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The Down & Dirty on the Galveston B.B. Stone.

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You know I have a collection of weird guitars. I know I have a blog. Sometimes I blog about my weird guitars.

I’ve written about my Galveston B.B. Stone before, and again more recently, but really I’ve only ever nailed down the whole saga of the Eagle brand… Not the origin of this specific model. (Check the comments on those posts too, people have reached out!) So I went back to the well and reached out to Örjan Jacobsson & Jerker Antoni again, hoping to finally close out the top trilogy of my wild axes.

Dewey Decibel FlipOut: A vintage-style sunburst electric guitar featuring an inverted S-style body shape, a white multi-pickup guard equipped with three single-coil pickups, a standard tremolo bridge, control knobs clustered on the lower horn, and a maple neck with a dark fretboard and distinctive headstock shape. Indy Custom FlyCaster: A bright yellow electric guitar with a custom modified shape combining T-style elements and sharp V-style bottom points, featuring a solid yellow finish, a black pickguard, two single-coil pickups, a standard bridge, and a matching yellow maple neck and fretboard with a pointed headstock. Galveston B.B. Stone: A honey-burst, flamed-top electric guitar boasting an aggressive, angular dual-cutaway body shape, a bound fretboard with large block inlays, dual black humbucker pickups, a Tune-o-matic style bridge with a stopbar tailpiece, control knobs placed along the lower right edge, and a dark headstock bearing the Galveston logo.

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I’ve already gotten some nice seriously in-depth info about the process of creation from the makers of the Dewey Decibel FlipOut and the Indy Custom FlyCaster. I even drew the FlyCaster into one of the maze designs available in my second book and on merch, like this shirt.

I needed to get to the bottom of the impetus of the B.B. Stone once and for all.

I consider these three my twisted trio. I’ll reach for one of these or my New York Pro Star Gazer before anything else, typically.

I reached out to Örjan & Jerker once again to try and get the inspiration behind the square guitar shape.

Örjan’s reply was short & sweet:

Contact my partner [______]@gmail.com. He was the designer of that model.

Hälsningar Örjan Jacobsson

Which, fair enough, tracks with everything he’s told me before.

Galveston B.B. Stone (Horizontal View): A horizontal studio product shot of the honey-burst, flamed-top electric guitar, featuring its distinctive angular dual-cutaway body layout, dual black humbucker pickups, Tune-o-matic style bridge with stopbar tailpiece, bound fretboard with large white block inlays, and the black headstock with the Galveston logo set against a clean black background.

Jerker sent over a chunk of his memoir, A Music Dealer’s Confessions, written in 2020, and it rules. Here’s the part that pertains to the B.B. Stone, straight from the source:

Eagle Instruments

JAM had the agency for very good sound cards from Korea in the late 90s. And when JAM was no longer allowed to buy Gibson and Epiphone from Luthman due to pressure from, among others, Estrad and others, Örjan and I started a new guitar brand, Eagle Instruments. I found a nice eagle online and fixed the logo that would be on the head and we also designed the shape of the head itself. The eagle I stole was actually a variant of Iraq’s state emblem. Haha!

During the Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Nysse and I got in touch with a very good guitar manufacturer in Korea called Unsung… We visited Unsung’s factory, which was located in Inchon, a port city not far from Seoul. The guy who was the sales manager, we became very good friends with during the Musikmesse in Frankfurt. He had a strange Korean name that I tried to translate because all Chinese and Korean names seem to mean something. He explained that it meant big brave stone. So when we were brainstorming and trying to put it together in English, it became Big Brave Stone. I ended up thinking that he should change his name so that he wouldn’t have that typical Korean name on his business cards that no one remembered anyway. I suggested the name B.B. Stone, and that’s what it was. He still calls himself that — several years after he left Unsung and started his own company, which of course is also called B.B. Stone.

Jerker Antoni

So there’s your answer on the name, at least. Not a bluesman. Not a nickname for the shape. A Korean sales manager Jerker basically rebranded on the spot at a trade show.

There’s a lot more in what he sent, including warehouses full of unpaid-for Epiphone stock because Gibson stiffed the factory, a bass player named Hazze Wazeen who used to end shows by launching his bass into the air, decibel police getting talked into letting the volume slide, a Sam Ash rep getting told off mid-pitch by Hazze himself. It’s a fun read and super inside-baseball to the industry.

