From: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@xnet2.com Subject: bomp-digest V2002 #62 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send e-mail to majordomo@xnet2.com with "unsubscribe bomp-digest" in the body X-Bomp-web-site: http://www.bomp.com X-BompList-Administrator: efd@xnet2.com bomp-digest Sunday, January 27 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 062 This is the digest version of the Bomp list. ***HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE:*** Send an e-mail with the words "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com or go to . Here's what people are yacking about in this digest: Re: Power Pop HOODOO3005@aol.com Re: rumours, flavours and colours of my bad dating story "Lenny Smith" Coffee 'n' Smokes Playlist, 1/26/2002 "Alex Piandes" Re: American Power Pop goodies ... Moreen5000@aol.com shebang on video Don Re: Can't Get Enough Of Your Love"? Iam Fuzzco Just The Right Sound: The Association Anthology NankerPhlg@aol.com [none] "Stevo" Re: cumular limit Euphorik6@aol.com CD art -? Euphorik6@aol.com Re: Iommi fluting "Alan Wright" Bad dating stories? Fights over music? Sknoof@aol.com Re: Bad dating stories? Fights over music? Rdten1@aol.com Re: Liliput/Malaria Rat Pfink Re: DIY Power Pop David Coyle Re: Something Else David Coyle Re: Bad dating stories? Fights over music? DaGreasyChicken@aol.com Re: The Savage Young Beatles Daniel Banks Poptopia!/Emmit Rhodes David Coyle Re: Crabby Appleton bryan Jeff Drake & The Joneses Daniel Banks Re: Bad dating stories? Fights over music? Redlabour@cs.com Re: bomp-digest V2002 #61 HOODOO3005@aol.com EBAY Daniel Banks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 05:02:44 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: Power Pop In a message dated 1/27/02 2:21:33 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: << Other American power pop recommendations (late '70s thru early '80s): 1) Dwight Twilley Band - Sincerely, Twilley Don't Mind, The Great Lost Twilley Album 2) Phil Seymour - Phil Seymour, Phil Seymour 2 3) (Paul Collins') Beat - The Beat, The Kids Are The Same 4) The Plimsouls - The Plimsouls, Everywhere At Once 5) Shoes - Black Vinyl Shoes, Present Tense, Tongue Twister, Boomerang 6) Scruffs - Wanna Meet the Scruffs? 7) Pezband - Pezband, Laughing in the Dark, Cover to Cover 8) 20/20 - 20/20, Look Out! 9) The Pop - The Pop, Go! 10) The Quick - Mondo Deco >> Here's a few more: 11) Cretones (particularly the THIN RED LINE album on Planet, featuring "Real Love") And from the early 70's: 12) Blue Ash, NO MORE, NO LESS (Mercury, 1973) 13) The Sidewinders (self titled) (RCA, 1972 - NOT to be confused with an 80's (?) era college-rock band with the same name on the same label) James ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 06:42:03 -0500 From: "Lenny Smith" Subject: Re: rumours, flavours and colours of my bad dating story "mykel" wrote: ....the girl who was trying to light up my collection, she ran off > after i tossed a cheese runza at her. the argument, "you love yer records > more then me"....and i said, "i do". Well, DUH... ; ) Lenny ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 07:08:22 -0000 From: "Alex Piandes" Subject: Coffee 'n' Smokes Playlist, 1/26/2002 Hello BOMP!ers. Nothing new in the house. Nuthin' to say. So let's cut to the chase, shall we? Here goes for 26 January: *Moon Dawgs: Keep On Pushing (V/A Sixties Archives, Vol. 3/Eva) *Cement Trampoline: (Shake) The Hand Of Fate (Glad To Be Alive/Imagine!) *Barbara Lynn: You'll Lose A Good Thing (7"/Jamie) *The Mr. T Experience: Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah (...And The Women Who Love Them/Lookout) *Los Straitjackets w/The Trashmen: A Huevo (Sing Along With.../Cavalcade) *The Black & Whites: Where Did You Go? (V/A Boom Boom/Strassebeat) *The Flaming Stars: A Place In The Sun (Ginmill Perfume/Alternative Tentacles) *Roxy Music: In Every Dream Home A Heartache (...For Your Pleasure/Atco) *The Grip Weeds: Melancholia (Summer Of A Thousand Years/Rainbow Quartz) *The Chesterfield Kings: She Told Me Lies (7"/Mirror) *The Cripplers: Trash Can (One More For The Bad Guys/Dionysus) *The Longhorn Devils: Clash Of The Titans (Spitfire Bar-Bee/Wildebeest) *The Krautjong Devils: