From: owner-bomp-digest@ (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@Bolis.com Subject: bomp-digest V1 #29 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@ Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@ Precedence: bulk bomp-digest Tuesday, February 4 1997 Volume 01 : Number 029 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 97 12:07:48 UT From: "Bill Holmes" Subject: RE: "When others are smokin', tokin', jokin'... Great finds! I remember that Cyrkle/PR&R single well - at the time my father worked at a Chevy dealership (the only year in his life he worked for someone else - good timing Dad!!) and came home from the convention with the record and a Camaro model. I know I saved the single; had I saved the model and other artifacts from the era I wouldn't have to work today! I also can't tell you how many times I have scanned over the band name The Blue Up without getting the joke! Doh! Thanks for the mental prod! Hey, that Best of 96 is Finished, Bill Holmes bholmes_fm@msn.com http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8282 VISIT THE WEBSITE! NEW RANTS AND LINKS WEEKLY ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Top 25 of 1996 now on the web page Check back Feb 5 for full reviews of each! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ - ---------- From: Bomp-Sender@bolis.com on behalf of Brian Phillips Sent: Sunday, February 02, 1997 6:33 PM To: Bomp@bolis.com Subject: "When others are smokin', tokin', jokin'... Camaro - The Cyrkle/SS 396 - Paul Revere and the Raiders - This was a special promo, "Created Exclusively for Chevrolet Dealers". These would both qualify for the cool car songs thread of a while back. Easily worth a dollar! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Feb 97 12:17:59 UT From: "Bill Holmes" Subject: American Pie and all that My buddy Tim Lowe sends me a daily "This Day In History" page, and from today's... Well, this is MONDAY, the 3rd of February 1997 This is "The Day the Music Died"! February 3, 1959 was a sad day in rock 'n' roll history: 22-year- old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old J.P. Richardson ('The Big Bopper') and 17-year-old Ritchie Valens, died in an airplane crash near Mason City, Iowa. February 3rd has been remembered as 'The Day the Music Died' since Don McLean made the line popular in his 1972 hit, "American Pie". Charles Hardin Holly was born in Lubbock, TX and recorded "That'll Be the Day", "Peggy Sue", "Oh, Boy", "Maybe Baby", "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (recorded just before his death, a smash in the U.K., non top-10 in the U.S.) and others. Buddy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. Gary Busey offered a convincing portrait of the singer in "The Buddy Holly Story" for TV. J.P. (Jiles Perry) Richardson was from Sabine Pass, TX. He held the record for longest continuous broadcasting as a DJ at KTRM Radio in Beaumont, TX in 1956. He was on the air for 122 hours and eight minutes. In addition to his smash hit, "Chantilly Lace", Richardson also penned "Running Bear" (a hit for Johnny Preston) plus "White Lightning" (a hit for country star, George Jones). Richard Valenzuela lived in Pacoima, CA (near LA) and had a role in the 1959 film, "Go Johnny Go". Ritchie Valens' two big hits were "Donna" and "La Bamba" ... the last, the title of a 1987 film depiction of his life. "La Bamba" also represented the first fusion of Latin music and American rock. Of the three young stars who died in that plane crash, the loss of Buddy Holly reverberated the loudest over the years. But, fans of '50s rock 'n' roll will agree, all three have been sorely missed. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 07:57:58 -0500 (EST) From: PETEP@aol.com Subject: P.C. again In a message dated 97-02-03 03:24:45 EST, you write: << m with you on this, while I agree with the tragedy of an independent label suffering like Estrus has, there's more important issues out there in which people's lives are at stake. AIDS, homelessness, etc. all seem more important to me than the resources lost in the fire. I'm not saying that it's wrong for people to be helping out, but when you see how music can bring people together to come to the aid of someone who needs it, ya' gotta' wonder about the people who only want to help out when it's >> Phil, nice to bring in a strong wiff of political correctness around here. I guess we shouldn't feel too sorry for estrus since there is a problem with the homeless, right? Maybe we shouldn't help estrus until ebonics are fully instituted in our schools! Thats more important. thanks for the insight. ------------------------------ Date: 03 Feb 97 10:22:36 -0500 From: "Andrea Lauritzen" Subject: Re: American Pie and all that From Bill HOlmes: >My buddy Tim Lowe