May 6, 2006

Catch Up

To blog, perchance to dream. Oh, there are such grand plans afoot. A foot, get it? But in the meantime, instead of sweating out another big research-sodden post and taking another four days to do it, I figure maybe we should play catchup on a few of our friends from previous entries…

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Goblin are back with a new album called Back to the Goblin 2005 (I guess it got delayed) and they have a MySpace page where you can order it. Sounds great so far.

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Our favorite Nihonjin naturalist, Onoching, has recorded guitar tracks on Nikki Corvette & the Stingrays’ upcoming all-star album Back to Detroit, due out this summer.

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At one point it occurred to me that in my post about the Hookers, I never told the story of how their fans fucked up my toe.

See, Lexington’s baddest were performing at the now-defunct Al’s Bar in downtown L.A., and an excited crowd had gathered in front of the tiny stage. Smoke machines started spewing and the band launched the first song. Immediately, some crewcut meathead lifted up one of the metal tables, swung it through the air and slammed it forcefully against the hard floor. The edge of the formica tabletop sank through my thin canvas sneaker with enough violence to pop open the tip of my middle left toe like a blood-filled grape. I hobbled off the dance floor in shock and hopped to the filthy men’s room to rinse my gaping, broken toe in the fecal sink basin. I later wished that I’d accepted my large buddy Dave’s offer to pound the perpetrator into mulch – but due to my dazed magnanimity, that drunken fuck will probably never know what he did.I blame all that Rock ‘n’ Roll Outlaw bullshit for making me a cripple for 10 weeks. Thanks a lot, Satan.

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Daniel Johnston’s movie came out, but I still haven’t seen it. He played at Amoeba Records the other night, and it was a very nice time in spite of some literal shakiness. That’s Daniel in the blurry photo. Hey, gimme some slack; I didn’t want to be a dick with the flash camera.

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In my ramblings about the King Khan & BBQ Show, I missed Mark Sultan’s BBQ solo record on Bomp entitled Tie Your Noose. It has a couple of the same songs on it (different versions, though) and overall, a slightly more rockabilly flavor, and I think I like it even better! More info here.

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Does anyone recall Chumpy the opossum? Balb Kubrox rescued another beautiful marsupial: Timmy, pictured at right, and here and here.

After his family was killed by cats, Timmy the baby possum was caught breaking in to someone’s kitchen at a Los Angeles-area apartment complex. He’s now grown big and solid and is three times Chumpy’s weight. He has huge balls.

This is the sound he makes when he’s feeling most aggressive:
Timmy’s Explosive Growls (mp3)

Balb Kubrox wishes it to be known that Tim is only bitey and growly like that when someone reaches into his bed. Otherwise, he’s a total opussy.

And here’s photo documentation of Opo, a new graphic tribute to possumry. (Possumry = new word.)

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Finally, remember Warwick of “Let’s Get the Party Going” non-fame? Well, lo and behold, Toestubber Central received an email from none other than singer Warwick Rose! The missive included loads of detailed information that was fairly wasted on a musical dilettante such as myself:

Hi, and thanks for the nice review… I moved to Los Angeles in the late 70s from North London… “Let’s Get the Party Going” was the last track I recorded in London with Nicki Chin/Mike Chapman and Pete Coleman… The drummer John was from the Rubettes (“I Can Do It” plus other hits) and the band Smokey (Chinnichap) did the high harmonies… Adam Sieff, my good friend (Sony Jazz U.K.) also played the lead guitar parts in unison with me as we had run out of tracks and only had one track left for the lead guitar part that we wanted double tracked. Everything else I overdubbed… The song was released on Mickie Most’ RAK label… his brother Dave Most was promoting the song and went on vacation for 2 weeks just as airplay was really picking up… I think if he had not gone on vacation at such a critical time for the record, it would have been a hit… such is life…

I am presently recording many songs that I have written with the intent of releasing them in the near future… drummer is my friend, the fantastic Bruce Gary (Albert Collins, The Knack, Jack Bruce, etc.)... also assisting is Irv Kramer who played with Ray Charles on Ray’s last release… If I can be of help in any way for U.K. rock history research, let me know… Kindest Regards, Warwick Rose

I ended up speaking to Warwick by telephone for an hour, and he’s a really nice guy. What are the odds? He also informed me that the flipside to the “Let’s Get…” single was a song called “How Does It Feel” (not the Creation song). Now I wanna check out Warwick’s incredibly scarce RoRo LP. The first song below was used in a 2001 movie called The Painting. The second, an antiwar country dirge, contains the fine fiddle playing of 1970s Dylan collaborator Scarlet Rivera.

Warwick Rose – “Save Love”
Warwick Rose – “(For Ya) Bombs and Ya Bullets”

Rick at 12:42 am

4 CommentsÈ

Any chance of posting Let’s Get the Party Going?
Thanks for the update.

Comment by AJ Ñ May 9, 2006 @ 5:10 am
AJ:

No repeats this soon, but if/when I get hold of that b-side then I’ll post both.

Comment by Rick Ñ May 9, 2006 @ 8:42 am
“Let’s Get The Party Going” is featured on Robin Wills very nice blog here:
http://purepop1uk.blogspot.com//

Comment by steve Ñ November 17, 2006 @ 3:06 am
Hi To All of You Out There , I am presently recording many other songs that I have written. The songs and their arrangements have many popular music influences and styles … some probably never put together before in their combinations. The recordings are amazing ( so say other professionals in the music biz ) and really great. So are the songs … I have several wonderful and extremely talented musician friends either assisting and/or playing with me on featured solos etc. ( Some play with or have played with several internationally famous recording artists or groups ). My email address is “viperwarwick@sbcglobal.net” for all of you who would like updates and/or additional information regarding my present projects … Thank You for Your Interest. I am Pleased that You are Enjoying My Songs and My Recordings … Sincerely … Warwick

Comment by Warwick Rose Ñ November 17, 2007 @ 7:05 pm