the Pharmacy Rx

Post Punk Fall Vol . 1

2009-10-18T12:58:00.004-04:00

This is the fall installment of my mixes , went a bit crazy with it ... There are 45 songs from now and then , just in time for the autumn overcast beauty ! A lot of these selections kept me going through jr . high and college (this stuff back then was not a stop on the net , you needed to seek them out ). Mostly I would listen to Wkdu and hear these bands , then Repo records opened in Wayne ! Mostly buying the Peel Sessions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Peel_sessions
I would discover bands just from the covers of these records , and movies like ; the Hunger and Wings of Desire . . . Enjoy
1. A Sullen Sky - Lowlife
2. Exercise One - Joy Division
3. Home Is Where The Hatred is - Anita Lane
4. Me , I Disconnect from you - Gary Numan / Tubeway Army
5. Mirror's Image - Horrors
6. 100 Years - The Cure
7. TV as Eyes - Chrome
8. Wax & Wane - The Cocteau Twins
9. Upside Down - The Jesus and Mary Chain
10. War - Tones on Tail
11. Rebellious Jukebox - The Fall
12. Strangelove - Depeche Mode
13. Totally Wired - The Fall
14. 24 hours - Joy Division
15. Are Friends Electric ? - Gary Numan / Tubeway Army
16. Lose my breath - MBV
17. Real Shocks - Swell Maps
18. Red Eyes and Tears - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
19. Truth - New Order
20. Do it Clean - Echo and the bunnymen
21. Do you Remember - Horrors
22. From Her To Eternity ! - Bad Seeds
23. Hollow Eyes - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
24. Romeo's Distress - Christian Death
25. Second Skin - The Chameleons Uk.
26. Scarlet Fields - Horrors
27. Phoenix - Cult
28. Electra Descending - Christian Death
29. Tantalized - The Church
30. My Kingdom - Echo and the bunnymen
31. Obsession - Cabaret Voltaire
32. Smash it up pt.2- the Damned
33. Deep in the woods -Birthday Party
34. Candyman - Siouxsie and the banshees
35. Crushed - The Cocteau Twins
36. Headhunter - Front 242
37. I walk the line - alien sex fiend
38. Muscoviet Mosquito - Clan of Xymox
39. Reptile - The Church
40. Sex Beat - Gun Club
41. Shadow of love - The Damned
42. Spellbound - Siouxsie and the banshees
43. Stigmata Martyr - Bauhaus
44. The light - Love and Rockets
45. Whisper to a Scream(birds fly) - Icicle Works

-->The Link to Post Punk Fall<--

Hammond Organ Series part . 2

2009-09-27T05:29:00.000-04:00

Tom Waits - Clap Hands

2009-09-24T05:26:00.001-04:00

July - Dandelion Seeds

2009-09-24T05:03:00.003-04:00

This is an amazing Psych Rock Anthem ! Enjoy . Rx

Click for "July" -Mp3

Kenneth Anger - Lucifer Rising 1973 !

2009-09-24T05:00:00.001-04:00

Love Potion # 9 - The Coasters

2009-08-24T07:54:00.003-04:00

Raw , Serious and down right groovy ! The Coasters testifying with this cover of Love Potion # 9 .
"Love Potion No. 9" is a song written in 1959 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally performed by The Clovers.
Here we hear The Coasters bringing new fire ( almost latin ) to this old standard ! Turn it on
and stand on back !!! Enjoy
Click for Love Potion # 9 -Mp3

Soul Circle - Spot and the Blotters

2009-08-06T16:00:00.003-04:00

Click for "Soul Circle" -Mp3

A Meditation with Tibetian bowls !

2009-08-04T12:25:00.006-04:00

This is a link for a track Michael Martin and I put together using singing bowls and bells .
We made this to give away for free to assist in anyone's meditation practice !
The first 4 mins are about our meditation technique and views , the rest is all calm sound !
from us to you ! Enjoy
Click for Meditation -Mp3

Tinindo Trincando - Novos Baianos

2009-07-19T16:41:00.003-04:00

In the great contry of Brazil , a friend reminded me of this great band called ; Novos Baianos . . . Enjoy it
Novos Baianos was a Brazilian rock and MPB group from Bahia that was formed in the '60s and enjoyed success throughout most of the '70s. Band members were Paulinho Boca de Cantor, Pepeu Gomes, Moraes Moreira, Dadi, Galvão, Jorginho, Baixinho, Bolacha and Baby Consuelo, today known as Baby do Brasil.
Click for Tinindo Trincando -Mp3

In the Pocket - Hindal Butts

2009-07-19T16:36:00.002-04:00

Soul single of the week ; "In the Pocket" , by Hindal Butts . Great Organ and drum break ! A Destroyer Soul-Jazz Classic !

Click for "In the Pocket" -Mp3

Swamp Fever - Mel Brown vs Rx(edit)!

2009-06-29T06:28:00.012-04:00

Mel Brown (October 7, 1939 – March 20, 2009) was an American-born blues guitarist. Best known for his decade-plus stint in support of Bobby "Blue" Bland, Brown channeled elements of soul, funk, and jazz to create one of the most distinctive guitar styles in contemporary blues.
Swamp Fever is a single by Mel Brown pulled from Mel Brown’s 1968 LP ‘The Wizard’, ‘Swamp Fever’ also features an extended break in the middle of the record .
I decided to re edit the track and then decided to add more organ , reverb and electric piano ! Enjoy . . .Rx

"Swamp Fever" - Mel Brown vs Rx(edit)

Click for Rx vs MB -Mp3

BlackWater Gold - African Music Machine !

