KV on the PW..

Yo check it out.. Ol' Kurt Vile made the cover of this week's edition of the liberal newspaper called the Philadelphia Weekly. This fine piece with goofy puns as titles was penned by a fine scribe named Brian McManus and some guy called Mike snapped the photos. Set your web browser to the following link for a full-on multi-media presentation...

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/cover-story/Guitar-Hero.html

CHOOCH GET WELL SOON !!!!!!!

Each evening for the past week or so we've clasped our hands and prayed to God. We put our faith in Her that She ensures that the left wrist of Carlos Ruiz makes a speedy recovery and he can soon put his mask back on and get behind the plate for our Philadelphia Phillies. The guy is a goddamn warrior and we'll need his mercenary mentality, his fearless defense of home plate, and his rifle arm in the postseason.

To read more about this distinguished Major League catcher, click on this link and search "Carlos Ruiz."

FNU RONNIES hit the road

photo found at the epictheatre weblog

The nation's finest bi-coastal, cantankerous 3-piece is getting in the van and visiting fans in the select cities. Peep these dates to see if your town made the grade...

Sep 26 2009 8:00P
Bourbon st. w/ Psych Horseshit - Puffy Areolas Columbus, Ohio
Sep 27 2009 6:00P
now thats class (early show) Homostupids + Sports Bra + BBQ Cleveland, Ohio
Sep 28 2009 8:00P
Lager House w/ TV GHOST Detroit, Michigan
Oct 2 2009 3:00P
Montreal Pop fest:: Matinee show w/ Pink Noise @ the friendship cove Montreal, Quebec
Oct 2 2009 8:00P
: MONTREAL POP FEST: w/ Human Eye + Terrible 2’s @ Casa Del Popolo Montreal, Quebec
Oct 3 2009 8:00P
WestCo cafe: w/ Homostupids - TV Ghost -Twin Stumps Middletown, Connecticut
Oct 8 2009 8:00P
Shea Stadium: w/ TV Ghost - Wizzard Sleeve brooklyn, New York
Oct 9 2009 8:00P
Silent Barn: w/ TV Ghost - Wizzard Sleeve Brooklyn, New York
Oct 10 2009 8:00P
Citzens Bank Stadium - TV Ghost - Wizzard Sleeve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A grunge music retrospective in video

A Rare Treat: 3 music reviews

Here ya go, readers. Not very timely, but these releases fit the narrow scope of this weblog..


FRESH CUTS & CIGARETTE BURNS compilation single
Criminal IQ Records

Well, here’s a 6 band compilation single on Criminal IQ. I’m under the impression that the cover I have a rush-job for test-presses. Let’s hope so, as it’s below par for even the low standards of this weblog. At any rate, we can only hope that the “Steve Firth” responsible for the art received a passing grade in a community college graphic design course. The music? The FNU Ronnies start it off with one of their best. Fans will recognize it as a staple of their live set. It’s called “Ain’t No Place” and it’s a goddamn punk scorcher with a stiff shouted robotic chant on top of it all. The type of tune that the Ronnies exceed at. Up next is the surprise winner of the record… “Fuck Kids” by Sick Jump! Not sure if the title should be read as a demand or a sentiment, but it’s a fucking rager. Loud guitar, foaming vocals, lashing-out kind of vibe to this. Seems kind of indebted to the Boston Crew.. specifically Gang Green and Jerry’s Kids. The record’s worth the price for these 45 seconds alone. This one’s high in the running for tune of the year. The record takes a nosedive from there. The plane crashes right into the goddamn mountain. A couple tracks are inspired by British accents and skinny-tie type music. At the end is pretty serviceable HC pro-drug tune from Clevo’s Flying Trichecos, but who has the patience to wade through the nonsense that comes before it?



SICK JUMP! Cassette
38/100 self released

Here’s a pretty handsome cassette from the Philadelphia area’s possibly defunct Sick Jump! And I can assure you that the band and not me provides the explanation point at the end of their moniker. It’s got a nice looking package, a photo of some zonked-looking band members, and about a dozen compelling song titles. I was hoping that the music on this tape would live up to the standard set on their track on the compilation described above, but there’s no way to tell because the fucking drug addicts in the band forget to dub any of their own music onto the cassette. Instead I’ve got a tape of some jazz-guy named Boyd Raeburn that’s been defaced by a Sick Jump sticker. If anyone out there as heard this thing, please get in touch. I’d love to read about it…

