Tuesday, July 31, 2012

7.30.12....



Stream the show!

*denotes new releases and arrivals to the KDVS stacks

*Feeding People    "Uranium Sea"    S/T LP    (Burger)    Yerba Linda/Orange/Fullerton
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*Deep Time   "Bermuda Triangle"    S/T CD    (Hardly Art)    formerly known as Yellow Fever
Veronica Falls    "The Fountain"    S/T CD     (Slumberland)    2011    London, UK
*Lake    "Gravel"    Gravel 7-inch    (K Records)    Olympia, WA w/Paul A. Benson of Motorbikes
France Gall    "Musique"    Musique 7-inch    (Atlantic)    1977 France. b/w "Dancing Disco"
*Serge Gainsbourg    "Requiem Pour Un Con"    Les Selections Du Cinema De Gainsbourg    (Le Smoke Disque)     France
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The Laughing Dogs    "No Lies"    S/T LP    (Columbia)    1979 New York, special bonus track courtesy of the Lady Kay school of learning to cue vinyl records!
The Laughing Dogs    "Get 'Im Outta Town"    S/T LP    (Columbia)
The Records    "Starry Eyes"    S/T LP    (Virgin)    1979
*The Features    "I Wanna Be Your Man"    Floozie Of The Neighborhood 7-inch    (Last Laugh)    *reissue
*Happy Birthday    "Shampoo"    Shampoo 7-inch    (Sub Pop)    orig. 2010 Vancouver b/w "Alien"
*English Singles    "Face Don't Fit"    Disaster 7-inch    (Squirmy)    Sacramento, CA
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*K9 Sniffies    "The Mask"    Rawsonville 7-inch    (Urinal Cake)    Ann Arbor, MI
*Spanish Moss    "Witch Rings"    Kelp EP    (Spot-On-Sound)    Santa Cruz, CA
Nimbus    "Untitled Track 1"    S/T LP    (Shattered Music)    1970 Bay Area band recorded live in Livermore, CA
Rocket From the Tombs    "Ain't It Fun"    Ain't It Fun 7-inch    (Jack Slack)    1975 Cleveland, OH pre-Pere Ubu and Dead Boys
*Death    "Views"    Spiritual-Mental-Physical LP    (Drag City)    mid-70s Detroit punk rockers
*The Dinosaurs    "Frankie Is A Killer"    S/T CD    (no label)    70s outta St. Louis, MI
*The Dinosaurs    "What You Wanna"    S/T CD (no label)
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*The Guns    "Real World"    S/T 2xLP    (Smog Veil/Red Hour)    Ohio, track rec. live 1985
The Lazy Cowgirls    "Can't You Do Anything Right?     Tapping The Source LP    (Bomp!)    1987 Los Angeles via Vincennes, Indiana
Myrrh    "Untitled Track 1"    S/T LP    (Soft Abuse)    *background track
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*Meat Thump    "Box Of Wine"    Box Of Wine 7-inch    (Negative Guest List)    R.I.P Brendon Annesley

Friday, July 27, 2012

If I were a man...

... I'd want to look like King Tuff's bassist, Magic Jake:

Because he get's the chicks and the MOMs.
photos by Kayla Castanon

But until I'm reincarnated as the next Wooderson the plan remains to review the week in shows and get the rest of these photos up on the ol' flickr. (Because unlike the face-book, flickr allows you to keep the rights to the photos you post.)

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Super Show tonight @ Luigi's

Garage and pop melody lovers! Two more bands have been added to the Crystal Stilts show tonight at Luigi's in Sacramento: La Sera and Magic Trick will be joining the current lineup that also includes Sacramento bands Arts & Leisure, Sneeze Attack, and Nacho Business (stream the show below to hear their live set on The Triplofonic Sounds!)

La Sera is Katy from Vivian Girls and Magic Trick is Tim Cohen of San Francisco's The Fresh & Onlys (both projects I've played on the TS, so you know I like them.) The last time I saw Crystal Stilts live was last summer at the Sol Collective with the English Singles and Nacho Business shortly after the Hub shut down for business. (That show was actually slated to happen at The Hub and luckily the folks at Sol Collective graciously opened their doors for a fantastic show.)

Also noticed that the showtime at Luigi's has changed from 8 to 7pm and cover is now $8. Get there early and mingle with the bands people. There's only so much networking you can do with a computer and unfortunately having a beer and slice of pie with your friends and favorite music makers ain't one of 'em.

A couple tunes for your earbuds:





TS 7/23/12 Nacho Business live in Studio A, early T. Rex soundalikes and King Tuff's back in town

Stream the show!


