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peanut butter conspiracy were great, stormy! primo west coast pop psych with gorgeous harmonies and awesome playing.

you need more tuna than that too! all the early stuff is great. the live stuff is great as well. electric, acoustic, i like it all.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:27 (twenty years ago)

ugh. more bad revisionism.

no revisionism, just a preference.

― danielle the animal steel (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:29 (twenty years ago)

i never really liked JA that much.

― gear (gear), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:31 (twenty years ago)

it's cool that people love baxter's/volunteers so much... i've listened to both more than a few times and it all just sounds kinda cluttered and unmusical to me. i'm a poppist though, so of course i think surrealistic is fabulous.

― danielle the animal steel (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:31 (twenty years ago)

It's not bad revisionism. Peanut Butter Conspiracy were a more dynamic band - probably better players on the whole. They had a better singer. The Airplane were more countercultural and I like 'em OK, but I don't think there's any denying that they could be a little dumb and a little dull.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:32 (twenty years ago)

do you have the great society stuff, jody?

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:35 (twenty years ago)

no, i know i should.

― danielle the animal steel (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:35 (twenty years ago)

yeah, I need to hear Peanut Butter Conspiracy again... never owned any albums. I remember listening to them at the college radio station when I was there, and just thinking sort of 'eh' ... but that was probably 10 years ago. I will seek out!

but I do love JA. and believe me, I used to hate them too. With a passion! but I dunno, one day it just clicked with me. I guess when I learned to listen to the musicianship a little better ... Jorma, Jack, yes .. really phenomenal. I mean ... "Bear Melt"? more like "FACE MELT"!!! and I got over my Grace hate. now I'm a Grace luvver! she was crazy and insane and great.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:37 (twenty years ago)

and yeah, they were totally goofy, politically and otherwise -- that's definitely part of the attraction.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:39 (twenty years ago)

but we all love marty singing "miracles", right?

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:41 (twenty years ago)

i love grace in the background of "miracles". so dreamy.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:42 (twenty years ago)

Honestly, I think the PBC albums are maybe a little patchy (a while since I've listened to them all the way through), but they have moments of awesomeness that you hear and you think, "This cuts the Airplane."

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:44 (twenty years ago)

Maybe the second album is stronger as a whole?

I've got this old compilation album called First Vibration from 1969 that was put out by some organization called The Do It Now Foundation. It's got this weird anti-speed painting on the cover and an anti-speed message on the back and it's got "Aritificial Energy" by the Byrds on it and "Amphetamine Annie" by Canned Heat and "The Pusher" by Hoyt Axton. Anyway, it's got this Peanut Butter Conspiracy track on it called "Roses Gone" which is not on either of the first two PBC albums and it's GORGEOUS.

Sandy Robinson was like this fifties, Connie Francis or something type holdover singing for a psych band.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 16 January 2006 04:56 (twenty years ago)

Scott,

What do you think of Nasdijj?

Mahalo,
Steve Shasta

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 18:37 (twenty years ago)

hey scott,
if i told you this band sounded like "a vintage touch & go band with elements of east bay ray and the misfits" would you be interested?
best,
ian

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 18:41 (twenty years ago)

Scott,
What do you think of Nasdijj?

Mahalo,
Steve Shasta

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 26 January 2006 19:11 (twenty years ago)

Scott,

How can I grow up to be like you?

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Thursday, 26 January 2006 19:26 (twenty years ago)

"What do you think of Nasdijj?"

i have one of those books! i've never read it though. i'll have to read that article.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 26 January 2006 19:32 (twenty years ago)

"a vintage touch & go band with elements of east bay ray and the misfits"

hmmm, maybe.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 26 January 2006 19:34 (twenty years ago)

"How can I grow up to be like you?"

i have no idea. i wouldn't recommend it. i lucked out. i have a lot to be thankful for, and i basically spent most of my adult life working shitty jobs, masturbating, drinking, and listening to lots of records. not exactly a recipe for success. the love of a good man/woman can go a long way.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 26 January 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

I have a good woman. A really good one.

