The Beatles Cartoon Series
Episode 02
Do You Want To Know A Secret/If I Fell
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Top Of The Heap
Thr Black Keys
Thr Big Come Up
2002
These guys move my bones!
Review
by Richie Unterberger
As minimal two-man blues-rock bands go, this has to be near the top of the heap. The problem with minimal two-man blues-rock outfits (and there have been more of them than you think) is that they're, well, usually too minimal, with thin garage sound and a shortage of variety. The Black Keys' sound, impressively, is not too thin (though it is garage-ish), and there's enough deft incorporation of funk, soul, and hard rock into the harsh juke joint-ish core to avoid monotony. Most importantly, Dan Auerbach has a genuinely fine, powerful blues voice, sometimes approximating a white, slightly smoother Howlin' Wolf (particularly on the opener, "Busted"). Auerbach's a good guitarist, too, conjuring suitably harsh and busy (and sometimes heavily reverbed) riffs out of what sounds like a cheap but effectively harsh amp. Patrick Carney's drums might be the cruder component of this two-man band, but they keep the sound earthy without sounding sloppily punkish for the hell of it, as too many such groups searching for the blues-punk fusion do. The very occasional insertion of hip-hop snippets seems neither here nor there, and the cover of the Beatles' "She Said, She Said" seems like an odd choice. But overall it's quite cool raunchy electric blues with more vigor and imagination than similarly raw, elderly Southern juke joint artists who came into vogue starting in the 1990s. And it's way fresher than the standard bar band blues-rockers with slicker execution and more reverence for blues clichés.
1 Busted
2 Do the Rump
3 I'll Be Your Man
4 Countdown
5 The Breaks
6 Run Me Down
7 Leavin' Trunk
8 Heavy Soul
9 She Said, She Said
10 Them Eyes
11 Yearnin'
12 Brooklyn Bound
13 240 Years Before Your Time
*
Ya Gotta Get Some On Ya!
The Black Keys
Thickfreakness
2003
Review
by Mark Deming
While the vast majority of post-punk bands who have an obvious taste for the blues seem to enjoy taking the style apart and messing around with the bits and pieces, the Black Keys are the (relative) traditionalists within the subgenre. With their two-piece, no-bass format, there's no room for clutter or wank, and the raunchy fuzz of Dan Auerbach's guitar (and drummer Patrick Carney's production) owes more to the Gories/Blues Explosion/White Stripes school of aural grime than anything else, but look past all that and the Black Keys are a straight-up blues band who could probably cut an album for Alligator if they were willing to clean up their act and fill out the lineup. And Alligator would doubtless be glad to have 'em — the Black Keys's wail is hot, primal, and heartfelt, and Auerback's lean but meaty guitar lines and room-filling vocals drag the blues into the 21st century through sheer force of will without sounding like these guys are in any way mocking their influences. In short, if you're looking for irony, you're out of luck; if you want to hear a rock band confront the blues with soul, muscle, and respect, then Thickfreakness is right up your alley. Points added for the fact that the Black Keys performed, recorded, and produced Thickfreakness all by their lonesome in a single day — further proof these guys are not messing around.
1 Thickfreakness
2 Hard Row
3 Set You Free
4 Midnight in Her Eyes
5 Have Love Will Travel
6 Hurt Like Mine
7 Everywhere I Go
8 No Trust
9 If You See Me
10 Hold Me in Your Arms
11 I Cry Alone
*
Blowin' In Hard From Deutchland
The Typhoons
Von Schulau nach Waikiki
2007
1997 in Wedel gegründet nehmen: Arne Vollbracht (Gitarre), Norbert "Escobòn" Hoffmeister (Gitarre), Nils Swetlik (Bass) und Rüdiger Voigt (Schlagzeug) ihr erstes Demo noch unter dem Namen "Look! No Head" im Februar 1998 in dem Wedeler IB Kommunikationszentrum "Die Villa" auf.
Die Liebe zu Surf, Beat und Rock`n´Roll verbindet die Musiker und bald findet sich der neue Bandname "The Typhoons". Gespielt werden vor allem instrumentale Eigenkompositionen im Stil der Surfbands der 60er und 80er, wie: The Ventures, The Challengers, Jon & The Nightriders, u.a.. Zusätzlich werden auch Coverversionen ins Programm aufgenommen um das Publikum mit bekannten Hits zu erfreuen und den guten alten Bands Tribut zu zollen.
