[soapy]

aye, apart from freud of course, his retrospective a couple of years ago was simply stunning


anyhow, from everyone's favourite waffen ss recruit:

[Houdini]

Fuck me Soapy, you at the spy hole again?  I was gonna post that 20 minutes ago, but thought all would know it.

I used to work in an antiquarian bookshop when I was young, The Tin Drum Bookshop.  So great a writer, even more interesting considering his recent Wehrmacht revelation.

Freud - The King of Crust.  Love him almost as much as Bacon.

[soapy]

so, that was your wrinkled retainer flaccidly poking through the glory hole in bangor public bogs...

[Houdini]

Too much coffee & holding my breath for body tension crucified said retainer a while back.  I know better than to unleash the Grapes of Wrath in public.  Time & tide etc..

[Houdini]

XTC - The Black Sea.



Not listened to enough this band.  Shame Andy Partridges stage-fright killed off XTCs' live ambitions...  Tracks like Living Through Another Cuba: so goddam good it's untrue.  Great musicians across the board.

[webbo]

are'nt they a bit ancient for you.in fact they are so old i've even seen them live.

[Houdini]

I'm also a huge Beethoven fan Webbo - alas I never caught him live.  What's the recording date got to do with anything?  Quality is timeless.  I'm jealous you have seen them live.



Black Juju!  We Still Got A Long Way To Go!  Timeless classics Webbo, timeless classics.

[webbo]

one of the first records i bought when i moved on from my skinhead/reggae days was schools out.
the cover was a desk that opened and had a pair of paper nickers inside.
he's a bit of a lad that alice cooper.

[Houdini]

That's one very cool 1st rock LP dude.

Alas my 1st purchase was a 7" single:  The Chicken Song by Spitting Image...


Hold a chicken in the air - stick a deckchair up your nose - fly a jumbo jet & bury all your clothes.  Ad nauseum... 

[Houdini]

Filling the space between prog & jazz rock from '81:

  Forget vinyl.  There is a CD reissue.

[Falling Down]

Anyone else heard/like Swell Maps?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swell_Maps

Birmingham based 'punk' (i.e. not really punk at all) band, heavily influenced by Can etc.  They released a bundle of singles and two albums between 1977 and 1980.  With the death of Nikki Sudden earlier this year, their back catalogue has been re-mastered and released.  I had a cassette from the early '80s taped from a mates older brother and was delighted to be able to finally pick up the singles in a nice box set.

[soapy]

oh, good call FD 

here's some of their stuff > http://hype.non-standard.net/playlist/artist/Swell+Maps/asx/1/today.asx

i remember borrowing a mates copy of whatever happens next, heh, pogoing down the youth club 

[Houdini]

The magnificent Gene Marshall & Jimmy carter Says Yes.  Certainly one of my favourite songs ever.


http://www.aquariusrecords.org (can't link direct to the clip on this site:  to listen to a clip visit the link on the left & type Jimmy Carter into the search engine.  The Stream of this song is at the bottom of the page of results.)

[Falling Down]

Never heard that one before (although the opening break is very familiar and no doubt features on an obscure Ultramagnetic/Pete Rock/Black Sheep etc. track lurking in my collection somewhere)..

Aquarius records are ace (I had to restrain myself from spending a fortune when I was in San Fran) but I always try to support this (Glasgow based ) lot though if I'm looking to purchase something.... www.volcanictongue.com..

[Houdini]

American proto-punk power-electronics duo Suicide


Myspace page.  This duo scare the shit out of me.  Listen to Frankie Teardrop & you'll get my drift.

The eponymous LP is brilliant.  Hugely influencial.  I hope people out there still listen to these freaks.

[soapy]

there ya go houdi > suicide - ghost rider

[Houdini]

You've got a web cam on me - I know it.

I was listening to Ghost Rider as I read your post.  Fuck off ye perv!


PS.  what is that site Schauecke?

PS Underground.  If you like the JC says yes.  Find an LP called Beat of the Traps.

[soapy]

it's a german blogishness > http://www.schauecker.com/musik

[Houdini]

Would that be Swiss German. . . ?  

[soapy]

a boltneck's a boltneck to me 

[Houdini]

A veritable Titan of Japanese Imperialist Freakitude.

[soapy]

i'll not disagree with you there houdi, but i think he was a bit of a cunt 

for japanese novellas of the samurai period, eiji yoshikawa's fictional serialisation of the life of miyamoto musashi takes some beating; a little simplistic and devoid of modern mores, but none the worse for it

[Houdini]

I think he was a bit of a cunt 

I prefer atavistic coward.  But his writing had a rare and sensitive beauty.  Something he lacked in life.

[Houdini]

Another from the vaults.

I'm thinking this has been criminally overlooked:  The Stranglers - Black & White.  I love me a massive swelling baroque & roll organ.




There was a time, y'know, when Spielberg was far from shite.  You'll laugh your cotton sox off, ah tell thee!

[SA Chris]

Hollywood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can remember going to the drive in and laughing my ass off at that when I was about 12. Can't see it anywhere on DVD.


Got this on DVD recently. Whimsical, and not as funny as I remember it, but still class.