THE NEW FLESH Cassette
Fan Death Records

Ah, the New Flesh. With the exception of TUI, they’re just about the only worthwhile outfit from Baltimore. This is a reissued, pro-made cassette of their original demo recorded in 2003 back in the classic Danny Propert/ Rick Weaver/ Jason (fucking) Donnells phase of the band. Real thuggish and ugly, the rhythm section cooks up a trebly swirl, while the guitar kind of grinds up against it. Despite the occasional blast-beat, this shit just builds and builds and gets tenser and tenser with no release. Tortured vocals give it a real alienating vibe… kinda distant and addressed to no one in particular as opposed to being pissed off. Howling at the moon, I guess. Hard to take on repeated listens… it’s got a pretty gross sound. Any sicko who likes this should seek out a copy of their split 12” with a group called Puke Attack. That one still gets a lot of spins around here.

Jockin' KV

What's for sale?

Well the fax machine is all jammed up from overuse. Why? All of you RR//TT Fanatics keep asking about available titles and how do I buy them and is it sold out and what is a paypal and blah blah blah. Well, here's a complete list of each and every item that we can sell you at this time.

Set your browser to www.google.com if you're interested in product descriptions and peer-reviews.

Prices are FOR THE U.S.A only. Get in touch if you live somewhere else.

Prices include postage. Paypal to TestosterTunes at gmail dot com

Wholesale prices? Shoot over an email.

What’s for sale, the definitive list.

RR//TT#23 FACTORYMEN “Shitman” on 12” vinyl LP $13

RR//TT#21-A KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS “The Hunchback E.P.” on 12” vinyl $13

RR//TT#21-B KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS “The Hunchback E.P.” on compact disc $10

RR//TT#16 FNU RONNIES “Meat” 45 rpm vinyl single $5.50

RR//TT# CLOCKCLEAN ER “Frogrammer” b/w “Early Man” 45 rpm vinyl single $5.50

SC08 CLOCKCLEAN ER “Skinheaded Lady” b/w “Hate City” Australian import vinyl single $7

Eh

Patrick Walliburton remains... THE WOMAN CHASER

BC across the UK & the EU

ATTENTION: EUROPEAN READERS OF THIS WEBLOG

AMERICA'S BLUES CONTROL TOURS YOUR REGION

Aug 30 2009 8:00P
ROWF ROWF ROWF FEST w/ Tropa Macaca, Bridget Hayden + more Manchester, UK
Aug 31 2009 8:00P
VICTORIA HOTEL w/ Tropa Macaca, Core of the Coalman Leeds, UK
Sep 1 2009 8:00P
HEAD OF STEAM w/ Tropa Macaca, Eyeballs Newcastle, UK
Sep 2 2009 8:30P
13TH NOTE w/ Tropa Macaca, Nackt Insecten/Single Helix Trio, Wounded Knee Glasgow, Scotland
Sep 3 2009 8:00P
OSCILLATIONS FEST w/ Tropa Macaca, Thread Pulls, Misaligned Men of Automaton Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sep 4 2009 8:00P
THOMAS HOUSE w/ Tropa Macaca Dublin, Ireland
Sep 5 2009 8:00P
THE CHAMELEON w/ Tropa Macaca, Core of the Coalman, Prize Pets Nottingham, UK
Sep 6 2009 8:00P
BARDEN’S BOUDOIR w/ Tropa Macaca, Core of the Coalman London, UK
Sep 7 2009 8:30P
MAAKHAVEN w/ Tropa Macaca Den Haag, Netherlands
Sep 8 2009 8:00P
OCCII w/ Tropa Macaca, City Hands Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep 9 2009 8:00P
WORM w/ Tropa Macaca, City Hands Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sep 10 2009 8:00P
WEST GERMANY w/ Tropa Macaca Berlin, Germany
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
EKIDNA w/ Tropa Macaca, Belzebu Katmandu Carpi, Italy
Sep 13 2009 5:00P
AREA FESTEGGIAMENTI w/ Tropa Macaca, Hybrida Soundsystem Vernasso di San Pietro al Natisone, Italy
Sep 14 2009 8:00P
GAMBETTOLA w/ Tropa Macaca Cesena, Italy
Sep 15 2009 8:00P
SECRET PLACE w/ Tropa Macaca Milano, Italy
Sep 16 2009 8:00P
SALON DES AMATEURS - Blues Control DJ set, Tropa Macaca Düsseldorf, Germany
Sep 17 2009 8:30P
KULTURRAMPE w/ Tropa Macaca Krefeld, Germany
Sep 19 2009 8:00P
KC BELGIE w/ Tropa Macaca, R.O.T., Cluster, Amolvacy, Alexander Tucker, The Last Gifted, GOL Hasselt, Belgium
Sep 20 2009 5:30P
INCUBATE FEST w/ Deepkiss 720, Gregg Kowalsky, Sheik Anorak, Saxony Speedcore Force Tilburg, Netherlands
Sep 21 2009 8:00P
LE RIGOLETTO w/ Tropa Macaca Paris, France
Sep 22 2009 8:00P
LA NICHE w/ Tropa Macaca Grenoble, France
Sep 23 2009 8:00P
CHANDAL w/ Tropa Macaca Barcelona, Spain
Sep 24 2009 8:00P
LA BOITE w/ Tropa Macaca, Lüger Madrid, Spain
Sep 25 2009 8:00P
MUSEU DO CHIADO w/ Tropa Macaca Lisbon, Portugal
Sep 27 2009 8:00P
PASSOS MANUEL w/ Tropa Macaca Porto, Portugal
Sep 28 2009 8:00P
THE MILLER London, UK