I asked Jerker point blank: What was the inspiration for the B.B. Stone’s shape design, the squared-off body with the deep double-sharp cutaways? Buddy Guy meets Van Halen? This is the one that started my whole weird-guitar obsession… I need to know. Right?

His answer:

I dont really remember – just wanted it to stick out! Like my Penis guitar!

Jerker Antoni
Graphic illustration of a light pink, heart-shaped ukulele centered against a solid grey background. The instrument features a brown fretboard, four tuning pegs, and a round soundhole. The text at the bottom reads "EAGLE PRICK-U-LELE" and "Designed by Jerker Antoni" runs vertically along the right edge.

There it is, the whole story.

This is a guy whose first wild design was built as a novelty prop for Swedish rock legend Magnus Uggla’s live show. (See the video below.)

He also sent me pics of a coinpurse-bodied Eagle Prick-U-Lele, the Violele, and an Eagle Metal Vee. Talking all that in, I guess “I just wanted it to stick out” is the genuine answer. It’s bruh’s entire design philosophy in one sentence. It certainly grabbed my attention!

I didn’t get the deep origin story I went digging for, but I think I got something absolutely honest. It’s proof that the guy behind one of my favorite weird guitars genuinely does not design anything that isn’t weird. How can I not have mad respect for that?

Check out Jerker’s site at www.jerkerantoni.se and peep the memoir if you can read Swedish!

Eagle Metal Vee Specification Sheet: A product catalog page for the "Eagle Metal Vee" guitar, featuring a black-and-white illustration of the black Flying V-style electric guitar on the right, alongside the Eagle Instruments logo, model name, and a comprehensive list of technical specifications and features on the left. Eagle Metal Vee Solid Mahogany Vee Body with single cutaway for better balance than original Contour Back New double arrow head, black with white binding V shape chrome stringholder Strings thru body Tune-o-matic type bridge 2 All Chrome Humbuckers 1 All Chrome single coil 5-way switch, chrome knob Black finish, white binding Maple neck Maple fretboard Double line markers in black pearl (not just painted like on JJ Stage Blade) Grover type tuners Tone and Volume controls Chrome vintage Tele knobs Chrome hardware Also Blues Vee model: All mahogany body, flame maple top Brown sunburst with vintage white binding Finish like B.B. Stone model 2 zebra humbuckers, no single coil 3-way switch Top of headstock brown sunburst flame maple Rosewood fretboard, double pearl markers

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A newspaper clipping in Swedish with the headline "Jam klarar e-handel med enkla medel," featuring a photo of Jerker Antoni holding an electric guitar inside the Jam music store, surrounded by guitars on the wall. Here is a translation of the main article text and key elements from the Swedish newspaper clipping: Main Headline Jam handles e-commerce with simple means Section Header: E-COMMERCE Music store Jam generates more than half of its sales on the web. Jerker Antoni, who pulls the strings, believes the secret to their success is investing in simple solutions and providing plenty of information about the products. Body Text Jam in Stockholm was early out with a website in the spring of 1997. In 1998, web sales really took off. Since then, Jerker Antoni—who is a co-owner and responsible for web operations—has continued to develop solutions based on normal HTML pages and manual order handling. – Some of our competitors have fancy database-driven e-commerce solutions, but you won't find as much information on their websites as on ours, says Jerker Antoni. – We photograph most of the items we sell, rather than using manufacturer pictures, so the customer knows what we are selling. I spend between one and two hours a day updating the website, says Jerker Antoni. Mail and Order Unlike some other e-commerce sites that integrate their website with a back-end system, shopping with Jam involves sending an email and reserving the item. If the item is available, Jam sends a reply email, and the customer sends advance payment. When Jam's staff receives payment, they ship the goods at no extra shipping cost. For regular customers, goods are sometimes sent as regular mail-order sales. – Our motto is that we are scared of anything that makes us lose personal contact. Honestly, our system solves parts of the integration between different systems as a problem. We sell everything relative to value that costs relatively a lot of manual work, says Jerker Antoni. Belief in the Future Jerker Antoni is an old IT profile with a past in several pioneering computer initiatives, including Partille Megabyte and Svenska PC-fabriken. He thinks that the computer industry has been slow to transition to e-commerce, which is becoming more computerized. He notes that the computer industry is open and competition is tougher there than in the music industry. He definitely believes that the web will become even more important when it comes to selling musical instruments and that this will drive structural change. – We already source parts of our manufacturing directly from abroad, without going through wholesalers, which makes it possible for us to lower prices. Thanks to our web-based network, we can reach our products to the entire country, which would otherwise require two distributions in Sweden, says Lars Danielsson. Box: Jam Jam: Music store in Stockholm selling musical instruments and other music equipment. Turnover: Roughly 15 million Swedish kronor. Web sales: Roughly 8 million Swedish kronor. Website: www.jam.se
Jerker Antoni and Colleague with Violin-Shaped Ukulele: A candid photo of two men smiling together indoors, with the man on the right—Jerker Antoni—wearing a striped button-down shirt and holding a small, brown violin-shaped instrument or ukulele, with a conference badge hanging from a lanyard.

