From 1964, Mike Rabin and the Demons’ one and only record and hit, if by hit you mean 100 people knew it at the time.

Many rockin’ rockers know The Open Mind’s “Magic Potion” but I was recently struck by how this song prefigures Hawkwind; it is released on 1968 and Hawkwind doesn’t become a band until summer 1969. The riff might as well be “Master of the Universe.”

Two fantastic finds on the internets:

The Hooterville Trolley released one record and wow.

The opening of “Be My Girl” is sweaty, sweat rock.

Also, we have a bunch of videos of youtubes in preparation of the release of Vale.

I know, I said some harsh things about Sting last post—seriously, fuck that guy—but I don’t want any PC, or NPC for that matter, thinking I had lost any of my animosity towards Billy Joel, denier of Attila. No way, I keep that torch lit.

Still doubtful that Joel is icky? I present this:

I’ll take no loafs, thank you.

You know what: fuck Sting. I fucking hate that guy.

From an article in a 1981 Playboy:

Want to know another way? Don’t make shitty music, you wanna-be Johnny Rotten.

I found this exchange in a Playboy 1983 article on computer camp.

Half-orc. The answer is always half-orc.