― Marmot (marmotwolof), Friday, 3 November 2006 22:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 3 November 2006 22:55 (seventeen years ago) link
Not defending assholes being assholes. Just in the Frogs' case, it helps to know a bit about their history.
M@tt, was Dennis mean to you after the yoga thing?
― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Friday, 3 November 2006 23:01 (seventeen years ago) link
...anyway i prolly should just shut up, maybe they are great dudes or something, i just got a sort of assholey "pro" vibe from them, might be an abberation or just me being over-sensitive...carry on!
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 3 November 2006 23:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Friday, 3 November 2006 23:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 4 November 2006 03:39 (seventeen years ago) link
I just found It's Only Right & Natural on vinyl at my store. Worth getting?
― Evan, Friday, 26 March 2010 05:10 (fourteen years ago) link
um , YES!!
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 26 March 2010 07:29 (fourteen years ago) link
seriously, grab it before someone else does..
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 26 March 2010 07:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Alright, thanks! The store-owner's ignorance is paying off. Its only within 5 - 8 dollars (forget exactly). Unless thats similar to what it goes for online... Its too early I can't remember much.
― Evan, Friday, 26 March 2010 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
You sleazy prostitute!
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 26 March 2010 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
http://cgi.ebay.com/Frogs-Its-Only-Right-and-Natural-LP-/300462655268?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item45f4f84724#ht_500wt_1154
― Evan, Sunday, 5 September 2010 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i only have Hopscotch.. "The Longing Goes Away" sounds like it could have been a huge song really, is it actually deadpan serious?
― Kim, Sunday, 5 September 2010 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Unprompted, my sister is playing Bananimals. "I'm EVIL Jack!"
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 5 September 2010 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
My Daughter the Broad rather. It's all good.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 5 September 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
WHERE'S JERRY LEWISWHEN YOU NEED THE MAN?
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
La da da daLa da da deeLa da da dum dum
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
wtf this alb is amazn.. i never knew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7LS_x_px48
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
Here comes the watermelon seed up my snoot snoutAnd that's yr asshole, your snoot snout
― Heaven knows I'm thirsty and miserable now (NickB), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 08:05 (twelve years ago) link
What the! Dennis Flemion died over the weekend!
http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/wisconsin/divers-continue-their-search-for-missing-swimmer-in-a-racine-county-lake
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
awful news!!
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
From Gerard Cosloy:
http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2012/07/09/dennis-flemion/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
this sucks.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
the news, not the frogs.
So I never told this story here but -- upthread I talk about randomly seeing them in San Diego. A few days later I was in Seattle and so donut bitch/Mackro and I went to see them again, part of the same tour. So they get to the "Hot Cock Annie" performance, which of course is the cue for them to invite an audience member onstage to sing the song if they feel so bold. First guy up is drunk as hell and nothing really happens, he just semi sings things and all. Dennis, without a missing a beat (neither did anyone else on stage, just playing along), dares the guy to drop his pants if he's not going to do anything else. So the dude turns to face him and does so. Again, without missing a beat, Dennis turns his head and scrunches up his face/sticks out his tongue in a classic "EURGH!" look, then turns back and says "That looks like something that should be at the county fair!"
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
I emailed Dennis in about 1999 (I THINK it was him and not Jimmy) just to see if he'd write back and he said something like "Write back? Send me $10 and I'll send you a live tape that will make your ass stand on end". I think I was asking them if they were ever going to come to the UK.
― Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 03:21 (eleven years ago) link
The first time my future wife and I exchanged emails in 2003, she attached an mp3 of 'Hot Cock Annie'.
RIP.
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
I spoke to one of em on the phone once. Never cared for the records.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
or the 'hilarious' gay shtick
wow, terrible news. i've actually been to that lake. RIP dude :(
― frogbs, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 05:26 (eleven years ago) link
There was certainly a stretch of my life in the late 1980′s in which you were not leaving my apartment if you hadn’t heard “I’ve Done Drugs (Out Of The Mist)” at least once. I suspect there’s others who have similar stories.
give or take two decades I hear GC loud and clear right here
RIP
― if you are a false nine don't entry (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 07:55 (eleven years ago) link
Fuck RIP Dennis
― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 08:44 (eleven years ago) link
I'm very sad to hear this news. I've always enjoyed The Frogs a lot since my copy of the Smashing Pumpkins Vieuphoria VHS led me to their twisted genius in my formative years. I was obsessed with their short segment.
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 08:50 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't quite understand what was going on in those three short minutes, but I loved it!
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 09:01 (eleven years ago) link
I am listening to the Frogs from a rehearsal tape they did for a show opening up for the Smashing Pumpkins in 1997...doing Smashing Pumpkins songs, very much in their style.
