Seriously, where’s the rest of the band?

And while I’m at it, how come I’ve never heard of this before?

And only because the blog is going DOA very shortly, may I recommend you check out this stellar blog.

Look Blue Go Purple and SPUD were the two great rarities I discovered!

And in case you have a ton of time to waste, here’s parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. One of the great and influential labels from the 80’s and 90’s.

Perhaps?

Oh Saturday night! So I’m tending to household chores and about to embark on another load of laundry when my phone rang with an offer of free tickets to see the Phoenix Cardinals. Our local football team has a brand new stadium in the middle of nowhere surrounded my dirt fields. One of the first developments to come along in the area is an outdoor mall, which typically doesn’t fare as well here due to our five month summers that feature triple digit temperatures. This outdoor mall hosts a scant number of businesses, from what I can tell there’s a place that sells hot dogs and a BBQ vendor that looks so corporate that it might as well be called Accountant’s Pride BBQ. During my complimentary football game I learned that the outdoor mall would be hosting Great White…in a free concert. Like a driver slowing down to see an ankle sticking out of the blanket, I had to see it. Here’s a listing of 100 things I saw there.

12 kids under 18 that couldn’t determine if they were more bored than confused.

7 people in tour shits that said, “Back to the Rhythm Tour 25th Anniversary.” I wasn’t sure if this was they were commemorating the tour from 25 years ago or the illusion that Great White had rhythm.

1 guy in a Tesla t-shirt

1 guy in a Nebraska shirt that kept pulling the Nebraska portion of his shirt up around his chin as if to say, “Hey Great White, check out this awesome Nebraska t-shirt.”

1 Guy who looked like he his name would be Dorfman who looked about 20. He was crying during the set and wearing…

1 calculator watch

1 guy with White Pride tattoos who yelled at me for standing in front of his “old lady”.

22 stand alone moustaches

1 Severely drunk Indian man who asked me what the fuck I was doing there if I didn’t come to party. 

10 groupie mothers with their…

10 young groupie daughters who looked 17-going-on-1989.

1 drummer that looked like Estelle Getty from Golden Girls having a stroke.

1 guitar player that had my mom’s senior yearbook hairdo

1 guitar player that looked like he was too old to work at Starbucks, but to young to be a Wal-mart greeter.

1 bass player that looked like a computer animated image of Marky Mark after 20 years of meth abuse. He was also wearing…

1 heavily bedazzled shirt.

3 guys who single-handedly air drummed along with the drummer as he hit the closed high hat to count off the beat.

24 people who heard Once Bitten, Twice Shy and had the satisfied look of a person who learns they can just show up at a mall and not have to do their own taxes.

1 guy who noticed the irony of being doused with water by a band whose pyrotechnics killed a bunch of people, me.

Not that I would complain. My ears have never been the same after seeing them on the "legendary" tour with Dinosaur Jr. in ’91 at the 40 Watt and the next night in Atlanta at the Masquerade.

In honor of the occasion, here’s an absolutely priceless Peel Session that I never see circulated.

As with most reunion rumors, I’ll believe it when I see it, but this seems as legit as it gets.

While I’m at it, does anybody have a copy of "Loveless" they’d trade or sell? Anyone?

My Bloody Valentine – I Can See It (But I Can’t Feel It)

My Bloody Valentine – Lose My Breath

My Bloody Valentine – (When You Wake) You’re Still In A Dream

My Bloody Valentine – Feed Me With Your Kiss

To whit: "I personally believe the U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh…people out there in our nation don’t have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and…I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., err, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our…"

This makes me so happy.

Harry Pussy sucked. But at least they had the goddamn common courtesy to suck in a semi-original, almost interesting, transgressive sort of manner. First off, they were a noise-rock band from Miami! That, in and of itself, cracks me the hell up. Second, they had the nerve to release a "tour only" / vinyl only album. I find that akin to a digital re-master of "Metallic K.O" – I mean, what’s the point? But the HP only existed from 1992 to 97 and managed to release a nice slew of stuff. Of course in the years since they have become über-hip amongst collectors of stuff you can’t find, weren’t up on at the time, and aren’t going to listen to anyway when you finally plunk down the exaggerated jack. (but CD’s widely available, I think?)

Why do I have this? I have no idea, as I can never recall seeing Harry Pussy and I do think I would have remembered such an occasion.  But hell, I’m gettin’ old and I might have picked this up at some show, someplace, while waiting for the headliner to start. But just to show you what a great guy I am here is the entire B-side of the album in all its dumb-ass glory.

And while we’re at it, here’s an interview Chunklet did with them "back in the day".

HARRY PUSSY – lost

HARRY PUSSY – peace (sic) of my ass

HARRY PUSSY – mandolin

HARRY PUSSY – sick again

1. The Ramones crest
2. The Dead Kennedy’s "DK" logo
3. The "classic" CBGB logo
4. The Misfits skull
5. Joy Divisions Unknown Pleasures cover

This one came in a close sixth.

I also think we can safely say that anybody wearing a CBGB shirt in 2007 is a total douche nozzle.

I’m including this picture because it’s just so damned funny.

Yes, you heard right! And it’s now available for presales!

For you collector geeks, there’s plenty to geek out about! The chunklet.com site is the only place to get it with clear vinyl and green and red specs. There’s also the FKR color (red and black) and green and black available. It’s also being made in the Czech Repubic, so expect SUPER THICK virgin vinyl!

I can’t tell you how excited we are to be putting this out!

Oh, and if you wanna paypal this, contact this guy.