ROCK SEXY #39

ROCK SEXY #39 by Blythe Shadburne on Mixcloud

First One's Free - Flaming Groovies - Loney

Wizard of Ahs - Count Ferrell - Ferrell, Moore, Reynolds

Baby Please Don't Go - Amboy Dukes - J. Williams

Frenzy - Screaming Jay Hawkins

Little Runaway - Ramma Lamma

48 Crash - Suzi Quatro - Chapman, Quinn

People Who Died - The Jim Carroll Band - Jim Carroll

Summer Girls - Black Jetts

I Gotta Move - Allusions

I'm the Robber - Billy Childish and Holly Golightly - B. Childish

Walking With the Beast - Gun Club - Jeffrey Lee Pierce

You Got Good Taste -The Cramps - Ivy and Lux

It's On - Broncho

He Gets Me High - Dum Dum Girls - Dee Dee

Reach Me (Don't Forget) - Girls at Dawn

New Orleans Rain - James and the Ultrasounds

Cannonball - Soul Surfers

Keep a Knockin - The Sonics

Lucky - Willie Mitchell

Blind Date - The Dynamics - Aehladis

My Baby Likes to Boogaloo - Juicebox - D. Gardner

Gotta Find Me A Lover - Erma Franklin

You Got Your Head on Backwards Baby - The Sonics

Wolf Pack - Kid Thomas

 Fire of Love - MC5

I Get the Shakes - James and the Ultrasounds

Me N' My Wings - The Last Drive

The Ho Ho Rock and Roll - Pete Robers

Sookie Sookie - Steppenwof - J. Kay, Rushton, Moreve

Waddlin' Around - King Kahn and BBQ Show

Flameout - 101 Strings - A. Sherman

Jack in the Box - The Ladybirds

Wild Weekend - Rockin' Rebels - Todaro, Shannon

Lights Out - Les Sexareenos - M. Rebbenacle, S. David

Little Bit O' Soul - Les Sexareenos - John Carter, Ken Lewis

Lively One - The Passions

Who Will Save Rock and Roll - The Dictators - Andy Shernoff

Platinum Blonde - Blondie - Harry

Midnight Hour - ? and the Mysterians - Rudy Martinez

Lies - The Knickerbockers - Randall, Charles

Happiness is Havin' - Beaver and the Trappers 

Down Home Girl - The Coasters - Jerry Lieber and Artie Butler

Both Ends Burning - Roxy Music - Ferry

Sin City - The Flying Burrito Brothers - Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons

Fun Times to come - February and March Calendar

What am I up to lately?
Same old shit, I suppose...of course "same old shit" means cool rock shows and playing my records for people.
And also doing my internet RADIO SHOW ROCK SEXY 
(on every Thursday night at 10pm eastern time at ARTxFM)  

February 7th - ROCK AND ROLL SHOW!!!
The Black Angels, Roky Erickson and the Hounds of Baskerville, Golden Animals at the Southgate House Revival in Covington, KY

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Photo via Facebook

Friday, February 14th
Rock and Roll Record Party 10pm-3am
Highlands Tap Room Grill in Louisville, KY 

 

FRIDAY February 28th- DJing at the Liars Club in Chicago!

February 27th - ROCK AND ROLL SHOW!!!
 The Sonics and The Cynics at the Double Door in Chicago

Photo via Facebook

Saturday March 8th 
 I will play provide tunes for the Louisville Arcade Expo at some point in the evening 
(either 6-8pm or 7-9pm)

Friday, March 14th 
Rock and Roll Record Party 
 Highlands Tap Room Grill 

March 15th - ROCK AND ROLL SHOW!!!
 James and the Ultrasounds (Rock and roll from Memphis)
 and Mote at Zanzabar in Louisville, KY

Photo via Facebook

Friday, March 28th 
 Rock and Roll Record Party
 Highlands Tap Room Grill 

New music you can listen to NOW!

The Coathangers fourth full length record Suck My Shirt comes out March 18th on Suicide Squeeze Records.

