tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56686496240577682382012-02-16T17:06:07.095-06:00a man and his tape collectionj weberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00147258770782810740noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5668649624057768238.post-8383991601846863632009-08-13T20:28:00.004-05:002009-09-20T22:00:49.925-05:00

Saw a link on a friend's FB page regarding Joy Division covers. Here are two of my favorites, from an Italian compilation entitled "Something About Joy Division", released in 1990 on Vox Pop Records. Long out of print and hard as hell to find.Subterranean Dining Room - Atrocity ExhibitionAfterhours - ShadowplayA good cover to me has to be either (a) a complete bastardization of the original or (b

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Live Skull: "Fort Belvedere", from the LP Cloud One, 1986 Homestead Records "Raise The Manifestation", from the live LP Don't Get Any On You, 1987 Homestead Records "Kream", from the LP Dusted, 1987 Homestead Records

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Apparently, I infringed on someone's copyright by posting one of their songs on my last post. It was promptly deleted by blogger (who have every legal right to do so) and I wish to apologize to the artist directly for the inconvenience of my espousing the merits of your recorded output or your live performances to the potential music buying and concert going public. Checking on the links I

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The Clash / Sonic Youth (4) / Grateful Dead (14) / Minutemen / Flaming Lips / Butthole Surfers (3) / The Allman Brothers Band (3) / Killdozer (2)/ Black Flag / Naked Raygun (6) / Dead Can Dance / Jerry Garcia Band / Descendents / D.O.A. / Soundgarden / Bob Mould (2)/ Sisters Of Mercy / Public Enemy / Nine Inch Nails / The Cure / New Order / Mudhoney / The Police / Foetus / Samhain / Meat Puppets

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Paul K & The Weathermen - "Haunt Me Till I'm Gone" & "High In The Air" from The Blue Sun CD, Homestead Records 1992A person runs into moments in his/her life where he asks himself, "is this what I wanted to be doing with my life right now?" He'll second guess the critical decisions in his life, and analyze his history to pinpoint that one decision he should have made differently in order to

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Grateful Dead - Mama Tried > Big River, Shoreline Amphitheatre 06/16/90Today marks the anniversary of my first Grateful Dead concert, July 22, 1990. I had wanted to see them since around 1982 or so, but could never find anyone to go with me to a show. I didn't have the wherewithall just to go it alone. I attended 13 more shows over the next five years before Jerry Garcia's passing, and managed

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There are so many opportunities that allow me to feel like an abject failure. Some of them are brought upon myself. Others stem from extraneous circumstances. Fact of the matter is, I need to keep my shit together. I need to implement some degree of tunnel vision to keep focused on those things that keep me not necessarily happy, but at least content. Even if it's a half complete project, I

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Death In June - "Heaven Street", live Glasgow 1983 and "Fall Apart", live Belgium 2002I meant to post a bit more often, but a deathly cold February, subsequent illness, and an overall lack of desire to accomplish anything led to me shutting down for awhile.Maybe not strangely enough, I listened to alot of Death In June's recorded output during this time. I've found this band both fascinating

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God Bullies - 'Cemetary' and 'Shallow Grave', from the LP: Dog Show (1990)I attended a school of art & design from 1990 -93. Hanging around with fellow students exposed me to a lot of music that I may have - and occasionally did- miss out on. I was turned on to the Kalamazoo, MI based God Bullies by a film student friend. Their creepy garage noise rock fit well within our musical tastes; and the

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Swans - 'Feel Happiness' & 'Hypogirl', live in Berlin, 1997The truth is, I missed out on the Swans until about five years after they had disbanded; I had limited exposure to the them during their existence as a recording and performing unit. The first time hearing them was in a friend's apartment sometime in early 1987, a few months before the release of their Children Of God LP. Someone had

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Alice Cooper - Wish I Were Born In Beverly Hills, from the LP 'From The Inside' (1978)In this era of disposable entertainment, where television programs exist that are dedicated to the celebrity meltdown - and even more so during the current Lindsay Britney relapse ambulance chase - I can't think of a more timely mention of this gem of a song.This is from Alice Cooper's 1978 album, written about

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Big Black - Hunter's Safety (Tommy Bartlett Dies In Pain) from WNUR's The Middle Of America Compilation (1984)There are those days when climbing up to the top of a water tower with a twelve pack and a deer rifle sounds like a good idea.What can be said that hasn't already been said about Big Black; you either like them or you don't. Sometimes they don't like themselves. I recall reading that

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It was this week in 1949 that RCA released the first 45rpm record. The vinyl analog disc was the preferred format nearly four decades. Due to technological advances, I have paid for the following titles at least twice:The Clash - London CallingSonic Youth - Sister / Bad Moon RisingThis Mortal Coil - Blood / It'll End In Tears / Filigree & ShadowLive Skull - DustedGrateful Dead - Dead SetBauhaus

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Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel - Anxiety Attack, from the LP 'Sink" (1989)You grow weary. You start to see things through jaded rolling eyes. You mentally arm yourself. You spend more time preparing for other people's mistakes than you do dealing with your own. You abandon your expectations of others. You watch them destroy themselves, wishing you could lend them a hand. Instead you turn away.

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Nice Strong Arm - Framingham, from the LP 'Mind Furnace' (1988)I worked as a security guard at an aluminum production factory. It was a union plant and I was a scab with a name tag; kind a crude form of outsourcing. Our crew's job was to direct forklift traffic around three corners near the roller mills. The fork truckers had no respect for us, and often ignored our signaling. It was tedium at

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The Clash - Charlie Don't Surf, live at Bonds Casino (1981)I saw this band perform live three days before graduating from high school; it was the second concert I ever attended, and the first time I went to a show alone. I was firmly struck by the sheer power and volume at which they played, and the energy they generated. I don't recall the setlist, and they may not have even played this song.

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Butthole Surfers - Weber, from the Locust Abortion Technician LP (1987)You knew from the start that something just wasn't right; who would call their band that? The first listening experience didn't bring any peace of mind: it was as if your special needs cousin had traded his meds for acid and decided to start a psychedelic punk band having only heard Black Sabbath's first album. Ever. I had one

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