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    • September 17, 2015 9:07 PM CDT
    • Wow the inherent cockiness! Where you on the original garagepunk thread BTW? Actually, I lived in St. Louis, MO and I'm well acqainted with the originator of this "hotdog stand", Kopper, whom I saw at all the shows (chiefly because he put a lot of them on as well as had an excellent radio show called The Wayback Machine) and to say the bands used non-60s oriented musical patterns (when I saw plenty Farfisas, Hammond B3s, Gretches, and vintage amps), ETC!!! or to say they couldn't play is quite the grandiose brushstroke there. I saw ALL those bands, ie. Cynics, Fleshtones, Woggles, Gories, Man or Astroman, The Mummies, The A-Bones, Teengenerate, etc., that it's no feather in my cap just a life lived and time/place happened. My specific comment being if you read carefullly was "I don't pine for the "good ole days" or try to relive (like some still do), just appreciate a place in time and would love to see it." ....."It" being reissueing the original garagepunk.com thread to see a relic of the past that, sorry pal, I was indeed a part of.  Where you?? Because the retro-Garage of the 90s actually began in 80s, note when Get Hip! Records actually started was 1986, Sympathy for the Record Industry in 1988, Estrus Records started in 1990.... both Goner Records and Crypt Records started in 1983.  Actually, those record labels are from places on the East and West Coast mainly, so they were way ahead of us midwesterners. If you view an era as a "designer trend" then perhaps it wasn't real to you.  Did you ever go to Cavestomp or any of the weekenders?, was that something "trendy" to do? or did you genuinely like the music at the time?

    • September 10, 2015 3:27 PM CDT
    • BOY.....This is a lot to take in . It's odd that people are already  talking about the 90's in a nostalgic manner. They say if you remember the 60's , you were'nt there. I say , if you remember The 80's , yu did'nt want to be there... In the 80's , there was a real drought for Garage sounds , unless , I guess you lived in LA.  We had a real scene going , in Chicago , in the late 80's. Of course , there were five of us. It was exciting , at first , when the 90's Garage clusterfuck got underway , but a lot of those bands could'nt play , and relied on non - 60's oriented musical patterns. The old fucks with attitude (Cynics , Fleshtones, Woggles , Gories , etc.) are still with us.   It just seemed ,more and more , like a designer trend , not something communities are built on.

    • September 9, 2015 10:20 PM CDT
    • I'm very curious if there's a way to unvault the original messageboard thread forum for those of us who are original garagepunk.com members. When garagepunk.com first came out it was just the real music lovers of those particular genres (i.e. garage, surf, psych, rockabilly, greasy RnB, Killed By Death era punk, etc) as the web was newer and it was only folks who spent all their time/money in record stores or libraries for that golden new discovery, not the cut/paste your new identity by pinning to one's chest pages of another music lover's taste for show and recognition. This is the way it's done now, but the purity of that time, i.e., the 90s-early 2000s garagepunk revival scene really lacked pretense and I miss it for that. You loved what you lived and it was all new when you shared it with others on the beginnings of internet. After myspace finally imploded, I could really just give a shit about resupplying it all on Facebook.  I don't pine for the "good ole days" or try to relive (like some still do), just appreciate a place in time and would love to see it.  Now, we have to deal with reality of 1984 with it's Internet ghosts and phonies, a complete lack of respect for human privacy, and every exploitation measure of all that was once relics and aspects of your REAL life. I'd love to see my old threads and goofiness. It was fun and brought people together. The moderators/web curators cared and didn't let things get out of hand. The 90s/early 2000s douchebag indie rock scene absolutely sucked balls (IMHO) and I have to laugh when folks my (genX'ers) age consider that punk... precisely the reason we all turned to the more nostalgic rock sounds. Any thoughts?

    • August 26, 2015 11:16 PM CDT
    • ARE WE STILL DOING THIS ? I READ A RUNAWAYS BIO (NOT CHERIE'S BOOK). GOT IT IN HARDCOVER FOR 50 CENTS. iT'S PRETTY GOOD. if you're a fan , read both books and wonder what tHe movie could have been. i like THE MOVIE , BUT , CURIE'S BOOK TORE MY HEART OUT.....

      I found a bunch of EC comics (Reprints , of course , tho' I did find an original "Shock Suspence Stories".

    • July 25, 2015 8:06 PM CDT
    • I'm currently reading Who I Am by Pete Townshend

    • April 2, 2015 2:01 AM CDT
    • I JUST REAd miriam linna and randy fuller's bio on Bobby fuller , "i fought the law". You can imagine the artist's brother and biggest fan would get it right. They did.    I'm reading "Hardcore Zen" by my friend , Brad Warner. Brad was in a Cleveland HC band , Zero Defex , and the Cleveland/Chicago Psych band , Dimentia 13. HE RELOCATED TO JAPAN , and found himself working his dream job , at Tsuburaya Studios (Ultraman.). Along the way he became a student of Zen Buddhism , and , eventually , a recognized Priest. THE BOOK IS BASICALLY ABOUT HIS JOURNEY, AND HOW IT MAY OR MAY NOT HELP YOU. There's a lot of humor , monsters and Punk Rock.             excuse the caps. It's late.

    • November 30, 2014 7:18 PM CST
    • Matt - That book is incredible. I'm not one for Western novels, but I've read it twice.

