JOHNNY LANCE - BIG TRAGEDY (Brent, 1963)

I first heard this on the radio some years back, and if you've listened to it and know the kind of stuff i like, you can no doubt imagine it made quite an impact on me. Sheezus. The DJ announced it as "slide her under the door" by moses longpiece, and that he was playing it off the famed "wavy gravy" compilation LP. I rushed out and bought Wavy Gravy and enjoyed it muchly, but always wondered why I couldn't find ANYTHING about this Moses Longpiece fellow...

Of course, as it turns out, there is no Moses Longpiece, that was just a phoney name the compiler had made up for this record. Eventually I discovered it was really "The Big Tragedy" by Johnny Lance, although i doubt if there was ever really an artist named Johnny Lance either, probably just a made up name for this 45. It was written by Jody Reynolds, who cut classics like "Fire Of Love" (as covered by The Gun Club) and "Endless Sleep" on Demon and Al Casey, who twanged out a million twangy guitar lines on a million records as part of the almighty Wrecking Crew. Al's low, deep twanging on this one one is just the most....

ROCK N ROLL ZYDECO MAGIC PARTY AT DANE CERTIFICATES MAGIC THEATRE

If you haven't been to Dane Certificate's Magic tricks, Gags & Theatre, well, brother, sisters, you just gotta come check it out. It's a funny little hole in the wall place you get into from an alley behind Sydney Road in Coburg, where Dane performs his weird magic show and has other magicians come and perform, and they also sell fake vomit and dog poo and whoopee cusions and all kinds of magic and gag accesories. And they have a bar there and a great old school popcorn machine that Dane makes chilli popcorn in when they show movies. Cause they show movies there too. And sometimes they have bands play there too, and one of those sometimes is THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.

At 9pm is GATOR QUEEN DUO, with Matilda Bree Robertson on accordian and scratchy cigarette vocals and her recently immigrated mexican / hawaiian / new orleansian beau J Goody Goodman on boss guitar and good hair. They play Zydeco and Louisiana R'n'B and things like that...

At 10pm is LOVERS OF THE BLACK BIRD, with Monty Montan on glockenspiel and vocals and Broseph J Foley on guitar and vocals. They play amazing dark twin-peaksy stuff with lots of sturm and drang.

At 11pm is Richie1250 & The Brides Of Christ, with Richie Twelfiftee and Eugene L Holcombe and Genevieve Callaghan and the whole gang playing rock n roll songs about whippets and doo-wop songs about sexy french teenage boys and bossa nova songs about sex crazy cops and other type of songs about other stuff too. Special guest Carolyn Hawkins from Chook Race sitting in on drums!

And of course Dane Certificate himself will be working the crowd and performing great feats of magic between the acts.

It's gonna be fun!

RICHIE1250 & THE B.O.C + LOVERS OF THE BLACK BIRD + GATOR QUEEN DUO + DANE CERTIFICATE MAGIC

@ Dane Certificate's Magic Tricks, Gags & Theatre
859A Sydney rd, Brunswick (get in through the alley out back)

Saturday February 2nd

Doors at 8:30

$8

on the radio, in the world...30/01/13

ON THE RADIO

Hmmmm, I don't quite know at this stage what i'm going to play, but if thing go to plan Kimbo of City Slang fame will be coming in to play a few guest selections. Of course I don't know what they will be either, but you can bet they'll be good!

IN THE WORLD

Thurs the 30th i'll be doing my usual gigs at The Sporting Club from 7 till 10 and then YahYahs from 12 till 3

Sat Feb 1st Richie1250 & The Brides Of Christ playing at Dane Certificates magic theatre in Coburg with Lovers Of the Black Bird, Gator Queen Duo and feats of magic from Dane himself

Then later on Sat feb 1st i'll be DJ'ing at yahyahs from midnight till 5am


Thurs the 6th of Feb i'll be doing my usual gigs at The Sporting Club from 7 till 10 and then YahYahs from 12 till 3

And Sat the 8th will be the very last SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY. We'll be getting a whole bunch of the regular saturday night fish fry guest DJ's to come down, and i'm promised the magicla unicorn pork will be back for one last time!

GIG GUIDE

(Double check these listings before going to the gig! Sometimes I screw up the details...)

