Musical Medications

It was bound to happen.............

2009-04-20T12:20:00.003-07:00

..........seems that the lovely people over at the "It's Psyche" forum have been effectively shut down.

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Guess this is what happens when you fire share on your forum. (Thanks R.I.A.A.) Granted, there were no actual files hosted to It's Psyche but there were plenty of links to download discs from such sites as Megaupload, ShareBee & RapidShare.

From what I saw it looked like a decent community........they were not particularly friendly........ but they were not downright mean either. They kinda just kept to themselves.............shared discs............& made the occasional comment or 2. They were not real descriptive about what was posted nor was there too much information or discussion about bands. Just discs........oodles & oodles of discs. From newer retro-psyche to the most obscure singles. Post after post after post of link after link after link. Pages & pages of links.......... Their selection of Progressive looked very cool as did whoever posted "English Psychedelia: A - Z." 26 - 1 hour discs starting w/ "A" & ending in "Z". Unfortunately no other info was given except Artist & Title. I wish I knew who posted these as I bet there would be a killer of a conversation to have about these............ I actually do not know some of the artists/groups on these! (Ego is alive & healthy obviously!)

In the long run will they be missed? Yes. Are there sites w/ the same things available? Some things..... but a lot of this was truly unique. Will they find a way to return to the land of forums? Probably............& the sooner the better.......... I need to post questions......... tons & tons of questions.............

It;s Psyche................again.

2009-04-12T13:07:00.005-07:00

Well......it's about time" I said to myself as I opened my e-mail account this morning to find a message that read "Anonymous had left you a comment on Blogger". Feeling very smug & self-patronizing I typed Blogger into my search engine, patted myself on the back & clicked the link. "Somebody actually reads this blog?" I thought to myself as I read the message left. It was on an entry (a quick entry I will add) on The Rhino 4 CD box set "Real Life Permanent Dream". This is what was left............

http://itspsych.forumotion.net/forum.htm

As I stared at the message left 2 thoughts passed through my grey matter..........

1) So much for constructive critisism.

2) (Vikings chanting SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM....... over & over over again.)

Then ......... after staring at it for about 30 seconds I was able to understand what was written.
itspsycheforum = It's Psyche Forum. It was a link to a psychedelic forum. & oh what a forum it is..........

.......from 60's U.K. Psyche to Home Made compilations this site really does have a lot to offer.
It looks like that you can DL discs from postings there that link to such sights as Rapidshare, Megaupload, Depositfiles & Mediafire. They also link to blogs & other sources of downloadability. Or you can post questions & get intelligent & friendly responses. Thay also cover some Krautrock & Progressive music which is nice to see others such as myself who are of the opinion that Krautrock & Progressive are merely extentions of Psychedelic Music. (As the drugs change.......... the music changed.) Just browsing their site I was able to suss out what ever happened to the folks who put out the Prae-Kraut Pandemonium collections & the Kraut Demons Kraut! discs. (Which has the Inner Space tracks that a Pre-Can put out.)

Very cool stuff....... very cool site.

After going through the site & seeing just ow bloody cool a Psychedelic community could be I came to a very ugy truth. A bitter realization set over me like a velvet fogg (get it?) that made me loathe my ignorance for a breif moment. That link wasn't put there for me to find their site & to loose myself in all the fruits they offered.......that link was for me to post the box set on their site so they could selfishly DL it. As my shoulders shrugged & my heart sank at the realization that no one had actually read my blog I said to myself "Well......... screw them! Let them get their own promo connections & then they can rip & convert & post on their bloody own site or wherethefuckever they bloody want to!" "Damned be to all who don't reconize the might & glory & superior intellect that I possess when it comes to music!!!!" (Snicker.........)

Roky Erickson

2009-04-09T13:51:00.004-07:00

Singer & guitarist in The 13th Floor Elevators.

Author of 2 books of lyrics & poetry.

& notarized alien.

Although I have never met the man I do possess his signature. (Autograph.) It was given to me when I left Amoeba Music in Cali. by Eric.

If you have read my previous entries on this page then you may already understand that I am a bit of a nutter for this man's music. From The Spades to Demon Angel I try to read, hear & watch all that I can about who he is & what he does. Although I am no expert (& will never claim to be so) I do know a bit......... so imagine my surprise when I learned that back in 2005 some of his recordings were re-mastered & re-issued. I can remember scouring the bins at My Generation to find a copy of Gremlins Have Pictures.

I remember getting the Mars single at Platterpuss Records. I got my copy of Clear Night For Love on trade at Rec. Ex.

Bought Casting The Runes at Used Kids down in Columbus.....

& the Sponge single in Cali.

(prompting Eric to dig deep & give me Bermuda/The Interpreter)...

(See above.)

Terry giving me copies of The Evil One & Reverend Of Karmic Youth.

Tim giving me a copy of Love To See You Bleed......(You get the idea.)

I thought I had most of if not all that was issued. Guess not. It looks like The Evil One,

Gremlins Have Pictures

& Don't Slander Me

are out on CD w/ bonus material. (& in the case w/ Gremlins..... new cover art as well.......... a shame really...........) The Evil one has a bonus disc to boot! The Modern Humans Show graces disc 2 for the first time. An interview w/ a coherent Roky interspersed w/ live, in the studio versions of songs. The other two, Gremlins Have Pictures & Don't Slander Me have a few bonus cuts but nothing that makes or breaks the listening experience. The re-mastering on all 3 sound superb. No "Loudness Re-mastering" here as all the brights are bright & the bass is not overpowering. There's parts to songs that I have never even noticed before that are clearly evident on these new discs. It's odd that all 3 sound top notch as they appear to be issued on 2 different labels. First Gremlins use to be on Pink Dust (Restless). Now it's on Sony. The Evil One was on 415 Records (through Sony) now it's on Sympathy For The Record Industry. Finally Don't Slander me was on Pink Dust (Restless) as well..... & it's the only one that stayed put. What? Why? Did Sony sell Evil One to Sympathy & spend the cash on Gremlins? Did Restless sell Gremlins & use the cash to re-issue Don't Slander Me? & where the hell does Sympathy For The Record Industry get the cash needed for The Evil One? (Just being personal as The Evil One is in tight first as my fave solo LP by Roky & Sympathy has a nasty reputation for being cheap.)

Well........... this time around instead of posting a few tracks I have made a mix cd. There's some singles here & some LP cuts. Plus a bit of an interview which opens & closes the disc nicely. It is 60 minutes

Roky Mix Tape.