tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63879459716568622232024-03-12T15:47:27.774-07:00The American SquirmMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387945971656862223.post-22910293444023566362015-05-05T07:19:00.001-07:002015-05-05T07:19:43.907-07:00The Manic Street Preachers in Chicago!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fantastic show and a brief meeting of the minds with Nicky Wire!</div>
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Unfortunately,my train from Manchester to Glasgow was cancelled...which meant a shuttle bus to Carlisle....which led to a train the rest of the way...so a 3 1/2 trip wound up taking almost 7 hours!...ah well,saw some of the countryside,anyway...<br />
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after arriving...my good buddy John Symon was there to show me to my hotel,and then see some sights...including the Cathedral...then met our bud Joe Baxter for some more wandering and pub!<br />
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The next day was recording day!....with John.Joe,Dave Trott and One-Take Jake....we got a great track out of it...and a celebratory band shot/drink at the pub...hear the results! .<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BszNc23nync">Come On Home (Glasgow)</a><br />
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And on to Birmingham!<br />
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...followed by rehearsal/recording with the fantabulous Black Bombers!<br />
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The next day was....The Slade Convention!....Bus tour to Slade landmarks,pub quiz,chatting with other Slade freaks....and a visit with Slade drummer Don Powell!...thrill to meet and chat with him,and of course got my Slade In Flame album signed!<br />
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On my final day...A visit to Coventry to see the local music museum....and a meet up with Simon,visiting the original Mojo-meetup pub I first met many of the great folks you see and hear about on my travelogue...hard to fathom its been almost 10 years!....later we,like proper English gentlemen,kicked back and watched a football match...then off to dinner!<br />
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Had such a great time,and still cant believe all the recording got done and went well!....Ta-da!<br />
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387945971656862223.post-46657327945609035112015-05-02T10:47:00.001-07:002015-05-02T10:47:37.483-07:00UK 2015!! Pt.1Yep...back I went....2 weeks of visiting,recording,and general tomfoolery!....here's what happened:<br />
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Met my buddy Nick (Fuzzy) and a lovely evening seeing the smash,multi- Olivier winning Kinks musical,"Sunny Afternoon"....great music and performances!!<br />
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No matter,wonderful day of record shopping...then off to the first recording session of the trip!<br />
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Also had a nice leisurely dinner (fine Italian!) with two old pals,Mark and Matthew!<br />
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A fab 4 days in the fine,crazy company of Spenny,Dave and Paul....we named our band "No Loitering" for our recording project....which included a rollicking version of The Small Faces "Sorry,She's Mine" and an original Bo Diddley/Can/Stooges-inspired original track "No Y No"....<br />
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Coming up in part 2....Glasgow and Birmingham!!<br />
<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387945971656862223.post-4080724998219937902015-04-09T13:19:00.002-07:002015-04-09T13:19:53.002-07:00Today Chicago,Tommorow The World!Well,the Letterbomb side of the new album has been laid down...at the fabulous Strobe Recording...<br />
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7 tunes down,a t perfect 22mn album side!<br />
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Off to the UK on April 12th for 2 weeks of recording sessions and whatever other hijinx come about!...Tally Ho!Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387945971656862223.post-39956132396798635922015-02-15T13:05:00.001-08:002015-02-15T13:05:42.271-08:00rom Small Things,Big Things One Day Come...Hiya!<br />
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In April,a long-time dream of mine will be set in motion...recording a new album...on vinyl!<br />
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Yes,sports fans...big plans....the story thus far:<br />
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My original plan was to have the band I play in, Letterbomb ( www.letterbomb.net ) do half the record here in Chicago (which we will start doing April 4th!..yay!) and then wing over to the UK and do the rest there...hey,who doesnt love an adventure,right?....<br />
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soooo...not wanting to waste a grand plan,I enlisted friends/players/friends of players in Glasgow,Manchester,Birmingham and London...and all are on board and all systems go for April 13-27th!!<br />
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So hopefully by summer,I will have a new album...one side a new group of tunes by Letterbomb,the other a compendium of tunes recorded in the UK with my capable band of Blighty brothers!....on vinyl...in my hands to pass along to you,discerning listener!...stay tuned!<br />
