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James Porter replied to Axel Björnsson's discussion Best album covers
Apr 23
James Porter replied to Axel Björnsson's discussion Best album covers
Apr 23
James Porter replied to Andyuzz's discussion "politically incorrect" songs
"John Battles sez: "It's funny that "Satisfaction" was sometimes censored , yet Jagger throws in the "B" word twice on ("Stupid Girl")"They probably got away with that because "Stupid Girl" was…"
Apr 16
James Porter replied to John Battles's discussion Lamest Garage Rock Cover?
"Bow Wow Wow's take on "I Want Candy""
Apr 11
James Porter replied to Mitchhz's discussion Cramps archaeology
"If Titus Turner recorded "Fever," I never heard it, but he didn't write it. That was penned by Eddie Cooley and "John Davenport" (actually Otis Blackwell under an assumed name)."
Mar 26
James Porter replied to dave's discussion How Did You Get Into Punk?
"...as far as the Sex Pistols, I had heard bits and pieces here and there, but hadn't bought the album itself until the spring of '87. Compared to the hardcore I was hearing on one of the local college stations, Never Mind The Bollocks…"
Mar 25
James Porter replied to dave's discussion How Did You Get Into Punk?
"John - the second issue of Kicks (from 1979) included an article on 60s Chicago bands by my friend Cary Baker. Before he launched into the past, he included a quick sum-up of the present, talking about how The Loop had started beefing up their…"
Mar 25
James Porter replied to dave's discussion ugliest album covers
"A friend of mine who does liner notes for reissues (John, you know him too) once told me that major labels HATE to run black and white photos on covers. It subconsciously keeps younger buyers away. Okay, I admit that a few embellishments here…"
Mar 25
James Porter replied to dave's discussion ugliest album covers
"And to bring this back to the original topic: most Treniers reissues I've seen have better covers than the one I reprinted eight posts and three days ago! Pee-yew!!!"
Mar 24
James Porter replied to dave's discussion ugliest album covers
"I think Collectables has a Treniers compilation in their catalog as well. Neither Collectables nor Eva are the ultimate reissue labels, although I have heard isolated releases from either that had quality sound, if you can believe that."
Mar 24
James Porter replied to dave's discussion ugliest album covers
"The comp that John refers to below is called They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!, which had a better track selection and a WAAAAY better cover than the one I supplied the link to. Which was on Sony's budget label.  "
Mar 22
James Porter replied to dave's discussion ugliest album covers
"Dave: ALL the Treniers' stuff rocked. "Poontang" was no fluke. Just ask John Battles. However, the album I just printed the link to isn't one of their best. There are other compilations of their essential OKeh/Epic sides,…"
Mar 22
James Porter replied to dave's discussion How Did You Get Into Punk?
"First time I heard the Flying Lizards'"Money," it was on WLUP (The Loop), Chicago's "death-to-disco" rock station. And even then, I think Steve Dahl and Garry Meier may have been making fun of it. As the song faded out,…"
Mar 22
James Porter replied to dave's discussion ugliest album covers
"Oh, I got an ugly album cover for ya. So ugly I'm only gonna print the link. http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_250/MI0000/279/MI0000279535.jpg?partner=allrovi.com See, Cliff and Claude Trenier were handsome dudes, but that colorized B&W…"
Mar 21
James Porter replied to johnny goodbye's discussion Surf Comp recommendations
"That's not so hard to believe. Rhino was a top-notch reissuer at one point, and the CD mentioned below would have been a good surf intro, as was the vinyl-only History of Surf Music, Vol. 1. (Volume 2 was all vocals, and #3 was all…"
Feb 9
James Porter replied to Andy Climax's discussion Shock Confessions
"I was at the Shadows of Knight show that John mentions. It was at the tail end of the summer, IIRC, at an outdoor festival. Jim Sohns was the only original left. The only actual Shadows songs performed were "Gloria," "Oh Yeah"…"
Jan 20

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Location:
Chicago, IL
Relationship Status:
Single
Bio:
Local writer/musician/DJ who has always been a fan of garage, rockabilly, surf, R&B and anything else even vaguely related
Website:
http://none
Favorite Music/Influences (list some bands, musicians, genres, etc.):
Sam The Sham; Doug Sahm; Music Explosion (plus anybody else produced by Kasenetz-Katz); Joe Tex; Ray Sharpe; Charlie Feathers; Link Wray; Chuck Willis; the Jive Five; Five Americans; Small Faces.
Favorite Movies:
THE TAMI SHOW; THE WANDERERS; THE BLUES BROTHERS; WALK TALL: THE DEWEY COX STORY.
Other Hobbies/Interests:
Bicycling and hanging out by the lakefront.
Favorite Show(s) on GaragePunk Pirate Radio:
Have not heard any, although I intend to.

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At 10:49am on September 9, 2012, James Porter said…

John, I am so tempted to go back to that rekkid store and ask if that M&R Rush poster is for sale. Probably not!

At 7:03pm on September 8, 2012, John Battles said…

No , forgetting to include M&R Rush. That was the big oversight.

At 6:34pm on April 1, 2012, melissa scott said…

James -- under your faves? Surely leaving off Pezband was an oversight on your part ;)

At 7:08pm on March 28, 2012, John Battles said…

Be sure you hang out with a better class of people !

John.

At 10:05am on March 27, 2012, kopper said…

Welcome to the Hideout, James. Now that you're here, be sure to add yourself to our member map (Chicago represent!) and please read the Network Guidelines as soon as possible (required reading!!). Thanks!

 
 
 

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John Battles replied to John Battles's discussion Lamest Garage Rock Cover?
"ok , not the lamest or the worst , but one of the most like an aftertought. Beasts of Bourbon "Good Times" (Nobody's Children) , ok , I'm in that itsy - bitsy teenie weenie minority that was never that impressed with B.O.B. , not…"
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CALL TO BANDS: Knights of Fuzz book update for Fall 2013

Hi fuzz friends,"THE KNIGHTS OF FUZZ: the garage and psychedelic music explosion 1980 to now" will be re-issued as a paper book in FALL 2013 -- and we're looking for garage-psych band update info, band bios, photos, vinyl and CDs (especially from @2000-now).More info below and at this page: http://www.purple-cactus.tv/garage-nation/knightsoffuzz.htmlThe book that helped define the garage-psych music revival will return…See More
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ADULT SWIM GARAGE COMPILATION

I just found out about this -- free download comp with Oh Sees, King Khan, Black Lips and many others. http://video.adultswim.com/promotions/201305_garageswim/Adult Swim!See More
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Lutz Vipinderwoman replied to The Revox's discussion Any stoner rock fans around here?
""As for metal" .....are you kidding??! Maybe where you come from, but just Google the words "Metal Fest" and see how much comes up all over U.S. and Europe as a start.  From my side of the continent, Pacific NW and…"
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