Moovin' (Moovin' With... 7" EP/Kogar) *Gene Gray: Surfer's Mood (V/A Strummin' Mental, Part 2/Crypt) *The Aqua Velvets: Martini Time (Radio Waves/Milan) *Sir Bald Diddley and His Right Honourable Wigs: Pie Go Mania (7" EP/Alopecia) *The Cavaliers: Assepoes (V/A Biet Het, Vol. 2/Distortions) *Dakotas: The Spider and The Fly (V/A Rare 60's Beat Treasures, Vol. 3/Gone Beat) *Tintern Abbey: Vacuum Cleaner (V/A Chocolate Soup For Diabetics/Relics) *The Donner Party: The Ghost (S/T/Cryptovision) *Michael and The Jesters: Screwdriver (V/A Frolic Diner CD/Romulan) *Ric Gary: Pimples and Braces (V/A L.V.Grind, Part 1 CD/Strip) *Dorse Lewis: Mexican Twist (V/A Rock 'n' Roll Orgy, Part 2/Flesh Den) *Link Wray & The Raymen: Honky Tonk (Mr. Guitar/Norton) *The Swingin' Conners: Walkin' The Chalk (V/A Shake It Up/Buffalo Bop) *The Johnny Otis Show: Willie & The Hand Jive (V/A Loud, Fast & Out Of Control Box/Rhino) *Quarrymen: Don't Try Your Luck (V/A Badger Beat Chronicles/Misty Lane) *The Huns: Winning Ticket (V/A Pebbles, Vol. 6 CD/A.I.P.) *Dr. T. & The Undertakers: Undertakers Theme (V/A Psychedelic States, Vol. 1/Gear Fab) *The Five Du-Tones: Shake A Tail Feather (V/A Beg, Scream & Shout Box/Rhino) *Del Counts: Let The Good Times Roll (V/A Gamma Knee Kappa/Satan) *Edd "Kookie" Byrnes: Kookie's Mad Pad (7"/Warner Bros.) *Volcanoes: Sympathize (V/A Lat's Dig 'Em Up, Vol. 3/Notyme) *Young Savages: The Invaders Are Coming (V/A Yeah Yeah Yeah/Cheep! Cheep!) *The American Breed: Mindrocker (7"/Acta) *The Wilde Knights: Beaver Patrol (V/A Scarey Business/Big Beat) *The Knack: Who'll Be The Next In Line (V/A The Beat Scene/Deram) *The Slow Slushy Boys: She Demon (Make Mine Slushy/Wildebeest) *The Human Situation: I Got Away (V/A Sixties Rebellion, Vol. 7/Way Back) *The Lyres: Tear You Up (CD single/Mug Shot) *Q65: It Came To Me (V/A Searching In The Wilderness/Op-Art) *TR4: Let It Be Known (V/A The Night Is So...Dark/Lance) *The Paramounts: Shedding Teardrops (V/A Spotlite On Ember Records, Vol. 1/Collectables) *The Worrying Kynde: Got The Flame (V/A That Driving Beat/no label) *Mr. Lucky & The Gamblers: I Told You Once Before (V/A Flash & Crash/Sundazed-Beat Rocket) *The Rock Shop: Is That Your Halo (V/A F.F.& S., Vol. 4/Bacchus Archives) *Zakary Thaks: Mirror Of Yesterday (Form The Habit/Sundazed-Beat Rocket) *The Endd: Out Of My Hands (V/A Pebbles, Vol. 9/B.F.D.) *Spyder & The Mustangs: So Long Child (V/A Garage Punk Unknowns, Part 2 CD/Crypt) __________________________________________________ Alex Piandes Coffee 'n' Smokes WMFO (91.5fm) Medford, MA "Featuring new & vintage garage/punk, surf, psychedelic, rockabilly, pop obscurities,...and a little bit o' greasy R & B" TUNE IN LIVE VIA WINAMP MP3 THROUGH THE NEW COFFEE 'N' SMOKES (http://coffeensmokes.freeservers.com) OR THE WMFO (www.wmfo.org) WEBSITES!!! Coffee 'n' Smokes airs every Saturday morning from 6-9am (EST) and... 3-6am (U.S.Pacific), 4-7am (U.S.Mountain), 5-8am (U.S.Central), 11am-2pm (GMT), Noon-3pm (Paris/Rome/Amsterdam), 1-4pm (Athens), 8-11pm (Tokyo), 9pm-Midnight (Sydney/Melbourne) and 10pm-1am Sunday (Auckland) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 08:38:35 EST From: Moreen5000@aol.com Subject: Re: American Power Pop goodies ... I'd recommend any of the following, so here in no order other than what I can remember right now ... Big Star - #1 Record and Radio City Flamin Groovies - Shake Some Action LP Marshall Crenshaw - " Something's Gonna Happen / She Can't Dance 12" , the self titled debut LP ( an absolute classic ), Field Day LP, etc anything almost by him Dwight Twilley - Sincerely and Twilley Don't Mind LPs, Scuba Divers LP ( amazing ) The Dbs - Stands for Decibels LP and Repercussions LP , plus the " I Thought You Wanted to Know " 45, and Chris Stamey's " the Summer Sun " 45 Sneakers - In the Red EP, and the Sneakers 7" ep NRBQ - " Ridin' In My Car " single Rockin' Horse - " Oh Carol " single Poppees - " If She Cries " single Plimsouls - Zero Hour EP, The Plimsouls LP, A Million Miles Away 12", Everywhere at - Once LP The Romantics - The Romantics & National Breakout LPs, along with the " Little White - Lies " 45 and the " Tell it to Carrie " 45 The Shoes - the Bomp version of " Tomorrow Night " which slays the later version and the