I have been getting into some seriously awesome shit lately, seriously. I started digging a little bit deeper into 60’s psychedelic and garage music and found some bands that have been blowing me away over the last month or so. These latest mixes, which are actually taken from my radioshow and include my sweet sultry DJ voice, feature a lot of the artists and albums I have recently been blasting on my boom-box while I freak out.
I have been especially impressed with The Outsiders (from The Netherlands, not the American version) and can’t seem to get enough of their 65-69 singles collection. Their songs have a punk quality to them but are softened with incredibly catchy melodies and a smooth vocal delivery….maybe a bit like The Buzzcocks I would say. Check out this video for the song “lying all the time”…Look at Wally Tax play that Tambourine…so life-like!
Nearly all of the selections chosen hover somewhere between those glorious years of 1965-1974. I left out so many great artists in these mixes and will hopefully have a pt. 2 post some time in the future.
A) The Tape-Beatles “The American Adventure” from The Grand Delusion SINGLE (1993) Silver Apples “Lovefingers” from Silver Apples (MCA 1968) Shocking Blue “Boll Weevil” from At Home (1969) Tomorrow “My White Bicycle” from S/T (1st LP) (1967) The Outsiders “Don’t You Worry About Me” from strange things are happening (RPM Records UK 2005) Aphrodite’s Child “The Four Horsemen” from 666 (Universal Int’l 1971) The Deviants “Bun” from Ptoof! (Alive Records 1967) B) Faust “Krautrock” from Faust IV (Caroline 1974) White Noise “Firebird” from An Electric Storm (Universal 1969) Skip Spence “Broken Heart” from Oar (Sundazed Music Inc. 1969) Ithaca “Feelings (look around - I want to feel you)” from Game For All Who Know (1973) Gong “Glad to Sad to Say” from Magick Brother (Snapper UK 1969) Fifty Foot Hose “The Things That Concern You” from Cauldron (Radioactive 1969) Aphrodite’s Child “Seven Trumpets” from 666 (Universal Int’l 1971)
Aphrodite’s Child “Altamount” from 666 (Universal Int’l 1971) The Fugs “Life Is Strange” from It Crawled into My Hand, Honestly (4 men with beards 1968) The Tape-Beatles “Behold A Republic” from The Grand Delusion SINGLE (1993) Silver Apples “Oscillations” from Silver Apples (MCA 1968) Blossom Toes “Look at Me I’m you” from We Are Ever So Clean (Sunbeam Records 1967)
Awhile back I received a voice message that was not meant for me. The message was from an older woman, maybe 75 years old or so, it began, “Hi Bobby, this is Gene and I wanted to let you know that I fell down yesterday and I’d really like to talk to you or see you, please call me”. It was a downright sad message, her voice sounded frail and I couldn’t stand the thought of this woman never reaching Bobby, waiting for Bobby to call, and all due to her dialing the wrong number. I decided to call her back and let her know she had dialed the wrong number and that bobby never received her message. The phone rang and she picked up and I began to explain the mix-up but she interrupted me “it’s so nice of you to call me back, bobby, I have had hard times these last two days”. She went on to tell me how she fell down while in the kitchen and had broken her collar bone and crawled to the phone in order to get some help. Now there was help at the house and they had her taking all sorts of pain medications. I empathized with her for a moment and then began to reiterate that I was not Bobby and that she still needed to call him. She listened for a second and responded, “thank you so much for calling me Bobby and I hope you can come out and visit with your father one day soon, I had better go, the nurse is here”. I thought about telling her I wasn’t Bobby one more time, but instead I let her know that maybe we could visit one day soon and that I hoped her pain was tolerable and that she could call me anytime.
I haven’t been in a movie watching mood for quite awhile now, I’m not sure why. These days I watch The Office once a week, a Chaplin film here and there, and maybe a documentary every now and again. A couple of weeks back I started watching The Planet Earth nature documentaries and I have been totally in awe of what I have seen. I’m totally enthralled with them and I plan on making my way through all 4 discs (are there more?). Here is a clip from the Snow Leopard section of the series.
Here are a couple short stories that I read recently and liked:
Lately I’ve been losing interest in the internet and I’ve let mix after mix fall through the cracks never to be posted on this site, but I have a renewed will at the moment and I promise not to let ink math go stale and dead like so many other blogs out there. And it’s hard to update the blog when the sun is shining outdoors. I suspect this winter will turn me into a shut-in and I will do nothing except drink coffee and concoct hot fresh mixes for you. Oh, and on top of all the new mixes you’ll be getting here, KBGA will begin streaming over the internet soon and you can listen to all your favorite KBGA programs from any computer station in the world.
Well, this Joe Meek mix is something special if you ask me…I think it might be one of my favorites ink math mixes so far. I offer it up to you as a sacrifice for my lack of new content over the last few months. The binding theme of this mix is that each of these songs was produced by the amazing English producer Joe Meek. Joe did the production on about 245 songs from 1959-1967 and I have about 130 of those songs and I went through and picked out some of my favorites for this mix. I came across Joe Meek while I was deep within my Buddy Holly obsession last year this time. I was reading an article about Buddy and it mentioned english producer Joe Meek as someone who was not only influenced heavily by Buddy and produced many holly-esque tunes, but also idolized him and was convinced that Buddy communicated to him through dreams. Aside from liking Buddy, Joe was also an incredibly creative and imaginative producer who invented groundbreaking recording techniques that made his particular production style standout as one far ahead of its time. If you’re interested in Joe there is a great book out there that will really give you the juice on the man. Unfortunately the hits started drying up for Joe, and he was already a tortured soul, so on the 8th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death in 1967 Joe took a shotgun and killed his landlady before turning it on himself. Long story short.
Oh, and the link section has been updated…know of anything that is missing in there? bye, Collin
Artist / Song
Side A
Emile Ford & The Checkmates / What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Heinz / Questions I Can’t Answer Shade Joey and The Night Owls / Bluebirds Over The Mountain The Impac / Too Far Out Jason Eddie and The Centremen / Come On Baby Heinz / Just Like Eddie Mike Berry and The Outlaws / My Baby Doll The Honeycombs / Have I the Right? / Video The Blue Rondos / Little Baby Ray Dexter / Just Like You The Buzz / I Gotta Buzz The Birds of Prey / Love Gone Again Jason Eddie and The Centremen / Singing the Blues
Side B
Glenda Collins / Something I’ve got to Tell you Michael Cox / Angela Jones Mike Berry and The Outlaws / Just A Matter of Time Michael Cox / I Can’t Make up my Mind Heinz / I’m not a Bad Guy Alexander Combo / Can’t you Hear my Heart? Mike Berry and The Outlaws / Tribute to Buddy Holly The Cryin’ Shames / Please Stay / Video Joe Meek / I Hear a New World Glenda Collins / It’s Hard to Believe It
