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Black NASA - Duece

Black NASA is a New Jersey based rock band, often placed in the stoner rock genre. They formed in the early 2000s in Long Branch, and were active while the guitarist in Kosnik's other band (The Atomic Bitchwax) was busy with Monster Magnet.[1] The band has a heavy 70s feel.[2] They have not been active since touring to support Deuce.

Members

Chris Kosnik - bass guitar, vox, guitar, synth - (of Godspeed and The Atomic Bitchwax)
Duane Hutter - guitar, slide guitar, dobro, harmonica-(of (Daysleeper, (band), and (Solace, (band)
Corey Stubblefeld - drums, percussion-of (Three Day Funk) (band), and(Viscosity Jones) (band)

Black NASA

Guitar Art

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Ian Siegal

Here's a plug for a very talented artist.

Ian Siegal (born Ian Berry in 1971) is a British blues singer and guitarist, whose style reflects the more rootsy side of the genre, drawing on influences such as Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Son House, Junior Kimbrough and Tom Waits.
He has been active on the UK blues scene for many years, and is now starting to receive significant attention in Europe and further afield, particularly since the release of his album, Swagger, the follow-up to his critically acclaimed Meat & Potatoes. These recordings also feature guitarist Matt Schofield, and has received much praise in the music press, including an entry in the Penguin Book of Blues Recordings. In 2008 his latest record The Dust was released. Unlike the previous albums it contains mainly solo performances.

Ian Siegal

Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be

Okay this won't be for everyone. I recentlly bought a Gibson Acoustic and I've been drowing in the world
of acoustic rock and folk lately. Here is a cat that was featured in this month's Acoustic Rock magazine.

Devendra Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Houston, Texas and was raised by his mother in Venezuela, until he returned to California as a teenager. He began to study at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1998, but dropped out to perform music in Europe, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Banhart released his debut album in 2002, continuing to record his material on the Young God and XL labels, as well as other work on compilations and collaborations.

Banhart is associated with the New Weird America genre and his music was called "free associative work". His style has been described as psych folk, avant-folk, freak folk, Lo-Fi, and alternative folk.

What Will We Be is Devendra Banhart's seventh studio album released on October 27, 2009, on Warner Brother Records. The album was co-produced by Banhart and Paul Butler from A Band of Bees. Rejoining Banhart are old band mates Noah Georgeson, Greg Rogove, Luckey Remington, and Rodrigo Amarante, all of whom worked with him on his previous album, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon.

BanhaRT

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

MESSAGE - From Books and Dreams (1973)

RE- UP AGAIN!...for halloween!

This was one of those LP's that was handed down to me. I must of been 21 years old when I first herd this with a buddy of mine. We sat there on a late winter evening, almost in the dark. So when I read this review (see below) and he recommend the same trippy chillout enviroment...well I just had to laugh.

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A half-British, half-German affair (the same line-up that would record the eponymous masterpiece Message), From Books and Dreams is a dark, hard-rocking psychedelic album. The production makes for a very spacy, dirty and blurry atmosphere that serves the album well. I recommend listening to this album in the evening (preferably an autumn evening), light up a few candles, unplug the phone, sit back, lie down or whatever, and listen...

1 - Sleep : Not really a song, more of an introduction. A feeling of intense, wrenching vertigo, similar to the moment before falling into subconsciousness and the dream realm, is well depicted here. Blurry, psychedelic, a perfect mood setter.

2 - Dreams and Nightmares (Dreams) - One of the two very high points (personally I can't find any weak points) of this album. Starts where Sleep left off, with an hypnotic guitar theme, repeated for a while (the German influence, I guess) and built up until a riff change and vocals kick in. Now, some may not like Tom McGuigan's voice, I know I really love it. Not always on tone, he more than makes up for it with intensity and theatricality. Alan Murdoch shines all through the song, with amazing hard-rocking catchy riffs and a main theme that will be stuck in your head for days, months, maybe years. The rhythm section, not as creative as on the eponymous album, is nonetheless very tight and enjoyable to listen to. A great support for Murdoch's riffs. Lyrically, the song dabbles in the nonsense of dreams (as does the whole album), therefore do not expect lyrics to make much sense, all the while still making sense (as dreams do). The song segues into :

3 - Turn Over! : A dark, psychedelic guitar pattern graces the song, serving as background to Tom McGuigan's saxophone wailing. This closed side one of the vinyl, as the words 'Turn Over' are repeated quite a few times at the end of the song, when the needle reaches the end of the lp (this trick was also used by Ange on Le Cimetière des Arlequins, and probably by countless others in that period).

4 - Sigh : Another psychedelic rocking number, but less dark than anything on side one. The majority of the chords are happy sounding, but that doesn't make the song less interesting. Once again, Murdoch's guitar lines are the focus of the song, and McGuigan's vocal melodies are also very interesting.