Black Vinyl Shoes LP The Last - LA Explosion LP The Scruffs - Wanna Meet the ... LP plus some non LP 45's The Michael Guthrie Band - Direct Hits LP Third Floor Strangers - Last Chance LP The Toms - The Toms LP Milk n' Cookies - Milk n' Cookies LP and the " God Friends " single Dirty Looks - Dirty Looks LP Dirty Angels - " Tell Me " either version, off either LP The Quick - Mondo Deco LP and even better, the " In Tune With Our Times " EP which the band did as a promo fan club type thing that the folks at Penniman Records ( who did the Nerves 10" ) in Spain should think about re-issuing Pezband - " Baby it's Cold Outside " off the first self - titiled LP, and " Love Goes Underground " off the " Laughing in the Dark " LP are my faves but there's some nice stuff on all 3 LP's The Pop - " Down on the Boulevard " off the self - titiled LP, " Shakeaway " off the second LP " Go ! ", and " Solitaire " off the " Hearts and Knives " LP Bongos - Drums Along the Hudson LP, it's not all powerpop but it's great stuff 20 /20 - " Giving it All " 45 their first 2 LP's each have a few neat trax too The Nerves - that new 10 " EP of the original " hanging On the Telephone " EP ( has 2 bonus trax ) is a must of course ( Paul Collins ) The Beat - The Beat LP, The Kids are the Same LP The Skunks - The Skunks gets a little " new wavy " in places Just Colour - " growing Up American " EP Moberlys - The Moberlys LP Blue Ash - No More No Less LP Piper ( yes indeed Billy Squire's old band ) - " Can't Wait " and" Drop By and Stay ", off the " Can't Wait " LP, some of the rest of the songs on the LP are what one might call powerpop as well, but these are two are the real standouts. By far the best things Billy Squire ever did ... Raspberries - nuff said !!! Power Pop ... You know LA LA LAS with Power Chords ... hangin' up my old skinny tie and headin' fer bed .... maureen In a message dated 1/26/02 4:53:49 PM, sugarshack_66@yahoo.com writes: << Re: Soundtracks for future "Austin Powers" movies. If you're limiting your range to the late '70s-early '80s, I'd recommend stuff like "Shake Some Action" by the Flamin Groovies, "When You Find Out" by the Nerves, "All Kindsa Girls" by the Real Kids, or "Baby It's Cold Outside" by the Pezband. In other words, stuff you'd find on discs like Rhino's "Come Out And Play: American Power Pop I (1975-78)," a disc I just recently picked up in cutout bin. I'm really digging this CD. It's got all the hooks I like in retro pop music. Some fantastic songs I never heard or just don't remember. Anyone got a track-listing for Vol. II? I know "What I Like About You" by the Romantics is on it, so I'd imagine the tracks are from the early '80s. Any other recommendations? Keeping in mind, once you getting into drum machines and that cheesy '80s synth sound, you've lost me... Dave >> ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 08:57:32 -0500 From: Don Subject: shebang on video Are there any other full copies of shebang circulating on video besides the Motown special? thanks, Don ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 06:54:18 -0800 (PST) From: Iam Fuzzco Subject: Re: Can't Get Enough Of Your Love"? - --- David Coyle wrote: > > That said, did the "real" Fleshtones record a > version > of the Dantes classic "Can't Get Enough Of Your > Love"? > I heard it over the PA at a show in Mansfield I went > to MC'd by the former lead singer of the Dantes, and > he told me it was the Fleshtones. Considering the > Dantes and another group called the Fleshtones were > both from Columbus, now I'm a bit confused. > That would be the one and only, original Fleshtones who recorded it. As far as I know it's on the hard to find greatest hits CD "Living Legends". __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:20:34 EST From: NankerPhlg@aol.com Subject: Just The Right Sound: The Association Anthology <<<< In other great WB-related reissue news, Rhino is releasing the 2-CD set "Just The Right Sound: The Association Anthology" on February 19th. ....The CD package will have liner notes by Dawn Eden >>> And I helped. :> I did a good deal of research for her and corrected some factual errors in her first draft. But my main contribution, and the one she was most grateful for, was that when she had yet to acquire