sends me a daily "This Day In History" page, and from >today's... At the same moment I received this article on the plane crash, "American Pie" came on the radio. Creeeeeeeeeeeeeepy.... Andrea ------------------------------ Date: 03 Feb 97 11:10:12 -0400 From: Laura Taylor Subject: RE: "When others are smokin', tokin', jokin'... "It's just my nature to do weird stuff..." Laura Taylor (813) 974-3733 (hello >Laura Taylor), Bill Bechtel, Robert Wegmann and the Immediates. fyi-my paramour was in the Immediates....tho that was not his cut! :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 14:14:50 -0500 (EST) From: Lelia Ellen Raley Subject: Re: Richie Valens Dang it, I forgot to alert y'all to the broadcast of "Go, Johnny, Go" on AMC early Saturday the 1st. I forgot to tape it, too. Anyway it stars Alan Freed and others and is said to be worthwhile, and, being on AMC, will crop up regularly. xo Lola ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 20:35:12 +0000 From: Steve Coleman Subject: Re: GONN/'Tones/Creation At 00:26 02/02/97 -0800, you wrote: >I'm new to the list, so sue me if I'm telling you all something that you >already knew... but I heard in the newspaper and on the local news that >Gonn is getting back together to do a European tour! At the Fleshtones L'Arapaho gig on Thrusday a friend handed me a flyer for the Gonn reunion which took place in Paris earlier in the week. The blurb on the back (en francais mais je l'ai comprenne un peu) explained that the band were playing two sets one night in a small venue. Each perfomance had an attendance limit of twenty five and tickets were by strict allocation. Gosh it must have been a tiny room! Anyway my mate attended one of the sets and said they were excellent. The flyer also mentioned the possibility of the Gonn playing another Paris show in February but the organiser was still looking for a venue. Anyway twit here left the flyer in the Hotel room wastepaper bin and I can't remember the rest. O yes those Fleshtones in Paris. Wow what a show. I tell ya those Frenchies know how to react to this band. Zaremba and Co mixed old and new and dug into the Blast Off! archives to dust off a spirited version of 'The Way I Feel'. Highlight of the set for this Bompster was the encore featuring brill' versions of 'The World Keeps Turning Round' (RD Davies) and 'You're Holdin' Me Down' (The Buzz - Joe Meek production). Quote of the evening from the Z-man. Steve : "How would you feel if someone was too put together a Fleshtones tribute?" Peter : "That would be nice, but do you think we have enough good songs!" I tell ya those Super-Rock boys crack me up sometimes. Tell me the news concerning Kenny Pickett is *not* true. He was absolutely fabulous at the Creation show I saw three years ago. Such dignity and warmth. I shall make investigations on the London trash/garage scene. Steve C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 13:52:21 -0500 (EST) From: Lelia Ellen Raley Subject: Re: Trouser Press Guide Online!!! On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Evan Davies wrote: > > IT GOES TO ELEVEN: Remember Trouser Press, the garish rock rag ... Paging Johnny Thunders. > > Isn't Johnny Thunders daid by now?? Lola ------------------------------ Date: 03 Feb 97 14:47:03 -0400 From: Laura Taylor Subject: more tv "It's just my nature to do weird stuff..." Laura Taylor (813) 974-3733 ltaylor@wusf.usf.edu I taped that Bernard Hermann special on BRAVO last night....haven't yet seen it...but if it repeats this week, I just wanted to let you all know that an occasional, passing glance at your TV guide of choice can be valuable... I also should have given more than a passing glance to the TV guide last week, when I clipped the last 15 minutes of the MONKEES special on the DISNEY CH. Anyone see it? My tape cuts off when they were getting into HEAD...any valuable moments passed the scene where Peter Tork doesn't want to smack a dame? I got a TV Eye on u... Lounge Laura ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 13:45:17 -0500 (EST) From: Lelia Ellen Raley Subject: Re: Boys and Girls Together judy blume came along after my adolescence, but I think she was a lot more Frank and Explicit than the "juicy" books I read as a pube. B> was very shameful & closeted about the whole thing. toodles, Lola On 31 Jan 1997, Andrea Lauritzen wrote: > > Lola wrote: > > > >Now I remember! William Goldman wrote "Boys and Girls Together", turgid > >soap novel dealing with (gasp!) homosexuality (and other sorts of heated > >young coupling) ...seemed like pretty salacious stuff when I was 13 or > >14. "The Love That Dared Not Speak Its Name", that kind of stuff. > >Now am I right, Craig? Thanks - Lola > > > ...and to think, we made a big deal in Junior High about Judy Blume's > "Forever"!!!!!!! > > (My mother still laughs if she hears the name "Ralph") > > Thanks > Andrea > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 18:18:04 -0500 (EST) From: TweeKid@aol.com Subject: Ear Piercing Punk I've got a question regarding the recently re-released Bomp compilation "Ear Piercing Punk", when did this first get released compared to the Pebbles and the Highs in the Mid-6Ts compilations? And why were there no sleeve notes? Matthew ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 17:22:59 -0600 From: Subject: Re: GONN >I'm new to the list, so sue me if I'm telling you all something that you >already knew... but I heard in the newspaper and on the local news that >Gonn is getting back together to do a European tour! Yep, bassist Craig >Moore lives here in Peoria where he runs a record store, and drummer Dave >Johnson lives in nearby Pekin. I drove all the way to Keokuk, Iowa to see >their last reunion show in 1990, and it was genius! Anybody that gets a >chance to check these guys out should definitely do so, and please post a >review of the show. I wish I could make it myself... but Europe's too far >of a drive! Anyhoo, the tour is to happen in the month of February, so as >soon as they get back, and I work up the nerve, I'm goin' down to the >Peoria Record Company to ask Craig if he'd like to record "Doin' Me In" >with my band 13 Frightened Girls. Why not? We're recording "Blackout Of >Gretely" next week... Also, someone told me about a possible Gonn/Lyres >gig. Cool >idea, but I think they were full of shit... Until next time, shake it easy... >T.J. I always thought Gonn was one of the best garage/punk screamer bands ever. I used to do a lot of the record shows in the Midwest, including Peoria. Used to find some pretty cool stuff there. Even found a couple of copies of the Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival poster there. I met Craig and, sort of impressed by his part in the band, asked about the two singles. He had several copies of each and proposed to sell me a copy of each for a total of $150 (the first record is pretty lame and he wanted $50, Blackout of Gretely is ... well ... Blackout of Gretely, a monster! He wanted $100 for BOG), which was way over the current value. But since they were new and unplayed, I said sure, why not. I bought them and put them away. Well, apparently Craig sold all of his copies, cause a year or two later he approached me and told me that I should sell BOG back to him for the original price, $100. Well, by now, he'd done such a good job of spreading the legend that copies were going for $200-400. I said no thanks, so he offered $125. I said I wasn't interested and he went into a long tirade, in his own uniquely abusive way. I still wasn't interested. I've seen him at various functions over the last few years and he's coolly distant. However, friends who have come into his store and mentioned my name to him have said that he hasn't forgotten me and still calls me every name in the book. Well, I've still got the record, Craig! Was in Iowa once around the same time period and met one of the guys in the Daybreakers, who put out Psychedelic Siren, one of my psych favorites. This guy, who I think is named Max Collins (?), was involved in writing the Dick Tracy comic strip and was one of the nicest guys I've met. I bought a copy of his record and got him to autograph it. I was very happy about that outcome. I still think BOG is a monster and Gonn was a hell of a band. But sometimes the individuals fall far short of expectations. just my observations, David Tomlinson ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 21:48:07 -0500 (EST) From: Frank Uhle Subject: Re: Richie Valens On Mon, 3 Feb 1997, Lelia Ellen Raley wrote: > Dang it, I forgot to alert y'all to the broadcast of "Go, Johnny, Go" on > AMC early Saturday the 1st. I forgot to tape it, too. Anyway it stars > Alan Freed and others and is said to be worthwhile, and, being on AMC, > will crop up regularly. xo Lola This movie also features Eddie Cochran, the Cadillacs, the Flamingos, Jackie Wilson, Harvey Fuqua, and the hardest _____ing man in show business, Mr. Chuck Berry. Frank ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 14:29:27 +0900 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=82g=82h=82s=82n=82l=82h?=" Subject: RE: GONN Hi Someone asked about Gonn Europian Tour (Sorry My hard disk shut down, I lost all of pre message) My friend who lives in Italy wrote me a week ago, Gonn will have gig at 30th Jan in Roma with New Head and Hares. And He will go there.( He is a frend of Craig) Hitomi I Cutie Morning Moon '60s garage rock page from TOKYO http://www.kiwi-us.com/~hitomi/ e-mail hitomi@kiwi.co.jp ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V1 #29 *************************