i know right! but count your blessings. working for a good record store would be like working for in-store credit! haha!

grindcore is a faster, tighter, louder hardcore. noisier than metal. but still low class enough to not be labeled post-rock. but don't quote me.

Dang, I wished I worked at a record store and had all the records I wanted at my disposal. Pardon my ignorance, but what is "grindcore"? Guess I could look it up.

recently a young employee of the hip local record store asked me to get him up to speed with 60s garage (he's a local big honcho in the grindcore scene) - i have to say i was pretty taken aback - what a nice compliment! well since he has all the records he wants at his disposal, i told him to start with this: the troggs.

now he's got the fever and we email back and forth on a daily basis. just today he sent an frantic note, incredulous that i hadn't told him about "99th floor" by the moving sidewalks (we are in zz top country, afterall). of course i apologized profusely! ha!

(Trying to avoid some of the ones already mentioned)

Mystic Eyes by Them
Double Shot (of My Baby's Love) by The Swingin' Medallions
Little Girl by The Syndicate of Sound
Hey Joe by The Leaves
Red Hot by Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs
I Had Too Much to Dream by The Electric Prunes
We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet by The Blues Magoos
I Want to Come Back From the World of LSD by Fi-Fi Four-plus 2
Train Kept a Rollin' by The Yardbirds (though I like Burnette's version better)
Journey to the Center of the Mind by The Amboy Dukes
When I Was Young by The Animals

Gimmick!
Probably going to be really problematic at some point too.

It'll be interesting to see how the bill rounds out, but I don't know how it'll turn out, seeing as how some of the bigger names are dead (K Cobain) and others are out of the picture (Soundgarden? Hole? Nah). It'll probably end up being third-stringers like Hammerbox playing the show.

rubbish! subpop's early days were a ton of fun.

I hear it'll be a good summer in NY

Mudhoney is probably the only good band they will have play. Sub Pop put out lots of good records that nobody bought. The Sub Pop bands that will play this festival are the shitty ones for sure like Green River.

crypt anniversary party? when? where?

Don't you like even Mudhoney? I haven't heard any Tad's album though, but the Sub Pop was a good label. @@

I'm sure that none of the really good bands that subpop put out will even be remembered.

how's that fucking TAD record holding up? it was shit then...still shit now.

better yet...saint etienne HA!

The Crypt Anniversary Party will rule all over this shit!

From: http://www.kingblind.com/ According to a reputable source very close to the festival, who was plied with booze until he let the cat out of the bag, plans for Sub Pop’s 20th Anniversary Festival are in full swing. The dates are set, the location has been chosen and bands are being booked. We’ll tell you all we know below. First, though, it’s important to note that the festival is just one (large) step in Sub Pop’s celebratory waltz. Hundreds of freeloading music fans and industry folk packed Hattie’s Hat on Tuesday night to kick-off the record label’s year-long celebration with free drinks, shop-talk, chocolate eclaires and a possible Gary Busse citing (word has it that photos were taken … we’re still waiting). VH1 honored Sub Pop the day before (on the label’s actual 20th Anniversay) by posting 20 years worth of Sub Pop music videos. On the label’s side, there is word that the much-loved Singles Club will make a return appearance. And then there of course will be more of the high quality releases the label has been giving the world for 15 (nonconsecutive) years. But the festival will be the manifestation of the celebration. And here, in bullet points, are the details we squeezed from our source (their accuracy is questionable, as there were free drinks): * The festival will officially take place July 12 & 13 at the 640-acre Marymoor Park in Redmond, with performances going both day and night * Bands performing will cover the history of the label’s roster, including two reunion performances. One will be the much-ballyhooed return of Green River. The second, according to this recent news story from the Denver Post, will be the Fluid, Sub Pop’s first non-local signing from way back in 1985. * There will likely be a Sub Pop comedy night at a yet-to-be-named venue separate from the music festivities. * There could possibly also be some shows at clubs around Seattle leading up to the festivities, though details on this were very vague. (via sound seattle) The Fluid - Black Glove Green River - This Town (audio only)

some opinions about it. i just love all the volumes.

the horrible thing about sound checks is having all that time before you play to get trashed in......that fine balance between being fun and being an onstage drunken jackass can be rather fine, haha

it's been pointed out to me the Thee Mummies also did a nice cover of it........

One of my favorite recent ones is GET IN THE GROOVE from Norton Records. It's a got a recent (2006, I think) concert -- Norton honcho Billy Miller's 50th birthday party --featuring Andre Williams, Nathaniel Mayer, Barrence Whitfield, Bettye LaVette, Lonnie Youngblood and more. Hosted byh Rudy Ray Moore A good soul blog is Funky 16 Corners: http://funky16corners.wordpress.com/ I recently caught Andre Williams at South by Southwest. He's still cool, but seek out his old stuff. The collection RIB TIPS & PIG SNOOTS is wonderful.

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ive just bought an ipod on ebay, cant wait to get it. ive just started working freelance so im away from the computer more often (down beach etc!) as cds only have room for 1hr. i need 1day at the least. borrowed my litl nephews first to make sure i needed one. it was great

Hey gang! So this terrific trash party platter series called Twistin' Rumble was released a short while back on 4 LPs (I believe) and it's sold by a handful of folks (i.e. Crypt & Bomp come to mind). So I was perusin' the web and see it's now available as 2 individual CDs, sorta "best of" edition if ya will. Well, I can find the tracklisting for the LPs but not fer the fuckin' CDs ...I wanna know what gets left out of the CD versions to help me decide which to snag Please save the whole "LP vs. CD" boo-woo business...I dig both formats but see a bunch o' tunes on the LPs I already own and it's be swell if the CD versions left off the more "well-known" or "popular" cuts, goin' straight fer the dirt. Knowin' is have the power...

One of my fave live bands.........congrats to KK and his Shrines!!!

"Their first album THREE HAIRS & YOU'RE MINE was produced by Liam Watson at the legendary Toe Rag Studios in London and released in 2002" ...................
On Voodoo Rhythm Records! Good for Blacksnake and the boys.

Gring.

Wha...? Did I read that right... How did you get Little Steven to host your show?

I'm sorry to be the bearer of sad news, but Neil Motteram emailed me this morning to say that Tee Emmerich of Tee and Thee Crumpets passed away last week. She had been ill for a long time, but is seems that this was an accident. No further details are known at this time... perhaps Neil can post more later when he has more information.

He died January 10th this year. http://www.the-monks.com/