RAYS, live at the El Rio in San Francisco last night (February 25th, 2016).
They’re an outstanding new band from Oakland who’ve yet to put out any vinyl, but you can listen to some distorted & wild demos on their Soundcloud page.
They’ll be featured in an interview in Dynamite Hemorrhage fanzine #3, out in a few months.
THE WORLD and BUCK BILOXI AND THE FUCKS, two different venues, yesterday in Oakland CA.
Well, no one from the Desperate Bicycles nor any of their friends wrote me in response to my plea to interview them in Dynamite Hemorrhage fanzine #3.
I’m beginning to think that this might not happen, or something.
In the meantime, here’s one of the only known interviews with the band from the late 70s.
Some scans from Brian Doherty’s SURRENDER fanzine #5, which I’d date at about 1994 or so.
Doherty was simultaneously, or just thereafter, a member of the zonkers art/garage punk band SAWDUST CAESARS – who put out a 45 on In The Red – and also, subsequently and currently a writer and editor at libertarian stalwart magazine REASON. I read his history of the libertarian movement “Radicals For Capitalism” some years back, before I’d fully realized I was actually a pretty rotten libertarian, and just started calling myself a liberal.
Doherty got a big interview out of Gregg Turkington in issue #5 as well – too long to scan. Turkington’s latest film, “Entertainment”, was a huge disappointment, but he remains one of the most consistently right-on & baffling comedic personalities of any era.
Tim Ellison at ROCK MAG fanzine was kind enough back in 1997 to let me do a special “supplement” of my own then-fanzine within his. Thanks, Tim. I’d totally forgotten about this until I found it in my garage fanzine-storage locker a couple weekends ago.
I had probably quit SUPERDOPE (”for good”) that year or something. Of course, I came back with another issue in 1998 – the last one, as it turned out.
Here I take cracks at the Blues Explosion (!), Hampton Grease Band, Alex Chilton, Dwarves, Screamers, Urinals and others.
Johan Kugelberg in the pages of DRUNKEN FISH fanzine, right around 1992 or so. The theme is, surprise, rare 45s.
Christina Madonia – whom you may now know as recording artist CHRISTINA CARTER – reviews fanzines in a free record store publication in late 1991.
My own Superdope fanzine from that time is reviewed here, and I believe my quotes come from a pre-internet interview Christina did with me via mail.
BLOAT was a well-done publication back in an era when record stores like Houston, TX’s Sound Exchange actually made enough money to support such an endeavor.
Some scans from Tim Ellison’s ROCK MAG fanzine, circa 1992, published out of San Diego. This was one of the best of the era – a, unpredictable digest-sized deep dive into the music-obsessed cranium of Mr. Ellison. Ellison also played guitar in The Nephews at the time.
Later he changed the name to MODERN ROCK MAGAZINE (!) for the last issue or two. I’ve got other scans from it forthcoming.
Chris D.’s 1989 “Double Snake Bourbon” book of lyrics, poetry and prose. I’m selling a copy over here if you’re interested.
Byron Coley’s liner notes for the excellent new unearthing from Boston’s late 70s “punk-dada” pioneers THE GIRLS. Get the record here.
AGONY SHORTHAND 