2009-06-28T18:31:00.008-04:00

The new series of raw funk 45's . . . I am going to try to post a few a week . . . enjoy Rx

The African Music Machine was a New Orleans funk band, led by Louis Villery, playing in the 1970s. It issued several singles which became collector's items. A compilation album Black Water Gold was issued in 2000. The band was re-formed by Villery in 2001, and issued an album on the Singular label !
This track has a tight funky Jb's (in the 70's) vibe , a great bass and drum bit in the middle , and screaming horns throughout ! dig out ! ! ! Rx

Blackwater Gold - African Music Machine

click for BlackWaterGold Mp3

Funk 45 . . .Right On !

2009-06-28T18:15:00.006-04:00

"Right on" , from Chicago saxophonist Clarence Wheeler and his hard-hitting Enforcers combo -- a group who were one of the brightest lights in soul jazz at the start of the 70s, really helping to keep the genre fresh and exciting! The groove here is in the tenor/organ mode first popularized in the 60s -- but the overall sound is a lot more expansive, and filled with unusual time changes, complicated rhythms, and inventive solo work that go way beyond more familiar albums of this nature on Prestige or Blue Note! Right On ! ! ! Rx

Right On - Clarence Wheeler & the Enforcers

Click for Right On-Mp3

afternoon deprivation blues # 1

2009-04-14T00:33:00.004-04:00

bedroom sonic gospel music .

afternoon deprivation blues # 1

afternoon deprivation blues # 1 vocoder mix

Meditations

2009-03-17T09:57:00.003-04:00

The Rare Birds -selection and demo

2009-01-14T12:31:00.007-05:00

The Gospel of yr eyes mp3 for listening purposes !
the gospel of yr eyes<---link
the r n b of membership demo
the r n b of membership pt.1 demo<---link

These are a couple of examples of the direction of the Rare Birds . We hope you enjoy them . The demo version of "R n B" , is in a transition stage so nothing finished there . Rx

Just Announced Cat Power Tour Dates USA !

2009-01-14T09:27:00.005-05:00

Cat Power
February
Friday 06 New York, NY Apollo Theater
Saturday 07 New York, NY Apollo Theater
Sunday 08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Tuesday 10 Los Angeles, CA Avalon
Wednesday 11 Los Angeles, CA Avalon

Juan Trip - Psych Astronaut or Spacerock Visonaire ?

2009-01-12T10:06:00.003-05:00

Juan Trip is a French Psych Rock , that goes mainlly un-noticed here .. In the spirits of Syd Barrett and Spacemen 3 , Juan Trip is this week's favorite artist !

The Juan Trip Home Page<---

Chan Marshall vs. The Pharmacist in Paris!

2008-11-17T02:37:00.001-05:00

Why should we vote ?

2008-09-29T09:15:00.001-04:00

Attn Friends .. .Tis our responsibility to create change wherever we can , no ?
That is the reason I am asking all of my friends to consider voting for Obama come the election day . We risk a lot with apathy and indifference .
Many a few years I have said to myself ,"what difference does it make anyway ?"
, or "why bother" . No more can I afford to do this , and I ask to reconsider if you can as well ... What are our alternatives ? McCain , who is living in Reagan's 80's or Nixon's era of yesteryear ? Palin , who endorses burning books and aerial wild wolf hunting , (which I still cannot believe) .
I am not asking anyone to believe , I am not sure I even trust that the system works ... After watching the debates , the true and real choice was made crystal clear ... McCain cannot be our next President ! So , please if you are considering not voting , please reconsider and think bout voting Obama / Biden ... Thank you and now I step off the soapbox ..
Rx
Sarah Silverman waxes on voting for Obama ...

Cat Power en francais et anglais 2008

2008-09-12T03:20:00.007-04:00

French Radio

Amnesty International Ad

Enjoy . Remember art is personal expression . Rx

Cluster - Krautrock Innovators ...

2008-09-10T01:54:00.008-04:00

Cluster is a German experimental musical group who influenced the development of contemporary popular electronic and ambient music. They have recorded albums in a wide variety of styles ranging from experimental music to progressive rock, all of which had an avant-garde edge. Cluster has been active since 1971, releasing a total of 13 albums. Musician, writer and rock historian Julian Cope places three Cluster albums in his Krautrock Top 50 and "The Wire" places Cluster's self-titled debut album in their "One Hundred Records That Set The World On Fire".
After a decade long hiatus Cluster reunited in April, 2007. They were selected to perform on June 15, 2007 at the opening of documenta 12, a major exhibition of modern and contemporary art held every five years in Kassel, Germany. In late 2007 Cluster performed at concerts across Europe and will return to the United States for the first time since their 1996 First Encounter tour in 2008.
Musical style
Cluster's musical style has varied greatly over the years, ranging from Kosmische Musik to Experimental Music on early albums, to rhythmic Krautrock or Progressive rock on Zuckerzeit and After The Heat, to New Age or Ambient Music on many tracks in the middle to late '70s, to truly avant-garde or industrial on Live In Vienna. Cluster always has an avant-garde edge even on gentle, ambient pieces. Michael Waynick, who reviewed Cluster & Eno for Allmusic writes a description that applies to more than the one album: "...too emotionally rich to waste as mere background music, evoking feelings of hesitancy and regret that rescue the music from mere vapid prettiness."
The diversity of styles on the various Cluster albums, with significant changes in musical direction from one release to the next, makes it difficult to categorize Cluster's music. The factors which are present on all 13 albums include the use of electronic instrumentation, loops, and the use of unexpected sounds to create a sense of experimentation.
Cluster has been widely influential not only to ambient and electronic music artists, but to techno, electronica and popular music as well. Artists and groups whose music has been influenced by Cluster include Robert Rich, John Foxx (formerly of Ultravox), Alex Paterson of The Orb,Coil, Oval, To Rococo Rot, and Mouse On Mars.

Other great Krautrock bands include ; Neu ! ...

