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PEEPING TOM is another "how did I not hear this one before" moment, unbelievable lyrics

psyched that $viral$ is on there, need to order this

guitar distortion sounds great on BELIEVE ME PEOPLE

LP is limited to 500 btw, dunno about the CD

oh it's not RED WHITE MALE it's RED WHITE AND BLUE which is uhhhh

YOU GOT TOO MUCH is A+ party jam and I think it's clean as well (listening for that because I do a daytime radio show and I really want to play this)

putting the "Get Back" quote into "Toronto Is Starting To Stink" works much better near the end of the LP, sequencing as a whole is really good here.

... and having DEVIL DEVIL come last proves that point

I think this is my favorite record of the year so far.

i really am not down with a 20 buck cd, but i might make an exception.

just buy the LP, only 5 bucks more and you get a 12"x12" color insert and a CD

this seriously owns

#1 record of the year, and i don't even know what #2 is

"red white and blue" is a crucial add to side 2 of this

keep wishing "pump it" or "it's all bullshit" were on it, but beggars can't be choosers etc

I laid this on a good friend and co-DJ with no info, he said it reminded him of some of Kim Fowley's solo stuff ("except more foul-mouthed"). on reflection, that totally makes sense.

hittin the big time

http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/23/videos-tonetta-777-viral-drugs-drugs-drugs-and-metal-man/

Can I play "A Really Nice Cock" on an FM broadcast?

269-BONE

maybe during safe harbor hours?

Think I'll just hedge my bets and play "Still a Slave."
My station doesn't really believe in safe harbor, buncha paranoids.

even with a disclaimer cart? that IS paranoid...

also, "Peeping Tom" is airsafe, only has the word "crap".

THE LEGEND GROWS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jul/17/tonetta-videos-youtube-johnny-dee

New old Tonettas on Black Tent's channel are really good. Singer songwritery sometimes with an island vibe.

I love this stuff, but the videos really distract you from how awesome the music is.

See sometimes I think he should have put out a DVD cuz the videos take it to the next level.

True or false: Tonetta LP mastered kind of low.

extremely true and extremely low. i have to have that thing dialed in at like noon

I had friends over and put it on and it was embarrassing.

Might not have been a problem with the mastering tbh

You mean it could be a problem with the source material or that I'd be embarrassed for another reason. I wasn't really embarrassed, by the way. That was an embellishment.

The CD sounds fine, though.

I just mean that Tonetta is some potentially extremely embarrassing music, jus kiddin around. My friend ordered the lp and I ripped the cd so that is what I've been listening to and I agree that it does sound fine, much better than the youtube rips. Haven't listened to the lp.

This is truly one of the great "outsider" music discoveries of a long time. Just when you thought there was nothing new under the sun...Album of the year potential, but it might technically be a reissue/comp.

so wait; there was only 500 pressed and they're still available? Can that be right?

anyways, i finally bought one.

I bought one too. It's not in many retail stores, Aquarius just got it and it was expensive. Still, it feels like it should be long gone by now

CD mastering sounds great, songs like 'Drugs Drugs Drugs' are a lot less lo-fi than you'd expect from the youtubes. track sequencing is great, it really sounds like an album, the only complaint I can come up with is that there are too many songs I dearly love that aren't on it

which is kind of the opposite of a complaint but anyone with an mp3 of 'skinheads vs me' feel free to take it to LMJ

doing that now

Skinheads is crewsh.

Devil Devil

holy shit

http://www.artistadvocacy.com/music/features/tonetta/

Are your friends and family aware of Tonetta?

They’re all aware of it, and I didn’t even tell them. The first time I went on YouTube, my nephew subscribed to me right away. He said “Hey congratulations, blah blah blah.” And after that he told my son, who is about 35 now. And then a couple of school buddies found out. My whole family and any friends I have, they all know.

Do they like it?

Well, they’re still listening. Except for my son, he doesn’t listen anymore. He doesn’t like what I’m doing. He likes the music, but he doesn’t like my method, seeing his father wearing a dress. He said, “You’re embarrassing me.” He can’t tell his friends “Hey, check out my dad on YouTube.” They’ll ask what I’m doing in a dress. I’ve been called so many things on YouTube, queer, fag. But I’m not, and that’s the crazy thing about it. They actually think I’m gay. I’ve got two boys and I was married. If I meet the right girl, I’ll get married again. I like pussy. If I have the choice, I’ll take tits. I like the female body. I’ve never been with guys.

So what was the inspiration for your songs about guys?

Well, for example, there’s this one called “Glory Hole” or something. This guy emailed me and asked if I could write a song about his experience. I never knew about that stuff until he told me. So I wrote the song about that, and he loved it. Some other guy said “Write me a song and make it as filthy as you want.” So I wrote “Gold and Brown Showers,” and that’s about piss and shit, and that’s never happened to me, but it makes a good song. Got a lot of people watching it. You can’t believe everything people write. Some of them are just nonsense songs. As for being with a guy, I’ve never been with a guy. I’ve got a whole bunch of guys who would want to be with me, but they’re not girls. So forget it.

thx 4 the link.

nice!

I do it because I don’t have anything else. I just do it in my apartment, you can hear the traffic and the noise, but that’s just the way it is. You do what you gotta do, that’s all. I don’t try to deliberately make a sound; that’s my sound because it’s all I have. But lately Dirk has been sending me a few little things. He sent me a fuzz machine and a drum machine. Everyone was complaining that the beat was the same. Well I only had that one beat programmed into my eight track, so I kept using that beat. Now I can switch the beat. I can’t tune the guitar because the guitar is too cheap, it just doesn’t tune. People complain, they say “Why don’t you tune your guitar?” Well, I can’t. I just wanted to share my music.

http://www.grandprofile.com/Myspace_Comments/Family_Comments/Brother_Comments/images/Bro-You-are-My-Hero.gif

aside from the piss n' shit stuff, this guy has some genuinely interesting lyrics: 'sex for bux, who got fucked? you, the girl, or the world', for example mentioned upthread

i think i really unironically love this guy

No one gives a fuck anymore.

why is he naked

from the interview linked above it really just sounds like he's naked cuz it's funny and weird

Not calling him a liar, but his insistence on heterosexuality kind of comes off as "PS-I've gotten with hot chicks as recently as just now."

i mean but who cares

no one gives a fuck anymore

i had a dream last night that brandon boyd was into piss n' shit

no more tonetta before bed