I'm seeing it the opposite. It seems that Tommy likely had been to SF pre-band while in another band, but not the rest of them. And it didn't sound like any of them needed to go to SF to discover drugs.

I say "likely" Hall had most certainly been to SF.

I don't have any Cds now. I know tina has some.

If we do another exchange, how would people feel about doign it differently? i'm in a group on LiveJournal, which I think erinaceous is also part of, and the way it works is this:

1. Organizer announces it's time for a trade.

2. Everyone sends him 3-5 CDs they made and a postpaid envelope.

3. He sends everyone back 3-5 CDs by others.

I know the concept behind this trade was allowing everyone to hear everyone else's mix, but it does seem to be moving really slowly. We could do a number of trades, sending and getting five CDs back at each tiime, if we wanted to preserve that aspect, too.

Just an idea.

Also -- has anyone else heard the new Rilo Kiley? It is amazing.

The Austin Chronicle stories on Roky seem to indicate that Tommy Hall was his introduction to acid, but I don't think that they rule out the SF connection.

AC: When did you first do LSD, Tommy?

TH: I won't answer that.

AC: How were the Elevators formed?

TH: Tary [Owens] had raved over Roky Erickson as a dynamic singer and asked me to go to the Jade Room with him one night. Clementine and I went with him, and Roky was indeed truly amazing. He was playing with some band called the Spades, and they had even cut a record with the song "You're Gonna Miss Me."

After the show, Tary introduced me to Roky, and we invited him over to our apartment. I told him I wanted to do what Dylan was doing, playing rock music but with serious lyrics. I told him about what I was learning with LSD, and he really became interested. He agreed to join me in forming a new rock group.

Interview with Tommy Hall

Margaret Moser on the 13th Floor Elevators Part One and Part Two

Interview with Clementine Hall

Anyway, I don't know or care if the 13th Floor Elevators are generally considered the first psychedelic band. I guess I'd probably pick those phenomenal weirdos The Monks for first. Or The Count Five's "Psychotic Breakdown," which, IIRC, predated the Elevators by a few months.

Oh, and my other round robin has decided to circumvent the bottlenecks by just exchanging the remaining discs with someone on the opposite side of the circle.

Because I love y'all: www.smilethealbum.com

Cereal: Today is apparently the birthday of John Cage, the source of my tagline.

I have a conflict that's going to keep me from attending this, which sucks: [link]

I think a new exchange format would be cool.

Cereal: Today is apparently the birthday of John Cage

And Raymond Scott, and Yma Sumac.

Thanks for the Smile link!

Wow, what a day for music! Hope you enjoy the hell out of it, Jon. I know I am.