Burl Veneer’s Friends and Family

Mates of State

2008-05-14T23:25:00Z

I've been to Amoeba Records in the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco a few times, but I haven't seen Mates of State. I did hear some intriguing rapster once while I was browsing in the fantastic store, my second favorite music store anywher...

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Village Green

2008-05-14T23:02:59Z

As a die-hard Kinks fan, how could I not be interested in hearing what The Village Green sounded like? I picked up their first EP a few years ago, and thought it was pretty good. Feeling the Fall, from 2006, was another matter--this was one of tho...

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Marginal Man

2008-05-14T22:43:32Z

I ran a 3-hour radio show at WMUC-FM in College Park, Maryland (I wonder, how many states have a town named College Park, College Station, or something similar?) from 1983 through 1985, overlapping some of the prime "harDCore" years. I had the opp...

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Beach Boys Redux

2008-05-13T22:55:52Z

I'm a sucker for cheap romance and bubblegum. The Queers track "I Think She's Starting to Like Me," from their 2007 album Munki Brain, embodies many of my favorite qualities in two minutes: a memorable hook pretty non-word harmonies cheesy lyri...

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The Flowers of Hell

2008-05-13T21:12:57Z

While searching for something else, I stumbled across The Flowers of Hell, seemingly a derivative Velvet Underground troupe that eschews vocals. Think more of the John Cage-ish and viola aspect of the Velvets; the video will give you an idea of th...

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Irish Whistle

2008-05-13T20:43:09Z

I visited Ireland in March, arriving on March 17 (my birthday, for which everyone world-wide, and the Irish in particular, choose to get drunk and celebrate me with a parade). Heading out from the airport, I picked up a cheap (6 euros--perhaps $2,...

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The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn

2008-05-13T20:19:40Z

The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn is a thousand-year-old Irish story that tells of the mythological hero Cuchulainn, who gets whipped in his dreams by some rather twisted women. The beating causes him to suffer from wasting disease for more than a year,...

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Finally some great new old music!!

2008-01-31T03:39:29Z

Every now and then I hear something old that blows me away (really never happens with the new stuff that much, sadly). I recently heard such a thing, the SIMPLE MINDS second album REAL TO REAL CACAPHONY. I have no idea how I missed something so fr...

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More like THE JITNEY's

2008-01-23T17:35:04Z

I recently made friends with a legendary record collector/dealer outside of Baltimore, very cool guy with a HUGE extensive personal collection of great old rare psychedelic obscurities. We were talking about bands & music, particularly records mad...

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AUSTRALIA'S FINEST

2008-01-16T20:50:13Z

Were actually Americans, sold as Australian. Like the "I want candy" group. Hold on, I know I'm breaking my own resolution, but I've been COMPLETELY BURIED by vinyl on the ebay thingy-bob deal. Let's just say that MY INVENTORY Should be turning ar...

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