paging mr. lee

GOLAS 2.

A fractured slice of almost indecently perfect pop from the late 1980's, penned by Merseyside mysterioso, Lee Mavers, and prompted by this interesting tidbit recently posted on Blank Stares and Cricketclaps.

Produced by Bob Andrews, formerly of Brinsley Schwarz; Dr. Feelgood; and The Rumour. Andrews also contributed piano and hammond organ to Johnny Thunders and Patti Palladin's collection of covers, "Copycats", from the same year.

▼ THE LA's: THERE SHE GOES from "There She Goes" 7' & 12" EP (Go! Discs) 1988 (UK)

i am beg mac

Forgoing any commas out of respect for the original. Mark E. takes 1982's "Hip Priest" - from "Hex Induction Hour" - for a whipcracking walk around the block in a resurrected version as part of the soundtrack commissioned for contemporary dance darling, Michael Clark. The album title itself is a nod in the direction of the 1960's art house cinema of Swedish director, Vilgot Sjöman.

With Brix Smith on guitar. Produced by Ian Broudie and Mark E. Smith.

Paul Gadd would be proud. I, however, am not altogether fond of high theatre and its unholy mix of tap dancing egos. Air kiss this, motherfuckers.

▼ THE FALL: NEW BIG PRINZ from "I Am Kurious Oranj" LP (Beggars Banquet) 1988 (UK)

▼ THE FALL: HIP PRIEST from "Hex Induction Hour" LP (Kamera) 1982 (UK)

PURCHASE I AM KURIOUS ORANJ

little fingers put you down

Guy Kyser: vocals; guitar; Roger Kunkel: guitar;
John Van Feldt: bass; Frank French: *drums;
Josef Becker: ‡drums.
*Produced by Tom Mallon & Thin White Rope.
‡Produced by Paul McKenna & Thin White Rope.
Recorded at Tom's Place, San Francisco & Metropolis, Studio City, CA.

illustration by ib

▼ THIN WHITE ROPE: RED SUN (ORIGINAL VERSION)*from "Red Sun" 12" EP (Demon) 1988 (US)
▼ THIN WHITE ROPE: RED SUN‡ from "Captain Long Brown Finger In The Spanish Cave" LP (Frontier) 1988 (US)

OUT OF PRINT PURCHASE SPOOR (COMPILATION)
PURCHASE CAPTAIN LONG BROWN FINGER IN THE SPANISH CAVE

p-i-x-i-e-s

there is a god. design by vaughn oliver.

In Boston, we trussed. Every second on this album counts. Thrice.

▼ PIXIES: BREAK MY BODY from "Surfer Rosa" LP (4AD) 1988 (US)

▼ PIXIES: RIVER EUPHRATES from "Surfer Rosa" LP (4AD) 1988 (US)

PURCHASE SURFER ROSA (HA! YOU CAN'T: SHE'S MINE)

sonic youth: providence, rhode island

"did you find your shit? you gotta watch the motin', thurston ; your fuckin' memory just goes out tha' window."

Inexplicably, given a back catalogue vast enough now to rival even The Fall's, "Providence, Rhode Island" has long been the one Sonic Youth track I revisit most frequently, despite the fact "Daydream Nation" has easily been supplanted in my affections by many later albums.

The track itself is not indicative of their sixth release itself, on the whole, but has come to embody their 1988 double LP very clearly in my mind.

After the synth driven loops and rhythms of their temporary incarnation as Ciccone Youth, the band returned to terra firma to work on this new studio release launched on the back of a North American tour which quickly evolved into a serious attempt for global domination with dates in the USSR and Japan in early 1989, and a subsequent whirlwind tour of Europe where Sub Pop's Mudhoney were unleashed on support to very favourable response.

This was the album which not only consolidated their reputation, but went a good deal further into establishing Sonic Youth as a 'brand name'.

Last year I went back to see the album performed in its original entirety at a cinema in Glasgow as part of the group's contribution to ATP's "Don't Look Back" series. Throughout the frenetic two hour long set - performed, I seem to recall, in their original stage 'costumes' too - "Providence" refused to be relegated as the particular highlight for me; a curiosity of quietly epic proportion.

Recorded and Mixed at Greene Street Recording, July - August 1988, New York City. Cover image, "Candle" by artist, Gerhard Richter, 1983.

Not quite "Eric's Trip", perhaps, but certainly a nod in the direction to a walk in the park in the footsteps of eccentric luminary, Erik Satie.

▼ SONIC YOUTH: PROVIDENCE from "Daydream Nation" 2 x LP (Enigma / Blast First) 1988 (US)

PURCHASE DAYDREAM NATION (DELUXE EDITION)

butthole surfers

paging Mr. Hendrix...

If Matt from Minneapolis is still out there or happens to drop in again, I hope this qualifies as "more noise, please." I've added a link belatedly to the sidebar on SibLINGSHOT to your site Perceptions. Delusions but I'm out of Mountain Dew to welcome you back to pull up a chair. Apologies that it took me so long to look in on you, but this last week setting up here has sucked up more of my time than I guessed.

This one comes direct from Dallas, Texas ; so i'd like to say hello to Big B from AD while I'm at it.

The first behemoth of a track features Gibby Haynes ; Paul Leary ; Terence Smart ; King Coffey ; and Teresa Nervosa (very possibly). I can't believe it's 20 years already since this album first appeared. Their 4th, no less - co-produced by Ric Wallace - it was reissued on Latino Buggerveil in 1999.


▼ BUTTHOLE SURFERS: JIMI from "Hairway to Steven" LP/CD (Touch & Go) 1988 (US)

▼ BUTTHOLE SURFERS: I HATE MY JOB from "Humpty Dumpty LSD" (Latino Buggerveil) 2002 (US)

SURFING THE AMAZON