Some ink for Eric Bruntlett

Well it was a wild weekend. Werth hit a few out, so did Howard. Even Eric Bruntlett played an uncharacteristically critical role on Sunday. Some hits, some errors.. and he single-handedly turned a goddamn triple play. Take a peak...

A Slug & KV West Coast Engagements

That's right. It's a digital photograph of a slug. All that white crud coming from it's head? Beats me, I'm no slug doctor.

Here's a list of KV tourdates on the West. He boarded the plane carrying an acoustic guitar, a banjo, and a radiant wife. Do me a favor and be sure to give him a real laid-back, mellow welcome over there.


Aug 25 2009 8:00P
Galaxy Theature w/ BUILT TO SPILL, WOODS Santa ANA, California
Aug 26 2009 8:00P
Troubador w/ DUNGEN, WOODS Los Angeles, California
Aug 27 2009 8:00P
Echoplex w/ Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band Los Angeles, California
Aug 28 2009 8:00P
Muddy Waters w/ WOODS Santa Barbara, California
Aug 29 2009 8:00P
mexican summer/folk yeah outdoor fest Big Sur, California
Aug 30 2009 8:00P
Bottom of the Hill w/ DUNGEN, WOODS San Francisco, California
Sep 1 2009 8:00P
Berbati’s Pan w/ DUNGEN, WOODS Portland, Oregon
Sep 2 2009 8:00P
Basement 1287 w/ EAT SKULL Eugene, Oregon
Sep 3 2009 8:00P
House Party w/ EAT SKULL San Francisco, California
Sep 4 2009 8:00P
tba w/ EAT SKULL Sacramento, California
Sep 5 2009 8:00P
FYF Fest w/ EAT SKULL + others Los Angeles, California

HOMOSTUPIDS in NY

Well, the HOMOSTUPIDS are playing two gigs in the New York area this weekend. Who gives a shit? Readers of this web log, that's who. Be sure to check out their black-hole take on punk music if you're the kind of person who lives in Brooklyn.




so there's a daytime appearance...



and there's a nighttime gig at a place called Death by Audio.

THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN AND THE END IS ALWAYS NEAR

Live Music Sunday Aug 16.. KURT VILE, BLUES CONTROL, MEGAJAM BOOZE BAND

Raul or Eyes?

"Shitman" tracklist and buying instructions..

Yo squad..

Well my little email inbox is all cluttered up. "How do I get my shitty hands on a copy of the Fmen album?" "Yo brah, what's up with that Fmen shit? I got to hear it!" and "I've been sucking dicks for weeks.. which one do I need to suck on to get this Fmen album?" Well, it's this one. Americans are encouraged to Paypal $14 to TestosterTunes@gmail.com with the message "I want to suck on that thing" and we'll get one to you. Canadians? paypal $16. The rest of you? $21. You don't like paypal? Shoot over an electronic mail.

This record is also available from Midheaven/Revolver, Fusetron, Parts Unknown, Florida's Dying, My Mind's Eye, Missing Link, and at the finer record shops in the nation and the world.

Astute listeners will note that, like My War, Shitman climbs a peak of psychosis on side b. Tracks like "Treblinka (Going Back)", "Blank Dream", "Are You Hungry", and "Timmy's Lament" will really appeal to all you sociopaths with turntables and paypal accounts.

Here's the tracklist ...