Can ..

Xhol Caravan ..

and Kraftwerk ..(this is the best Kraftwerk ever .. "Ruckzuck" , from 1970 album Kraftwerk 1)

im suden by Cluster

im suden mp3

Ruckzuck by Kraftwerk

Ruckzuck mp3

return of the Beachwood Sparks

2008-09-08T02:53:00.007-04:00

The Beachwood Sparks hail from Los Angeles . They play music in the tradition of Gram Parsons' self dubbed ;"Cosmic American Music" . The band has not officially broken up , yet they have been mostly dormant since 2002 . The name comes from the two streets intersecting near (bassist) Brent Rademaker's home in silverlake . They have regrouped , with original members ; Brent Rademaker , Chris Gunst , Aaron Sperske(of the Lilys) and occasionally (Farmer)Dave Scherr (who now plays for Interpol) . Beachwood Sparks have started to play shows in California , and are doing a small tour of the east coast , with a stop planned for Philadelphia (home of many Lilys line ups) . Here is a primer on the band that brought the "New Country" to the indie rock world .

Myspace - The Beachwood Sparks

Ground Control to Cat Power / Commercial

2008-09-02T02:59:00.002-04:00

Soundtrack to a commercial we(chan marshall . erik p . and myself) recorded in June .. Airs nationwide this month . Dig it !

MoxyHangOutClubShow vs. Rx

2008-08-18T00:38:00.006-04:00

To Celebrate Turnaround vs Immediate , Steve V . invited me down to
Wkdu 91.7 for his show ; "MoxyHangoutClub . Great music , solid vibes and great antics galore took hold of the studio ...
Here is the Set list ;
This is what a playlist should look like, take note.
------------------------Steve V .
Electric Sandwich - China
Aunt Mary - Stumblin Stone
Dave Hamilton - Groove
Corporal Gander's Firedog Brigade - Hey You
Uriah Heep - Gypsy
------------------------Mr. Pharmacist
Tokyo Sex Destruction - Breakout Town
Spiritualized - Electricity
Silver Apples - Oscillations
Neu! - Hallo Gallo
Suicide - Cheree
Public Image Limited - The Theme from Public Image Limited
Goblin - Tenebre
July - Dandelion Seeds
Xhol Caravan - First Day
Asteroid 4 - ???
Holy Shit - Written All Over Your Face
Ohm - Pilgrimage
-------------------------Steve , again
Leafhound - Freelance Fiend
Ton Steine Scherben - Die letzte Schlacht Gewinnen Wir
La Dusseldorf - White Overalls
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Celebration
Equipe 84 - Il Re Dei Re
Various - Cissy Strut
Tarantula - Poison Dance
-------------------------Mr. Pharmacist
Rare Birds - Suicidal (world premiere)
Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injury
Can - I'm So Green
Scott Walker - the Old Man's Back Again
Jesus and Mary Chain - Down on me
the Stooges - Down on the Street
the Hiphuggers - Upstairs on Boston Road
----------------------------Steve V . , again.
Brainticket - Black Sands

Keep Ohm!!!

Turnaround vs Immediate is the third Friday (usually) of every month @ the Barbary . Philadelphia , U.S.A

Part 1 MoxyHangOutClubShow mp3

Part 2 MoxyHangOutClubShow mp3

MoxyHangoutClub Myspace

My Bloody Valentine 2008

2008-07-05T18:09:00.020-04:00

Here are some photos from the My Bloody Valentine set when we played w/them @ Roskilde enjoy !
all photos by the great ; Lou Flanagan
Plus a few photos of Cat Power set as well .

"I only said" from "Loveless"
I only said mp3

Marie Flore and Rx "Bring You Down"

2008-05-12T14:05:00.006-04:00

Marie Flore is a great new chanteuse staying in Paris ... She has music and sounds and video @ Click here - MARIE FLORE . We have now traded files , I added some atmosphere here .. The song "Bring you Down" stands as a Demo , so I added some Moog and reverb tambourine and Slide guitar!
We plan to make an Ep this summer . Please excuse the noise it is a rough take . Enjoy and comment ! Rx
Bring you Down Rx version ...MP3
Video for Half Past Three

"4ad" - Pioneering Indie art record label ...

2008-04-22T21:58:00.004-04:00

With many artists; from the darkness of England's "Bauhaus" , to the art indie noise of America's "TV on the Radio" , 4ad has led the lantern light within the indie underground scene since it began in early 19 hundred and 80 . Whether with new and exciting sounds from the underground , or it's visual aesthetic style , 4ad delived a sound that sounded as good as it looked ! The music , was to mildly put it , dark , atmospheric and beautiful .. Here are some of the key releases on 4ad throut the years ;
1980
Bauhaus Dark Entries
1981
The Birthday Party Prayers on Fire
1984
Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance
This Mortal Coil It'll End in Tears
Cocteau Twins Treasure
1985
Clan of Xymox Clan of Xymox
1987
Lonely Is an Eyesore
Pixies Come on Pilgrim
1989
Pixies Doolittle
Current roster (partial)
Beirut (excluding the US)
Blonde Redhead
The Breeders
Celebration
Stereolab
TV on the Radio (excluding the US and Canada)
Scott Walker
M. Ward (excluding the US and Canada)
Wolf & Cub (excluding Australia and New Zealand)

Bauahaus - Telegram Sam

The Cocteau Twins - Crushed

Birthday Party - Release the Bats (live)

Celebration - New Skin

Beirut - nantes

The Australian Underground vs. Tonite Show

2008-03-22T18:11:00.015-04:00

Cat Power just spent some time down under doing a winter tour . We happened to play great shows , hang with Bad Seeds and get into a substantial car wreck .. . Our tour agent was non other than Tim Pittman , who released the comprehensive 2 cd set ; "Tales from the Australian Underground" . This awe inspiring collection showcases the great talent of the Aussie scene from '76 - '89 ... Radio Birdman , The Scientists , The Birthday Party and The Saints , are featured on this essential historical aural journey . Check the site @ www.feelpresents.com
Also I have featured the photos of us playing the LA and the tonight show !

