Speaking of Jim Shephard. Anyone know who ran Ropeburn or what happened to that label?
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:15 (twenty years ago) link
It's a Rex Garvin & The Mighty Gravers cover.
Yo La Tengo recorded their version backed by The Pussywillows (April March's old band).
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:20 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:21 (twenty years ago) link
I knew the guy -- Doug Zimmerman was his name. He was a clerk at a record store in South Bend adjacent to the Notre Dame campus called Tracks. In the late '80s/early '90s he and his father opened what is now a small chain of huge record stores in the SB area called Orbit Music, and I think that's what took over his life, along with having a family. I think there was a second release on the label but I'm drawing a blank right now.
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Friday, 26 March 2004 20:20 (twenty years ago) link
Another question: what was the connection (if any) to Public Pop Can? That Halo Of Flies album is a fine, fine thing.
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 26 March 2004 20:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Friday, 26 March 2004 20:23 (twenty years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 26 March 2004 20:23 (twenty years ago) link
God how could I forget that Renderers CD?? Baked Bean Teeth you should punch me the next time I see you. That's a great record.
Didn't Byron have some involvement w/ Pubic Pop Can?
Re: TL's writing - Siltbreeze itself actually started out as a fanzine. Anybody ever read it? I think a friend of mine had a couple copies but I can't remember anything about it.
― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 26 March 2004 20:32 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 26 March 2004 20:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 26 March 2004 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Friday, 26 March 2004 20:57 (twenty years ago) link
here's a pretty decent disco graphy:
http://gravediggervideo.com/siltbreeze.html
m.
― msp, Friday, 26 March 2004 21:35 (twenty years ago) link
Rob, I have a few issues of Siltbreeze sitting in my 'zine boxes in the basement. My most vivid memories of these are the naked black chicks on the front, and an Amphetamine Reptile ad that displayed an impressive anger toward Mike McGonigal.
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:42 (twenty years ago) link
Sam Esh was cool too! What are yall crazy??!?
If i had to 'destroy' any, I'd say that Alan Licht LP is a real snoozer, and the Ashtrav Nav LP was not Phil's best. Ashtabula blah (tho all Fieldhands = classic). Other than that, though, Dead C, Tower Recordings, Shadow Ring...c'mon!!! Those are some of the best bands ever!!
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:43 (twenty years ago) link
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:48 (twenty years ago) link
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Friday, 26 March 2004 23:40 (twenty years ago) link
What exactly was with all the McGonigal haters back in those days? I seem to remember Albini being snarky towards him in FE for some reason (it was pretty hard to get a handle on US fanzine politics from where I was sat). Chemical Imbalance turned me on to a big bunch of amazing things - Slovenly, Mofungo, Ut and I don't know what. Oh and loads of books and comics and stuff. Gorgeous artwork too.
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 26 March 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Friday, 26 March 2004 23:50 (twenty years ago) link
Dunno what was up with the FE/CI beef. Narcissism of small differences? Yetimike himself was posting here for a few weeks, but he seems to have disappeared lately. Good autobiographical piece by him here:
http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0052/arts-mcgonigal.shtml
― Broheems (diamond), Saturday, 27 March 2004 00:13 (twenty years ago) link
"In the limited "black bag" edition of Big Black's infamous Headache record, underground guru/scribe Byron Coley wrote a short story in which a character named Mike McGonigal is birthed through the butt of the barber from Mayberry: "There's an art fag sticking out of your keister." This is, in retrospect, the highest compliment I have ever been paid. My agenda was far more gay-, art-, and women-friendly than the prevailing coolster ethos of the day. "
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 27 March 2004 00:20 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 27 March 2004 00:26 (twenty years ago) link
― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 27 March 2004 00:40 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Saturday, 27 March 2004 00:53 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 27 March 2004 01:02 (twenty years ago) link
Also great memories of the Siltbreeze fest at Khyber... Slave Apartments, Screaming MeeMees, GBV played and all these drunken bighaired Philly club peops spilled into the Khyber just hopping from bar to bar just as Harry Pussy came on. Weird crowds at shows in Philly, which made shows like this even more fun.
― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Saturday, 27 March 2004 06:20 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 20:15 (twenty years ago) link
i think it has more to do with tom wanting to explore his cooking more professionally. im serious! he's just as good at making food as he is putting out awesome records.
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:15 (twenty years ago) link
oh and btw, 3 beads of sweat are still stocking a bit of the old stiltbreeze catelogue, now that they've gone belly up.. the renderers next album is gonna be on that apparently..
― chris andrews (fraew), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:23 (twenty years ago) link
(x-post)
― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:25 (twenty years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:27 (twenty years ago) link
..im actually putting on a gig here in christchurch, new zealand with both the renderers and the terminals this friday (hamish kilgours even making a guest appearance with an acoustic set!), i feel like a big name promotor..
― chris andrews (fraew), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:38 (twenty years ago) link
OK, maybe not.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:40 (twenty years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:48 (twenty years ago) link
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 22:33 (twenty years ago) link
* not to be confused with cherry coke!.
** all fingers were pointed at me, but i had nothing to do with it. however, i thought it was awesome and hilarious.
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 22:38 (twenty years ago) link
Whatever happened to Mac?