FACTORYMEN
"Shitman" LP
RR//TT#23

side one

SHOWING THE MOVIE
CHOOSING A CAMPSITE
TOMMY TELEPHONE
EDGE OF THE BATHROOM
BARK LIKE DOG
KISSING THE RAPIST
ALLEYMEN

side two

TREBLINKA (GOING BACK)
BLANK DREAM
ANSWER THE DOOR
SINKMAN
ARE YOU HUNGRY
NEXUS OF THE CRISIS
TIMMY'S LAMENT

The Man Who Got Away

TV's DAVID PUTTY is....

THE WOMAN CHASER

BLUES CONTROL record release event in NYC, USA

ATTN: all readers condemned to the Mid-Atlantic region.

This coming Saturday evening, BLUES CONTROL is hosting some sort of party at an art gallery in Brooklyn, NY in honor of their recent, stellar album titled "Local Flavor". You all are encouraged to attend despite the poor choice of venue and locale. You'll get to see BC (possibly joined by KV and Jesse Turbo) and others (including some kind of six-string street performer...) play some music and you'll get to look at an entire room of paintings which were painted by a painter named Octavius Neveaux and inspired by the band. The band BLUES CONTROL. Evidently the guy would listen to one BC tune all day long and paint the day away, filling up a canvas with something that may or may not refer to his soundtrack for that day.

So it's at a place called the Cinders Gallery at 103 Havemeyer St and it starts at 7 and ends at 11. See ya there..

There's likely more detailed information provided here.

2 web-based videos of questionable quality and merit..

Excellent subjects though. Here's something to watch about CLOCKCLEAN ER and then something about BLUES CONTROL.. Keep an eye peeled for Andy Giles in the Cleaner vid. No unexpected guests in the BC segment..

"Shitman"

FACTORYMEN
“Shitman” LP
RR//TT#23

“Shitman” is the new record from Cleveland’s FACTORYMEN. It’s a thirteen track, double-sided vinyl album that will be wildly praised by some and categorically dismissed by others. You probably already know where you stand.

JAYSON WERTH WALK OFF 3 RUN HR IN THE 13TH !!!!

EXCITEMENT IN A PHOTO !!! 10 STRAIGHT !! GO PHILS !!!!

A Taste of BOB BOILEAU

I'll tell ya what. There's a lot of unsung heroes in this business. We're talking about SHOW BUSINESS. Behind each KURT VILE track is an equally gifted recording engineer. Behind each HOMOSTUPIDS release -- a similarly tasteless entertainment manager. The FNU RONNIES? They're likely fueled by a thankless provider of illegal stimulants. So CLOCKCLEAN ER... those guys were blessed to have in their camp a true professional. He's an accomplished model and actor with parts in television programs and full-length feature films. Of course, we're talking about ROBERT BOILEAU. He's appeared in truTV's Forensic Files, M. Night Shamalan's "The Happening", and pictured in the gatefold to CLOCKCLEAN ER's "Babylon Rules".

Take a look at some his work right here on YouTube, an internet-based video sharing network. And this is just a taste. Look for him later this year opposite Reese Witherspoon in a film with noted Professional Sports Fan Jack Nicholson..

Here he is in THE HAPPENING.. skip ahead to 3:45 and peak to Mark Wahlberg's left. (MARKS'S LEFT!! NOT YOURS!!)



And here's Bob in a pilot-commercial for the Subway Hoagie Chain. It was rejected. He is only featured in the beginning and the end. The middle is pretty stupid.

The 2009 Philadelphia Philles All-Stars: A Photo Essay

They say things are going to get a whole lot better, all I know is THEY FUCKING BETTER.

Happy Birthday U.S.A.

Let freedom ring. Please celebrate responsibly, people. And remember that fireworks are stupid.

KV on the Big Stage !!!!!

A Flier for a Live Music Event

LIVE MUSIC IN PHILA

TUESDAY JUNE 30
@ The Marvelous Music
40th Street btwn Locust & Walnut

BIRDS OF MAYA
PUFFY AREOLAS
WATERY LOVE

8pm
BYO
$5

KURT VILE GETS THE LED OUT !!!! MP3 DOWNLOAD !!!

So Kurt Vile managed to show up on time to his guest appearance on a recent MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB drive-time radio broadcast. He brought to the studio his singular brand of charming banter and infectious laughter and he provided some fine musical hits from both above and below ground. Here's an mp3 download for those of you that were too lazy or too unemployed to hear it live. Go ahead and jam it in your cubicle or on your iPhone or whatever...

