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Host J.D. Reager talks with returning guest Eric Friedl on location at Goner Records in Memphis, TN. They discuss Gonerfest 21's line-up and planning process in-depth, and also touch on the evolution of the festival, Eric's recent trip to Canada, his musical endeavors, and more. Gonerfest 21 takes place September 26-29 at Railgarten - for more information visit gonerfest.com. For more episodes and other fine podcasts visit backtothelight.net.
Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, baby! Our featured interview is with Rob Bowman, the Toronto based academic scholar and Grammy Award-winning professor of ethnomusicology. Notably, Rob is a recognized authority on Stax Records, and has produced numerous Stax box sets in addition to writing an exhaustively researched book, Soulsville USA: The Story of Stax Records. He is also an executive producer and main source for Jamila Wignot's fantastic four part HBO Max documentary series, STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A. We also speak with Eric Friedl and Zac Ives from contemporary Memphis record store, Goner Records, who tell us about their store, their label, and their annual fall festival, Gonerfest. The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, and tell your friends, we're here every week and we love making new friends.
We close out 2023 on a high note with Eric Friedl of Wipeout, one of the great unsung, sub-underground fanzines of the early 90s.
Show Announcements: Friday 08/18/2023: Ladrones/The Archaeas (Goner Records)/The Response @ Portal $10/$15 DOS ALL AGES (Louisville, KY) Friday 08/25/2023: Hans Condor/SoyCityStranglers/Rifle @ Mag Bar ALL AGES (Louisville, KY) Saturday 08/26/2023: Tiger Sex/DOS/The Response/Doomed City Villains/More @ Death Of Summer Fest @ The Mockbee $20 18+ (Cincinnati, OH) Friday, 09/01/2023: Tiger Sex/Indignant Few/The Response/Mommy's Cigarettes @ ZanzaBar $15 21+ (Louisville, KY) Thursday, 09/07/2023: Some Kind Of Nightmare/The Response/Plague IX @ GirlsGirlsGirls Burritos $7-8? ALL AGES (Lexington, KY) Friday, 09/08/2023: Mongo/Plague IX/The Response @ The Roxglass $10 21+ (Cave City, KY) Saturday, 09/09/2023: Dougtopia '23 featuring BMX DEMOS and a full lineup including Tiger Sex/Godawfuls/The Response/Hans Condor/Plague IX/The Basements/Death Mountain Spiders/Doomed City Villains/Blind Maggie/Eveler Knieveler @ The ODP Oasis (Hopkinsville, KY) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean0493/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean0493/support
Host J.D. Reager has a quick chat with comedian Katrina Coleman about the upcoming You Look Like A Comedy Show re-boot before doing a Gonerfest 19 deep-dive with Goner Records co-owner Eric Friedl, AKA Eric Oblivian. backtothelight.net
Die Resterampe und die Beschaffungskriminalität. ## Juli 2022 (#1) Musik für die Nacht, queer Beet. 1. Dum Dum Dum — Dum Dum Dum (Messthetics Greatest Hits: The Sounds Of D.I.Y. 1977-80 — 2006 — Hyped To Death) 2. Gudrun Gut — Baby I Can Drive My Car (Moment — 20. Mai 2022 — Monika Enterprise) 3. My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult — Sex on Wheelz : Midnite Marauder Mix (Sexplosion! : Expanded Edition [2022 Remaster] — 17. Juni 2022 — Wax Trax) 4. Frau Kraushaar – Maeh (Bella Utopia — 17. Juni 2022 — Staatsakt / Bertus / Zebralution) 5. Nicolas Bernier — Fiction 2 feat. Beans : Dubline Remix (Science_Fiction — 7. Juni 2022 — Bureau des fréquences) 6. Mind Splitter & Sushi Mane — Shot Callersn (Shot Callers — 8. Juni 2022 — Wubaholics) 7. The Swell Fellas — Wet Cement (Novaturia — 17. Juni 2022 — Dark Art Audio) 8. Bucketheadland — Go Ranger Ray 2 (Gary Fukamoto My Childhood Best Friend Thanks For All The Times We Played Together — 13. Mai 2022 — Not On Label) 9. TV Priest — It Was Beautiful (My Other People — 17. Juni 2022 — Sub Pop Records) 10. Quintron & Miss Pussycat — Buc-ee's Got a Problem (Fear Of The Dawn — 16. Oktober 2020 — Goner Records) 11. Murugarren Omagogeascoa — Mess (Dominant Elaboration — 14. Juni 2022 — DOMOZERO Records) 12. Depeche Mode — Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead (Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead / King Of The Flies — 11. September 1981 — Flexipop) 13. Bohdan Mazurek — Symphony. Electronic Music for Tape, Pt. I : 1966 (Would It Sound Just As Bad, If You Played It Backwards, Vol. 2 — 13. Mai 2022 — Other People/Rough Trade) 14. Taymur Streng — Test Rough Fade Out 0a (tstreng — 9. September 2016 — Not On Label) 15. Permutation — Manifold (Epicycles — 3. Juni 2022 — Permutation Records) 16. Stereo Total — Brezel Göring