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Yesterday,I was broke...I mean BROKE!....my bankcard was rejected after I tried to buy a soda in a vending machine!....I had but 10 bucks on me,to my name till weeks end....<br />
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So of course I was browsing craigslist!...haha!.....anyway,I saw an ad for a moving sale that listed a bunch of items,including one for "bag of old records - 10 dollars"...the address was only a couple of blocks from my apartment,so I figured "what the hell?"....in the blurry picture included I thought I saw a Fats Domino 78rpm in there so I figured it was worth a look....<br />
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Not only was there a Fats Domino (2,actually...this one and Blue Monday),but a Little Richard...and not one,not two,but THREE original Sun 78s!....including....drum roll please.....ELVIS PRESLEY's FIRST RELEASED RECORD!!!!<br />
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this is by a country mile the best record pick Ive ever lucked into....and the best part is the wife & I have tickets to the Chicago leg of Antiques Roadshow in a few weeks...Im bringing them!...maybe I'll get on TV!...<br />
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...One thing I was really looking forward to on my trip to the UK was....RECORDS!!!....The last time I was in the UK (2007),It was for such a short visit I only had time to hit one place in Birmingham,just for a bit before we met the 15+ Mojo-ites at our epic Mojo-Jolly!....<br />
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All these were 1-2 pounds.....except The Clash Cost Of Living EP,which was one of the things I really wanted to pick up while I was here...in the USA it generally goes for 20-30 bucks.....at this show? 4 pounds!!....AND the guy threw in that Sid/Sex Pistols single free!<br />
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Next up.....spoils from London!<br />
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These were purchased during the Berwick Fest in Soho....Ive already went on about the fantastic Soho Hobo single....the only other RSD exclusives I bought were the Sonic Rendevous Band (which I didnt even ask for....I asked for THE SONICS single...but what the hell,its a great record and I only have the songs on bootlegs..) and Wesley Stace,aka John Wesley Harding's new album...also cool to find the new Baseball Project album while I was thousands of miles away from baseball!.....<br />
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....and this is my haul from Camden Market!.....I couldve spent a few hundred dollars at least in these stalls!....so much great stuff.....but after 11 days on vacation at this point,the funds had to be rationed....but I still got some cool albums cheap (and ever since Brum,where Ade and I saw The Move,I had "Hello Susie" stuck in my head so HAD to come home with a record of it!) and the biggest record-shopping fun of the whole trip....one stall had two huge boxes of singles....at 50p each!!...all UK issues,many I'd NEVER see in America....T.Rex,Slade,Nick Lowe,Ian Drury,Mick Ronson,Bowie,Fats Waller,UFO....the list goes on and on!...I even found a Rush single to give to my brother!....<br />
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Fantastic finds and SO much fun....and except for the couple of RSD purchases (which are always over-priced) the total I spent (yes,I keep track!) was a little less than 90 pounds.....not bad at all!!<br />
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Thanks for re-living the whole British Invasion with me!....Cheers!<br />
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Checked into The County Hotel,conveniently located a block from Euston station....<br />
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My Mojo-buddy Nick (Fuzzy),who lives near Muswell Hill, was kind enough to pick me up at the train station and we had plans to grab a bit to eat and head over to The Clissord Arms...which is famous for being the location of the first (1960) and last (1996) gigs by the mighty Kinks!!...They have a "Kinks Room" with photos,memorabilia,etc...Ive been a huge fan of The Kinks since I got the "Low Budget" album at 13 (1979) so I was excited to see the place!<br />
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Fuzzy casually mentions as we turn a street corner, "I think that's Ray Davies walking there.."....sure as shit!....he turns down a gangway and I say,crestfallen,"ah,there he goes".....but Fuzzy cuts around another corner...and there he is!.....Now,I have conversed with Fuzzy on the Mojo boards a lot,but Ive real-life known him for all of 2 minutes at this point....but I say 'STOP THE CAR!!".....I hop out,running down the street yelling RAY!!.....RAAAAAYYY!.....and whatcha know,Ray stops and chats!....<br />
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Me: "Ive come here from America to see Kinks stuff!"<br />
Ray: "Well....I'M Kinks stuff!"<br />
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After a great chicken burrito (it was called "The Flying Burrito"!) and a great chat with ol' Fuzzy...It was time to call it a night...a very momentous night!!<br />
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Next day was Record Store Day!....which as far as buying over-priced junk,I wasnt too excited about....but in Soho there was going to be a fest (The Berwick Street Fest) with some good bands and a bunch of record shops to prowl...and I had plans to meet my Mojo-buddy Mark there.....<br />
