Eminem on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Bad recording but it makea me laffa tha risotto up all over my bib

wiz gig

thought that the first gig of our tapeswap denmother should be féted - see yous there! viva la bosom!

Be careful what you wish for

The above photos of Bobby Conn illustrate the journey of this tapeswap. See, after doing my bus ride test-drive of an initial line-up, I came to the conclusion that it was, well, a little gay. Something about the five middle tracks was just so hands-in-the-air-on-the-float action that I didn't want Hank to think I was trying to TELL him something. Don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with being gay - didn't you see 60 Minutes last night? It's apparently all in the GENES, say those clever Americans, so I'll have to stop telling my gay friends that it's just because they drank from the wrong bubblers in primary school.

But I digress. Fortunately, it was at this time that I remembered BOBBY CONN. Whose pictures grace the top of this post - glam Bobby and butch killer-dog yet still funkin' Bobby. I hadn't listened to him for so long and he is GREAT. I saw him about five years ago in London. It was just him in a white tracksuit with a guitar and a drum machine. Bobby was doin' the ironic glam falsetto thing when Justin Darkness (sorry, even though I love you) was still writing ad jingles. Anyway, the guy I was at the show with bought Bobby's cd because Bobby was so GREAT and made the mistake of leaving it in my bag. I didn't see him again before I left the country which was certainly my gain and hopefully, yours too, Hank because I hope you love the Conn as much as I do. There's two Bobby songs; the last, "Whores"features my favourite lyrics: "I'll be working on your street, missing half my teeth/Give another gummy blowjob, get myself something good to eat" with the chorus, "I'm so proud of being a whore/Lay me down and turn me out and give me some more" - all sung in a beautiful heartfelt torch song manner.

As for my cover art for this tapeswap, it was a poor cut and paste affair using sticky-tape and pictures of happy German matrons (I'm assuming they're German because it was from a German magazine), which certainly doesn't bear posting on this esteemed blog. The back of the cd does, though, feature a German football comic that says amongst lots of stuff I don't understand, "DIE PUSSYS!" and "SCHEISS HOOLIGANS!", which I enjoyed.

Alors, enough babbling - tracklist:

Fill my pill - Be Your Own Pet

Cum on feel the noize - Bran Van 3000

Maybelline - Datarock

Sexbeat - Two Lone Swordsmen

Nanny nanny boo boo - Le Tigre

Good ones - The Kills

I want candy - Bow Wow Wow

Winners - Bobby Conn

One two three four five six seven eight nine ten Barbie dolls - Pizzicato Five

Booker to hooker - Khan

Silent shout - The Knife

Skateboarding saves me twice - Grandaddy

Sugarcube - Yo La Tengo

Darling, you're mean - The Duke Spirit

Nepal - Mikkel Metal

Dominique - Gus Gus

*Close my eyes - Jason Sparks

Whores - Bobby Conn

*Cover of the Ride song, fancy!

Look Out There's A Monster Coming

My new tape swap, this one is for Matt... Strange, I chose these songs kinda randomly but there seems to be a lot of songs about monsters and creatures from outer-space... hence the title and the cover



01) Anton Maiden - Run To The Hills
Yes, you read that correctly Anton Maiden,
a swedish computer programmer that recorded an album of awful Iron Maiden karaoke songs and then commited suicide. YouTube Video [in swedish]

02) Gwar - Maggots
A heavy metal song about maggots falling like rain by guys that perform as monsters from outerspace
This is probably where Lordi stole most of their ideas... [Joan Rivers meets GWAR]

03) The Squirrels - Let It Be
Probably the most faithful rendition of this Beatles song I have heard [???]

04) Roky Erickson - Creature With The Atom Brain
The Rok has appeared on all my tape swaps, he is the greatest!

05) Iggy & The Stooges - I Got A Right
Great, this is as punk as it fucking gets

06) Richard Delvy - The Green Slime
Bizzare theme song to the science fiction flick of the same name, incredibly cheesy psychadelica

07) Dread Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin covers in a reggae style with an overwight Elvis impersonator on vocals,
why didn't I think of that? [Video: Dread Zep's Immigrant Song]

08) The Cramps - Two Headed Sex Change
Great band, strange subject matter for a song I guess???

09) Stormtroopers Of Death - United Forces
From the 1985 classic "Speak English Or Die", this has gotta be one of the most fucked up albums ever.

10) Milk Cult - The Fuzz Wah Song
These guys are also known as Steel Pole Bath Tub, the album is "Burn or Bury" and if you like experimental shit
it is worth checking out

11) Beatallica - No Remorseful Reply
Beatles cover band and Metallica parody rolled into one.
These guys have two albums and you can download them free from http://beatallica.org/

12) Jello Biafra & The Melvins - Yuppie Cadillac
Good little punk number about road hogging SUV's and 4WD's and the scumbags that drive'em

13) Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Look Out, There's A Monster Coming
One of my fav bands sound like a cross bewteen Beatles, Monty Python and LSD inspired Children's music

14) Ramones - Judy Is A Punk
To me this is probably the song that best represents the Ramones... simple, repetitive, loud and dumb

15) Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
Something about the strange siren sounds in the backing track is annoying yet hypnotic and addictive.

16) Sonic's Rendezvous - City Slang
A good rocking song from Fred Sonic Smith of the MC5.

17) Misfits - Hollywood Babylon
That Danzig, boy, how he can wail!

18) Iron Maiden - Wrathchild
We had Anton Maiden at the start, now here is the real thing

19) The Surfmen - Ghost Hop
Surf music meets spooky stuff

20) Messer Chups - Dark Story
Russian exerimental/surf/electro/horror band... worth checking out

21) Supersuckers - Psyched Out
One of the most rocking bands that never made it big but shoulda and the world aint fair.

