Host: Dixiegrrl

To get to that rare Tennalaga side from the Expressions, you gotta wade through these Rainy Daze. After an initial burst of energy, HOFM #24 succumbs to the hot and humid Georgia summer with cicada-buzzy guitars and languid psych dreams. Larry and The Blue Notes, Out With Mummy, Billy Childish, Jay Stutes, Paragons, Plasticland, High Dials, and the Hope… uh-huh… why don’t you just come on over and sit a spell? You ain’t going nowhere as long as this rain shower lasts… mercy mercy, me.

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Host: Brad X

Brad says: This time around it’s a special celebration and I play mostly B-sides, Sound Explosion, Spites, some Norton stuff and Final Solutions. It’s a drunken way to release some energy and good music to kick back to so take a listen…

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Lately I’ve been trying to figure out why the GaragePunk Podcast hasn’t gotten listed in the iTunes Podcast Directory like it was, oh, maybe a year ago or whatever. The podcast used to get a lot of exposure and literally hundreds of new subscribers due to that listing, and I wanted to find out why we weren’t listed any longer, so I went on Apple’s website and dug into the Podcast Technical Specification page, where I read the following (I’m pretty sure that by “iTunes Home Page,” they mean the Podcast Directory):

Getting Featured on the iTunes Home Page

At iTunes, we’re constantly on the lookout for podcasts that are breaking new ground with this medium, have new or unusual content, or just capture our interest. When we find them, we like to feature them on the Podcasts home page. While there are no sure-fire ways to get your podcast featured (and no, we do not accept payments for promotion), there are some minimum requirements. To be featured by iTunes, podcasts must have:

1. An attractive, original image that does not include the iPod (emphasis mine) or other Apple-branded content. For image specs, see the iTunes Image section below.
2. A robust and accurate description.
3. Proper language, category, and explicit tagging.

In addition, featured podcasts must be regularly updated with new episodes. We occasionally feature a podcast after its first episode, but we generally like to see podcasts with at least 3 episodes, and we like to see that the most recent episode has been added in the past month. Ideally, the episodes should be released on a regular and predictable basis. More than 100 podcasts are submitted every day, so it is impossible to feature all of the good ones.

D’oh! So that’s why our podcast hasn’t been featured in the Podcast Directory lately… OK, so I grabbed some goofy clipart books at work and started flipping through them looking for something–ANYTHING–to replace that iPod with, and I found this goofy dog caricature with “KEEP SMILING” in big bold letters beneath it. So I scanned it in and stuck that dog face where the iPod used to be and added it to our RSS feed, and I think the combination of the dog with his tongue hanging out, dangling over the old logo’s juicy crossbones kinda works. I dunno why… something to do with giving dogs bones to chew on or something, I guess. Go figure…

Anyway, I guess we’ll wait and see if it works.

Host: Charles Gaskins

You can’t fuck with this! Hit after foot-stompin’ hit! This one’ill make ya jump, jive, and gormandize. Charles has been recovering from a long and boozy weekend and he reckoned this was the only cure. He was right! So grab your best friend’s girlfriend and give it a listen or three.

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Host: Duke Eastwood

Killed By Porn thanks Mar Vista Lanes for having us in their alley to record this installment of the podcast. On our minds this time around: corporate sponsorship, self-improvement books, summer fun, and making our future Wikipedia pages look good. On the turntable this time around: Hasil Adkins, Antler Joe & the Accidents, the Sick Things, the Suicide Commandos, Kajun SS, and many others.

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Host: Crystal Stern

Just in time to get her Road Runner out of hock, Crystal emerges from her summertime rock-and-roll hibernation with a new and improved, action-packed episode of Backseat Beat. With songs from both well-known favorites like The Spits and The Devil Dogs as well as a collection of great tunes from relatively new bands like the Hibachi Stranglers and the Time Flys, this is an episode that is likely to please all you record-collecting snobs, car lovers or not.

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Host: Rob Baker

20 sides of rampant and smolderin’ hot R&B music. Hop on for the ride—you’ll hear only the finest sister shouters, northern bangers, instro titty shakers, hand-clappers and even a few Georgia soul records. Could this be this year’s perfect party mixer?

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What goes on in a large, sub-cellar room illuminated by flickering lanterns on a sultry summer night in St. Louie? Why, only the mad creation of a new episode of Savage Kick, of course, the hard and relentless fight of one man against the forces of evil (bland, uninspired mainstream corporate rock, natch). Tune in this time to hear sonic rumblings from artists like the Oblivians, Mark Sultan, Holly Golightly, The Third Bardo, The Greenhornes, The Rip Offs, The Count Five, The 5.6.7.8′s, The Red Crayola, The Woggles, The Electric Prunes, the Pagans, Dean Carter, The Hipshakes, The Dirtbombs and more. A group of tough-looking men will see to it that you listen and cooperate. Enjoy.

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Host: R. Fink

R. Fink is back with another rock ‘em, sock ‘em, kick-ass stack of wax in this edition, number 35, of Rock’n'Roll Suicide. Twist to the now sounds of the Final Solutions, the Tuff Bananas, Off With Their Heads and the Surfites. Jerk with selections from the GaragePunk.com comp. “Party Time” and do “The Mouse” with local heroes, the Screaming Shambles, as they do (as best as I can tell) the un-comped smash, “House of the Rising Mouse.” Here are some thoughts on the tune from onetime Shamble, Harry Hepcat…

“‘House of the Rising Mouse’ was done at a really big studio. It was on a small label (Sonic) and we were all set to do the tune on Soupy Sales’ TV show. He used to do a dance he called ‘The Mouse,’ but there was no record about the dance. At the last minute, he decided to record his own ‘mouse’ tune. Thus, we didn’t appear. I like ours better.”