contact info for any members of the band, I tracked down leader Terry Kirkman's current whereabouts and passed that info on to Dawn. She called him right away, and Terry very kindly offered assistance and gave her the contact info for everyone else in the band. Sure enough, she was soon interviewing various Associates, as well as some people close with the band, like producers, session musicians, mangers, etc., and even the widow and son of the late Brian Cole. I believe she never did get a chance to interview band members Russ Giguere or Ted Bluechel, but I know she was indeed in contact with them and that they read and approved her notes. As you'll see when the set comes out, Dawn did a wonderful job with what could very well be the most thorough historical essay on The Association ever written. ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jan 2002 16:22:01 -0000 From: "Stevo" Subject: [none] Having just resubscribed after hassles with an old address several months back i managed to reply to the wrong address so I missed saying 1) are the Blodwyn Pig lps any good -what with all the talk about Mick abrahams/Jethro Tull I came across a track -same old song or something on a cd compi and it sounds god -whats the rest of the stuff like 2)Cumular Limit -stupidly didn't pick that up when i saw it in stand out records over Xmas -then got back here and read that it was being discontinued - dumb I take it it is worth every bit of the hype 3) really surprised on reading the Chess Box sets review in the George Harrison covered Uncut because it looks like the reviewer is calling Howling wolf and Bo Diddley one offs -which looks like he means one hit wonders pretty dumb even for a mainstream reviewer 4) Liliput -whats the name of the band fronted by Steve Morrisey's only adolescent friend Linder? is it Ludus? are Lilliput related to Malaria? or am i just getting confused because they're both female bands funny that since i've just been trying to convince a couple of people that its not impossible for women to ROCK -which might not be the best description of those bands -but i haven't heard them so... 5) whats the story on the new 13th Floor elevator box set -is it EVERYTHING? I hear its 3 cds so i coulsd see it fitting everything on if space was used wisely 6) the material on the Trash Box is more treble heavy than it needs to be ain't it? mixed that way due to compiler's taste? 7) how much stuff is coming out as Trojan 2 cd compis -I've got the Toots and tHe maytals one and its great -could do with several others siince its an area i know far worse than i ought 8)any views on Lawrence of newark by Larry Young or Inspiration Information by shuggie Otis I got both of them recently and they're cool though I think i prefer the Otis stuff from the lp before freedom flight stevo Np Jam In tHe City/Modern World -disc 1 of box set thingy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:39:07 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: Re: cumular limit In a message dated 1/27/02 11:24:52 AM, stevolende@newyork.com writes: << 2)Cumular Limit -stupidly didn't pick that up when i saw it in stand out records over Xmas -then got back here and read that it was being discontinued - dumb I take it it is worth every bit of the hype >> stevo - fuck yeah, "cumular limit" is a must-have if you dig the yardbirds, there are some alt mono mixes of "little games" tracks on there, but the good stuff - - the essential stuff - is the HOT session they did for the german "beat beat beat" series - "shapes of things," "happenings 10 years time ago" (a great page solo on there, just awesome), "over under sideways down," and "i'm a man." then there's the 4/68 new york sessions, the last 4 studio recordings by the band - "avron knows," "spanish blood," garnet mimms' "my baby," and....shit can't remember the other title....jim mccarty sings it. the real keepers from those 4 are "avron" and "spanish blood." "avron" has some wicked page riffing, that fuckin fat fuzz sound he got on "think about it," and "spanish blood" is a very cool evocative spanish/flamenco-style guitar piece, with a cool recitative by mccarty, it's been well-decsribed elsewhere as a very spaghetti-western leone-type thing, and i think that about covers