feat. Françoise Cactus – Meine Medizin (Meine Medizin — 3. Juni 2022 — Stereo Total / Flirt 99) 17. Bauhaus — Bela Lugosi's Dead (Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape — 1982 — Beggars Banquet) 18. The Fall — Marquis Cha Cha (Room To Live : Expanded Edition — 2022 — Castle Music) 19. The Rejects — Vision Smashed (Messthetics Greatest Hits: The Sounds Of D.I.Y. 1977-80 bis 2006 — Hyped To Death) 20. Automatic — Skyscraper (EXCESS — 24. Juni 2022 — STONES THROW / [PIAS]) 21. Sarbil Zapatarieche — Mess (Dominant Elaboration — 14. Juni 2022 — DOMOZERO Records) 22. yvga & Slomato — Shlonked Outside 7-11 (Shlonked Outside 7-11 — 7. Juni 2022 — Aspire Higher) 23. Galaxian — Full Spectrum Resistance (We Are Power — 23. Mai 2022 — Foul-Up & Shipwrec) 24. Ego Death — Minimize (Minimize — 6. Juni 2022 — Not On Label) 25. The Alley Cats – Puddin N' Tain : Ask Me Again I'll Tell You The Same (Puddin N' Tain : Ask Me Again I'll Tell You The Same — 1962 — Philles Records ) 26. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Terminus, The Creator (Night Gnomes — 22. April 2022 — What Reality? Records / Marathon Artists) 27. Takayuki Niwano — Demiglace (Graceful Dead EP — 17. Juni 2022 — KAWAGOE NEW SOUNDS) 28. Kidkanevil – Kyomu ft Phasma (BUBBLE — 24. Juni 2022 — Studio Gsan) 29. indifferent — clearance (clearance — 4.Juni 2022 — Not on Label) 30. Frau Kraushaar — DIN-Norm 476 (Bella Utopia — 17. Juni 2022 — Staatsakt / Bertus / Zebralution) ### Informationen * Zweite Julisendung auf Pi Radio: 29. Juli 2022 um 1:00 Uhr # Subtracks Neuste Errungenschafften und ungespielte Neuveröffentlichungen. Das was von einer Hitparade übrigbleibt, trocken wiederverwendet, um die Datenhalden abzubauen. * https://subtracks.funkwelle.org
Show notes: In this solo episode I have some MSCA member/meeting news, more updates on upcoming conventions/events such as Free Comic Book Day and the Memphis Comic Expo(DonnieCon), as well as some memories of mine and Nicki's Saturday in midtown Memphis visiting The Art Center, attending MidTown Con at Black Lodge, seeing a photo exhibit at Crosstown Arts, discovering the Memphis Listening Lab at Crosstown Concourse, and shopping at The Cellar and Comics & Collectibles. Plus I talk about Antonio Johnson's Clip Studio Paint demo at the April MSCA dinner meet-up, and me sliding by 901 Comics, Goner Records, and Burke's Bookstore in the Cooper-Young neighborhood. Also feature the Little House Art Project and their current Autism Awareness art show with the Southaven Arts Council (which runs through April at the Southaven Library), the DeSoto Camera Club's latest photo display at the Hernando Library, plus other mid-south art happenings. The back-half of the episode is about a Facebook post I shared about "high functioning anxiety". I discuss my anxiety/depression/health issues. If you want to skip that part of the show, the local art/event news is at the front ("Anxiety" section begins at 40min 50sec). If you are dealing with any mental or physical issues I hope that you listen to the whole episode and that my sharing what's going on in my head and hands these days helps you. Definitely therapeutic for me to talk out loud about it. Please don't keep whatever you're going through to yourself.- talk to someone and/or seek help(988). Stay well, stay tooned, and keep drawing funny! Theme: “Silly Bank Heist” by Steve Oxen. ©2020 Fesliyan Studios Inc.– music and sound effects used by permission. Movie quotes/add. sounds - 101soundboards.com. Run time: 1hr 44min 17sec
America's Sweetheart, Donnie Vagrant and America's Bad-Boy, Sean Magnum bring you a special caffeine fueled Halloween episode of Partners & Pals with a special Interview with Eric Friedl of the Oblivions/Owner of Goner Records in Memphis Tennessee. Also the discovery of Brian Laundrie, Alec Baldwin shoots two people on set-killing one, while Dave Chappelle finds himself in hot water again. Top Ten Halloween/Scary Movies and Top Ten Halloween/Spooky songs, favorite Halloween specials, and much more in this magnificent, first ever Halloween Special Episode of Partners & Pals bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sean0493/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sean0493/support
Zac Ives joins Eric Barnes on this week's episode of The Sidebar podcast
Host J.D. Reager talks to Goner Records co-owner Eric Friedl - A.K.A. Eric Oblivian - about the success of last year's virtual Gonerfest and the many challenges of putting together this year's festival. J.D. also spins recent music by five bands appearing at Gonerfest 18: Reigning Sound, The Archaeas, Big Clown, Optic Sink and The Exbats.
