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May 14, 2021: Incredibly Strange Music Vol. 2 - Chapter 1: Jello Biafra pt. 36 pg. 48 (Jello & Paul Major pt. 1 : Do-It-Yourself Records aka Private Press)
Episode art by Michael Brunelle.
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Peter Grudzien | Broken Bottle Glass Sidewalks | The Unicorn | MP3 | This 1974 LP by Peter Grudzien ...is a psychedelic equivalent to Hasil Adkins in terms of his story, the number of songs he's written and his completely out-there angle on life in general -" - Jello | 0:00:38 (Pop-up) | |
Peter Grudzien | Queen Of All The Blue-Eyed | The Unicorn | MP3 | "I'd call it a low-fi basement Donovan from the Twilight Zone. He had titles like "Broken Bottle Glass Sidewalks," "Queen of All the Bule-Eyed," and "Satan's Horn" -" - Jello | 0:02:17 (Pop-up) | |
Peter Grudzien | Satan's Horn | The Unicorn | MP3 | "Catholic religious themes, Gregorian chants, and early experimentation with sound effects. The whole LP sounds like madhouse hillbilly from the Twilight Zone." - Major | 0:05:01 (Pop-up) | |
Frances Cannon | Come Step Thru Space | The Singing Psychic | LP | (Featured album cover on the top of page 49) | 0:05:28 (Pop-up) | |
(Bonus Track) Frances Cannon | The Spaceships Have Landed | Music From Canonville (A Brand New Sound) | LP | (From her 1st LP ) - Your DJ | 0:09:09 (Pop-up) | |
Nicodemus | The Word of Parrot | What For? | CD | "My runaway favorite space-folk artist is a Detroit-area biker named Nicodemus, who uses a lot of hand percussion--" - Jello "Played by his brother "Matchez, the Congo Kid." - Major | 0:11:28 (Pop-up) | |
Nicodemus | Heads and Brains | What For? | CD | "He has four albums (now more) featuring very aggressive acoustic guitar-playing--driving and hypnotic--and an instantly recognizable voice that'll send chills down your spine. The music is like Ennio Morricone Western soundtracks plus and American Indian folk music influence." - Jello | 0:14:13 (Pop-up) | |
Nicodemus | Rubber Spiders | What For? | CD | "Again, he has a very weird outlook on life, with song titles like "The Word of Parrot," "Heads and Brains," "Rubber Spiders," and "Long Finger of Flaw." Later he had a rainbow tattoed on his forehead. He has gravestones and sinister-looking artworks displayed in his apartment." - Jello | 0:22:40 (Pop-up) | |
Nicodemus | Long Finger of the Flaw | What for? | CD | "It's easier to get your record together if you don't have a band and are a one-of-a-kind folksinger." - Major | 0:27:09 (Pop-up) | |
Rin Eric | The Soundtrack to The Movie In Your Mind/Montana D' Anjo | The Soundtrack to The Movie In Your Mind | LP | "This brings us to the mysterious Rin Eric album which I found in Denver. This could be the only copy; it's a white-label test pressing with a magic-marker cover: "The Soundtrack to The Movie In Your Mind." This came with a 50-page booklet, and the first song has lines like "That Chevrolet is a molecule/The smog above, pavement below." The over-the-top melancholy refrain goes, "I found my double/You've popped my bubble." - Paul Major "The booklet contains page after page of xeroxed calligraphy, strange drawings (which would have a psychiatrist calling the police in a matter of minutes), plus lyrics like "Every time I see you our souls lock/Sometimes in the tick of tock." Heavy man..." - Jello | 0:29:13 (Pop-up) | |
Kenneth Higney | No Heavy Trucking | Attic Demonstration | LP | "...Kenneth Higney. His music is disjointed, sinister and negative, yet he seriously expected Nashville to buy his songs. He doesn't seem to like getting parking tickets: "No heavy trucking, no heavy parking fines/I've got a gallon left in my metal tank, I can't go anywhere/my windows are closing/my fuel lines are frozen/I guess I'll sleep right here."- Paul Major | 0:35:29 (Pop-up) | |
(Bonus Track) Kenneth Higney | Funky Kinky | 45RPM Single | MP3 | (Introduced to me by the Friendly Persuasion Show. ) - Your D.J. | 0:37:29 (Pop-up) | |
Mike Walter | Mr. Pruitt's Apple Farm | Mr. Pruitt's Apple Farm | LP | "There's many more regional records like this one: Mike Walker (actually spelled Walter), from Eastern Washington, around Yakima (same town as the Cops, Ltd. record) is trying to be straight country-rock, but something else comes through, especially on the opening track, "Mr. Pruitt's Apple Farm." - Paul Major "Folk and country lyrics are supposed to be heavy, bare-your-soul hard truths. But when some of these people try for a Dylan, Ochs or Guthrie anthem, things like this happen: "Have you ever worked in an apple orchard/and thought you were tortured/because of the blisters on your hand?/Man, you got to make a stand: 'Sorry Mr Pruitt but I ain't gonna do it today/I'm sick and tired of being wired to the basket on my shoulder/I'm gettin' much older'/hey hey, got to get away from Mr Pruitt's apple farm." - Jello | 0:42:52 (Pop-up) | |
