Endless Boogie are fun live and pretty much the only good band that's played Jersey City (other than the big theater in Journal Square) since Uncle Joe's closed, so I like them for that. They're pretty boring on record though.
― Hurting 2, Saturday, 9 August 2008 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
When I was living in Venice Beach, I had a fig tree in my yard. Beneath the tree sat the smoker I had built out of large terra cotta pots and a hotplate. The figs literally fell into the smoker and I took it as a sign. I took a bunch of ripe figs, cut them in half, placed them in a Pyrex dish cut side up, added a quarter-to-half inch of fruit juice (I used different juices on different occasions), and smoked them for a few hours . . . occasionally turning the figs in the ever-reducing juice . . . but always leaving them cut side up so they could more easily continue drying out . . . and then turning them cut side down for the last half-hour or so to soften the cut side a bit in the now-reduced-to-a-smokey-syrup juice. They were awesome with cured meats, on ice cream, and with just about anything else. Smoked candied figs! Shoot me an email if you want more info on how to build a kick-ass smoker for well under $100.
― ian, Saturday, 9 August 2008 16:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i got the pots on.. and the gas.. is on high.
http://www.stereointeractive.com/ILM/boogie.jpg
― Pillbox, Saturday, 9 August 2008 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
i am listening to The Fluid's 'Clear Black Paper' right now though, and i have to say it sounds better than Endless Boogie-- Stormy Davis
-- Stormy Davis
― contenderizer, Saturday, 9 August 2008 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
might be fun to see live.
Do you drink?
― ian, Saturday, 9 August 2008 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
lots
― contenderizer, Saturday, 9 August 2008 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
and, yeah, it makes almost anything "fun to see live"
― contenderizer, Saturday, 9 August 2008 23:45 (fifteen years ago) link
these guys... you're either picking up what they're putting down or you're not. I like the first 2 eps better than the new one. the less they try the better I like 'em, and of the vocals I am not a fan. but you know what thumbs up to them and their mission.
and whatever blues control alb has "always on time" is the one you need. scott or whoever.
― Edward III, Sunday, 10 August 2008 04:51 (fifteen years ago) link
yikes, at the beginning of Smokin Figs I was afraid I was gonna hate this record. agree that the vocals can be tough to take at times (almost Jon Spencer-ish?)
gets way better as it rolls along and they just zone the fuck out into some raga-rock
― dmr, Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
As New York 90s indie's official mascot/joke band, I kind of get a kick out of them. I have no idea why I would purchase their record though.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 14 August 2008 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
us maple owns these clowns.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 14 August 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
the manly vibe.
― stirmonster, Friday, 15 August 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
No Alex-in-NYC nostril-flaring, plz. Just BOOGIE.
― David R., Friday, 15 August 2008 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
blues control is music for eternity (or at least the next 20 minutes) and endless boogie is music i want to resolve. I like boring music and can't stand the EB.
― lacipetersonskid, Friday, 15 August 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
it resolves in me waiting for the needle to pick up.
― lacipetersonskid, Friday, 15 August 2008 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Blues Control>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Religious Knives>>>>Endless Boogie
― beta blog, Friday, 15 August 2008 04:11 (fifteen years ago) link
hum, i'm offloading my copy of the white 12" on ebay right now and judging by the number of watches it appears absolutely nobody cares.
― resolved, Friday, 15 August 2008 08:50 (fifteen years ago) link
further to the above more people care than do about religious knives' first lp though!
Those bands have absolutely nothing in common except that they're all better than your shitty band
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 15 August 2008 08:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Jon Spencer LOL most clueless thread ever
Yep
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 15 August 2008 11:00 (fifteen years ago) link
-- If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 15 August 2008 08:54 (Yesterday) Link
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/3600/jigglepandapfw0.gif
― dmr, Saturday, 16 August 2008 06:48 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/arts/3453746/music-therapy.thtml
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 14 May 2009 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
5 yo daughter is a big fan of "the manly vibe"
when I try to skip forward to "jammin with top dollar" after "smoking figs" I get yelled at
still think the 1st track on the 1st EP is better than anything they've done since
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link
I listen to this shit when I work out
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
some dude in my building built a mini gym in a tiny concrete basement room by putting in weights and putting up discarded mirrors and broken medicine cabinets
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm skinny and I post
yeah songs about smoking dope make me wanna burn some calories too
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:25 (fourteen years ago) link
sounds like dude in yr building is gearing up for some hostel action watch yr back
is there a flickering fluorescent light in this room
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah the switch that controls it has a little note that says "turn light OFF!" next to it. Up until now I've assumed that it meant when I was done.