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...so I decided to go early and its a good thing I did,because for the one-and-only time on my trip...I got LOST...no matter how many times a checked my phone map I was always 6-7 minutes away!....I found out later Soho streets kinda wind around,its a grid within itself....anyway,I just kept asking people while I walked and eventually heard crowds and music...I was there!<br />
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The record shops did not disappoint (as I mentioned,record stuff in a separate post!)...and playing when I got there was The Soho Hobo doing a song they worked up from 1912 called "The Piccadilly Trot"....well,I bought the single and have listened to the song a million or so times since!.....GREAT stuff!...<br />
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Next on the bill was Edwyn Collins....not heard a ton by him,but do like some of his stuff,and the story of how he came back from a life-threatening stroke a while ago is pretty amazing...the crowd showed the man a lot of love...<br />
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After a fine day in Soho....we met another Mojo-ite,Matthew (DWashburn) for a fine Italian dinner,drinks and more music talk!....Great time spent with these two!!<br />
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First stop was the Camden Market....WOW!....great food,lively folks and RECORDS!!.....and I basically had lunch on all the free samples they were pushing on me! (you try!...you like?...come back!!)....although I really shoulda got the Clinton Love Child Dog!..haha!!<br />
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...Spenny and Dave waiting at the station,and the yapping commences!....a quick check-in at the hotel,and a quick drink at the hotel bar and we're off!....I should mention that immediately after getting off the bus,Spenny presented me with a gift...a copy of The Buzzcocks' seminal "Spiral Scratch" EP....which Ive highly coveted!...you da man,Spen!.....<br />
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Next morning.....Off to London!!!......Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387945971656862223.post-91495841940184092512014-04-24T16:00:00.002-07:002014-04-26T10:46:01.345-07:00British Invasion Pt.3 - Scotland....Aye!!...Before we leave the Midlands,a huge thanks to Adrian!....the perfect host and a diamond geezer!<br />
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387945971656862223.post-47816391932118423792014-04-23T15:53:00.001-07:002014-04-24T15:26:12.922-07:00British Invasion Pt.2 - Beatlemania!...So...after witnessing Ade and friends in their natural habitat (the pub!!) and having ourselves a right fine knees-up on Saturday....Sunday,my last day in Ade's fine company,was time for a trip to Liverpool and immersion in The Fabs,The Lads,THE BEATLES!!!<br />
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For some reason I dont have my pic of Ringo's boyhood home....its in the dirt-poor area...in fact we were told the whole rows of flats are set to be destroyed,except for Ringo's block!....anyway,here's the pub near there that was used for Ringo's "Sentimental Journey" and George's modest boyhood home<br />
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Of course,John's place,Mendips,is quite a step up....very nice home of Aunt Mimi...we were told Yoko bought it and donated it to The National Trust so it can be preserved...so there's one for Yoko,who'da thought!?<br />
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....and onto Paul's....of special interest since right inside there,John and Paul wrote many of the Beatles early hits....wow!!<br />
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We saw the "shelter in the middle of the roundabout" on Penny Lane,which has the firehouse and the barber shop!....and of course Strawberry Fields....which is right around the corner from John's place...and you can imagine little John running out of his house,onto the property and letting his imagination run wild among the trees....where he must be high or low......<br />
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And a word about our driver and guide,Tony....great guy and he seemed genuinely engaged in the tour...not just rote recital,he added stuff like "this isnt part of the tour,but Cynthia Powell (later Johns first wife) lived right over there in those flats...since John didnt have a place of his own yet,its very probable Julian was conceived at that very address...not that there's a plaque there or anything!"....haha!....great to make your aquaintance,Tony!<br />
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Ive been a Beatles fan since I was 8 or 9....My mom took me to see "Beatlemania" the play in 1977,the same year my Aunt Vickie bought me my first Beatles book "The Beatles Forever"....so we're talkin near 40 years,folks!....twas a great day!!!<br />
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and I'll leave ya with one arcane fact I picked up....we passed a school where John and George both went,though they didnt know each other yet.....the street it was on was called "Dovedale"....then it hit me!<br />
(from the song "Glass Onion") - "tryin to make a Dovedale joint,yeah!"....ha!,never knew what John was saying there....mystery solved!....<br />
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next installment - Off To Scotland!<br />
