One steals the riff from "Lust for Life"

Hey, I've heard a commercial with that & wondered who had the audacity.

On the box right now: Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On.

Incidentally, here is my new rare glam CD burn. This isn't my greatest hits of Glam, but my favorite stuff that's been reissued in the last year with the whole Junkshop Glam movement. It's all pretty choice.

Glamourdolls

Third Floor Heaven – Bebop Deluxe (their first album is very BowieGlam. Then they got Prog. Then they went new wave)
Va Va Va Voom – Brett Smiley
Roxy Roller – Sweeney Todd (Canadian Glam! With Nick Gilder)
Another School Day – Hello (same band that did original "New York Groove"
Butch Things – Billy Hamon (pretty late for glam but such a cool song. It's exactly what it advertises)
Do You Like Boys - Starbuck (sung by a man)
Painted Lady – Anthony Bygraves (very T.Rex)
Rub My Tummy – Zenda Jacks
King Capp –Jook (famous mostly for being included in the original Bomp issue about Power Pop. Has members of John's Children)
Do That – Barry Ryan
She Knew Him Too – Capt. Skidlid (sounds like David Essex' "Rock On" - sort of)
Bungalow Love – Rik Kenton (Cool song. Bizarre title. Rik worked with Roxy Music, I think)
Turtle Dove – The Rats (Great song! Very Sweet influenced)
Getting a Drag – Lynsey Depaul (she's bitching about her boyfriend using all her makeup)
Toughen Up – Arrows (same band that did the original "I Love Rock and Roll" - covered by Joan Jett)
Nothing To Do With Us – Jet (a 70s band, unrelated to the one I'm seeing tonight)
The Rock Roller Coaster - Buzz
Rave N Rock – Daddy Maxfield
Ride a Black Sheep – Small Wonder (T. Rex pastich. Rips off "Hot Love")
Interplanetary Twist – Screemer (take off on "Ballroom Blitz")
Another Saturday Morning – Washington Flyers
Attack Attack – Yellow Bird
Kick Your Boots Off – Sisters (big glam stomper)
The Comets Are Coming – Washington Flyers (Space Oddity influence, obviously)
The Flying Saucers Have Landed – Paul St. John (more proto Space glam)

What do a girl hafta do to get a copy a that?

Who was wondering about "Of Montreal"? I downloaded one of their earlier albums off Emusic and was deeply, deeply disappointed, considering how good "Disconnect the Dots" was. They were, I hate to say it, twee. Ugh.

Hey erinaceous--

Stuff has been sent to you. I'm guessing you'll get it today or tomorrow....

What do a girl hafta do to get a copy a that?

adds glam mix to overdue erinaceous mailing

I think I've loaded most of my mixes onto my computer that used to just be on tape. I might be able to start catching up on these this weekend while I'm working on the book proofs. Might.

I've been hunting furiously for more junkshop glam since getting Velvet TInmine, and haven't found any yet. Sad, sad days.

I've been hunting furiously for more junkshop glam since getting Velvet TInmine, and haven't found any yet. Sad, sad days.

Two other comps are currently available:

Glitter From The Litter Bin on Castle. I love this one. That's where I got about a third of the tracks from the above listed comp. Shouldn't be too hard to find online.

Glitterbest on RPM (same folks who did Velvet Tinmine). This is the stuff between glam and punk. It's pretty interesting, and really filled in a gap in British rock history for me.

The other two comps I got are CD-Rs made by Ursula 1000. You'd have to go shopping in NYC or have somebody there pick those up for you. But you're looking for Satin Dustbin and Clap Your Hands Stamp Your Feet.

If you google on those titles you'll pull up a number of playlists at WFMU where you can usually listen to those songs.

There's also a good list of artier glam rock at I Love Music. That's where I tracked down stuff from the first Be Bop Deluxe record, early Ultravox, Split Enz etc.

There was a British comp titled The Best Glam Rock Record in the World Ever! which had a good mix from the obvious (T. Rex) to the less obvious (Mud) to the rare (Eno's "Seven Deadly Finns"). Doesn't live up to its title, but pretty good. You can still find it on eBay.

Also, I highly recommend Brett Smiley's Breathlessly Brett record on RPM. That was just issued last year though it was recorded in '73 or so.

Finally, Glam Rock Bear's website is an excellent resources for all things glam, with lots of ridiculous/sublime pictures.

I think I've loaded most of my mixes onto my computer that used to just be on tape. I might be able to start catching up on these this weekend while I'm working on the book proofs. Might.

::cough::bossanova::cough::

Whoot! Will watch mailbox relentlessly.

::cough::bossanova::cough::

Right. Birthday CD.

So, the interview went well. I'm listening to it now. We talked with Jay Ferguson, one of the Sloan guitarists, for about an hour. I gave him the Glam mix and he was very excited to receive that. He was a real sweetheart - made sure we got to finish the interview and take pictures even after we got shooshed out of the building by security. So he's standing with us out on the street as we're getting our tickets at Will Call and Sloan fans are going by asking him what was on their set list that night.

Chris Murphy dropped by a couple times and recognized Elizabeth (my co-interviewer and hardcore Sloan fan) from an encounter they had two years previously! She almost expired from fangirl joy when he came over and gave her a hug.

I only stayed for the Sloan set, which was necessarily brief. At one point some Jet fan standing next to me said, "How do you know that guy?" pointing up onstage at Jay, "You two keep making eye contact." "I interviewed him earlier this afternoon."

They rocked hard - great band live (and on record). Classic power pop. It was like getting to see Cheap Trick up close.