1/4/2021
Monday, December 28, 2020
Kenne takes a day off to be fanatical.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
 Alex arranging syphony - Photo: Gee Julie |
"Sunday 27 dec 20. Nine hour Mad Painter recording
session at Lowell Street but we got too songs Virgo-exact; "Love
is Gold" and "San Michel". "Love is Gold"
is Elton/Kiki "don't go breaking my heart" mixed with
"Philadelphia Freeedom" 1974 disco strings. Al
Hendry kept a great disco beat on drums; I had to play
half as many notes as usual and do dee dee Ramone meets "Be
My Baby" (though I did, according to Al Hendry, some Stanley
Clark licks on bass!). Schmel herbie Hind did some
tasteful "Philadephia Freedom" CLEAN chords (versus the
Jesus, Mary and Joseph Chain of Happy the Clown). Alex Gitlin
REALLY arranges fucken SYMPHONIES, vocals and keyboards and Gee
Julie sang like a Byrd and a Bird, that bird! "San
Michel" is kinda French pop via Kinks "Sunny Afternoon".
Lt Larry Newman,USMC offered musical advice and
"Psych-O-Therapy". There's talk of a mad painter
record; the 45 is done and we back in January!"...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
 Eaterville #2
back cover |
Monntag 28 Dec 20, Boston Groupie News received Nervous
Eaters Eaterville #2 on Penniman records,
Barcelona Spain. listened to on Til Tuesday night after
work and wired on a Neu Café latte. Packaging is fantastic,
picture of Art Freedman from Boston Groupie News
"Kids Are Alright" column '80s and "special thanks to Boston
Groupie News". Paul McGuire wrote great liner
notes about how he went to Rat to see the Stranglers and saw Nervous
Eaters; if I wasn't guarding Fort Meade, Afrika Korps DID play cantone's
19 Nov 77. WHAT a great tyme in Boston rock! liner notes say this
was a 1978 Rat gig (I saw Eaters/La Peste Cantone's in October on
leave from USMC: $3!) broadcast over WBCN, Oedipus
introduces band and Eaters are red-hot! Sober, I figured out Steve
Cataldo's influences; vocally, 1965 Stones/Them blues-shout
and guitar is MC5/Yardbirds and Hendrix's "Manic Despression";
kinda late '60s blues-rock. Not really punk, per se: they weren't
Sex Pistols/Ramones! (GOOD musicianship is what I'm trying to say).
It's among my top five albums of year which include Stooges live
at Goose Lake or whatever it is 1971, the Asa tribute, rock and
roll anthology #21 and of course : Reptilians From Andromeda, whom
are "old-school" from this era also. Order from PennimanRecords.com,
don't know about Boston distribution of this fine disc".....
Thursday, December 31, 2020
 3D |
"Lou Year's Eve, but that was a LAST year at Cantab,"Dead
Boston Club". day of Wodin 30 Dec 20, I listened to Boston
Rock and Roll Anthology #21 on Varulven. track one
is "everything but peace" by 3D out of Beverly, Mass.
LIKE Fans
of 3D on facebook. band formed 1984 and were on the volume eight
comp. There's some 1971 heavy! guitar and a Don Henley vocal singing
socio-political lyrics. My flashback says, early 1975 in a Brockport
NY townie bar in cold-ass February/March where the bartender put
on ALBUMS and played Eagles On the Border. Imagine if Mason Proffit
did the "Witchy Woman' guitars; you get the tyme frame. that
means I liked it. On to other tracks in the New year! ALSA, let
me say send me product for review c/o BGN since I am MALEman, love
receiving product in mail STILL, you'd think since 1972 i'd be bored
but hey! when Greg Shaw at United Artists sends you Hawkwind and
Can albums"...
Friday, January 1, 2021
Happy New Year!!!
Saturday, January 2, 2021
 The Stigmatics - Photo: John Keegan |
New Year's Day 2021! year starting out RIGHT. attended a Stigmatics
practice as I'm producing them at Lowell Street.
One tune has a Cramps "Human Fly" feel to it, so guess
I am producer Alex Chilton. other tunes have a Real Kids Red Star
album feel; both 1977 albums and guitars are how I wish Afrika Korps
had sounded like. Drummer Bob Whitelock is a locksmith
by trade;
ww.BeaconHillLock.com Full Circle; Stigmatics
were on a comp in Istanbul care of Tolga Ozbey (Reptilians
From Andromeda) and HE writes did I want to play on a project
called Diabolco Delerium. Evet! (and that's
YES in Turkish!). The ever-far reaching tentacles of Gizmos fandom...next
week; Stigmatics
session. Stay tooned! as in Toontown! Jessica Rabbit; my SURreal
wife!)"'
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