Sunday, June 28, 2015
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Song Of The Day: Chris Hall & The Torquays-Don't Ask Me Why (Spin Records Australia 1966)
Chris Hall & The Torquays-Don't Ask Me Why (Spin Records 1966)
Cool Aussie Beat-Punk from 1966!
What Is A Brand New Lem?
This group billed themselves as 'The Sound Of Southport Connecticut.' That's former 'Hot Tubs On Wheels' salesman Joffry Ralston-Ralston on bass vibra-slap! This is an outtake from their unreleased album 'How Lame Can We Get' (which critics described as a poor man's Kinetic Sect.) Bands like Brand New Lem don't grow on trees (they grow under them!)
Ultra Cool Abandoned House-Plainfield, Connecticut
I first stumbled onto this cool old house in the Autumn of 1979. For some reason I was totally transfixed by the place. It looked like one of those old abandoned houses on the plains of Nebraska.
I took most of these photos in November of 2001. I used to hang out at this place, listening to Guided By Voices' Suitcase CD box set. Sadly, the house was bought by someone in 2003 and remodeled. I was heartbroken when I saw it, you just don't fuck with perfection!
Belding Thread Company, Grosvenordale, Coneccticut
These photos are of the Belding Thread Company on Route 12 in Grosvenordale, CT. It was one of the coolest abandoned mills in Northeast CT. Sadly, it was torn down a few years ago. I took these photos in April 2000. I think I was listening to Speed Traps For The Bee Kingdom by The Howling Wolf Orchestra at the time!
Song Of The Day: The Unrelated Segments-It's Gonna Rain (Liberty 1966)
Suburban Detroit bum trip punk ballad from 1966!
Monday, June 15, 2015
The Freaks Of Nature-People! Let's Freak Out (Island 1966)
Ex-members of Them with Kim Fowley freaking out!
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Former Connecticut Tiger Eugenio Suarez Off To Hot Start With Reds
I got to see Eugenio Suarez play every day with the Connecticut Tigers in 2011. After a few weeks I told a friend that you will be seeing Suarez in the majors one day. Suarez was called up by the Detroit Tigers in 2014 and did pretty well for a rookie on a team in a pennant race.
However, Suarez was traded to the Cincinnati Reds (with another former CT Tiger Jonathon Crawford) in the off season of 2015 for pitcher Alfredo Simon (a former Norwich Navigator.) I think this deal will come back to haunt Detroit.
Eugenio Suarez is off to a great start since being recalled by the Reds to replace the injured Zack Cozart last week.) Suarez got the game winning RBI Friday to help the Reds beat the Cubs in 10 innings. Then last night, Suarez blasted a two run homer off Cub pitcher James Russell (his first HR as a Red.)
Eugenio Suarez could really flourish as a Red, he has enough pop to hit and 15-20 homers in Cincinnati and played solid defense as well. It's a shame that Cozart went down as he was having the best year of his career. But it will give Suarez a chance to show what he can do. GO Eugenio!
Song Of The Day: Ten Years After-Portable People (1968)
A non album single by Ten Years After from 1968
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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