Born in Dallas TX, raised in SoCal, now happily living as a prisoner of war in North Yorkshire. Digs loud music, Axis I psychiatric disorders, Harvey’s Sussex XX Mild, and telling the same stupid jokes, over and over and over again. Expect wordy, hyperbolic rants about music to appear on an occasional basis.
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Hello,
I am searching for the Across The River recordings
for such a long time (even tried SSt records), but
can’t get a hold of a copy. Finally I find your
great BLOG and after listening to the track you
shared, I’m wondering If you could provide me with a copy on cdr (I will pay you, or trade).
Please let me know something.
Thanks, Ron
If I had em, I’d make em available. But I don’t have em (other than the track I’ve posted). Try writing bassist Scott Reeder! He’s got a website out there somewhere. If he doesn’t have em, I don’t know who would.
Damned, I had hoped finally foud someone who had
this long searched item.
Someone I know, contact Scott already, but he never replied, I think I will try myself..
Anyway thanks
“telling the same stupid jokes, over and over and over again”
HAHA, a man after my own heart.
Hey, Ken from 611 here. Loved your bit about us! I left a message there, too. drop a line, if you are so inclined.
Thanks. It’s still a good day for weather, too.
Hi, your blog is great for finding something that i couldn’t imagine to find. so i try to ask you… i’m looking for some music:
sleevers – unserely insecurity 7″
“feeble efforts” – 7″
plebs – a collection of question marks 7″
“mighty feeble” – lp
tragicomedy – hommage to nada 12″
slovenly – after the original style lp
invisible chains – invisible chains lp
Do you know a way to discover that? if you don’t have it, where can i look for…?
Thank you
Thanks for reading.
A few forgotten New Alliance titles (like the Slovenly LP) can still be found at http://www.roundflat.com . . . but those early titles were only ever released in small pressings, and aren’t easy to come by. So it’s back to Ebay, I’d reckon.
New Gone CD w/ HR is amazing. What a great mix. Check it out!
Holy shit – Greg’s second (third? fourth?) coming! I’ve died and GONE to heaven!
Thrift Score today:
DK’s-Fresh Fruit, original orange pressing w/ insert
TSOL-first record
Black Flag-Everything Went Black, w/ all BF references rubbed out (was this done during battle w/ Unicorn?)
Crucifix-Debut record
Nothing too rare, but shit, all for $4.00. Yeah! God bless you, Alameda Goodwill!
Right: that came out under threat of legal action from Unicorn. I recall Carducci talking about that pressing in one of his books, but I can’t seem find the quote right now.
Last charity shop score of mine netted the first S/T STRAWBS LP, a couple rare as hen’s teeth FAMOUS JUG BAND recs, and a groovy late 60′s Trojan Records dancehall comp. Yep, I certainly do live in London. Indeed.
Strawbs are WEIRD. A neighbor in the apartment building I live in came over one afternoon, handed me the CD of Strawbs that her then-boyfriend had burned her, and, with a BEMUSED look on her face, said, “Mark, I think that YOU might like this”!!!!
Scott Reeder from Lansing, MI, and PUddle Slug? Whaaaa?
Dan: This Scott Reeder‘s from Pomona, CA.
A buddy forwarded your write-up about me. I was pretty damn stoked. It’s nice to know it’s not all for nothing. Plus, I tracked down an old Jesters drummer who responded to the post! FYI, full-length w/ Circle comes out in Feb. 09 in the US, and my new band Angus Khan (with ex/Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs and B-Movie Rats) comes out hopefully in March. Still doin’ it!
Bruuuuce! Hey thanks for reading. Your freak bass quotient has been a big influence on the ears that still straddle my head today. If you ever make it over the pond to London to play some gigs, I’ll be the guy right up front, banging my head and screaming all the lyrics at the top of my lungs. Rock on!
What kind of guitar amp did you have when you were a teenager?
-BW
Bennett: you must have me confused with an actual musician. Ok ok – so in ’85 I had a Fender Bassman amp to go along with my P-Bass I could barely play. Honest.
The new look is very spiffy. “WHERE GOOD MUSIC GETS TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS YOU’D RATHER FORGET” – Hah!
Hello Michael, same high lonesome tone as Yawning Man though definitely not stoner rock :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LGt2N5L4JA
Yawning Man are pretty much my new (old) favorite band. About the only time I’d be jealous of high desert people is the night time scene with these guys & Kyuss. Must have been a heck of a lot of fun.
Lanterna sound really good – most Chris Isaakesque. I really dig folks who attempt to make that moody, SHADOWS like instro sound relevant again in the modern era.
Hi! Cool blog. Hopefully you get to post more often soon!