22) Brian Posehn - Metal by Numbers
That really tall nerdy comedian from Just Shoot Me with a metal parody song that's kinda geeky but funny

To Matt From Wiz: They Might Be A Bit Tight For A Few Days...SPECIAL GATEFOLD RELEASE!

To Matt From Wiz: They Might Be A Bit Tight For A Few Days...SPECIAL GATEFOLD RELEASE!


1. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet.

I just like this song OK? Sheez.
How did I miss that Blink 182, who I like to call Shit 182, did a cover of this song?
Ho Hum....here's some Youtube 4 u.


2. Black Flag - TV Party

Awesome song, stupidly cute film clip.

This song is on the Repo Man soundtrack, which is great, as is the movoir.
Rollins looks totally snoggable in the clip. It could be because he is sporting a neck.

3. GG Allin - I wanna Fuck Myself

One twisted individual.
I really can't comment. Go here for a breakdown on the psycho.

4. The Fugs - Boobs Alot


"Do you like boobs a lot?/ Gotta like boobs a lot/ If you like boobs a lot tag-a-long/ If you have a long flagon on ..."



5. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Another great karaoke tune. High drama, fantastic!
Here is a video clip made with footage of Xena and her lesbian lover Gabrielle. RADNESS!


6. The New York Dolls - Trash

Man, how good is this band?! I just discovered that they are Morrisseys fave band, which I find slightly odd.
I love trashy people, and love the line "arrrr how do you call your Loverboy?" "TRASH"

Shock horror, here they are performing Trash live on Youtube. Weeeeeeeeee.7. Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - I'm Straight.

I met Jonanthan and his drummer in the food court in China Town before me and my posse went to see him at the metro.
His drummer (name eludes me) waved at me during the gig. Guess he liked it when I bit into his spring roll!

Anyway, this song is about being in love with a girl who is going out with a druggie. I know that feeling.

8. The Frogs - Baby Greaser George

One fucked up band that never fails to make me laff, even when they're singing about blow jobs from new borns wearing leather suits.
Go here to read the lyrics if you're TUFF


9. Nina Hagen - Prima Nina In Ekstasy

She is the queen! I discovered her when a man came up to me whilst I was wearing a tutu and had pink hair, and informed me that I looked like her. I look nothing like her, but I was honoured (after I bought one of her albums).


10. The Cure - Do The Hansa

Early disco punky sounds from The Cure. My favourite band when I was wee thing. I liked to cry to their music and think about how no one understood me except Nellie and Robert Smith.
Then some boy gave me a double live album of theirs on vinyl from the early 80's, and pashed me, and I learned how to smile again.

Isn't that a lovely story?

Can't tell you what The Hansa is, but go to googilism for a few suggestions.
There's some gold there.




11. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides

Good 80's post punk type bizzness.

12. Peeping Tom/Massive Attack - Kill The DJ

This is Mike Pattons latest musical foray and its AWESOME!!!! Get the album now. There's collaborations with artists ranging from Kid Koala to Norah Jones. Album of the year for me thus far.
ps Matt, nothing personal about the title, I thought you'd like this track.

Here is a gratuitous shot of my hubby.


13. Beach Boys - Hang On To Your Ego

Frank Black does a cover of this, but hey, its from Pet Sounds and it's a great tune!


14. Nancy Sinatra - The Last of the Secret Agents

60's surf/spy toon. Nancy is my beyatch.
Once I had sex with her....oh wait a minute, that was Ross.


15. Princess Superstar - Sex ( I Like)

The only song on this album that's not a christmas truck driving song.



16. Free Kitten - Top 40

Kim Gordans other band. These gals rock. This song is about being in love with someone singing to you on the Top 40. I read it's about Matt Goss and NOT about Mike and The Mechanics as originally reported.

17. Lil Wiz - Girl Fight Tonight

Best song ever....again.

18. The Horrorpops - PsychoBitches Outta Hell

I went and saw these guys at the Annandale and the double bass girl spotted my massive tits. She whispered to the hot guitar boy and he had a gander and then she blew me a kiss. It was tops.

They are a very hot looking band AND they have psychobilly go-go dancers. YAY.

Here's a video of them doing another song, Misstake. Tell me that these people ain't hot, I dare you.
PS. They are from Denmark.


19. The 5.6.7.8's - I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield

Well I do!

Japanese girls going OFF.
Here's a link to them singing Woo Hoo.



20. Half Japanese - My Sordid Past

If this song was about me, it woould be called my sordid past,present,future.

21. The Dickies - Poodle Party

I love how being "the sleaziest" and "the easiest" makes you "the best". I told YOU! Maybe you'll listen now that the Dickies have told you.



22. DJ Vadim - The Terrorist

Not so sure how reliable this is, but China Daily reports that a teen girl from Singapore was stopped by Guangzhou airport security guards "when they heard a voice shouting, 'I am a terrorist.'" Turned out to be her mobile ringtone talking, the item says.

LINK



23. Art Brut - Formed A Band

In honour of Bosom, the band Arch, Rocky and I formed. Nellie recomended this song as inspiration for us."It's not irony....we're just talking to the kids."

24. Turbonegro - Wasted Again

I love this band with all my sailor suits! How many times have I been wasted with you Matt? I can't count. All fun. Here is our theme tune...FUCK YEAH!

Redneck County

Well... this months tapeswap is for Kane... Kane is a man that loves his rock (and I believe he is something of a redneck) so in his honour I present... REDNECK COUNTY
I decided to hand draw this months cover, not being much for originality I just copied the style of that guy that does all those shithouse posters for the Lansdowne.