We caught up with Eric Friedl aka Eric Oblivian. The man behind Memphis, TN based record label & record store Goner Records; home of the annual Goner Fest bringing in rock and rollers from all over the globe including us! Eric has also played in Oblivians, New Memphis Legs, and True Sons of Thunder - just to name a few. We discuss his various projects over the years, geek out on Memphis/Goner lore, and how Goner is making it through the pandemic and beyond. Photo used w/ permission, credit: Hugo B. (Time Warp Week Ends)
Just in time for the holidays!!! OKR is back with some kick ass music from bands throughout the world mixed with some of DJ John B's favorite songs for the holidays!! This year has been tough... but we have made it so far!! When in doubt.... just remember there are only so many Hamms out there... and we need to crush them all!! All seriousness though... we wish you all nothing but love and wish you the happiest of holidays!! Keep your head up as we will get through all this together. Thank you again for tuning in and for telling all your friends about our podcast!! Be sure to check us out on our intagram as we will be creating some fun videos, and other random things to have fun with you to pass the time. CLICK HERE to download the show. PLAYLIST: (Click on the song to buy music & click band name for their instagram/ webpage) Don’t Turn Me Down by The SpyralsOff their latest album ‘Same Old Line’ out now on their BandCamp page. Type Of A Girl by Indonesian JunkLatest single out NOW!! Be sure to check it out on their BandCamp page. First I Make Love To You, Then I Make Love To Christmas by Ivan HrvastskaOff his album ‘Seasons of Love’ out now!! Vanilla Blue by The AddisonsLatest single from one of my favorite bands from Chicago covering one of my favorite bands from Chicago!! Can’t Tell Me Nothing by Chubby and The GangOff their latest release ’Speed Kills’ out no now on Partisan Records. Love Comes In Waves by Andy BellOff his latest release ‘The View from Halfway Down’ out now on Sonic Cathedral Records. Nothing At All by Emma KupaOff her latest release ’It Will Come Easier’ out now on Palo Santo Records. Christmas in Prison by John PrineOff his album ’Sweet Revenge’ out now!RIP to one of my favorite song-writers ever. Fall Down by Bo and the LocomotiveOff Bo Bulawsky’s latest album ‘Everything Was Wild’ out now on his BandCamp page. Snow Day by ShameOff their soon to be released album ‘Drunk Tank Pink’ coming out next year on Jan. 15, 2021 on Dead Oceans. Cosmic Unknown by The ArchaeasOff their latest self-titled album out now on Goner Records. Day Ripper by Bee Bee SeaTitle track off their latest album out now on Wild Honey Records. Santa’s Beard by They Might Be GiantsOff heir album ‘Lincoln’ out now. Big City, Lil Stompers by TreeminderOff their latest Self-Titled release out now on their bandcamp page. The Monday After Easter Sunday by ShutupsOff their latest EP called ‘5’ out now on Kill Rock Stars!! Roller Cloud by The StroppiesOff their latest release ‘Look Alive’ out now on Tough Love Records. Skate Depot by Channel TresSingle for the soon to be released EP ‘I CAN’T GO OUTSIDE’ on Art For Their Good. Space Age Santa Claus by Pattie Marie Jay with the Hal Bradley OrchestraA great 7” single out on Delhi records that I picked up years ago. You can still get it digitally from Trunk Records but recommend looking out for this one for your holidays record collection. I Will Follow You Too by Brief CandlesLatest single out now on their BandCamp page. Schism Trek by MamalarkyOff their latest Self-titled release out now on Fire Talk Records. Take It Back by The Luxembourg SignalOff their latest album ‘The Long Now’ out now on Shelflife Records. Outta Reach by The Woolen MenLatest single for their monthly digital series which you can pickup at their BandCamp page. Donde Esta Santa Claus by Augie RiosOne hell of a 7” single that I have to play every Christmas. The back side of the 45 has the song was backed with the song "Ol' Fatso (I Don't Care Who You Are Old Fatso, Get Those Reindeer Off My Roof)." which is also a fun one but not as cool as that song. Innocence by Adult BooksLatest single out now on Taxi Gauche Records which you can pick up on their BandCamp page. Making Time by Silver SyntheticOff their latest EP ‘Out of the Darkness’ out now on Third Man Records. If It Doesn’t Snow For Christmas by Joe PesciOff the album...
