Over & Out

Yep, folks. This is it. Time for new posts has slipped due to new projects (and school).

But I will still be around mp3blogville! So we need not say final goodbyes or anything like that. However, the songs you see available now will disappear by the first of August.

Thanks for everything, guys. Two years is about long enough to do anything. And there are about 2 million mp3 blogs popping up every day, so... see you around.

~Neal

3rd side of two exiles

(not including "Happy")




*Read the story behind this 1971 masterpiece here*





from the original Stones album:


Turd On The Run mp3
Ventilator Blues mp3
I Just Want to See His Face mp3
Let it Loose mp3



from the Pussy Galore cover album/cassette:



Turd On The Run mp3
Ventilator Blues mp3
I Just Want to See His Face mp3
Let it Loose mp3

surfers' "locust"

(Below is a quick tribute to Bob & his Gimme Tinnitus...)

Q: Who has received the most posts here in the last two years?

A: It's them Texas acid freaks-- way, way up at the top of the pile.



piouhgd got the first bit of props; and then last summer Rembrandt was featured. So it was only a matter of time before their 1987 album would find its way onto the center of your screen and between yr earz.



One of my favorites in the annals of rock folklore is the one about this band moving near Athens to stalk REM. The story is perfect-- reminding me of that Southern duality thing, on the level of the Beatles (angelic) & Stones (demonic), sort of. Another story from that period (as reported in It Crawled From The South had Gibby and some other members burning their van in Stipe's front yard. I speculate that this was simply the Surfers' way of showing their love... and jealousy.



Another interesting story is the one where Gibby jokes to Cobain about jumping the wall at rehab. Combine that one with the long-held rumor that he'd given Daniel Johnston his first tab of LSD (which he denied in the documentary).

But back to Locust... It's full of interesting twists, from a bare bones Sabbath cover/homage to the bizzare "Kuntz" (which includes source material, unknown to most fans, but identified by WFMU earlier this year), to the debut of Gibbytronix...

"an arsenal of effects devices, which redefined the concept of lead vocals. Just like the various musicians and films going on simultaneously during BHS performances, Gibby’s voice was a wordless instrument that entered the dense mix comprising the BHS sound system experience. Without a distinct voice, the album was decidedly non-didactic. It was like jumping punk ship and falling into a hallucinatory dreamscape."
-found here in a much better article on the album than I could ever write

...and who could forget Leary's beautiful Hendrixian lead at the end of "23 Going On 23"? Absolutely brilliant.

NOTE: If any 'a youse out there owns a copy of the 1990 side project The Jackofficers Digital Dump album, please contact me!


Sweat Loaf mp3
Human Cannonball mp3
U.S.S.A. mp3
The O-Men mp3
Kuntz mp3
22 Going On 23 mp3

Marin & Tommy

Rarely is it the case that this blog pounces on the moment to address the really important issues...

And after a long time wrestling with what to post today, I was saved by our pal and sometime Blank Crisis correspondant, Joel Rowsdower. He sent us this article about a film coming soon, The Purple Brain. (I searched for trailers, but no-could-find.)

The plot is as follows: Sure, the pot you and your 40-something peers once enjoyed may have been innocuous, but that's only because it bears no resemblance to the super-potent weed of today-- strains with such foreboding names as "Train wreck," "AK-47," and "The Purple." As proclaimed by Drug Czar John Walters recently, "We are no longer talking about the drug of the 1960s and 1970s -- this is [in computer parlance] Pot 2.0."

So, enjoy some time today with Marin & Tommy, otherwise known as these guys.



*Watch C&C on YouTube, as well*


Dave's Not Here mp3
Earache My Eye mp3
Let's Make a Dope Deal mp3
Sgt. Standanko mp3
"The Chong Bong"? (may or may not be C&C, found at Audiogalaxy back in the day) mp3
McDoobie's mp3
Gonorrhea mp3
Pedro & Man at the Drive-in mp3
My Scrotum mp3
Sound clip from "Up in Smoke" mp3
Cruising With Pedro mp3
Vietnam mp3

10-B

This is probably the last podcast for a while. Until August or whenever I can get some other personal crap together.



Remember, you may access previous mixes at any time by clicking labels: podcasts at the bottom. And don't forget to subscribe while yr at it!



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mixtape 10 side A

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H E N D R I X

In honor of this weekend's 40th anniversary of the Monterey Pop Festival-- which effectually broke this American artist in his homeland. I am not posting that legendary performace here today, but if you'd like, YouTube it below:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4




I had originally envisioned today's post in the podcast format, with my friend Andy sharing some of his knowledge. Didn't work out-- we recorded it all drunk & it turned out pretty shitty-sounding. The set remains the same as planned, dig:


Hear My Train A'Comin' (live) mp3 12 MB.

These are my personal favorites, and you'll notice I've skipped the PurpleFoxeyJoe's. That is intentional. If there's one thing I hope to impart on casual fans, it is this: part of the reason why JH was so miserable before he died is because he was just fucking tired of being everyone's "human jukebox". He came to hate those songs (And if you don't believe me, watch Live at Woodstock-- his most spirited performances are the ones outside the expected early material). He wanted to branch out-- but no one was listening. Yes, even in the 1960s, where everything was supposedly open and free, the lowest common denominator still ruled.

I can't think of how times I've requested (or anyone else at a gig) a song to an artist-- they never play 'em! But back in the day, it was important to give the audience exactly what they wanted. In this way, I think we have it better now.



Message to Love mp3

Another crucial part of JH's last year or so on this earth (besides all the business problems) is the utter lack of black patronage of his music. He wanted to be loved by his people (and who wouldn't?), but he was often deemed an Uncle Tom by them, even as he led two white boys (in The Experience)! He formed the awesome Band of Gypsys partly as a response to those saying he wasn't "black" enough.



*Read a great article 'bout the Gypsys here*

The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice (STP-LSD) mp3

Look out for that door! Don't open that door! Don't open that door! Aw, That's the way it goes...

I want to say briefly how disappointed I am, and continue to be, everytime I see shit like this or this. BC kindly asks that you please do not buy products that exploit dead artists' images and music. Please.

Wanna see something else that is quite bothersome? Go visit his brother's Space.

Voodoo Chile (long version) mp3 21 MB.

I got into JH when I was 12, and when I hear these songs, I'm reminded of sitting in my grandmother's house with the headphones on.

1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)/Moon, Turn the Tides...Gently Gently Away mp3 13 MB.


Machine Gun (live) mp3 17 MB.