2001 erscheint unter der Mithilfe von Thomas Ritter das erste Album "The Typhoons" als 10" Vinyl auf dem Hamburger Label "String Records". Wenig später veröffentlicht "Kamikaze Records" das komplette Album mit der ersten LP der Hamburger Instroband "The Splashdowns" auf einer CD unter dem Namen "Surf Double Pack".
Bassist Nils verlässt der Liebe wegen die Band in Richtung Berlin und gründet dort nach einiger Zeit die Surf & Roll Band "Stevie & His Sideburns". Für ihn kommt Alexander Töde. Nach einigen Konzerten und Studioaufnahmen trennt sich die Band jedoch aus persönlichen Gründen von ihm und Stephan Matzak übernimmt 2005 den Bass.
Mit reichlich Liveerfahrung bieten THE TYPHOONS Big Wave Insrumental Surf der Extraklasse. Melodien zum Träumen und Rhythmen zum abtanzen.
Die Liebe zu Surf, Beat und Rock`n´Roll verbindet die Musiker und bald findet sich der neue Bandname "The Typhoons". Gespielt werden vor allem instrumentale Eigenkompositionen im Stil der Surfbands der 60er und 80er, wie: The Ventures, The Challengers, Jon & The Nightriders, u.a.. Zusätzlich werden auch Coverversionen ins Programm aufgenommen um das Publikum mit bekannten Hits zu erfreuen und den guten alten Bands Tribut zu zollen.
2001 erscheint unter der Mithilfe von Thomas Ritter das erste Album "The Typhoons" als 10" Vinyl auf dem Hamburger Label "String Records". Wenig später veröffentlicht "Kamikaze Records" das komplette Album mit der ersten LP der Hamburger Instroband "The Splashdowns" auf einer CD unter dem Namen "Surf Double Pack".
Bassist Nils verlässt der Liebe wegen die Band in Richtung Berlin und gründet dort nach einiger Zeit die Surf & Roll Band "Stevie & His Sideburns". Für ihn kommt Alexander Töde. Nach einigen Konzerten und Studioaufnahmen trennt sich die Band jedoch aus persönlichen Gründen von ihm und Stephan Matzak übernimmt 2005 den Bass.
Mit reichlich Liveerfahrung bieten THE TYPHOONS Big Wave Insrumental Surf der Extraklasse. Melodien zum Träumen und Rhythmen zum abtanzen.
*
Founded in 1997 in Wedel take: Arne Vollbracht (guitar), Norbert "Escobòn" Hoffmeister (guitar), Nils Swetlik (bass) and Rüdiger Voigt (drums) their first demo under the name of "Look! No Head" in February 1998 in which Wedeler IB communications center "The Villa". The love of surfing, beat and rock `n'Roll connects musicians and soon found the new band name" The Typhoons. " Played mainly instrumental compositions in the style of surf bands of the 60s and 80s, like The Ventures, The Challengers, Jon & The Night Riders, among others. In addition, also covers the program to the public with well-known hits, and to enjoy the good old bands'. 2001 appears under the help of Thomas Ritter for the first album "The Typhoons" as a 10 "vinyl on the Hamburg label" String Records. Little later published "Kamikaze Records" the entire album with the first LP of Hamburger Instroband "The Splash Downs" a CD under the name "Surf Double Pack". Bassist Nils leaves of love for the band in the direction of Berlin and is based there for some time, the Surf & Roll Band "Stevie Burns & His Side". For him, Alexander Töde. After a few concerts and studio recordings separates the band for personal reasons but he and Stephan Matzak over the 2005 Bass. With plenty of live experience THE TYPHOONS Big Wave Surf Insrumental of extra class. To dream melodies and rhythms to dance.
Tracks
Das Wachsfigurenkabinett
The Curl Rider
Der Flug Der Enola Gay
Exodus
Suenos Mescal
Spion Und Spion
Monsoon
Red Painted Horse
Surfin´And Spyin´
Ville De Poule
*
*
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
OK Ramblers... Let's Get Ramblin'
Reservoir Dogs
Original Sound Track
1992
Review is not very complimentary, but who gives a @#$%@! I can't hear any of these songs without flashes of the movie going off in my head. Makes me happy. Don't be a Mr. Pink. Get it!
Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Only five songs here were featured prominently in Quentin Tarantino's rousing crime film ("Little Green Bag," "Hooked on a Feeling," "I Gotcha," "Stuck in the Middle With You," and "Coconut"), but the record includes Steven Wright's introductions from the film (separately indexed, thankfully), as well as Tarantino's infamous interpretation of the meaning of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and Harvey Keitel's monologue on how to rob a jewelry store. In total, that's about fifteen to twenty minutes of material. Padding out the rest of the disc are three new songs that were heard in passing in the film — "Fool for Love" is very good, "Harvest Moon" passable, and "Magic Carpet Ride" is abominable. After this, the disc has passed the half hour mark by two minutes. The amount of music you'll actually want to listen to makes it even shorter, but it is a soundtrack you'll want to return to.
1 And Now Little Green Bag... (Dialogue)
Steven Wright
2 Little Green Bag
Baker, George Selection
3 Rock Flock of Five (Dialogue)
Steven Wright
4 Hooked on a Feeling
Blue Swede
5 Bohemiath (Dialogue)
Steven Wright
6 I Gotcha
Joe Tex
7 Magic Carpet Ride
Bedlam
8 Madonna Speech (Dialogue)
Quentin Tarantino ...
9 Fool for Love
Sandy Rogers
10 Super Sounds (Dialogue)
Steven Wright
11 Stuck in the Middle With You
Stealers Wheel
12 Harvest Moon
Bedlam
13 Let's Get a Taco (Dialogue)
Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth
14 Keep on Truckin' (Dialogue)
Steven Wright
15 Coconut
Harry Nilsson
16 Home of Rock (Dialogue)
Steven Wright
Resevoir Dogs - The $%@#^ Short Version
Ya don't have the time to watch the whole movie??
Distilled down to it's essence.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
A Little Late For Saturday Morning, but......
The Beatles Cartoon Series
Episode 01
A Hard Days Night/I Want To Hold Your Hand
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YYSXJUIY
Friday, January 11, 2008
To Make Al Z's Weekend
Sorry to have been so vague with this pic. This was posted in response to a request to my good friend Al Zombie. Pic is of Sarah Michelle Geller. Known primarily for her role as Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Killer, this shot is from her new movie that is due out this spring. Quite fetching, don't you think?
Friday, January 04, 2008
Get Your Bowl Of Cereal And Sit In Front Of The Tube
As a child of the 60's, you could not help hearing The Beatles on every radio within earshot. While I was to young to be buying anything musical I did collect Beatles bubblegum cards (still have a few) and a few odds & ends (Mom would not let me have Beatle boots). The market was not geared towards the kids my age until they started showing The Beatles cartoon series. This was right up our alley. So we made it a Saturday ritual to go over to a friends house, eat our cereal, and be hip like The Beatles.
This first episode is the promo developed to start the series. What better way to start this new/old Saturday tradition.
Let me know what you think.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Hot California Sun via Japan
Rat Holic Presents California Sun
Review: Real Art Magazine. ru
For a long time I’ve suspected that surf and garage scene (as well as other musical styles) is very cool in Japan. Very rarely we managed to hear 5.6.7.8's, Guitar Wolf …Here is the whole treasury of the modern cool garage and surf bands which have been recorded during one concert in the Japanese club (life is actually fine - except for this disk I also have DVD with video from that concert - each band in their special color suits, everyone is smiling and pleased as child, the audience have fun and enjoy the gig together with musicians …).Except for already a little familiar to me The Twinkle Arrows and The Windows, there are 7 more bands on the disk (The Great Mongoose, Rat Holic, Jacky and Enocky, The Teenie Cheetahs, The Pebbles, The El Caminos and Terry Shimamura Group).A lot of girls play on drums, saxophone, keys (The Pebbles is entirely girl-band).About music - very valiant surf or drive garage and hot rod. I shall especially note Jacky and Enocky “Let's Go Bopping Tonight” - seven-minute track with long duel of the musicians; the incredible garage punk hit “Teeny Smash” from The Teenie Cheetahs; the most magnificent sounding of Rat Holic and mad drive of The Great Mongoose.