it - a piece of dusty spaghetti-western psych...totally essential. "spanish blood" is one of the very best "archival" type pieces of previously unreleased material i have ever heard by a major band....this isn't a curiosity...this is a full-on piece of WORK. also, there's the french TV version of "dazed and confused" which is also very cool - another great page solo, mccarty is kicking ass on the drums & relf at is his wailin coolest... where did you hear this is going outta print? just curious - it doesn't really surprise me, nothing this good ever stays around for long enough. bottom line on this sucker is buy on sight!! rob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:06:31 EST From: Euphorik6@aol.com Subject: CD art -? hey, i have a buddy who is looking for some CD art online. does anybody know where he can find scans of the beach boys "heroes and vibrations" and pink floyd's "antiques" -? any help is appreciated. thanks rob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 08:57:01 -0800 From: "Alan Wright" Subject: Re: Iommi fluting Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 02:02:20 EST From: Moreen5000@aol.com Subject: Re: Iommi on flute ??? answered !!! While waitin' fer my next feature, I thought I'd do a little " inquiring ", and just answered my own question ... Iommi mentions first playing flute on the "Paranoid" LP in the following interview .... http://www.ink19.com/issues/february2001/inkSpots/tonyIommi.html Mentions it here too ... in a real kool interview. This is part of Joe Seigler's Black Sabs site, http://www.black-sabbath.com/index.shtml which is one amazing site ( check out the FAQ for a bit on Tony's 3 weeks with Jethro - Tull ) and probably the best online source since the Black Sabbath Appreciation Society is pretty much defunct. http://www.black-sabbath.com/interviews/tonygeez_0594.html anyway time to turn to the computer back here over to one of the other gals, and I think I'll include " Paranoid " in my next set since I have the CD with me ... Can you tip me ??? Are you ready for my ... oh yeah ... maureen>>> There's a great segment on a Black Sabbath live/interview vid I have simply called "B.S. Story, Vol 1 - the Ozzy Years" IT's like something outta Spinal Tap. Iommi tells of a time they were playing in Amsterdam, and someone had given them this kiler hash that thery all smoked and got realy stoned on. Then they went on stage, and during a song where Iommi did a little flute solo, he says he's piping away but not really hearing the flute make much sound, and after a few minutes he realizes he's not even holding the flute near his lips!! Alan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:37:56 EST From: Sknoof@aol.com Subject: Bad dating stories? Fights over music? Ha.... I should be as lucky as you guys whose dates turn their noses up at your choice of music. Consider what happens when they LIKE your music. When they finally leave, they TAKE it. Mind, this hasn't happened to me in a while.......but it's happened. There's some stuff I STILL haven't replaced...... Mike F. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:50:06 EST From: Rdten1@aol.com Subject: Re: Bad dating stories? Fights over music? In a message dated 1/27/02 12:38:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, Sknoof@aol.com writes: << Ha.... I should be as lucky as you guys whose dates turn their noses up at your choice of music. Consider what happens when they LIKE your music. When they finally leave, they TAKE it. Mind, this hasn't happened to me in a while.......but it's happened. There's some stuff I STILL haven't replaced...... >> It works the other way as well. When I separated from my wife I was left with her record collection. Needless to say, I didn't want her John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot albums anywhere near my psych or garage stuff. Anyhow, one Saturday evening I sat on the front porch drinking beer and frisbeeing her albums on to the road in front of the house. There was something kind of cool seeing trucks, buses and passenger cars driving over her stuff. Anyhow, one of the neighbors eventually came over and kindly suggested I might want to stop throwing LPs before I hit a car ... never dawned on me I might actually