendary D.L Menard, "The Cajun Hank williams", & BB King, who I would not hesitate in a second to call "sweet". I used to work at the semi-legendary Down Home Music in El Cerrito, CA,(between Berkeley & Richmond, hometown of not only myself but Creedence!) home of the best blues store in the world, along with Arhoolie Records & Les Blank's Flower Films. We used to be open wed-Sun, closed Mon & Tues to restock the store, fill mail orders, & let celebrity customers shop in peace. Bee was a regular customer wheneer he was in the Bay Area. One day Bee was shopping (this is in the LP days, around '85) and was buying stacks of LPs. People from the various businesses in the building (which also included Back Room Distributors, would shyly come out to ask for autographs (something we normally would never do) & Bee would always act like it was an homor to be talking to them! I was working up front in the store, & my wife (then my girlfriend) was working in the back in mailorder. It was close to her birthday, & her co-workers were passing around a birthday card for everybody to sign. The card was passed around in the front & Bee asked what it was. I told him it was a birthday card for my girlfriend who worked in the band. With a wonderful look in his eyes, he said "do you think she'd mind if I signed the card?"!!!!!! Well, to this day we have a Down Home birthday card that says "Happy Birthday Margie from B.B.King"!! I helped Bee out to his car with his stack of boxes & put them in his trunk (cadillac with Vegas plates that said BBK). he smiled, grabbed my hand, shook it, & said "Thanks for all your help, & give your lady a big hug from Bee"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! memories are made of this!!!!!!! best, GaryM Lelia Ellen Raley wrote: > > Recently stood in line for an hour and a half to buy, and get signed, B.B. > King's autobio, and he was brief with each fan, understandably, but > gracious as could be, and had already spent an extra 45 minutes at > this event, according to his publicist (this is a 72-year-old man, y'all). > He wasn't signing the posters, guitars, record jackets, etc. that were > hopefully toted along, but his minions *were* giving out promo postcards, > guitar picks and lapel pins and we thought he was a prince of a fella. He > accepted my husband's bashfully-offered tape of his band and remarked that > the LP he'd brought along, "My Kind of Blues" was his own very favorite. > Lola > > On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Brian Phillips wrote: > > > Apparently, I got off light. I bought his autobiography in DC. He was > > there to sign it and he was a machine, no conversation, just signatures. > > This was fine by me, since that was why I bought the book, instead of > > waiting for it to come to the library( a strategy that served me well when > > I found that Stan Freberg's autobiography was very short, because he > > planned to split it into two volumes!). > > > > Back home, > > Brian Phillips > > > > >Almost forgot about ol' Chuck! This is the man who was filmed urinating in > > >some poor girl's face and yelling at her! > > > > > > Brian Phillips > > http://www.mindspring.com/~hagar > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 01:07:17 -0800 From: gary mollica Subject: Re:Sweet B.B. I've had so many "brushes with greatness" that I cn tell you stories of (Cale, Chilton, Devo, Police, George Carlin, Steve Harley, Willy DeVille, Johnny Otis, Wild Man Fisher, Daevid Allen, Jonathan Richman, to name but a VERY few). The 2 that stick mot in my mind is a phone call from the legendary D.L Menard, "The Cajun Hank williams", & BB King, who I would not hesitate in a second to call "sweet". I used to work at the semi-legendary Down Home Music in El Cerrito, CA,(between Berkeley & Richmond, hometown of not only myself but Creedence!) home of the best blues store in the world, along with Arhoolie Records & Les Blank's Flower Films. We used to be open wed-Sun, closed Mon & Tues to restock the store, fill mail orders, & let celebrity customers shop in peace. Bee was a regular customer wheneer he was in the Bay Area. One day Bee was shopping (this is in the LP days, around '85) and was buying stacks of LPs. People from the various businesses in the building (which also included Back Room Distributors, would shyly come out to ask for autographs (something we normally would never do) & Bee would always act like it was an homor to be talking to them! I was working up front in the store, & my wife (then my girlfriend) was working in the back in mailorder. It was close to her birthday, & her co-workers were passing around a birthday card for everybody to sign. The card was passed around in the front & Bee asked what it was. I told him it was a birthday card for my girlfriend who worked in the band. With a wonderful look in his eyes, he said "do you think she'd mind if I signed the card?"