Algebra Suicide – Little Dead Bodies
4 Aug 2008
31 Jul 2008
The Mechanic's Guide
“Way back in about 1989 both of us were involved in Positive Force, a youth activist group based in Washington, DC. That year, Positive Force and Dischord put out a compilation CD/LP called State of the Union, which was a benefit for the Community for Creative Non-Violence Shelter. Positive Force members contributed to the LP insert, adding helpful information about simple things, like how to start a group and how to help in your community. This LP insert generated a torrent of mail to Positive Force from young people across the country who wanted to know more. That LP insert turned into a more detailed pamphlet about musical things: how to put on a concert, how to do sound, and how to put out a 7" record. Since we were hardly experts about this stuff, we asked our friend Steve Skrzyniarz to write the first version. Steve and his friend John had a small label called Leopard Gecko Records out in Tacoma, WA and had already put out, two… maybe three 7"s – far ahead of us in this record label stuff.”
“About a year later, when Simple Machines had a few 7"s under the belt, we got a call from Sassy Magazine. They had seen the pamphlet and wanted to make it the 'cool zine of the month'. After hearing from friends that we could expect up to 1000 letters from Sassy readers, we knew that we had to switch out of the xerox/stapled pamphlet version and make something that was easy to mail. We expanded the original pamphlet into a 20-page booklet, which Barefoot Press in Raleigh, NC graciously offered to print up for free. It included all the steps involved in putting out a 7" or cassette, and our friend John Henderson wrote a piece about how to put out a CD. True to what we'd heard we got about 800 letters from Sassy subsribers, all of which got a free copy of the Mechanic's Guide. After we ran out of those, we decided to update it a bit and keep it in print. We kept the Mechanic's Guide in print in four editions from about 1991–1997, with many, many insert updates in between.” Kristin & Jenny
Get it here.
Kristin Thomson and Jenny Toomey, 1991. Pic by Jim Saah
“About a year later, when Simple Machines had a few 7"s under the belt, we got a call from Sassy Magazine. They had seen the pamphlet and wanted to make it the 'cool zine of the month'. After hearing from friends that we could expect up to 1000 letters from Sassy readers, we knew that we had to switch out of the xerox/stapled pamphlet version and make something that was easy to mail. We expanded the original pamphlet into a 20-page booklet, which Barefoot Press in Raleigh, NC graciously offered to print up for free. It included all the steps involved in putting out a 7" or cassette, and our friend John Henderson wrote a piece about how to put out a CD. True to what we'd heard we got about 800 letters from Sassy subsribers, all of which got a free copy of the Mechanic's Guide. After we ran out of those, we decided to update it a bit and keep it in print. We kept the Mechanic's Guide in print in four editions from about 1991–1997, with many, many insert updates in between.” Kristin & Jenny
Get it here.
15 Jul 2008
25 Jun 2008
Andreas Dorau
Die Doraus Und Die Marinas – Blumen Und Narzissen
Der Plan & Andreas Dorau – Junger Mann
Andreas Dorau was 16 years old when he recorded his first album and made songs like these ones. Utterly brilliant!
13 Jun 2008
31 May 2008
Thrash Dumbos
Thrash Dumbos – D.U.I. documentary (Charles Montgomery "Spike" Stewart, 1987)
This is why I am in love with Youtube. If you have some info or know something about Thrash Dumbos, please let's get in touch.
20 May 2008
Fifth Column
Fifth Column – Like This (Bruce LaBruce & Fifth Column, 1990)
“We really believe that almost anyone can be in Fifth Column, and even if they weren't really musicians but had a passion for music and a sense of rhythm or something. So we always got people who played heart and soul all their lives as little kids, and then basically we would, like, reinvent music with people who were conventionally unmusical.” Caroline Azar
2 May 2008
Utreg Punx
Utreg Punx (Peter Daniëls & Buffel, 1992)
Why Utreg had so many great bands back in the day would be a really good theme to investigate and talk about. Melig stad? Nr!
Why Utreg had so many great bands back in the day would be a really good theme to investigate and talk about. Melig stad? Nr!
30 Apr 2008
The Timelords
The Timelords – Doctorin' the Tardis
“Pure, unadulterated agony… excruciating.” Melody Maker
“A rancid reworking of ancient discs.” Sounds
“An aberration.” BBC Radio 1
“It was an excuse to say a lot of things I wanted to say about how the industry worked. It was an excuse to go out and say to people all they can say to themselves: If you want to do something, go and do it! Don't wait to be asked, don't wait for a record company to come and want to sign you or a management company. Just go and do it. Also, it was saying: If you wanna have number one… you can have it. It won't make you rich, it won't make you happy, but you can have it." Bill Drummond
7 Apr 2008
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