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Thursday, 26 January 2006 19:38 (twenty years ago)

Cool!

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 26 January 2006 19:46 (twenty years ago)

i kinda dig it. more than the actual album even. the actual album is okay too when the band gets going, but Hnk3 isn't the grandest of songwriters around. i'm assuming he wrote most of them. but the waterfall/henhouse/sound fx/phone message disc is a hoot.

-- scott seward (skotro...), February 1st, 2006 10:02 AM. (scott seward) (later)

Answers

I love you, Scott.
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), February 1st, 2006 10:05 AM. (Ned) (later)

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Thursday, 2 February 2006 03:10 (twenty years ago)

Ned loves me.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 February 2006 03:17 (twenty years ago)

He's sweet like that. You're sweet too, Stormy. Don't get me wrong. You're practically a candied apple, you're so sweet.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 February 2006 03:18 (twenty years ago)

aw thanks! I never liked candied apples as a kid. I hate it when my face gets sticky.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Thursday, 2 February 2006 03:52 (twenty years ago)

I hate it when my face gets sticky.

so many jokes, so many jokes

― team jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 2 February 2006 04:35 (twenty years ago)

Scott, do you like It's a Beautiful Day - 1st record w/ "White Bird" on it, anyway?

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 11 February 2006 00:08 (twenty years ago)

i asked you a question in the rap you tube thread, but it got burried. do you know Little Boy Blue - i'm looking for a track called Dreamweaver

― team jaxon (jaxon), Saturday, 11 February 2006 00:13 (twenty years ago)

I like the first It's A Beautiful Day album especially. I don't own any of their records anymore. It's hard to find nice used copies. well, not HARD, i could buy them on ebay, but the ones i see around in thrift stores and such are always beat up. damn hippies. same with quicksilver records. And Lighthouse records! What the fuck were people doing with their Lighthouse albums!!?? I sold my copies at my ill-fated record store in Philly many moons ago.

Nope, never heard of it, jaxon. Jaxon, I'm very disappointed in your non-love for America Eats Its Young. So many great songs on that thing.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 11 February 2006 00:20 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I think I must have had the first two albums at one point or another when I was a teenager. And I was just thinking about how I haven't even seen copies of those in dollar bins in a while.

What do you know? A four star review of the first album on AMG. Surely, that was another hippie record that must have gotten one or two stars in the old Rolling Stone record guides.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 11 February 2006 01:10 (twenty years ago)

re Little Boy Blues: they were a garage-y rock band that put out stuff like this http://www.garage45s.com/littleboyready.mp3

but then for this album they went all doomy organ psych with a bit of jazz and funk. if you listen to this track from diplo's psych/funk mix at 4:15 you can hear it. it's fucking massive.

― team jaxon (jaxon), Saturday, 11 February 2006 01:21 (twenty years ago)

"White Bird" is easily one of the best songs of the 60s... you gotta love that violin. I have this awesome Hot Tuna bootleg w/ Papa John Creach where they do this "Pretty As You Feel" that sounds ALMOST as awesome as "White Bird" but not quite.

So true about those covers too. It's like, every copy you would find of the first one would ALWAYS have the blue color flaking off leaving white splotches all over the place, so it looked like the lady was standing in snowstorm or sumthin. It took me forever to find a decent one. Same thing with Marrying Maiden -- all the open white space would always be all browned and dirt-laden and shit; took forever to find a nice sparkly white one

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 11 February 2006 01:24 (twenty years ago)

xpost - or you can hear it sampled here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MlBQFy4FFo

― team jaxon (jaxon), Saturday, 11 February 2006 01:26 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

scott, so i'm record shopping today and i held in my hands an Eric Mercury album. forget the title, but i think it was from 73 and he was on a black background w/a silver helmet with wings on it.

i don't remember why i once wanted to buy this. i even had it scribbled on my list in my wallet.

i think it was on recommendation from you once, but can't remember.

so i put it back

help me out. did you recommend this?

