SONIC NIGHTMARES #18 - Sonic Nightmares Anonymous® + a description of the 12 steps

[Gringo Starr]

What makes this episode extra special may not be the fact that it’s a whopping 90 minutes long or that it happens to be our one-year anniversary on GaragePunk.com, but that we are joined by guest hosts Brother Panti-Christ and El Tiki from the original Sonic Nightmares radio show. In an attempt to bring them back into the fold permanently, The Reverend Beat-Man and co-sponsor, Gringo Starr, have founded a 12-step therapy program - Sonic Nightmares Anonymous®! Listen to the sound of grown men weeping as our two long lost soul mates are granted the serenity to accept the things they cannot change and embrace the evil turntables once again. Free coffee and donuts will be provided along with tracks by The Knee Jerk Reactions, The Crawdaddys, The Wimple Winch, Howlin’ Wolf, Mickey Hampshire, The Madcowgirl Disease and a bonus set of Turkish Psyche-Folk!

THE 12 STEPS:

1. We admitted we were powerless over the power of Rock and Roll - that our lives are unmanageable without it.

2. Came to believe that certain musical recordings from the mid '60's are greater than ourselves and could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the 'Punk' ethic as we understand it.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our record collections.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact number of first issue pressings of Easter Everywhere we own.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all noticeable effects of hair loss.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our CD's from the top shelf to under the bed.

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed preaching about Garage Punk, and became willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would not injure their musical sensibilities or those of others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory of what is truly in our record collection and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with Jeff Kopper as we understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to Garage Punkers and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

[Howie Pyro]

I'M FUCKIN' CURED!!!