Comments on: Reviews – Part Chimp * Graustark * Forgotten Guitars of Mozambique * Kristin Hersh * Derek Bailey * Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends * Townes Van Zandt

By: Ramon Medina - LP4

Ramon Medina - LP4 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:20:00 +0000

Thanks Matthew, the BBC poll definitely ratchets up the awesomeness of this album!!!!!

By: Matthew Thurman

Matthew Thurman — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:15:00 +0000

Ramon…I thought you might like to hear a li’l something I recently discovered. Apparently, Screamin’ Lord owned shares in the Marshall Amplifier Company, and first came to America with the intention of selling some Heads and cabinets out of the back of a truck. Also, in 1998, the BBC took a poll, and the “HEAVY FRIENDS” album was voted “Worst Of All Time”…which definitely means I’ll be picking that sucker up on payday. I gotta check this out, now.

By: Electramummy

Electramummy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:21:00 +0000

I liked the Kristin Hersh song you submitted to the podcast. All in all, I'm totally behind vocalists who appear to have a speech impediment. What a surprise.

I also really liked the Andrew Bird song Justin submitted. It was sort of like Guided By Voices takes on the Beatles.

I don't think I have been listening to the Part Chimp in the right environment. I bet the live show is where it's at.

Did you guys ever see Denton's Brutal Juice perform? They were released on Direct Hit. Really great guys. I loved their live shows. Anyone Got any Brutal Juice recordings?

By: John Cramer

John Cramer — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:14:00 +0000

I find it to be pure Ramon that you would develop your own rating system replete with clever graphics only to ultimately use only two fifths of them.

By: Ramon Medina - LP4

Ramon Medina - LP4 — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:43:00 +0000

Kilian,

You should check out Hersh's other band - 50 Foot Wave.

I'll check out that TVZ album.

Carlos,

I never intended to turn off the comments for some reason Blogger did that yesterday after I fixed a broken link.

By: Carlos Anaconda

Carlos Anaconda — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:57:00 +0000

Nice job Ramon. Though now i have kind of mixed feelings about you turning on the allow comment option. I was thinking it was kind of cool that your reviews of these records were the final word on the matter, period.

By: Kilian

Kilian — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:08:00 +0000

I love this Ramon. It might be your best work yet and I fully get the rating system. I guess if I had any criticism it would be that it's too much at once but whatever it's great.

I'm a Kristin Hersh fan but haven't heard her new stuff. Really like the old Throwing Muses stuff. I'll definitely check it out.

I once saw Mr. Lambert perform a drum solo by dumping about a hundred drum sticks on top of a set. It was tastey.

I highly recommend the TVZ album "Live at the Old Quarter." Great H-town history in that one and a great performance. The place doesn't exist anymore but it was downtown. They recorded on a muggy summer night and the place was crowded but they turned the ac off because it was too noisy. Anyone who has lived through a Houston summer can respect the dedication of both the audience and the performer in that.

By: Ramon Medina - LP4

Ramon Medina - LP4 — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:55:00 +0000

All I know is that the TVZ one I'm thinking of had Flute. That really stuck out.

As for the Stooges. Dude, Funhouse is frikkin brilliant. Raw Power though is some pretty overrated stuff. Ron Ashton on bass?!! Unforgivable!!!

Lastly any thing followed by the words "..On Ice" is waaaaay cool in my book.

Georges Bataille ... on Ice.
Cops ... On Ice!
Law and Order ... On Ice!

See what I mean? I mean just about anything but Mr. Holland's Opus which even if you re-shot the movie recast with Ice Skating poo flinging monkeys would, though better, still suck beyond hope.

By: Matthew Thurman

Matthew Thurman — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:08:00 +0000

I’m curious as to the Townes album that you heard, ’cause I like his 70′s stuff…but you know, that’s me…I still don’t understand why punk rock started. “4 hour Zeppelin shows, ELP, Rod Stewart, Rick Wakeman’s THE MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE…on ice! Uh, what’s wrong with that stuff?”

Anyway, nice. I’m stunned, though, that you didn’t mention the Stooges’ new one. You know, the new album that’s so fucking terrible it even makes FUNHOUSE sound bad. Christ…it is just the most embarrassing piece of poovery.

By: Electramummy

Electramummy — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:40:00 +0000

I don't actually read the columns, I just look at the pictures.

I also like your new ratings system using pictures of people to convey both your opinion of the music and the person used to rate it. It makes me wonder who my 5 icons/stars would be.

5 Stars= Frankenstein
4 Stars= The Red Baron
3 Stars= Annie Oakley
2 Stars= Bill Oreilly
1 Stars= Neil Patrick Harris

The podcast is probably going to take another couple of hours. I am trying something new, that I am hoping will improve the sound quality of the episode. It makes the file a little bit larger to upload. I probably connect at the slowest speed of anyone you know, and the fact that we even internet out here, is because we are an experiment in technology... Anyways let me know if it sounds better.

Ok. Bye.