Oh yeah, can you guess which guitar he designed here?

Also check out the Jam store and Orjan’s site: https://www.oscarguitars.se/en/ (& Facebook Group)

I wonder what Jerker & Örjan would think about the Shitar and the Bat Logo Guitar? I bet they would love to have their rigs rated & roasted.

Do you have a B.B. Stone? How about any other Eagle or Galveston instruments? Hit me up in the comments about how you found yours!

HALLOWEEN MUSIC | Epic Playlist List 💀🎃👻

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OK, I have posted my Halloween Playlists before… but there’s more. Someone asked for spooky songs on Threads today and it kicked me into Halloween mode. It’s basically October, right? You can move these to your preferred streamer with Tune My Music. I have amassed more spooky and spooky-adjacent playlists.

I may have a problem.  Let me know if I’m missing some obvious or obscure bangers!  A lot of these I will listen to on shuffle/random, because I add stuff in what could be aptly described ss manic bursts of energy. Bold ones are ones I probably hit more often.

Halloween Stuff:

Halloween Costumes & Creatures:

Spooky Vibes in General:

Playlists not by me:

I guess if you’re having a party, you might wanna add some pizza songs to your list. Like I said the last time I posted these: You can peep this Misfits tribute from 20 years ago too, and don’t forget to get some Halloween swag or solve some free Halloween mazes.

AiXeLsyD13's Halloween Playlists on Amazon Music

If you wanna do some free Halloween-ish mazes while you listen, peep these:

I probably have Halloween Mazes pop up a lot here.

Bluesky | Music Ask (AiXeLsyD13’s Answers)

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These go around all the time on social media. Saw one on Bluesky. Thought I’d make a playlist. This, like all of my musical tastes, could change if I were to do it again in 5 minutes. Here we are though. I made a playlist & put it on Amazon Music, Spotify, & YouTube.

Music Ask 1. A song you like with a color in the title 2. A song you like with a number in the title 3. A song that reminds you of summertime 4. A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about 5. A song that needs to be played LOUD 6. A song that makes you want to dance 7. A song to drive to 8. A song about drugs or alcohol 9. A song that makes you happy 10. A song that makes you sad 11. A song that you never get tired of 12. A song from your preteen years 13. One of your favorite 80's songs 14. A song that you would love played at your wedding 15. A song that is a cover by another artist 16. One of your favorite classical songs 17. A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke 18. A song from the year that you were born 19. A song that makes you think about life 20. A song that has many meanings to you 21. A favorite song with a person's name in the title 22. A song that moves you forward 23. A song that you think everybody should listen to 24. A song by a band you wish were still together 25. A song by an artist no longer living 26. A song that makes you want to fall in love 27. A song that breaks your heart 28. A song by an artist with a voice that you love 29. A song that you remember from your childhood 30. A song that reminds you of yourself