!!!!!! Well, to this day we have a Down Home birthday card that says "Happy Birthday Margie from B.B.King"!! I helped Bee out to his car with his stack of boxes & put them in his trunk (cadillac with Vegas plates that said BBK). he smiled, grabbed my hand, shook it, & said "Thanks for all your help, & give your lady a big hug from Bee"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! memories are made of this!!!!!!! best, GaryM Lelia Ellen Raley wrote: > > Recently stood in line for an hour and a half to buy, and get signed, B.B. > King's autobio, and he was brief with each fan, understandably, but > gracious as could be, and had already spent an extra 45 minutes at > this event, according to his publicist (this is a 72-year-old man, y'all). > He wasn't signing the posters, guitars, record jackets, etc. that were > hopefully toted along, but his minions *were* giving out promo postcards, > guitar picks and lapel pins and we thought he was a prince of a fella. He > accepted my husband's bashfully-offered tape of his band and remarked that > the LP he'd brought along, "My Kind of Blues" was his own very favorite. > Lola > > On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Brian Phillips wrote: > > > Apparently, I got off light. I bought his autobiography in DC. He was > > there to sign it and he was a machine, no conversation, just signatures. > > This was fine by me, since that was why I bought the book, instead of > > waiting for it to come to the library( a strategy that served me well when > > I found that Stan Freberg's autobiography was very short, because he > > planned to split it into two volumes!). > > > > Back home, > > Brian Phillips > > > > >Almost forgot about ol' Chuck! This is the man who was filmed urinating in > > >some poor girl's face and yelling at her! > > > > > > Brian Phillips > > http://www.mindspring.com/~hagar > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 01:17:40 -0800 From: gary mollica Subject: Re: Fabulous Flipsides Lelia Ellen Raley wrote: > > I KNOW there are others! E.G. is there not a "Run, Run, Run" by the > Supremes? Lola > Thanks for reminding me! used to play that one, too! "ya better run run run run run, hey hey hey"~ best, GaryM > On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, gary mollica wrote: > > > Brian Phillips wrote: > > > > > > Run, Run, Run was on Vol. 9. I thought that that was the hit side (#44). > > > > > > I started a tape once with these songs: > > > > > > Run, Run, Run - The Gestures > > > Run, Run, Run - Sly and the Family Stone > > > Run, Run, Run - The Who > > > > > > I also could have used Run, Run, Run by the Third Rail. The great part > > > about this is that NONE of these are the same song! > > > > Back in the 70s when I was on radio, I'd do all 4 PLUS Run Run Run by > > the Velvets! > > > > Best, > > GaryM (who remembers loving both the Gestures & 3rd Rail tunes on AM) > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 01:52:22 -0800 From: gary mollica Subject: Re: Fabulous Flipsides Bill Holmes wrote: > > Am I the only person who remembers "Run Run Run" by JoJo Gunne? Great > song...at the time. Hey Bill, Give a guy a break! I'm Way over the hill, haven't had a real dj stint in 20 years, so can't remember everythingi used ta play Do-duh-do DOO-duh-doo-do RUNNNN - RUNNN - RUNNN best. GaryM ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 09:15:00 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Poust Subject: Re: LIST ADMIN: Please read! Isn't there a lister by the name of Bruce Brink on Bomp? Maybe he has a second mailbox he's trying to subcribe? Good luck. I suppose you saw the same thing I did when I fingered the address: /home/brianep> finger brinkb@usone.com [usone.com] You are not permitted to use the gateway. Brian Poust ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 09:16:00 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Poust Subject: Re: LIST ADMIN: Please read! Give this a shot... Bruce Brink <0002140048@mcimail.com> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:16:39 -0800 From: kris verreth Subject: re: monks you can't really compare the monks with anybody.i got the cd version of black monk time on repertoire a few years ago(couldn't find the vinyl anymore unfortunately) & it is about the only cd I ever play,plus I made a tape for in the car.It's pretty close to being the best record I ever heard,you shouldn't have any doubts,buy the reissue straight away. speaking of the monks,a friend of mine has a french 7" from the 60's (i think it's on vogue,not absolutely sure about it though) by a band also called the monks,it's a cover of 'juanita banana',no info whatsoever,I listened to it at his