tinnitus photography

had a great 4 night run starting Tuesday... Nick Cave, The Mission/The Chameleons, Steve Hackett, Mike Watt (as MSSV).

here's my review of the Nick Cave show:

https://bigtakeover.com/concerts/nick-cave-wang-theatre-boston-oct-10th-2023

Yves Tumor. 

tangentially speaking, i got to see Tedeschi Trucks Band last week and they brought out Warren Haynes for a few songs

https://medium.com/culture-beat/live-review-tedeschi-trucks-band-bring-a-bunch-of-friends-to-the-garden-parties-at-td-garden-9531cf1c3a29

The Breeders did a cool thing at the Boston show... 1st 30 posters were signed by the band and were the same price as the unsigned copies. 

Melvins/Boris

Syl Johnson once told me that The Rolling Stones were from Chicago. 

On 8/25/2023 at 9:00 AM, Albert Tatlock said:

I think a lot was down to not being able to identify with suburban brats in sunny California (or wherever in the USA) and why they were moaning when in the UK there was Thatcher, future unemployment, and rain. That is of course a naive and very biased view (and your comment above indicates a different reality) but it is essentially what adolescent me was thinking. Very quickly it felt like a lot of the 'punk' bands were just poseurs (file under Billy Idol). That's why I liked so few like The Undertones so much. They were literally just like me (plus musical ability). Same was true for The Jam that carried me through until U2 and R.E.M. But that's another story though.

i would have loved to see any of those bands in that era... closest was finally seeing DKs my first year in college ('85), and REM played our college spring concert... Fables of the Preconstruction tour. 

My only real hardcore claim to fame was seeing Deep Wound, which featured J and Lou who would later form Dinosaur Jr. I also saw Murph's first band, All White Jury a couple times. their singer Simon had a giant pink mohawk. 

it is pretty wild that the DK's record first came out in the UK, not over here. that record had an out-sized impact on me in high school. pissed that i somehow lost my copy of _Plastic Surgery Disasters_. 

7 hours ago, Albert Tatlock said:

Indeed.

I would argue that it is the only great punk album. Needs a bit more musicality and melody to sustain a whole album listen for me rather than 35 minutes of furious but repetitive ranting. London Calling and my beloved All Mod Cons just a bit later and/or New Wave. Same for Outlandos D'Amour/Regatta De Blanc which are the only others that come to mind and I associate with some great memories of the time but do not reach beloved status. Tonic For The Troops also underrated and Joe Jackson Look - Sharp, but same applies. I can remember whole album plays of Tom Robinson Band - Power in the Darkness, and of course The Specials on the Sixth Form stereo but the former doesn't have the overall quality and the latter definitely not punk although with a definite punk sensibility. Also New Boots and Panties which had an edge at the time but I can't say I listen to now. I am not going to mention Sham 69's 'concept album' That's Life which I also remember getting some spins.

Otherwise some great singles (e.g. Buzzcocks/Clash/SLF etc.) but not an album - with Never Mind The Bollocks being filler apart from it's Fantastic Four for me. Once Sid Vicious joined and punk was all about fashion then it was over as far as I was concerned. I was just too young to see anyone in the real punk days but I remember kids at school talking about gigs cancelled because of too much gobbing and I had a friend who has some leopard skin bum flaps. None of that nonsense for me. My sartorial style was summarised by The Undertones and more or less remains that way to this day. I did see them in about 1980/81 along with the Boomtown Rats/Elvis Costello/Squeeze/John Otway. That's about as punk as I got. Couldn't understand a word that Feargal said.

So endeth todays trip down memory lane.

punk albums i consider great. maybe some of these are considered hardcore? 

The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
The Sex Pistols - Bollocks (yeah that entire band/scene comes with a lot of baggage but the record still holds up)

Ramones - S/T
The Ruts - The Crack
The Adverts - Crossing The Red Sea
Black Flag - My War 
Dead Kennedy - Fresh Fruit
The Clash - S/T (American version, sorry! "Complete Control" is a face ripper!)
The Adolescents - S/T
Circle Jerks - Group Sex
The Avengers - S/T
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material

As noted I love "Gilbert" and have had a BBC session version for a while, no idea how who I got it. But, it wasn't on YouTube so I decided to fix that.
 

this is one of my favorites from them... it's a song from their ABBC collaboration but this version is just Calexico, recorded for a Peel Session. so good. I miss this band.
 

yeah i feel you on that... i also agree that FoW is their last truly great record and then it got spotty afterwards.

I still will never forgot the first time i saw them, must have been around '99 or so as they played "Glowing Heart of the World" which was on that Road Map cd; i think i bought a copy at that show. incredible song and i think that's the only time i have seen them play it. 

what other songs did he play w/ LL? I was on the hunt for a lobster roll and caught the final "La Bamba/Like A Rolling Stone" song he was on w/ them. unfortunately he didn't come out in the first three and shooting from the crowd at NFF sucks ass. 

I did see him in the anchor tent before the show w/ Yuka when i was heading over for some oysters and i asked him who he was going to be playing with but he wanted to keep it a surprise. he did compliment me on my guided by voices shirt.

i will be there once again. 

kinda disappointed that Son Volt skipped Boston on this run of Trace. 

tonight i am seeing Glenn Jones and Eric Arn play in some wine shop. it's been quite some time since i've seen Glenn play, i'd say at least 6 years. 

i am an ocean away from seeing The Cure, but Beyonce is playing the second of two shows in the arena a few hundred yards from my hotel over here in Amsterdam so I took a few random shots of fans.

On 3/29/2023 at 8:33 AM, Chez said:

that looked like a Pollard cover.

excellent shots Charles!

what are the tracks?

enter it into Discogs please!

there's a discrepancy in song title between the sleeve and the label on the record. 

i haven't found any mention of an actual record, but here is the audiobook:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Please-Tell-My-Brothers-Audiobook/B0BV8DPKZR?qid=1680775771&sr=1-2&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_2&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=G9E9EY07D0R4VJWEBDE1&pageLoadId=tXjs0KgYQbiOQFVk&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c

a friend of mine went and sent me a short clip of Wilco joining YLT for a cover of "One Track Mind," and looks like they played on a few:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/yo-la-tengo/2023/metro-chicago-il-1bbbd51c.html

i guess the Dead have deeper pockets and could afford to pull the plug.

nah, they just have better lawyers. 

they canceled because Mayer got covid before the event. 

the band signed a contract to perform at a four day event. what the hell was his lawyer gonna do?

sorry you're over Wilco and it was obv a tough decision for some folks given the uncertainty, but everyone i saw at the last SBS event had a good time. 

On 11/26/2022 at 12:22 PM, tinnitus photography said:

maybe i missed it but given the late date and lack of annonucement, i guess SBS 2023 is a no-go? didn't they have a three year contract? 

and... Sky Blue Sky 2023 is a go!


(weird that no one posted about it already... slackers! or just indifferent?)