Thurs Jan 30th 
DJ Richie1250 @ The Sporting Club from 7 till 10 and then YahYahs from 12 till 3
The Braves @ Yahyahs w/ the fibs + gorsha
Fri Jan 31st
Miles & Simone @ Northcote Town Hall, 7pm FREEg
Heavy mental @ yahyahs w/ A gender + Dark Fair + DJ Fantapants
Three Kings @ Spotted Mallard
jOHNNY & THE jOHNNIE jOHHNIES @ Bar Open

Sat Feb 1st 
Richie1250 & The Brides Of Christ @ Dane Certificates magic theatre in Coburg w/ Lovers Of the Black Bird, Gator Queen Duo and feats of magic from Dane himself
Richie1250 late night DJing at yahyahs

friday feb 7th
the rebelles 2 the Spotted Mallard w/ Fiona Lee Maynard

COMING UP
friday March 7th
Soul A Go go 2 Shebeen
PBS PRESENTS Robert Glasper Experiment ft roy Ayers + lonnie Liston Smith @ The Forum

git on out there
lurve

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MY DADDY HE DIED IN 1969

Stone Love : Playlist for Friday 24 January 2014

ARTIST | TRACK/SONG NAME | ALBUM TITLE | LABEL/DISTRIBUTOR | COMMENTS

KEN NORDINE - I USED TO THINK MY RIGHT HAND WAS UGLIER THAN MY LEFT
KEN NORDINE - MY BABY
KEN NORDINE - YELLOW
KEN NORDINE - GREEN
KEN NORDINE - BEIGE
NERVOUS NORVUS - WILD DOGS OF KENTUCKY
NERVOUS NORVUS - THE FANG
BILL CARLE - SHADRACH

ARTHUR LYMAN - TABOO (talkover music)
SYLVIE MORA - TABOO
THE SOUNDOFFS - THE ANGRY DESERT
JODY REYNOLDS - ENDLESS SLEEP
LONESOME LEE - LONELY TRAVELLING
CHARLIE RICH - MIDNITE BLUES
LLOYD NOLAN - I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU

WILLIE MITCHELL - PRAYER MEETING (talkover music)
NELSON SANDERS - TIRED OF BEING YOUR FOOL
BILLY MIRANDA - GO AHEAD
MR UNDERTAKER - HERE LIES LOVE
THE ORIGINAL CHAMBERS BROTHERS - WHO LIVES BY THE LAW
DELTRA EAMON & LAURINDO ALMEIDA - VILLA LOBOS: BACHIANAS BRASILIERAS #5
ELECTRELANE - THE VALLEYS
BUSHWALKING - NO ENTER
MICHELLE PFEIFFER - COOL RIDER

THE IMPOSSIBLE NO GOODS - THE CHASE (talkover music)
THE NIGHT PARTY - LOOK OUT
THE PINK TILES - STUPID GUY
ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI - INTERESTING RESULTS
FATTI FRANCES - CLOWNS
LOVERS OF THE BLACK BIRD - TONIGHT WE SAY GOODBYE

SONG POEMS:
GENE MARSHALL - ALL YOU NEED IS A FERTILE MIND
UNKNOWN SINGERS - PINCH ME
UNKNOWN SINGER - MY DADDY HE DIED IN 1969

TOM JONES - THE LONELY ONE
THE SENSATIONAL GUITARS OF DAN & DALE - ROBIN'S THEME

SLOW GRIND FEVER #9

Melbourne's only slow dance party, SLOW GRIND FEVER, grinds on into the new year. We make the room as dark and smoky as possible, we play the slowest, swingingest, spookiest, sweetest old records we can find, and the people slow grind on into the wee hours. It's a real nice time.

SLOW GRIND FEVER #9 w/ DJ'S RICHIE1250, PIERRE BARONI & MOHAIR SLIM

SATURDAY JAN 25TH - UPSTAIRS AT THE TOTE (SLOW CLUB)

9PM - 230AM

$5

on the radio, in the world... 23/01/13

ON THE RADIO

A swathe of slow grinders, probably something off this funny Spanish guitar opera type record I bought with a lady holding a poodle, some italian twist, and possibly something from the GREASE 2 soundtrack!

IN THE WORLD

Thurs the 23rd i'll be doing my usual gigs at The Sporting Club from 7 till 10 and then YahYahs from 12 till 3

And Sat The 25th is the first SLOW GRIND FEVER of the year, upstairs at the tote. Looking forward to that one, oh yes...

Thurs the 30th i'll be doing my usual gigs at The Sporting Club from 7 till 10 and then YahYahs from 12 till 3

GIG GUIDE

(Double check these listings before going to the gig! Sometimes I screw up the details...)