place & it didn't sound anything like the Monks I know,anyone know anything about this? kris ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jan 97 09:22:13 -0500 From: "Andrea Lauritzen" Subject: Monks > The Monks are one of the greatest bands of all time hands down!!!! I have to second Freddy's opinion here. If I hadn't known about the US reissue, I would have no problem shelling out the $25 - 30 for the import! Seriously! Every time I'm in a record store that has it, I consider, simply because I CANNOT WAIT for the reissue! Can't really compare them to anyone at the time (that I know of). PURE PUNK. The Evaporators do a pretty decent cover of "Higgle-Dy Piggle-Dy" (but for some reason rename it "Higgle-Ly Piggle-Ly". Or did I get this backwards?) Andrea ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 09:09:27 -0500 From: Don Smith Subject: chuck exposed explained Most Chuck Berry fans know this story, but it got brought up here.... Chuck was busted on Mann Act charges for driving an underage waitress across state lines to his bar. I don't have the details handy, but I'm sure most people know the gist of the story. trumped up charges, etc. So in the late 60s or 70s Chuck started taking nude polaroids of himself with every woman he slept with so that he could prove that it was consensual. I don't know how, because date rape is a real thing- but this was his public explanation to the dozen or so photos of himself standing stark naked with emaciated trailer denizens as he holds the camera's remote control cord. Sort of a mid-70s American Gothic. They appeared in some low-grade porno magazine- showing chuck in various states of aging. Anyway. I first heard about the Chuck Berry porno tapes around 1989 or so. They were supposedly stolen from his apartment he keeps above his nightclub. They are not officially released by Film Threat or anyone- that would bring law suits aplenty. They are only traded among collectors. I have not seen them because, bluntly, I really don't want to. The first one I heard about was very normal, these new tapes which I once heard described as "Johnny B Goode, Johnny got to the bathroom on women." Seem far from normal. Anyway, hopefully that nips in the bud any idea that Chuck released these films, etc. They are his stolen home videos. However, if some enterprising prankster wishes to dub parts of these videos over video store rental copies of "Hail Hail Rock n Roll," don't tell anyone I gave you the idea. Don and no, I don't even want to think about the Jayne Kennedy tapes... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:20:48 -0500 From: ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com Subject: Re: Garage = next big thing? Andrea wrote (edited to fit your computer screen): "Well, surf seems to have survived. I think that the mainstream's brief love of it has gone away. Would mainstream acceptance mean the death knell? " I doubt it. I for one, can't thank Quentin T. enough, not for "Miserlou" (great as it is) but hearing "Surf Rider" by the Lively Ones for the first time ever was a wonderful revelation to me and caused me to add some CDs and vinyl to the collection that get played every week. There is so much good music out there, it's hard to know where to plunk down your hard-earned $15. A little exposure can help us poor lost lambs. "I think that the original bands, the ones who did practice in their parents' garages, WANTED to be famous, and WANTED to clobber the world over the head with their sound. Modern garage bands perhaps would LIKE to be famous, but on their own terms. So maybe I just contradicted myself...sue me. " I don't see a contradiction, and you make a great point. The old bands were DIY only to the extent that they couldn't afford to get out of the garage. To be in a *real* recording studio was high on the list of most band's aspirations (the ones I knew, anyway). To be able to make vital music while the meter is running is no small accomplishment. Craig ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:31:18 -0500 (EST) From: dcoyle@mail.bright.net (David J. Coyle) Subject: Re: Pebbles In The Musical Ocean A thing I've heard of many obscure bands like these is "what they lacked in musical ability they made up for in enthusiasm and attitude." As for bands like this being derided, well, the same thing happened in the 60s when this was what would now be called "modern rock." I just can't imagine 30 years later how these bands were first conceived so soon after the British Invasion and the advent of folk-rock. Did it just seem to go from "yeah yeah yeah" to "nyah nyah nyah" over night? As for the Kingsmen, all anyone had to do to dispel any doubts about their competence after "Louie Louie" was to take a listen to "Jolly Green Giant." I have three of their