Die Resterampe und die Beschaffungskriminalität. Unsere Sendung auf Radio Corax (Halle) in der Berliner Nacht und als Ersatzsendung auf Pi Radio (Berlin Ost). Stillstand als neues Lebensgefühl. Wer wieder mal entspannen will, wartet auf die zweite Welle. ## November 2020 1. Das Paradies — Ich bewege mich einfach so wenig wie möglich (sammlung 1 / pause an der kurve in vektoria — 27. November 2020 — Grönland Records) 2. Blond — Sanifair Millionär CYPHER (Sanifair Millionär CYPHER — 17. Juli 2020 — Beton Klunker Tonträger) 3. HGich.T — Hama (Hama — 10. Juli 2020 — Not on Label) 4. William Maranci — Beastie Boys: Intergalactic But It's Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. — 13. Oktober 2020 — Not on Label) 5. TAU 5 — Grob (Preachers Tape — 13. November 2020 — Fun in the Church / Bertus / Zebralution) 6. Fuzz — Nothing People (III — 23. Oktober 2020 — In the Red) 7. Nasssau — Schmus Operator (Preachers Tape — 13. November 2020 — Fun in the Church / Bertus / Zebralution) 8. Chris Korda — Apologize to the Future (Apologize to the Future — 4. September 2020 — Perlon) 9. Cabaret Voltaire — The Power: Of Their Knowledge (Shadow Of Fear — 20. November 2020 — Mute Artists Ltd.) 10. FEVER 333 — Walk Through The Fire (Wrong Generation — 23. Oktober 2020 — 333 Wreckords Crew) 11. METZ — Blind Youth Industrial Park (Atlas Vending — 9. Oktober 2020 — Sub Pop) 12. Old Kerry McKee — Anxiety Blues (Mono Secular Sounds — 23. Oktober 2020 — Icons Creating Evil Art) 13. Beatfreaks — Test Press (DRBAGAIN07 — 10. Oktober 2019 — Dr Banana) 14. Oneohtrix Point Never — Wave Idea (Magic Oneohtrix Point Never — 30. Oktober 2020 — Warp Records) 15. Daedelus — Drubbing: Ximena Rivas Dribbling Remix (What Wands Remixes — 18. September 2020 — Dome Of Doom) 16. Melvins — Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World (Hostile Ambient Besides — 30. August 2020 - Amphetamine Reptile Records) 17. Ozan Ata Canani — Birakmaz (Preachers Tape — 13. November 2020 — Fun in the Church / Bertus / Zebralution) 18. The Planet You — Cloud Emissary (Techxture — 18. Januar 2020 — The Planet You) 19. Hypochristmutreefuzz — Ding Dong (HYPNOS – 27. März 2020 — Not On Label) 20. Mammut — Fire (Ride the Fire — 23. Oktober 2020 — Karkari Records) 21. TRAINING — Winken (Preachers Tape — 13. November 2020 — Fun in the Church / Bertus / Zebralution) 22. Calibro 35 — Gangster Story (Calibro 35! — 25. September 2020 — Record Kicks) 23. Bushpilot — 23: Exclusive Wire Edit (The Wire Tapper 54 — 13. Oktober 2020 — Wire Magazine) 24. Mojo Parker — Bayou Shake (Smoke And Mirrors — 13. Januar 2020 — 1703824 Records DK) 25. Nosaj Thing — Opal (No Mind — 21. Oktober 2020 — LuckyMe Records) 26. Optic Sink — Drone (Optic Sink — 02. Oktober 2020 — Goner Records) 27. Objectiv — Cranial (Raining Sound — 16. Oktober 2020 — Flexout Audio) 28. Mourn — This Feeling Is Disgusting (Self Worth — 30. Oktober 2020 — Captured Tracks) 29. Komatssu — Esoushf: Anti Drone Squad's Nimble Dub (Ataxia — 16. Oktober 2020 — Sin Hilo Records) 30. Touché Amoré — Come Heroine (Lament — 9. Oktober 2020 — Epitaph Records) ### Informationen * Dezembersendung auf Pi Radio: 11. Dezember 2020 um 1:00 Uhr * Novembersendung auf Radio Corax: 27. Dezember 2020 um 2:00 Uhr * http://subtracks.funkwelle.org/ ## Subtracks Neuste Errungenschafften und ungespielte Neuveröffentlichungen. Das was von einer Hitparade übrigbleibt, trocken wiederverwendet, um die Datenhalden abzubauen. * https://subtracks.funkwelle.org
The strip-mine crooner burst onto the scene with Tuscaloosa art agitators the Raudelunas Pataphysical Revue, fronting No Wave big band Ron ‘Pate & His Debonaires. Their live record and the subsequent studio albums, “From the One That Cut You” and “Car Radio Jerome,” established them as a mythic presence in the southern underground. Years out of sight and scarcity of the discs heightened the mystery surrounding the singer. Fred Lane’s reemergence after 35 years with the “Icepick to the Moon” album and documentary and the recent cover of his "I Talk To My Haircut" by the Squirrel Nut Zippers has delighted fans and frightened foes from coast to coast. Now he trains his unblinking gaze on the Troubled Men. The hurricane killed the internet, so we strung together two tin cans to record this special episode. Topics include Hurricane Zeta recovery, a celebrity couple, the COVID vaccine, election stress, purple heroin, hospital food, New Orleans drivers, the 4-way stop, sober guests, a personal inventory, a star is born, an alter-ego, “Ubu Roi,” inspiration, a first recording, Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, whirligigs, Jimbo Mathus, a rat problem, a Shimmy Disc reissue, Goner Records, e-cigarettes, southern-fried surrealists, the Fred Lane newsletter, kindred spirits, a George Carlin story, a Matthew Broderick stalking, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, and much more, Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or almost any podcast aggregator. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Intro music: Styler/Coman Additional music: “Fun In the Fundus,” “My Kind of Town,” “From The One That Cut You,” “White Woman,” “Icepick to the Moon,” and “Rubber Room” by Fred Lane