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
ahhhh what a great article!
the boog needs to come out west pretty soon.
― 69, Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
ENDLESS BOURGIE
― uh oh I'm having a fantasy, Friday, August 8, 2008 9:11 AM (9 months ago) Bookmark
still lol at this
― ultra-generic sub-noize persona (Matt P), Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
love em, though
― ultra-generic sub-noize persona (Matt P), Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:47 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, that article was quite nice. i'm glad the boogie translates overseas.i think i sold my copy of focus level one day when i needed to buy food or weed or both :\ but i still got the EPs, and I figure I'll stumble on a cheap used copy of focus level sometime when i need it back in my life...
― ian, Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
still in print, right?
― 69, Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Pretty sure you guys are missing out on the comedy value of Endless Boogie being bigged up by the fucking SPECTATOR - just fyi
Are they really 50+ years old each??
― display mane (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
they look to be pushin ithttp://www.papermag.com/modules/archive/uploaded_images/1367_by_early_man.jpg
― mizzell, Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
― display mane (DJ Mencap), Thursday, May 14, 2009 6:21 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark
1) thats not how addition works2) double leopards dude quit the band a while ago!
― 69, Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Should have said 'average' I spose but was just going on "four middle-aged music geeks with a combined age of more than 200 years"
― display mane (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
it does seem tough to add right, unless paul majors is secretly 75 years old
― 69, Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
new CD out as a promo now, rockin "Tarmac City" on my radio show. pretty good!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
where is your show
― Eyewona (admrl), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 00:18 (thirteen years ago) link
kwvaradio.org, Eugene Oregon
― sleeve, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
it has been in the shops for a while.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
need to get this
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
"New Pair Of Shoes" getting into some hot Beefheart territory, damn.
― sleeve, Thursday, 19 August 2010 00:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Never heard of these guys until Pitchfork reviewed Full House Head the other day. Listening to it now, and they are officially the first good band I've ever learned about from that site. The riff to "Empty Eye" is pure Junior Kimbrough awesomeness. What I like about these dudes is that unlike a lot of other contemporary heavy blooze-rawk boogie outfits (Amplified Heat, for example), they don't tip too far in the direction of stoner metal. They're definitely in the spirit of early '70s stuff, but unique. Like this a lot.
― Born In A Test Tube, Raised In A Cage (unperson), Thursday, 19 August 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Bloody hell is "A Life Worth Leading" the right kind of monstrous boogie jam.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
These guys RULE live. Saw them a couple of months back and it was tremendous.
― A happenstance discovery of asynchronous lesbians (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
yessss, love the whole new album, but "life worth leaving" is the best. amazing that they keep that riff rolling for 22 minutes and the whole thing is killer.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know if I'm getting old or if Endless Boogie is legit the best rock'n'roll band out there right now. Finally saw them live last fall and it was scorching.
Anyways, their 2 initial private press LPs are getting reissued via No Quarter: https://endlessboogie.bandcamp.com/album/vol-i-ii
Also, the tour-only CDR/download No Favors is worth it for the two 20-minute jams alone, and a particularly beefy "Taking Out The Trash": https://endlessboogie.bandcamp.com/album/no-favors
/fan-boy post
― dronestreet, Monday, 11 March 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link
glad those first records are getting reissued — i just have 'em on cruddy CDRs.
feel like my niche matt sweeney joke on this thread in 2013 didn't get enough appreciation.
looking forward to his tell-all memoir, Zwan's Way
― tylerw, Monday, 11 March 2019 15:39 (five years ago) link
and yeah, No Favors has some seriously great stuff on it.
thread revive inspired me to blast out vibe killer - they've still got it!
― calzino, Monday, 11 March 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
Glad those early jams are getting a reissue, just ordered mine, my old cd-r disappeared a long time back, ha
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 11 March 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
Yeah seeing them back in September was a real treat.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 March 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link