replicator - 10.30.04 - hemlock tavern - san francisco,ca

aka "the jesus replicator"

this was originally posted by our missing comrade noisebreather many moons ago...but seeing as how the lizard are once again roaming the land...it's getting re-posted

replicator were a noise rock band from oakland,ca compared to the likes of the melvins...shellac...and of course the jesus lizard

on this occasion the band played a show as the jesus lizard (they borrowed the guitar player from a band called lower forty-eight so the band's guitar player could become david yow)

and if you lay back and close your eyes while playing this...you can almost smell david yow's musk...but you'll have to quickly open your eyes again because the feeling of an impending violation will move over your body

it's that real,son

1 - seasick
2 - boilermaker
3 - gladiator
4 - mailman
5 - bloody mary
6 - thumper
7 - puss
8 - nub
9 - monkey trick

DL: the jesus replicator

v/a - ugly american overkill tour ep

released 1991

this was 7" of previously unreleased materials that was released over in europe when god bullies/helmet/surgery/tar combined forces and teabagged them folks across the pond

limited to only 2000 copies

DL: ugly american overkill

the jazz june - the medicine

released 2000

i happened upon this band waiting to pay for a johnny cash t-shirt at a hot topic (yeah yeah...i know alllll about it) i somehow had managed to wander into...i was standing there waiting for the short girl with the dreads and too many facial piercings (aka "my type") to change the paper roll in the cash register...there was a display that had a few cheaply priced cd samplers (and i'm a sucker for cheaply priced samplers) setting on the counter...i ended up buying 2 of them (one being SWEET DEAL! THE INITIAL AND EULOGY RECORDS SAMPLER (the band had the song "the medicine" on that one) and the other being INITIAL EXTREME MUSIC SAMPLER...and i somehow managed to lose both of them somewhere at sometime...so if anyone has them...send me a message)

so i walked out to my van afterwards and popped the disc into the stereo and drove home...and what stuck out to me about the song was the line "so i fucked up/but i'm getting on with my life" (and who hasn't said that to themselves in the bathroom mirror...or after waking up the morning naked after a night of binge drinking next to someone on the kitchen floor in someone else's house)

that was a good story,grampa

so...if you enjoy the likes of milemarker...(insert obligatory post-1989 dischord band here)...some modest mouse...and maybe a little of the get up kids...

DL: the medicine pt.1
DL: the medicine pt.2

jawbox - for your own special sweetheart/savory +3 ep

both released 1994

who can forget seeing the video for "savory" on 120 minutes...didn't you want them to play your next birthday party?...with their jangly guitars and their plodding basslines and their precise off-kilter drums....sounding like a mixture of post punk goodness that came from mission of burma and gang of four.

as for the rest of the album...let's just say that once you hear it you can't seem to get it out of your head...from it's les claypool sound alike opening to it's moody restrained "whitney walks" closing...and in the middle you get the frantic sounds of 4 instruments playing with one another

now...i wouldn't go as far as to say that this is the perfect album...but...

maybe i'm gushing like a head wound over this album...but it takes me back

they were the first band to jump the dischord records ship to move onto a major label (this being their first major label album)

if only all major label albums sounded this good

as for the SAVORY +3 EP...the songs would've easily fit on the FOR YOUR OWN SPECIAL SWEETHEART album (you even get a cover of the austin,tx punk band the big boys "sound on sound"...which can be found on the 1983 album LULLABIES HELP THE BRAIN GROW)

so if you're a fan of quicksand...guy picciotto-led fugazi (and i'm gonna say it...i actually prefer him over ian)...or anything put out on dischord post-1988...

DL: for your own special sweetheart
DL: savory +3 ep

"savory" -3.27.93 - howard johnson's - rapid city,sd

Shellac - At Action Park Demos

Label: Bootleg

Year: 1993

Instrumental demo versions of songs that would later appear on the At Action Park lp, these were recorded "live in Todd Trainers apartment". So you can pretty much ascertain what you're getting yourself into here right? I'm not the biggest Shellac fan, in fact, I would say it's my least favorite of the Steve Albini entertainment conglomerates, but that being said, it's still a good value for your entertainment dollar. That's my round-about way of saying Shellac are good if not great. And this demo session is cool for Shellac fans, but for the average citizen, you might want to hold out for a proper album. But there's been a lot of "Shellaction" (nice right, I just coined that one) on the interweb as of late, so I thought I'd add to the fury.

DL

Calvin Krime - Dress For The Future

Label: Amphetamine Reptile

Year: 1997 

There was a  request a little while ago for the Calvin Krime 7"s, which I don't have. I do have the first album though, so it's the best I can do for now. 