01) Redneck County – Radio Promo
Silly radio trailer for a movie that sounds like what Dukes Of Hazzard could have been if they hadn’t involved world class a-holes like Johnny Spazzville and Sean William Dicksucker and just filmed a bunch of inbreds drinkin moonshine and making out with their sisters.

02) Fear – I Love Living In The City
Notoriously politically incorrect punk band give us a little slice of urban life… “people puking everywhere, piles of blood, scabs, and hair… bodies wasted and disease… young people dieing on the streets”! You know ... feel good music.

03) The Germs – Lexicon Devil
Another legendary US punk band lead by the absolute epitome of white-trash Darby Crash. If you aint been introduced to the intoxicated world of Darby Crash check out the following video (this is a crack-up)….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_FKO4Y7u_w

04) The Didjits – Evilized
More punk rock from The Didjits, this is from their 1993 album Que Sirhan Sirhan.

05) Alice Cooper – Elected
I recently heard this song again in some documentary… for the life of me I can’t remember what it was… I think it was Inside Deep Throat or something about Nixon… the point is I remembered how cool this song was. I liked it.

06) Faxed Head – Don’t Turn Out Like Me
Wow! A group of teenagers who have been left crippled due to unsuccessful suicide attempts playing in a metal/noise band. A wheelchair bound singer who stage dives into crowds...... Too bad it was really all a prank by comedian Neil Hamburger and Mr Bungle’s Trey Spruance. Still they did three albums and even toured here ... it’s weird, it rocks and it’s really fucking noisey.

07) Black Sabbath – Symptom Of The Universe
Pure Ozzy action here, none of that Dio crap… This is probably my favourite Sabbath song … or maybe it's War Pigs…

08) Roky Erickson – Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play

Another song from the man who legally declared himself not a member of the human race but an alien from another planet…

09) The Dwarves – We Must Have Blood
More punk rock from the 1997 album The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking…


10) Jello Biafra And The Melvins – Kali-Fornia Uber Alles 2005 (LIVE)
An updated version of the punk classic with all new lyrics about Governor Schwarzenegger.
i am governor schwarzenneger
pretty soon i'll be dictator
when they make me president
democracy is going away
hasta la vista, baby
i will command all of you
kindergarten cop in every school
or i vill terminate you

11) Gluecifer – God’s Chosen Dealer
Norwegian rock’n’roll from the album Head to Head Boredom (1999)… this track kicks major fucking arse…

HILLBILLY INTERLUDE……….

12) Little Whorehouse On The Prairie – Radio Promo
Just a silly ad for a hillbilly porno movie…yee-ha

13) Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs – Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Banjo picking craziness, would make great chase music for a scene where some moonshiners are outrunning the law….

14) Hasil Adkins- She Said
Hailing from Boone County, West Virginia, Hasil is something of a legend. Hasil set to learning how to play drums and guitar at the same time in 1939. At the time of his death last year he had written over 7000 songs (many on the subject of chicken and his own dance The Hunch) and memorised another 2000 covers still performing live as a one man band and playing the weirdest, most-demented country and rockabilly the world has ever heard. Interview and live footage of Hasil

15) Bill Long – What A Waste Of Good Corn Licker
Another hillbilly number… a rednecks girlfriend drowns in a vat of corn liquor… hence the title

16) Roy Clark & Buck Owens - Duelling Banjos
This song always reminds me of my loss of innocence during that canoeing trip with Burt Reynolds…

17) The Hillbilly Hooker – Radio Promo
Another hillbilly porno trailer about a 14-year old prostitute… OMG!

HILLBILLY INTERLUDE ENDS HERE….

18) The Misfits – Teenagers From Mars
Danzig-era Misfits… is anything else worth listening too????

19) Blood Duster – Porn Store Stiffi
Aussie grind-core… the title of the song says it all really…

20) Entombed – Rotten Soil
Swedish metal from the 1993 album Wolverine Blues… I saw these guys when they toured… it was awesome… very fucking heavy!

21) The Pod People – Filling The Void
Aussie Doom Metal band from the 2001 album Doom Saloon…also very heavy!

22) Messer Chups – Sex Euro And Evil Pops
After all that death-metal-grind-core-doom-rock this should be a little less agro. These guys are an electro-surf-experimental band from Russia. Well worth checking out!

23) The Supersuckers – Born With A Tail
From the album “How The Supersuckers Became The Greatest Rock N Roll Band In The World”… Quite a claim but anyone familiar with this record knows how much it fucking rocks.

24) Balzac – Zennou Naru Musuu No Me Shi Wo Yubisayu
I don’t think that’s the exact spelling but my Japanese aint so hot. Apparently this style of music is known as zombie-core!

25) Beatallica – And I’m Evil
These guys like to play Beatles parodies in the style of speed-metal legends Metallica. The singer sounds a lot like James Hetfield which helps. This song is a parody of The Beatles “And I love her”, Metallica’s version of “Am I Evil” and thrown in for good measure The Misfit’s “Die Die Die My Darling” including a hilarious parody of operatic midget Glenn Danzig. All of the bands songs are available for free here…http://www.beatallica.org/

26) Turbonegro – Self Destructo Bust
Norwegian punk rockers that look like they stepped out of Freddie Mercury’s wet dreams… denim suits, lipstick, handlebar moustaches and sailor hats… don’t let their appearance fool you these guys know how to rock’n’roll. From the album "Apocalypse Dudes"... here is a clip of another song "Get It On"

27) Good Clean Fun – (It’s Fun To Be A Vampire) Except For All The Goths
Straight-edgers with a sense of humour? What’s next? Emo Christmas albums???

28) Nashville Pussy – Go Motherfucker Go!