The Tonite Show

The Stage plan

The Camera

The Show

Rx . Lohan . Friend

Brisbane

The Bass

Rx and Conway from the Bad Seeds

Mick Turner with Jim White and Jeffrey

Know Your Product ... The Saints
We Had Love ... The Scientists
The Day Will Come ... Venom P Stinger (with Jim White)

Cor-Crane Secret Band; POLVO

2008-02-25T19:50:00.006-05:00

Polvo are an influential indie noise rock band of the 1990s from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. The band was fronted by vocalist/guitarist Ash Bowie and guitarist Dave Brylawski. Eddie Watkins played drums, and Steve Popson played bass guitar.
Polvo are considered one of the key proponents of a genre which came to be known as math rock. Their sound was defined by complex and dissonant guitar harmonies and driving rhythm, complementing Bowie's cryptic, often surrealist lyrics. So unpredictable and angular was their sound that the band's guitarists were often accused of failing to play with correctly-tuned guitars. Polvo's songs and artwork frequently featured Asian/"exotic" themes and references. The band's name means "dust" in Spanish; in Spain it also is a slang word for sex. Listen the sonic landscape of "Vibracobra" from the Lp ; "Cor-Crane Secret" ..
Polvo are reforming to play some scattered gigs ... Look out !

Vibra Cobra mp3

London/Paris Cat Power.Feist.MBV.

2008-02-13T04:01:00.006-05:00
Here are a few Photos from Later with Jools Holland .. RadioHead . Feist . Robyn Hitchcock and Mary J were on the show with us ...
The 200th show ... We all had an amazing time ...
New York New York ...Cat Power

My Moon My Man ... Feist with a dance scene cameo by myself ..

Ms.Feist / Rx

Ed(Radiohead).Cillian Murphy.Feist.Rx

Rx.Hitchcock.E.P

Rx.Kevin Shields.Friend.Mr.Jon Slade

New York on French T.V

Metal Heart Canal +

Comment and enjoy ...

The Monks ... Fuck Yeah !

2008-01-07T21:21:00.000-05:00

Anton Newcombe posted this , originally titled ; "fuck you and your shit band before you were born.... !" The Monks are sonically and visually beautiful ! Man this is mindnumbing for 1965 !!! Fuck Yes for the Monks !! Thanks again Anton ! Enjoy !

Oh How To Do Now - Monks mp3

Dead Meadow / a Place to Bury Strangers

2008-01-07T04:52:00.000-05:00

A new track from Dead Meadow " What Needs Must Be " .. A bit less sonic and noisy then the material on " Feathers " , yet still worthy and sound ! Then, a chaotic soundscape from NYC's loudest group - A Place to Bury Stangers with ," I know I'll see you."

dead meadow - what needs must be mp3

a place to bury strangers - I know I'll see you mp3

Bukowski - From the Dept. of English

2008-01-07T04:48:00.000-05:00

Now to enhance your listening pleasure ... great American Poet Charles Bukowski reads a poem "from the dept. of english" enjoy ...

from the dept of english mp3

Beggin - Timebox

2008-01-07T04:24:00.000-05:00

English pop band covering the four seasons song "Beggin"- they make it a little more frantic with bongo's and vibes and some haunting string arrangements.

Beggin' mp3

Madison Square Garden 09/14/07

2007-11-12T01:16:00.000-05:00
This is from Madison Square opening for Interpol .. Enjoy

Cat Power Tour Diary Us/Brazil 2007

2007-11-07T18:58:00.000-05:00
Here are the Photos from the Brazil tour . Thank you to all the folks who made the tour great , all the Brazilians and fans in the states for making the tour amazing ! The Juke box album comes out in January , at which time we will be touring the planet ! Get at me for more info ... Leave some comments and enjoy .. Rx

Rio Hotel Beaches

Antony and Erik(dirty delta blues)

Dressing room Sao Paulo

Cat Power in Sao Paulo

Arctic Monkeys meet Rx

The Street life in Brazil

Antony vs Rx

Cat Power Live Brazil

Hot Chip via Cam Phone Rio

Hot Chip over and over (cam phone sound)

Dc Visit

Cat Power ; Savannah , Orlando .. etc

2007-10-21T18:43:00.000-04:00
The tour is winding out with the Brazil and Miami shows to go . Here we see a marquee view in Savannah , the crowd in Savannah and some loyal fans in Florida . Thanks for coming out and giving Chan and the Dirty Delta your support , we look with optimism to the release of the Covers 2 , and the tour after . Thanks . There may be some further photos from Brazil with;
Antony and Johnsons , Bjork and Feist .. xx Cat Power and DDbs

