On Thursday, August 22^nd, WXYC's Thursday Night Feature will celebrate the 50^th Anniversary of that most blueswailing of British Invasion acts, the Yardbirds.  Host Blastoff Bob and returning guest Jeff Jarema will spin three hours of the fuzzy guitar fireworks that launched a thousand garage bands.  Thursday, August 22nd (9:00 PM to Midnight) WXYC 89.3 FM, or online http://www.wxyc.org 

What about the Barracudas? They were pretty "beachy"!

Oh man. Vice. Don't even get me started! That soapbox has permanent imprints of my feet!

Basically modern journalism is catering to what's known as the dumbing down of the American masses (and everyone else for that matter).  I don't know how many times a day I hear these words "Awesome" or "nice!" or "sweet".  I'm longwinded so I TRY to keep it short and have even resorted to "nice" or "sweet" online only, where I never would in my day to day life, but REALLY people there are other adjectives at our disposal for expressing gratitude and appreciation.

So here too is a good example that just reeks of "hipster sexist/racist microaggression" in this AWFUL online periodical:  http://www.vice.com/en_us

AND try to only go on it once because I don't want to support someone's coke habit when they can easily get the money from their parents.

In that part, Bangs was referring to being apologetic to people he had offended. It's some food for thought.

There, I'm not apologizing!  You can read people's comments on vice.com and see that people also agree, as one commenter put it  "I hate vice because it represents a type of mindset that I can't stand: arrogant, ellitist junky fuck-ups who are just as superficial and uninteresting as the people they spend their time criticizing. Hooo the warm safeness of irony."

So true, not to mention completely generic reporting I can find on Yahoo News without the "arrogant elitist" journalist tone that is basically racist, sexist AND homophobic paired with just some bad writing indicative of someone(s) who don't obviously spend a whole lot of time reading introspectively.

Lutz Vipinderwoman said:

I feel like the more you read good literature, the better you write. We're capable of it with effort. .. this thought occurred to me as a result of trying to learn to yodel (Ha!)

Today's journalism is more shortform, is based on lists, borrowed content, reposting, etc. There's not the same quality of meaningful editorial calendars and readers consuming their literature over the course of a monthly/bi-monthly edition or issue. There are still plenty of quality journalists and storytellers, but we're mass consuming snippets of writing and sometimes it's just really refreshing to read something like this that we now equate to an essay.

Hipster sexism/racism by definition! See, I purposely tried not to use the word "hipster."

I try to avoid the term "hipster" because it tends to conjure a specific demographic of youngish mostly white people with a certain costume on.

Liberal guilt:  I don't want to put all those deemed as "hipsters" into that one category.  I know plenty of (I guess) hipster-looking people who come from extreme poverty and really are DIY and can't afford to shave (oops), but for those attempting to be controversial and making a joke out of an ultimately racist or sexist stance, it doesn't change the reality of it.  If you listen to a lot of the 70s comedians, that was a form a humor that I think was like a way of letting out the past years of repression (for those experiencing it particularly), but we should be moving on at this point. 

In that part, Bangs was referring to being apologetic to people he had offended. It's some food for thought.

Another interesting read about subtle racism for people who don't think they're racist. Even if it's from the psychobabble of PsychologyToday. 

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/microaggressions-in-everyday-life/201010/racial-microaggressions-in-everyday-life

Jane Dear said:

I wish people still wrote like this. I'm probably going to re-read this a few more times over the next month just to properly digest it.

I feel like the more you read good literature, the better you write. We're capable of it with effort. .. this thought occurred to me as a result of trying to learn to yodel (Ha!)

Hipster sexism/racism by definition! See, I purposely tried not to use the word "hipster."

I like this term "self-aware sexism", like the scene in Borat where he's talking to the panel of feminists. Real funny there, asshole.  So basically, you're aware your sexism or racism, but you'll joke about because you're not actually sorry about it.  In fact, you want to flaunt it because you think it's cute.  And speaking of S. Cohen (the new Lenny Bruce here), being a member of a particular minority group doesn't automatically make you exempt from racism and/or sexism by any means.  It just means you're a complete sociopath who doesn't mind exploiting any and everyone.  Be proud you've decided to turn you're back on your gender/lifestyle/race/ethnicity, forget anyone's former suffering and turn it on everyone else so you too can be loved and accepted.  I would call that selfish and vindictive. What upstanding qualities!

Liberal guilt:  I don't want to put all those deemed as "hipsters" into that one category.  I know plenty of (I guess) hipster-looking people who come from extreme poverty and really are DIY and can't afford to shave (oops), but for those attempting to be controversial and making a joke out of an ultimately racist or sexist stance, it doesn't change the reality of it.  If you listen to a lot of the 70s comedians, that was a form a humor that I think was like a way of letting out the past years of repression (for those experiencing it particularly), but we should be moving on at this point. 

I wish people still wrote like this. I'm probably going to re-read this a few more times over the next month just to properly digest it.

One of my favorite parts:

"If there's nothing more poisonous than bigotry, there's nothing more pathetic than 

liberal guilt.....

I put a dollop more pain in the world, and that was that."

