I am listening to Pink Anderson. And besides his truly awsome musicianship, my music geeks, he is noteworthy because.....
You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.
Fred ,'Life of the Party'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Scrappy - Dec 08, 2005 5:12:45 pm PST #1479 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
tommyrot - Dec 08, 2005 5:14:59 pm PST #1480 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Pink Floyd got half its name from him?
Scrappy - Dec 08, 2005 5:19:43 pm PST #1481 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Tommyrot gets it in one.
joe boucher - Dec 08, 2005 6:41:00 pm PST #1482 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think/And by the way, which one's Pink? One of my favorite lyrics.
Trudy, I am so not the punk reference in these (or any other) parts. I'm maybe the 29th or 30th most informed source when there are thirty people here. Lower as the number rises. So take these recommendations with a grain of salt.
Albums: I support the recommendations so far. I'd also add Richard Hell & the Voidoids Blank Generation. (I don't remember seeing it.) Bob Quine's guitar is worth the price, Ivan Julian is shamefully neglected as the Richard Lloyd to Quine's Verlaine, and Richard Hell's songs are great. I was listening to it a LOT about a month ago. For some reason I had never noticed how funny a lot of it was, a big oversight on my part. Maybe Pere Ubu, Dub Housing or The Modern Dance. Are they punk or some other simultaneous development? Again, not my area of expertise. Good stuff, though, regardless of category. Can't believe Hec didn't recommend the Dolls even if they are more precursors than punk proper. I prefer In Too Much Too Soon to New York Dolls but they're both pretty great.
Books: I haven't read Legs McNeil's Please Kill Me but it's supposed to be very entertaining. I have read Lipstick Traces, and I'm a Greil Marcus fan, but entertaining is not the first word that comes to mind, and had I read it at 13 instead of 23 I probably would have said please kill me. At 23 I said, what the fuck is he talking about... maybe I'll read Mystery Train again: "HE GOT WHAT HE WANTED BUT HE LOST WHAT HE HAD!!! SHUT UP SHUT UP!!" I prefer Marcus's other book on punk, Ranters and Crowd Pleasers: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992, which seems to have been reissued under the godawful title In The Fascist Bath Room. According to the Strand's website they have a copy for ten bucks. This article may give you more of a feel for it. I like it, but I don't know if a teenager would dig it. Legs is probably a better bet.
Videos: I was going to recommend Penelope Spheeris's The Decline of Western Civilization, and if you can find a reasonably priced copy I still do, but it seems to be OOP and pretty steep. The Decline of Western Civilization, Pt. II -- The Metal Years is kinda horrifying but the kimono-clad Ozzy frying eggs is so great. I'm tired and not well-versed in the subject, so no alternate recommendations. Except Repo Man. "John Wayne's a fag." "Otto? Otto who? Otto Parts?!" "Otto! What about our relationship?" "Fuck that!" "Yeah, kid needs to see Repo Man.
The terrible punk-related news is that X is playing NY for the first time in year tomorrow, and I have a ticket, but I can't go because of my goddamned back. Stupid cervical radiculopathy!
Michele T. - Dec 08, 2005 6:48:35 pm PST #1483 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Ouch! The Knitters show this summer was so transcendent, I don't know if I'm sorry I'm missing X, or happy with what I've got.
Definitely the Buzzcocks. Now I have to go listen to "Jerk" again.
DavidS - Dec 08, 2005 7:36:49 pm PST #1484 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
X is playing NY for the first time in year tomorrow, and I have a ticket, but I can't go because of my goddamned back. Stupid cervical radiculopathy!
Man, that's tough. Because they haven't declined but maybe a half inch from their peak and that's mostly on Exene's vocals which are a little raggedy compared to their previous raggedy standard. But Zoom and Bonebrake and Doe still play with some ferocity and talent.
joe boucher - Dec 08, 2005 9:25:29 pm PST #1485 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Trudy, here's the book to buy. A Debbie Harry centerfold AND a Bay City Rollers interview!
DavidS - Dec 08, 2005 9:45:41 pm PST #1486 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ahhh. I've got about 7 original issues of Punk magazine. Including the Nick Danger fumetti with Richard Hell, and the Beach movie fumetti starring Debbie and Joey Ramone. Among my most treasured artifacts.
joe boucher - Dec 08, 2005 9:55:10 pm PST #1487 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Check out some of the links at the bottom of that page, David, esp. the Quine bio. I think one of the Spins I kept was the issue with "Huck Hell & Legs Sawyer On The Mississippi" in which Messrs. Hell & McNeil go rafting. Maybe I'll dig it out tomorrow as it has yet to make its way to storage. And even though I have no idea when I'll be going to work again I suppose I should go to bed. Goodnight, John Boy.
DavidS - Dec 09, 2005 7:28:41 am PST #1488 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Check out some of the links at the bottom of that page, David, esp. the Quine bio.
Will do.
I'm having lunch with lisah today! Oysters and champagne. Yay, bivalves.