ALEXANDER BARON BAND - "No Pigeonholes #158 (1989)

Don Campau is like an indie music superhero! He along with Lord Litter have done more to promote independent music over the last 35 years than anybody else that I know of, and there should be a shrine to him somewhere, in fact, he is the real person who should have been voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. Not only is he a musician, but he has unselfishly promoted 100's if not 1000's of musicians and artistes over the years, and is living proof that not all Dons are Dicks!

Don Campau's Web Site

Don produced a radio show for years called "No Pigeonholes," and that's exactly what it was!

This was a tape of the show from May 28, 1989. 

There were no borders or boundaries, and here's just a taste for you! This song was taken from a UK various artists compilation call "Eh?"

 ALEXANDER BARON BAND - "Paranoia"

According to the Songfacts website, "Paranoia" was composed by Alexander Baron and arranged by Alan Barber. It was commissioned from a professional studio who re-interpreted the Barber arrangement, and credited it to the non-existent Alexander Baron Band." 

Other than that, I could find no other information!

The place you need to go to find out anything else you need to know about "No Pigeonholes" is 

Don Campau's "The Living Archive of Underground Music"

T.O.G. Sampler Cassette - "Primal Virtue" (1992)

 

I don't remember exactly, and I can't find my old correspondence right now, but I think I received this tape from T.O.G. Studios to show us what they had going on at their studio, just in case we needed a recording studio, but I can't even remember what part of the country it was in, but there was a phone number on the tape and I looked up the area code, and it was from the state of Virginia. 28 years later, an Internet search only comes up with a TOG Studios in England, so I am assuming they are no longer in business. With all the home studio tapes I got, this one that was recorded in a real music studio stood out of the crowd in production values, but alas, I don't see that any of the groups on here got much further than this.

 

I did find this T.O.G. Studios CD on Discogs from the same year called "Unsigned Sounds," and it has at least 3 or 4 of the same groups but there really wasn't much information to go along with it.

The artists on this tape are Marty Connell, District Authority, The Fenster Project, The Fusion Hackers, Toxic Armpit, and my favorite..........

PRIMAL VIRTUE - "Bo Daddy"

CHRIS PHINNEY & ED DRURY - "Time Raveling" (2020)

So what do Chris Phinney & Ed Drury and Miley Cyrus have in common?? They can't stop and they won't stop! Chris and Ed have been on a tear the last couple of months, and this is their third release since September 24th! Amazing, and even more amazing, they just keep getting better, and if you don't believe me, then check it out for yourself!!

CHRIS PHINNEY & ED DRURY - "Time Raveling"

GODSPUNK VOLUME 21 (2020)

The latest in the Godspunk series of compilation CDs from Pumf Records is Volume Twenty-One, which was released in mid to late 2020, and as always, it's a fine effort no doubt, with a lot of the same players, but you never know what hats these guys are going to wear, so it's full of surprises!

This CD has got a lot of good stuff on it! It's just as festive as this photo, and it was difficult picking out just one song, but after multiple listenings, I finally made up my mind on which one to share with you!

The bands listed as being on the CD are UNIT, Nil by Nose, Lettuce Vultures, the taurus board, Satanik Seagvll Sekt, Howl in the Typewriter, Harsh Noise Movement, The Large Veiny Members, and my new fave, some guys who really know what country music is supposed to sound like.....

JOHNNY & THE KAPRIKORNS - "Jock Stewart" 

I have to admit that with all that's going on today, I really should have played "Where Eagles Dare Not" by Lettuce Vultures, but you're just gonna have to buy it to hear that one, and you can do that right here!

PUMF RECORDS!!!

And while you're there, tell pStan Batcow I sent you!

JOHN BARTLES - "A Cat Of More Than 9 Tails" (2016)

"A Cat Of More Than 9 Tails" is a CD wth a theme, nine tales bout the cats!

There are songs on here with great titles like "When You're A Cat," and "Tell Me What's Wrong With Cats," but for me, the real standout is "The Human Scratchin Post." John is in fine style, and the bass just kicks cat butt! 

This is one of the few of John's CD's that doesn't have any credits on it, and John has worked with so many incredible musicians, I'd hate to guess which one it is. I've got a bonus for you on this one, before we get down to the cat chow, check out this fifteen second piece titled

"Pussy Cat Fandango"

AND Get Ready...........Here's

JOHN BARTLES - "The Human Scratchin Post"

MARTIN NEWELL - "Gajoob Issue #7 - Sampler #5" - Part 02 (1991)

 

Almost by request, here's another cut from this Gajoob Sampler # 5, because this song is just too good not to be heard!

 

The tape by Martin Newell that this song came off of was called "Songs For A Fallow Land," and was actually made in 1985, but was re-released on Jan Bruun's "Hypertonia World Enterprises" label in Norway in 1991, and Jan submitted it to Gajoob for review. Martin Newell has had many projects like Cleaners From Venus over the years, and you can check it all out at this Discogs link, but don't bother clicking on any of his website links because they either are dead or go someplace else.

 

This song was good in 1985 and 1991, and is still good in 2020! That's how good it is!

MARTIN NEWELL - "Soul Monday"

ROBERT KARNES - "Gajoob Issue #7 - Sampler #5" (1991)

 

This time it's Sampler #5 for Issue #7 of Gajoob. Do you have any idea how much work this must have been for Bryan Baker? A full magazine full of reviews and eight tapes to go along with it? That's a lot of dedicated work!! Cleaning The Augean Stables was probably an easier task!

 

This particular tape had a lot of very good music on it, and it was hard for me to just pick out one song! The Martin Newell song is outstanding too.

 

The artist I chose was Robert Karnes and the name of the tape was "Eve Worshippers," In the magazine, this is a little of what he has to say about his music.

"This tape was put together in the studio over a 2 1/2 year period from early 1988 to mid 1990.  Most of the music was composed in the studio using the studio's facilities (I have to keyboards or instruments of my own)."

I tried to find some current info on Robert on Discogs, Tape-Mag, and Bandcamp but came up with zilch, and there are at least five Robert Karnes on Facebook, and none of them seemed like musicians.

Robert Karnes -  "Making Love To A Virgin Land"