1. A song you like with a color in the title.

“Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)” – Type O Negative

2. A song you like with a number in the title.

“3 Small Words” – Josie and the Pussycats

3. A song that reminds you of summertime.

“Swing Life Away” – Rise Against

4. A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about.

“Casket” – Graves

5. A song that needs to be played LOUD.

“Headbanger” – Teenage Bottlerocket

6. A song that makes you want to dance.

“The Safety Dance” – Men Without Hats

7. A song to drive to.

“UFO’s, Big Rigs and BBQ” – Mojo Nixon

8. A song about drugs or alcohol.

“Beer” – Reel Big Fish

9. A song that makes you happy.

“Maggie Mae” – Pietasters

10. A song that makes you sad.

“Cricket” – Dance Hall Crashers

11. A song that you never get tired of.

“I Turned Into a Martian” – Misfits

12. A song from your preteen years.

“Sweet Child O’ Mine” – Guns N’ Roses

13. One of your favorite 80’s songs.

“True Colors” – Cyndi Lauper

14. A song that you would love played at your wedding.

“You Shook Me All Night Long” – AC/DC

15. A song that is a cover by another artist.

“War Pigs” – Cake

16. One of your favorite classical songs.

“Duel of the Fates” – John Williams

17. A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke.

“Heart Shaped Guitar” – Masked Intruder

18. A song from the year that you were born.

“We’re a Happy Family” – Ramones

19. A song that makes you think about life.

“Ordinary World” – Green Day

20. A song that has many meanings to you.

“One” – Metallica

21. A favorite song with a person’s name in the title.

“Jamie Oliver” – The Apers

22. A song that moves you forward.

“Float” – Flogging Molly

23. A song that you think everybody should listen to.

“Raise Your Glass” – Guns ‘n’ Wankers

24. A song by a band you wish were still together.

“Love’s Easy Tears” – Ann Beretta

25. A song by an artist no longer living.

“God’s Gonna Cut You Down” – Johnny Cash

26. A song that makes you want to fall in love.

“Pantera Fans in Love” – Nerf Herder

27. A song that breaks your heart.

“Crazy” – Willie Nelson

28. A song by an artist with a voice that you love.

“Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” – Black Sabbath

29. A song that you remember from your childhood.

“Walk Like an Egyptian” – Bangles

30. A song that reminds you of yourself.

“Knowledge” – Operation Ivy

It was tough to pick. I could do this list probably 5 deep with entirely different yet valid answers right now. I mean, I have whole playlists for color, numbers, dates, names, & more. I also thought of another ask that I wonder if anyone would participate in?

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The whole thing:

Would you do this one, or another one? Just the ones that popped into my head are…

  1. A song about a season.
  2. A song about a day of the week.
  3. A song about a year.
  4. A song about a bodily function.
  5. A song about a body part.
  6. A ridiculous song.
  7. A macabre song.
  8. A song about food.
  9. A song about an animal.
  10. A song about a monster.
  11. A song with advice.
  12. A sea shanty.
  13. A song from a movie you like.
  14. A song about a movie you like.
  15. A song from a TV show you like.
  16. A song about a TV show you like.
  17. A song an artist sings about another artist.
  18. A song about making love.
  19. A song about birth.
  20. A song about death.
  21. A song about a house.
  22. A song about a place.
  23. A song about a road.
  24. A song by a supergroup.
  25. A song that’s a collaboration of artists.
  26. A song about a family member.
  27. A great live song.
  28. A song from the 70’s.
  29. A song from the 90’s.
  30. A song from the 00’s.
  31. A song from the 10’s
  32. A song form the 20’s.
  33. A super catchy song.
  34. A song one of your parents likes.
  35. A wholesome song.
  36. A crazy song.
  37. A song about mythology or religion.
  38. A nice song.
  39. A mean song.
  40. A song about a historical event or figure.

What are some other good suggestions? You gonna do the ask? Which of these songs do you love or hate?

Halloween Playlists 🎃🍬👻🐈‍⬛🍫🦇💀🍭🕷️🕸️

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If you read this, you know I mostly use Amazon Music, but I do copy stuff to Spotify. I should copy these ones over. I refuse to pay to synch them with Tune My Music though, so I try to wait until I’m close to done to copy it. I may have copied some of these a long time ago.

What are your go-to Halloween songs? What am I missing from these lists?

You can peep this Misfits tribute from 20 years ago too, and don’t forget to get some Halloween swag or solve some free Halloween mazes.

Get Your 'Ween Out (Halloween Punk Rock) 🎃

Playlist | Fast Food Punk Tunes

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This is another punk-rock leaning short one. “Bloodbath at Burger King” is an absolute gem, as are many others here. This is what I have so far:

  • Screeching Weasel – “I Saw The Devil At McDonalds (Demo)”
  • Teenage Bottlerocket – “Blood Bath At Burger King”
  • The Berlin Project – “Taco Bell World”
  • Gas Station Boner Pills – “Fist Fight at the Waffle House”
  • Richies – “Le Big Mac”
  • Indigo Girls – “Dairy Queen”
  • The Knuckleheadz – “Fuck McDz”
  • Teenage Bottlerocket – “Too Much La Collina”
  • Wesley Willis – “Rock ‘N Roll McDonald’s”
  • The Smithereens – “White Castle Blues”
  • Boris the Sprinkler – “Don’t Really Want To Walk To Taco Bell Without You”
  • Silly Stu – “McDonald’s in the Pentagon”
  • Motorpsychos – “Fries With That”
  • The Aquabats! – “Burger Rain!”
  • Parry Gripp – “Raining Tacos”