Photo via Tumblr

Listen to "Follow Me" off Suck My Shirt  below.

https://soundcloud.com/suicide-squeeze-records/follow-me-by-the-coathangers

A.J. Davila (of Davila 666) will release his first solo record Terror/Amor on February 18th on Nacional Records.

Photo via Facebook

Listen to "Animal", the first track on Terror/Amor below.

https://soundcloud.com/nacional-records/aj-davila-animal

http://www.spin.com/articles/aj-davila-666-animal-terror-amor-stream/

The Dum Dum Girls new record Too True on Sub Pop is out TODAY! (January 28th).

Photo via Sub Pop

Listen to the entire new record Too True  right here and then go buy it!

http://www.npr.org/2014/01/19/262777670/first-listen-dum-dum-girls-too-true

Italian psyched out garage-pop trio Sultan Bathery will release their first full length on Slovenly Records on February 25th.  

Photo via Facebook

Preview six of the tracks NOW!

http://slovenly.bandcamp.com/album/sultan-bathery-self-titled-lp

THE ROCKET QUEENS TONIGHT in LOUISVILLE

The snow-pocalypse screwed up my original plans for this weekend (which was to be in a hot tub in the woods) BUT things like that getting cancelled makes way for what looks to be a really fun night ahead. 

This is NOT AT ALL what it looks like outside here.

Less than 18 hours ago I was asked if I could DJ before and after an all girl Guns 'n' Roses cover band. Since I took off work for the ill-fated cabin trip, I was suddenly free and it doesn't hurt that the venue is literally one block from my house, add to that all my equipment is already loaded in my car from my gig last night. I said yes I can. 

This morning I woke to find numerous people posting about this last minute show and several people that already knew who these chicks are and were saying very positive things on the internet about them. I checked out their website for pictures and videos and dammit they are good. REALLY GOOD. I am looking forward to meeting them and being a small part of the show at the New Vintage in Louisville, KY tonight. 

Check these videos out.

 

And this too...

"Paradise City" guitar solo by The Rocket Queens

(I stole these pictures from their Facebook page and website.)

 http://rocketqueensnyc.com/

  

 

 Publicity photos by Ruth Anne Arnold

After tonight I will have some of my own photos and maybe a good video or two.

TONIGHT at The New Vintage (formerly Uncle Pleasant's) 

TIME : Doors at 8pm

$8 (support touring bands!!!)

I will provide tunes before and after sets. Great show! Cool bar! It's Saturday!

ROCK SEXY Collage fun

 I made this collage from LIFE Magazines from the 1940's and 50's.

 Then I took a picture of it, put it on my computer and played with the filters.

Listen to ROCK SEXY live on Thursday nights at 10pm eastern time at ARTxFM 

 

ROCK and ROLL Book Club: Please Kill Me

No rock and roll book club would be complete without this "Uncensored Oral History of Punk." For those of us that were not alive in the 60's and 70's, this book is the next best thing to being witness to what I consider some of the greatest music ever being created. I'm talking MC5, The Stooges, Velvet Underground, Ramones, New York Dolls,  Blondie, the Dictators, David Bowie, Dead Boys, ya know that kind of stuff.  And since I was not alive, this book gave me a sense of what it was like, and also laid the foundation for my music taste for the rest of my life, making it the Number One entry in the Rock and Roll Book Club.

 

Considered by some as a rock and roll "bible" of sorts, it is not only informative but funny, fucked up, tragically sad, and still oh so good. The book is comprised of a series of interviews done over several years by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain. Interviewing everyone and anyone that was a player, the musicians, the producers, the photographers, the journalists, the record label guys, the groupies, the club owners, the friends, the girlfriends, the boyfriends, the girls who were boys and the boys who were girls and so on, Legs and Gillian give the most in depth look at this subject that there is. Declared one of the "top ten books of 1996" with good reason, I purchased it in 2000 when I was in high school and was still able to get an first edition. This was brought to my attention last April, when, along with my friends Sarah and Brett, I ventured to the UK campus in Lexington to hear Legs McNeil talk about Please Kill Me and his newest projects. When Legs signed my book, he was pleasantly surprised to see it in it's beat up condition, and said "Oh you have the first edition!" This night turned into a "top five night" (you'll find out more about those later) that you can read more about in a previous post, just click here. 
Listen to the interview!