albums on CD and LP, and "Louie Louie" was a fluke considering their output overall... || David J. Coyle // E-Mail: dcoyle@bright.net || || Chillicothe, OH // Another minimum-wage college graduate || ====================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:54:51 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Poust Subject: Re: Pebbles In The Musical Ocean I don't think it went to "nyah nyah nyah" (which is a great illustration, by the way, David) quite overnight. Consider the Rolling Stones. They, the Pretty Things and Them (to name but a few) were already producing a raw sound and the Stones are who influenced countless American High School kids who formed bands like the Count 5, almost any band in Chicago, you get the idea. Remember, the Stones were the Anti-Beatles.... These American kids listening to the Stones were even less proficient, and well, anyone who strapped a guitar around their neck in their mid teens can tell you how turning up your 10 watt amp to 11 and slamming some anti-chord you just invented just feels so great! There's your enthusiasm and attitude. Coupled with the insults for long hair and strange clothing, and it's "nyah, nyah, nyah" all the way, and who could blame them? Can't comment on the Kingsmen though, and it's my own fault, for out of my own closed mindedness I've avoided they and the Dave Clark 5 like the plague. Maybe I should give them a listen. Hell, the LP's are easy enough to find. Brian Poust At 11:31 AM 1/30/97 -0500, you wrote: >A thing I've heard of many obscure bands like these is "what they lacked in >musical ability they made up for in enthusiasm and attitude." As for bands >like this being derided, well, the same thing happened in the 60s when this >was what would now be called "modern rock." > >I just can't imagine 30 years later how these bands were first conceived so >soon after the British Invasion and the advent of folk-rock. Did it just >seem to go from "yeah yeah yeah" to "nyah nyah nyah" over night? > >As for the Kingsmen, all anyone had to do to dispel any doubts about their >competence after "Louie Louie" was to take a listen to "Jolly Green Giant." >I have three of their albums on CD and LP, and "Louie Louie" was a fluke >considering their output overall... > >|| David J. Coyle // E-Mail: dcoyle@bright.net || >|| Chillicothe, OH // Another minimum-wage college graduate || > ====================================================================== > > > ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jan 97 12:03:24 -0500 From: "Andrea Lauritzen" Subject: Re: Garage = Next big thing? Here's an exchange between Craig and I: "I think that the original bands, the ones who did practice in their parents' garages, WANTED to be famous, and WANTED to clobber the world over the head with their sound. Modern garage bands perhaps would LIKE to be famous, but on their own terms. So maybe I just contradicted myself...sue me. " I don't see a contradiction, and you make a great point. The old bands were DIY only to the extent that they couldn't afford to get out of the garage. To be in a *real* recording studio was high on the list of most band's aspirations (the ones I knew, anyway). To be able to make vital music while the meter is running is no small accomplishment. Thanks, Craig. I wasn't sure if I was out of line with my observation or not, as someone who was not alive during the first wave of garage bands. Funny how modern bands want to sound like bands from the 60s who probably thought "man, we'd sound so much better with better equipment and if we weren't recording this in our parents' garage!" BUT it also sounds a heck of a lot better than some bands in a top-of-the-line recording studio. Andrea ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:17:30 +0100 From: Sylvain.Collette@chuv.hospvd.ch (Sylvain Collette) Subject: WE THE PEOPLE on Collectable hi all, Could someone here give me the track listing of the WE THE PEOPLE "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDANCE" Cd on Collectable ? What are the differences with the Eva Comp? Thanx for taking the time to answer. Sylvain SWITZERLAND ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:05:06 -0500 From: mlawren1@explorer.csc.com Subject: Re: Garage = next big thing? hearing "Surf Rider" by the > Lively Ones for the first time ever was a wonderful revelation to > me and caused me to add some CDs and vinyl to the collection that > get played every week. There is so much good music out there, > it's hard to know where to plunk down your hard-earned $15. A > little exposure can help us poor lost lambs. If you haven't already, you should expose yourself to "Fathomless" by Boston's The Fathoms. Easily one of the top 3 products of the '96 "surf boom." F ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:10:09 -0500 (EST) From: Lelia Ellen Raley Subject: Re: chuck exposed explained Who's Jayne Kennedy? And wasn't the "underage waitress" really a teen hooker he was pimping at his bar? On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Don Smith wrote: > Most Chuck Berry fans know this story, but it got brought up here.... > > Chuck was busted on Mann Act charges for driving an underage waitress > across state lines to his bar. I don't have the details handy, but > I'm sure most people know the gist of the story. trumped up charges, > etc. > > So in the late 60s or 70s Chuck started taking nude polaroids of > himself with every woman he slept with so that he could prove that it > was consensual. I don't know how, because date rape is a real thing- > but this was his public explanation to the dozen or so photos of > himself standing stark naked with emaciated trailer denizens as he > holds the camera's remote control cord. Sort of a mid-70s American > Gothic. They appeared in some low-grade porno magazine- showing chuck > in various states of aging. > > Anyway. I first heard about the Chuck Berry porno tapes around 1989 > or so. They were supposedly stolen from his apartment he keeps above > his nightclub. They are not officially released by Film Threat or > anyone- that would bring law suits aplenty. They are only traded > among collectors. I have not seen them because, bluntly, I really > don't want to. The first one I heard about was very normal, these new > tapes which I once heard described as "Johnny B Goode, Johnny got to > the bathroom on women." Seem far from normal. > > Anyway, hopefully that nips in the bud any idea that Chuck released > these films, etc. They are his stolen home videos. However, if some > enterprising prankster wishes to dub parts of these videos over video > store rental copies of "Hail Hail Rock n Roll," don't tell anyone I > gave you the idea. > > Don > > and no, I don't even want to think about the Jayne Kennedy tapes... > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:08:17 -0500 From: ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com Subject: Re: Pebbles In The Musical Ocean David writes: "I just can't imagine 30 years later how these bands were first conceived so soon after the British Invasion and the advent of folk-rock. Did it just seem to go from "yeah yeah yeah" to "nyah nyah nyah" over night?" Bands just loved to jump on the latest trend; Most of the groups around my area would cover Brit sounds, dance, some surf, folk, and later pschedelic, whatever sounded cool. A couple of months is a *lifetime* when you're 16 years old. Perhaps it only seems like an overnight change with 30 years of hindsight. What I didn't see, was a lot of long-hair/greaser crossover, ie a band that played Stones songs would never play a Four Seasons tune. And plenty of these bands were around before the British Invasion, being inspired by Jay & the Americans, Booker T, Chris Montez, and the like. As for Yeah/Nyah, both The Kingsmen and The Trashmen charted before the Beatles and, unless I misunderstand, they were both pretty Nyah, no? Craig Who assumes that Nyah is a good thing. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:21:32 -0800 From: gary mollica Subject: Re: Mean Chuck/Sweet B.B. Squishy@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 1/29/97 9:35:48 PM, you wrote: > > <<> >Almost forgot about ol' Chuck! This is the man who was filmed urinating> in> > >some poor girl's face and yelling at her!>> > > Presumably, that was the promo clip for "Wee Wee Hours". Actually, that was the subtitle of the video (no I'm NOT making this up! GaryM ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jan 97 14:18:24 -0500 From: "Andrea Lauritzen" Subject: The Fathoms Frank told us: If you haven't already, you should expose yourself to "Fathomless" by Boston's The Fathoms. Easily one of the top 3 products of the '96 "surf boom." Yes! I don't have this, but I have seen them live and they are great! One of those guys has a rockabilly band also called Cranky Frank and the Cranktones. Is it true that NONE of the Fathoms have day jobs; they make all their money from playing? The rest of us can only dream... Thanks Andrea ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:37:21 -0500 (EST) From: Lelia Ellen Raley Subject: Re: Mustang Sally On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Lelia Ellen Raley wrote: > Honda's slogan back then was "you meet the nicest people on a Honda"! > Heavily promoting a squeaky-clean-cut image of pleasant blonde young > people in pressed chinos who weren't ANYTHING like those nasty motorcycle-movie > hog-ridin' scurvos. > > On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Allan G. Waite wrote: > > > Hitomi, > > you wrote: > > > > > Though