      I'm currently reading the repressings of Jim Thompson's novels. I just started The Transgressors.
      Looking to finish 50 books this year.

    • May 24, 2015 7:29 PM CDT
    • Yes, I love stuckism!

       

      When I first got into proper garage punk and started reading about all thing BC it was one thing that fascinated me. Proper art, proper punk. 

       

      More recently the other week Bill Lewis, one of the founding stuckists, came in to my shop and I had a little chat with him. Great guy. He is still Medway through and through and full-time artist. Interestingly he told me how at his first poetry night (back in the 70's i think) a certain Ralph Steadman was watching.

       

      Check out billlewis-art.co.uk

       

       

       

    • December 2, 2014 9:02 AM CST
    • Re/Search publications issued this brilliant collection of interviews in the early 2000's.  It includes an entertaining lengthy interview with BC.  Much of the discussion focuses on the Childish theory of art and creativity.  This book also has great interviews with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Henry Rollins and Jello Biafra.   

      https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/501491.Real_Conversations_No_1_Henry_Rollins_Jello_Biafra_Lawrence_Ferlinghetti_Billy_Childish_Real_Conversations

    • November 30, 2014 7:23 PM CST
    • Ever get the feeling most of what Chyldish does is sincere until it builds speed and becomes a joke? I love his work and his legacy and have nuthin' but love for him.

    • May 18, 2015 3:55 PM CDT
    • ..GaragePunk Hideout on Facebook is looking for an editior than can maintain the site with updates on what's going on in here! We are looking for volunteers that are frequent visitors to the site; both on the forums and on the network!!

    • May 14, 2015 5:25 PM CDT
    • I know this is the worst first post ever, but the band is good and you guys all probably like free records.

      We're trying to get funds to make a music video for The Mandates and it's based on votes.  If you take a minute to vote for the project I'll pick some people at random and send them some records from Hosehead records.

      Comment that you voted the 5 votes and I'll pick some winners at random next week.

      Vote here:  http://www.storyhive.com/project/show/id/705

      Thanks/Sorry

    • April 22, 2015 8:49 PM CDT
    • https://keenreaction.wordpress.com/

      If you like Japanese garage punk, check this blog.

      Blog by Greg of Supersnazz.

       

      Masao

      (Target Earth)

    • March 13, 2015 5:18 PM CDT
    • can't really call myself a baseball freak, but i was genuinely entertained by will ferrell yesterday.

      and i heard he raised over a million dollars for cancer charities.

    • March 3, 2015 8:16 AM CST
    • Any of you weirdos like baseball? A bunch of us have a private discussion group on Fartbook called Baseball Freaks (a group for baseball fans [and players] who are a little left of center). If you'd like in, lemme know. It's stupid fun at the ol' ballgame. We also have a blog but no one seems interested in posting anything: http://baseballfreaks.net and Twitter: @baseballfreaks

      That said, we can also talk about it here (why not?). Who's your team? Do you (like me) actually prefer independent ball? I root for the Gateway Grizzlies here in St. Louis. And, of course, the Cards.

      All-time favorite players would be Rube Waddell, Bill "Spaceman" Lee, Bob Gibson, Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, Dizzy Dean, Ted Simmons, Willie "E.T." McGee, Satchel Paige, and Gorgeous George Sissler. 

      Oh yeah, and I also play corkball whenever I get the chance.

    • February 24, 2015 1:13 AM CST
    • COOL . i HAVE MOST OF THIS STUFF ON VHS , but , no , it does'nt turn up every day.When most of thins , once - believed lost  , footage turned up , word got around that Lux Interior was privately helping someone else compile an unofficial release of what known surviving footage there was . I met Lux around that time , and I asked him about it  He said , yes , it was from his collection , but he felt that  he should'nt sit on it.

    • January 20, 2015 12:06 PM CST
    • Hollywood-based 'multimediatician' Josh Roush dropped some pleasing video news last week: He's posted his first edition of AntiCurrent.com Video Archives, revolving around old Ghoulardi clips (see embed below). The video clips come from Roush's own collection of bootleg VHS, DVD and digital recordings. Much of his stash is super-rare stuff. 

      Check it out:

      http://joshroush.blogspot.com/2015/01/anticurrent-video-archives-vol-1.html

    • February 18, 2015 3:42 AM CST
    • super cool stuff

    • February 13, 2015 4:13 PM CST
    • Check it out! I found this great set of photos of the old Mummies ambulance on Flickr:

      https://www.flickr.com/photos/79934530@N00/galleries/72157628945808305/

      Enjoy.

    • January 22, 2015 8:03 PM CST
    • I'VE SEEN THAT FIRST ONE WITH THE FRANKENSTEIN GUY , BUT THAT'S IT. I've been to ONE HALLOWE'EN PARTY IN MY LIFE THAT WAS NEARLY AS COOL AS THAT......Unbelivable. 

    • January 21, 2015 11:51 AM CST
    • Just saw this... check out these vintage photos of a Halloween party. Awesome.

      http://dangerousminds.net/comments/vintage_photographs_of_an_awesome_halloween_party

    • January 17, 2015 9:47 PM CST
    • i don't know....the ant-man trailer looks a little underwhelming....

       

    • December 1, 2014 12:15 PM CST
    • This is just so sad, it's funny.

    • November 30, 2014 7:53 PM CST
    • Huh. Suddenly I don't trust the banner ads.