Jah Wobble/The Edge/Holger Czukay Snake Charmer Island 1983 I alluded to this record earlier, but seeing as it's turned into Jah Wobble week I figured it was worth delving into it in greater detail. As I was saying, the Snake Charmer mini-LP is a great little record that straddles the nexus between post-Eno/Byrne My Life … Continue reading Jah Wobble/The Edge/Holger Czukay – Snake Charmer

Shaman of the bass From PIL to Primal Scream. The Legend Lives On... Jah Wobble In "Betrayal". Do you remember last night I sat down and you got up? I do. Sessions with Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit, some fraction of Can lose themselves inna haunted dancehall. I think I'm Bogey... living in Casablanca! Fly … Continue reading Jah Wobble

In the beginning there was rhythm As the hours keep turning and the moon hangs deep in the sky, we move toward the back of the crate toward the voodoo records. Here's where we get into the heaviest, most atmospheric music that could loosely be termed punk funk without shimmying into krautrock territory. Word of … Continue reading Terminal Vibration V (What Time Is It?)

Treatment of a T-Shirt from my brother Matt. In the midst of all this excitement - post punk and what not from the midst of the Gibson era - it makes sense for a slight return to Neuromancer and Chiba City. The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead … Continue reading Chiba City Blues

Promotional sticker for the New Boots And Panties!! LP release 19771 My birthday was last Friday and my wonderful sister-in-law Leah happened to be in town for the festivities. She gave me this excellent anthology of punk-era communiqué from various broadsheet publications, promotional materials, posters and the like. The above image is taken from a … Continue reading Rockers ’37

Punk funk on the day-glo dancefloor So you've absorbed those death disco tapes already, and I'm back with an armful of records. Let's head over to Raven's place up there on the corner and give a few of these a spin. I've got some of the heaviest fourth world voodoo punk funk here — about half the … Continue reading Terminal Vibration IV (Rockers Revenge)