it is not my fave car song, Hondels sung "little Honda". > > > Japanese Honda song!. Is it about motor cycle or car?? > > > > I think it is about the motorcycle. > > > > Hondas were VERY popular with American young people in the mid to late > > 1960s! Japanese motorcycles were inexpensive, well made, lightweight > > and fun (good power to weight ratio!)compared to Before Japan brought > > Hondas and Yamahas to the U.S. in the early 1960s, Americans had little > > choice but to buy heavy, expensive Harley-Davidsons and British > > motorbikes. > > > > I have an old friend who ran a motorcycle shop in the 1940s-1970s, and > > he told me about the "good old days" before Japanese motorcycles came to > > the U.S. Those days weren't so good! > > > > This is probably more than you ever wanted to know! > > > > Allan Waite > > > > P.S. If you have any doubts, I think at least one of the Hondell's > > album covers pictures them with Honda motorcycles. Also check out the > > Jackson 5 album cover (about 1971) showing the boys with their > > mini-bikes! > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:37:41 -0500 (EST) From: Lelia Ellen Raley Subject: Re: more mr. vegas On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Lelia Ellen Raley wrote: > Col. Parker story gleaned from I've-forgotten-which-Elvis-bio: In his > carny huckster days, "Colonel" Tom had a hot dog stand where he sold > unsuspecting folks a bun with two small chunks o' dog at either end & a > mess o'relish & glop in the middle. When anyone dared to protest, he > would point at a section of weiner planted on the ground for this purpose > and growl: "You dropped yer meat. Move on!" What a guy! >=20 > Lola >=20 > On 21 Jan 1997, Laura Taylor wrote: >=20 > > The man credited with turning Elvis Presley into=A0a star has died. > > =09A longtime friend says Colonel Tom Parker passed away today at a=A0L= as=20 > > Vegas hospital, from complications of a stroke. He was 87. > > =09Parker became Presley's manager in 1955. He helped the young=A0singe= r get=20 > > his first recording contracts and arranged his early=A0television=20 > > appearances. And in the process, Presley became an=A0entertaining legen= d. > > =09''Colonel'' was an honorary title bestowed on Parker in 1948=20 > > by=A0Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis. Presley called him ''admiral.'' > > =09Parker defended himself against charges he exploited his star=A0clie= nt. In=20 > > 1993, he said: ''I don't think I exploited Elvis as much=A0as he's bein= g=20 > > exploited today.'' > >=20 > > "It's just my nature to do weird stuff..." > > Laura Taylor > > (813) 974-3733 > > ltaylor@wusf.usf.edu > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > =20 > >=20 > >=20 >=20 >=20 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:42:37 -0500 (EST) From: Lelia Ellen Raley Subject: Re: chuck exposed explained On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Lelia Ellen Raley wrote: > Who's Jayne Kennedy? And wasn't the "underage waitress" really a teen > hooker he was pimping at his bar? > > On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Don Smith wrote: > > > Most Chuck Berry fans know this story, but it got brought up here.... > > > > Chuck was busted on Mann Act charges for driving an underage waitress > > across state lines to his bar. I don't have the details handy, but > > I'm sure most people know the gist of the story. trumped up charges, > > etc. > > > > So in the late 60s or 70s Chuck started taking nude polaroids of > > himself with every woman he slept with so that he could prove that it > > was consensual. I don't know how, because date rape is a real thing- > > but this was his public explanation to the dozen or so photos of > > himself standing stark naked with emaciated trailer denizens as he > > holds the camera's remote control cord. Sort of a mid-70s American > > Gothic. They appeared in some low-grade porno magazine- showing chuck > > in various states of aging. > > > > Anyway. I first heard about the Chuck Berry porno tapes around 1989 > > or so. They were supposedly stolen from his apartment he keeps above > > his nightclub. They are not officially released by Film Threat or > > anyone- that would bring law suits aplenty. They are only traded > > among collectors. I have not seen them because, bluntly, I really > > don't want to. The first one I heard about was very normal, these new > > tapes which I once heard described as "Johnny B Goode, Johnny got to > > the bathroom on women." Seem far from normal. > > > > Anyway, hopefully that nips in the bud any idea that Chuck released > > these films, etc. They are his stolen home videos. However, if some > > enterprising prankster wishes to dub parts of these videos over video > > store rental copies of "Hail Hail Rock n Roll," don't tell anyone I > > gave you the idea. > > > > Don > > > > and no, I don't even want to think about the Jayne Kennedy tapes... > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:21:49 -0500 (EST) From: HayHuggins@aol.com Subject: Re: Garage = next big thing? >>If you haven't already, you should expose yourself to "Fathomless" by Boston's The Fathoms. Easily one of the top 3 products of the '96 "surf boom."