*denotes new releases and arrivals to the KDVS stacks

*Jerry (J.G.) Green    "I Finally Found The Love I Need"    Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984    (Chocolate Industries)
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Juicy Lucy    "Just One Time"    self-titled LP    (Atco)    1970 US release (r. 1969 UK)
*King Tuff    "Loser's Wall"    self-titled album    (Sub Pop)    **catch him live on 7/25!**
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Nacho Business    "Whole Tape"                    Live in Studio A
Nacho Business    "Running"                          Live in Studio A
Nacho Business    "Cotton Candy Dreams"    Live in Studio A
Nacho Business    "Spend The Night"             Live in Studio A
Nacho Business    "Sun, Sun"                         Live in Studio A
Nacho Business    "I Wanna Talk To You"      Live in Studio A
Nacho Business    "This Song...Again"           Live in Studio A
Nacho Business    "M.T. Park"                      Live in Studio A
Nacho Business    "Existing"                          Live in Studio A
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Tyrannosaurus Rex    "Elemental Child"    A Beard Of Stars    (Blue Thumb)    1970 UK, before they were T-Rex!
*Foxygen    "Abandon My Toys"    Take The Kids Off Broadway LP   (Jagjaguwar)    NY, NY/Olympia, WA
King Tuff    "Dancing On You"    Was Dead    (Colonel)    2008
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Crystal Stilts    "Radiant Door"    Radiant Door EP    (Sacred Bones)    playing w/Nacho Business 7/24 @ Luigi's in Sacramento 8pm
Plug Uglies    "Not Today"    Want Ads 7-inch    1991 Chicago
Joy Division    "Heart & Soul"   
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*Ruined Fortune    "Bulls Eye"    Bulls Eye 7-inch    (R.I.P Society)    Sydney, Australia w/members of Circle Pit/Straight Arrows & Bed Wettin' Bad Boys
Straight Arrows    "Haunted Out"    It's Happening    (Juvenile)    2010 Sydney, Australia
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The Coathangers    "Trailer Park Boneyard"    Larceny & Old Lace    (Suicide Squeeze)    **opening for King Tuff @ Harlows 7/25**

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

TS 7/16/12



Stream it! Be back with more musical detailings soon!
*are new releases/additions to the KDVS library.

*Tronics    "Crush On You"    Love Backed By Force    (What's Your Rupture)    *new reissue, orig. 1981 England
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*Deep Time     "Clouds"    self-titled album    (Hardly Art)    formerly known as Yellow Fever. Austin, TX
Laurence Wasser    "Der Lift"    Der Lift 7-inch    (Le Vilain Chien)     2006 one-man French band
*Per Purpose    "Business"    Warburton 7-inch    (Bedroom Suck)    Brisbane, Australia
Kitchen's Floor    "Graves"    Look Forward To Nothing LP    (Bedroom Suck)    2011 Brisbane
Kitchen's Floor    "116"    Look Forward To Nothing LP    (Bedroom Suck)
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*Terrible Truths    "No Wind, No Waves"    split 7-inch w/Hissey Miyake    (Bedroom Suck)    Brisbane
*Bitch Prefect    "Bad Times"    Big Time    (Bedroom Suck)    more Aussies!
*Brief Candles    "Sink Or Swim"    Fractured Days album    (Guilt Ridden Pop)    Milwaukee, WI
*Tronics    "Spending Time"    Love Backed by Force LP    (What's Your Rupture?)
*Living Eyes    "Ways To Make A Living"    Ways To Make A Living 7-inch    (Anti Fade)    Geelong, Australia
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*Death    "Can You Give Me A Thrill"    Spiritual-Mental-Physical LP    (Drag City)    *new reissue, orig. mid-70s Detroit rock
The Trend    "Band Aid"    Killed By Death #10    (Redrum)    1980 Syracuse, NY
*Death    "People Look Away"    Spiritual-Mental-Physical LP    (Drag City)
*Death    "Politicians In My Eyes"    b/w Keep On Knockin    (Tryangle)    1976
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*Death    "The Change"    Spiritual-Mental-Physical LP    (Drag City)
*Makers    "Don't Challenge Me"    Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984    (Chocolate Industries)    *new comp.
*Cotillion    "If You Give A Dance"    Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984    (Chocolate Industries)
Don Gere    "Werewolves On Wheels" (main theme)    Werewolves On Wheels    (B-Music)    original 1971 soundtrack
Werewolves On Wheels movie trailer   1971
Don Gere    "Burning Grass"    Werewolves On Wheels    (B-Music)    1971
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*Control    "Por Las Viejas Calles"    Radio Galaxia LP    (B-Music)    *new compilation, track orig. 1971
La Barra de Chocolate    "Alza La Voz"    self-titled album    (Munster)    1970 Argentina
*Human Instinct    "Pink Dawn"    A Day in My Mind's Mind Vol. 3    (EMI New Zealand)    *new comp. orig. 1968 New Zealand
*Bad Indians    "If I Had The Chance"    Sun People 7-inch    (Urinal Cake)    Ypsilanti, MI
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*Art Museums    "You Don't Want To Live Like That"    Dancing with a Hole in Your Heart 7-inch    (Slumberland)    San Franciso
*Cleaners From Venus    "Kool Of The Night"    Blow Away Your Troubles double LP    (Captured Tracks)   *new reissue, orig. 1981 England
Decay    "Tonight"    Tonight/Dead Brain 7-inch    (SS)    reissue, orig. 1984 Switzerland
*Mordecai    "Drag Down"    Waste 7-inch    (Wantage USA)    Butte, Montana
Kitchen's Floor    "Orbit"    Orbit 7-inch    (R.I.P Society)    2010
*Cobwebbs    "Look Out"    Look Out 7-inch    (Anti Fade)    Brisbane, Australia
Frothy Shakes    "Benzene"    Killed by Death #11    (Redrum)
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Bulldozer    "J'suis Punk"    self-titled LP    (RCA)    1978 France


