Ramblings about My Records
The Music Machine appeared in my collection long before I bought this record, represented twice by “Talk Talk.” The first time was on the legendary Nuggets anthology, a garage rock collection that I couldn’t...
Love is one of those bands that I should have been into decades earlier. This release from 1966 fits squarely with the other garage rock psychedelia that I was snapping up in the early...
When I first moved to the great little city of Phoenixville, and started going into the little record shop down on the main drag, I didn’t know that I was going to reignite my...
Really, I should be a big Fuzztones fan. They’re right in my wheelhouse — American garage rock with its tongue in its cheek. A lot like The Cramps, but I think it’s more obvious...
If you know anything about The Fugs at all, it’s probable that you know them for one of the greatest anti-war “protests” ever — the time they were part of an effort to levitate...
You don’t know ’60s protest music if you don’t know The Fugs. This album was originally released in 1965 as “The Village Fugs Sing Ballads of Contemporary Protest, Point of Views, and General Dissatisfaction.”...
As I have previously gushed, The Fleshtones have been key to my listening pleasure for something like 30 years now. They keep on putting out new records, and I keep on buying them. This...
I’m not sure what engendered this 1986 side project by The Fleshtones’ Peter Zaremba, a mix of Zaremba-penned originals and covers like “After Midnight” and “Save Me.” When I borrowed my friend Dan’s Fleshtones...
Holy cats. You know how some with some bands, their studio work doesn’t really translate to live performance, and others can’t seem to capture their remarkable live performances in the studio? That is not...
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