5 - Dreams and Nightmares (Nightmares) : The other high point of the album. The inclusion of keyboards makes for a haunting effect. Catchy dark riffs all the way through, interesting chord progressions... a great track.

Track listing
1. Sleep (2:51)
2. Dreams And Nightmares (Dreams) (12:45)
3. Turn Over (4:02)
4. Sigh (8:07)
5. Dreams And Nightmares (Nighmares) (13:13)

TURN OVER

Alice Cooper - Love It To Death (71)

This post is dedicated to Mike Cambell...the biggest AC fan I know... Happy Halloween my friend....R.I.P.

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Love It to Death is a 1971 album by Alice Cooper. Hits include "Ballad of Dwight Fry", "Is It My Body", and one of Cooper's trademark songs, "I'm Eighteen". This was the album that brought the Alice Cooper band into the mainstream. Much credit is generally given to producer Bob Ezrin, cleaning up the band's sound with fresh ideas and making it more accessible, most notably on the track, 'I'm Eighteen'. It originally was a much longer song, and in more of a psychedelic vein like the band's first two albums, which contained several longer songs.

The album cover caused much controversy at the time of its release. Early pressings show Cooper's thumb sticking out of his pants, thus giving the illusion of a penis (see cover photo). This led Warner Brothers to censor it (four different versions of the front cover exist on LP). Alice Cooper's thumb along with his right arm is clearly airbrushed out on censored versions. The CD release, which hasn't been remastered as of yet, uses the most common censored LP cover for the booklet cover. In 2003, the album was ranked number 460 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Both "Second Coming" and "Ballad of Dwight Fry" were covered by alternative rock/heavy metal band The Melvins for their album Lysol.

The first issue of the album was on Straight Records, a company created by Frank Zappa and manager Herb Cohen. By the time the album became a success it had already been re-issued by Warner Bros. Records, who had bought the Straight label from Frank Zappa.

JUJU

The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe (Audio Book)

As read By Christopher Walken

If your going to pick one guy to read The Raven it would have to be Vincent Price...but since he's dead and gone...how about Christopher Walken! Who ever the person was who brainstormmed that creative genius idea should be given a Nobel prize.

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Christopher Lee Reads - "Dracula" (Audio Book)

Christopher Lee is one of the world's most iconic horror and fantasy actors - coming to prominence with the 1957 film `The Curse of Frankenstein' in which he played Frankenstein's monster. This began a long association with the film studio Hammer - with whom he made a further eleven films including the Transylvanian bloodsucker himself in the 1958 `Dracula', Kharis in `The Mummy' (1959), Sir Henry Baskerville in `The Hound of the Baskervilles' (1959) and Rasputin in `Rasputin, the Mad Monk' (1966). He also starred in two Denis Wheatley films `The Devil Rides Out (1967) and `To the Devil a Daughter' (1976).

Most recently, he has starred in `The Colour of Magic' (2008) `The Golden Compass' (2007), `Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith' (2005) & `Star Wars: Attack of the Clones' (2002) and as Saruman in the recent `The Lord of the Rings' trilogy.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon after wards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival. In "Dracula", Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.

'Dracula' is the most famous of all tales of vampirism and an enduring classic.

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SHARK HD

KILLER VIDEO!


SHARK!!!!!

GOVT MULE - By a Thread (2009)

By a Thread is the eighth full length studio album by Gov't Mule. It will be released on October 27, 2009, on Evil Teen Records.[1] It is the first album to feature bassist Jorgen Carlsson, who joined the band in 2008, replacing Andy Hess.

On August 17, 2009, the first track of the album, "Broke Down on the Brazos", was made available for listening on Gov't Mule's official website, as well as on the band's Myspace and Facebook pages. The track features the playing of Billy Gibbons, best known as the singer and guitarist for the American blues rock band ZZ Top.

GM

RIP Dickie Peterson

On October 12, 2009, Dickie Peterson died at 05:00 in Germany at the age of 61 from liver cancer.

The Greenhornes - Gun For You (1999)

This will be my last post for 2 weeks or so. I'm headed to Havana Cuba. I may check out a band called DIMENSION VERTICAL when I'm there. They host a Sunday JAm every week at 4pm. They look heavy.

In the mean time check out these Psyche rockers. The Greenhornes - Gun For You is in HI ROTATION in wino world these days.
Enjoy!


Greenhornes

Climate Change - Are you doing something about it?

Top 10 Things You Can Do to Help

Reduce energy use

Change the way you think about transportation

Take public transit or carpool whenever possible.

Keep the temperature cool(er)

Make every drop count

Cool wash and hang to dry

High efficiency appliances

Switch to “green power”

Recycle

Repurpose


Plants, our new best friend....

