I give it a thumbs up too. The GP Forums are fine and all, but pretty bland and I guess I like to have something that is visually interesting. Compared to other boards (old school) I find it fairly simple to use and its nice to rap with kats and kittens into similar music genres all in one place. It will be interesting to see how it pans out for band/label/venue etc. promotion and networking. Nice work Kopper.

I think I'm going to be addicted to the hideout! Fuck the sandy vags who say it loads too slowly blah blah blah...

some plusses: That music player is great. Many cheers to the cat (?RAMI LTX ?)who has the Phantom's "love me" consistently at #1! It gets 5 stars from me every time.


a huge minus=I can't use it from work. "Social networking/dating" is blocked. Although my productivity will increase (and I'll be following my employee handbook), some of my favorite moments at "work" were on the garagepunk forums. Now I'll neglect my children, so I can post at home.

Some questions:
-How does that music player work? Is it the higher rated songs stay on and the others get booted (duh?)? Does everyone in the hideout see the same player or is it individualized like a Pandora? Why haven't my uploaded songs been played, yet?

-Will there be a Shakin' Street and New Breed group/forum? I assume that the general forum that is set up now will replace the Shakin' Street, but I'll miss the New Breed group....

So far, so good...

I think they put out one 10" and a 7". I don't know anything else about them. I agree - it was good stuff.

Does anyone know if the Madame X who recorded a 10 inch on Estrus in 1998 did anything else? Is she/was she in other bands? The CD (for I have never even seen the vinyl) was great; all sleazy, desperate, whiskey-soaked torch songs

Did anybody get the Ron Wood autobiography yet? Does he mention the Birds or his brother's band the Artwoods at all? I heard it's better than the Clapton autobiog which I hear doesn't go much into his experiences with the Yardbirds or John Mayall.

I suppose I will have to go back to using iTunes, which is a piece of bloatware I have never liked.
It is always trying to reorganize my files and quicktime just shits me. Is there an iTunes lite?

Go to the GaragePunk Podcast page in the iTunes store and look @ the sidebar that shows what other shows the subscribers also listen to... click on some of them and do the same thing; you'll find some pretty swell stuff!

Personally I dig the old time radio broadcasts/radio theater Podcasts! I'm especially hooked on Old Time Radio Network SciFi podcast... great stuff to listen to while laying in bed @ night.

I really dig the GaragePunk Podcasts, and the Barman's "Drunk & Disorderly" is pretty cool, but I need more.
So can you guys tell me some other cool music podcasts I can d/load to my mp3 player?
It doesn't have to be totally "garagepunk"... cool, innovative and interesting music of any sort will do.

Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson was great (but still kinda stretching it a bit too) This film was supposed to be his big break in the biz and then he went and did "Around the World in 80 Days" with Jackie Chan and no one forgave him for that tradgedy of a film.

Even though they say 24 Hour Party People was a Docudrama, it was more like a Docudramatragicomedy. It was mythos run a much. Every thing mentioned in the film had some sort of factual reference, but was quite distorted beyond comprehention (in a good self mocking English sorta way) I have it on DVD.

I've only heard girls ooh and ahh over "Control" so it's a gloom chick flick-that's all I need to hear to walk the other way!

I really enjoyed 24PP. Always liked Steve Coogan.
I should also say Mrs Yates loved Control, so maybe it's more a chick flick, than a RnR flick?

I liked the portrayal by Sean Harris in the movie "24 Hour Party People" I don't hink Jude Law has what it takes to really give the angst and anger that resided in Ian.

BTW Who played Rob Gretton? Paddy Consodine also did an excellent job in "24HPP" Andy Serkis also played Martin Hannet and you can't beat that either.

Me thinks they pooched it, but I haven't seen it yet.

BTW that Brian Jones film really sucked! I haven't even seen in out on DVD. I wouldn't pay a buck to see it either (I saw it on a bargain mat and posted a review on the GP Forum someplace) It stunk!

A bit of both. The main focus is Ian Curtis.

Sounds pretty bad. I'd watch it for free. It couldn't be as bad as the Brian Jones bio-pic, but I've been wrong before!

Is it a movie about Joy Division's Ian Curtis, or is it a movie about Ian Curtis who happened to be in this band called Joy Division?

No, it's not the new Maxwell Smart movie, it's the tedious film about Joy Division's Ian Curtis.
Great songs, beautifully shot, but some really wooden acting & un-sympathetic characterizations.
The film had me wishing Curtis would just hurry up and top himself.
The black & white photography lent itself to the bleak life everyone was leading in Manchester, especially, Curtis. Sam Reilly looked like the man but couldn't act his way out of a paper bag.

i'm in

and where the hell is satch?

Yeah, it had a rating of five stars. Probably why it's stuck at the top!

Some shameless self promo on my part. The mainsite - http://smashintransistors.homestead.com The blog - http://smashintransistors.blogspot.com

It depends on two things;

Firstly: Has your band got its shit together? I almost always (if I can) step off the stage and listen to what my band sounds like from the floor. I balance the stage sound so the band on stage can hear what we do musically and have good sight-lines (in case we can't) and the audience gets a decent balanced mix. I tell the sound opperator not to make things too loud but to re-enforce what we are doing already on stage (too loud a sound doesn't get folks to move up close when you start playing!) and to make sure that we can both hear the vocals on stage and they are not blasting the audience either. I hate it when I get dizzy from the volume when I am on stage.

This brings up my second point;

Is the sound opperator worth a shit? Most are and if you treat 'em with respect they can make your band sound even better, but if you treat 'em like crap then you can bet your sound will suck. It also depends on the room. If you are too loud and the sound opperator says turn it down and you tell him "But that is our sound, so Fuck You!" then you can bet you won't sound good.

It is all a fine balance that if done correctly everyone is happy. If done wrong (on both sides) can end up in a situation where no one is satisfied.

One of the reasons I DON"T do Live sound anymore, is it is a thankless tiring, never ending job where the successes are as fleeting as the failures. I learned a lot of tricks I took into the studio though (where people are more appreciative) Still I always introduce myself to the sound opperator when I get to a club and chat with them for a while. More often than not they appreciate the fact that I respect them and will try to give me what I want and vice versa.

Ever spend over an hour sound checking in some club and the sound guy's having your drummer hit his snare for half an hour and then it's finally showtime and you still can't understand what the fuck you're hearing on stage?
What do you think? Do sound checks enhance your amazing performances or do you think it's just choking and stroking?

We're kind of going around in circles on this topic now... did you read through the posts on the first page?

Uh, no... Netflix operates just as ANY video rental place does. It simply rents movies out to customers for a fee. Why would the film industry have a problem with that? Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, etc. all operate in the same way...

Yeah I haven't chatted with them in quite a while, but they did help the Boss Martians out and I met Richie back in 1998 when I was with the Boss Martians on Tour in Germany. Feel free to mention my name (for whatever that is worth!) G'Luck!

Thanks Eric, I'll do that mate.