Cat Power Tour Diary Day 3-4

2007-10-16T20:47:00.000-04:00
The Third and Fouth Days brought us from Virginia to DC . The band played the 930 club with Stuart Lupton's(Jonathan Fire Eater)group THE CHILDBALLADS . We had a good show and the stay was rather nice with us going to the sights in DC and then some hanging with old friends . The set included ; Lived in Bars , Willie , and Metal Heart . After, we spent time with our good friend Ian(Make Up) Svenonious , who posed here with his latest literary find ... Day Four started early with us taking a bus ride , where my favorite and beloved laptop somehow got smashed . Erik P(bass) let me use his , til I get a new one later today . We played a nice show that featured some new song selections from our new record coming out in January-ish on Matador. The show was done by midnite , and then we went to a local bar and shared conversation with friends old and new !
For now time to pull up the sheets and see you tomorrow and or Thursday in Tallahasee
Thanks so far . xx Cat Power and DDbs xx Rx xx

the Cat Power tour diary day two

2007-10-15T11:28:00.000-04:00
We drove throught the dark and silent evening to Norfolk , Va . We arrived in the early morn , wandered the town and retreated to our hotel for some much deserved bed rest . The soundcheck was at 530 , it went well , we tried a version of
"fortunate son" which was alright . Later the show seemed to be nice , everyone was in good spirits and we played a 1 and half hour set , that had ; dont' explain , satisfaction , naked if I want to , she's got you ( patsy cline ) and metal heart . Chan's voice was in strain due to a cold .. the show was more toned down but still refreshing . we try to do something different each night .
Tonight is In Washington dc @ the 930 w/ openers "Child Ballads" with Stuart Lupton from Jonathan Fire Eater .

Cat Power tour diary day one

2007-10-14T02:22:00.000-04:00
cat tour diary day one atlanta georgia(outskirts)
the echo project festival ;
well we arrived at the site of the fest , turned out to be more hippie style jam band thing .
We spent the day hanging out , getting ready , going over the set list , and generally just getting back in the tour mind set . We played , a bit out of form I will say , but got through a set list which includes ; new york new york , lived in bars , life of theparty , the greatest ..etc
So the first day is sorta of to a slow start , but day to day I will keep the blog up to speed
and include photos , writing and setlists ... Just for the fans .. alrite kids , on the bus heading to Virginia . see you tomorrow ... Photos from day one by Stefano Giovannini ... Rx

Rx

Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues

Chan and MR.White

A Song for Autumn at Sea

2007-10-01T21:49:00.000-04:00

A song I wrote late one evening/morning .. a sketch of autumn at sea perhaps . Rx
storm at sea / going under ...

Echo and the Bunnymen ; by Alan Mcgee

2007-09-01T00:16:00.000-04:00

There was only one thing that stopped the hugely influential band from reaching the superstardom they deserved - themselves.

Nineteen eighty-nine was the year of a British and Irish invasion of North America: U2, the Cure and New Order were achieving significant sales and huge cultural status. Of this charge of the long coat brigade, the one band who should have made it was Echo and the Bunymen. Instead, that was the year they decided to break up. Their drummer Pete DeFrietas died a year later, and the band reconvened without singer Ian McCulloch for a sixth Echo and the Bunnymen album in 1990 that was met with reactions ranging from indifference to outright hostility.

Just two years prior to this, the future had been bright. With the release of their self-titled fifth album, the Bunnymen were set to achieve. They had two songs in high profile teen movies - Pretty in Pink and The Lost Boys - which increased their profile hugely, and Ian McCulloch's striking looks seemed ready-made for the MTV generation. The band toured with New Order and had a semi-hit with Lips Like Sugar. But instead of capitalising on it by doing an 18-month American tour, they merely faded away.

It's not that they didn't want world domination - they did. Ian McCulloch was the original rent-a-quote, dissing U2 before it was cool to do so, and telling every journalist who would listen that the Bunnymen were the greatest rock'n'roll band of all time, 10 years before Noel Gallagher-style self-aggrandisement became the order of the day.

So what happened? Would it have helped if McCulloch had pulled the same dumb moves as Bono that helped U2 become huge in the US, or if the Bunnymen had tried to become a little less weird? Did their own name eventually do them in?

In 1987, the Bunnymen were a long way from Eric's, the infamous post-punk nightclub that kick-started punk rock in Liverpool in 1978. Before that, Liverpool had been a hopeless cause, a city that was destined to remain in the shadows of the Beatles for good or bad. However, punk rock jettisoned the idea that the only way to distance yourself from the Tremolos and Merseybeat was to stab your keyboard with a Nazi dagger and go prog.

In 1978, three friends, Julian Cope, Pete Wylie and Ian McCulloch decided to form an imaginary band, the Crucial Three. The Crucial Three split before recording anything (Julian going on to form The Teardrop Explodes and Wylie turning into Wah! Heat), but it was Ian McCulloch who had the greatest success.

Teaming up with Will Sergeant, the two formed an iconic partnership comparable to Jagger and Richards. Instead of taking their musical cues from the Clash and the Sex Pistols, their band Echo and the Bunnymen was inspired by Scott Walker, the Velvet Underground, Television, the Doors and Jonathan Richman. By 1983, their credibility was firmly established with three albums of post-punk anthems and two genuine hits to their credit: The Cutter and Rescue. However, by the time that they came to their fourth, they had exhausted that sound. Instead they set about to write the greatest album ever - Ocean Rain, a beautiful, orchestral album that would be the band's greatest moment, yet sow the seeds of their destruction.

Ocean Rain still sounds remarkably contemporary, different and weird. The Bunnymen had made their grandiose pop statement five years before the likes of U2 and New Order. Unfortunately, Ocean Rain exhausted them. A creative paralysis was evident in their self-titled follow up in 1987, which would contain songs left over from the Ocean Rain sessions. 'Echo and the Bunnymen' also took the longest out of any of their albums to record. It was as if they realised they had hit their pinnacle and had nothing else to give.

Hugely influential, the Bunnymen sound reverberates today through the Verve, Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand and yes, even Coldplay. If they could have stuck around for a few more years in 1987, true, they could have had it so much better - but even though they burned out, they'll never fade away.

