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!
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