― jäxøñ (jaxon), Sunday, 25 June 2006 03:57 (nineteen years ago)

I was actually gonna revive the skotrok thred myself because I've suddenly realized the absolute brilliance of the Delaney & Bonnie band. the one that Erik Klapton used for his first solo lp + D&Ds. Carl Radle, Jim Gordon, & Donnie Bramlett. That whole axis, when you work in George Harrison and Dave Mason --- kind of made some of like the best music ever for a year & a half period around 1970.

but I've never actually got into the Delaney & Bonnie stuff. I only know the Klapton/Mason/Harrison stuff. but I that Skot is the only person I can recall big upping the D&Bs. So, what do I need Skot? everything?? I'll probably buy it all anyway. I think you would like this stuff too, JaX! do you know "Only You Know & I know" ? that is one hell of a shit-hot cut.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 25 June 2006 04:07 (nineteen years ago)

i've got the Accept No Substitute album but it never warmed on me (i also probably had like 30 albums on my desktop i had to listen to and that one just got put to the side after half a listen)

― jäxøñ (jaxon), Sunday, 25 June 2006 04:09 (nineteen years ago)

the shit is so great .. tho it kinda was the whole thougt/approach that codified "Classic rock" ... man, this band swung so hard, and the tunes were so great.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=999AE4B71EB1CE4A

Fascinating one year period or so for all of the involved, things moved fast. The early "Tell The Truth" / "Roll It Over" single by the D&Ds totally sounds like punk at times.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 25 June 2006 04:22 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, i know that track. and i see that record every time i'm in a record store. silly me never actually thought about who he was and i always thought it was a solo record from nick mason of pink floyd. funny.

here's a track of Delanie & Bonnie's that's on the Country Got Soul comp. sounds like prime motown.

― jäxøñ (jaxon), Sunday, 25 June 2006 04:37 (nineteen years ago)

oh yeah .. that's very nice! thanks, yeah, I will probably just end up picking up all of their early albums. You always see them for a buck or two anyway. I am prepared to take the plunge.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 25 June 2006 04:54 (nineteen years ago)

OK I've been eyeing D&B's Home and Get Ourselves Tpgether on Rhapsody for awhile, will listen next week.

The early "Tell The Truth" / "Roll It Over" single by the D&Ds totally sounds like punk at times YOU GOT THAT RITE BRO

this is where I can confess to liking Eric Clapton's s/t solo debut and Dave Mason's Alone Together. A lot.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Sunday, 25 June 2006 10:38 (nineteen years ago)

this is the eric mercury album i have, jaxon:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Eric-Mercury-LP-Funky-Sounds-Nutured-In-The-Soil-VG_W0QQitemZ4781032149QQihZ003QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 25 June 2006 15:05 (nineteen years ago)

you gotta figure any album titled *Funky Sounds Nurtured In The Fertile Soil Of Memphis That Smell Of Rock* is at least worth listening to once. and you would be right. i really like that album. funky and introspective. i don't know about his later stuff. i think the one you saw was later than 1973.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 25 June 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, and I'm not a Delanie & Bonnie expert! I've had albums here and there, but I never gave them a lot of time. I should listen to whatever I have again.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 25 June 2006 15:14 (nineteen years ago)

scott, the reason i am not always listening to buckingham-nicks is cuz i don't own a copy! we had TWO copies at the store for a while, but then both sold within a few days of each other and i missed out.

― the eunuchs, Cassim and Mustafa, who guarded Abdur Ali's harem (orion), Sunday, 25 June 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

such a great album. i like it as much as any fleetwood mac album with them on it. i only wish they had made five albums like that before joining FM.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 25 June 2006 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

is this the island you live on?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=vinalhaven,+me&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=12&ll=44.048116,-68.832092&spn=0.173969,0.475159

― -- (688), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 08:15 (nineteen years ago)

No! I wish I lived on Vinylhaven!

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 09:32 (nineteen years ago)

the sunsets where i live are freaky:

http://www.johnpiekos.com/mvphotos/

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 09:42 (nineteen years ago)

nine months pass...

why r u being a dick?

― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 17 June 2007 18:00 (eighteen years ago)

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