Saturday, July 14, 2012

TS 7/13/12: subbing for "The Creaking Hinge"


While Theo and Quill are away, Lady Kay comes out to play... records! Quill is in Lampoc and poor Theo is car-less in Sacramento. It's Friday the 13th and I should have eaten more. I was actually shaking from low blood sugar and trying not to scratch the vinyl I was cueing throughout the show. I think during one of my last back-wraps I even started talking about the songs like they were flavors; sweet and savory, buttery french tunes or something. Somebody get me some apple juice and a giant Nation's grilled cheese!

Stream while you eat.


*denotes new releases and additions to the KDVS library

The Velvets    "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)"    b/w Tonight Could Be The Night    (Monument)    1961 doo-wop from Odessa, TX
*The Mynah Birds    "Go On And Cry"    b/w It's My Time    (V.I.P)    *reissue, orig. 1966 Toronto, Ontario w/Rick James and Neil Young
Sam Cooke    "Sad Mood"    The Best of Sam Cooke LP   (RCA)    orig. 1960
Jackie Wilson    "I'm Comin' On Back To You"    The Jackie Wilson Story LP    (Epic/Brunswick)    orig. 1961
Miss Soul    "Payback"    All the Ladies Need Funk    (Parlour)
Katie Briggs    "Green Power"    All the Ladies Need Funk    (Parlour)
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Marva Whitney    "Daddy Don't Know About Sugar Bear"   Funky Tales    (AVI)    1971
Edwin Starr    "You're My Mellow"    Groovesville Review    (Goldmine Soul Supply)
The Glass Bottle    "Red River Seal"    self-titled LP    (Avco Embassy) 1970
Julie Driscoll w/Brian Auger & the Trinity    "Season Of The Witch"    Season of the Witch 7-inch single    (Marmalade)    1967 England
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The Crystals    "Girls Can Tell"    Back to Mono (1958-1969) LP box set   (ABKCO)    **request
The Crystals    "He's A Rebel"    Back to Mono (1958-1969)    (ABKCO)    **request
Tommy Roe    "Little Miss Go-Go"    Dizzy    (ABC)    1969
Lou Christie    "Cryin' In The Streets"    b/w Lightning Strikes    (MGM)    1965
Steve Greenberg    "Big Bruce"    b/w Run To You    (Trip)   1969 reminds me a bit of of Jimmy Stuart
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Smyle    "It's Gonna Be Alright"    b/w She Means A Lot To Me    (Polydor)    1972 Beatles-esque pop from the Netherlands
The Gentrys    "Cinnamon Girl"    b/w I Just Got The News    (Sun)    1970 Neil Young cover
The Pretty Things    "Talking About The Good Times"    Rubble Vol. 3
*White Fence    "Swagger Vets And Double Moon"    Family Perfume Vol. 1    (Woodsist)
Tyrannosaurus Rex    "A Beard Of Stars"    A Beard of Stars    (Blue Thumb)    1970    UK
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*White Fence    "A Good Night"     Family Perfume Vol. 2    (Woodsist)
Tyrannosaurus Rex    "Woodland Bop"    A Beard of Stars    (Blue Thumb)    1970 UK
Acanthus    "The Memory Of Eternal Darkness"    The B-Music of Jean Rollin: 1968-1979   (B-Music)    from Rollin's french film Le Frisson Des Vampires
*Can    "Your Friendly Neighbourhood Whore"    The Lost Tapes: Disc 2    (Spoon/Mute)    **previously unreleased tracks
*Ty Segall    "I Bought My Eyes"    Slaughterhouse    (In The Red)    recorded in Sacto @ The Hangar
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George Brigman    "I Feel Alright"    Jungle Rot LP   (Anopheles)    1975
*Mount Carmel    "Choose Wisely"    Real Women LP    (Siltbreeze)    Columbus, OH
Hayvanlar Alemi    "Guarana Superpower"    Guarana Superpower LP    (Sublime Frequencies)    2010 Turkey
The Shocking Blue    "Love Buzz"    self-titled LP    (Colossus)    1969 Holland
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Craig Ruhnke    "Summer Girl"    b/w Turn The Lights Down Low    (United Artists)    1974
The Turtles    "The Walking Song"    b/w She'd Rather Be With Me    (White Whale)    1967
Donna Summer    "Denver Dream"    b/w Something's In The Wind    (Lark)    1974 pre-disco Summer
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Dynastie Crisis    "Rock And Roll Dans La Rue"    Palmares    (EMI/Pathe) 70s French pop rock

