Fuck, this sucks.
Jay is a genius. We love you man.

I hung out with Jay at the Gories/Oblivians reunion last June and saw him again in August in Seattle/Vancouver. A true wild man of rock 'n' roll and I had a blast talking to him. It's really sad that he's gone. Way too soon. Nobody should only live less than 30 years on the planet. He will slip into immortality, for sure. Take care of yourselves, people!

This is a shock!! R.I.P Jay! You will be missed

heard he complained of flu-like symptoms before his death. R.I.P.

WTF? I saw this on Facebook; http://pitchfork.com/news/37575-rip-jay-reatard/

CRAZY!

A real talent. He had been making records since he was 15. I consider myself lucky to have gotten to see him play live a few times. His records rank among the best of the last decade in my opinion. A terrible loss. ♪Oh, it's such a shame♫

A truly sad day for rock and roll.

I'm in a total state of shock and cannot believe this ... R.I.P Jay xoxox

Probably drugs, he was to fat to be addicted to heroin, my guess is some kinda opiates or pain killers. RIP Jay.

listening to Bad Times right now-- Jay was all over the place the last 14 years. Hopefully it wasn't something stupid like drugs that killed him. One of his last tweets mentioned getting well. Maybe he was sick..

Jay Reatard passed away in his sleep last night. I think it's safe to say the garage/punk community has lost a very talented, committed, and prolific musician. I was always impressed by how many singles the man could release. He was definitely a believer in the old school way of doing music, and he will be missed. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/01/jay_reatard_rip.html http://pitchfork.com/news/37575-rip-jay-reatard/

Here's that link: http://www.cryptrecords.com/100best.htm Lieutenant Cheeseliver said:

That's pretty cool! Great minds must think alike heh heh..

There's a few volumes that focus on slower, more moody and folky punk rock and such, which are cool in their own right, but the 3 volumes mentioned focus mostly on just flat out, up-tempo, killer 60s garage r&r...

Where did you find that list you mentioned?

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

While trying to find some answers to Kopper's question about a connection between Little Steven and the garage punk hideout, I came across a top 100 list of essentials by Tim Warren of Crypt and of all the Teenage Shutdown albums, the only ones on the list were the ones I mentioned and the last one mentioned "I'm A No Count" (that's volume 4, by the way). How weird is that? The others are good too but those three are probably the best. "You Better Get A Move On" (vol 7) and "HOwlin' For My Darlin" (vol 14) are pretty great as well.

Lieutenant Cheeseliver said:

'I'm A No Count' is great!

The tracks by Jolly Green Jiants, The Heard, Outcasts, Chob and Cave Men are personal favourites. Really fine compilation..

My Favs are

No Tease and I'm Down Today.

While trying to find some answers to Kopper's question about a connection between Little Steven and the garage punk hideout, I came across a top 100 list of essentials by Tim Warren of Crypt and of all the Teenage Shutdown albums, the only ones on the list were the ones I mentioned and the last one mentioned "I'm A No Count" (that's volume 4, by the way). How weird is that? The others are good too but those three are probably the best. "You Better Get A Move On" (vol 7) and "HOwlin' For My Darlin" (vol 14) are pretty great as well. Lieutenant Cheeseliver said:

'I'm A No Count' is great!

The tracks by Jolly Green Jiants, The Heard, Outcasts, Chob and Cave Men are personal favourites. Really fine compilation..

I really like the CK's but there haircuts scream Hard Rock LA, just sayin...

The Barman said:

This is outstanding. Ian Rilen was back guesting on bass.

I'm so fussy about that sort of thing, I'm always changing that in iTunes. They also classifying old R&B as "Hip-Hop/Soul" or something.. For what you save over iTunes or Amazon though its worth it.

Big downside to the Rhino stuff is that the tracks are tagged "Various Artists" for the artist tag

They just got Warners which includes Rhino Records. This includes all the starter kits aka Nuggets. SF Nuggets only has 12 tracks for DL but the most recent Nugets Comp "Where the Action is" includes all 102 tracks for 12 credits

Here's the music I've downloaded from eMusic is the past 28 days: * The Roots of The Cramps by various Artists Hot diggity dog! Not only is this a serious eMusic bargain (56 tracks for 12 credits!) it's a serious dose of rockabilly, R&B, surf and garage obscurities.

Then there's the girl-biker anthem "Get Off the Road" by The R. Lewis Band. "We are the Hellcats who nobody likes/Man-eaters on motorbikes." Well, I like 'em * Interplanetary Melodies by Sun Ra. If Lux Interior runs into Sun Ra up in Rock 'n' Roll Heaven, they will have a lot more to talk about than you might initially imagine.

* Ow! Ow! Ow! by Barrence Whitfield. Good news: Rounder Records is now on eMusic. That means classic '80s Barrence albums are now available.

But Ow! Ow! Ow! is a fine choice too. Not a bad track here and some, like "Girl From Outer Space" are downright crazy. And for those who like Whitfield's slower, prettier side, "Apology Line" is one of his finest ballads. PLUS:

* Seven tracks from No Requests Tonight by The Devil Dogs. This is a live album, released in 1997 by the Dogs, a fine New York punk/trash trio. It's a California show and the stage patter consists largely of East Coast/West Coast abuse Previously my favorite Devil Dogs tune was their cover of former New Mexico Music Commissioner Tony Orlando's grease ballad "Bless You" from the Choad Blast EP. But here the The Devil Dogs cover Bono -- Sonny Bono, that is. Their version of Sonny's proto-hippie lament "Laugh at Me" is a heart-warming delight. * The tracks I didn't get last month from The Kids Are All Square - This Is Hip|Girlsville by Thee Headcoats and Thee Headcoatees. Most of the ones I got this month were by Thee Headcoatees, Billy Childish's "girl group" of the '90s, which included Holly Golightly, Miss Ludella Black, Kyra Rubella and Bongo Debbie.

Matt Ayers said:

"You Really Got Me" is the nastiest, best guitar tone ever. Period.

Thanks all. I think I see in itunes what is changed is as Mal says itunes won't send them all to me at once. i will need to individually subscribe to them. I hope all the shows will still be on itunes.