Calvin Krime may be best known as the launching pad for Sean Tillman who performs under the name Har Mar Superstar to the delights of ironic dudes and fat girls everywhere. But prior to that incarnation, and prior to his stint in Sean Na Na, he was playing bass and singing in the Minneapolis trio seen here. Playing a version of hardcore that owes equally to Hammerhead and Shotmaker. Know what I mean? There are some 90's emo dynamics afoot, some screaming  til your eyes bulge out,  a little keyboard diversion to break up the monotony, and some straight rocking punk. It's really a good combination, if you ever found yourself at house shows or VFW halls in the mid 90's then you can probably relate to these dudes. They can go hardcore, punk, or emoish. Much like you, they are (bi)curious.

If anyone has their 7"s available, and doesn't mind sharing... 

DL

v/a - hype! movie soundtrack

released 1996

i used to own this on vhs and would watch it religiously...and though i own it on dvd it's not the same...originally there was a "commercial" for this very soundtrack at the beginning and it was done up like one of those things you used to see late at night for some best of romantic hits collection of the (insert era here) album...you know what i'm talking about...there's a guy and a girl sitting in front of a fireplace drinking champagne and some song is being played in the background and one of them says "you know...i love this song...i just wish that i could have it so i can listen to it all the time"...and then the other person puts their glass down and says "well now you can!" through a cheesy smile and then produces the album from out of nowhere and holds it up for the camera (though in this case...the girl had a huge gap in between her front teeth)

ah...memories

and since there are probably at least 1-2 of you out there who haven't seen the movie...now you can be one step closer to it by having the soundtrack *holds it up to camera*...and now you can listen to it while you're in the shower...on your way to work...ironing your pants...or just simply swingin' on the flippity-flop

my only beef with this is that there's no melvins on it...they're in the movie for all of a few minutes with interviews and playing a bit of "night goat"...but you'd think they'd at least have a song on the soundtrack...i mean...how can you have "grunge" without those fellas?...and don't get me wrong...the fastbacks are ok...but do they really need to be on there twice?...couldn't they have at least thrown on a live version of "night goat" or "honey bucket" or something?

so quit being such a lamestain and tie that flannel around your waist and start diving off that couch (before the wife and kids come home)

1 - fastbacks - k street (live)
2 - wipers - return of the rat
3 - u-men - dig it a hole
4 - green river - swallow my pride (demo)
5 - soundgarden - nothing to say
6 - mudhoney - touch me i'm sick (live)
7 - nirvana - negative creep
8 - some velvet sidewalk - mousetrap (live)
9 - dead moon - 54/40 (live)
10 - girl trouble - my hometown
11 - tad - giant killer
12 - gas huffer - hot cakes (7" version)
13 - young fresh fellows - low beat
14 - supersuckers - i say fuck (live)
15 - 7 year bitch - knot (live)
16 - the gits - second skin (live)
17 - flop - julie francavilla (demo)
18 - posies - throwaway (live)
19 - pearl jam - not for you (live)
20 - mark lanegan - the river rise
21 - pigeonhed - fire's coming down
22 - fastbacks - just say
23 - sara debell - smells like teen spirit (muzak version)

DL: pt.1
DL: pt.2

the fluid - punch n' judy

released 1986

these boys from denver,co were clearly influenced by that motor city punk rawk sound mixed with a little bit o' the new york dolls (vocalist john robinson goes between iggy pop and david johansen)

they were the first non seattle band to get signed to sub pop (they released the band's second album CLEAR BLACK PAPER in 1988)

they also went onto record a split with nirvana in 1991

and if you've ever seen the movie HYPE!...the lead singer of the band blood circus is seen sporting one of the band's t-shirts onstage (and if you've never seen the movie...go and sit in the corner and think about what you've done)

DL: punch n' judy

the u-men - stop spinning 12"

released 1985

they helped pave the way for that thing called "grunge"

fronted by a one john bigley and his i've-had-waaaay-too-much-coffee vocals...they mixed up the dirty sound of be-bop-a-lula rockabilly with the mysterious purple velvet post punk sounds of the birthday party

best described as "swamp-o-billy"

the butthole surfers liked them so much that they titled a song after them

amphetamine reptile's own tom hazlemyer almost moved to seattle to join the band on bass after bassist jim tillman left (he did play onstage with them once opening for big black in 1987)

but you didn't come here for facts...you came for music (there are other u-men materials planted throughout this very blog as well)

DL: stop spinning 12"

baby's first enema

well...as of 3 hours and 4 minutes ago...this is SGM's first birthday

so let's take the rest of the day and take kool and the gang's advice and celebrate (it's alright)

twinks the contortionist magician clown will be stopping by later

kitchen chair wrasslin' will probably be taking place

and of course we have the infamous petting zoo out back (now with more fainting goats...winkwinknudgenudge)

and later...we'll be throwing some questionable meats on the grill

so make yourself comfortable...there's sammiches in the kitchen...a tub of nyQuil kool-aid in the bathroom...and of course midgets doused in vegetable oil dressed as pokemon characters (GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!)