The strip-mine crooner burst onto the scene with Tuscaloosa art agitators the Raudelunas Pataphysical Revue, fronting No Wave big band Ron ‘Pate & His Debonaires. Their live record and the subsequent studio albums, “From the One That Cut You” and “Car Radio Jerome,” established them as a mythic presence in the southern underground. Years out of sight and scarcity of the discs heightened the mystery surrounding the singer. Fred Lane's reemergence after 35 years with the “Icepick to the Moon” album and documentary and the recent cover of his "I Talk To My Haircut" by the Squirrel Nut Zippers has delighted fans and frightened foes from coast to coast. Now he trains his unblinking gaze on the Troubled Men. The hurricane killed the internet, so we strung together two tin cans to record this special episode. Topics include Hurricane Zeta recovery, a celebrity couple, the COVID vaccine, election stress, purple heroin, hospital food, New Orleans drivers, the 4-way stop, sober guests, a personal inventory, a star is born, an alter-ego, “Ubu Roi,” inspiration, a first recording, Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, whirligigs, Jimbo Mathus, a rat problem, a Shimmy Disc reissue, Goner Records, e-cigarettes, southern-fried surrealists, the Fred Lane newsletter, kindred spirits, a George Carlin story, a Matthew Broderick stalking, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, and much more, Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or almost any podcast aggregator. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Intro music: Styler/Coman Additional music: “Fun In the Fundus,” “My Kind of Town,” “From The One That Cut You,” “White Woman,” “Icepick to the Moon,” and “Rubber Room” by Fred Lane
Host J.D. Reager briefly touches on some good things going on for Back to the Light before playing the title track off of Rev. John Wilkins' new release for Goner Records, Trouble. Then Goner co-owner Eric Friedl (Oblivians, True Sons of Thunder) joins the show to discuss the upcoming virtual event Gonerfest 17 and a bunch of new Goner releases. Then J.D. closes the show with new songs by True Sons of Thunder, the Archaeas and Optic Sink, who are all scheduled to appear at Gonerfest. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Sammy Brue has managed to pen another belter with Crash Test Kid and we've got a track on the show. Turn it up, it's no acoustic meander. The red/yellow splatter vinyl signed by the man himself is on the way to Record Box HQ. They're all gone now but you've still got time to grab the black vinyl release. Also coming from the US this week is Reigning Sounds' classic LP Home For Orphans. Again, we think you've missed the gorgeous blue vinyl release but you can still grab a black vinyl copy from Goner Records in Memphis. "That Jamie" returns this week with his now hotly anticipated Track Of The Month - he's plundering the wealth of French Pop tracks this month. Richard runs this track by a real life proper Frenchman! What then transpires leaves Jamie with his tail between his legs. Poor Jamie. However, Jamie returns next week as we close off Season I in style. And there is a Spoiler Alert - next week Jamie delivers two absolute bangers. Romero bring us this week's bookend slot in fine post-punk style. It's Tobin's bookend and the suggestion that there is a possible point-scoring scenario sends him into something of a spin. The ever-competitive Tobin showing that he constantly lives by his own catchphrase "if there's a chance to win, I'm in!"
Host J.D. Reager revisits his 2013 conversation with Eric Friedl, AKA Eric Oblivian, from the Oblivians and Goner Records. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Matt chats with the synth punk band Nots (Memphis, TN) while they were on tour for their latest release an album titled 3. Matt also re-caps his first interview with the band back in 2015 when they opened for Roky Erickson at the Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC.a
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MLC Pod Squad member, Lacy Ellinwood, talks with Mississippi's very own "Zine Queen" on this episode of Stacks and Stories. Lacy learns all the scoop about the zine culture from Lucy Isadora, Mississippi's "Zine Queen," including what it means and how it got started. Barnard Zine Library: https://zines.barnard.edu/ Goner Records: https://www.goner-records.com/mainpage.php Facebook Group, Zines A Go Go: https://www.facebook.com/groups/zinesagogo/about/
John Schooley duets with punk rock harmonica player Walter Daniels in an empty shopping mall. This is Dead Mall Blues and it's one awesome recording. Recorded back in 2014 it features John Schooley on resonator guitar and Walter Daniels on harmonica. It's an eclectic mix up of reworked classic blues tunes from way back. The cover artwork is a collection of photographs of "dead malls". It's really thought provoking and eerie to see the malls with no people milling about in them. It sort of sets the tone for the record really. The music certainly has a haunting quality and a theme of empty space runs through the recording. It was really difficult to pick just one track to feature on today's show, the LP is just brimming with belting tunes. We've been lucky enough to catch up with John Schooley, so read on to find out more about this unique recording and the man himself. More stuff you'll learn today We're also introducing you to The Rezillos by way of a back to back Double Cover Shot. Two classics from the late '70s punk explosion, but covers of far earlier recordings from the rock 'n' roll era. The Rezillos are touring in the UK during 2020 so if this was for you then get your tickets for their brilliant live shows. Really tight band and