Alan Mcgee started a label called ; Creation .. They signed Ride , My Bloody Valentine , Primal Scream , Oasis and Jesus and Mary Chain . Alan Mcgee has new label called Poptones , he lives in the Uk
Mcgee @ Myspace

goin down south - Cat Power @ Chanel 2007

2007-08-28T17:03:00.000-04:00

This is a rare track from Cat Power playing @ the Chanel show in Paris with Chan on drums , and Dirty Delta Blues on the rest !We finished our set , then played this 9 minute dark blues journey for guests that included Marianne Faithfull and Sofia Coppola .
Erik P = Bass . Judah Bauer = Guitar . Gregg Foreman = Organ . Piano . Chan Marshall = Drums
Originally by R.L Burnside , great blues player on Fat Possum records !
This track was removed ...

Uk Comedy ; The Mighty Boosh

2007-08-10T09:03:00.000-04:00

Once in a (long) while a comedy comes along , a comedy that pushes the boundries of humor and tact . As I grew up I had things such as ; "The Young Ones" , "The Simpsons" , "Family Guy" , Aqua Teen Hunger Force" ,"Land Of The Lost" , "What's Happenin' " , and more recently ; "The Office(Uk)" . Now , as the band continues to tour , I get turned on to comedy from across the pond yet again . I have been hearing about this show , a show where one of the main characters resembles me , ha ! , I thought , I have to eventually check that out .. Well , eventually showed up , and while getting ready for a show in Brooklyn's McCarren Park Pool , I finally decided to look up said show via You Tube . I was not prepared for what I would find . As I tuned in to episode after episode I was hypnotized by this show called ; "The Mighty Boosh" . This show , one part ; " Land of the lost " , one part "Sid and Marty Kroft" , and one part " Young Ones" / "Absolutely Fabulous" , brought me back to a place where , maybe I could believe in television again (ok that is a stretch) . In any case , join them for a journey ; Howard Moon(Julian Barratt) and Vince Noir(Noel Fielding) to
THE MIGHTY BOOSH ... this is something you just have to see , my explanation will do little to help ... enjoy !
ELECTRO EPISODE "Jazz Trance"

Nick Cave/Birthday Party ... Influential Uk/Aus

2007-07-23T16:42:00.000-04:00

Sometimes a young person hears a sound , and not knowing what it is , (or that they should perhaps fear that sound) , the young person allows that sound to become a part of them . Sometimes , as for me , that sound is transmitted from unseen places over signals and wires , and received in the form of left of the dial broadcasts . These broadcasts created sonic imaginary landscapes for my youthful soundtrack . Some of these sounds penetrated and became a constant , bands like ; Wire , Suicide , Bauhaus , Joy Division , The Jesus and Mary Chain , Tom Waits , Black Flag and the mysterious sounds of the Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds .
All of these would become a part of my soundtrack , and The Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds continue to inspire and haunt the forefront of my musical life , and always seem to re emerge when I seem to need them the most ...
The Birthday Party , (Nick Cave's early band) , explored the dark side of the underground ; murder , drugs , mental torment ...The music was seemingly from another planet , taking cues from Iggy and the Stooges , and maybe William Faulkner . The band clawed a sonic noise into the Austrialian and Uk indies scenes , a noise , that most were simply not ready for ... As result , The Birthday Party lasted only 3 years after moving to London in 1980 . They however , left behind a short but great legacy of live mayhem and 'ahead of the times' angular post punk music .
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds was formed in 1984 by : Nick Cave (vocals, songwriter, keyboards, harmonica) and multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey. They were joined by Einstürzende Neubauten member Blixa Bargeld (guitar), Hugo Race (guitar), and former Magazine member Barry Adamson (bass, piano). With this line-up, the band recorded and released their debut album, From Her to Eternity (1984). The group has been through many personnel changes, with Cave and Harvey remaining the constants. During their initial Australian tour, Birthday Party bass guitarist Tracy Pew also performed with the band.
Critics Stephen Thomas Erlewine and Steve Huey write, "With the Bad Seeds, Cave continued to explore his obsessions with religion, death, love, America, and violence with a bizarre, sometimes self-consciously eclectic hybrid of blues, gospel, rock, and arty post-punk, although in a more subdued fashion than his work with the Birthday Party." Nick Cave continued to explore these themes , leaving great albums in the wake ; "Tender Prey"(1988) , "The Good Son"(1990) and "Let Love In"(1994) , among some of the best . Cave also collaborated with artists such as ; Pj Harvey and Kylie Monogue , and inspired countless artists from ; My Bloody Valentine to Jesus and Mary Chain to more recently Cat Power and The Horrors ...
Now Nick Cave , and some of the Bad Seeds with (extra)Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and Teenage Jesus/Bad Seeds Drummer Jim Sclavunos, formed "Grinderman" , which harkens the old sound of the Birthday Party .Now with things coming round in a circular way , Nick Cave continues to inspire and invent underground sound !

From Her to Eternity
The Ship Song
The Birthday Party "Nick the Stripper"

The Discography ;
The Boys Next Door - Birthday party..

Door Door, as "Boys Next Door" (LP, 1979)
Hee Haw (EP), as "Boys Next Door" (EP, 1979)
The Birthday Party/Boys Next Door:The Birthday Party/Boys Next Door (album with diff track listing)(MISSING LINK w/l rubber stamp catalog number MA 12 243)(LP 1980)
The Birthday Party/Boys Next Door (LP, 1980) - later released on CD with the band's early recordings, under the title Hee Haw EP
Prayers on Fire (LP, 1981)
Junkyard (LP, 1982)
It's Still Living (LP, 1985)
Best and Rarest (LP, 1985)
Hee Haw (full-length LP) (1988)
Mutiny/The Bad Seed (CD, 1989)
Hits (CD, 1992)
Live 1981–82 (CD, 1999)
Peel Sessions (CD)
Pleasure Heads Must Burn (DVD, 2003)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds..