<< Is it on vinyl? What would you consider the other two top 3? Richard ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:55:57 -0500 (EST) From: Lelia Ellen Raley Subject: Re: Russ Myers again > > William Goldman, (Butch Cassidy, Marathon Man, Fierce Creatures, > Heat) who is oddly considered one of the great screenwriters of our > day, IS THIS THE SAME WILLIAM GOLDMAN WHO WROTE "LORD OF THE FLIES"? first called Russ in the early 80s the "only living American > Auteur." > > IT'S THE SAME AS REX REED APPEARING IN > "MYRA BRECKINRIDGE" AND BAD MOUTHING ANYONE ELSE AS A PERFORMER. I b'lieve Rex would "badmouth" (bad pun) most anyone he could get his lips on. > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 15:08:35 -0500 (EST) From: Lelia Ellen Raley Subject: Re: Just what DID I find? On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Brian Phillips wrote: > > (Red Bird) Shangri-Las - Long Live Our Love/Sophisticated Boom Boom. The > flip interested me. Not any more. > > Hey man - these are My Girls, and "Sophisticated Boom Boom" the one piece I have MOST fantasized covering with my imaginary soul/trash big big stage revue. I've got the steps all worked out (not that it was difficult) & everything...Lola ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 15:32:11 -0500 From: Evan Davies Subject: Re: Just what DID I find? >> (Red Bird) Shangri-Las - Long Live Our Love/Sophisticated Boom Boom. The >> flip interested me. Not any more. >> >> Hey man - these are My Girls, and "Sophisticated Boom Boom" the one piece >I have MOST fantasized covering with my imaginary soul/trash big big stage >revue. Hey, go for it! I was in a band that covered that tune years & years ago. (Luckily I was drumming so I didn't have to learn any dance moves!) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evan Davies "Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology" - I. Pop evan@funk.mtvn.com http://www.juvalamu.com MTV Networks may deny all knowledge of the existence of this message. ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jan 97 15:54:33 -0400 From: Laura Taylor Subject: RE: Re: Garage = Next big thing? I hope so! THEE CRYPTKICKER 5 needs all the $ it can get...last haul:$40! "It's just my nature to do weird stuff..." Laura Taylor (813) 974-3733 ltaylor@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jan 97 15:52:53 -0500 From: "Andrea Lauritzen" Subject: Fathoms >>If you haven't already, you should expose yourself to "Fathomless" by Boston's The Fathoms. Easily one of the top 3 products of the '96 "surf boom."<< Richard inquires: >Is it on vinyl? What would you consider the other two top 3? Richard, To the best of my knowledge, "Fathomless" was released on CD only. I recall having a discussion with a friend about this, and his opinion was that by releasing only a CD, the band alienated part of their potential audience. I have to agree with him, because I could name at least three people who do not own a CD player, and if each of us can name at least three...[so on and so on]. Was this released on one of the Boston-based labels (Rounder or Upstart)? I guess I don't know that because it's pretty easy to find here. - -Andrea ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jan 1997 15:09:40 -0600 From: "Christopher Holtane" Subject: THE MONKS David J. Coyle wrote: >All I've ever heard by this group was a few seconds of "It's Monk Time" >downloaded off the Monks homepage. Can anyone tell me of any other = groups >from the time period that their sound could be compared to? I'd like to >know at least a _little_ more about this group before I plunk down the >money for this disc. NOBODY SOUNDED OR SOUNDS LIKE THE MONKS! It will definitely be worth the = long green you lay down for the CD. But if you want to know more buy the = book "BLACK MONK TIME" and read one of the coolest rock n' roll books = around. Even if you don't end up digging the music, it's still an = incredible story. I've seen the book at the local Tower Records! If you = really want to do it right though, just buy the CD with what you do know = and get prepared to be knocked out! Hey anybody ever hear the Fall do = "Black Monk Theme Pt.1 & 2" off of Extricate? Well it's them doing "I = Hate You" and "Oh How To Do Now"! World is so worried, Chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:08:02 -0500 From: ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com Subject: Re: Russ Myers again Lelia asks: "IS THIS THE SAME WILLIAM GOLDMAN WHO WROTE "LORD OF THE FLIES"?" Fear not; you are thinking of William Golding. Did anyone see the great photo of the movie cast reunited in The New Yorker a few weeks ago? Kill the Pig! Craig B.A. English ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:10:32 -0500 From: mlawren1@explorer.csc.com Subject: Re: Garage = next big thing? I'd suspect AVI probably offers vinyl as well, though jhvh only knows. As for the other two: I'd vote for the release of the Eddie and the Showmen singles on one CD("Squad Car")and then flip flop between The Volcanos "Surfquake" (I think "96 was the year on this)and Jon & The Nightriders' "Fiberglass Rocket" (or The Shadows' "Shadows are Go"). The 3 of this genre that I absolutely could not part with (this intromitted, like everything else, just for the heck of it): The Astronauts: Rarities Eddie and the Showmen: Squad Car The Surf Raiders: Best Of F HayHuggins@aol.com wrote: > > >>If you haven't already, you should expose yourself to "Fathomless" by > Boston's The Fathoms. Easily one of the top 3 products of the '96 "surf > boom."<< > > Is it on vinyl? What would you consider the other two top 3? > > Richard ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jan 97 16:25:28 -0400 From: Laura Taylor Subject: MIA More e-mail problems this week...Please resend *anything*-luv... Lounge Laura "It's just my nature to do weird stuff..." Laura Taylor (813) 974-3733 ltaylor@wusf.usf.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 23:29:21 EET From: "T P Uschanov" Subject: Re: Russ Myers again Lelia Ellen Raley wrote: > > William Goldman, (Butch Cassidy, Marathon Man, Fierce Creatures, > > Heat) who is oddly considered one of the great screenwriters of our > > day, > > IS THIS THE SAME WILLIAM GOLDMAN WHO WROTE "LORD OF THE FLIES"? That was William Golding. T P Uschanov, University of Helsinki, Finland, European Union tuschano@cc.helsinki.fi ### http://www.helsinki.fi/~tuschano/ "Omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt." (Baruch Spinoza, 1632-1677) ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jan 97 17:15:23 -0500 From: "Andrea Lauritzen" Subject: Fathoms Here's some info lifted off the 'net on the Fathoms: THE FATHOMS Fathomless Atomic Beat 7002 Maybe we could blame it all on Quentin Tarantino, but ever since the runaway success of Pulp Fiction a couple of years ago, it seems as though you can?t even wax your woody without running into a new surf release or compilation. But I think we should thank him and all those retro-happy hoedads twanging and reverbing away in the the Surf Explosion of the Nineties. (Did somebody say the next grunge? I didn?t think so ...) Add to the list of surf contenders the Boston-based Fathoms. These cool-rocking daddies have made an album so drenched in reverb, so awash in middle eastern melodies that you?d swear old Uncle Dick Dale (nee en Quincy, MA) was overseeing the proceedings. If we take into account that Fathomless could well be a classic for the next generation, I think we can dismiss any soothsayers who tell you good surf music only comes from California. The Fathoms can shoot the musical curl as good as anybody on the scene today. That said, let?s point out the Fathoms are a pretty traditional-styled outfit. They don?t have samples and spacesuits like Man...or Astroman?, they don?t use guitar wizardry like the Mermen and they don?t wear wrestling masks like Los Straitjackets. What they do have is excellent songwriting, ranging from slow ballads like "Incognito" to choppy, reverb fests like "Riptide" and "Fathomless." They also have a secret weapon no other surf band can match: saxophonist Dave Sholl. Don?t get me wrong, lead guitarist Frank Blandino is very much the lead instrument in the Fathoms; they are a surf band after all. But when big, bad Mr. Sholl commences to blowing, bleating and squonking that thing, often times in conjunction with Blandino?s melody line, it takes the Fathoms to heights and depths you can?t quite achieve with guitars, bass and drums. The fact Mssrs. Blandino and Sholl are no spring chickens is evident in the the execution and consistency on Fathomless. You can picture the Fathoms with Blandino and Sholl in their teens rocking some crazed party scene in a Sixties flick entitled "Blood Beach Blastoff" or something, except their top-notch rhythm section would not have been born yet. Fathomless is timeless. And if it takes an egotistical movie producer and a pseudo-gangster black comedy to bring great instrumental music like this to the public?s attention, then I say "Surf?s Up." (TC) Thanks Andrea ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V1 #23 *************************