OK, so you were wanting to "launch an online radio" but you don't have the time/equipment to do a podcast? Dude, all you need is a microphone. Most computers even have one built in these days, if not, run down to Radio Shack and buy the cheapest one they have. Boom, you're a podcaster. If you have the right software (buy a Mac and it comes with everything you need FREE) you can do it just as easily as setting up some sort of streaming station... seriously. What other "equipment" do you think you need?

By the way, if you're just looking for a music player, you can use the one that's built in to your profile right here.

Well I don't really have the time to do a podcast + I don't have the right equipment.

Why don't you start a podcast?

Right, this doesn't work. I'll explain: I have a good record collection dating back from the early 80s (the Psychobilly/Trash/Garage scene with bands like the Meteors, the Sting-Rays, Guanabatz, the Milkshakes, the Cannibals, Frenzy, Restless, the Prisoners, etc).

I have digitalised a lot of them and uploaded the tracks onto Deezer, but Deezer is crap!

I would like to launch an online radio as I've realised most of the online radios already existing do not play those tracks which have never been released onto CDs.

I'm looking for a 'free' solution (unlike Live 369). So if anybody out there has a website which could accomodate this 80s Psycho/Trash/Garage web radio, please be in touch!

Mitchhz

OK, let's see if this works :

I've got The Stooges "Raw Power," Stones "Let it Bleed" and "Sticky Fingers"

Man, I'm lucky my birthday is next month, with this kickass list!

Meat n potatoes garage punk stuff:

Johnny Thuders and the Heartbreakers: LAMF
NY Dolls: 1st 2 albums (NY Dolls and Too much too soon)
Nuggets box set (and Nuggets II box set, which isn't as good, but ya still gotta have it)
Velvet Underground peel slowly and see box set (or the 1st 3 VU albums)
1st 4 Ramones albums
all the early Buzzcocks stuff
all the Back from the Grave comps (already mentioned, I think)
all Oblivians (Soul Food, Sympathy Sessions, Popular Favorites, Play 9 Songs w.Quintron) plus whatever 7" you can get yr mits on
Compulsive Gamblers--3 albums: Crystal gazing luck amazing, Gamblin Days are over, Bluff City
all Dirtbombs--this includes a shitload of 7"s and three albums (Horndog Fest, Ultraglide in Black, Dangerous Magical Noise...and that If you need another look collection is good, too--so I guess it's 4 albums)
Mummies-never been caught
most early stuff on Ripoff records (Loli and the Chones, the Rip Offs)
All Devil Dogs: s/t, Big Beef Bonanza, Saturday nite fever, Choad Blast ep, Stereodrive ep
1st few Swingin Neckbreakers: Live for Buzz and Kick your Ass
Deadly Snakes: I'm not your Soldier..., Ode to Joy, Porcella
Rolling Stones: all of their albums chronologically up to Exile on Mainstreet (is the best --mentioned in an earlier post)...Includes Between the buttons, Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers.
first 3 Stooges albums: S/T, Fun House, Raw Power
Love-forever changes
Sonics Boom
the Norton Northwest Killers series (3 volumes)

Not bad for off the top of my head.
Now get started!

Recent faves:
Creatures of the Golden Dawn: Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
The Monks: Black Monk Time
Albums that were my meat'n potatoes that were the soundtrack to my coming up:
The Stooges: Raw Power
The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us
The Fuzztones: Lysergic Emanations
Iggy Pop: Lust for Life
Albums that I didn't like at first but really grew on my and became lasting faves:
Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street
X: Under the Big Black Sun (Described as "The sound of the 'live fast die young' generation finding out they're not so tough after all.)

Hope that helps get you started. When I first started getting into punk (at age 16 year 1984) I didn't like the Cramps or the Stooges at first. It took me a while for the hook to get into my skin.

