Monday, May 11, 2009

Pebbles: Trash Box

 - Trash Box


For those of you that don't know, Pebbles is basically the cool cousin to Nuggets. Extremely obscure garage rock without a focus on musicianship per se, but definitely able to deliver a high number of stone classic tracks.

There's LSD ballyhoo, there's an ad for a wah-wah pedal, this is the ultimate in trash culture! Fashion a full-length epic around the gems of these 110 tracks. Not everything is amazing, and I'm still not hot on the idea of two Kim Fowley songs in a row, but 'The Trip' has grown on me. I even included it on my single-disc edit.

Compile your own, because this thing starts to peter out quality-wise, but it's a fun mood. Definitely good for drinking, or other medicinal apparitions.

Personal favorites include 'Green Fuz', 'Walking on Eggs', and a whole bunch of others. Also, 'I Fought the Law' is on here, the Bobby Fuller original. Awesome. A real good set.

Also, there's a French-sung 'Purple Haze'.

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Psychedelic States: Arkansas in the 60s



This post is dedicated to the fellow members of the Boston Mountains Collective.

This compilation is less likely to change your life, but it just might change your mind about Arkansas. We are not all unintelligent "rednecks", a fine majority actually have the capability of an open opinion and idealized goals.

Then, there's Newton County, but Willie Nelson's 2nd favorite marijuana is from there, so suck it. :X

Just kidding.

:D

mainly from Little Rock, a few from Mountain Home, Russellville, even a Hot Springs.

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Monks - Black Monk Time

Monks - Black Monk Time


You can read the Monks history elsewhere, here's the short version; Five American GI's in Germany form a band.

Garage, psychedelic, whatever term you use, this was the MONKS. Listen to this, their lone album, and join the cult.

Buy the re-issue if you want the bonus tracks, or not. It's your money, your choice, but the economy needs to be boosted, right? So support real music.

Or me. Whatever.

I'm a monk, you're a monk, we're all monks!