Dirty rock’n’rollers who sing about drinking, fighting and sexing. From the album “Let Them Eat Pussy”… These guys are definite rednecks.

29) The Dillinger Escape Plan and Mike Patton – Come To Daddy
Mathcore nerds team up with Patton for a rocking cover of Aphex Twin’s classic. This must have been pretty hard to pull off but sounds great. From the EP “Irony is a Dead Scene”.

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1) "To be by your side" by Nick Cave

Who would have thought Nick Cave would be providing his voice to a documentary about migrating birds? Well he did for 'Traveling birds' and it sounds great especially with the added bird noises on this version. So sad and wistful this one.




2) "Fistfull of Love" by Antony and the Johnsons

This album was voted the Gayest Album ever by Joy FM.... I concur. Lou Reed adds a touching prologue. A song about S&M never sounded sweeter. Thankyou Antony.


3) "He War" by Cat Power

I remember hearing this song in the middle of the night after doing some late night darkroom printing. It seemed to sum up the melancholy I had for leaving Melbourne behind. Can't hear it without thinking about those sad months, small boy - big city.
Watch on YouTube

4) "Breath me" (Fourtet Remix) by Sia

The finale of 'Six Feet Under' featured this track, the original that is. Fourtet strips the sucker back and puts a hypnotic metronome in to counterpoint the breathy vocal. I still have the goosebumps. Watch on YouTube


5) "Chicago" by Sufjan Stephens

More woos rock I know but this guy puts the epic into folk and puts goose bumps on the ones that Sia gave me.
Here's a YouTube clip of some kids doing an a capella version
Watch on YouTube

6) "Crazy" by Pylon

Athens GA rockers dug out of obscurity thanks to REM who covered this song on Dead letter Office way back in the day. I prefer this than the cover version hope you do to.

7) "Turn a square" by The Shins

Was it my buddy Paul or perhaps the movie 'Garden State' that introduced me to these cool folk rockers. Makes me feel good anyhoo.

8) "Twice around (featuring Jean Gray)" by Herbalizer

This English hip hopper can really soul it up does some cool collaborations. Good with a pint or a kilo of coke snorted off a hookers bum.

9) "Cross eyed and painless" by Talking Heads

Brian Eno funks up talkiing heads by wedging in a fuckload of cowbell and percussion. I played this on the tram this morning and had to bite my lip so I wouldn't spontaneously dance in an epileptic way. Needles to say my lip is sore now.
This YouTube clip features the clip that Toni Basil directed:
Watch on YouTube

10) "Apply some pressure" by Maximo Park

These English rock dudes are so bratty, I like singing along to this one in the car on the way to work, makes me want to swerve and hit pedestrians for some reason.
Watch on YouTube

11) "I changed my mind" by Quannum

I first saw this clip on Rage, blew my mind. 2 years later I went to a forum by Shynola who directed it. The vocal is by Lyrics Born who has such a free conversational vocal that is just so damn groovy my pants hurt.
Watch on YouTube

12) "I wanna be adored (rabbit in the moon remix)" by Stone Roses

This comes for the stone roses remix album. Tres groovy ambient remix of this big 90s hit. Personal trivia: My girlfriend thought the chorus went ' I wanna be a DOG'.
Watch on YouTube


13) "Pista" by Ojos De Brujo

Awesome Spanish rockers who mix gypsy, world and hip hop effortlessly. This is from their website to promote their new album Techari. Their debut Bari is also awesome. Awesome.



14) "Ces Bottes sont faites pour marcher ( these boots are made for walking)" by Eileen

I love the Nancy Sinatra version but this takes it to another level of camp. Now where's my pink boa.....oh yeh, there it is.

This YouTube clip features some great dance moves.
Watch on YouTube

Snakes On a Blog

OK, the ugly side of Tape Swap is emerging.
As official administrator, I feel I should make a couple of comments.

Tape Swap is now in it's fourth cycle, and has mostly been a most excellent adventure for those involved.

But, as has been illustrated by the previous post, some people haven't been keeping up their end of the deal.
If you can't do it, don't.
If you have already commited yourself to it, and a problem arises, just email me. I am not THAT scary, and it will also give me the option of finding someone else to complete the swap.

Another issue is comments. It's great how involved everyone is getting, and far be it for me to censor you fuckers, since it's your blog too, but lets keep it friendly. This is meant to be a good experience, not a bitch fest.
Actually, nothing that bad has happened yet, let's keep it that way.

Thanks to everyone who is playing well. Tape Swap is proving to be mostly radness!

Snakes In The Grass....

I can't believe I got jacked. I never got my tape... and apparently I am not the only one... this simply will not do...
To anyone who is new and even considering doing this TS biz, you have to make the commitment and follow through. there is NO excuse ... NONE... ZERO... unless you die (and even then I will spit on your tomb)... it isn't that fucking hard really is it???... all you do is burn a stupid disc and put it in the mail!
No Excuses! NONE!!!!
If you agree to do something you do it!
To anyone who didn't send their tapes out, you are a fucking jerk!

Sorry I Got Fat N Drank All Your Beer

Sorry I Got Fat 'N Drank All Your Beer. For Stuart From Wiz

As you can see I have been slack and not posted any of my previous Tape Swap extravaganzas on this esteemed blog. It took the challenge of STUART to coax my little nose out...and here I am. Hi.

On a general note, can I just say, you guys are doing an awesome job!
Tape Swap would obviously be nothing without you, so YAY! Thanks for making it so entertaining.

OK lets get down to it...

1. After Hours - The Velvet Underground.
Has anyone heard of this band? Some guy called Lou Reed sings for them. I think they're on Britneys label.
Bwa haha.