Chart Positions are for the UK (and US)
From Her to Eternity (1984) #40
The Firstborn Is Dead (1985)
Kicking Against the Pricks (1986)
Your Funeral, My Trial (1986)
Tender Prey (1988)
The Good Son (1990)
Henry's Dream (1992) #29
Let Love In (1994) #12
Murder Ballads (1996) #8
The Boatman's Call (1997) #22 (#155)
And the Ass Saw the Angel (1999)
No More Shall We Part (2001) #15 (#180)
Songs For A November Night (2001)
Nocturama (2003) #20 (#182)
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2CD) (2004) #11 (#126)

Grinderman ..

Grinderman (Mute) (March 5, 2007)
Grinderman "No Pussy Blues"

Suicide - Influential NYC ! 1977

2007-07-05T08:45:00.000-04:00

Maybe one of the greatest revolutions in sound , next to The Velvet Underground . John Coltrane . Stax/Volt . Sun Ra and a few others .

Suicide is an American rock music group intermittently active since 1971 and composed of Alan Vega (vocals) and Martin Rev (synthesizers and drum machines). Much like Silver Apples, they are an early synthesizer/vocal musical duo.
Never widely popular amongst the general public, Suicide are nonetheless hugely influential: critic Wilson Neate writes that Suicide "would prove as influential as the Clash. Listening to their self-titled 1977 debut from the vantage point of late 2002, it's all so obvious: the synth pop, techno, and industrial dance sounds of the '80s and '90s, and now the new New Wave of electroclash, all gesture back to that foundational album."
Rev's simple, keyboard riffs (initially played on a battered Farfisa organ before he accquired a synthesizer) were accompanied by primitive drum machines, proving an ideal backdrop for Vega's vocals. Vega owed an obvious debt to Elvis Presley and rockabilly singers, but his muttering, shrieking, nervy delivery was unique, sounding at once both fragile and threatening.
Suicide emerged alongside the early punk scene in New York City with a reputation for ferocious and controversial live shows; Vega stated "We started getting booed as soon as we came onstage. Just from the way we looked they started giving us hell already." The first album was reissued with bonus material including "23 Minutes Over Brussels", a recording of a Suicide concert that deteriorated into a riot. Vega and Rev both dressed like arty, pre-cyberpunk street thugs, and Vega was notorious for brandishing a length of motorcycle drive chain onstage.
Their first album, Suicide (1977), is often regarded as a classic: One critic writes: "'Dream Baby Dream', 'Che', 'Ghost Rider'—these eerie, sturdy, steam-punk anthems rank among the most visionary, melodic experiments the rock realm has yet produced." However, the ten-minute "Frankie Teardrop" might be the album's highlight, telling the harrowing story of a poverty-stricken Vietnam vet pushed to the edge: critic Emerson Dameron writes that the song is "one of the most terrifying, riveting, absurd things I've ever heard."
Suicide's albums and performances in the late 1970s and early 1980s are regarded as some of the most influential post punk recordings and helped shape the direction of indie rock, industrial music and dance music.
Ghost rider

Cheree

Cheree

Jhn Rdn & Ian St.Laurent ... Wanna save your dance floor !

2007-06-28T12:05:00.000-04:00

Philadelphia a lovely city , not just because I am from there , because it holds little pretense . What you see is what you get ! There has been some things going on for the past few years that are worth mentioning for sure ; Making Time/dave P , R5 productions , The Lilys , Man Man , and Jhn Rdn and Ian St. Laurent . This duo , put together one of the most successful weekly indie dance parties in Phila history , let alone pulling it off in Fishtown for $5 on a friday night ! Most said they were crazy , they were right , but the party flourished for a year @ the somewhat sketchy "M" room on Girard Ave.
When the duo decided to pull the plug on the party "Hands and Knees" , there were more than a few Philadelphians left in the wake scratching their heads . So the boys decided to change plans again , opting to change the concept and name to "Crecendolls" , and move to an uptown Sushi joint called "Goji" .
"Goji" , neatly tucked into Phila's art museum area , has a few features that add the extra incentive to your party pleasure . For a start the venue has an outside smoking section , excellent food , and a dance floor that is notably more open and spacious then that of the "M" room . The new event ;"Cresendolls" , also features a more open music format , with guests and residents playing indie rock and soul music as well as the "new rave" sounds that made "Hands and Knees" a favorite friday staple . . .
Redden , started his first party "Socket" at "Silk City" . Amped by it's sleeper hit sunday night success , Jhn decided to continue on , lamplighting the way for the shape of phila indie dancedom to come .
St.Laurent , has a long past of dj'ing and music making ."Dub Diablo" , (his music moniker) , has been creating fusions of solid spun music for more than 10 years , working with Opal Rock , Rx , and many others . Laurent is unexpected @ least , promting fans to wonder ," Hey wonder what Ian's Playing ?" He also , did a remix for Lcd Soundsystem's;"North American Scum" , that was banned in it's first week of blogging .
Philadelphia never had it so good , and with ; Diplo , Dave P , Amanda Blank , RDN and St. Laurent , Phila is looking good !

Crescendolls Mix vol. one
maybe my favorite mix of the year . also iheart comix shares the same view !

