One more track from the garage off the (forthcoming) Where The Boys Aren't mixtape. Holly Golightly and co. may not have written "Meet Jacqueline" (that would be the Troggs), but in terms of sheer attitude and swagger their version is without question the definitive. Powered by an ever present Bo Diddley beat, the original's lyrics [...]

Prolific & eclectic Brit Holly Golightly has joined forces for the third time with one-man band Lawyer Dave (a.k.a. The Brokeoffs ) for their third outing Medicine County plugged on Beat Surrender last week , in support of their second release Dirt Don't Hurt the band put down a quartet of tracks live on WXPN back in February last year, Ms. Golightly has a phenomenal back catalogue , from her days with Medway garage punk band Thee Headcoatees through the solo albums and various colaborations there's [...]

Holly Golightly From : United Kingdom Those of you with long memories or an encyclopedic knowledge of the plethora of Billy Childish bands will know Holly Golightly as a founding member of the all girl British garage band Thee Headcoatees , a Billy Childish / [...]
Possibly the greatest song of all time. Three chords- F Bb and Eb. And the lyrics, well, they speak for themselves, don't they? - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------------------- - Yam! Bam! mon chat Splash Git sur mon lit a bouffe sa langue en buvant tout mon whisky quant a moi peu dormi, vide, brime J'ai du dormir dans la gouttiere Ou j'ai eu un flash Oooo-ooo-ooo-ooo! En quatre couleurs Allez hop! un matin Une louloute est venue chez-moi Poupee de cellophane, cheveux chinois un sparadrap, une gueule de bois a [...]

A platter of pure loveliness: (clockwise from top) Stinking Bishop, Epoisses, Chabichou de Poitou, Beenleigh Blue, 5-year gouda Last week the craving returned. I tried to resist, for the sake of both my wallet and my body. I tried manfully, but ultimately to no avail. By Friday morning I was desperate. I had to have ... CHEESE. And so round lunchtime I hopped, skipped, and jumped the few blocks from workplace to my main local dealer, Les Amis du Fromage , and dropped an [...]
First off, Threadless has lowered the price on over 140 shirts to only $9...what better time to revamp your wardrobe?? We are back with another random FFF after a few month hiatus, my vision isn't clear enough yet to write a post with much content. The Airfields "Sensitive" (Field Mice Cover) Elliott Smith "Ballad Of A Thin Man" (Bob Dylan Cover) The Flaming Lips "What A Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong Cover) Radiohead [...]
First off, Threadless has lowered the price on over 140 shirts to only $9...what better time to revamp your wardrobe?? We are back with another random FFF after a few month hiatus, my vision isn't clear enough yet to write a post with much content. The Airfields "Sensitive" (Field Mice Cover) Elliott Smith "Ballad Of A Thin Man" (Bob Dylan Cover) The Flaming Lips "What A Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong Cover) Radiohead [...]
6 Easy Pieces: Everybody's In Movies III (in 3-D) Abandoned movie palace, Middletown, CT, 1977 There Ain't No Color In My Memories (1963-1999) With The Velvet Underground, New Age. David Bowie, Cracked Actor. Lee Perry and The Upsetters, Eastwood Rides Again. Madness, Michael Caine. Yo La Tengo, Tom Courtenay (Georgia Version). Serge Gainsbourg, Initials B.B. The Go-Betweens, Lee Remick. The
Getting this in just under the um...wire. It's been kicking around in zeros and ones for a few weeks, so if you've heard it already, then here, listen to it again because it is worth the repeat listening that I've been giving it. Wire are gearing up for their 47th release, it's a [...]

Today I come to you, Dearest Friends, with a request to do some good by helping someone else to do good. To generate karma, or mindful action. To do the right thing. I'm sure y'all will rise to the occasion... One of our Vancouver friends, Dearest Michelle, is preparing to run her first full marathon: the the San Francisco Nike Women's Marathon in October of this year. Her primary motivation for doing such a daft thing is to raise money for the Canadian chapter of the The Leukemia & Lymphoma [...]

