Something about Dawes.

Great, now I've got that goddamn Eddie Rabbitt song stuck in my head.

I got a rock.

True enough.  During a vinyl-buying craze I found a 7" EP of The Poor People of Paris in a church thrift store.  My initial excitement at having actually found some cool Les Baxter exotica was crushed when I got it home and put it on.  Terrible.

I unironically love Les Baxter, Esquivel, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman and all manner of other exotica artists, especially the no-name "full color" albums on labels like Tops or Crown.  Yes there is some schlocky dreck in the mix but I enjoy the notion that my grandparents felt transported to the islands by the music…

"China still cool.  You pay later…LATER!"

Freddy Kruger?

But are you big in Japan? That's the real question.

In post-Soviet Russia, floor bound for YOU.

Or good, as the case may be.

Yeah, that was all the evidence we needed that Maize Kraze was drunk.

Howzabout a full Primer on "grebo" bands?

I'd like to add my love for Grey Cell Green as well, but I always preferred the version on Bite to the re-recorded version on God Fodder.  Apparently (at least according to Wikipedia), Bite was an unauthorized collection of early singles and demos.  Who knew?  Not me.

I myself, did not fuck up.  Saw them in Tijuana in 1992 at a place called Iguana's.  It was just about as dirty and nasty as you could imagine.  Great show though.

Richard Prior made this movie himself.  It was called Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling.

Doodle-oodle-dooooo!
[pitiful attempt at that spooky sound effect]

In East Germany, that man give YOU exposure.

I love records, record stores and all the associated trappings of same and have for many years.  But that's not why I'm typing this.  In 4th grade (1982 or so) I listened to my mom's copy of The Gambler obsessively, so much so that I tape-recorded myself singing the title track a capella and played it for my class at…

Good one, Franko.  I liked it when Johnny Carson first said it, too.

Awesome.  Speaking of one of my fave bands, have you read Big Day Coming?  Not only is it a great in-depth history of YLT but also of alt-pop/rock in general and even art films thanks to a whole chapter on the Hubley family and their work.  Highly recommended.