What am I missing? Are there punk-leaning songs about Wendy’s, Pizza Hut, KFC, Raising Cane’s, or Chick-fil-A? Panera? Jersey Mike’s, Jimmy John’s, Subway, Quizno’s, Vocelli Pizza, Papa John’s, or Domino’s? What about Hardee’s, Carl’s Jr., Checker’s, Rally’s, Five Guy’s, In & Out, Krystal, Jack-in-the-Box, Rax, Arby’s, or Auntie Anne’s? I’ll even take Eat’n Park or Denny’s.

I have the current list up on Amazon Music & Spotify.

Playlist | Fast Food
Playlist | Fast Food

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I wish I could include the great Wat Tyler track “There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Satan.” It doesn’t appear to be available for streaming. I may have to settle for adding the original.

Holy cow, reddit’s r/punk and Facebook’s Oddly Specific Playlists stepped up with some killer suggestions! The list is currently at 85 tracks. Some fit more loosely than others… but close enough counts in horse shoes, hand grenades, and punk rock.

Also, I need to figure out the right plugin to let me embed Amazon playlists here.

Playlist | Proto-Punk 🧷

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Inspired by the comments on a reddit post, I wanted to dig into some pre-“punk” proto-punk. I set Gemini, ChatGPT, Perplexity, & Copilot to the task as I’m fascinated by their ability to parse & compile information if prompted accurately. (I’m also fascinated my their penchant to provide completely incorrect or even made-up information. Some time I will have to blog about my experiment in having them search restaurant menus in an area to see if they serve shellfish. Copilot recommended some seafood places, so clearly it wants to kill me.)

I added my own stuff that some of them disagreed with, but it is my list after all. 🤣 Going back to little Richard and including Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” were points of contention, as I would expect from a conversation with people.

Music snobs aficionados, audiophiles, and punk rock gatekeepers will argue all day every day about the origin of punk… but for me, to be clear, it’s the moment that the Ramones’ self-titled album dropped. So, with that in mind I gave the language models this prompt:

There is and always will be constant debate, but if we agree for the premise of this exercise that the Ramones self-titled debut album was the first punk album… What are 25 songs that should belong on a proto-punk or punk precursor playlist?

I would assume bands that get mentioned as the progenitors would most likely include The Kinks, the Sonics, Link Wray, The Stooges, the MC5, the Velvet Underground, New York Dolls, & more I’m sure to be missing. Maybe even the band Death who hailed from Detroit MI?

All songs on the list should have been released before April 23, 1976… and be listed in order if release date by single or album, whichever dropped first.

This has been corrected for my typically egregious spelling/typing/lack-of-proofreading errors. After tossing the rules to the wind, keeping to the spirit of punk rock, we arrived here:

  • “Little Demon” – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (1956)
  • “Tutti Frutti” – Little Richard (1955)
  • “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” – Jerry Lee Lewis (1957)
  • “Rumble” – Link Wray (1958)
  • “La Bamba” – Ritchie Valens (1958)
  • “Love Me” – The Phantom (1958)
  • “Louie Louie” – The Kingsmen (1963)
  • “Surfin’ Bird” – The Trashmen (1963)
  • “Baby Let Me Take You Home” – The Animals (1964)
  • “House of the Rising Sun” – The Animals (1964)
  • “I’m Crying” – The Animals (1964)
  • “You Really Got Me” – The Kinks (1964)
  • “Gloria” – Them (1964)
  • “I Can’t Explain” – The Who (1964)
  • “Dirty Water” – The Standells (1966)
  • “My Generation” – The Who (1965)
  • “Strychnine” – The Sonics (1965)
  • “I’m a Man” – The Yardbirds (1965)
  • “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” – The Animals (1965)
  • “96 Tears” – ? & The Mysterians (1966)
  • “Wild Thing” – The Troggs (1966)
  • “Complication” – The Monks (1966)
  • “Psychotic Reaction” – Count Five (1966)
  • “Pushin’ Too Hard” – The Seeds (1966)
  • “7 and 7 Is” – Love (1966)
  • “I’m Not Like Everybody Else” – The Kinks (1966)
  • “You’re Gonna Miss Me” – The 13th Floor Elevators (1966)
  • “Talk Talk” – The Music Machine (1966)
  • “I’m Waiting for the Man” – The Velvet Underground (1967)
  • “Doctor Please” – Blue Cheer (1968)
  • “Sister Ray” – The Velvet Underground (1968)
  • “Fire” – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)
  • “Jigsaw Puzzle” – The Rolling Stones (1968)
  • “Kick Out the Jams” – MC5 (1969)
  • “I Wanna Be Your Dog” – The Stooges (1969)
  • “Little Doll” – The Stooges (1969)
  • “TV Eye” – The Stooges (1970)
  • “Paranoid” – Black Sabbath (1970)
  • “Get It On” – T. Rex (1971)
  • “School’s Out” – Alice Cooper (1972)
  • “Suffragette City” – David Bowie (1972)
  • “Raw Power” – Iggy & The Stooges (1973)
  • “Search and Destroy” – The Stooges (1973)
  • “Personality Crisis” – New York Dolls (1973)
  • “Jet Boy” – New York Dolls (1973)
  • “Urban Guerrilla” – Hawkwind (1973)
  • “Violence” – Mott the Hoople (1973)
  • “Cum On Feel the Noize” – Slade (1973)
  • “Editions of You” – Roxy Music (1973)
  • “Ooh La La” – Faces (1973)
  • “Subway Train” – New York Dolls (1974)
  • “Hey Joe” – Patti Smith Group (1975)
  • “Piss Factory” – Patti Smith (1975)
  • “Roxette” – Dr. Feelgood (1976)
  • “The Next Big Thing” – The Dictators (1975)
  • “Chez Maximes” – The Hollywood Brats (1976)
  • “After Eight” – Neu! (1975)
  • “Ghost Rider” – Suicide (1977)
  • “Little Johnny Jewel” – Television (1975)
  • “30 Seconds Over Tokyo” – Pere Ubu (1975)
  • “Burn My Eye” – Radio Birdman (1976)
  • “Politicians in My Eyes” – Death (1976)
  • “Cherry Bomb” – The Runaways (1976)
  • “Roadrunner” – The Modern Lovers (1976)
  • “She Cracked” – The Modern Lovers (1976)
  • “Shake Some Action” – Flamin’ Groovies (1976)
  • “Blank Generation” – Richard Hell & the Voidoids (1977)
  • “Anarchy in the U.K.” – The Sex Pistols (1976)
  • “Sonic Reducer” – Dead Boys (1977)
  • “Neat Neat Neat” – The Damned (1977)
  • “Chinese Rocks” – Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers (1977)
  • “Psycho Killer” – Talking Heads (1977)

I used Tune My Music to import it to Spotify from a text file, then copy to Amazon Music from there. I tried to go to Amazon first, but it messed up quite a bit of the songs. I did have to add “7 and 7 Is” by Love manually as it shows as “Seven and Seven Is” on Spotify. It weirdly plopped a Bob Marley song in that spot. Amazon was full of weird covers and the wrong songs when trying to import from text.

So, what do you think of the list? What’s missing? What needs added? Are my parameters skewed? Do you not accept anything past the date of what parameters were set? What obscure band that 14 people heard at the time is missing from this list? Don’t come at me with the Sex Pistols over the Ramones. Should we whittle it back to 25? Only have 1 song per artist? Come at me with healthy discourse.

Looking for a video of that one time I sang “I Turned Into a Martian” on stage with the Misfits.

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Every once in a while, I just throw this into the æther just to see if it gets any response. One time, I got to pop up on stage and sing “I Turned Into a Martian” while Jerry Only played bass, sang, & Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein played guitar, & Goat (a.k.a. Eric Acre, a.k.a. “Chupacabra”) played drums. I’d love to find a video of it if it’s out there.

We take for granted that everything is recorded these days, but back then it wasn’t. Misfits bootleg videos were a hot trade commodity at one point online. I’m pretty sure this show was recorded, because Crowbar had closed-circuit TV’s that were displaying the show as it happened. It may have been deleted or not recorded, it may have hit a personal private collection. Someone else may have been in-house recording. Not sure if Doug Evil was there?

Thanks to Misfits Central & Concert Archives, I now have a specific date: Sunday, November 5, 2000. It was at the now-defunct Crowbar in State College, PA.