Some cool Australian music to stuff your stocking with:
The Scientists - Blood Red River
Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
Digger and the Pussycats - Watch Yr Back
Eddie Current Supression Ring - S/T
feedtime - S/T
Lubricated Goat - Paddock of Love
Anything by the Cosmic Psychos
Early Hard ons 7"s
Any Dirty Three release

Garage Punk Albums to Find:
1) King Khan and BBQ Show -"What's for Dinner" (In the Red Records)
2) The Urges - "PsychWard" (Screaming Apple)
3)Tell Tale Hearts
4) Miracle Workers
5) Zombies- "The Singles LP"
6) The Sonics "Sonic Boom" or "any rereleased 7" on Norton"
7) The Cynics- "Rock N Roll"- (Get Hip)

Hope this helps u in your record quest. Search out the Bomp mailorder or check out their website.

A "non-existent Garage Punk collection" could mean a lot of things... anyway, for starters, I certainly couldn't live without the Reatards' Teenage Hate LP

Ooh and I already have Left Arm! I am trying to buy local CDs for pals for Baby Jesus day. Maybe I can finally get them to a show...

I get lost in Record Exchange on rainy Saturday afternoons. I plan to stop by for a teensy bit, and hours later- I'm still there.

I brought my dad there after I replaced his record player for his birthday. He was like a little kid in a candy store (he collects 45s- has THOUSANDS). So, we go together to get each other into different stuff.

Record Exchange is a fun place. I like going early on a weekday when no one is there so I am free to just play shit on the turntables without someone trying to jump in. There really isn't any good place to find new Rock & Roll in St. Louis though unless your looking for local stuff. You can probably pick up The Vultures. Cripplers, Left Arm, ect. at Vintage Vinyl. You can get a bunch of cool 7" rekkids here though to get you started on the newer shit: http://www.boomchickrecords.com

This link isn't a bad place to start for your list: http://www.cryptrecords.com/100best.htm

For the past year, I've only bought vinyl. I usually go to Record Exchange for the old stuff.

I sure do!

Hi Courtney. Do you have a record player? The Yolks 7" has gotten plenty plays around my house for a while.

I'm looking for new, old, dead, whatever will shake my bones! I DO listen to the GP Podcasts, and there are so many options, I didn't know where to start! I'm definitely going back through the playlists, when I get home, tonight. Thanks, folks! You have no idea how much this helps!

Hi all. Just a quick one... I won't give you the hard sell. I run a site called Electric Roulette and me and my writers cover loads of garage and psych and (fill in the blanks here) and get decent traffic. We've doubled our unique visitors over the past month and will be making a big impact in 2008. In short, go over to www.electricroulette.com and if you like the look of it, send us an email and we'll run articles on your new releases and band news. We're in this to promote great music as opposed to what is deemed as 'cool'. Drop us a line and we'll see if we can shift some rekkids for you.

Alright somebody that knows a lot of stuff needs to give me some info on some good Soul records. I've heard a little bit o' soul (ha, pretty cheesy) and I'd like to get into some more. What are your favorite records of the R&B, Northern Soul, etc. variety?

THANKS!

Tell Tale Hearts show was fantastic! I made a two hour drive there and back and it was totally worth it. They sounded exactly as they did when I first saw them as a young mod back in the 80's. Check out video from that night.

So if ya ain't in the know, Kopper pulled the plug on the ol' GP.com Forums today...Gots to say I already miss 'em, but here's hopin' the Hideout can carry the torch, keepin' the garagepunk community alive... My only complaint is I wish I coulda saved all my private messages before the big lights out over there on the forums....oh well. Any old forum members here with any thoughts?

Has anyone ever read this? I highly suggest it!

Growing up listening to Phil's tunes, and the groups he helped to create and destroy has given me a sick facination with the man. All those ugly stories and legends are told in this book and much more.

What I enjoyed the best about this biography is it is very straigt-forward. It's almost as if they knew Phil's own life can speak of his personality and ongoing mental disorders. They don't trash talk him, because quotes and court papers speak for themselves.

Also, this book focuses on Phil's entire career, not just the Lana Clarkson murder (which Phil is one lucky fuckin' piece of shit to have gotten away with). Pick it up, and I bet you won't be able to put it down.

"But you don't have to take my word for it..."