One year of this "B" log today, guess I'm feelin' lucky, punk. Posted up the first "F"ing thing, The Fuzztone's Nine Months Later , & got a request from Nazz Nomad over at Bleedin' Out for The Fleshtones. Always try [...]
Yes!! The Fleshtones are still here and, even better than that, are still on top of their game. With a great new album ('Take A Good Look') out on Yep Roc Records, the band has been tearing up stages across the U.S.A. like no other. Forget about the fact that these guys have been doing this since 1976: The 'Tones can go up against any band, old or new and come out standing, victoriously. Although never "commercially viable", The Fleshtones are icons amongst the US rock n' roll scene. Go to any of their [...]
From Frank Castle's Guide to Shared Intimacy (a.k.a. The Punisher's Love Journal ): 1. Communication between partners is essential. 2. Try varying your foreplay routines to keep things exciting and unpredictable. 3. Always carry protection. 4. After the deed is done, indulge in [...]
Did you catch Fleshtone supporting Yo Majesty on Monday at Rotture? Well, whether you did or you didn't, take a listen to "Silver Flash," one of the group's newest tracks and transport yourself back in time and into that audience. However, if I could transport myself into the crowd of any one of their more recent shows, I'd choose to do so (by way of Southwest Airlines, of course) so I could catch the trio's set opening for Dan Deacon at the Smell in LA in late April. I'm already enamored with the venue, given its connection to my favorite [...]
[For the background on this series, see here .] The Fleshtones really weren't jangly , but they were part of the same alternative-rock scene as the jangly bands, so I'm throwing them in this series. Besides having one of the coolest names in rock, The Fleshtones were the ultimate 1980s garage rock band. They called their style "super rock," which as far as I can tell basically meant fuzz guitar, farfisa organ, and a reckless attitude. Band members define it this way: Peter Zaremba: "Super Rock [...]
Holy schnack there's a new Fleshtones ( myspace ) record. Take a Good Look! It's a blast, natch, the Queens-born band mixing jokes and rants and some matter-of-fact street balladry. Dropping wisdom, trou. In "Going Back to School" there's the wonderful "I gotta get me an edumacation/I gotta learn some final thing/And then I'll write a little poem for you." Peter Zaremba screeds in the title track about "living in the middle of a hipster overspill" and how the "tattoo-covered goateed sarcasm-wearing motherfucking friend" you're talking to [...]
It's now exactly 6 AM and I'm in the midst of another caffeine fueled all-nighter. This wasn't the plan at all; yesterday was supposed to be very organized. After what proved to be a less-than-productive Tuesday, and still having work to do, there was simply no other option that pouring down the coffee and, you know, doing it. So I did and here I am all jittery like Joe and enduring that nervous, itch-all-over feeling that comes from over-indulgence. Like a dancing goat. There's some things I need to turn you on to this week that I've [...]
These guys play party music plain and simple. Rip-roarin' 50's influenced horn-blastin' rockers. Despite never hitting the big time, The Fleshtones continue on... REASONS WHY THE FLESHTONES RULE: ?The Fleshtones debuted at CBGB on May 19, 1976 and having been playing and touring ever since. ?The Fleshtones used to share a rehearsal space with The Cramps on the Bowery in 1977. ?In the late 80s (without major-label support,The Fleshtones continued to tour America and Europe [...]
The Fleshtones will be releasing a new album on Yep Roc Records January 22. All pre-order customers will be entered into a drawing to win one of 10 autographed copies of the Fleshtones biography, SWEAT . In addition, pre-orders will come with a free vinyl 45 of "Jet Set Fleshtones" and "Le Temps Dira" - supplies are limited, so reserve your copy today! Click here to stream Take A Good Look . MP3 : The Fleshtones - "Bigger And Better"
Some Halloween fun. First a clip from my favorite kids special (better than Great Pumpkin!), Mad Monster Party: Animated Phyllis Diller isn't quite as scary as the real thing. And some appropriate songs, bookended by the almighty Fall, and probably...
FLAT DUO JETS on 'IRS The Cutting Edge' MTV 1985 Peter Zaremba takes us on a tour of Dexter Romweber's living quarters.
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. Before the internet and p2p services, unreleased albums were often the holy grail of music geeks like me. The harder I searched for these albums on bootleg vinyl or cassette, the more mythical their backstories would become. The internet has stripped some of that mystical allure from these recordings, many are available via music blogs and other outlets (my favorite being That Truncheon Thing's Classic Bootleg series). Still, I find [...]
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. Before reading Sweat: The Story of The Fleshtones, America's Garage Band I knew precious little about the band. I was aware of their 30+ years as an active band (a staggering statistic on its own) and have been blown away by their legendary live performances a couple of times, but didn't even own one of their albums. Joe Bonomo chronicles the band's history and its struggles, and portrays a [...]
I must confess I really don't understand all the goddamn love for the goddamn All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder comic series, God damn it. I can see the goddamn appeal it has to some goddamn folks as a goddamn dadaistic conceptual prank where goddamn fan-favorite creators, Frank Miller and Jim Lee, trump the expectations of the goddamn fanboys by giving them what they goddamn act like they want, but in a so goddamn over-the-top fashion that their goddamn heads explode. But, God damn it, goddamn conceptual art predicated on a goddamn gimmick doesn't goddamn [...]
I got an email from someone asking about Urgh! and I thought that in an effort to make things a bit more streamlined and easy to navigate, Id make this post which includes every single song from the Urgh! soundtrack as well as some bonus ones. I'm not the most organized person in the world, and it shows in the haphazard nature in which these tracks were originally put up. I hope this makes things a little easier for everyone. And if anyone is still looking for the long-deleted Urgh! Yahoo! Group (wow [...]
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