(Bonus Track) Mike Walter | Miller Park | Mr. Pruitt's Apple Farm | LP | (Another track from this LP that I like a lot.) - Your D.J. | 0:45:52 (Pop-up) | |
Hyde | Standing In the Crowd | Hyde | MP3 | "The next example is when someone like this blunders onto a major label- Canadian, in this case. HYDE (the cover shows his weathered-looking face) writes passionate lyrics like, "If there's ladies in the park who'll attack you when it's dark, you got troubles, man." The liners notes say, "This is an artist of dedication with the scars to prove it. Think about your own dreams and what you're on to as you listen..." - Paul Major | 0:49:35 (Pop-up) | |
Warren Zevon | Wanted Dead Or Alive | Wanted Dead or Alive | MP3 | "Another semi-acoustic album with twisted lyrics is the first (disavowed) album by Warren Zevon, Wanted Dead or Alive -- the only record officially dedicated to Kim Fowley." - Jello | 0:52:19 (Pop-up) | |
Orville Andrews | A Ranger's Life | The Songs of Ranger Andy | LP | (Featured album cover on the bottom of pg. 49) | 0:55:02 (Pop-up) | |
Eugene DeLuca | Discover Each Other | Discover Each Other | LP | "In a thrift store I found this album by Eugene DeLuca of Philadelphia; there's no cover and it may have been one of those records made by studio hacks who, for a fee, advertise to "set your lyrics to music" and record them. The titles include "Boink-I'm a Lover" [pretty catchy], "Interspace Man," "Candy and Vintage Wine," and "Twilight Zone." - Paul Major (This record is near impossible to find, and there is no audio from it online. Instead I'm playing from one of DeLuca's later records, where he was experimenting with electronic music. I read that he ran a shoe store and was shot by someone robbing the joint."- Your DJ | 0:56:03 (Pop-up) | |
Johnny Arcesi (Arcesia) | BUTTERFLY MIND | Reachin' | LP | "On another topic, the ultimate "Lounge Lizard Gone Wrong" award would probably go to Johnny Arcesi--" - Jello "He started in the '40's as a big band singer on the East Coast." - Paul Major (This song was requested by my wife Valerie.) -- Your D.J. | 0:58:23 (Pop-up) | |
Johnny Arcesi (Arcesia) | White Panther | Reachin' | MP3 | PM: "...Then he went to San Francisco and Los Angeles in the late '60's, took a lot of acid and when he was 52 years old made an astonishing album titled Reachin' that's full of Twilight Zone '50's weird lyrics, psychedelic Doors and Blue Cheer-type music, fuzz basses that sound like rubber bands, rain effects--" Jello: "All topped off by booming operatic lounge singer vocals that absolutely do not fit at all--" PM: "--In a "bust a blood vessel" style of delivery." | 1:01:14 (Pop-up) | |
Johnny Arcesi (Arcesia) | Mechanical Doll | Reachin' | LP | "One song details an angel lifting its wing and gassing everyone in the room! I probably wouldn't have gotten the album if his style hadn't alienated the previous owner." - Paul Major | 1:03:59 (Pop-up) | |
The Shaggs | My Pal Foot Foot | Philosophy of the World | LP | "...What happens when stage parents force their children into a recording studio and force them to produce a record? The most famous example is the Shaggs album by the three Wiggin sisters. They barely had command of their instruments, yet their father took them into a studio, and the result was classics like "My Pal Foot Foot." - Jello (The rounder LP re-issue) | 1:05:45 (Pop-up) | |
Half Japanese | Postcard From Far Away | YouTube audio | MP3 | "The Shaggs are cited as a primary influence on "Half Japanese." - Jello | 1:08:29 (Pop-up) | |
Junior and His Soulettes | Thing, Do the Creep | Psychodelic Sounds | MP3 | "A far more obscure album from Oklahoma is Junior & His Soulettes's Psychodelic Sounds - the Shaggs of Soul! "The oldest member of the band is Harold Moore Jr, age ten - he's quite a guitar player. Venita Marie plays keyboards, Denise Moore plays drums, and Jacqueline (age six) plays "waw-waw ogan," and is also the organist of the group - she began playing at the age of three." - Jello | 1:11:43 (Pop-up) | |
Junior and His Soulettes | Momma Love Tequilla | Psychodelic Sounds | MP3 | Jello: "Song titles include "Thing, Do the Creep," "Momma, Love Tequilla," and even "Pimp." PM: "The song Mama, Love Tequilla" apparently was about their own mom - the uncle took care of the kids." | 1:14:30 (Pop-up) | |
