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MT. SIMS "Happily ever after...again" CD

Like the sequel to a novel, Mt.Sims (Matt Sims) returns with another cult hit entitled "Happily Ever After...Again!" - a response to his previously released album "Happily Ever After".

A BROADER MUSICAL HORIZON ... CHECK OUT DJ SCRATCHY'S ROCK AND ROLL OF THE WORLD!

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An internet radio station I highly recommend for the musically polygamous nerd that likes to bask in the sun every once in a while and feel dub vibes tinged with punk and real rock and roll. Added bonus! You won't have to deal with a Brighton style beat down for not being a mod or a rocker 24/7. It's all good ... just try it!!!

*Warning to Goths, Cold and Dark Wavers ... When listening to DJ Scratchy aka Barry Myers: 

Side effects may include Abnormal dreams, abnormal vision, anxiety, dizziness, dry mouth, flushing, insomnia, nervousness, sex-drive changes, sweating, tremors, weakness or perhaps pathological euphoria!

"Other than The Clash, of course, I DJ'ed alongside most of the bands of the era. The Cramps and The Ramones -- whose early records I love to this day -- were particular favourites. Cramps' tunes like 'Human Fly' and 'Garbage Man' are extraordinary and the Ramones' 'Blitzkrieg Bop' was a life-changer. The Heartbreakers were always a treat too. In '77, I toured as a DJ with Dr Feelgood. Another band I really loved and saw a lot was The Slits, who I believe absorbed the deeper power of reggae into their musical souls. Patti Smith and her group also hold a very dear place in my pantheon of greats. Besides these bands and other than the occasional raid through my dusty and 'scratchy' singles collection, I don't listen to much from the punk days now, because -- without denigrating it at all -- a lot of punk was music of its time, parochial in some respects, which had a meaning within its own time frame. There again, much of the attitude and aggression is, in itself, timeless." DJ Scratchy

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Greg Whitfield interviews punk soundsmith DJ Scratchy for 3AM

DJ SCRATCHY ANSWERS 11 QUESTIONS ...

1-Five songs you can't get out of your head right now?

DJ Scratchy:

Mama Rosin  "The Story of Mama Rosin"

The Urban Voodoo Machine  "Love Song #666"

The Cramps  "You Got Good Taste"

Pretty Boy (Don Covay)  "Switchin in the Kitchen"

The Clovers  "Crawlin"

2-Last film you watched and actually liked?

DJ Scratchy:

"The Folksinger by M.A.Littler - Slowboatfilms"

3-Book you are reading?

DJ Scratchy:

"Chuck Barris - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"

4-Visual artist/writer/music/film you feel inspired by right now?

DJ Scratchy:

"I'd not really watched TV for a number of years. But lately I've been getting a fair deal of visual stimulus using the BBC's i-player on the computer, not only catching up with and totally absorbed by David Tennant as Dr.Who plus the american action series Heroes but also watching programmes about 1930s amateur colour photography and others on photographers like Capa and W Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project."

5-First record/cassette tape you ever bought?

DJ Scratchy:

The Kinks  "You really got Me"

6-Record labels you miss?

DJ Scratchy:

"No particular allegiances to labels, though I was sorry to see 'Blood and Fire' go."

7-What are you working on right now?

DJ Scratchy:

"Seeking out The Rock and The Roll of The World, as always."

8-Bands/musicians you wish would get back together and not put out a crappy new record?

DJ Scratchy:

"Not the biggest fan of band re-unions. It can never be what it was."

9-Musician who died that you wish you could bring back from the grave?

DJ Scratchy:

"Where do you begin?  There's not only those great musicians from a more distant past, but contemporaries of mine who've died. We all have a clock ticking. We don't have the power over life and death and maybe it's not a question to be asked or considered. Let's just remember fondly those we've lost and enjoy the music that lives ever on."

10-Favorite song lyrics?

DJ Scratchy:

"Joe Strummer could always hit the nail on the head" 

"Punk Rockers in the UK

They won't notice anyway

They're all too busy fighting

For a good place under the lighting

The new groups are not concerned

With what there is to be learned

They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny

Turning rebellion into money

All over people changing their votes

Along with their overcoats

If Adolf Hitler flew in today

They'd send a limousine anyway"

- Clash 'White Man in Hammersmith Palais'

"On the road to rock 'n' roll

The lonely sing a soulful song

Leave a little light in the wilderness

For somebody to come upon

On the road to rock 'n' roll

With everybody deep in their dreams

And the snow is falling on the city

Ask the music what it means" 

- Joe Strummer 'On the road to rock 'n' roll'

 

11-Favorite poets?

DJ Scratchy:

"My poets come from Rock'n'Roll. When younger I'd always been motivated more by sound and tunes. The likes of Bob Marley and Strummer made me also take notice of the power of a song's words. There's a lot of trite lyrics out there. But it's a joy to hear someone paint pictures, saying something significant and imaginative and when that is coupled with some exciting music, then there is magic."

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RANDY TWIGG HAS A NEW SPIN ON WHAT USED TO BE CALLED RIOTT GRRRL ...

This woman embodies what I can proudly hope is the future of Riot Grrrl (because I think the genre may have died out or morphed into some commercial nonsense). I guess Peaches had something going for a spell with her XXX electro ... Anyway, enough with the commentary let's talk about Randy Twigg!!! 

Ride the Fourth-wave with Berlin-based "Post-Apocalyptic Yacht Rocker" and one woman show Randy Twigg. Live, all she needs is a bass guitar and a laptop to shake you up and make you dance. And somehow you even get this "I feel like headbanging" urge when you are at one of her shows. Very interesting energy.