It's worth checking out the Wikipedia entries on "Hipster Racism" and "Hipster Sexism."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_racism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_sexism

 

Great read. I'm amazed but not shocked that the "scene" hasnt changed much at all when it comes to race and racism. Everything Bangs wrote about still happens, far too often than it ever should in a culture that is said to embrace differences. 

This articles deserve a double take. 

I DO live in a 70%-plus white city, but still it is everywhere:  The underlying racist sentiment that's ever so cool and subversive behind the cheap lip service of the ever-bullshiting "that's not PC."  Because everyone knows what they're supposed to do and say, right..... So, this is nothing new and saying it means absolutely NOTHING!  It was once prevalent in the 70s/80s New Wave & Punk scene, now it's being transplanted into the many other rising new subcultures. . . whatever they'll be called in the future.

Ex.  I go to a hip whitewashed coffee shop around here and hear them playing rap music loudly, yet I'll hear one of the tres cool Free People ala UrbanOutfitter-style wearing employees describe a neighborhood street where there are at least 2+ black or latino families described as "sketch" and it's inhabitants as "creepy" without ever bothering to get to know them, make eye contact, say hello, or otherwise be human to them in any way.  Low income neighborhoods are naturally "bad" and homeless people, etc, are "fucked UP!", right?  Where's the insight, respect, and the humanity gone?  It's the damn 70s/80s all over... or at least it's trying.  Are we really gaining any headway?  Maybe someone has put this up in the past, but since the site is new and BTW I live in U.S., but Canada & Europe is no exception either.....

Lester Bangs' "The White Noise Supremist":

http://www.mariabuszek.com/kcai/PoMoSeminar/Readings/BangsWhite.pdf

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Just got this press release.

THE DIRTBOMBS SHARE "CRAZY FOR YOU" NEW LP, OOEY GOOEY CHEWY KA-BLOOEY, DUE OUT 9/17 VIA IN THE RED RECORDS Photo credit: Vanessa Kitzerow   LISTEN TO "CRAZY FOR YOU" PREMIERED BY SPIN HERE     THE DIRTBOMBS SHARE "CRAZY FOR YOU" NEW LP, OOEY GOOEY CHEWY KA-BLOOEY, DUE OUT 9/17 VIA IN THE RED RECORDS Photo credit: Vanessa Kitzerow LISTEN TO "CRAZY FOR YOU" PREMIERED BY SPIN HERE For about a decade now Mick Collins, front man for the Detroit based Dirtbombs, has been threatening that the “next” record the band would release would be their “bubblegum” album. After a couple of albums of mostly originals, a compilation of singles and an album of Detroit techno covers it would be understandable for someone to think that the bubblegum record either fell to the wayside or was a farce to begin with. Well, at long last here is The Dirtbombs’ bubblegum record – Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey. It would be understandable to assume that a bubblegum record by the Dirtbombs would be an album of cover versions by bands like the 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Ohio Express and The Archies. After all, the band already has two albums of cover songs under their belt which salute specific genres. That is not the case in this instance. Mick Collins has written ten new original tracks in which he pays homage to the sound and style originally popularized in the late 60’s/early 70’s by producers/exploiters like Kasenetz-Katz and Don Kirschner amongst many others. The results are pretty much spot on to Mick’s intention. While the usual Dirtbombs’ double drums, fuzzy guitars and soulful swagger are definitely present, this album is sugary, sun-shiny pop rock that recalls the albums made by Josie & the Pussycats, the Banana Splits and Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution, to name but three. It’s all singalong choruses, childlike themes and a contrived innocence – it’s not the kind of record one would’ve predicted from a guy who once fronted The Gories. The original bubblegum music was basically a cash-in produced in an assemblyline process usually using studio musicians and hired song-writers who dashed the stuff out as quickly as possible and most likely forgot about it even quicker. While The Dirtbombs adhere to some of this original approach by using a list of guest musicians so long there wasn’t room to credit them on the album cover, this album is actually a carefully crafted work that was almost two years in the making. Also not the sort of thing one would expect from the guy who once fronted The Gories. Still, this is incredibly catchy stuff. THE DIRTBOMBS OOEY GOOEY CHEWY KA-BLOOEY! (IN THE RED RECORDS) SEPTEMBER 17th, 2013 1. Sugar On Top 2. Crazy For You 3. It's Gonna Be Alright 4. Hot Sour Salty Sweet 5. Jump and Shout 6. Girl on the Carousel 7. Hey! Cookie 8. Sunshine Girl 9. No More Rainy Days 10. We Come In The Sunshine THE DIRTBOMBS IN THE RED RECORDS FOR ALL MODERN HUT INQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT: ELOY@ENABLERPR.COM follow on twitter | forward to a friend Copyright © *2012* *Enabler Agency, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Available upon request unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences     For about a decade now Mick Collins, front man for the Detroit based Dirtbombs, has been threatening that the “next” record the band would release would be their “bubblegum” album. After a couple of albums of mostly originals, a compilation of singles and an album of Detroit techno covers it would be understandable for someone to think that the bubblegum record either fell to the wayside or was a farce to begin with. Well, at long last here is The Dirtbombs’ bubblegum record – Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey.  It would be understandable to assume that a bubblegum record by the Dirtbombs would be an album of cover versions by bands like the 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Ohio Express and The Archies. After all, the band already has two albums of cover songs under their belt which salute specific genres. That is not the case in this instance. Mick Collins has written ten new original tracks in which he pays homage to the sound and style originally popularized in the late 60’s/early 70’s by producers/exploiters like Kasenetz-Katz and Don Kirschner amongst many others. The results are pretty much spot on to Mick’s intention. While the usual Dirtbombs’ double drums, fuzzy guitars and soulful swagger are definitely present, this album is sugary, sun-shiny pop rock that recalls the albums made by Josie & the Pussycats, the Banana Splits and Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution, to name but three. It’s all singalong choruses, childlike themes and a contrived innocence – it’s not the kind of record one would’ve predicted from a guy who once fronted The Gories.  The original bubblegum music was basically a cash-in produced in an assemblyline process usually using studio musicians and hired song-writers who dashed the stuff out as quickly as possible and most likely forgot about it even quicker. While The Dirtbombs adhere to some of this original approach by using a list of guest musicians so long there wasn’t room to credit them on the album cover, this album is actually a carefully crafted work that was almost two years in the making. Also not the sort of thing one would expect from the guy who once fronted The Gories. Still, this is incredibly catchy stuff.       THE DIRTBOMBS OOEY GOOEY CHEWY KA-BLOOEY! (IN THE RED RECORDS) SEPTEMBER 17th, 2013 1. Sugar On Top 2. Crazy For You 3. It's Gonna Be Alright 4. Hot Sour Salty Sweet 5. Jump and Shout 6. Girl on the Carousel 7. Hey! Cookie 8. Sunshine Girl 9. No More Rainy Days  10. We Come In The Sunshine THE DIRTBOMBS IN THE RED RECORDS