1. rod lee - star track
2. mr oizo - patrick 122 (jhn rdn edt)
3. livin' joy - dreamer (nightmare)
4. bonde do role - office boy (shir khan)
5. gossip - standing in the way of control (soulwax)
6. justice - dvno (jhn rdn edt)
7. prodigy - girls (ghent noch) (jhn rdn re-edt)
8. les rhythyms digitales - from disco to disco
9. klaxons - gravity's rainbow (soulwax)
10. daft punk - robot club rock
11. daft punk - robot rock rock rock (isl jhn rdn mix)
12. digitalism - zdarlight (groove addiction)
13. the cars - just what i needed (balt version)
14. yelle - a cause des garcons (sta)
15. chemical brothers - do it again
16. a-trak - wampercycle
17. robin s - show me love
18. coburn - we interrupt this program (jhn rdn edt)
19. basement jaxx - red alert
20. todd terry - get down (kenny dope)
21. the amplid - plugin (lovely chords) (jhn rdn re-edt)
22. justice vs data - d.a.n.c.e.
23. la riot - kill bill
24. the avalanches - ray of zdarlight

Cat Power Tour Dates / New Record

2007-06-28T11:14:00.000-04:00

Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues have recorded a new Lp for Matador records , "Covers two" , should be released in September ! We recorded the first half @ The Hit Factory Miami (where; James Brown , Derek & The Dominoes , John Lee Hooker , Fleetwood Mac , Aretha Franklin , The Rolling Stones and Dylan recorded)
, then went on our european outing . The Second half was recorded in Brooklyn @ the Rare Book Room with Nicolas Vernhes .
We covered a range of things from Kitty Wells to Nick Cave , so the record sounds very diverse . The sound also shows Chan going back to her rawer side . So "covers two" , (even though recorded by "the greatest" engineer Stuart Sikes) sounds nowhere near as slick and polished as "the Greatest" . The Cat Power fans seem to generally dig the new sound , which owes more to the 60's Bob Dylan "Band" sound or even the Velvet Underground , as opposed to the smooth soul grooves of "The Memphis Rhythym Band" . Some of the fans do however miss the solo stuff , of which this record and tour provides . Chan's is on a road that is much more solid and secure , and with "Dirty Delta Blues" , it seems like the compromise , (between dark and light) is a good one . Rx

Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues tour ;
JULY
saturday 7
Brooklyn, NY
McCarren Pool (w/ Built to Spill)

sunday 8
Boston, MA
Avalon Ballroom

monday 9
Northampton, MA
Pearl Street

tuesday 10
Toronto, ON
Phoenix

wednesday 11
Ottawa, ON
Ottawa Bluesfest

friday 13
Detroit, MI
Majestic Theatre

saturday 14
Chicago, IL
Pitchfork Music Festival

eric paparazzi.jim white.gregg foreman.judah bauer-dirty delta blues

Any info and related questions are encouraged !

The Greatest Mp3

Jonathan Fire*Eater

2007-06-21T16:41:00.000-04:00
There was a time (pre strokes) , that indie (whatever that means these days) had the fire of soul lit under it's proverbial arse .
Bands like ; The Make - Up , The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion , The Murder City Devils , The Delta 72(sorry had to!) and Today's featured act ; Jonthan Fire Eater , were all part of this scene .
The Fire Eaters , had a sonic shimmer that echoed the early Animals , yet still managed to forge it's own sound and voice within the NYC underground music scene . What happened ? They released a handful of singles , one ep , and an album , that still resonates as one of the biggest industry fumbles . Aside from that , the music speaks for itself . "Give Me Daughters" , "When The Curtain Calls For You", and the epic "Search for Cherry Red" remain here in the aftermath for us to recall a time when indie music had some verve and soul . The band and singer (Stuart Lupton) parted ways in 1997 ? , Stuart started The Child Ballads , and the others started the Walkmen in 2000 . Here enjoy the sound and vision of Jonathan Fire Eater .

enjoy and share as you see fit !

Search For Cherry Red mp3

Salvador Dali's Garden Party - Television Personalites Mp3

2007-06-20T07:06:00.000-04:00

Television Personalities is an English post-punk group with a varying line up. The only constant member is singer/songwriter Dan Treacy.
One of the original punk rock groups, their first release (January 1978) was the single "14th Floor / Oxford Street W1". Their second release, the EP Where's Bill Grundy Now? features one of their best known songs: "Part Time Punks".
Their first album And Don't the Kids Just Love It was released in 1981. It set the template for their subsequent career: neo-psychedelia, an obsession with youth culture of the 1960s, a fey, slightly camp lyrical attitude, and the occasional classic pop song. Their second album Mummy Your [sic] Not Watching Me demonstrated increased psychedelic influences. Their third album, ironically entitled They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles showed Treacy's sense of irony: the TVPs (as they are affectionately known) were never to have any major commercial success. The first three albums featured Treacy and schoolmate Ed Ball; Ball left the band to found The Times, but rejoined in 2004 .

enjoy and share as you see fit .

Salvador Dali's Garden Party Mp3

White Lights - Bombs (final)

2007-06-19T05:11:00.000-04:00
This the final remix the white lights(Rx . Ian St Laurent . Jhn Rdn) did for Steve Aoki's Dim Mak label (for the scanners) . We re-wrote the song for our tastes .
enjoy . share as you see fit . Rx

Bombs mp3

The First Post

2007-06-18T06:25:00.000-04:00
Well here is the maiden post of the Pharmacy blog . seems like I should be doing this since have seen some interesting things and hang with some interesting folks . I want to know some more things about blogging like how to get mp3's to play and be able to use for download on my site so if any one has any idea let me know . To start off I will give you some photos and videos , all from the band I play with ; Cat Power and the Dirty Delta Blues ... So enjoy

The last tour of Europe with Nick Cave and Friends . The atp main tent

The show day 3

Mr.Jon Slade from Huggy Bear and Comet Gain .. great cat

Bobby G.Nick Cave.Rx

Nick Cave Live

Rx.Kevin Shields

From my set @ Durrr with The Blow as the secret act . xo to Rory and Chandra !

Here are the Chanel Fashion Show Pictures and video ;
Ms.Chan and LaGerfeld

Rx and Marianne Faithfull

Rx and Marianne and the band

The editor at large for vogue Andre something or other .

the chanel collection show . our set 15 mins

Ms.Chan and the Rx

Rx and the Lovely Angela Lindvall from the movie C.Q

The Show