still as good as they were back in the day. New Music from Tobin this week is French for Rabbits which inspires Richard to imagine the day when he might mastermind a supergroup. It's material that you can subscribe to via our Patreon site for just $1 per month. Your generosity would help us continue broadcasting and expanding. Whether or not you donate we are just glad that you are here. Bookending the show this week is SAULT and they've really got Tobin in a spin. So much so that he's gone right ahead and purchased their two studio releases on vinyl. Sadly, we're not playing off of the vinyl this week, but we will do so in the future without doubt. Toucan and Bones Shake both feature in our ongoing "Guess where the band comes from" game and Tobin fails on both accounts. BIG NEWS - STOP PRESS We are announcing some big news for From the Bottom of the Record Box on this week's show. So, get your headphones on, ignore the outside world and come on in. Champe Tabluo by Systema Solar set the tone for the announcement, and their Colombian heritage is the perfect stage to break the news. Over SAULT Champe Tabluo Systema Solar Glad All Over The Rezillos I Like It The Rezillos We Fell For Miles Toucan Uncloudy Day John Schooley and Walter Daniels C'mon Get It On Bones Shake Middle of the House French for Rabbits Masterpiece SAULT John Schooley in his own words I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere, and my first musical influences were guitar-based roots music like blues and country music. I later combined this with punk rock when I finally heard it. I've been playing this sort of rock n' roll (for want of a better term) for going on 20 years. My first record was a super lo-fi 45 on Goner Records as a one man band. My first band was the Revelators who had an LP on Crypt Records. That label that put out the Back from the Grave 1960s garage reissues, and bands such as the Gories and Oblivians. Whilst in the Revelators I was lucky enough to do some touring with R.L. Burnside and T. Model Ford. Luckily I got to play onstage backing up R.L., which was a huge thrill for me as I was (and remain) a big R.L. fan. There are some clips of me playing with R.L. here. After the Revelators I had three LPs as a one man band on Swiss label Voodoo Rhythm, which had a similar mix of blues, country, and punk rock. There was also other weird shit as we had in the Revelators, except I played all the instruments myself. So I've always had one foot in noisy punk and garage rock, and one in roots based music. Usually, too punk for the roots rockers and too rootsy for the punks! Europe meets John Schooley One review of my last one man band album described it as "CharliePoole meets Metal Machine Music". I thought that was great, but you can understand it probably has a limited appeal. A radio show in Canada did a whole set of my covers of blues and roots tunes, along with the originals, which I posted on my blog. I toured a lot in Europe as a one man band as the records, being Swiss imports, were hard to find in the states. So it seems like fewer people in my own country know who I am than in Germany, Holland, or Switzerland. The Revelators actually did a reunion show in Spain two years ago. People there still remember the band. After three one man band LPs I was tired of the one man band setup and wanted to do something different. My newest LP is as Rocket 808, which I would describe as Suicide and Alan Vega solo records meets Link Wray. Dead Mall Blues - John Schooley & Walter Daniels The Dead Mall Blues album is an acoustic record that I made with Walter Daniels. Walter is a friend I've known for years. We actually first recorded together back in the late 1990s with the Revelators. He's also done records with bands like the Oblivians, and even James Williamson of the Stooges. Walter's 1990s band Jack O' Fire was in the same ballpark as my band the Revelators. They both combined blues and punk rock, which at the time was pretty uncommon. I slept on Walter's floor the first time I came to Austin when on tour, and later ended up moving here. So, I've been a fan of Walter for ages, and as a punk rock harmonica player, he's a pretty unique musician. Here's Jack O' Fire's version of the Blind Willie McTell tune You Got to Meet Death One Day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztQjP-XcvAE Life after Dead Mall Blues After the acoustic record, we did an electric LP with the band name Meet Your Death taken from this song. In 2014 I got a new job that paid a living wage, and my landlord had yet to raise my rent, so I had enough money laying around to do some recording. Walter had never been recorded in an acoustic context, he usually plays feedback-laden electric harmonica. Walter and I were both big fans of acoustic blues and played it a lot, but had never done a record like that. Gerard Cosloy of 12XU records was willing to put it out, for which I am eternally grateful, even though his label did more post-punk stuff and wasn't exactly a blues and roots kinda outfit. I did a post on my blog talking about the records that influenced the album Even more time had elapsed between 2014 when the Dead Mall Blues album was recorded and the 1960s, when many of the records mentioned in that blog post were made, than had elapsed between the 1960s and when the original blues records were recorded, which was interesting to me. I went with the title Dead Mall Blues because I wanted something contemporary rather than retreading the usual tired blues cliches. Using the mall photos on the cover made me think of the record as being like an acoustic vaporwave album! (Haha)