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Pooh Sticks!

 Bloodshot Bill rules!

 Try Skp Jensen too.

Bloodshot Bill?

Mike Bails said:
Thanks Alison. Yeah I dunno if I mean rockabilly or just straight up Little Richard style rock and roll really. But I like it cheers! I've not really got anywhere in my quest. Maybe some Nick Curran and the Lowlifes. http://youtu.be/XeDtqpKVp0c

Ha! I was just going to mention Nick Curran.

Well, hell, if you like that, you should check out the Swingin' Neckbreakers...

The Hemingers make me super happy. 

Thanks Alison. Yeah I dunno if I mean rockabilly or just straight up Little Richard style rock and roll really. But I like it cheers! I've not really got anywhere in my quest. Maybe some Nick Curran and the Lowlifes.

http://youtu.be/XeDtqpKVp0c

Watched a bit of that Akron doc a few days ago. Cool stuff! Not meaning to offend anyone, but i always assumed Akron was just like a part of Cleveland. Didn't know it was seperate city.

The LPL is now in its ninth year and still running every Tuesday night 11p-2a CST in Madison, WI on WORT 89.9 FM (listener-sponsored community radio) and online via live webstream! I am nearly always behind the board except when my touring job takes me away, in which case you are in the capable hands of one of the other volunteer rock DJs on WORT.

Websites and links have changed....

I run just about everything out of my Facebook page now, mostly for convenience's sake. I don't have a Twitter account or MySpace.

http://www.facebook.com/leopardprintlounge

I'm working on getting a proper website, but it's a slow process :-)

WORT files its playlists through Spinitron - you can check their website and look for radio call sign WORT: http://www.spinitron.com

And WORT finally upgraded its old HTML website, now it's here:

http://www.wortfm.org

Archives available at http://archive.wortfm.org

I love hearing from bands all around the world...if you think you might like to have your music played on the Leopard Print Lounge, please do send me a message here on garagepunk.com, or email me at leopardradio@yahoo.com.

Thanks much and love to all you rock & rollers....

Jenni :-)

I'm going to see this next week here in Toronto. Pretty excited to see it. Broke out "For the World To See" the other day. Been at least a year since I've played it. Such a killer record. 

As far as the ad stating "before there was punk"...well before there was Death there was the MC5, before them the Sonics, before them the Wailers, before them Little Richard who is probably the most punk thing ever...so whatever. Jazzed to see the flcik. 

GORCIAS said:

I'm really into Thee Cormans these days and recently discovered a band called Sandy Pussy that did the soundtrack for the movie Zombies VS Strippers. Or was it Strippers VS Zombies? I'd love to find more surf bands like these that really utilize distortion, fuzz, evil, and a shit ton of reverb.

You should check out Beware! Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion from Boston - awesome surf that keeps it nice and evil.

Also, Thee Icepicks from Portland are great and they use some fuzz and cool-ass theremin in their sound!

I fear for this. Julien Temple is a reliable director with a feel for rock and roll but after seeing the horrible casting and languide interpretation of On the Road, I fret for the results. Remember that Beach Boys flick where the guy playing Mike Love towered over everyone? Cross your fingers that Ray Davies has the final word.