hit something. Luckily, by that time I was down to a greatest hits package and a Starland Vocal Band LP. They ended up in the trash. Several months later she asked for her albums and was dumbfounded when I told her what had happened ... Ah, such fond memories ... Scott RDTEN1@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:55:32 -0500 From: Rat Pfink Subject: Re: Liliput/Malaria Liliput was a all-female Swiss band formerly known as Kleenex. Liliput had an album on Rough Trade and Kleenex put out an EP and had a track on the "Wanna Buy a Bridge" comp. Malaria was a German band, not related. At 04:22 PM 1/27/02 -0000, you wrote: > >4) Liliput -whats the name of the band fronted by Steve Morrisey's only >adolescent friend Linder? is it Ludus? are Lilliput related to Malaria? >or am i just getting confused because they're both female bands funny >that since i've just been trying to convince a couple of people that its >not impossible for women to ROCK -which might not be the best >description of those bands -but i haven't heard them so... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:19:19 -0800 (PST) From: David Coyle Subject: Re: DIY Power Pop Thanks for all the power-pop recommendations, and the Rhino track-listings. I once had one of the UK comps, which I had bought just to hear the Searchers track ("Hearts In Her Eyes," one of their '70s Sire recordings). It didn't sound enough like the Searchers I was used to, and I wasn't really receptive to the rest at the time. I wouldn't mind hearing the Scruffs album, the liner notes to the CD said they mixed New Wave and Merseybeat, then went on to say that "My Mind" was one of the "more ambitious tracks" on the album. It did have more of a Who sound than a Merseybeat sound, but I'm sure the album would be right up my alley. It's funny how the Raspberries set out to replicate the sound of the Beatles and the Beach Boys, then so many of the '70s bands that followed them tried to sound like the Raspberries. Speaking of the Raspberries, has anyone heard the newest Raspberries album "Refreshed"? It's only two of the original members (including Wally Bryson), one of the later joiners, and a couple of extra guys, and Eric Carmen didn't go in with them, but it does have a good 70's power-pop sound. Sort of a comparison with some of the Raspberries LP tracks that Carmen didn't sing on, like "Hard To Get Over A Heartbreak" and "Last Dance." Just wondering if the rest of the CD (I've heard RA clips) is worth checking out? Dave __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:28:37 -0800 (PST) From: David Coyle Subject: Re: Something Else I don't think "Something Else" was really a "rock TV show." There was of course, the Texas show "Sump'n Else," which hosted performances by the 13th Floor Elevators (who have a new best-of coming out on Fuel 2000, by the way) and numerous lesser Lonestar garage bands. I don't think I could stomach too much of the '70s "Something Else" although there are numerous comp videos out. The show was hosted by John Byner, who I think was also on "Laugh-In," sponsored by the Dairy Association, and the particular episode I have on tape has him schmoozing around some scantily clad Charlies Angels-type gals while he takes them on a tour of Catalina. In the process, he shows up at a resort hotel lobby, where the Ides Of March are shown miming to "Vehicle," then runs into Jack Wild (of "H.R. Pufnstuf"), literally, on a bicycle, who then goes into some kiddie-pop song that makes Davy Jones sound like Robert Plant. Eventually, a boat carrying Crabby Appleton washes up on shore. Naturally, they all have their rock and roll gear, and launch into "Go Back." Unfortunately, the brief 5 or so minutes of the Ides Of March and Crabby Appleton are too little respite from Byner's cheesy, dated '70s humor. __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:28:42 EST From: DaGreasyChicken@aol.com Subject: Re: Bad dating stories? Fights over music? The saddest, most sadistic tale of a break up I ever heard was when a buddy of mine and his gal split up. She didn't take his record collection, she had no interest in it. Instead, she went through it, picking out LPs that she knew were his favorites and scratched up the vinyl with a key and then