But really, this song sums up how I felt when I lived in a horrid little unit in Ryde during my late teens. Sad.

2. Can Your Pussy Do The Dog? - The Cramps.
What a sexy band! Makes me wanna put on big boots and suck face.

3. Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkman.
I used to pretend this song was written about me. Then I remembered I was just a convent educated lass with great hair and no ambition.

Go here for the SUPERCUTE film clip. I LOVE BOYS!!!!!

4. Leader Of The Pack - The Shangris Las
I always wanted to be in a band like this. Who doesn't want to pash of the leader off the pack. He rides a ducati you know.

5. Folsom Prison Blues (live) - Johnny Cash

Oh wow, how good is this live album? I love the man in black! He looks especially hot when he is Joaquin.
This is one of my favourite live albums of all time. The convicts cheering in the background are awesome!
Check out some footage here.

6. Dancing Barefoot - Patti Smith

Patti was a very exciting discovery for me. This song rocks. Did the Celibate Rifles do a cover of this?
"Oh god I fell for you". Loves it.

7. Two Doors Down - Dolly Parton

Dolly is my one true love. I think this songs great. She's all sad 'cause she got dumped and her neighbours are boozing it up. By the second verse, she's picked up a hottie and by the third verse she's rooting him in her unit.
Love a girl who can bounce back!

If you don't love Dolly now, you will after you see this AMAZING clip of her singing Two Doors Down. The tagline on the site says "THE GREAT DOLLY FROM A EARLY 80'S VARIETY SPECIAL, `THE AUDIENCE LOOKS LIKE THEY WANDERED IN FROM A "CURE" CONCERT!"
Truly HILARIOUS!
She is soooo cute. She reminds me of Miss Piggy, in a good way.

8. If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up - Betty Davis

This is classic sexy funk. If you like da funk, you will love this woman! She is fantastic..."Started wiggling my fanny..."



9. Cherry Bomb - The Runaways

What self respecting lady doesn't love this song. Bad girls rool.
I wish I was a teenager again, so I could kick my dad in the balls and run away wearing nothing but a g.string.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, watch the clip here.

10. Modelling Sucks - Handsome Boy Modelling School

"I am a male model, not a male prostitute.....they made me take off my top"

11. Trash From Sydney City - Sydney City Trash

My favourite live act in Sydney. The lads who took the 'o' out of 'country'.
Fuck yeah!
Go to their website and find out when their next gig is. And don't be a fucktard... BUY THE ALBUM!

12. I Want It All - Veruca Salt from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Sorry Stuart, I forgot you have kids, so have probably seen this movie a million times. I just wanna slap that little Veruca slut across her smug little face, but I agree with her life philosophy..."give it to me...NOW!"

13. Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits - Magnetic Fields

A great song about rooting all day...like bunny rabbits. It's got a nice sort of Beach Boys sound. Check out their triple album 69 Love Songs.

14. Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks

The Buzzcocks are one of my favourite bands. This song is tops. The other day I had this toon in my head and kept singing it at my parents house, much to their delight.

15. Reject All America - Bikini Kill

Thank you Bikini Kill for ripping me out of my debilitating teen angst phase...you RAWK!
Kathleen Hanna ain't everyone's cup of tea, but she's mine.
I saw them at sydney uni back in the day, and she made all the tall boys move back so I could see.

Here's a clip of them singing Suck My Left One live.

16. Girl Fight Tonight - ME (lil wiz)

All of my Tape Swap partners get this toon. Obviously the best song ever recorded. Kudos to Mitch who made it happen. If you desperately wanna hear it, go to it's own special Myspace place.

17. The Girls Attractive - Diamond Nights

Well I am. Heeeeee. Nice bit of Billy Idol sounding pop rock.

18. Sexy Results - Death From Above 1979

Mel introduced me to this band back in TS round one. I love them. This song is sexy, and its called sexy results. Kaching! Something modern for the kids.

19. Intimate Secretary - The Raconteurs

Jack Whites OTHER band. The whole album is really good. I wouldn't lie. It really is. This is my fave toon off it at the moment.

20. Still Wasted From The Party Last Night - Liam Lynch

Yes, he's the United States Of Whatever dude, but he is SOOO much more. Hows Jack Black Collaborator strike ya? He's funny, and I would marry him if he was fatter. (like my true fiancee JB)
Here is some liam hilarity.

21. Naked Pictures (of your mother) - Electric Six

You can't stop me 'cause this is my favourite band at the moment so up yours grandpa!
Just AWESOME. Is this my favourite song? Maybe. I won't tell you.

22. All Grown Up - Gore Gore Girls

A big hairy man I know found these gals on the strength of their name. Garage pop chicklets singing about staying out late and wearing hair up high and dating boys....bup baa baddup ba ba.

23. Bringing Back The Balls To Rock - Lordi

Thank god Lordi won Eurovision, otherwise I may have never found them. They RAWK. Monster rock is good rock..."hail in the name of rock n roll"!

24. Who's Got The Crack? - The Moldy Peaches.

These guys are a low-fi group who sing funny songs about porn and skinning rich kids. I thought I'd end with this one, so next time I see Stuart he will come straight up to me with a well packed crack pipe and a silly grin on his stoopid face.

And guess what!? Here's a video of 'em singing WHO'S GOT THE CRACK?

topical tapeswap

Tapeswap is truly taking over my farkin' life. Friday night and instead of post work pub hoo-ha, I rush home to blog about TS. Anyways, I was banging on in comments about your tape swapee seeing your selection before anyone else and I just hope Austalia Post did their job and Earle has seen his TS before reading this. If not (and they were all at that farkin' union protest, dodging the Australia Post hired goons' cameras, weren't they yesterday?), I'm sorry, Earle, that I'm a shameless hypocrite.

