The “Cheap Talk Chat Trick” run by Ken Mills who does the PodKISSt podcast invited me to talk about my favorite Cheap Trick album. Yeah it is.

Here is a link to listen.
iTunes Yes, it’s in the PodKISSt feed. November, 3 2013 is the date.

ROCK AND/OR ROLL 020 – HEAVY SEVENTIES PART 2

BJ and Fistful of Dave are back to share with you 30 carefully selected songs by some of the lesser-known purveyors of seventies rock at its heaviest.

Beyond my blathering the Rock and/or Roll podcast is great.

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Hear is what we blab about and play:

1. THE MOVE – BRONTOSAURUS
2. HAYSTACKS BALBOA – THE CHILDREN OF HEAVEN
3. SIR LORD BALTIMORE – PUMPED UP
4. BANG – LIONS, CHRISTIANS
5. DUST – LOVE ME HARD
6. TOAD – STAY
7. JERUSALEM – PRIMITIVE MAN
8. CAPTAIN BEYOND – FROZEN OVER
9. BARNSTORM – TURN TO STONE
10. SILVERHEAD – ACE SUPREME
11. HIGHWAY ROBBERY – FIFTEEN
12. TIGER B. SMITH – TIGER ROCK
13. THREE MAN ARMY – WHAT’S YOUR NAME
14. PENTAGRAM – FOREVER MY QUEEN
15. GRANICUS – BAD TALK
16. TEAR GAS – I’M GLAD
17. SENSATIONAL ALEX HAREY BAND – VAMBO
18. BUDGIE – HAMMER AND TONGS
19. KING CRIMSON – RED
20. GOOD RATS – FIREBALL EXPRESS
21. HAWKWIND – MOTORHEAD
22. PINK FAIRIES – CITY KIDS
23. ARMAGEDDON – PATHS AND PLANES AND FUTURE GAINS
24. CAIN – QUEEN OF THE NIGHT
25. STARZ – OVER AND OVER
26. MOXY – THROUGH THE STORM
27. TRUTH AND JANEY – THE LIGHT
28. TASTE – TEENAGE ANTHEM
29. PAT TRAVERS – HAMMERHEAD
30. ROSE TATTOO – ROCK N’ ROLL OUTLAW

In the Quietus’ “Bakers Dozen” today, Zola Jesus give her top 13 records. Now this has nothing to do with Zola Jesus as she actually likes the music but when the reason someone is known for pissing themselves on stage leads me to question the quality of the music.

This is about a musician. I take that back about the her being a musician, she is a performance artist.

I understand trying to get a reaction from people through art. Many people do this under the guise of being experimental or pushing the boundaries. Often the shock or presentation is the art not the music. Music is just a vessel for the performance piece. Performance art is on the same level as someone who is looking for attention. They may have something they are “saying” but more often than not it is attention for them. With absolutely no substance or craft. Ideas that a just poorly executed using extremities as cover for lack of quality.

Can’t stop listening to this. Take Dinosaur Jr or Sebadoh and mash in some doom metal and some drone.

Had no idea of the “guests” on this album when I first heard it. It actually does it a disservice as this album stands on its own. Oh you want to know the guests?

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my friends Lou Barlow, Murph, Dale Crover, Bobb Bruno, Chad Matheny, Steve Patrick, Bonnie Mercer, Pete Lyman, Toshi Kasai and also to my two favourite Davids in the whole world.. David Lynch and David Yow for the beautiful artwork. – Dumb Numbers Website

This has what I love in music, the beautiful mashed with heavy or ugly.

I couldn’t agree more with this. Quit trying to recreate a place that will never exist again.

There seem to be two fundamental tendencies in music today: On the one hand, a move towards complete virtualisation, where tracks and albums are merely released as digital files. And, on the other, an even closer union between music, artwork, packaging and physical presentation. Where do you stand between these poles?

All music is virtual. It simply moves air and it matters not how that happens. The digital versus analogue debate is totally pointless. Believe me, you can make soulless sounding crap records with either medium. Recording techniques are simply tools and nothing more. I can work with whatever is in front of me and be just as happy with the result. All the techno music from the 80’s was recorded to analogue and it all sounds like crap, case closed.

Packaging is cool in a lot of ways. I believe a move towards something a little more human in that department is desirable to SOME people, but that will be a small number. Most people will never care about such things and I have no interest in trying to make them care. I don’t have the energy for that argument with music fans. You can lead a horse to water so to speak. The main and most important thing is the music which is basically free on the internet. I see a not-too-distant future where music is free for the taking and if you want something beyond that it will have to be cool and you are going to have to pay for it. That’s just how it is.

The Internet Genie is out of the bottle and it ain’t going back. The music industry as you ever knew it to be is OVER, get used to it. For those people who want the music to be free AND don’t want to pay extra for something cool, we don’t make cool stuff for the likes of YOU. Just be happy the music is free! Isn’t that enough? What more do you want? How many records do you imagine I will make that lose me money? I promise it will be less than two…

From Fifteen Questions. Read the entire article here.