carefully placed them back on the shelves. They acted as a few dozen time bombs, it took a few years before he had discovered them all. He's still twitching. Andre ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:31:53 -0800 (PST) From: Daniel Banks Subject: Re: The Savage Young Beatles Speaking of the beatles w/ Tony sherridan, I was wondering about this Bear Family reissue of the Beatles live in Hamburg. I noticed that it has been reissued as a 2 cd set w/ the exact same track listing on each disc, one being the mono versions and one being the stereo versions. Can anybody tell me which is the better mix? Because they are sold individually (atleast on ebay). If it is gonna make all the difference in the world (like the Who's first album), I would like to know. Also, does anyone know where the vinyl version of this release is sold? - -Danny __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:33:29 -0800 (PST) From: David Coyle Subject: Poptopia!/Emmit Rhodes Another power-pop series I'd like to look up is Rhino's "Poptopia!" that had three volumes dedicated to the '70s, '80s, and '90s. Unfortunately, I've not seen it in the stores lately, there's no mention of them on Rhino's websites, so I'd assume they're out of print. Isn't there still a Poptopia festival in California. One powerpopper no one has mentioned is Emmit Rhodes, who put out a bunch of great self-produced McCartneyesque songs in the '70s after the demise of the Merry-Go-Round. There are two solo Emmit Rhodes comps out there, one in the US and one in the UK. AND, I just recently noticed that there is an Emmit Rhodes song on the soundtrack to the movie "The Royal Tenenbaums." The song is "Lullabye," and I'd assume it's one of his '70s recordings. Rhodes is someone I'd like to see release a new album in my lifetime... Dave __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:39:43 -0800 From: bryan Subject: Re: Crabby Appleton > I used to have their self-titled Elektra album. The only good song on it was > the hit, "Go Back." Everything else was pretty much undistinguished 1970 > hippie rock, with none of the pulsating power pop of that hit song. Music taste being subjective, I politely disagree. The rest of the first Crabby Appleton album was not "undistinguished 1970 hippie rock". For those who don't know, Michael Fennelly was the man behind Crabby Appleton. He was a session guitarist/vocalist in The Millennium and Sagitarius, and Crabby Appleton's "other songs" sound much more like these two bands, which I wouldn't call "undistinguished hippie rock". Of course, that's just my opinion. "Go Back" is the rockin'est song, definitely, but the rest isn't bad for what it is. Bryan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:41:48 -0800 (PST) From: Daniel Banks Subject: Jeff Drake & The Joneses I can't seem to find a discography of The Joneses online. I know they had the LP "Keeping up with" and their first single was Jonestown b/w Criminals. I heard they also put out a 12" but I don't know the name or the track listing of it. Then probably some compilation tracks. Can anybody help me out w/ any information? - -Danny __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:53:20 EST From: Redlabour@cs.com Subject: Re: Bad dating stories? Fights over music? Greetings, I can top all that. In 1993, I was seeing this girl. We lived in the same dorm at ECU. Needless to say, she was a very cruel person. After the first week of our relationship, she started to be impossible. At that time, I was really into my British shoegazing moody pop of the Pale Saints, Ride, Lush, My Bloody Valentine. She was pretty much a top 40 gal that would listen occasionally to the Jesus and Mary Chain (which was sort of cool) and Nine Inch Nails (which wasn't that cool). And she liked Enigma (YUCK). Anyway we broke up around Halloween and decided to remain "friends." She was intolerable. We had a terrible argument before Thanksgiving Break. Some of the stuff she said hurt me so bad. When I drove back to campus, I called her to have a talk. She agreed, and I went to her dorm room. As she started to ramble, she paused (as I was grabbing the CD player I bought for her birthday), her CD's that I bought her, the flower base from the flowers that I bought her, and