Actually, thanks to the Wayback Machine, I found some old photos form the show! Problem being I guess that I took them, but did not hand off my camera while I was on stage.

An-Die & I road-tripped to State College several times with several different groups to see the Misfits in several iterations in addition to seeing them a bunch in Pittsburgh… so my memories may be conflated. I know Russ from TVCasualty.com was there!

I’m pretty sure Murphy’s Law & Impotent Sea Snakes also played. I only remember this because Goat was pulling double duty, and our friend Laurel was apparently hit in the face with an… adult toy… during the ISS set.

I remember An-Die telling me that I had stage presence, and obviously Jerry Only has a huge stage presence, and it did not jive. Ha ha. I’m sure I looked weird, but holy shit it was fun. (I always feel weird signing without a guitar in my hands anyway.)

Another fun fact, this was after I had broken my nose, and i was wearing a bandage covering most of my face. I know I have photos of that somewhere but I cannot find any.

The Misfits - 11/05/2000 lineup @ Crowbar in State College PA | Jerry Only, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, Eric Goat/Chupacabra Acre, & some random a-hole.
The Misfits – 11/05/2000 lineup @ Crowbar in State College PA | Jerry Only, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, Eric Goat/Chupacabra Acre, & some random a-hole.

Oh yeah, I broke my nose stage diving at American Music Café. Who’s set was it? I think it was Third Place, Tybalt, or maybe even Ten Pounds Lighter/Secrets Lie Within. I just remember someone fake kicking me that ended up not being a fake kick, a weird celery crunching noise, and my nose being mostly under one eye. I ought to try to chronicle old show stories some day.

I was the Fiend Club “Chapter Head” for a minute in the late 90’s early 00’s, so I got to see the band when they were in & around town. I think Jerry & Rocky sort-of kind-of knew who I was, but I always tried to not be a pain in the ass & ask for stuff or to get on the Turbo Die or anything. It was a fun time in life.

If you have the video, or have info that could help me track it down, I’d really appreciate it! Feel free to help by sharing this in fan forums & what-not online. We Are 138!

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Rock N’ Roll Movies 🎬

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I like rock n’ roll movies. I’ve seen a bunch. I still need to see a lot of them, or it’s been too long to remember what I thought of them.

What are your favorites? Mine are noted below: ★★★★★ is good ★☆☆☆☆ is bad. I just threw them in a table, then sorted by rating then title.

Please don’t say Rock of Ages. I have no interest in musicals. 🤣

I used AI to partially successfully create a table with as-of-now correct IMDB & RT ratings. I’ll copy & paste it below, & link to my spreadsheet.

