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Vinyl and Technology

I love to hear a record playing. The enjoyment of pulling a record out of its sleeve, laying the needle down, the full rich sound that follows, the cover itself usually a work of musical art. I also love how I can hear virtually anything I want or can imagine through a Denon X5200 reciever via Internet radio, Bluetooth, Sirius, media server, Pandora or Spotify. I love the technology. It’s endless fun. Love my records too though. Love it all.

3 main areas.

Living room system: Denon reciever, 2 zones. Main zone 2 tower speakers, 2 in ceiling speakers. Zone 2, 5 in ceiling/wall speakers – 2 guest bedroom, 2 house office room, 1 bathroom. 2 outdoor speakers on back deck. 2 vintage round speakers in office/shed. All sets with volume controls. Sony Blu-Ray player with streaming video, old Panasonic laserdisc player, PS3, Amazon Fire tv. Reciever has sirius, Pandora, Spotify, Internet radio, and media server connectivity.

Master bedroom system: Denon receiver, 2 zones. Main zone, bi-wired tower speakers. Zone 2, 6 outdoor speakers. 2 under deck, 2 on side yard, 2 towers in office/shed. All sets with volume controls. Apple TV, Rega turntable, PS3, Olive Musica 500 gb hard drive for music also media server connectivity.

Office/shed system. Denon receiver. Cassette deck. Dvd/cd player media streamer, turntable. 2 tower speakers.

Guest bedroom also has Amazon Fire tv with 32 inch white tv.

Gramaphone vertical turntable. Third man records turntable. Marshall Bluetooth speaker. Amazon Echo. Nest thermostat. Phillips Hue bulbs in master bedroom, guest bath and lamps in living room with 3 hue taps. Ring doorbell.

Iggy and The Stooges – Ready to Die LP

The Stooges fifth official album released in 2013. This may not be the best Stooges album but it’s a damn good album in general. Call it an Iggy project if you must get past it as a Stooges release. Great songs on this one. “Job” has great lyrics that will make you smile every time you hear it. “Gun” rings true with its words. The title track is awesome. I have many favorites on this one. Gun, Job, Unfreindly world, Ready to Die, DD’s and Beat that guy. More than enough reason to own this great record. Every song is memorable and worthy. Iggy and the Stooges sound great. Perhaps different than Raw Power but certainly different in a good, moving forward way.

Pain sucks

The last 3 nights have been not good for me. Afternoon starts with pain coming on in my back that only seems to increase as the night goes on. My usual dose ain’t cutting it. Late at night I’ve had to double up to get any releif. This morning I feel pretty good. No pain. Mornings have been my favorite for a while now but now more than ever I like the morning. Coffee, a smoke, some internet radio, the dogs, a record, and a fire always feels good.

Today I see the doctor. It’s going to be all about pain management. No more chemo for me. If I can get a handle on this pain I will be good.

Sami Yaffa reached out in response to my tweet to him about the Michael Monroe show in Sellersville PA and said he would hook me up. Feb 16th is the show. Waiting to hear from the venue for front row seats. We’ll see.

Pussy Galore – Dial “M” for Motherfucker LP

Yesterday ended up another crappy day for me. Lots of pain that only increased as the day went on. I layed on the pain pills later in the evening and after a hot shower finally got some relief. Woke up a little sore but better this morning. Hope it’s better today

Pussy Galore was the beginning of the John Spencer Blues Explosion. Spencer and band cranked out punk rock noise like no other. No bass player. Loud. In your face. Some songs are a hard listen and others are brilliant. I like this album the best. Dick Johnson and Understand Me are my favorites on this disc. Punk Rock noise at its finest. Influenced a shit load of bands. Pretty sure this is a re-issue.

Sometimes a BMF’r needs a little lip gloss

I wasn’t feeling to whippy today when I got back from doing some work today. My best buddy and princess decided I needed some lip gloss and a necklace to make me pretty. Made me feel better anyway. LoL. Then she brought me her stuffed bear for me to snuggle while I rested. Sweet girl

Pain, Life, Death, Living

I know there is shit going on inside of me that I have no control over. That being said and known, I feel like I always did and do. My brain has changed in the way I look at everyday things but I’m still the same guy I was before some asshole told me I have cancer. The pain in my back and stomach remind me daily that I have cancer but if not for that I wouldn’t know/think about it, I wish I wouldn’t think about it and in general I don’t but it’s inevitable that I do. I mostly wonder what is next. Each day seems about the same as far as pain goes so if that doesn’t change I think that’s just how it will be from here on out and if that were the case I can deal with that. I sometimes have to puke these thoughts out to get to the other side. My honey is my root, my girl, my life that keeps me pushing forward mentally. That love is so fucking good and strong. Nothing else like it. Our life together is the best thing this life of mine has known and I am a lucky mother fucker to have that and known, felt and been in. The love of my life. No words can ever describe it but we know it, we feel it, we live it. The best.