Thurs 23rd
DJ Richie1250 @ The Sporting Club from 7 till 10
SOUL IN THE BASEMENT @ Cherry w/ vine and pierre
The Strange @ YahYahs w/ DJ Richie1250 agterwards from 12 till 3

Fri 24th
Empat Lima @ The Grace Darling w/ 8 bit love and Vaginaballs
la Bastard @ Luwow w/ DJ simon laxton

Sat 25th
SLOW GRIND FEVER @ The Tote upsatirs w/ dj's richie1250, Pierre Baroni & Mohair SLim

Sun 26th
Shitfest @ the Tote
Plague Doctor + The Night Party @ YahYahs w/ DJ Jonathon Toubin (NY) afterwards

Thurs

git on out there
lurve

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Stone Love for Friday, 17 January 2014

Stone Love : Playlist for Friday, 17 January 2014

HOT WEATHER BLUES

Artist | Track/Song Name | Album Title | Label/Distibutor | Comments

MR SAD HEAD - HOT WEATHER BLUES
ROD WILLIS - OLD MAN MOSE
RED SOVINE - OUTLAW
BOBBY SYKES - DIESEL SMOKE, DANGEROUS CURVES
HOYT AXTON - DOUBLE DARE
STEVE ALAIMO & THE RED COATS - SHE'S MY BABY
HARLEY HATCHER - FIREWATER
THE THROB - BLACK
ALBERT WASHINGTON & HIS KINGS - YOU GONNA MISS ME
NINA SIMONE - CENTRAL PARK BLUES (talkover music)
NINA SIMONE - HEY, BUDDY BOLDEN
OSCAR BROWN JUNIOR - BUT I WAS COOL
JACK HAMMER - MEAN AND EVIL ME
LARRY MEADOWS - SUCH A LONELY BOY
ROSCO GORDON - A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC
THE ROBINS - TRUBLE
WADE CURTIS - MAXINE
CHRIS ISAAK - UNHAPPINESS
MOON MARTIN - HOT NITE IN DALLAS
DARREN SYLVESTER - TOO HOT FOR LOVE
SMOOTA - MUCH TOO MUCH
YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS - CREDIT IN THE STRAIGHT WORLD
THE CLITS - MAXIMUM JOYRIDE
WONDERBOY - ANY KINDA LOVE (DEMO)
THE HARPOONS - TONIGHT TONIGHT (DEMO)
THE HARPOONS - FAITH (DEMO)
EMPAT LIMA - NIGHT RIDER (LIVE ON SL)
THE NIGHT PARTY - SUCH A FOOL (DEMO)
THE TURTLES - BUZZSAW (talkover music)
THE ROLLING STONES - I'M A KING BEE
? AND THE MYSTERIANS - nd SIDE
BILL DOGGETT - HOLD IT
KAY STARR - BOSSA NOVA CASANOVA
LES PAUL & MARY FORD - SMOKE RINGS

The Kavaliers - Get That Communist, Joe (Republic, 1954)

Have a posted this already? I don't know. it's too hot. Anyway, since i discovered this thing a few months back I've been singing it every day. the lyrics are just pure genius. Rhyming progaganda with meander. And calling the guy "a most revolting character". I take my hat off to you, Weinman and Dorney...

LYRICS/TRANSCRIPTION:
Get That Communist, Joe: The Kavaliers [1954]

Joe, come here a minute
I get a red hot tip for you, Joe

See that guy with the red suspenders
Driving that car with the bright red fenders
I know he's one of those heavy spenders
Get that Communist Joe

He's fillin' my gal with propaganda
And I'm scared she will meander
Don't want to take a chance that he'll land her
Get that Communist Joe

He's a most revolting character
And the fellas hate him so
But with the girls this character
Is a Comrade Romeo

Since my love he's sabotaging
And the law he has been dodging
Give him what he deserves, jailhouse lodging
Get that Communist Joe (Get that Shmo, Joe)

Have a listen here:

And read the full lowdown here

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on the radio, in the world... 16/01/14

ON THE RADIO

A whole lotta country i reckon! Hilbilly, rockabilly, garagabilly, swampabilly, all those billys and more billys. And some other stuff too of course...

IN THE WORLD

thursday the 16th i'm at THE SPORTING CLUB in brunswick from 7-10

Then at Cherry for SOUL IN THE BASEMENT from 1am till close (probably 4 or 5)

Saturday night I'll be DJ'ing at Mesa Verde (fancy mexican restaurant and bar in curtin house) from 9 till 1, then at YahYahs from 2 till 5am

Sat the 21st is SLOW GRIND FEVER at The Tote Upstairs (Slow Club), 900 till 230

Mon the 20th me and a bunch of others will be hosting the dance contest segement of NYC DJ Jonathon Toubin's SOUL CLAP AND DANCE OFF party at The Copacabana. Empat Lima and The Harpoons are playing too, should be a heap of fun!