Is this findable? That sounds incredible.
I saw them only once, at a pretty weird show at that old place The Cooler in the meatpacking district. The Rapture were opening, which made for a pretty oddly mixed crowd in the heady days of 2001 or whatever
― Walter Galt, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 09:31 (eleven years ago) link
Now that I think about it, I think maybe Evan Dando came up and played as well. I can't find any record of this show online anywhere. It was really fun.
― Walter Galt, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 09:35 (eleven years ago) link
This is terrible news. I never saw them live.
― is capybara gay? (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 11:31 (eleven years ago) link
(Two separate observations, obv., just had no Frogs stories to share)
http://c438342.r42.cf2.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Frogs-e1341894202532.jpg
I had this promo shot on my wall when I lived in student residences. I feel bad for still not knowing which one Dennis is though.
― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 11:37 (eleven years ago) link
Dennis is the one on the left. Just look for the drummer, without wings, shorter than the other. He had the raspy/corrupt voice where Jimmy sings with the voice of a perverted cherub.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
I could see how the wings might hamper ones drumming what with all the flapping against the hi-hats, I really should have guessed. Thanks Ned!
― gonna send him to outer space, to hug another face (NickB), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 13:05 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fHl0bPryK8
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
Jimmy has just posted on the band's FB page.
Dennis Flemion 06/06/1955 - 07/07/2012Thank you all for your generous, kind words, thoughts and gestures. Dennis would or if you believe he is witnessing this at this moment is so grateful for the outpouring show of love and support bestowed upon him. Right now I'm thinking in my head that everyone is expecting me to say something or say it just right. The reason I have been delaying this is because I am so aware of Dennis and what he would think and how everything we did had to be the best and up to his standards and how he wanted me to be the best and I've never wanted to let him down, I always did and gave him my best and wanted to please him. So Dennis, I hope you're alright with this. Dennis was the most kind, sensitive and giving soul. He among all was unquestionably a true uncompromising artist, a visionary who instinctively understood greatness. A genius whose and art must and will be remembered. A perfectionist whose sole purpose was lasting beauty. Of everyone imaginable in this life I was given the precious gift to learn at his feet. I have to stop for a second because my hands are shaking so much as I type this and I can't see because of the tears. As my older brother, I looked up to him and followed for I was certain he knew the way. I now know that true now more than ever. In numerology we were both number 5's on the same life path, that being said, our bond can never be broken. As he taught me on this side of the veil, he now continues to teach me. He suggested I play guitar, he must have known what our destiny was. By introducing me to music, it opened up my heart, making me express myself through song and expanded my life immensely and made all the joys and wonders of this world possible. He was the leader, the manager, the booking agent, the artwork designer, the producer, a painter, a photographer, the archivist, a keyboardist, a drummer, a singer, a songwriter, an entertainer, he was everything. He was a son, a brother, a husband and a friend to all. He was a Gemini whose creativity and perpetual thoughts had no other choice but to be expressed. Everything about him was real. He always stood his ground. He protected me and looked after me. In one of our last conversations, I told him, I only want the best for you and he said he wanted the best for me. He wanted so to be accepted, to be included, to be recognized for his extraordinary talents. It was and never has been a conscious decision to be an outsider or viewed as one. He and I both knew the greatness of what we created, we didn't have to talk about it and it made him so mad that we still hadn't or haven't made it. He would go off on the people, bands, "stars" with minimal talents who had gotten their day in the sun. He would always ask God why or what do we have to do. 45 years later since the first time he played the organ in 1967, he still kept trying and never ever gave up. He was an original with a capital O. He was so passionate about life and gave everything he had to music. He was a giver who gave presents to everyone. He loved to talk and anyone who ever met him knows that he could talk their head off. He knew his faults and could easily point out other's flaws unapologetically. He didn't censor himself. He was bored with ordinary, never desired to copy anyone or be like anyone and he knew there had to be more to life than all of this. He was wise beyond belief. It gives me so much pleasure to know that in his last days that he was the happiest he had ever been in his life. He had so much pride that his 2 beautiful children had just graduated from college, our 2 albums had just come out and he was so happy spending time together going places with his wife. He once told my wife that he was the night watchman, the man in the light tower. He had to be the one who took care of everything and everyone, and he would be the last one to turn out the light. On July 3rd, a veteran from Minnesota stopped me on the street and gave me a pin of a man in a boat with a light tower no mere coincidence, it was a sign. The album titles were his. The 2 new albums release dates were pushed back time after time. He had the album titles for years. I know there is a reason for the timing that something bigger than all of us is guiding this moment. Count Yer Blessingsz, it's his message to the world. Appreciate. Dennis will always be inside me forever. It is my duty and obligation to uphold his legacy and shout it from the highest mountains how proud I am of his achievements and let the universe know how much I love him. Dennis was and wasn't complicated. He never stopped creating and there is so much more music and art that he left for us no one has ever heard or seen. Once again the timing of the 2 new albums "Count Yer Blessingsz" A.K.A. "The Sad lp". He wouldn't ever want anyone to be sad. He brought so much beauty and joy and laughter. My wish for you all is to celebrate his life and in his words, count yer blessings.Love and Blessingsz, Jimmy
