It's the heart's the crazy bus driver
Last night mr_flippant and I were playing mp3 pingpong as we often do, and I didn’t listen to all of the stuff I got from him but left some on my desktop.
Today when I logged in to my account my computer decided entirely on its own that it was time to import “Bing Bang Bang Bong Kong” by Messer Chups into iTunes and immediately play it. I have no idea how this happened, since the thing started playing before I was actually all the way logged in.
Anyway I’m awake now.
My favorite insane cult from the 1980s is the CHURCH UNIVERSAL AND TRIUMPHANT, led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. Her books were in the weirdo section and I was always fascinated. There was something about St. Germain, and new Christian prophecies, and aliens, and everything.
Like everyone else they had a compound. Theirs was by Yellowstone and they stockpiled weapons waiting for the inevitable pseudo-Christian apocalyptic disaster.
Ms. Prophet had a unique preaching style, and fortunately a recording of one service at least survives. This is from my 20th birthday! Many of you will have heard one of these tracks (“invocation for Judgement”) because it’s an attack on rock music that lists a long series of popular bands in 1984 that must be destroyed, and are comically mispronounced (Cindy Looper, etc.).
Decree 12.10 is only for completists, as it’s basically 27:57 of deranged cattle auctioneer/martian hoedown/speaking in tongues. The others are great though. If you just get one, get #4, the Great Divine Rector’s Call. Please download rather than streaming, and mirror if you want to share.
http://anamericanpunkinsuburbia.blogspot.com/
Has video from New Wave Theatre and some rare punk crap, So Cal stuff mostly. Nice.
i’ve loved Annie Anxiety’s music since the 1980s. She made records with On-U-Sound that are unique, like a female dub version of Tom Waits or a reggae Diamanda Galas, but not like that really, just like her. Highly recommended. Here’s a winner of a track:
Especially for changeng, a kindred spirit for you, Dan Deacon.
http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~leak/dan-on-nbc/ is him on the TV. Wow.
Thanks, explosivo!
This is, um, insane. Um, the casiotone okay but the glasses and then the, uh, singing. Okay gonna watch it again.
Via cordiloquy: when you see this, post an anti-war song.
Richard Thompson does Phil Ochs (note, he adds lyrics):
Mix ‘n’ mash fans alert: The Kleptones have a new EP out.
The Strange Reaction mp3blog posted the tracks from Clockwork Orange County, a 1985 local bands compilation. I saw a lot of these acts at the Concert Factory etc. during my LA/OC commuter punker years. I think I know the guy on the cover, actually.
Some of the acts are familiar (D.I.) and others a bit more obscure (Love Canal).
I saw the Scarecrows do a decent cover of Joy Division’s “Shadowplay” in the basement of the Cathay de Grande in about ’85 with less than 10 people in the audience. Then they dropped their mic into the saxophone and things got ugly.
The “A Million Miles Away” mp3blog has some great Pianosaurus stuff on today’s post. Kickin’ it old school mid 1980s weirdo style.
The guy who does the excellent Vinyl Mine mp3blog has a similarly named flickr page with some great photos from the 1980s.
Gotta love this combo: Molly Ringwald on the guitar, Smiths T-shirt, and Dag Nasty shorts. That has to be around 1985-6.
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