1 The Windows Ali Baba
2 The Great Mongoose Draggin' Waggin'
3 The Great Mongoose Surfin' Monkey
4 Rat Holic Surfin' Chihuahuas
5 Rat Holic Chruch Key
6 Jacky and Enocky Let's Go Boppin' Tonight
7 The Teenie Cheetahs You're Nuts
8 The Teenie Cheetahs Teenie Smash
9 The Pebbles Surf To There
10 The Pebbles Train To Nowhere
11 The El Caminos Mr Revel
12 The El Caminos Mogul Monster
13 The Twinkle Arrows Engine Stop
14 The Twinkle Arrows Miss. Camel
15 Jacky and Enocky Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
16 The Windows Bombora
17 The Windows Falseta
18 Terry Shimamura Group Hillbilly Boogie
19 Terry Shimamura Group Danny's Boogie
20 Terry Shimamura Group Twelfth Street Ray
Surf Mex Acoplado De Surf Mexicano
Surf Mex 1
2000
BERENICE Krasno
BERENICE Ya no me importas tanto
BERENICE Shampoo
Los MAGNIFICOS Plato Roto
Los MAGNIFICOS La Especial
Los MAGNIFICOS La Invasión de los pasteles verdes
Le Canavispón Oficina Central
Le Canavispón La Novia
Le Canavispón Verde que te quiero
Quinta Galaxia Escribiendo ficción
Quinta Galaxia Wa-Wa Go-Go
Quinta Galaxia Tsunami
YUCATAN A GO-GO Usa tu Imaginación
YUCATAN A GO-GO Niño Mutante
YUCATAN A GO-GO Visteme de Kalimán
TELEKRIMEN Marea Terror
TELEKRIMEN Somos Zombies
TELEKRIMEN K/M 58
LOST ACAPULCO Las Brisas (ver. B.E.W.)
LOST ACAPULCO The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Welcome To The Inner Sanctum
Inner Sanctum Mysteries
You Could Die Laughing
Aired 5/7/1946
Starring Santos Ortega
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES
Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mysteries debuted over NBC’s Blue Network in January 1941.
Inner Sanctum Mysteries featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned and the famous “creaking door” slowly began to open.
Every week, Inner Sanctum Mysteries told stories of ghosts, murderers and lunatics. Produced in New York, the cast usually consisted of veteran radio actors, with occasional guest appearances by such Hollywood stars Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and Claude Rains.
What made Inner Sanctum Mysteries unique among radio horror shows was its host, a slightly-sinister sounding man originally known as “Raymond.” The host had a droll sense of humor and an appetite for ghoulish puns, and his influence can be seen among horror hosts everywhere, from the Crypt-Keeper to Elvira. Raymond Edward Johnson was the show’s host until 1945; Paul McGrath took over the role until the show left the air in 1952. Producer Hiram Brown would utilize the creaking door again in the 1970s, when he produced and directed The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
Inner Sanctum Mysteries was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Viva!! Surf Mex 2
Surf Mex 2
1. Dale Marahá - Malibú
2. Marea Roja - Perversos Cetaceos
3. Ostras Y Langostas - The Thunder Surfers
4. Tokio Poliéster - Fenómeno Fuzz
5. Mustang 68 - The Carvernarios
6. Surfing Trip - Santísimos Snorkels
7. Daktari Freak - Telekrimen
8. Santo Vs Las Momias - El Santo
9. El Gato Mas Arañado De Todos - Los Pegajosos
10. ¿Y Tú Que Sabes Del Amor? - Los Calambres
11. Bólido De Fuego - Twin Tones
12. Tu Eres La Nueva Ola Y Tu Eres Parte Del Mar - Los Bidets
13. El Ultimo Mariache - Los Quién Sigue?
14. Ultratumba - Mortum Surfers
15. F=K(Q1 Q2/R2) - Espectroplasma
16. Jaguar 62 - Los Elasticos
17. Mia Wallace - Malibú
18. El Niño Que Se Llevo El Mar - Perversos Cetaceos
19. Mexican Wrestling Surf - The Thunder Surfers
20. El Jinete - Fenómeno Fuzz
21. La Rocka - The Cavernarios
22. Insomnio - Santísimos Snorkels
23. Criaturas Del Dr. Moroe - Telekrimen
24. Mil Mascaras - El Santo
25. Hoy Voy A Loquear - Los Pegajosos
26. ¿Qué Hace Una Chica Como Tú, En Un Lugar Como Este? - Los Calambres
27. Diane - Twin Tones
28. La Rezia - Mortum Surfers
29. Blue Sunday - Los Elasticos
30. El Macuarro De Macabronia Del Oeste - Los Bidets
31. Arriba Del Cerro - Los Quién Sigue?
Los Banditos Are Here! We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges!
Los Banditos
Beatclub
1998
They drink Strichnin and Nitro, eat Atomchilis encrusted with TNT and listen to Neil Young. Explosive mixture of: 60s Beat, Surf, Twang, Rock'n Roll, Sex and Crime, mixed with the future sounds for the 26.
