FRIDAY THE 13th MADNESS with DAY BLINDNESS & EUCLID

 

DAY BLINDNESS - "Still Life Girl"

 

I bought a copy of this album at a swap meet in Sebastopol, California in the mid to late 70's. I never was able to find out much about it until the internet came around, but I always thought it was an interesting effort. Day Blindness were from San Mateo, Calif, and this album that came out in 1969 was the only LP they ever released.

 

EUCLID - "First Time Last Time"

Euclid was a band from Massachusetts, and this album titled "Heavy Equipment" came out in 1970. This was also their only release. This is a record that I never knew anything about until the advent of the internet.

I can't quite put my finger on it, but there is something about this record and the Day Blindness album that set them apart from other groups of the time, and whatever it is, it still hasn't caught on with most of the rest of the world.

THE ID - "The Inner Sounds Of The ID" (1967)

 

So here's the problem.....Life, Technology, Art and Music have been moving at an incredible pace for a few decades now, and there is no way any reasonable human being can keep up with it all.

We've catapulted a small sample of people into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, while thousands of incredibly talented people have been left in the dust!

It's the same way with TV and movies. It's literally impossible to watch everything that's been out there for decades.

But how do you get people's attention? How do you say "Hey, here's some amazing shit you left behind 60 years ago!" The answer is simple, you can't, but I'm going to try and do my best to let people know a little of how much you might have missed.

Tonight, it's The ID. 

 

The Id, not the monster from "Forbidden Planet" in this super cool painting by artiste extraordinaire Gary Wray, was a studio band led by Jerry Cole, who should probably have a movie made about him. He was one of those musicians that tried freakin' everything, and had some success, but never enough to make his name recognizable today.

From Jerry Cole and the Spacemen to Mr. Gasser and the Weirdos, Jerry Cole never gave up!

 

Signed by RCA, these guys were were about as commercial as.......nobody!

THE ID - "The Rake"

24:1900 'VIRTUAL' FESTIVAL UPDATE (2024)

 

Because I have already bought my ticket for the 24:1900 Concert that will be streaming on December 21, I received an email from them today that says:

 

"On Wednesday 18 December (1900/7pm GMT), we will be doing a dry run. It will last one hour, and include tracks from a number of the sets. If anyone has time, I would really appreciate if if you could sign in to Maestro to help us test the platform, e.g. online chats. 

Obviously, no problem if you can't.

We will be promoting this dress rehearsal over the next week. Anyone who hasn't bought a ticket/signed up to Maestro will be able to view from our site. They won't be able to chat etc."

So, there you go, there's still plenty of time to get a ticket, or you can go watch some of what it's all about for free. You can't lose!

PROCOL HARUM - "In Held Twas I" (1968)

 

The English band Procol Harum are among an elite group of artists that is smaller than fifty. They are one of the few that have sold over 10 million physical copies of a song, that being "A Whiter Shade Of Pale." Even more interesting is that song is in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but the band isn't. How does that make sense?

 

 To this day, the biggest selling single of all time by a huge margin is Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," having sold over 50 million copies!

 The list of artists who have sold over 10 million singles is a bizarre array of musicians if I do say so myself, and includes four more Christmas songs, along with "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas, and "My Sharona" by The Knack. Elvis has two songs, and The Beatles only have one.

 

Besides "Y.M.C.A." by The Village People, and "Macarena" by Los del Rio, I think the one that got to me the most was "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" by the Scottish group Middle Of The Road which has sold more than ten million copies, and to think I had never heard it before just a few minutes ago.

 

Back to Procol Harum, and my favorite of all their great songs, and that is their 17 minute masterpiece from this album titled "Shine On Brightly"

"In Held Twas I"

"Life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"

THE RUMBLERS - "Bugged" (1963)

 

I've decided to change the look and concept of this blog and will no longer be focusing on just 1980's and 90's cassette culture. Instead I'm going to present to you what I consider to be interesting music from the last 100 years. To start off with, here's a very strange song I've loved for too many decades now, and to this day, every time I hear it, I can't believe it. 

The Rumblers - "Bugged"

 "Go on away now or I'll stomp ya a goodern!"

HAPPY NOVEMBER FOOL'S DAY (2024)

 

Here are 13 covers for new HERMANOS GUZANOS albums we have planned for 2024. There's still much work to be done!

 

 

This one will be titled "Infomaniac!"

 

 

"Fighting Gillainds!"

 

 

"Taxicrabs And Murdercycles!"

 

 

"Who Cut The Cheese?"

 

"Ice Machine"

 

"Dude Ranch"

 

 

"Surrealism, Nihilism, Abstraction and Tikis"

 

 

"Chillin' Like A Villain"

 

 

"The New Orders"

 

 

"Quantum Phenomenon Theory"

 

"Shake A Box Of Girlfriends"

 

"Girls Working Overtime Again"

24:1900 'VIRTUAL' FESTIVAL - December 21, 2024

 

It's not often I get excited about much these days, but this is something I'm looking forward to.

My buddy The Rev Tom Frost sent me an email saying he was performing at this "24:1900" virtual festival on December 21, 2024, and I went to their website, and this is truly a World Music Festival, and the whole thing is going to be streaming 'live' and you can watch it in the comfort of your own home for the incredibly low price of about $15.00, or you can buy nosebleed tickets to see The Eagles starting at $230 in Las Vegas.

Seriously, do you even need to think about it?

 

From artists like The Rev Tom Frost in France to.....
 

........Adê from Maio, Cape Verde and/or....

 

.......Black Nite Crash from Seattle, it's going to be one incredible concert, and that's just three of the 24 acts set to perform!

I've got my ticket, now go get yours!

 

Buy your tickets before November 30, and you even a free download compilation LP of all 24 artists!

Welcome to the future of independent music!