So this is my topical tapeswap. Not topical as in treating a skin disease kinda way, but finger on the red hot world of current affairs sense. The nuptials of our Nic and the impossibly named Keith Urban were firmly on the minds of both The Manly Daily and I as I was making this Tapewap, so now we have the Nicole and Keith Wedding Memorial Album. But that's not all! This TS is also totally zeitgeist because there's a World Cup song on there. It's the only WC song I know, have or like and is more treasured because it's for England and they're so shit.

1. Teachers - Soulwax
2. Work Work Work (Pub Club Sleep) - The Rakes
3. Damaged Goods - Gang of Four
4. Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle - Be Your Own Pet
5. I Love Techno - Soulwax
6. Neverland - The Knife
7. Darko - Booka Shade
8. Hips For Scotland - Psychonauts
9. Open Book - The Rakes
10. Emily Kane - Art Brut
11. Mysteries - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
12. Ruby Blue - Roisin Murphy
13. World In Motion - New Order
14. Useless - Depeche Mode
15. The Slow Drug - PJ Harvey
16. Sunday - Sonic Youth
17. Rear View Mirror - Grandaddy
18. Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest

I'm saying nuthin' about the above except that the lyric "With the wine she was no lady" from "Hips For Scotland" really speaks to me. I'd like to say, like my fellow Tapeswappers, that I've spent more time on the cover art than the song selection but the sad fact is that I actually test drive my tapeswap several times over on the bus to work and farkin' pull out a piece of paper and a pen to make notes about revisions to my selections. That's sad and even sadder because Earle's probably gonna hate the whole lot. Viva la tapeswap!

That's a Paddlin'

Having not been a dickhead and sent my tape on time (it was a great big reel-to-reel thing), I thought the time opportune to tell all you ratbags and perverts what you missed by not being my tapeswap buddy. Nothing. That's right, you missed nothing. No, actually, I reckon Luke got a pretty good cd, although that depends entirely upon his taste, so it could turn out to be a nightmarish voyage through some type of sonic nightmare.So there you go. Here's the tracks, but I'm not gonna tell you why they're on there; they're on there because each and every track is shit hot, that's why!!

1.Asesinos- Los Crudos.

2.Homosexual President- Wrangler Brutes. (Best. Thing. Ever.)

3.Deadly rhythm-Refused.

4.Concertina- Mars Volta.

5. Hellhound on my Trail (I should have saved this one for Wiz--Damnit!!)-Robert Johnson.

6.Don't you Just Know it-The Sonics.

7.Louie Louie-Black Flag.

8.Bullying the Jukebox-Bouncing Souls.

9.Boys on the Docks-Dropkick Murphys.

10.Slurring the Rythms-Against Me!

11.Dan the Man-Gilgamesh.

12.Rudie Can't Fail-The Clash.

13.Pressure Drop-The Specials.

14.The Israelites-Desmond Dekker.

15.The Harder They Come-Jimmy Cliff.

16.The Acid Queen (Live) -The Who.

17.Def Poetry-Sage Francis.

18.Satanic Reverses-Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy.

19.Organ of Hope-Born Against.

20Among Us-Mindsnare.

21.Lifestyle of Rebellion-Against All Authority.

22.The State Lottery-Propaghandi.

23.Talkin' About a Revolution-Tracey Chapman.

Damn, that's a long fucking cd. Next time I'm putting a 45 minute John Coltraine live piece on there just so I don't have to type as much.

One Teaspoon of Fashion Buyer Paints the Town Shite

Okey Dokey
Another month another mixed tape.
This one is quite different from the last one I made, a slightly harder approach, in a way less funk more punk. Still there are some absurdities and novelty tracks but it's a darker mix that's for sure. Hopefully Trev will enjoy some of the tracks here.

Oh, I have had fun putting this mix together and have provided you with a little multimedia presentation of sorts, I have linked to you-tube videos where possible (as you could imagine some of these songs don't have 'em)... I also should note that I mised this collection a few weeks back when I originally wrote this post but only could be fucked sending the cd today...

The Front cover:


The Back Cover:




01) Lon Chaney Jr – Spider Baby
Legendary horror actor Chaney provided a rather weird theme song for the bizarre film “Spider Baby” aka “The Maddest Story Ever Told” aka “The Liver Eaters” aka “Cannibal Orgy”. The movie’s like a cross between “The Addams Family”, “Night Of The Living Dead” and “Eraserhead” if you can imagine that. The song was covered by Fantomas recently but this version is slightly more weird and goofy. This is the link to the trailer for the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTHUwNytPuo


02) Geto Boys – Chuckie
Texas’ answer to NWA, slightly more psychotic and raw. This track features Bushwick Bill, a rapping dwarf taking on the ego of Chuckie the killer doll. Bill was hardcore, he appears on the cover of this record lying in a hospital bed with a very real bullet hole in his eye. Awesome!


03) Steel Pole Bath Tub – The 500 Club
Sludgy, noisy rock band from 1990’s Seattle, they scored a major label deal during the frenzy of acts signed after the success of Nirvana. They were dropped after submitting a demo for a 2nd album composed entirely of songs by The Cars. Now that’s funny! Also on the CD I put the wrong song title... sorry Trev for any confusion, but I'm sure you don't give s crap.

04) 13th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me
60’s psychadelic band with a notorious drug habit, fronted by Roky Erickson prior to his stint in the loony bin. This is their most popular song and features some great electric jug playing. Here is a rare TV performance of the song:


05) Dead Boys – Sonic Reducer
An early punk band on the NYC scene, largely responsible for the violent punk image and sound we associate with the genre today. From the album “Young Loud & Snotty”. Here’s a live video of the song from 1977
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmVCdPe2_Ao

06) Frank Zappa – My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
From the album “Weasels Ripped My Flesh”, this track is one of Zappa’s more hard rock efforts still there is room for some bizarre instrumental sections and lyrics about being disrespected by your girls’ suburban parents for having long hair.