some of the clothes that I bought her. I told her that I didn't even want to be friends anymore. She was in shock. Bearing in mind that it was a small dorm, the word got around. I was a BASTARD in the eyes of the whole dorm. The only person that gave me emotional support was this art school girl that I became close friends with. She hated Mary as well for what she made me go through. The point of the story is to tell about what I went through as well as to mention where the band I'm in now got its name. The Scary Marries was named after Mary Courson, the girl I dated briefly in 1993. She's mean and lowdown with sucky taste in music. But anyway, here's my story. I hope some of y'all don't think that I'm a bad guy as a result of this. She made me more mad than anyone else I dated before or after. After Mary, I dated this real neat girl named Anna Campbell. She was cool, gorgeous, and had good taste in music. Sadly, it hardly lasted anytime. Her parents yanked her out of school. The long distance thing was not meant to work out. She was like a cross between Twiggy and Winona Ryder (but with reddish hair). We remained friends to this day. Cheers, Melvin Little In a message dated 1/27/02 9:51:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, Rdten1@aol.com writes: << Subj: Re: Bad dating stories? Fights over music? Date: 1/27/02 9:51:12 AM Pacific Standard Time From: Rdten1@aol.com Sender: owner-bomp@xnet2.com Reply-to: bomp@xnet2.com To: bomp@xnet2.com In a message dated 1/27/02 12:38:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, Sknoof@aol.com writes: << Ha.... I should be as lucky as you guys whose dates turn their noses up at your choice of music. Consider what happens when they LIKE your music. When they finally leave, they TAKE it. Mind, this hasn't happened to me in a while.......but it's happened. There's some stuff I STILL haven't replaced...... >> It works the other way as well. When I separated from my wife I was left with her record collection. Needless to say, I didn't want her John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot albums anywhere near my psych or garage stuff. Anyhow, one Saturday evening I sat on the front porch drinking beer and frisbeeing her albums on to the road in front of the house. There was something kind of cool seeing trucks, buses and passenger cars driving over her stuff. Anyhow, one of the neighbors eventually came over and kindly suggested I might want to stop throwing LPs before I hit a car ... never dawned on me I might actually hit something. Luckily, by that time I was down to a greatest hits package and a Starland Vocal Band LP. They ended up in the trash. Several months later she asked for her albums and was dumbfounded when I told her what had happened ... Ah, such fond memories ... Scott RDTEN1@aol.com ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:53:15 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: bomp-digest V2002 #61 In a message dated 1/27/02 4:22:59 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: << i'm always kinda leery of contempo billy type stuff, you can probably guess why (fuck style, just gimme hot tunes, in case you couldn't).>> this is the way i've been feeling about contempo garage (with a few exceptions) << honestly, i doubt i'd go out of my way to buy any of this (if somebody stole all my cramps records, i'd just go rebuy them again) >> i wouldn't trust a band who claimed to be influenced by just the cramps. i dig 'em, but i've seen/heard too many jive-ass imitations of their schtick by now. however, if a band is influenced by what the cramps LISTEN TO (the original older stuff), then build their sound around that, 9 outta 10 times they're gonna be good. its a cliche, but we all gotta go "back to the roots" sometimes. if a band digs the cramps but thinks carl perkins was a silly oldies act, they're not worth the time or support ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:54:43 -0800 (PST) From: Daniel Banks Subject: EBAY A friend of mine has some shirts up on eBay that maybe some of you might be interested in. Some of the shirts are of CRIME, The Boys, Snivelling Shits, Johnny Moped, etc. If you are interested the adress is: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1507279159