I'd like to point out that while my show page from two weeks ago has a photo of English singer Julie Driscoll on it I completely forgot to play her cover of Donovan's "Season Of The Witch." (Thank you again, Lady, for forgetting to feed yourself properly.) Well, I managed to slip it in the second set of the show this evening and found the original 60s-produced music video to share here. The set design is super simple in concept but just as far-out and (datedly) cool and colorful. And that fur coat! It puts Penny Lane's to shame (Sean are you reading this?! I have to count on another Almost Famous band-aid to understand these layered movie references!) Watch the first minute or two and see what I mean:




Thursday, July 12, 2012

TS 7/9/12




Stream it. (*denotes new releases and additions and arrivals to KDVS.)

*Waxahatchee    "Be Good"    American Weekend    (Don Giovanni)
*Raw Geronimo    "Faustine"    Faustine 7-inch    (Neurotic Yell)    Laena Geronimo of Swahili Blonde and Residual Echoes
*Swahili Blonde    "LeMampatee"    Man Meat LP    (Neurotic Yell)
Joolz Denby   "Love Is (Sweet Romance)"    Love is (Sweet Romance) EP    (EMI)    1985 England
Joolz Denby    "Jackonry"    Never Never Land...    (Abstract Sounds)    1985
The Rivals    "Future Rights"    Bloodstains Across the UK   (Bloodstains)    1979
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The Detonators    "Cruisin'"    Bloodstains Across Northern Ireland    (Bloodstains)    1978
The Outcasts    "Just Another Teenage Rebel"    Just Another Teenage Rebel 7-inch    (Good Vibrations)    1978
Red Letters     "Sacred Voices"    Bloodstains Across the UK #2    (Bloodstains)    1979
Elton Motello    "Pocket Calculator"    Pop Art    (Passport)    1980
Plastic Cow Goes Mooooog    "The Plastic Cow"    (Dot)    aka Mike Melvoin 1970
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*Bad Advice    "Do Not Resucitate"    Do Not Resucitate 7-inch    (Grave Mistake)    Richmond, VA
Plasmatics    "Fast Food Service"    Beyond the Valley of 1984    (Stiff)    1981
Carbonas    "Sex Wound"    self-titled LP    (Raw Deluxe)    2006 Atlanta, GA
*GG King    "Bag"    Joyless Masturbation 7-inch    (Total Punk)    aka Greg "GG" King of the Carbonas
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*K-Holes    "Frozen Stiff"    Dismania    (Hardly Art)    New York
*XYX    "Viajero"    Teatro Negro    (Monofonus Press)    Monterrey, Mexico
*Spray Paint    "Pink Pus"    Spock Fingers 7-inch    (SS Records)
*Timmy's Organism    "Monster Walk"    Raw Sewage Roq LP    (In The Red)
*Vincas    "Red Eyes"    Blood Bleeds LP    (Douche Master)
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Plastic Idols    "Uncircumcised Twin"    Einstein Experience 7-inch EP    (Vision)    1983
Plain White Toast    "Temptations Of Driving"    Temptations Of Driving 7-inch    (Valentine)    1989
Plug Uglies    "Want Ads"    Not Today 7-inch    (Psycho Babble)    Chicago 1991
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Norman Greenbaum    "California Earthquake"    bonus 7-inch w/Petaluma LP    (Reprise)    1972
Donovan     "Superlungs My Supergirl"    Barabajagal    (Epic)    1968 UK
Terry Reid    "Super Lungs (Supergirl)"    self-titled LP    (Epic)    1969 UK
Earth & Fire    "Wild And Exciting"    self-titled LP    (Polydor)    German prog rock from 1970
Terry Reid    "Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace"    Superlungs    (Astralwerks)    1969
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*The Mynah Birds    "It's My Time"    b/w Go On And Cry    (V.I.P.)    new reissue! orig. 1966 feat. Rick James & Neil Young
*Evie Sands    "I Can't Let Go"     The American Roots of the British Invasion     (Varese Sarabande)   1965 original