Thank you all for your generous, kind words, thoughts and gestures. Dennis would or if you believe he is witnessing this at this moment is so grateful for the outpouring show of love and support bestowed upon him. Right now I'm thinking in my head that everyone is expecting me to say something or say it just right. The reason I have been delaying this is because I am so aware of Dennis and what he would think and how everything we did had to be the best and up to his standards and how he wanted me to be the best and I've never wanted to let him down, I always did and gave him my best and wanted to please him. So Dennis, I hope you're alright with this. Dennis was the most kind, sensitive and giving soul. He among all was unquestionably a true uncompromising artist, a visionary who instinctively understood greatness. A genius whose and art must and will be remembered. A perfectionist whose sole purpose was lasting beauty. Of everyone imaginable in this life I was given the precious gift to learn at his feet. I have to stop for a second because my hands are shaking so much as I type this and I can't see because of the tears. As my older brother, I looked up to him and followed for I was certain he knew the way. I now know that true now more than ever. In numerology we were both number 5's on the same life path, that being said, our bond can never be broken. As he taught me on this side of the veil, he now continues to teach me. He suggested I play guitar, he must have known what our destiny was. By introducing me to music, it opened up my heart, making me express myself through song and expanded my life immensely and made all the joys and wonders of this world possible. He was the leader, the manager, the booking agent, the artwork designer, the producer, a painter, a photographer, the archivist, a keyboardist, a drummer, a singer, a songwriter, an entertainer, he was everything. He was a son, a brother, a husband and a friend to all. He was a Gemini whose creativity and perpetual thoughts had no other choice but to be expressed. Everything about him was real. He always stood his ground. He protected me and looked after me. In one of our last conversations, I told him, I only want the best for you and he said he wanted the best for me. He wanted so to be accepted, to be included, to be recognized for his extraordinary talents. It was and never has been a conscious decision to be an outsider or viewed as one. He and I both knew the greatness of what we created, we didn't have to talk about it and it made him so mad that we still hadn't or haven't made it. He would go off on the people, bands, "stars" with minimal talents who had gotten their day in the sun. He would always ask God why or what do we have to do. 45 years later since the first time he played the organ in 1967, he still kept trying and never ever gave up. He was an original with a capital O. He was so passionate about life and gave everything he had to music. He was a giver who gave presents to everyone. He loved to talk and anyone who ever met him knows that he could talk their head off. He knew his faults and could easily point out other's flaws unapologetically. He didn't censor himself. He was bored with ordinary, never desired to copy anyone or be like anyone and he knew there had to be more to life than all of this. He was wise beyond belief. It gives me so much pleasure to know that in his last days that he was the happiest he had ever been in his life. He had so much pride that his 2 beautiful children had just graduated from college, our 2 albums had just come out and he was so happy spending time together going places with his wife. He once told my wife that he was the night watchman, the man in the light tower. He had to be the one who took care of everything and everyone, and he would be the last one to turn out the light. On July 3rd, a veteran from Minnesota stopped me on the street and gave me a pin of a man in a boat with a light tower no mere coincidence, it was a sign. The album titles were his. The 2 new albums release dates were pushed back time after time. He had the album titles for years. I know there is a reason for the timing that something bigger than all of us is guiding this moment. Count Yer Blessingsz, it's his message to the world. Appreciate. Dennis will always be inside me forever. It is my duty and obligation to uphold his legacy and shout it from the highest mountains how proud I am of his achievements and let the universe know how much I love him. Dennis was and wasn't complicated. He never stopped creating and there is so much more music and art that he left for us no one has ever heard or seen. Once again the timing of the 2 new albums "Count Yer Blessingsz" A.K.A. "The Sad lp". He wouldn't ever want anyone to be sad. He brought so much beauty and joy and laughter. My wish for you all is to celebrate his life and in his words, count yer blessings.Love and Blessingsz, Jimmy
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
;_;
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks for posting that.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
thx ned
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 10 July 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
According to Mackro, Best Show Ever has just started what is apparently a Frogs marathon tonight. Nice.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
haha, The Best Show. /pedant
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
Best of the bestingly best!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
His body was recovered last night.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 13:06 (eleven years ago) link