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387945971656862223.post-51395375536531227752014-04-22T12:57:00.003-07:002014-04-22T12:57:52.725-07:00British Invasion 2014!! (Pt.1)So....how did the UK trip go,you ask?.....<br />
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Flight to Heathrow from Chicago was a delight...3 empty seats in a row,so I could lie back the whole ride...a little reading,a snack,a sleep....next thing I know we're landing...welcome to the UK!!<br />
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First night in Birmingham,we met up with Simon (Electrofried) and his lovely wife Joyce...Hit the Trumpet,which is famous for being the local of the mighty SLADE!...great place with live jazz and lots of cool Slade stuff on the walls...then we saw the fabulous (except for Steve Shelley growing that awful beard!) Buzzcocks!!<br />
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Next up....Simon met Ade and I to head for some homage to 3 music legends resting near the area....John Bohnam,Brian Jones and Nick Drake....then Stratford-on-Avon for some of Shakespeare's 'hood!...<br />
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but its not just the rockers no longer with us....no!....Ade,Puzz and I head out the next day,and find Ozzy's boyhood flat (note my devil horns..),the young Noddy Holder's house (along with the street he was born,which was leveled years back)...and Ade re-creating the famous 'Ozzy cooking breakfast" scene from The Decline And Fall Of Western Civilization Pt.2!<br />
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Then off to see Trev & Bev's version of The Move.....<br />
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Also met and enjoyed Ade's mates in The Headhunters....they covered a NY Dolls song so ya know they were great!!<br />
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Coming up....Sunday's Beatlemania!!Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387945971656862223.post-84892173297575698322011-05-19T19:22:00.000-07:002011-05-19T20:09:51.733-07:00 Come on & dance!....Twist,shimmy,shake,skank & glide through this hour of tunes about movin it & groovin it!<br />
Didnt mean to put 2 Chubby Checker songs on but what the hell......<br />
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1. Out On The Floor - Dobie Gray<br />
2. Do You Wanna Dance? - The Ramones<br />
3. Hucklebuck - Otis Redding<br />
4. Dancin' Party - Chubby Checker<br />
5. I Can't Dance - Gram Parsons<br />
6. The Hunch - Hasil Adkins<br />
7. The Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show<br />
8. Do De Squat - The Great Gaylord & The A-Bones<br />
9. Love Dance - The Minutemen<br />
10. Mystery Dance - Elvis Costello<br />
11. (Do The) Triple Crown - The Baseball Project<br />
12. Do The Thing - Lou Courtney<br />
13. Dance Dance Dance - The Beach Boys<br />
14. I Love A Waltz - The Count<br />
15.Let Her Dance - Bobby Fuller Four<br />
16. Mississippi River Waltz - Memphis Jug Band<br />
17. Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone<br />
18. Last Dance (demo version) - The Ravonettes<br />
19. You Can Make Me Dance,Sing Or Anything - The Faces<br />
20. Twistin USA - Chubby Checker<br />
21. Twist & Shout - The Beatles<br />
22. Land Of 1000 Dances - Cannibal & The Headhunters<br />
23. Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters<br />
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<a href="http://www.letterbomb.net/mike/LETS%20DANCE%21.zip">LET'S DANCE!!</a><br />
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Happy Holidays,ya knuckleheads!<br />
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<a href="http://www.letterbomb.net/mike/squirm2.zip">The American Squirm 2</a> <br />
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<a href="http://www.letterbomb.net/mike/squirm2.zip"></a>1. Hook Or Crook - Alex Chilton<br />
2. Seinfeld Mega-Mix<br />
3. Hey Pedro - Chuck Berry<br />
4. Do You Love Me - Kiss<br />
5. Dominance & Submission - Blue Oyster Cult<br />
6. Must Be Santa - Bob Dylan<br />
7. Erica's Word - Game Theory<br />
8. Love Love Love - Gene Vincent<br />
9. Hands - The Count<br />
10. Santa Claus Is Comin To Town - Jackson 5<br />
11. Kick Drum Heart - The Avett Bros.<br />
12. Holy Cow - Lee Dorsey<br />
13. Living Well Is The Best Revenge - REM<br />
14. The Anchor - The Minutemen<br />
15. P.C.P. - Manic Street Preachers<br />
16. Play My Song - Redd Kross<br />
17. Dont Believe In Christmas - The Sonics<br />
18. Disco Santa Claus - The Village People<br />
19. Christmas In Jail - The Youngsters<br />
20. You've Got A Friend In Me - Gipsy Kings<br />
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1. My band ia playing at the annual Alex Chilton B-Day Bash on Dec 28th...this is one we're doing!<br />
2. Seinfeld mashed with Time Is Tight = GENIUS!<br />
3. The worst Spanish accent ever winner - Chuck Berry!<br />
4. Kiss a'struttin & a'boastin!<br />
5. No cowbell,but still a great song!<br />
6. From His Bobness' much maligned (unfairly!) Xmas album...<br />
7. Game Theory are a great overlooked band of the 80's...<br />
8. Some 60's Gene....still rockin!<br />
9. Ever since they used this tune on a faucet commercial it's been in my head..now let it be in yours!<br />
10. Go on,little Michael!!<br />
11. Not a fan of the Avett Bros.,but this is a grrrrrreat song!<br />
12. Lee's best!<br />
13. I didnt give the Accelerate album a fair shake when it came out...I was wrong!<br />
