― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 14 February 2005 14:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Monday, 14 February 2005 17:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Monday, 14 February 2005 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link
The Howling Hex featuring Neil Michael Hagerty, "All Night Fox" (Drag City) -- Once upon a time, not so long ago, they were called Neil Michael Hagerty and the Howling Hex. The new incarnation of the band, however, has apparently grown up enough to stand on its own. The Howling Hex, now "featuring Neil Michael Hagerty," continues its rock 'n' roll onslaught with "All Night Fox," a welcome addition to the Drag City discography.
"All Night Fox" is a mess of sloppy sounds that are continually scooped into a listenable form by Hagerty and crew. By far the best album from the group under the Howling Hex name, "All Night Fox" sounds a little old, a little new and a whole lot awesome.
The best improvement is the addition of female vocals, supplied by Lynn Madison, who also plays drums, and July McClure, who plays bass guitar. The female vocals add a sexiness to the music that compliments Hagerty's hard-hitting, drier vocals. Peter Denton supplies a tight rhythm guitar that holds it all together. It's rock music done in the best fashion: loud, raucous and over far too soon, leaving you wanting more.
It looks like this may be a cd only release, by the way...
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 21:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 21:42 (nineteen years ago) link
That it is. I saw it in two stores last week and was told that same thing, so I didn't buy it. I have four HH LPs, I'm not switching formats for another.
― Vic Funk, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 23:17 (nineteen years ago) link
(ps Mike - the Dredd Foole album on Ecstatic Yod)
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 01:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Friday, 25 February 2005 18:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Friday, 25 February 2005 18:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Friday, 25 February 2005 18:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Saturday, 26 February 2005 01:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Saturday, 26 February 2005 02:17 (nineteen years ago) link
Speaking of DC and weird practices, anybody know why they recalled the Bastro releases? DC's just reissued a shitload of Louisville/Grubbs material (the two Squirrel Bait records, a bunch of Gastr Del Sol stuff, a bunch of Dexter's Cigar stuff, the first King Kong single), but these Bastro albums which they'd been declaring for months would be reissued suddenly aren't.
― Vic Funk, Saturday, 26 February 2005 02:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 26 February 2005 03:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Also conclusively demonstrates what a flimsy piece of shit that RTX album was/is.
― Yoluka, Saturday, 26 February 2005 07:39 (nineteen years ago) link
I express the skepticism.
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 26 February 2005 07:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 26 February 2005 08:00 (nineteen years ago) link
(and I am a total Beefheart freek-a-zoid)
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 26 February 2005 08:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Yoluka, Saturday, 26 February 2005 08:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 17:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link
And Roger, yes, Superwolf is on vinyl.It includes a little card extolling the virtues of cannabis vs. drink by Paul Bowles:“Cannabis sativa and its derivatives are strictly prohibited in Turkey, and the natural correlative of this prescription is that alcohol, far from being frowned upon as it is in other Moslem lands, is freely drunk; being a government monopoly it can be bought at any cigarette counter. This fact is no mere detail; it is of primary social importance, since the psychological effects of the two substances are diametrically opposed to each other. Alcohol blurs the personality by loosening inhibitions. The drinker feels, temporarily at least, a sense of participation. Cannabis abolishes no inhibitions; on the contrary, it reinforces them, pushes the individual further back into the recesses of his own isolated personality, pledging him to contemplation and inaction. It is to be expected that there should be a close relationship between the culture of a given society and the means used by its members to achieve release and euphoria. For Judaism and Christianity the means has always been alcohol; for Islam it has been hashish. The first is dynamic in its effects, the other static. If a nation wishes, however mistakenly, to Westernize itself, first let it give up hashish. The rest will follow, more or less as a matter of course. Conversely, in a Western country, if a whole segment of the population desires, for reasons of protest, to isolate itself in a radical fashion from the society around it, the quickest and surest way is for it to replace alcohol with cannabis.”
as well as a liner note dedication by Oldham to "the Sween-dog" that made me laugh out loud. The picture of Will and Matt on the back cover rules as well.
And yes, I'll buy the all-Night Fox cd, and supplement it with the lp if it ever does surface.(Sweet 16 was never issued on vinyl - the only other Hagerty recording given the same treatment (not counting 'Corpse Love')?)
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 17:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 17:53 (nineteen years ago) link
Or: any chance at all of snagging the LPs on SSK?
― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 1 April 2005 01:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Thursday, 28 April 2005 09:25 (nineteen years ago) link
Have you gotten your email blast from iTunes yet? If not, then let us break the news — there’s an exclusive online-only track from The Howling Hex ready for download now! “Sick and Old” is the name — but make no mistake, it’s for the young at heart as well as the sick and old. A song for everyone, could it be true? If it’s coming from The Howling Hex, anything could be true. Neil and co. are capable of anything — and they got the vision to try, too.