Here’s a funny video with Zappa arguing against censorship of rock record with some stuffy guys in suits on CNN: “I tell you what, kiss my ass, how do you like that?” he he he…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HljzEXJvj8

07) Fear – I don’t care about you
Another punk band with a bad reputation. Lead by madman Lee Ving and from the album simply called “The Record”. John Belushi’s favourite band, he even scored them a guest spot on Saturday Night Live that ended in disaster when a bunch of punks rushed the stage to the chant “New York Sucks” and the TV execs shut the whole thing down. Punk was banned from the show for a long time.

08) Deadbolt – Crime Scene
Surf Rock and Psychobilly band performing a song about crime scene investigations that graphically details all manner of violent and weird crimes. Cool!

09) Butthole Surfers – Dust Devil
From the album “Independent Worm Saloon”, this song fucking rocks. One of the most rocking songs ever … if you don’t believe me watch the video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFgAoA0nTmk

10) Mojo Nixon – Drunk Divorced Floozie (The Ballad Of Diana Spencer)
Mojo was never considered subtle....

“She was a drunk divorced floozie
Gallivanting in France
She died in the backseat
Unzipping Dodis' pants
A buncha non-working rich pigs
So camera shy
They got drunk, drove fast and proceeded to die”


11) Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Electricity
What a great song, it’s weird, very weird. Strained vocals and bizarre structure. From the album “Safe As Milk”. This is much better than the Sonic Youth version.
Article/Interview with Beefheart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIlVXzC85TU


12) Revolting Cocks – Crackin Up
Industrial meets Disco with lots of samples and lyrics about the negative side of taking crack. It’s soooo sleazy. Vocal style reminiscent of PIL.
Here’s the video (can anyone say too much LSD?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0puJ9rB42t8

13) Perrey & Kingsley – Swan’s Splashdown
These dudes were pioneers in making electronic music popular. This track from 1966’s “In Sound From Way Out!” is a reworking of “Swan Lake” featuring crazy (zany) effects and classic lounge style.

14) Aphex Twin – Pac-Man
That scary man reworks sound effects from the PacMan video game into a manic dance track.

15) The Dickies – You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)
Silly punk number from the late 1970’s LA band. Can anyone understand a single word of this song? No video for this song, but here’s one for their version of “Banana Splits”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=javeuX8LziE

16) I Am A Groupie – Original Radio Trailer
A radio ad for the movie “I Am A Groupie”. That’s all. I thought it was funny…

17) Cathedral – Hopkins The Witchfinder General
Great song from the stoner rock/doom Sabbath-inspired band featuring samples of Vincent Price.
Here’s the awesome music video (so Spinal tap it hurts really):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Qdj7pt7Iw

18) The Dwarves – Runaway #2
These guys are scumbags, vile human beings. I love them. This song about runaway teens is off their album “The Dwarves Must Die” (2004). Obscene lyrics like “Suzie smeared her lipstick, it tastes like daddy's cum. Johnny's in the back room getting sucked off by his mom” and Ramones styled pop make this one a winner.

There’s no video for this song but here’s one for another Dwarves song featuring much blood, naked orgies, the Suicide Girls and even singer Blag Dahlia making out with a midget.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDLSzIYhM54


19) Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum - The Donkey-Headed Adversary Of Humanity Opens The Discussion
An award for longest song title on my mix. Think industrial metal meets The Residents. Odd.


20) Lalo Schiffrin – Theme To Enter The Dragon
Theme music for the Bruce Lee movie, very funky with kung-fu fightin’ sound effects.

21) Lard – 70’s Rock Must Die
Alien Jourgenson of Ministry and Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys team-up yet again to poke fun at seventies stadium rock and it’s fans. Sounds like AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Blue Oyster Cult etc… with the Johnny Rotten meets Woody Woodpecker vocals of Biafra. There’s even plenty of cowbell…

Behind The Scenes

This is an email exchange I had with Stuart today;

Stuart: Are you part of tapeswap?

Wiz: what do you mean?
I AM THE QUEEN OF TAPE SWAP!

Stuart: So why don't you add to the blog then, huh?
Huh? Hey? Huh? Smarty pants? Huh?

Wiz: yeah...well...ummmmmm....SHUT UP ! U ARE!!!!
i will snot face, and then u will have to eat ur own words

Stuart: Hahahhahaha knickers in a knot
Tee hee. You eat boogers

Can you believe the shit I have to put up with
administrating this wonderous cultural
event?!

Where are YOUR amazing words, Stuart.HUH? Yeah,
thought so. Shut up bum bum head.
This is you...

Kev's Ruined Your Career - (For Henry)

I have made my tape swap for Henry, listening back to the CD now after I burned it I realise I've made an odd assortment to say the least.
The first thing Hank will probably realise is that I put more time and effort into the cover than the mix. I have uploaded the front cover. In addition to this marvelous cover I also included a booklet that contains 4 photos of Charlie Sheen naked that are so distatsteful I have decided not to post them here. They are for Hank's private collection.



Let's have a look at the songs.

1) The Kinks - Apeman
This is my way of saying hello to Henry to let him know it's me, the hairy one - oogity boogity.
I have been thinking about this song a lot lately.
I have always wanted to de-evolve into a primitive cave-dweller... ahhh the simple life.

2) Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman
There are a few reoccuring themes on this compilation. The first is gorillas and hairy things.
The second is science-fiction and outerspace. I like this song, it's cute and happy.
Plus Bonzo Dog are a weird band like a kids musical on LSD. From the album
"The Doughnut in Grannies Greenhouse", I told you they were weird.

3) Burning Sensations - Pablo Picasso
"Pablo Picasso was never called an Asshole!" Cover version of the Johnathon Richman song from the soundtrack to Repo Man. Another reoccuring theme here will be soundtracks, okay.

4) James Brown - Blind Man Can See It
An instrumental from the soundtrack (see reocurring themes...) to the Larry Cohen movie Black Caesar.
This song has been sampled by many hip hop groups because of the cool dunga-dunga-dow-dow guitar bits.


5) Roky Erickson & The Aliens - I Walked With A Zombie
As long as I'm in tape swap a song from Roky Erickson will grace every mixed tape I make, until we all agree he is a genius. From the album "The Evil One", you must buy this album! You will not be sorry!

6) Butthole Surfers - Negro Observer
Wow, Molly copped a hiding from John Blackman when he mentioned this band on Hey Hey.
By that stage they were starting to really suck,
but the track here is classic Buttholes from the 1985 album "Psychic, Powerless... Another Man's Sack".
That's honestly the name of the album.

7) The Milo Twins - Johnson To Jones
From a compilation called "Hillbilly Music".
Odd little song from the 40's or 50's.
I know nothing about these guys.
The song is about a 20 year old who seduces a 55 year old lady in a bank. Sexy!

8)The Frogs - Gwendolyn Macrae
From the obscenity ridden album "My Daughter The Broad" from the controversial band The Frogs.
The Frogs have recorded songs about every possible taboo known to mankind.
They write their songs at the time of recording also so there are a few mistakes, wrong notes and people cracking up laughing in this recording.

9)Professor Griff - It's A Rap Thing
I had this for years on a mixed tape somebody gave me before I figured out it was by Griff.
This was recorded shortly after he got the boot from Public Enemy for publicly expressing his opinion of jews.
There isn't anything controversial here, just a good rap tune.

10) Johnny Cash - Dark As The Dungeon
From the fantastic live album recorded at Folsom Prison in 1968.
A rather sad song about coal mining and carking it.
Johnny cracks up halfway through the song (continuing theme).
Features some funny banter from Cash at the end of the track.
"This show is being recorded... so you can't say hell or shit or anything like that..."

11) Heathen Dan - I Like...
"I like noses full of snot, dead things when they rot, belching just for fun, and scum ... and I like you toooooo..."

12) Leonard Nimoy - Music To Watch Space Girls By
It's an instrumental so I'm unsure what Mr Spock really did here, but it's a good one. Sixties space pop, loungey and retro-futuristic similar to the Star Trek theme song.

13) The Squirrels - The Demise of ricky Nelson
A great song, this is the only song I have heard by this band ever.
I have heard their version of Pink Floyd's album "The Not so Bright Side of The Moon".
This song is one of my favs. Very catchy, original and kinda strange.


14) Harry Breuer - Minute Meringue
Space-age pop xylophone nutiness!

15) Jimmy Castor Bunch - King Kong
Mid seventies novelty funk with lyrics about the giant gorilla Kong. Silly.
For more information than you'll ever need on this song
go here

16) Lalo Schiffrin - Secret Code
Lalo is best known for countless movie soundtracks like "Dirty Harry" and "Enter The Dragon".
This is from his solo album "A Whole Lalo Schifrin Going On" (awful title, hey?).
A great instrumental, very funky and seventies soundtrack like.

17) Frank Zappa - G-Spot Tornado
Cool title for an instrumental, it adequately sums up the hectic pace of this piece.
Insane. Definite highlight from the album "Jazz From Hell" (1986).
Believe it or not this won a grammy for best rock instrumental album that year. That's pretty weird.
This version composed entirely on the Synclavier synthesizer.
The live version of this by Ensemble Modern on the Yellow Shark LP is pretty amazing
(to be honest it's a little slower but still "holy shit"...).
The original Video clip is here



18) Senor Coconut - Showroom Dummies
Cool latin flavoured cover of the Kraftwerk classic.

19) Pornosonic - Laying Pipe
Pornosonic were a band that recorded soundtrack music for skin flicks.
They have that classic seventies funky porn sound. Don't pretend you have no idea what I'm talking bout!

20) Debile Menthol - Mieux Vaud D'Ecker
Crazy swiss bastards.

21) Bombay The Hard Way - Third World Lover
From the second album "Electric Vindaloo". This track features Kid Koala and Dynomite D. For the uninititaed Bombay the Hard Way is a collective that remixes Bollywood soundtracks with hip hop.

22) Hijack - The Style Warriors Revenge
Obscure 90's UK hardcore rap outfit inspired by Public Enemy styled fury.
This is a sequel to their previous single Style Wars.

23) Isaac Hayes - Theme from Truck Turner
Very similar in approach to the theme for Shaft also by Hayes.
This time Hayes actually played the lead role...he starred in it,
wrote the theme tune, sang the theme tune...(in best Dennis Waterman voice).

24) The Lancasters - Satan's Holiday
Surf guitar version of Grieg's "In The Hall of the Mountain King".
Kinda sound like the Munsters theme at times.
The Lancasters featured guitarist Richie Blackmore later of Deep Purple.

25) The Cramps - Elvis Fucking Christ
Actually off their most recent album "Fiends of Dope Island (2003)" and not a Cramps classic.
Full of obscenities and rich in lyrical absurdity, I really like this fucking song.
Oops, See the effect it has on me.

That's all 25 whoppingly stoopid songs, hopefully Henry shall enjoy it.