I'm happy to see Chris's Renderers love - they are indeed great. Brian is an awesome guitarist. I really need to hear his solo album.
― Broheems (diamond), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 22:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Jeff Sumner (Jeff Sumner), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 23:23 (twenty years ago) link
actually, that's his second solo album; the first is "bathysphere" and it was on metonymic. just to be anal. it's really good, has some stuff in the more terminals/rock style (including a song that is a re-done scorched earth policy number), some quiet downer tunes. little bit of noise. i definitely need to hear "bible black" but it doesn't seem like anyone's distributing it in the US.
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 23:28 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 23:31 (twenty years ago) link
bible black is basically the renderers under a different name, but just brian fronting. its very good, very minimal - find the song 'baby doll' to get a taster, has this great mellow rambling conversation going until BAM! brian hits you with a giant WALL of guitar..
maryrose is putting out an album herself too, apparently its going to be 'maryrose crook and the renderers', whilst brian's third solo album is maybe closer to bathysphere - i.e. in the more 'experimental' vein..
― chris andrews (fraew), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 23:55 (twenty years ago) link
― chris andrews (fraew), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 23:58 (twenty years ago) link
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 03:25 (twenty years ago) link
that one took a while for me too.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 07:46 (twenty years ago) link
xo
― i4n j0hnson, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 16:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 16:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 16:56 (twenty years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:50 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt Melnicki, Friday, 30 July 2004 15:20 (nineteen years ago) link
nice, thank you
― Takeshi Kitteno (admrl), Friday, 23 September 2011 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
wow that's great... only heard of like 15 of those bands!
kind of a sleeper rather than a LOL but think this would be a good ILM board descrip
― 347.239.9791 stench hotline (schlump), Saturday, 24 September 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
this guy has the best taste in music & the best record collection ever
― flopson, Saturday, 24 September 2011 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
o ya and the best record label
― flopson, Saturday, 24 September 2011 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
he's a good cook too!
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 24 September 2011 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
Ha I've only heard a few of those as well. I've got that Radio Free Europe single but that's about it. Would like to hear that mix, is it live or can you download it?
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 24 September 2011 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
punk, sheesh. imo siltbreeze was a better label before the re-boot, when they released more abstract and psychedelic music. but srsly i have no room for complaint--put out records by pretty much all my fave bands of the nineties.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 24 September 2011 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
The kitchens floor album they're putting out next week is a corker
― manatee is forever (electricsound), Saturday, 24 September 2011 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
oh, i'd be psyched to hear that. i liked their first record.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Saturday, 24 September 2011 03:44 (twelve years ago) link
ian i think you would like this radio set, its not _that_ punk really
― flopson, Saturday, 24 September 2011 08:40 (twelve years ago) link
I am enjoying the Circle Pit album way too much.
Also there's a new Mount Carmel?
― Big Drug Dan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 3 March 2012 07:06 (twelve years ago) link
Mount Carmel release is solid.
― winnebago taco, Saturday, 3 March 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Guy who runs this label is a dick.
But: Beyond The Implode 7" by a continent.
― Lil' Kim Philby (Call the Cops), Sunday, 4 March 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
why do you say that?
― flopson, Sunday, 4 March 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
actually he's super cool and friendly
― Stormy Davis, Sunday, 4 March 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
Dunno a lot about him, but I used to enjoy reading his record reviews in Opprobrium zine.
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Sunday, 4 March 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
does he write siltblog? i've always wondered about that
― flopson, Sunday, 4 March 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently so! Haven't actually seen that blog until now.
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Sunday, 4 March 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
it's really good, really crazy writing style. think i've bought like everything recommended on it since i've started reading
― flopson, Monday, 5 March 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
Bruise Constellation? Or is there something new?
― dmr, Monday, 5 March 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
must be the old one as the new CP will be on hardly art
― some crap (electricsound), Monday, 5 March 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
==NEXT UP==
50 Skidillion Watts Best Of Lists.
― heavymeddle, Monday, 5 March 2012 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
Bruise Constellation?
That's the one. I'm always behind with this label! Can't wait to hear the new CP.
― Big Drug Dan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 07:25 (twelve years ago) link
rest in peace malcolm "mac" sutherland, tom's 2nd in command, and the heart and soul of 90's siltbreeze action. i saw him almost every day in the 90's and he always made me smile. he was funny and cranky and one of a kind. i worked right below siltbreeze HQ for years and i always liked getting a visit from mac or his roommate ellen. troo philly peeps!
― scott seward, Saturday, 26 January 2013 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
Tom Lax paying his annual visit to Briant Turner's show on WFMU, currently in progress until 3 PM EST:
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/57032
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
a great volume of excellent releases have come out on this label in the last yr or so
https://siltbreeze.bandcamp.com/
― Hinklepicker, Monday, 25 September 2023 20:16 (seven months ago) link
^ they're selling a reissue of the second mahogany brain record for $13 !
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 04:47 (seven months ago) link
holy shit @ the yuzo iwata record
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 04:57 (seven months ago) link
used to have all those axemen lps. good band
― flopson, Thursday, 28 September 2023 03:26 (seven months ago) link