Speaking of The Howling Hex, this iTunes exclusive track is a precursor to the next phase — a phase involving more music, a film and even some live shows! It’s only been a few months since the release of the New Border classic, All-Night Fox, but already The Howling Hex are moving on. And why shouldn’t they? Life is short and inspiration is in ample supply. So before the end of the year, look for an all-new Howling Hex album, a DVD package and the wildest concerts you’ve attended in years. The Howling Hex is now a double-digit entity, with a full complement of musicians, actors and artists coming and going under the conductor’s wand of Neil Michael Hagerty.
We’ll have more news on the latest moves of The Howling Hex as soon as their carrier pigeon returns with the details. Stay tuned —
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Friday, 3 June 2005 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Friday, 3 June 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― roger, Monday, 20 June 2005 09:10 (eighteen years ago) link
THis is from the Royal Trux yah00 group:The show: When I entered the theatre (evidently the audience was prohibited at thattime), a woman, who I assume is Neil's wife, had taken control of the staff and players in the lighting configuration, stage set-up, so forth. When the configuration was complete, she disappeared, only to re-emerge (to my knowledge) at the end of the set. She had a very hands-off, distanced approach as in "I'll take care of these socialnegotiations and leave the rest to Neil." ~5'6", brunette, old-hipster vibe, drank a bit.Her affect reminded me heavily of Kelly. "I'm free for this moment."
Watched the opening band. Recorded one song. (I did not realize the members would later back up Hagerty). Short set.
HHex: 7-piece band. Hagerty, Mike Saenz, Dan Sylvester, and four players from The Theater Fire. No female vocalists! (Is Hagerty afraid of putting his wife, if she is indeed his wife and one of the vocalists, in the public eye?) Neil performed all of the vocals, save for occasional accompaniment. He would sing, then proceed to duck and conceal himself behind a monitor that he had draped with a painted gunnysack. I thought he was quite successful in his vocal execution, though I have yet to fully grasp the meaning of this act.
The band performed as a looped video was projected behind them. (I assume this will appear on the forthcoming DVD.) The band performed all songs on ANF, 60m set.The theatre was half full, ~60 people
I have 3m of "beautiful boy" (Allyssa) footage of images projected in sequence on Hagerty's face. The fire of a baked-bean can set ablaze.
____
Intellectually I understood that the project known of Royal Trux had reached an end (at least through the participation of N&J), but the woman's presence and the full band really cemented that fact.
More later.
http://theaterfire.com/albums/NewMexico/acq.sized.jpg(note wedding band. This photo is from the theaterfire.com site.)
― Mike Dixon, Saturday, 16 July 2005 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 16 July 2005 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link
Neil was very accepting of circumstance, not feeling the need to police the quality of playing. (Though he did make the comment, "I can't afford daycare" which was either a slight against the band and/or a preface to "What, Man? Who Are You?!"). The band performed songs 1-6, 8 from ANF in that order ("Cast Aside the False" being a bit personal?). They sang about 70% of the lyrics of each song.
Stereo(?) stage set-up:Stage left: drummer (Sylvester), guitaristStage center: Neil, bassist, trumpet playerStage right: drummer, guitarist (Saenz), pedal steel player(? - my memory)
It took about 25m to achieve a fuller sound. Neil stretched the structure/pacing of the songs very harshly through his actions/antics.
― Mike2, Sunday, 7 August 2005 16:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Outsider Enter Port City (sexyDancer), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Thursday, 25 August 2005 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link
I YSIed the three vinyl-only deals in the Royal Trux thread.
Neil's blog is pretty confounding: http://hhex.blogspot.com/
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Devil Made Me Do It, Sunday, 11 September 2005 01:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Saturday, 1 October 2005 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Saturday, 1 October 2005 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Saturday, 1 October 2005 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― jon dale, Saturday, 1 October 2005 23:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link
nope, the keyboard player did previously play with smog and bright eyes tho.
i could be wrong but i don't think anyone who played these shows (the sax player matt bauder and the bassist josh abrams are the only ones i knew) played on the albums.