Lake Street Dive bookend the show today and prove to be a big hit here at Record Box HQ. Tobin floated the band and their kick-off-the-show tune Good Kisser is a great introduction to the Boston five piece. More on Lake Street Dive later. Personal friend and country songstress Andrea Glass features at long last. Well overdue is a play from her. We have a track from her debut LP, North Wind. More used to being played alongside other Country/Americana greats on shows like the legendary Bob Harris' we hope she feels equally at home here. Bobby Womack ends his track so abruptly it causes some hilarity in the studio. However, we delve into his colourful private life and the legacy he, and his brother Cecil left. Cecil forming Womack and Womack with Sam Cooke's daughter, Bobby's step-daughter with whom he'd had an affair. All very risqué and exciting. We've also got New Music in the form of the decisive Husbands track Mexico. You can get early access to New Music from Record Box HQ here. Wax time and a pre-release Richard spins up more legendary tracks from deep in his personal crates with the sublime Urban Species feat. MC Solaar track Listen. French rap never sounded so good. Couple that with a pre-release from Goner Records, Aquarian Blood send us a teaser from their forthcoming LP. Couple that with a Record Box Classic and you're in for a musical ride without comparison. Sit down, buckle up, get them head phones on and let's give the proverbial musical bird to the outside world and enjoy each other's company for about an hour. Just a little less actually, but it's time well spent. Good Kisser Lake Street Dive North Wind Andrea Glass Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) Bobby Womack Mexico Husbands Listen Urban Species feat MC Solaar A Song For You Donny Hathaway There's A World Aquarian Blood Rich Girl Lake Street Dive Lake Street Dive - tell us more Named after a street in Minneapolis that contains many dive bars (disreputable drinking establishment) Lake Street Dive formed in 2004. You're hearing lead singer Rachael Price here telling us all about how good she is at kissing. Backing her mighty claim is Mike Olson, Bridget Kearney, Mike Calabrese and Akie Bermiss. Respectively they play trumpet and guitar, upright bass, drums and finally keys. Keyboardist Akie Bermiss joined the band on tour in 2017 and plays on this LP. Lake Street Dive was brought into existence by a shared love to create free country music. Yes, really that. Just country music played for free. However, as Mike "McDuck" Olson states, The concept was abandoned for something that actually sounded good. Mike Olson Most members were already playing instruments at a young age and some even had classical training. However, their influences came mainly from the music they heard at home. Mainly jazz, soul and '60s rock. Lake Street Dive also all individually cite the entire Beatles discography as hugely influential. In fact Kearney wrote Hello? Goodbye! and Don't Make Me Hold Your Hand as a direct result of her love of The Beatles. Further influences on Lake Street Dive In addition to The Beatles, LSD cite Hall and Oates (heard here on the track Rich Girl), The Jackson 5, The Mamas and the Papas, Fleetwood Mac, ABBA and The Drifters. They also annually release a Halloween cover/video. You can go check out their Fun Machine EP which contains some of these covers. With this in mind, it's quite obvious Lake Street Dive don't take themselves too seriously at all. They're a fun band knocking out slick grooves and having a whole lot of fun along the way. In fact, they claim to draw on the energy of their audience and are able to pump that energy back at them and mould the atmosphere in the room We want it to sound like the Beatles and Motown had a party together Mike Calabrese Andrea Glass roll call Richard mentioned on today's show that Andrea Glass had an incredible roll call of musicians on this recording. Well, here's some further information to fill in the gaps. The LP from which Northwind comes is Stood Under Stars, recorded, mixed and engineered at 16 Ton Studios in Nashville, Tennessee in 2007. Mastered at Yes Master, again in Nashville. Featured musicians are as follows: Acoustic Guitar - Andrea Glass, Shawn Byrne Bass - Danny White Drum - Paul Griffith Electric Guitar - Shawn Byrne Hammond Organ - Mike Webb Piano - John Hobbs, Steve Knight Steel Guitar (lap & pedal), Resonator Guitar, Banjo - Al Perkins Vocals - Andrea Glass, Kevin Montgomery, Ashley Monroe, Andrea Zonn
This week we talk to Zac Ives, the co-owner of Goner Records, who gives us his pro-tips for this year's Gonerfest. We also take an in-depth look into the Memphis Country Blues Festival, a culture-shifting showcase of Memphis talent that was held between 1966-1969.
Welcome to Sonosphere! This month's episode features Zac Ives co-founder and co-owner of Goner Records, Natalie Hoffman of NOTS, Chris Shaw of Ex-cult and JB Horrell of Ex-Cult and Aquarian Blood to bring you a Goner Fest 2016 Special Edition. Thanks to the Goner family and Memphis musicians for sharing their passion! Goner Fest 13 is this weekend starting tonight, Wednesday September 28, 2016 at Crosstown featuring flyers from the Memphis underground installation called Torn Down by Thursday. Bands are playing September 29th through Oct. 2nd. Come on out!