Junior and His Soulettes | Pimp | Psychodelic Sounds | MP3 | Jello: "The music sounds like uptown soul played on toy instruments--" PM: "But very competently. Actually, it sounds like strip-joint go-go organ music; one organ has a wah-wah, and every song is played in the key of C so they don't make mistakes -- they sound like they've been playing clubs for 40 years! Their uncle recorded the album in his garage. which was full of puppet theater props, stolen phone booths, mad scientist lab equipment, etc." - Paul Major | 1:17:53 (Pop-up) | |
Junior and His Soulettes | Rock 'n Roll Santa | Psychodelic Sounds | MP3 | "Another great song is "Rock'n'Roll Santa." Most of the albums were shrink-wrapped on a relative's meat-packing machine; as a result the vinyl is usually melted. When my friends met the uncle, he answered the door wearing a sock with two buttons on it over one hand and asked, "You wanna meet my snake?" - Paul Major | 1:20:09 (Pop-up) | |
Yays & Nays | Nature is My Mother | Yays & Nays | LP | "Here's the Yea's (actually spelled Yays) and Nay's album from New Jersey: three guys and three women in a war-between the sexes concept album." ...Some songs are great full-on '60's punk, while the girls' songs are more hokey "put your daughter in front of a microphone and see what happens-" - Jello "--real sincere prom dress music." - Paul Major (This is the LP re-issue) | 1:23:45 (Pop-up) | |
J Ann C Trio | Hey Bo Diddley | At the Tan-Tar-A | LP | "Here's the J Ann C Trio At the Tan-Tar-A (a resort in the Ozarks, Missouri). "J" is shown with a bass guitar; she has a voluptuous body in a tight dress and spiked glitter heels, and the dummer looks old enough to be her father-- he's sitting in a semi-lotus position with a snare drum." They do great versions of "Hey Bo Diddley," rockabilly songs, and an original called "Voodoo Doll" with a hypnotic torch voice on top---" - Jello | 1:27:15 (Pop-up) | |
J Ann C Trio | Voodoo Doll | At the Tan-Tar-A | MP3 | 1:28:57 (Pop-up) | ||
J Ann C Trio | Tunnel of Love | At the Tan-Tar-A | LP | "--that's surf-psychedelic. They cover "Funnel of Love" by Wanda Jackson, and do a nice version of "Night Train." - Paul Major | 1:30:47 (Pop-up) | |
J Ann C Trio | Night Train | At the Tan-Tar-A | MP3 | 1:32:52 (Pop-up) | ||
Rick Saucedo | Reality | Heaven Was Blue | CD | "Here's a record by Rick Saucedo, "Heaven Was Blue," which sounds like the psychedelic side of the Byrds. On the back cover he thanks his dog "Satan" for backup vocals! Today he's an Elvis impersonator who won't acknowledge his past; I know someone who sent him $400 for a whole-sale quantity of records and he just kept the money." - Paul Major (another song request by my wife)- Your D.J. | 1:36:02 (Pop-up) | |
Artie Barsamian And His Orchestra | The Seventh Vail | The Seventh Vail | LP | (Featured record cover on top of pg. 51) | 1:40:20 (Pop-up) | |
The Muzzy Band | Introduction/I've Got The Music In Me | How Was It? Live Album | LP | B: "On to The Muzzy Band---" PM: "--featuring a greasy Jersey hipster comedian with longish hair who played bars like The Playpen, The Jolly Smuggler, and The Headliner where a lot of albums were recorded. The vocalist, Rose Marie, blows everyone out of the water with her drunken scat-singing. The double-necked guitar-player tells the most insulting ethnic jokes imaginable. In New Jersey, Italian comedians over Godfather-type music are a whole sub-genre." | 1:43:30 (Pop-up) | |
Tangela Tricoli | Stinky Poodle | Jet Lady | LP | "Now we come to a record by a Singing Flight Attendant (!) in L.A.: Tangela Tricoli, Jet Lady. One of her songs is called "Stinky Poodle" - Paul Major | 1:51:18 (Pop-up) | |
Tangela Tricoli | Space Woman | Jet Lady | MP3 | "...another is "Space Woman." She's posed seductively on her Jaguar, which has a "Jet Lady" license plate, and her singing is spectacularly off - as if Wanda Jackson had turned into Mrs Miller." - Paul Major | 1:53:51 (Pop-up) | |
South Side Senior High School | The Wishbone/Hide Your Love/Augurs Of Spring... | Context 70 - (South Side Senior High School, Rockville Centre, Long Island) | LP | "Even high school talent show records occasionally provide something eye-opening, like a great garage tune. Here's Context '70 from Queens, New York, with contributions from various high schools. I especially liked the spoken word poem by Marjory Rudman: "Seagulls walking down the beach explore the sands for remnants of a Saturday morning/One with horrifying screech lands on the Boardwalk rail above a bench sitting woman/She, astonishingly, takes the seagull by his flimsy legs and salts him and eats him...a pitying bystander begs her to stop her eating/She wipes her mouth pleasurably and points to the bath-house roof/A safe falls and kills him." - Paul Major | 1:56:27 (Pop-up) | |
Thanks Otis :) | 2:01:34 (Pop-up) |
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