Anyway, I don’t feel like I’m gonna die. I feel alive, sharp and my mind is better knowing this fucked up thing is in me. Weird. It takes something like this to open your brain into something that that is a better way of processing and now it’s only for a limited time? Fuck that. I am living. Living till I die. Oh wait, I’m not special. Everyone is doing that except I have a slightly better odds of knowledge of my approximate time left. I’m gonna use it god dammit.

Sid Vicious – Love Kills NYC LP

Pressed in Belgium, this lp contains the songs Sid did on his own after the Pistols imploded. Most of these tracks are from Max’s Kansas City where Sid played several gigs before overdosing.

Not sure if this was actually released as a sort of casting call for the movie but it likely is just another bootleg capitalizing on the ‘Sid moment’ at the time.

Rollins Band – Life Time LP

Great Sunday morning. Coffee and cigarettes and Henry Rollins just go together.

Henry Rollins first solo album after leaving Black Flag. This is an intense record. It was produced by Ian Mackaye of Minor Threat fame and Dischord records. Him and Henry were childhood friends as well. The cd contained some live songs and it was reissued with a few variations of tracks but this is n original Texas Hotel press on cheap vinyl. The cover has a flimsy feel to it too. The music was recorded in the UK in ’87 and released the same year.

You want to hear some INTENSITY? Check out the tune “Gun in mouth blues”. A hard listen that after hearing you will find you are grinding your teeth (insert your nervous habit here) and exclaiming to yourself or outloud how fucked up/good that was.

The Faith Healers – Camera Psyche Soul Head – Orange Vinyl

The Faith Healers are partially responsible for changing my entire world of music appreciation. Original, loud, fun, punk, rock and roll at its purest form. You can read more about our meeting and time here.

This orange slab of vinyl was and is a prized piece of my library. While I lost my original copy, luckily I found a fan out there probably as much of a fanatic as myself who was kind enough to send me this copy a few years ago. Thanks Phillip.

All six tracks were live staples and one song, “Black Elks Bones” made in onto a CMJ new artists issue and disc. (I’m pretty sure this is the song but I could be mistaken). My favorite song is Batman/Jesus. Such a great strange and trippy song full of power.

Wade Ogle, lead singer and guitar is still releasing music and owns a record store in Fayetteville. He recently added some classic Faith Healers and Dali Automatic songs to his Bandcamp page. I’m not sure what Brian (bass) or Paul (drums) are up to. After the Faith Healers, they formed Dali Automatic and added Dave on guitar. As a 3 piece they were amazing but with the addition of Dave they were full on fucking amazing. Great memories of going to their shows, attending practice, hanging out, getting into mischief and life long friendships.

I have recently reconnected with Dave, the amazing, blazin’ guitar player and hope he will add some of his thoughts and memories to this. Some of my recollections are probably a little off too and perhaps he can help straighten those out. Dave was the Faith Healers roadie and then became the guitar player for Dali Automatic……right?

Richie Stotts – Richie Stotts limited edition 100 copies LP

Richie Stotts – Richie Stotts limited edition 100 copies LP – Hand signed – Spattered paint cover

Now we’re talkin’ some really cool awesome obscure shit! This is limited to 100 copies, all individually hand signed and hand splattered painted covers. This is probably the only one of a kind record I own. Truly only one copy like this one. After signing each cover, slapping a back sticker on the back of the cover, Richie went to the roof of his apartment and spattered each cover with red paint. 100 copies of this lp exist and each one is unique and different. I bought this directly from Richie in 2002 via his website. It contains songs Richie had on cassettes he had recorded but never released that had been in a box in his apartment. The rest of the songs are from his band King Flux, the group he formed right after the Plasmatics. Richie is an amazing guitar player and his 6’7″ frame with his Mohawk proved to be a crowd pleaser in live shows. He is known for his Flying V guitar, blue Mohawk, nurses uniform and wild style of guitar. King Flux has two of Tommy Hilfiger’s brothers and Marky Ramone on drums.

In that box of tapes also laid the song “Rock and Roll is the answer”, written by Richie and Joey Ramone! He later re-recorded the song with Joeys brother basically creating a new song around Joeys vocals.

I love this record because it is very special. Very personal and something you won’t find in any record bin at even the best rare record stores or even online. Cool cover of “C’mon Everybody” by Eddie Cochran.