Wovenhand - Long Horn
Nerve Quakes - Honey Hive
Sonny Sixkiller - Number One
Rank Xerox - M.y.t.h.
Ruts DC - Vox Teardrop
Shonen Knife - Ramones Forever
The Old Firm Casuals - Perry Boys
Izzy Stradlin - FP Money
Bon Scott? - Back In Black
Ghost - Square Hammer
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Sunday, April 2, 2017
A Trip To Josey's Records New Tulsa Store
Last Saturday a rare window of time and opportunity emerged for me. To take advantage of it, meaning to do something that would satisfy my personal needs, I targeted the newly opened branch of Josey's Records here in Tulsa. It's extremely rare that I have any kind of time to go crate digging these days what with family, work and other personal projects and understandably I leapt at the chance. Plus I finally had some expendable cash so I didn't have to worry about spending it on something that might be considered frivolous.
My favorite place to buy vinyl and zines here in Tulsa was Holy Mountain but unfortunately it had closed down very recently and I had been unable to even go visit the store one last time. The good news is that Jay, the owner of Holy Mountain, now works for Josey's and Jay is the type of guy who remembers regular customers and what they like. That's a rarity these days. There was no other place in Tulsa that offered what Holy Mountain had, nothing even came close and I worried about that.
When I arrived to Josey's the first order of business was to walk around the aisles to get a feel for the place. Even though the space is renovated and has a clean, crisp look to it, still, there was the smell that I immediately noticed. The smell of old records I mean and I breathed that smell in for several minutes as I just walked around and taking in what selection they had. That smell is a good thing by the way. It's an odor that conveys comfort to me.
Having taken the atmosphere in I chose a random section of the rock alphabet and got to work. Time slipped away and lost all meaning as I flipped through the bins with my head down. Slowly but surely I began to gather a few albums at a time and would periodically journey over to the listening station (comprised of three record players with headphones) and see what I had found. Not all of them made the cut but I was beginning to find some gems.
After several trips to the listening station what emerged was a pattern of music from 1978 to 1985. That appeared to be what I was focusing on even though when I had arrived I had no clear idea of what I would be looking for. When I had begun my search I had a thought of just buying a few things but by now I realized that I had almost enough music for a podcast episode of Ten For Tuesday so I dug in and continued to search. I mean why stop short right? Better to make it happen at this point. Go big or go home or insert your own overused cliche as needed.
Eventually I realized that I had been there for close to three hours and knew that I needed to pay up and run some errands before my wife started calling asking where I was. What I ended up with was two albums I had owned on cassette back in the day, two from artists whose music I had listened to and liked, a German compilation of Australian bands and three from bands I had never heard of before. Check out the complete list at the end of the column and wait for the podcast episode in about a month or so. Hey, it takes time to digitize music and it's not like I don't already have enough music already prepared for seven episodes waiting to go. This one will probably leapfrog most of them though. Probably.
Red Rockers - Schizophrenic Circus 1984
Scandal - Self Titled EP 1982
Raging Fire - A Family Thing 1985
Rock Paket - Australien 1982
Tuff Darts - Self Titled 1978
Any Trouble - Where Are All The Nice Girls 1980
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc 1979
Jason & The Scorchers - Lost & Found 1985
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
My favorite place to buy vinyl and zines here in Tulsa was Holy Mountain but unfortunately it had closed down very recently and I had been unable to even go visit the store one last time. The good news is that Jay, the owner of Holy Mountain, now works for Josey's and Jay is the type of guy who remembers regular customers and what they like. That's a rarity these days. There was no other place in Tulsa that offered what Holy Mountain had, nothing even came close and I worried about that.
When I arrived to Josey's the first order of business was to walk around the aisles to get a feel for the place. Even though the space is renovated and has a clean, crisp look to it, still, there was the smell that I immediately noticed. The smell of old records I mean and I breathed that smell in for several minutes as I just walked around and taking in what selection they had. That smell is a good thing by the way. It's an odor that conveys comfort to me.
Having taken the atmosphere in I chose a random section of the rock alphabet and got to work. Time slipped away and lost all meaning as I flipped through the bins with my head down. Slowly but surely I began to gather a few albums at a time and would periodically journey over to the listening station (comprised of three record players with headphones) and see what I had found. Not all of them made the cut but I was beginning to find some gems.
After several trips to the listening station what emerged was a pattern of music from 1978 to 1985. That appeared to be what I was focusing on even though when I had arrived I had no clear idea of what I would be looking for. When I had begun my search I had a thought of just buying a few things but by now I realized that I had almost enough music for a podcast episode of Ten For Tuesday so I dug in and continued to search. I mean why stop short right? Better to make it happen at this point. Go big or go home or insert your own overused cliche as needed.
Eventually I realized that I had been there for close to three hours and knew that I needed to pay up and run some errands before my wife started calling asking where I was. What I ended up with was two albums I had owned on cassette back in the day, two from artists whose music I had listened to and liked, a German compilation of Australian bands and three from bands I had never heard of before. Check out the complete list at the end of the column and wait for the podcast episode in about a month or so. Hey, it takes time to digitize music and it's not like I don't already have enough music already prepared for seven episodes waiting to go. This one will probably leapfrog most of them though. Probably.