So grab this podcast, check out the action and go baby go!

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Host: Dixiegrrl

Summer’s astral plane blasts into modern times from that decade when Apollo space shots ruled… the Galaxies IV and bubblegum fun from Astronaut Alan. Also in the picnic basket, power pop from the Blow Pops (Get Hip), Beatley sunshine from Kenny Howes, and a pot of Chocolate Moose (Norton). As for stronger spirits, a jug of Tiger Tiger (Chicken Ranch) from 2005, right on the eve of a brand new release… so spread that blanket, sit down and slurp up! It’s Mercy time!

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Host: Lord Muck

Now That’s What I Call Punk Rock!

Lord Muck reverts to his childhood to bring you episode six of Nasty Grind – the one where his lordship selects a full show of UK punk rock golden greats. Ah, memories… So get yer trousers on, we’re gonna punk out right here on the Nasty Grind show. Oi! Oi!! Shut it!!

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Host: Brad X

Brad says: My computer totally died this week so I’ve been spending most of my time trying to get that back up and running and then re-installing all my programs and trying to find passwords and all that other happy horseshit, but I did manage to get together this brand new episode of get drunk and play records, full of great classic songs off punk-rock singles by bands like the Rip Offs, Reatards, Carbonas, Tyrades and more!

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Host: Dan Electreau

Episode 32 will be the first of two episodes featuring music culled from the Flying Saucer Rock ‘n’ Roll Myspace friends list. Some of these bands you’ve probably heard before, many of them you haven’t. Regardless, their participation in my invasion of this planet cannot be undervalued. Remember, you can get info on all of these bands via the Flying Saucer Rock ‘n’ Roll Myspace page.

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Host: Charles Gaskins

It’s summer time in New York, man. You know what that means? It means BBQs on the roof, a 75% chance of ass rash, girls walking around with hardly anything on, and the need for FUN MUSIC! Beat the heat by listening to this in the roaring hot sun. Buy a bottle of Country Club Orange Soda, eat a pack of Rap Snacks, and take a seat on your front steps to watch sweaty dudes in short shorts cruise by on rollerblades and chubby girls with no bras on bounce as they jog around the block. It makes me almost miss the winter.

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Host: Duke Eastwood

This week, infamous Web designer, Kristian Boruff stops by to hide an impossible-to-solve riddle within the bytes of this podcast. Don’t try to solve it, that’s for the nerds. All you have to do is listen to this mid-summer’s air set, play it at your pool party, barbecue, or wife-swapping shindig. It’s either that or turn the file over to hacker geek forums; We trust you’ll do the right thing with it.

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The Humpers – Live in St. Louis (February 25, 1996)

Thanks to Jim Utz for this soundboard recording of The Humpers live at Cicero’s basement bar, Feb. 25, 1996… The band had just been to town about seven months earlier, but on their second trip through they packed a lot more punch, played a lot tighter, had a more energetic set, and the crowd definitely responded better, so all-in-all considered, I thought this was the better of the two sets, and is presented here as part of the Out of the Vaults series (the first new episode in over four months). Enjoy!

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This ain’t Little Steven’s Underground Garage, no siree… I hit the mic after a long day of kickin’ it poolside and partaking of some fireworks wars on the 4th of July to present over an hour’s worth of firecracker-hot garage, punk, and primitive rock’n'roll. Dig the sounds of Screaming Lord Sutch, Andre Williams, The Countbackwurds, The Hentchmen, King Louie and The Loose Diamonds, Black Tie Revue, The Cynics, The Touch-Me-Nots, The Tranzmitors, Ape City R&B, Digital Leather, Lover! and two sets of girl garage favorites, old and new. Another pistol-packin’ show, crammed full of savage rock’n'roll. Enjoy…

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Host: R. Fink

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

July 4th? If’n your expecting songs of John Philip Sousa, John Mellencamp, Lee Greenwood and other patriotic-type songs to watch things explode by, you’ve came to the wrong place. R. Fink returns with another hour rock and roll music to get you through another fucked up holiday. No “Yankee Doodle Dandy” to be found here! This go ’round we dip into a couple of them GaragePunk forum comps. We also hit up some modern maulers such as the likes of Bob Burns & the Breakups, the Fatals, the Okmoniks, Mark & the Spies and much, much mo’.

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Host: Dixiegrrl

On the eve of the 4th of July, a little snap crackle pop before your boom pow and oohs and ahhs… starting off with a fat wad of juicy bubblegum from Ganip Ganop, pull out some Dexateens (Skybucket), Bevis Frond (Flydaddy), and Milkshakes (Media Burn)… and still diggin’ that Mary Weiss (Norton) rekkid! Oooh, weee! can’t get enough of that! and this old gal threw in some Eddie Angel (MuSick Recordings) and Dexter Romweber (Yep Roc) for good measure. A fine soundtrack to go with gathering up yer watermelon, yer fried chickie, and yer flamin’ fireworks! Y’all have fun and don’t go blowing yer fingers off!

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Host: Alex Piandes

For the 8th episode of The Desperate Hour, Alex pays tribute to Joe Meek—even though he doesn’t actually articulate the tribute—and plays ’80s garage nuggets from The Tryfles, The Beguiled, The Lee Harvey Oswald Band and Lyres as well as the usual ’60s-centric slop and schlock.

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