AiXeLsyD13’s Rock N’ Roll Movie List!
Movie:My Rating:IMDB:RT 🍅:RT 🍿:Category:
A Mighty Wind★★★★★7.287%82%Comedy
Airheads★★★★★6.222%57%Comedy
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure★★★★★7.081%75%Comedy
Boom: A Film About the Sonics★★★★★8.9n/an/aDocumentary
Empire Music★★★★★6.831%84%Comedy
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga★★★★★6.563%81%Comedy
Fat Kid Rules the World★★★★★6.484%61%Drama
Heavier Trip★★★★★6.091%n/aComedy
Heavy Trip★★★★★7.094%85%Comedy
Honeysuckle Rose★★★★★6.360%74%Drama
Josie and the Pussycats★★★★★5.653%53%Comedy
Lemmy: 49% Motherf**ker, 51% Son of a Bitch★★★★★7.789%88%Documentary
Mad Tiger★★★★★6.767%57%Documentary
Mission to Lars★★★★★6.781%70%Documentary
Pick It Up!: Ska in the ’90s★★★★★8.0n/an/aDocumentary
Ray★★★★★7.780%87%Biopic
School of Rock★★★★★7.292%64%Comedy
The Other F Word★★★★★7.278%82%Documentary
The Punk Syndrome★★★★★7.894%87%Documentary
This Is Spinal Tap★★★★★7.995%82%Comedy
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk★★★★★7.882%93%Documentary
Walk the Line★★★★★7.882%90%Biopic
Willie Nelson & Family (series)★★★★★8.386%100%Documentary
8 Mile★★★★☆7.275%54%Drama
Anvil: The Story of Anvil★★★★☆7.998%89%Documentary
Beware Mr. Baker★★★★☆7.698%81%Documentary
Bill & Ted Face the Music★★★★☆6.082%65%Comedy
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey★★★★☆6.356%56%Comedy
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones★★★★☆8.190%91%Documentary
It Might Get Loud★★★★☆7.680%84%Documentary
Muscle Shoals★★★★☆7.797%90%Documentary
Ordinary World★★★★☆5.553%46%Drama
Searching for Sugar Man★★★★☆8.295%92%Documentary
Sound City★★★★☆7.8100%90%Documentary
Straight Outta Compton★★★★☆7.889%91%Biopic
The Blues Brothers★★★★☆7.973%87%Comedy
Wayne’s World★★★★☆7.079%84%Comedy
Whiskey on a Sunday★★★★☆8.9n/an/aDocumentary
A Complete Unknown★★★☆☆7.4n/an/aBiopic
Almost Famous★★★☆☆7.989%92%Drama
Metal Lords★★★☆☆6.762%84%Comedy
Metallica: Through The Never★★★☆☆7.182%74%Drama
Once★★★☆☆7.897%91%Drama
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School★★★☆☆6.781%70%Comedy
Rockstar★★★☆☆6.352%57%Drama
Some Kind of Monster★★★☆☆7.589%86%Documentary
Studio 666★★★☆☆5.756%80%Horror/Comedy
That Thing You Do!★★★☆☆6.993%82%Comedy
The Rocker★★★☆☆6.241%57%Comedy
The Runaways★★★☆☆6.570%66%Biopic
Wayne’s World 2★★★☆☆6.260%61%Comedy
CBGB★★☆☆☆6.67%39%Biopic
Hired Gun★★☆☆☆7.240%72%Documentary
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School Forever★★☆☆☆4.6n/a55%Comedy
SLC Punk★★☆☆☆7.463%89%Drama
The Dirt★★☆☆☆7.039%94%Biopic
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story★☆☆☆☆6.6n/a57%Biopic
Becoming Led Zeppelinn/an/an/an/aDocumentary
Bohemian Rhapsodyn/a7.960%85%Biopic
Cadillac Recordsn/a7.066%68%Biopic
Elvisn/a7.377%94%Biopic
Gutterdammerungn/a7.6n/an/aWeird
Heavy Metal Parking Lotn/a7.583%78%Documentary
High Fidelityn/a7.591%90%Drama
Jimi: All Is By My Siden/a5.768%41%Biopic
Junen/a7.5100%83%Documentary
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Parkn/a4.8n/a60%Action
La Bamban/a6.991%78%Biopic
Metal: A Headbanger’s Journeyn/a8.090%91%Documentary
Punk’s Deadn/a4.6n/a36%Drama
Punks Not Deadn/a7.090%76%Documentary
Rocketmann/a7.389%88%Biopic
Sid & Nancyn/a7.088%84%Biopic
Sound of Metaln/a7.797%90%Drama
The Buddy Holly Storyn/a7.1100%82%Biopic
The Decline of Western Civilizationn/a7.5100%83%Documentary
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Yearsn/a7.276%76%Documentary
The Decline of Western Civilization Part IIIn/a7.2100%80%Documentary
The Doorsn/a7.258%83%Biopic

As I have finished up, damnit I forgot Filmage, Tenacious D’s Pick of Destiny (& the TV show), Crossroads, Purple Rain, Frank, CB4, Big Money Hustlas, Salad Days, Pump Up The Volume, We Are Lady Parts, Popstar, Beavis & Butt-head, Breakin’, Pirate Radio, & more. I’m gonna have to do a part 2. Or maybe this is part 2 or 3 already? I blogged about rock movies back in 2012 a bit, & about rock docs.

Yinz like weird playlists?

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I have been making goofy ones lately.

The latest one is Contradictions / Companions and it’s made up of songs that contradict or compliment each other. I mainly listen to Amazon Music, but this one was fun so I copied it to Spotify too.

Contradictions / Companions | Amazon Music

Contradictions / Companions | Spotify

I have a bunch more weird ones. Sometimes I reach out to Oddly Specific Playlists on Facebook or r/punk for help. Some have a specific order, some are designed for chaos goblins who always choose random.

Here’s some fun ones if you listen to Amazon, let me know if you want me to copy them to Spotify! (I usually do that with Tune My Music):

And there are plenty more weird ones. Lemme know if you check one out and think I’m missing some good obvious tracks that fit!