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Photo: Neil Krug.

Domenic Priore: We were trying to figure out what separates the British Invasion groups from the ’60s Garage Punk bands in America that followed, and when you said “they warped it with Chili Dogs” that pretty much says it all.

Shelly Kidd: Well, because that was part of the pop food of the time. See, you could make a complete study of the era by tying in so many different factors: food, fashion, style and music. It’s all inter-related. And that’s why even though the British may have been “better” than the American bands, or should we say “more evolved,” maybe they could play better, but there’s something about the American bands that the Brits will never have, and that’s the Corn Dog, Chili Dog, you know, crud culture that we have and they don’t. And that’s why it became uniquely American. And I’m not gonna compare the Kan Dells “Cry Girl” with “Satisfaction.” One is primitive, one is embryonic. “Satisfaction” is primitive, but it’s evolved. “Cry Girl” is just, it’s almost like in the mud. It’s like they’re covered in mud, they’re so backwards they’re in, like, dirt huts. It’s unbelievable. There’s no Brit band ever who could have done that, you know?

- An Appreciation of bubblegum pop by Domenic Priore in conversation with Shelly Kidd.

Tommy Roe - Sweet Pea
Sweet pea (1966)
Jimmy Gilmer - Sugar Shack
Sugar Shack (1963, reissued by Sundazed /1999)
Cyrus Erie feat. Eric Carmen - Get the Message
Get The Message 12″ (1969)
Billy Joe Royal - Cherry Hill Park
Cherry Hill Park (1969)
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Barefoot in baltimore
Incense and Peppermints (1967)
Kim Fowley - Bubblegum
Impossible but true (Ace / 2003)

Daft bubblegum-pop from mid 60’s, probably my favorite period for bin digging, always keep hitting sappy simplistic songs from the era that put a big grin on my face. If you like what you hear, please take some time to read the complete conversation between Priore and Shelly Kid linked above, it makes a fun read if you’re into this sort of music.

Not too many updates around here lately. I sincerely apologize. It’s not so much for the lack of time but for the lack of ideas. I feel my musical taste needs some recalibrating, I’ve spent this week listening to some new stuff because I really feel like I’ve squeezed most of my music collection dry after 3 years making playlists in here with a frequent basis and there hasn’t been many new releases grabbing my attention this year.  Good news is I’m starting to feel like I’ve finally found what I was looking for, an adequate state of mind so to speak. I’m still not quite there yet so it will be a bit of a nostalgia-ride over here in the meanwhile, but I’m close. I swear I feel it coming down to me. Thank you for your patience and hope you’re enjoying your stay with us.

see also: It’s all too beautiful.

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“ Fleeting, like smoke. (No.1) ”

01. 13th Floor Elevators - Levitation
Easter Everywhere (Snapper UK, 1967)
02. Tomorrow - Auntie Mary’s Dress Shop
Tomorrow (1968)
03. John Fahey - Sligo River Blues
The Legend of Blind Joe Death (Takoma, 1996)
04. Seeds - Nobody Spoil My Fun
The Seeds (Gnp Crescendo, 1966)
05. New York Dolls - Jet Boy
1st Demos - Blue Rock Studio 1972 (1972)
06. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Maggot Brain (Westbound Records Us, 1971)
07. Jefferson Airplane - Comin’ Back To Me
Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
08. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
Electric Ladyland (Experience Hendrix, 1968)

“A new concept of celebrations beneath the human underground must emerge, become conscious, and be shared, so a revolution can be formed with a renaissance of compassion, awareness, and love, and the revelation of unity for all mankind” -wiki

note: Nostalgia sound. Instead of jazz and soul, this one is blues, folks and psych-rock. One of those songs that send you back several decades back and all of a sudden one sees how it all starts. The form the lick, the attitude. Your ears snap and your mind click… They say, 10 years time lapse is out of date, 20 is retro, 30 is classic and 40 years is timeless. It’s the entire vibe from the late 60’s. It leaps out again from ether of memory. (or so they say. I am making a short series specifically for… you guessed it, smoking. )

see also: Rolling stones ‘Summer of Love”, Razzmatazz
image: rachel waniewski

Image: Mdm’s Worddle.

1. Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - For What it’s worth
Stillness (1970)
2. Joao Donato - Bananeira
Lugar Comum (Dubas / 1975)
3. Jorge Ben - Take it easy my brother Charles
Jorge Ben (1969)
4. Gary Mcfarland - Bloop Bleep
The in sound (1965)
5. Coconut Monkeyrocket - Bloop, bleeps, bongos & brass
The Coconut Monkeyrocket split ep (Comfort stand / 2004)
6. Quantic Soul Orchestra - Feelin’ good
Pushin’ on (Tru thoughts / 2005)
7. Ellen Mcilwaine - Jimmy Jean
We the people (1973)

A sound tribute to bcn’s razzmatazz: touches of samba, funk and bossa, all tasty grooves that do wonders in the correct settings and all personal favorites, so needless to say I give high recommendations on all of these, hope you enjoy.