Thurs the 23rd i'll be doing my usual gigs at The Sporting Club from 7 till 10 and then YahYahs from 12 till 3

Fri the 24th I'll be playing funkedy funky funk type records at Catfish (the joint that used to be Gertrudes Brown Couch) from 9 till 11

And Sat The 25th is the first SLOW GRIND FEVER of the year, upstairs at the tote. Looking forward to that one, oh yes...

GIG GUIDE

(Double check these listings before going to the gig! Sometimes I screw up the details...)

Thurs 16th
Richie1250 DJing @ the sporting club hotel, 7-10pm
The Strange @ YahYahs w/ DJ Jason Goodman afterwards from 12 till 3
SOUL IN THE BASEMENT @ Cherry w/ DJ's Vince Peach from 9-1 + Richie1250 (filling in for pierre) from 1 till close (probably 4 or 5am)

Fri17th
Jimmy Tait @ The John Curtin w/ Cherrywood

Garage A Go Go @ The LuWow w/ Djs Simon Laxton & Ken Eavel, plus live sets from The Bluebottles, The Vilenettes and The Kave In

Kim Salmon & Spencer P Jones @ the tote w/ dimi dero + brian hooper

Sat 18th

 The Ruling Motions @ Bar Open

Mon 20th

Jonathon Toubin's SOUL CLAP AND DANCE OFF @ The Copacabana with special guests Empat Lima + The Harpoons

Thurs 23rd
DJ Richie1250 @ The Sporting Club from 7 till 10
SOUL IN THE BASEMENT @ Cherry w/ vine and pierre
The Strange @ YahYahs w/ DJ Richie1250 agterwards from 12 till 3

Fri 24th
Empat Lima @ The Grace Darling w/ 8 bit love and Vaginaballs


git on out there
lurve

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ADIOS, MY DESERT LOVE

Stone Love : Playlist for Friday 10 January 2014

Artist | Track/Song Name | Album Title | Label/Distributor | Comments

DON DRUMMOND - COOL SMOKE (talkover instrumental)
THE FLAMES - BROADWAY JUNGLE
DESMOND DEKKER - SHANTYTOWN
THE TECHNIQUES - LITTLE DID YOU KNOW
ALTON ELLIS - BYE BYE LOVE
MAX ROMEO - SHE'S BUT A LITTLE GIRL
ALTON ELLIS - KNOCK ON WOOD

IKE TURNER - KATANGA (talkover instrumental)
MAMIE PERRY - LAMENT
NINA SIMONE - AFRICAN MAILMAN
JIMMY SMITH - WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF PT 1
EARL BOSTIC - TELSTAR DRIVE
TINO CONTRERAS - SANTO
THE CLOVERTONES - DIDN'T IT RAIN

CLAUS OGERMAN ORCHESTRA - GREEN ONIONS (talkover instrumental)
ESKEW REEDER - UNDIVIDED LOVE
BETTY O'BRIEN - SHE'LL BE GONE
CATERINA VALENTE - SIMILAU
DINAH SHORE - THIRTEEN MEN
FRANKIE LANE - BOWIE KNIFE

ROCKIN RONALD - CUTTIN OUT (talkover instrumental)
HANK THOMPSON AND THE BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS - LOST JOHN
T TEXAS TYLER - YOU WERE ONLY TEASING ME
BILL MACK - PLAY MY BOOGIE
ELVIS PRESLEY - THAT'S ALRIGHT MAMA
ELVIS PRESLEY - BLUE MOON
NOLAN STRONG & THE DIABLOS - ADIOS, MY DESERT LOVE
NOLAN STRONG & THE DIABLOS - DADDY NOLAN STRONG
REVERENT GEORGE MORTON - THIS IS MY STORY
HERMON HITSON - SHOW SOME SIGN
LEE MOSES - HOW MUCH LONGER MUST I WAIT?
LOUIS (BLUES BOY) JONES - COME ON HOME

PUTA MADRE BROS - NOTHING ON (talkover instrumental)
TOM WAITS - DON'T GO INTO THAT BARN
ACDC - SHE'S GOT BALLS
FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS - DIRTY LOVE
ANDRE WILLIAMS - BONIN'

EUGENE BLACKNELL - MO-SELF (talkover instrumental)
REVERENT GEORGE MORTON - WADE IN THE WATER
RG WILLIAMS LEADING GROUP - HAMMER RING
BARBARA DANE - NINE HUNDRED MILES
THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS - CHANG GANG THANG (talkover instrumental)