more details coming soon...

Sunday, July 8, 2012

TS 7/2/12





Stream (starts a couple minutes in)


Rhinoceros    "Let's Party"    b/w Old Age    (Elektra)    1970
*The Rascals    "People Got to Be Free"    b/w My World    (Atlantic)    1968 New York
The Knaves    "The Girl I Threw Away"    Pebbles Vol. 9    (BFD)    1967 Chicago
H.P. Lovecraft    "Let's Get Together"    self-titled LP    (Dunwhich)    1967 Chicago
Space Dust Candy 1970s tv spot
It's All Meat    "Feel It"    Pebbles Vol. 9    (BFD)    1969 Toronto
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The Cheynes    "Respectable"    Pebbles Vol. 6 The Roots of Mod    (BFD)    1964
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry movie trailer 1974
Link Wray    "Black Widow"    Early Recordings    (Chiswick)    1962
Scat Rag Boosters    "Studebaker Babe"    Slickat 7-inch    (Flying Bomb)    2000
The Seeds    "Satisfy You"    Fallin' Off the Edge    (Line)    1968
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David Werner    "One More Wild Guitar/Whizz Kid"    Whizz Kid    (RCA)    1974
Rob Weiss    "Cloves And Coffee"    Over the Top for You    (Studio Main)    1984
Wendy & the Rocketts    "Play The Game"    Dazed for Days    (A&M)    1983 Australia
*Alice Cohen    "Mauve Mood"    Pink Keys    (Olde English Spelling Bee/Crinoline)
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*Magic Trick    "Sunny"    Ruler of the Night    (Hardly Art)    project of Tim Cohen of the Fresh & Onlys
King Tuff    "Freak When I'm Dead"    Was Dead    (Colonel)    2008
*Ty Segall    "The Bag I'm In"    Slaughterhouse    (In The Red)    Fred Neil cover, recorded @ The Hangar in Sacramento
*Ty Segall    "Oh Mary"    Slaughterhouse    (In The Red)
R. Stevie Moore    "How Many Moore)    U.R. True    (Felony Fidelity)    2009
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Tyla Gang    "Speedball Morning"    Yachtless    (Beserkley)    1977 England
Karen Black    "Alaska"    b/w Neiborachie - The Guy Next Door    (Vital Music)    1990
Destroy All Monsters    "You're Gonna Die"    b/w Bored    (IDBI)    1978
*Mike Rep & the Quotas    "Rocket To Nowhere"    b/w Quasar    (Mighty Mouth Music)    new reissue; orig. 1978
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*Cuffs    "Y.C.C.T."    Private View 7-inch    (Ride the Snake)
Shop Assistants    "Safety Net"    Safety Net EP    (53rd & 3rd)    1986 Edinburgh, Scotland
*G. Green    "Funny Insurance"    Funny Insurance 7-inch    (12XU)    Sacramento, CA
Hot Corn Girls    "Twit"    The Hot Corn Girls    (Stingy Banana)    1995 NYC
Los Huevos    "Bike Thief"    Kiss My Cruiser 7-inch    (Moo-La-La)    Sacramento, CA 1994
Firewood    "Rococo"    self-titled 7-inch    (Robber Baron)    1997 Davis, CA thanks H.G.!
*Can    "Deadly Doris"    The Lost Tapes Sampler    (Spoon/Mute)   new reissue
Karate Party    "Pressure"    Black Helicopter EP     (Moo-La-La)    1998 Sacramento, CA
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*La Corde    "Unmarked Doors"    Unmarked Doors 7-inch    (Ressurection)    San Francisco