When gardening, select plants that are well suited to your climate and require minimal watering and attention. Better yet, plant a tree, and it will provide shade and soak up carbon from the atmosphere.

Irish Coffee - Irish Coffee (1971)

IRISH COFFEE officially started in 1970, originating from another band called "The VOODOO". In the beginning they played only covers from British & American bands, such as DEEP PURPLE, LED ZEPPELIN, The WHO, The KINKS etc... This band from Belgium, is killer hardrock with seering leads and really strong vocals, well composed songs.

They wrote and recorded a single album of their own music. IRISH COFFEE did a lot of live-gigs those days and were a support-act for bands like: FOCUS, Dr. FEELGOOD, YES, and many others. Unfortunately the band band splitted-up in 1975. But now the vocalist, guitarist and drummer have re-banded with a new organist and bassist and are touring in 2002-2003 playing their old stuff. - www.progarchives.com

http://www.myspace.com/irishcoffeeband

Irish Coffee

Clark Hutchinson - Retribution (1970)

The first time I herd "Free To Be Stoned" off Retribution, I was flying so high on about 12 beers, I laughed all the way through the cut. My old drummer friend (Marcel Krusher) hit me with the song a few years back. I forgot all about it, until today. Although "Free To Be Stoned" is over 40 years old, it still kicks ass today. They don't make'em like this anymore.

Roll down the windows in the car, and CRANK THE SUCKER!!! This download is worth this song alone! Don't miss it. FREE TO BE STONED - An underground classic! As for the rest of the record. Who knows...I never play it ;} - wino




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Clark Hutchinson - Retribution

MUD POLL and THANKS!!! \m/

I would like to take this moment to thank all the readers of Mud and also my new followers at EM. It looks like I may hit 500,000 hits by the end of the year. Very cool. So I've put up a poll. Please take a second to click a vote..... Where should Electric Mud point the spaceship?

BTW - please feel free to post a comment. Freedom of speech is welcomed at Electric Mud. (just no hate please). If you have some music links, blogs or want to plug a band...knock yourself out. Wino gives the greenlight.

Thanks Again All!

While you twit...he's drowning

CLIMATE CHANGE...what the fuck are you doing about it!?

35007 - Liquid

35007 was formed in Eindhoven, The Netherlands at the end of the eighties and originate from The Alabama Kids. 35007's early line-up consisted of Eeuwout Baart (vocals), Mark Sponselee (sounds, synths), Bertus Fridael (guitar), Jacco Van Rooy (drums), Michel Boekhoudt (bassguitar), Luk Sponselee (vj) and Pidah Kloos (sounds, soundengineer). They released their debut album "Especially For You" in 1994. After the selftitled album "35007" Jacco van Rooy left the band and was replaced by Sander Evers on drums. In 2001 Eeuwout Baart also left and the band and 35007 continued as an instrumental unit. "Sea of Tranquillity" is the first of three instrumental releases. In 2005 the band released "Phase V" but was never seen on stage again.

Their live shows are accompanied with visual effects, such as psychedelic videos projected on stage.

Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue (2009)

I'm a huge fan of Lane Staley. Mad Season - Live at the Moore, is one of my favorite all time rock videos. So I was a little put back, on how this project could be called AIC without the lead singer. Until I was reminded that Jerry Cantrell wrote most - if not all, the great Chains music. So I cut them a little slack. But If I was Jerry, I would have call the project something else...something cheesy like ALICE IN ALICE..or Unchained Alice or something like that...anyways...The Chains are playing to sold out houses the world over. So there must be something there musically. I missed the show here in Toronto last week, and I haven't actually listened to this new drop. But what the hell. It's Jerry Cantrell . A great guitar player and song writer.

Leave a comment. Let us know what you think of - Black Gives Way To Blue. -wino

AIC

CLIMATE CHANGE - what are you doing?

ELECTRIC MUD- Black Album VOL ONE

Here's a music comp I made years ago. I came apon it today and thought what the hell. UPLOAD TO MUD BABY!!!.
Mostly hippie rock here. I should have called this. " CLOVER IN THE SHADOWS OF A PSYCHE SHROOM RAIN SHOWER"

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ELECTRIC MUD BLACK ALBUM VOL ONE

Honkeyfinger - Invocation Of The Demon Other (2008)

Honkeyfinger calls Bethnal Green, UK home. That is as far as one man can get from southern American blues. But Lo-Fi dirt slide blues has real stories here.. One man with a pocket full of hill music filled with fuzz, harp, and a loopbox. A one man wrecking machine...RL Burnside would be proud!

File Under: Black Diamond Heavies, Left Lane Cruiser, Black Keys.


Honkyfinger