Red Rockers - Schizophrenic Circus 1984
Scandal - Self Titled EP 1982
Raging Fire - A Family Thing 1985
Rock Paket - Australien 1982
Tuff Darts - Self Titled 1978
Any Trouble - Where Are All The Nice Girls 1980
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc 1979
Jason & The Scorchers - Lost & Found 1985
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
Thursday, March 30, 2017
notmovingpictures Episode 53: Concerts, Flooding In Peru and Kola Inglesa
I decided to throw together a brief episode to offer a break from my conversation with Aaron. Do not fear, there is more to come on that front, and soon. For if you choose you can hear me rambling on about my computer situation addressed, the flooding situation going on in Peru and my recent family trip that ended up at Pops, a cultural spot on Route 66 and some upcoming concerts I'd like to attend. Oh yeah, and the idea that I could be working on new music in the near future. Now excuse me while I get back to watching Jason Bourne.
Opening music: Alloy - Live To See The Day
Closing music: Superchunk - In Between Days
Email: notmovingpictures@gmail.com Twitter: @notmovingpics
Older episodes can be found by going to archive.org and searching for notmovingpictures.
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
Opening music: Alloy - Live To See The Day
Closing music: Superchunk - In Between Days
Email: notmovingpictures@gmail.com Twitter: @notmovingpics
Older episodes can be found by going to archive.org and searching for notmovingpictures.
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Ten For Tuesday Episode 110
There are a few concerts I hope to attend in the coming months, the first of which is Prong, Sepultura and Testament, none of which I have ever seen before. That was enough to be the impetus for this episode. There's a lot of thrash going on in this one, hope you can stomach it. I can.
Metal Church - Needle And Suture
Metallica - Atlas, Rise!
Anthrax - For All Kings
Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake
Sepultura - Resistant Parasites
Prong - Ice Runs Through My Veins
Sinner - Battle Hill
KXM - Breakout
Thunder - Rip It Up
Last In Line - Starmaker
Email - notmovingpictures@gmail.com
Twitter - @notmovingpics
Older episodes can be found by going to archive.org and searching for Ten For Tuesday.
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
Metal Church - Needle And Suture
Metallica - Atlas, Rise!
Anthrax - For All Kings
Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake
Sepultura - Resistant Parasites
Prong - Ice Runs Through My Veins
Sinner - Battle Hill
KXM - Breakout
Thunder - Rip It Up
Last In Line - Starmaker
Email - notmovingpictures@gmail.com
Twitter - @notmovingpics
Older episodes can be found by going to archive.org and searching for Ten For Tuesday.
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
notmovingpictures Episode 052: Aaron Hlusko part 2
Part two of my conversation with Aaron is all about music. First we talk about the songs we have done then venture into the reality of how some bands can change their songs as time goes by and have their fans be perfectly okay with it while others cannot. As well, some bands can experiment with different ideas and sounds while others remain trapped in what they have created. Strange how this happens. Rush, Iron Maiden, Smashing Pumpkins, Twisted Sister and more get discussed. I also offer up my definition of what hair metal really is/was. Finally, we delve into the idea of selling out and the episode ends in mid thought of Metallica. Do not fear, it will continue on in part three.
Opening music: Alloy - Live To See The Day
Closing music - Smashing Pumpkins - One And All
Email: notmovingpictures@gmail.com Twitter: @notmovingpics
Older episodes can be found by going to www.archive.org and searching for notmovingpictures.
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
Opening music: Alloy - Live To See The Day
Closing music - Smashing Pumpkins - One And All
Email: notmovingpictures@gmail.com Twitter: @notmovingpics
Older episodes can be found by going to www.archive.org and searching for notmovingpictures.
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
notmovingpictures Episode 051: Aaron Hlusko part 1
A few weeks ago I sat down with my friend Aaron and I recorded over three hours of our conversation. This is the first part. Aaron is the guy who plays the music that I put my lyrics to, so of course we started off talking about music, specifically some upcoming concerts in our area. That led to talking about drunks, Aaron's hometown of Huntington, WV, work and then we cycled back to music, this time our stuff. Music is a theme in life that we share albeit in different ways.
Opening music: Alloy - Live To See The Day
Closing music: Local H - Cool Magnet
Email: notmovingpictues@gmail.com
Twitter: @notmovingpics
Older episodes of the podcast can be found by going to archive.org and searching for notmovingpictures.
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
Opening music: Alloy - Live To See The Day
Closing music: Local H - Cool Magnet
Email: notmovingpictues@gmail.com
Twitter: @notmovingpics
Older episodes of the podcast can be found by going to archive.org and searching for notmovingpictures.
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Ten For Tuesday Episode 109
Ruts DC - Psychic Attack
Conmen - Beat Me Up
Tom Grrrl - Glue Sniffer
Big Kids - Let's Make More Plans
Shonen Knife - Jump Into The ew World
5 6 7 8s - I'm Blue
Drops - Unknown Song
Alejandro Escovedo - Horizontal
The Beat featuring Ranking Roger - Avoid The Obvious
The Surpressors - Jump Up Girl
Email - notmovingpictures@gmail.com
Twitter - @notmovingpics
Older episodes can be found by going to archive.org and searching for Ten For Tuesday.
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
Conmen - Beat Me Up
Tom Grrrl - Glue Sniffer
Big Kids - Let's Make More Plans
Shonen Knife - Jump Into The ew World
5 6 7 8s - I'm Blue
Drops - Unknown Song
Alejandro Escovedo - Horizontal
The Beat featuring Ranking Roger - Avoid The Obvious
The Surpressors - Jump Up Girl
Email - notmovingpictures@gmail.com
Twitter - @notmovingpics
Older episodes can be found by going to archive.org and searching for Ten For Tuesday.
Written and Published by Don Leach. May not be used without permission from the author.
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