ARTxFM EXCLUSIVE - Interview with resident PUNK Legs McNeil by Sarah Swain and Brett Holsclaw by Blythe Shadburne on Mixcloud

Needless to say, I was pretty freaking stoked about the possibility of hanging out with Legs McNeil, like even saying it is ridiculous! I did a book report on Please Kill Me for my senior humanities class. And then, not only did we talk to him after the discussion, Sarah and Brett did that terrific interview, and THEN we hung out with him for several hours and dropped him off at his hotel at about 1:30 in the morning. In my head I am saying "How the hell did I go from some suburban girl to hanging out with LEGS MCNEIL!?!" Apparently, I had been doing something right. Like having the right friends, for one...It was a thing, definitely a thing.

To sum it up, the book is great. It's entertaining, it's fucking great.  But don't take my word for it. Check out the PLEASE KILL ME website HERE !

This is NOT the same place we saw him at.

After the talk, he signs stuff.

"Blythe, Thanks for a wonderful night! You were the BEST! Love + Kisses, Legs"

Top Five Night!

Next time on Rock and Roll Book Club - The Dark Stuff by Nick Kent

Send me an email at blytheoftheball@gmail.com if there's a book you dig enough to be in the Rock and Roll Book Club!

ROCK SEXY #36

ROCK SEXY #36 by Blythe Shadburne on Mixcloud

 The Hunch - Mad Mike and the Maniacs - Porcelli, Columbe
Shot Down - The Sonics - G. Roslie
Somethin' Else/Pistol Packin' Mama - Flaming Groovies - Cochran, Sheely / Dexter
 Shakin' All Over - Raylene and the Blue Angels - Johnny Kidd 
It's a Nice World to Visit (but not to live in) - Ann-Margaret - Lee Hazelwood
Nobody But Me - Bern Elliot - O. Isley, R. Isley, R. Isley
Every Night - The Last Drive - The Human Experience

Platinum Blonde - Blondie - Harry
Patitas - Davila 666- A.J., Sir Charles
Born to Lose - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers -Thunders
Divine Hammer - The Breeders - Kim Deal
Funkier than a Mosquito's Tweeter - Ike and Tina Turner - Ailleen Bullock
Machine Shop Part 1 - Untouchable Machine Shop - Denmark, Neives

JR Walker and the All Stars - Shoot Your Shot - A. Dewalt, J. Graves Jr, L. Horn
Wolfpack - Kid Thomas
I Dig Rock and Roll - Earl Wade 
I Love to Love You - Johnny Guitar Watson 
Fanny Mae - Buster Brown
Snow Surfin' Matador - Jan Davis
The Best Part of Breaking Up - The Ronnettes - Anreoli, Spector, Poncia

Believe Me - Dara Pusita
Diamonds, Rats, and Gum - Christopher and the Souls - Chris Voss
Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts - T.V Smith
Record Store - Broncho 
Ruby D - Les Sexareenos - Bridge Mixture 
Dirty Robber - The Sonics - Dangill, Morrill, Greek
Have Love Will Travel - The Sonics - R. Berry
Land of 1000 Dances - The Egyptians - Chris Kenner

Nightmare - Go Go Gorillas
Come On - Black Jetts 
Shake Shake Shake - American Teens 
Flying Saucers Rock and Roll - Billy Lee Riley
Black Train - Rudy Thacker and the Stringbusters
It's Party Time - The Revels
Jennie Lee - Jan and Arnie

Funtime - Iggy Pop - David Bowie, Iggy Pop
 Speed of Life - David Bowie 
Next Big Thing - The Dictators - A. Shernoff
If Only - Queens of the Stone Age
Girls Like Me - Nikki and the Corvettes
Another Man Done Gone - Lorrie Collins - J. Cash