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― God Body, Wednesday, 12 October 2005 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― George, Friday, 21 October 2005 06:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Monday, 24 October 2005 14:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 24 October 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 24 October 2005 14:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Monday, 24 October 2005 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Guess MP3s will be available on 4/17: https://store.fatpossum.com/products/knuckleball-express
― morrisp, Thursday, 2 April 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-howling-hex-knuckleball-express/
“'Lies,' the most immediate yet least satisfying track on Knuckleball Express, is a slice of heads-down Southern boogie"
I dare anyone to find anything remotely "southern" or "boogie" about that track
Dear Pitchfork: please stop writing about rock music
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 20 April 2020 11:36 (four years ago) link
Jeez - no kidding
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Monday, 20 April 2020 13:29 (four years ago) link
I think I will wait to listen to this until I can listen to it “for real.”
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Monday, 20 April 2020 13:36 (four years ago) link
Is there going to be a "for real"? Even on Fat Possum's website, the only option is mp3 download - is this even getting a physical release?
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 20 April 2020 15:12 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I dunno, it’s not looking good :/
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Monday, 20 April 2020 15:19 (four years ago) link
are pressing plants even open?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 20 April 2020 15:38 (four years ago) link
It'll be a shame if this doesn't get an actual physical release because it's really good (and despite what the Pitchfork review says, none of it sounds like fucking Belle & Sebastian, jesus christ). Some of it actually reminds me of some of Westerberg's low-stakes solo stuff, which I wasn't expecting
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 20 April 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
Hagerty’s records are difficult to review; I’m not sure I’ve ever read a review that made me think, “Yeah, this gets it.” A lot of them tend to fall back on the usual RTX/drug/etc. references (though, to be fair, so do the press releases).
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Monday, 20 April 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
Also, I’m glad Howling Hex albums are still getting reviewed at all. The Trux reunion may have been short-lived, but seems like it probably did “boost interest” a lil’ bit?
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Monday, 20 April 2020 18:05 (four years ago) link
the new one makes me think of cate le bon a bit, in terms of song structure/melodies. obviously the influence probably runs the other way.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 14:53 (four years ago) link
gave it a couple listens yesterday and thought it was really strong, I think I like it a lot
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
Finagled some headphones, listening now... sounds great!
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Friday, 24 April 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
I think these songs are the most “mainstream” he’s ever done, and it’s really working for me
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Friday, 24 April 2020 19:59 (four years ago) link
"If you wanna die / believe in lies" : anthem for the Lysol Injecting Era
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Saturday, 25 April 2020 00:15 (four years ago) link
"Heavy Curtains" is the closest thing to a Trux song that he's ever recorded on his own.
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 04:24 (four years ago) link
Some... interesting remarks from Neil in this Patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/story-of-broken-36841876
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Friday, 8 May 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
Any summary? It appears only patrons can view it.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 8 May 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
Oh, sorry, I thought the pages were public:
"Story of A Broken Heart" by The Howling HexThis is from a bootleg rough mix that someone gave back to me from the rehearsals for my last record. There is no rights owner, I am not the rights owner of this. It's just one of those things everyone tapes on their quality recording devices at rehearsal. This is the end riff for 'Share a Name'-- a song on the last chance, last call, last album I make for crackers ever. They had a portland boy mix the studio recordings to clean it up and remove the forbidden from it for their "audience". I want showcase the two guitar thing I was trying to work up that wasn't allowed to happen as evidence. This band was shot in the heart and you are to blame.NMH: guitars, synthsNicole Lawrence: guitar (the clean leads throughout)AS on the official release, ethan and ken are the rhythm section, bass/drums. They were locals I could find but they are moving on to other things since they both do serious music not rock and roll. There are no good white rock and roll musicians in Denver, unless someone from elsewhere who just lives here and doesn't work in town. Ken & the Big E helped out but they do not want any part of what I do for a living. They have lives like me.Personal Note: If you dispute my claims, you are in luck because duel-ing between white people is BACK so knives at the appointed hour in CHESS-MAN PARK. That's the new name of that park full of graves, not the stupid one you use---> because american cheese is disgusting.ps: the howling hex is wrecked and is retired/done as a name, I am sad I sacrificed such a good name that some dope picked from a list of 10 I made up for a she·nan·i·gans cracker OP but that's how much I cared about them, got to give people a chance to not believe in lies just 1 time, right. AT least in baseball, anyway.
This is from a bootleg rough mix that someone gave back to me from the rehearsals for my last record. There is no rights owner, I am not the rights owner of this. It's just one of those things everyone tapes on their quality recording devices at rehearsal.
This is the end riff for 'Share a Name'-- a song on the last chance, last call, last album I make for crackers ever. They had a portland boy mix the studio recordings to clean it up and remove the forbidden from it for their "audience". I want showcase the two guitar thing I was trying to work up that wasn't allowed to happen as evidence. This band was shot in the heart and you are to blame.