14. My favorite Minutemen song....<br />
15. The Manics keep puttin out great stuff,but The Holy Bible wil always be their best...and how many<br />
songs mention Uruguay?!<br />
16. From one of my fave all-time albums,Neurotica...<br />
17. The Sonics re-write Too Much Monkey Business!<br />
18. Sorry....<br />
19. My fave Xmas song!<br />
20. If you have a grown-up son or daughter....you probably cried during Toy Story 3,didnt ya?!<a href="http://www.letterbomb.net/mike/squirm2.zip"></a>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387945971656862223.post-46089381721453806312010-11-26T07:09:00.000-08:002010-11-26T07:49:13.909-08:00An Hour With The American SquirmOk,here's the first "Hour With The American Squirm"....songs that rock,roll,satisfy your soul.... tunes for you goons.....music that won't soothe you savage beasts....as always,dig on these & go buy the legit releases!<br />
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<a href="http://www.letterbomb.net/mike/squirm1.rar">The American Squirm podcast 1</a><br />
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1. White Lie,Black Eye - The Tearjerkers<br />
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2. Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart - The Supremes<br />
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3. Never Get Away - The Waldos<br />
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4. Octopus (2010 mix) - Syd Barrett<br />
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5. Blago's Blues - Letterbomb<br />
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6. Rock & Roll Love Letter - The Bay City Rollers<br />
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7. Losing Battle - Scott McCaughey<br />
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8. Thorn In My Side - Eurythmics<br />
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9. Go Drivin - Perma-buzz<br />
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10. Rockin Chair - The Ovations<br />
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11. Teeth In A Glass - Eric Hughes Band<br />
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12. Something I've Got To Tell You - Glenda Collins<br />
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13. (When She Wants Good Lovin)My Baby Comes To Me - The Coasters<br />
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14. Whenever You're On My Mind - Ronnie Spector<br />
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15. Il Ribelle - Adriano Celentano<br />
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16. Never Been In Love - Dave Edmunds<br />
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17. Move It On The Backbeat - Burt & The Backbeats<br />
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18. Lovestruck - Jerry McGill & The Topcoats<br />
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19. Ex-Lion Tamer - Wire<br />
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20. Hound Dog Blues - Jimi Hendrix<br />
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NOTES:<br />
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1. Don't know much about this band...but they rock!..from The Ardent Story cd<br />
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2. Northern Soul fave & my fave of The Supremes w/Diana<br />
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3. Walter Lure rocks with or without Mr.Thunders!<br />
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4. Not sure if Im ok with this new mix or not...judge for yerself!<br />
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5. My band!!<br />
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6. Anyone who says they dont like this song is a LIAR!<br />
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7. You know him,you love him,he's in a million bands! (Young Fresh Fellows,Minus 5,Baseball Project,etc etc)<br />
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8. My girl likes 'em...<br />
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9. Chicago 80's legends...one of my all-time faves!<br />
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10. Goldwax records outta Memphis issued some great records..here's one!<br />
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11. If you're in or around Memphis check out this guy!<br />
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12. Joe Meek's greatest production...<br />
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13. A lesser-known Coasters great!<br />
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14. Ronnie wailin on the M.Crenshaw nugget...<br />
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15. Prego,prego!<br />
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16. Dave & Rockpile groovin up a storm...<br />
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17. Burt is Burt Bacharach...he's mentioned hating this song!<br />
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18. The only release for this Memphis hell-raiser...<br />
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19. Havent heard this one in a while...so here it is...<br />
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20. From the new box set.....Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387945971656862223.post-21686264884171535972010-11-25T12:13:00.001-08:002010-11-25T12:13:22.499-08:00New but not improved!Just wait....good stuff coming!Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.com1