After listening to Thee Headcoatees' cover of Plastic Bertrand 's smash Ça Plane Pour Moi I thought: did more girls cover this? Yes, they did. Take leatherclad Swiss girlband Tears. Or pophiphop-star Leila K. Or German rockers Paula (ofcourse, we know leadsinger Elke Brauweiler from her solo-project). But the boys are present too, as are a bunch of pinguins. If you check Allmusic.com , you'll find even more versions (anybody has the versions by Aluminum Babe? Annie Dufresne? Or the Spanish version by Manic Hispanic?). Bring 'm on! I will play a few no doubt this Saturday @ [...]

Nanduloc ! I said Nanduloc !! Dearest Friends, you may recall from a post or so ago that of late I've been doing battle with rats in our garage. Yes, to date three big, grey rodents have fallen prey to The Trap, thanks to their fondness for peanut butter. So you can guess what I surmised when tonight I heard much banging and clattering in the building out back. Armed with a big stick, I gingerly opened the door... But this time no rodentia [...]

(The Death Set and Japanther performing at Shangri La in Brooklyn, more photos here ) Shopping for presents sucks. Spending time with good friends is awesome. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ MP3: This is kind of interesting. A holiday song sung to the exact same tune as a band's popular hit. Kind of a cover of sort, and a genius way to make an Xmas that song people will like. • Thee Headcoatees - Santa Claus [...]
(Deel 259 hiero ) Thee Headcoatees/Thee Headcoats - Headcoat Girl/Lakota Woman label: Damaged Goods jaar: 1992 kant a: Thee Headcoatees - Headcoat Girl kant b: Thee Headcoats - Lakota Woman www.myspace.com/theeheadcoatee s Thee Headcoatees - Fish Pie label: Sympathy for the Record Industry [...]
Song: Young Blood Artist: Thee Headcoats Album: Beached Earls Comments: Song: Young Blood Artist: Thee Headcoatees Album: Sisters of Suave Comments: Winner: Thee Headcoatees (c) 2006 Rinjo Njori

Dearest Friends, I'm so happy! What a story I have for you! But it's not really mine to tell. And you may already have heard about it over at Dearest Vinyl Villain's . So if you have, hold on to that warm, fuzzy feeling and feel free to skip on down to the celebratory tunes below. So, that story. It's about e-boy meets e-girl in Blogtopia, then real boy meets real girl, in Utopia. Only with the Isle of Man standing in as proxy for Utopia. It's got everything: tea, twee, goth, and, erm, (sea) froth. And [...]

Sadly Postpunkjunk.com bit the internet dust the other day. A google cache of their page states that their own hosting company shut down their site due to the load it was putting on the servers! Wow. Glad no one reads missingtoof. :) PPJ says they will soon be reincarnated in a new form. We all await that day. No one could ever replace the great resource that Postpunkjunk.com was, but here's some Post Punk Classics to hold you over until their return. Delta 5 - [...]

Marketing directors a douche bags. Sometimes a company will hire a semi-cool agency who will know a tad about music & cast a Modest Mouse song in a minivan commercial. Or enlist Midwest Product for a Hummer advertisement. Yesterday I saw a smart phone commercial featuring MSTRKRFT's version of Death From Above 1979's 'Sexy Results'. Kudos to them for having good taste. However for the most part marketing companies pick a horrible, horrible pop song to back the horrible, horrible products they are pitching. Or instead of opting to pay a reasonable amount [...]

I grow old. . . I grow old. . . I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. -- T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Dearest Friends, today was my birthday. And though I am that little bit older, I [...]
That's Black La Belle, for cats in the know.So. Have I been reduced to posting silly little trifles here at the Mountain for the Holidays? Have we completely lost our rockers, and any credibility we never had in the first place with this month-long foray into Holiday nonsense? You bet your sweet ass. It's an absurd season, but we like shiny lights and aluminum things. Tell you what. I'll be