NMH: guitars, synths
Nicole Lawrence: guitar (the clean leads throughout)
AS on the official release, ethan and ken are the rhythm section, bass/drums. They were locals I could find but they are moving on to other things since they both do serious music not rock and roll. There are no good white rock and roll musicians in Denver, unless someone from elsewhere who just lives here and doesn't work in town. Ken & the Big E helped out but they do not want any part of what I do for a living. They have lives like me.
Personal Note: If you dispute my claims, you are in luck because duel-ing between white people is BACK so knives at the appointed hour in CHESS-MAN PARK. That's the new name of that park full of graves, not the stupid one you use---> because american cheese is disgusting.
ps: the howling hex is wrecked and is retired/done as a name, I am sad I sacrificed such a good name that some dope picked from a list of 10 I made up for a she·nan·i·gans cracker OP but that's how much I cared about them, got to give people a chance to not believe in lies just 1 time, right. AT least in baseball, anyway.
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Friday, 8 May 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
(it's a nice jam; almost Pavement-y, I guess. I don't know what to make of the comments, tho he's been getting elliptically soapbox-y on recent posts.)
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Friday, 8 May 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
<em>last album I make for crackers ever</em>
― Mike Dixn, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
^^ At first, I read "crackers" as "peanuts", but now I think he means it in the racial/ethnic connotation. I think I posted in the Royal Trux thread that I hoped Neil wasn't biting the hand or whatever regarding 'who the fuck but Drag City would put out Howling Hex records". The answer apparently is 'not anybody, actually'.I pay for the Patreon, and kinda felt like it was a ripoff, but Neil seems to put stuff up in chunks. Last week he posted a few musical pieces, a one act play, a self-help coloring book, a harsh assessment of The Wire, and some state of the Hex updates. Worth it, imo.
― Mike Dixn, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
and *at first* kinda felt like..**Actually** worth it.
― Mike Dixn, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 21:25 (four years ago) link
FYI for those who aren't Mike: Neil's little essay on The Wire -- the acclaimed TV show, not the magazine -- also featured very pointed digs at white people.
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
(He also recently suggested that a motivated fan might want to update his Wikipedia page.)
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 21:27 (four years ago) link
The one-act play basically reads like an extension of the little skits in the You Can’t Beat Tomorrow DVD (though it’s very up-to-the-minute; involves “Covid-90”).
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link
Soon as I get some income again, I'll subscribe. NMH is prob the one living *celebrity* I'd most want to meet
― doktor forstus (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 01:34 (four years ago) link
He just uploaded a track labeled - "Return of The Rusted Sled" by The Vicksburg Occupation
New band name(?)
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 04:43 (four years ago) link
Looks like he's used the name for something: https://vicksburgoccupation.yolasite.com/
(that site's metadata includes a ref. to "www.denverbrunchgamesco.com")
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 04:45 (four years ago) link
It's really something -- this increasingly baroque insularity ("the howling hex is wrecked and is retired/done as a name"), blended with fresh stabs at outreach (the Patreon; "I noticed the wiki looked thin (no surprise) so if anyone wants to fuck around with it, say whatever you want. Just spell my name right...").
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 05:03 (four years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/pnfWQbT/Screenshot-20200514-060417-Patreon.jpg
― Mike Dixn, Thursday, 14 May 2020 11:06 (four years ago) link
Remember when he sprays the phone in that longform RTX video? Dude was ahead of his time.
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Thursday, 14 May 2020 14:36 (four years ago) link
His twitter is chockablock with the most random, inscrutable musings. Like reading replies to questions that you never got to hear from someone else's conversation. I sometimes worry about Ol' Hag.
― InternationalWaters, Thursday, 14 May 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
Nahh NMH is as usual using the message to skewer the medium
― doktor forstus (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 15 May 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
neutral milk hotel rules at twitter, are you kidding me? if you can make a twit like "beisbol is the sport not crakerball [cannon v hammer, 1817]" and have it not have any hearts, comments, or recycles at all, yet still maintain 2K+ followers, then you're playing games and you're winning
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 15 May 2020 03:29 (four years ago) link
Aesthetically, I feel like The Best Of was already sort of the “final” Howling Hex album, bookending the project that began with All Night Fox. Denver felt like something different — it didn’t really feature the New Border Sound any longer (of course, Neil hasn’t lived near the border for years now anyway). The new album is, similarly, a return to more straightforward rock ‘n roll (though you could point out that XI also fit that description, and you’d be right).Neil has also slowed down, output-wise, which adds to the sense that the old throughline has fallen away. His concerns seem more local and specific now (though no less idiosyncratic) — he’s getting older, we all are.