Brian Venable from Lucero is certainly not the first name you think of when you think of the militant Hardline movement. But before he was playing to a diehard fanbase all over the world, he was Bald Bry singing back ups on the Raid 7”. Needless to say, Damian is pretty stoked to be recording this one. Listen as the two talk about Brian’s Punk journey through Hardline and just how frighteningly real it almost got. Also covered: -Fear of reunions -The Bata Shoe Museum -Sobering Conséquences -Needing punk -The Nots (Memphis) -The Flipside Tape -Buying the NOTA 7” -Skipping school to pick up the Toxic Shock -Growing to like Infest -Not liking Chain Of Strength -Is Slipknot the best 7” on Revelation? -Econochrist/Bold and AntiSeen/Even Score: diverse bills -Finding out Warzone wasn’t a straight edge band -Memphis: the dirtier and rougher side of things -United fighting rednecks -Having to get past hating AntiSeen -The Sex Pistols’ Taco Bell -Pazuzu: Memphis Core -One Way: pre-Raid Christian Straight Edge -The Raid and Antischism Show -Stompcrew: Memphis Hardline -Libido Boyz -Straight Edge is dead: “It’s Hardline now” -Sean Vegan Reich -The realness of it and the fantasy -It was Punk and I was Hardcore -Falling asleep during Social Distortion -Being into Skating -“Judge is the Prototype” -The Integrity/Raid connection -Getting in to Ministry -Blind Approach getting into the Beastie Boys -How Cyprus Hill ruined Raid. -The Raid weed-Rap-Rock reocrd -Getting kicked of Hardline -The first Hardline Gathering -How real it nearly got -Giving up on it -Meeting William from Copout and getting saved -Man With Guns -Bald Bry -The Coolness of Goner Records -The Oblivions -Jay Reatard and double dong -Lucero and Tragedy: not the best of friends -The Judge Rhino Handmade Boxset -The Victory Records Raid LP AND MORE MORE MORE…
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1989. I've also got music from Stickers, Cretin Girls and Ex-Cult. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Check out Brian's comics podcast The Hour Cosmic - Brian: Pump was the best post-reunion Aerosmith album - Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever is decent - Jay's bubbling under picks: The Cure, Smithereens, Tragically Hip, Lou Reed, XTC, Michael Penn, Cult, Faith No More - Brian's bubbling under picks: Fugazi, Tin Machine, CVB, Elvis Costello, Dylan - The strange career of Dave Navarro - Jay: Good releases from Stone Roses, Hoodoo Gurus, Big Audio Dynamite - Brian: Joe Strummer took a long time to release a good post-Clash album - Brian's #5 - McCartney's comeback album - Jay's #5 and Brian's #4 - Nirvana's debut was under the radar - Jay's #4 and Brian's #2 - Paul's Boutique was a major shift for Beasties - Brian recommends the Kathleen Hanna doc, The Punk Singer - Brian's #3 - De La Soul brought a different feel to hip hop - To be continued Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! Music: Stickers - Outlet Cretin Girls - Walk the City Ex-Cult - Mister Fantasy The Stickers song is on the album Swollen on End of Time Records. Download the song for free at Gimme Tinnitus. The Cretin Girls song is on the band's self-titled EP on Soft Science Records. Download the song for free from Gimme Tinnitus. The Ex-Cult song is on the 7-inch Mister Fantasy on Goner Records. Download the song for free from Gimme Tinnitus. The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
In this episode, I talk to Eric Friedl about his many musical projects – the Oblivians, Bad Times, True Sons of Thunder, Dutch Masters, etc. – plus the origins of Goner Records, his freelance side-gig with the Memphis Grizzlies, and more! http://ia601704.us.archive.org/31/items/JdPodcast/jdpodcast-3-ericfriedl.mp3
ep52 Ex-Cult – Day to Day & Post Graduate Memphis punks Ex-Cult released their self-titled LP on Goner Records last year and here is a two song sample of their work. This is good old fashioned punk rock, fuzzy and fun. Ex-Cults fb page ——-> here
The strip-mine crooner burst onto the scene with Tuscaloosa art agitators the Raudelunas Pataphysical Revue, fronting No Wave big band Ron ‘Pate & His Debonaires. Their live record and the subsequent studio albums, “From the One That Cut You” and “Car Radio Jerome,” established them as a mythic presence in the southern underground. Years out of sight and scarcity of the discs heightened the mystery surrounding the singer. Fred Lane's reemergence after 35 years with the “Icepick to the Moon” album and documentary and the recent cover of his "I Talk To My Haircut" by the Squirrel Nut Zippers has delighted fans and frightened foes from coast to coast. Now he trains his unblinking gaze on the Troubled Men. The hurricane killed the internet, so we strung together two tin cans to record this special episode. Topics include Hurricane Zeta recovery, a celebrity couple, the COVID vaccine, election stress, purple heroin, hospital food, New Orleans drivers, the 4-way stop, sober guests, a personal inventory, a star is born, an alter-ego, “Ubu Roi,” inspiration, a first recording, Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, whirligigs, Jimbo Mathus, a rat problem, a Shimmy Disc reissue, Goner Records, e-cigarettes, southern-fried surrealists, the Fred Lane newsletter, kindred spirits, a George Carlin story, a Matthew Broderick stalking, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, and much more. Support the podcast [here.](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/troubledmenpodcast) Shop for Troubled Men's Wear [ here.](https://www.bonfire.com/troubled-mens-wear/) Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or almost any podcast aggregator. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Intro music: Styler/Coman Additional music: “Fun In the Fundus,” “My Kind of Town,” “From The One That Cut You,” “White Woman,” “Icepick to the Moon,” and “Rubber Room” by Fred Lane