“Murder of Maria Marten”
Shirley Collins & the Albion Band
No Roses (1971)

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Another one for Australia Day. I still have nightmares about the Bunyip.

process-vision: Chicago, United States, 1972

process-vision:

Chicago, United States, 1972

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“Television Addict”
The Victims
1977

It’s Australia Day, so three cheers for Oz and let’s Americans give ourselves a pat on the back for recognizing cultures besides our own. Though I was never much for teevee myself, this song is one of my favorite punk anthems ever and definitely one of my favorite Aussie punk songs of all time. WE’RE NOT DUMB.

(While I side with the Victims on the ridiculous nature of generational warfare lampooned in the song, I would like to point out that excessive teevee watching does, probably, make you dumb. Just sayin’.)

ohbecruel: “A fellow named Jody Rich, an ex-marine and taskmaster was originally the leader of the group. We recruited a young Hispanic fellow, stage name Benny King, on drums, plus Tony Valentino and myself. Our first gig was in Hawaii for three months. Jody, who was married at the time, was jealous of the younger band members scoring on all the babes. He became an absolute tyrant, setting a curfew, demanding spit-shined shoes, and freshly ironed clothes. Benny was the first to drop out. He went back home to his mother. Tony and I openly rebelled and Jody fired us…wait a minute…he didn’t have a band left. We re-formed and fired him.”-Larry Tamblyn on the Standells’ early days Click the box above to watch the Standells’ play “Dirty Water” and “There’s a Storm Comin’ ” on the Mike Douglas Show in 1966 - a rare performance of theirs without then-mandatory lip-synching. The Standells were a band of misfits from various backgrounds, but they managed to put together an early garage punk sound that would later be covered by hardcore legends Minor Threat (“Good Guys Don’t Wear White”). While “Dirty Water” brought the band a ton of success, members admit that they have always thought the song was a dud.

ohbecruel:

“A fellow named Jody Rich, an ex-marine and taskmaster was originally the leader of the group. We recruited a young Hispanic fellow, stage name Benny King, on drums, plus Tony Valentino and myself. Our first gig was in Hawaii for three months. Jody, who was married at the time, was jealous of the younger band members scoring on all the babes. He became an absolute tyrant, setting a curfew, demanding spit-shined shoes, and freshly ironed clothes. Benny was the first to drop out. He went back home to his mother. Tony and I openly rebelled and Jody fired us…wait a minute…he didn’t have a band left. We re-formed and fired him.”
-Larry Tamblyn on the Standells’ early days

Click the box above to watch the Standells’ play “Dirty Water” and “There’s a Storm Comin’ ” on the Mike Douglas Show in 1966 - a rare performance of theirs without then-mandatory lip-synching. The Standells were a band of misfits from various backgrounds, but they managed to put together an early garage punk sound that would later be covered by hardcore legends Minor Threat (“Good Guys Don’t Wear White”). While “Dirty Water” brought the band a ton of success, members admit that they have always thought the song was a dud.

Summer come.

Summer come.

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latimes: Our Twitter/Tumblr feed blew up around 5 p.m. with cellphone sunset photos. Gorgeous. 

latimes:

Our Twitter/Tumblr feed blew up around 5 p.m. with cellphone sunset photos. Gorgeous. 

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“Have You Seen My Baby” (1966)
The Kare Takers
Teenage Shutdown Vol. 12.

Garage punk break-up songs and indeed a lot of mainstream rock songs about break ups tend to fall into a few categories. One is the “Fuck her, I’m better off without you bitch, blarbity, blar” male rock rager. These can be incredibly distressing in their sexism, no matter how awesome the music accompanying it. (Not to say women don’t have their own version of the “Fuck you, I’m better than you will ever be, you cretinous dog” song: Beyonce’s made an entire career out them.) Then there’s the brokenhearted lament, like this tune from the Kare-Takers. No ego or chest-beating, just a plea for sympathy. My one problem with this song is that the drummer seems to think it’s a bit more of a rocker than the woe-as-me sentiment of the song allows. But whatevs. I’ll take a groveling dog over a sexist pig any day.

rockpapersingles:

The Kinks take the piss out of the Beatles with a song dedicated to the 1%.