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Friday, 15 May 2020 11:48 (four years ago) link
Lol @ "recycles"
― doktor forstus (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 18 May 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
Neil Hagerty
May 18 at 5:20am
Unlocked
BEISBOL
**working out some place sketches & maybe have an origin story [not wholly fact] by Tuesday
BEISBOL USA
The game many of us grew up playing [& it is a game a person can play into their 80s] was known as “Beisbol”— I learned it in southern california, southeastern atlantic coast, Florida, urban townhouse suburb areas, military housing areas, public schools, central summer league. It differs from Cracker Ball (steam hammer versus electric torpedo) in a few general, gentle ways.
For example:
1 Ball is used for the entire 9 inning game. Ties stand. Ranking by pts.
2 pitching changes per team.
2 non-injury substitutes. Subs cannot be removed once placed, barring injury.
Advancing as a runner from bases may only occur with the standing runner(s) beginning the play with 2 feet touching the bag.
No steals or other between-pitch live ball action.
The outfield wall is deep, 450ft. minimum recommended. Home runs are rare.
Pitching mound and home plate are the standard distance.
The typical backstop should be close to the plate and rounded. Passed balls &c. advance runners 1 base and then are dead balls.
Balk rules are loose.
Infield fly = strike (incl. 3rd.)
Double if ball passes wall NOT on fly.
Foul balls are strikes, even 3rd strike.
Most the rules of Base-Ball are intact if not mentioned.
― Mike Dixn, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 01:31 (four years ago) link
If you want to die, believe in lies.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 01:36 (four years ago) link
I was listening to a Silver Jews live 7” from a rate early gig, I guess it was some sort of Drag City showcase. Berman says something along the lines of “before the gig we were playing monopoly with Royal Trux, and they had an interesting strategy. They bought Baltic Avenue, put one house on it and quit.”.
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 02:03 (four years ago) link
In the Patreon, Neil shared a pretty heavy story about his childhood, and how the incident shaped his character. I guess I won’t repost it here (even though he gave his blessing to the sharing of audio files and stuff), out of an abundance of caution.
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Thursday, 21 May 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
Oh snap — his latest upload (from “the cassette vault”) is a 1986 track from the mythic Jet Boys of N.W.!
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Saturday, 30 May 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
(...sorry, Jet Boyz)
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Saturday, 30 May 2020 21:58 (four years ago) link
(...) I must now go all the way back to the first band I had back in DC, Jet Boyz of NW— the band that I put on hold so I could do 1 tour and 1 record with another band— but one thing after another and now it’s decades later. The band name comes from a NY Dolls song with our local info attached; it was a great name because crackers would think it was some “gay” thing when to others it was a dig at private school kids. And everyone always finds it easy to dismiss and gain pleasure from dismissing “rock and roll” so it was a very uncool name, lots to clown with.In Denver I LIVE in NW so it all fits, and the same kind of folks still plague me personally and professionally— so the mission is ongoing. We will see what the future brings. My only other next move after PATREON is playing on the street, if the city has a system to let musicians do that. If that happens I’ll be painting the Jet Boyz logo on a guitar and getting out there, hopefully get a band together that way. After all the false starts and dead enders I can finally get back to where I started and do it right. (...)
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:14 (three years ago) link
Cross-ref from the RTX thread:
(....)1 year ago, after they torpedoed the trux thing fat possum came back and said they'd let me do a record to come out in the fall of ’19 and they would back the record up with tour support and so on. They buried the record this may I think and still owe me 17K in unpaid invoices for travel, show expenses, sessions, musicians, artwork. The publishing company offered me 0$ for it. That’s 0$ I came away with for all the songs I wrote for the trux record and the solo record.This is the work that I do and I don’t get to choose the 2 bosses who i work for but if things go bad they blame the musicians & listeners have no sympathy. Things get contorted. All I know is to stay on the path my father set me on, keep working to get very good at a few things, don't listen to white lies, you can't go wrong with a song-- no one else ever had better advice for me.
This is the work that I do and I don’t get to choose the 2 bosses who i work for but if things go bad they blame the musicians & listeners have no sympathy. Things get contorted.
All I know is to stay on the path my father set me on, keep working to get very good at a few things, don't listen to white lies, you can't go wrong with a song-- no one else ever had better advice for me.
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Friday, 12 June 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
A friend had an extra copy of the Hagerty-Toth record that he gave to me this weekend and totally killed me. Singing a little wonky in a few spots, but awesome guitar and fun grooves.
― Mom jokes are his way of showing affection (to your mom) (PBKR), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 01:10 (three years ago) link
^I was just thinking about that record the other day - would like to revisit it...
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link