Para Laika. En la tierra hay una perra menos y en el cielo una estrella más.

Stereolab - Cosmic Country Noir
Margerine Eclipse (2004)
Solvent - A panel of experts
Solvent city (Morr / 2001)
Mouse on Mars - Saturday Night Worldcup Fieber
Iaora Tahiti (Too pure / 1995)
Schlammpeitziger - discoboingbeach
Spacerokkmountainrutschquartier (A-musik / 1997)
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik - Finster
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik (Modular / 2008)

Здесь я имею Потерянные в пространстве. Живые и захоронены остатки Из собак гонки.

Photo: Curlytops

An afternoon is a terrible thing to not waste.

Holy Shit - Rough & Tumble
TBA (Uuar / 2008)
Throbbing Gristle - Walkabout (Neon Coyote edit)
(blog edit)
Air France - Collapsing at your doorstep
No way down ep (sincerelly yours / 2008)
Broker/Dealer - Midnight
Traum 100 (Traum / 2008)
Man with guitar - Man with guitar
Man with guitar (Kitsune / 2004)

We exist with a wind whispering inside and our moon flexing. Amid the ducts, inside the basilica of bones.
The flesh is a neighborhood, but not the life. Our body is not good at memory, at keeping.

- Jack Gilbert, Kunstkammer.

Well, it tells the story about women and men. That’s what music is all about. It’s about being human and love and hate. You hear the blues talk about “my woman have left me.” “I love you baby.” “Honey, don’t go.” “Come on back.” You talking about a woman, you talking about a man. They feel different things. Every song I write says something about a human being, just like a man write about a woman. I don’t write about no man! [Laughs.] I wrote about a woman for a song called “Dimples,” you know. [Sings "She got dimples in her jaw."] She says, “Well, I like that,” because it saying good things about her. “She got dimples in her jaw.” “I like the way she walk.” “She wiggle when she walks.” You know, they like stuff like that. You ain’t gonna write a song called “I Hate You-You’re No Good.” They wouldn’t like that! So you got to say good things about women-they love it then. - John Lee Hooker

“The Root List”

01. John Lee Hooker - Good Rocking Mama
The Big Soul Of John Lee Hooker (Collectables, 1962)
02. Son House - Death Letter
Father Of The Delta Blues (1965)
03. Bo Diddley - She’s Fine, She’s Mine
Bo Diddley (1955)
04. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Sure ‘Nuff ‘N Yes I Do
Safe As Milk (Buddha, 1967)
05. R.L. Burnside - Walkin`Blues
A Ass Pocket of Whiskey (Fat Possum, 1996)
06. Minutemen - Polarity
What Makes a Man Start Fires? (Sst Records, 1982)
07. Shellac - Song against itself
1000 Hurts (Touch & Go Records, 2000)

note: Something root. When everything is blur, there is always blues to center on. That’s my general take when music turns confusing at least, when I want to create new center of mood. Amazingly it always work. Few tunes above are from my favorite artists, with delicate and precise picking. Dark, soulful, isolated, but fast. Never desperate. I particularly like how tempo pattern change to make the limited blues combinations interesting. They are timeless. Anyway, a short blues list. Root. Timeless.

see also: the blues (PBS), Mapping the Blues Genes: Early Blues Music: 1900-1930
image: puja

Image: Pinamar.

What happened, happened once. So now it’s best in memory - an orange he sliced: the skin unbroken, then the knife, the chilled wedge lifted to my mouth, his mouth, the thin membrane between us, the exquisite orange, tongue, orange, my nakedness and his, the way he pushed my body against the fridge. Beside the stove we ate an orange. And there were purple flowers on the table. And we still had hours.

- Kim Addonizio, Stolen Moments.

Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster - La rosita
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
Smokey & Miho - Consolação
The two ep’s (Os Afro Sambas / 2002)
Dexter Gordon - Love for Sale
Go! (1962)
Stanley Turrentine - Wave
Blue note plays Jobim (2005)
Caetano Veloso - Manhata
Livro (1999)
Gato Barbieri - Tupac Amaru
Fenix (Flying dutchman / 1971)

A second bossa-jazz playlist to be joined with my previous post: ‘plum bamboo pine‘. I have to note that most of the music on this two playlists comes from posts that squashed made around summer 2006 and got lost in the motel archives. The songs are too good to pass and lately they’ve been rather good companions for lonely summer evenings so I decided to bring them back from the grave and add a little bit from my collection to the mix.