Her music is gritty yet melodic and at moments can be quite dark in a cleverly humorous way. She does it all herself and is a tough, sexy, female force you want unleashed upon you. ( Miss. Twigg makes Deborah Harry circa 1980 look like a pussy. No offense to Blondie at all. )

If I had to "classify" the roots that influence Twigg's music it would range from Punk, Technopunk and 1990's Industrial to Electro. Though there also seems to be a tinge of Grunge (not to be mistaken with alternative rock) present as well in a good way. 

At the end of 2008 she put out a record under her name titled "Undone". She just returned from a tour in France and is not stopping.

I am waiting for Kill Rock Stars or Simple Social Graces Discos to get an earful of her! 

Randy Twigg is also the bassist and female vocalist for the band Mt. Sims formerly known as Mount Sims.

*More about Randy later. We are working on a proper interview at the moment. In the meantime listen to some of her music here...

"Suitcase" © 2008 Randy Twigg Shot and cut by Olaf Nohr. Additional editing by Richa

"Centerfold" © 2008 Randy Twigg Directed by Tyler Von Muehlen

MARK STEWART AKA MARK STEWART AND THE MAFFIA AKA THE POP GROUP ANSWERS 11 QUESTIONS ...

(PHOTO OF MARK STEWART © ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

1-Five songs you can't get out of your head right now?

Mark:

"The Day the World Turned Blue"  Gene Vincent

"Gloria"  The Them  

"Under My Wheels"  Alice Cooper  

"Vampire"  Lee Perry  

"Metal Machine Music"  Lou Reed

2-Last film you watched and actually liked?

Mark:

"Orlando"

3-Book you are reading?

Mark:

"The Occult Technology of Power"

4-Visual artist/writer/music/film you feel inspired by right now?

Mark:

"Bill Viola"

5-First record/cassette tape you ever bought?

Mark:

"Dylan Thomas Reading"

6-Record labels you miss?

Mark:

"Cheap Records"

7-What are you working on right now?

Mark:

"Film ON/OFF"

8-Bands/musicians you wish would get back together and not put out a crappy new record?

Mark:

"The Last Poets"

9-Musician who died that you wish you could bring back from the grave?

Mark:

"Every body"

10-Favorite song lyrics?

Mark:

"Hell is empty" me

11-Favorite poets?

Mark:

"Villon"

Mark Stewart - Loner 2008 - Directed by Angie Reed

Music: Mark Stewart / Phillipp Quehenberger © Crippled Dick Hot Wax! 

ON/OFF Directed by Toni Schifer

The documentary ON/OFF: Mark Stewart - from The Pop Group to the Maffia by Tøni Schifer will be gracing selected cinemas and film festivals. The film retraces the singer's steps and paths from the early days of The Pop Group right up to the present. Schifer, who followed Mark around for a full two years, has crafted a detailed, often intimate portrait of the artist, supplemented by interviews with a. o. Mark Stewart himself, Adrian Sherwood, Daniel Miller (Mute), Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald, Keith LeBlanc, Douglas Hart (The Jesus & Mary Chain), Fritz Catlin (23 Skidoo), Jon Spencer, Gareth Sager (The Pop Group, Rip Rig and Panic) and many others, plus live recordings and music clips. The DVD will be released by Monitorpop in 2009.

The ON/OFF film premiere is scheduled for April 24, 2009 in London at The East End Film Festival.

DJs: Tøni Schifer and  Adrian Sherwood. 

Mr. Stewart will be there as well of course. 

So, if you happen to be in the UK find a way to go!

ADAM SKY AKA ADAMSKI ANSWERS 11 QUESTIONS ...

(PHOTO OF ADAM SKY © ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

ADAM SKY

1-Five songs you can't get out of your head right now?

Adam:

"Womaniser" Britney Spears

"Thunderstorm Blues" Alan Vega

"Ice Drummer"  Alan Vega

"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You"  Led Zeppelin,

"Hometown"  Adele 

"...and many more than 5 actually but  mostly my own that I'm working on obviously."

2-Last film you watched and actually liked?

Adam:

"Into the Wild"

3-Book you are reading?

Adam:

"Moon Dust" by Andrew Smith

"High-Rise" by J.G. Ballard 

"The Teds" by Chris Steele-Perkins and Richard Smith

"Rockabilly - A 40 year Journey" by Billy Poore

4-Visual artist/writer/music/film you feel inspired by right now?

Adam:

"Alan Vega's 1st solo album as always, Pee Wee's Big Adventure as always, Jeff Koons, Pam Hogg's fashion and A Child of the Jago clothes shop in London... "

5-First record/cassette tape you ever bought?

Adam:

"Whiskey in the Jar" by Thin Lizzy or "Virginia Plain" by Roxy Music. 

"Can't quite remember..."

6-Record labels you miss?

Adam:

"Fast Product, KLF Communications and I miss MCA giving me large cheques..."

7-What are you working on right now?

Adam:

"I'm rewoking my 1st album "Liveandirect" as "Vile Acid Rent" to celebrate 20 years of being written out of history....and I'm producing a New Age Teddy Boy singer called Sonny Eriksson..."

8-Bands/musicians you wish would get back together and not put out a crappy new record?

Adam:

"Fat chance of that." 

9-Musician who died that you wish you could bring back from the grave?

Adam:

"Lux Interior"

10-Favorite song lyrics?

Adam:

"I'm a fallen idol, fallen from grace, fallen on hard times, I'm an ex-face, I'm a fallen angel, I'm a fallen star, catch me and put me in your pocket, next to your mp3 player"  by myself (last week)...

11-Favorite poets?

Adam:

"Myself."

Adam Sky vs Mark Stewart - We are all Prostitutes (Crookers)

VIDEO DIRECTED BY ANGIE REED