Music for your Methlab - 6/11/09 - **Co-Host: Kurt Vile**

MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB – 7AM to 9AM – 6/11/09 – WKDU 91.7 FM – WWW.WKDU.ORG

Debris' – Leisurely Waiting
Pigs – Psychopath
Cramps – Zombie Dance
Pathetix – Nil Carboredum
Sly & the Revolutionaries – Rizla
Kurt Vile – My Best Friends (Don't Even Pass This)
J.B.'s – Hot Pants Road
Spacemen 3 – Losing Touch with my Mind*
Wire – Mannequin*
Watery Love – (I'm A) Skull*
Ramones – Bonzo Goes to Bitburg (single)*
The Walker Brothers – Make It Easy On Yourself*
Royal Trux – Juicy Juicy Juice*
The Fall – Couldn't Get Ahead*
Suicide – Las Vegas Man*
Creedence Clearwater Revival – The Working Man*
Led Zeppelin – Poor Tom*
Neil Young – Last Dance*
Electro-Tones – Ghost Train
Dillinger – Cocaine in my Brain*
My Bloody Valentine – Strawberry Wine*
Gerry Rafferty – Right Down the Line*
Tommy Jay – Tough Luck Roy*
Sam Esh & Hard Black Thing – The Girl Got Off Weak from Snakebite*
Bob Dylan – When I Paint My Masterpiece*
Fugs – I Couldn't Get High*
Ronnie Ray's Playboys – The Vulture
The Dream Syndicate – Tell Me When It's Over*
Teenage Panzerkorps – Unfavorable Meanings*
John Fahey – The Waltz That Carried Us Away & Then A Mosquito Came And Ate Up My Sweetheart*
CCR – Effigy*

* DENOTES PICK BY KURT VILE

7 to 8 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/v4fuea

8 to 9 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/pptu8h

9 to 9:03 (CCR tail-end) - http://www.sendspace.com/file/vo9zi9

KURT VILE to co-host FM radio broadcast MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB!!!!

That's right... listen to Richie Records // TestosterTunes recording artist KURT VILE (pictured above, left) co-host the venerable MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB broadcast tomorrow morning, Thursday June 11, 7-9AM EST on WKDU 91.7 FM in Philadelphia. You could even listen online at wkdu.org...

Here's what the host has to say...


Date: Jun 10, 2009 9:19 PM
Subject: Thurs 6/11 - KURT VILE to co-host MFYM
Body: Outstanding Philadelphian KURT VILE is slated to co-host MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB this Thursday, June 11th.

KV will be playing his faves and announcing raffle ticket winners from 7AM onward. Be sure to tune in.

Cheers,
- ss

MUSIC FOR YOUR METHLAB
"Home of the 5-Day Forecast"
Thursdays - 7AM to 9AM - WKDU 91.7 FM

"Debut 45" sold out

RR//TT#22 WATERY LOVE "Debut 45" is all gone for mail order. Interested buyers might have success at an independent record store. Those in this tri-state area might be able to score a copy from the band at a live performance.

Finally some good news...

http://www.philly.com/philly/health_and_science/20090608_Stop_in_the_name_of_love.html?cmpid=16339736

Thunderkit

100th web log post!! Another Other Voices!! Purling Hiss!!

One Hundred messages to you lucky readers. Truly a milestone. Enough celebrating. Here's another guest music review from Max Milgram.. a concise, no-nonsense description of a shredding 6-track compact disc made by PURLING HISS of Philadelphia.



"Purling Hiss" - a music review by Max Milgram

Aparently "purling" is an actual word having to do with rippling water or something. Huh. This is the solo project of perenially jolly Birds of Maya (seriously among the best modern full-throttle rock bands) guitarist Mike Pollize. Those familiar with the Birds' frenzied action will find much to rejoice here, with a similarly overloaded assault. What this lacks in BOM's pounding groove more than makes up for in slobbering guitar excess. The opening track has a weird avant-Van Halen tech feel. Things really get going on the second track that is right up the alley for fans of High Rise, Afflicted Man, Monoshock, and other such gonzoid psycho-delic guitar punkers, complete with Pollize howling something about his baby. There's riffs on this puppy, but mainly just constant wah-ed out guitar shredding. Is this what Terry Brooks sounds like?

KV live in Phila !!! Tuesday May 26 !!!

KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS
w/ Times New Viking

Tuesday May 26
8pm
@Kong Fu Necktie
in Philadelphia

bring $$

An image of Rollins (Jimmy) & others