About Los Banditos
In 1996 the band was founded as a trio in Jena/Germany. The Banditos first specialized in Surf, but soon enough line up and musical competence were steadily broadened, so that 10 years later were facing a 5-headed gang that is still celebrating its music on a solid Surf base and is unmistakeably inspired by the East German Big Beat bands of the early Sixties (yes, this term did exist already 40 years ago), but is integrating the sexy groove of the Sixties/ Seventies Soul and cuban percussions into its music as well as performing classical RnB vocal pieces this is an own version of Post Easy Listening Pop. This mixture is produced on original vintage GDR-equipment: Musima de Luxe guitar, Musima Brillant 76 bass and Weltmeister T/O 200.5 organ. The Banditos live gigs turn out to be a challenge for your dancing as well as for your laughing abilities. Glamour is served in family packs and the prescribed combination of musical drugs, namely Sixties Beat, Surf, sound tracks of Spy Thrillers, Spaghetti Westerns and Blue Movies, Black Soul, Las Vegas Glamour, Shadows melodies and brave postmodern Pop makes even the death move. At the latest with their interpretations of "Je taime...moi non plus" and "Ca Plane pour moi " every hall goes wild. But of course the Banditos are not only game for popular party tunes. In the first place elegance and understatement are dominant. In an adequate atmosphere it is not unlikely that an Los Banditos concert takes up to 3 hours. And theres not one moment of boredom included. Their own compositions, titled "Porno Uschi" (Porn Uschi), "Unbekannte wilde Frau" (Unknown Wild Woman), "M..dchen komm!" (Com'on Girl ), "Komm M..dchen, geh!" (Com'on Girl, leave!) or "Zwischenfall im Orbit" (Incidence in Space) don't have to hide behind their versions of classics or obscurities. Self evidently, the Banditos are now all year around on tour - not only at home, but all across Europe as in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, UK, France, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Baltics and Russia. A Best Of compilation titled "Collected Works" is out on Soyuz Records Moscow since fall 2006. Their divine Sex video clip ran several times on VIVA and ARTE broadcasted a complete concert. The band is also writing music for theaters across Germany and Switzerland i.e. Karen Finleys theatre play "The theory of total blame" and enjoyed engagements at theatres in Basel, Freiburg, Berlin, Halle and others. After a big success in 2005 Los Banditos performed again with the Jena Theater Haus at famous Kulturarena festival 2006.
Tracklist:
Beatclub
Sex
Fuzzrock
Heroin
Als Ich Dich Sah
Verrückter Wellenreiter
Haie Am Badestrand
Mr. Elimiter
Rock & Rumba
Fis Rock
Fantastico
Django
El Bandito
Schattenmann
Rebell Der Liebe
Ya Gotta Shoot From The Hip
El Ray
Shoot From The Hip
2002
Review
Holly Day
This is by far the best surf rock band I've heard in years and years and years, and this album is a necessary addition to the collection of any surf guitar enthusiasts, if you can find it. Amazingly enough (although considering some of the best U.S. surf rock bands have come from the Midwest, I suppose it's not that amazing) El Ray hails from Denmark, and their psychedelic, ominous spin on these original and classic surf songs is just beautiful (their "Secret Agent Man" instrumental cover is hilarious). Many of the tracks on here have titles that could have come right off the credits screen at your local surf theater--if there are any more of those wonderful little venues out there-especially "The Agent vs. the Mexican", "The Plan", and "The Spider." Guitarists El Twang and El Firetone play both rapid-fire dual beach party massacre music and slow, lush, twangy makeout music equally wonderful, making one wonder exactly what kind of beaches there are in Denmark, and what kind of parties they have there where this kind of band provides the soundtrack, and how one gets an invite.
(1) Spacecar 2001
(2) The Plan
(3) Secret Agent Man
(4) Primex
(5) Circus Monkey
(6) The Agent vs. The Mexican
(7) Tornado
(8) The Spider
(9) Stalkin' The Stalker
(10) Casbah
(11) Sniper Diver
(12) The Cashier
(13) Poseidon
It Sure Is Dusty Out Here
The Surfdusters
Surf After Dark
1998
Excellent groupe de surf et de rock'n'roll. Un mélange de guitare Fender avec reverb, écho et trémolo, d'orgue Farfisa et de saxophone "grogneur".
1 Death Trap
2 Sharkskin
3 Radar Hill
4 Surf Buggy
5 Gruesome
6 Russian Dressing
7 Gas Jockey
8 Forgotten Rebel
9 The Friendly Martian
10 Stubble Jumper
11 KGB-in
12 Kona Angel
13 Wreck Beach
14 El Dementia
15 Haunted Surf
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