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Analogapalooza entry #1 (if I have enough guts after this to enter another).

Recorded solo in my apartment on St. Mark's Place in NY's East Village 1977 (across the street from the picture above. Live to stereo cassette in my apartment. Sony TCD5M portable cassette deck and two Sony ECM 220 mics. Sekova crappy Japanese hollow body electric guitar and Silvertone amp - both from 1967.

I think I was trying to be Patti Smith. Thanks to the VMF for giving me this opportunity to air my dirty laundry. Nothing was done to clean up this track.
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Drugs Music and Sex? &mdash 07/30/07 - 04:47:19 PM
Nice blast fro the past. Wow, I really love hearing what you were doing before people were doing this kinda stuff!

I guess the Violent Femmes were listening to you, because they stole your sound! Great stuff bud! A little Lou Reed-ish too.

I hope you post some more.

Man, I wish I lived down the street from you.

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Hey Bob - diggin' the scene? &mdash 07/30/07 - 05:03:08 PM
You campin' or crashin' in your car? I heard this killer spandex band over on stage three - trippin time warp man.

I seriously appreciate you commenting on this tune here - it's the earliest thing I could find that wasn't a cover. Violent Femmes? - didn't think about that. Thanks.

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Love it &mdash 07/30/07 - 04:50:21 PM
Bob - especially the screams at the end. Great stuff.
Cheers
Len



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Sorry Bud &mdash 07/30/07 - 04:51:55 PM
Obviously meant Bud - was looking at Bobs' pic.
Cheers
Len



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lengold is the new pianoman1

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Thanks Len - I was tryin to be cool with &mdash 07/30/07 - 05:06:42 PM
the screamin' bit. You know - all my pain at 23. Oh - the no sex part was not by choice. Glad you stopped by.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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Ol`time &mdash 07/30/07 - 05:14:04 PM
17 years old and ROCK was all I listen on that time.
Great post thanks, Bud.

Take care
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Kenta

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Thanks for stopping by Kenta &mdash 07/30/07 - 05:44:19 PM
I really enjoyed your Minstrel Boy entry.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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street cred &mdash 07/30/07 - 06:44:15 PM
Bud, you have it goin on. No drugs, but the music is loud and clear. Cool lyrics and a raw soulful performance. You put yourself out there.
Silvertone amps rule... still got that one? I bet its worth money now!!

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Unfortunately the Silvertone is gone &mdash 07/30/07 - 07:33:20 PM
so is the guitar - it was really lousy to begin with. I got it when I sat on my clarinet and broke it when I was twelve. Thanks for stopping by.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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when crappy japanese guitars &mdash 07/30/07 - 08:54:56 PM
where all that we could afford. I think the strings on mine where a good 3/4 of a inch off the fretboard.

Cool to be getting a glimps into everyones past

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Glad you stopped by Vic &mdash 07/30/07 - 10:46:25 PM
I actually feel kind of naked with this tune out there. Not that the two thoughts are connected.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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Raw stuff &mdash 07/31/07 - 08:28:56 AM
More than a little of Lou Reed in there.

Interesting lyrics and very exposed!

Cheers

Dick

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Exposed - &mdash 07/31/07 - 08:36:01 AM
It's laugh or cringe at the past and I prefer to laugh. Hope you did too. Thanks for commenting.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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Whoa! &mdash 07/31/07 - 06:24:18 PM
Add horseshoes and you could have been in Colorado, although the guitar would have been twangier.

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As I recall &mdash 07/31/07 - 07:32:31 PM
you had a radio in Colorado - so you never had to get up. Thanks for stopping by - the same tape this is on has us playing a guitar and blues harp duet. Gimme your user name and password and I'll post it on your page for the Analogapalooza festival. You played a mean harp in '77.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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Harp and Guitar &mdash 07/31/07 - 11:23:54 PM
user name: willnlf
password: principal

Can't wait to hear it!

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YOu go! &mdash 07/31/07 - 06:57:05 PM
Bud I'm jealouse what a song, somethings gotta come from this! Almost sounds like you were gonna laugh at times this is classic did your kids hear this! No drugs no music you said a mouth full!

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Thanks Tim - &mdash 07/31/07 - 07:44:17 PM
Well what came from this was another 15 years or so of dissipation - but that's all in the past.
Interesting you should mention my kids. Dylan's at skateboard camp - but I played it for Stella and her band last night and they flipped and made me burn them copies.
She's got a new band and they're pretty hot. A trio this time. In fact they're downstairs practicing right now.
When you gonna post a golden oldie - I know you got plenty from Donny Fury's studio.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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man &mdash 08/01/07 - 12:57:56 AM
memories. i used to hang out at st marks place. in the late eighties there was an amazing Taco place there - i think it was called Taco Loco or something along those lines. we'd drive in from NJ just for the tacos.
Im gonna be in the village tomorrow. maybe ill see your old apartment?
Thanks for this.
- CF

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There's still a Taco Loco down on 2nd Ave. &mdash 08/01/07 - 08:44:07 AM
I appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to comment.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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From garageland to garageband &mdash 08/01/07 - 12:19:43 PM
Bud- what a gem, man, you can smell your apartment on this track! Great vocal .. the track sounds like a more desperate, youthful howl at 'knocking on heavens door'.

If you told me you wrote it yesterday, I'd still love it.

Great track..... more please.

Steve

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And what does it smell like? &mdash 08/02/07 - 08:24:15 AM
Thanks for your kind support Steve.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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Punk rock &mdash 08/02/07 - 12:11:17 AM
Dude ...yeah your frickin punk rock ,man . I really love this song Bud . Its like looking at a song picture from the past . I wasnt even born for another year when you made this . Ahhhh Im really digin this Lo Fi contest deal. Downloaded .

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Thanks for digging this ditty Benny &mdash 08/02/07 - 08:30:52 AM
77 was very interesting year in NYC. Blackout, Son of Sam, CBGB's, The Bronx are Burning, cheap rents, cops with long hair and mustaches, full car graffitti, sleazy Times Square ... I could go on and on. The whole place was punk rock.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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!!! &mdash 08/02/07 - 09:34:35 AM
cool musty old tune... what a great time it was!!!!

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Relive the year on August 11th! &mdash 08/02/07 - 01:09:51 PM
That's when VH1 will air the documentary NY77 The Coolest Year In Hell that i shot this winter and spring. It was directed by Academy Award nominee Nanette Burstein who made The Kid Stays In The Picture - a good doc about the producer Robert Evans.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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To paraphrase Fat Freddy &mdash 08/03/07 - 02:18:30 AM
"Drugs, Music and Sex will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no Drugs, Music and Sex."

But more to the point, not only am I jealous of the song, I'm jealous you still have the TAPES.


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Wise words indeed &mdash 08/03/07 - 03:13:08 PM
now I've learned to get by music only when necessary.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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gets right to the point &mdash 08/04/07 - 05:35:39 PM
in the 70's i couldn't get enough music (or those other things either!)

now i feel like i'm drowning in music: processed, packaged, & promoted.

god, i miss the 70's.

thanks for the memories

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Getting right to the point &mdash 08/06/07 - 08:53:44 AM
was my blessing and my curse i those days. I wore my heart on my sleeve - which can be a bit painful at times. Thanks for commenting.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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ONe side of the record &mdash 08/05/07 - 04:36:58 AM
that really dates it ..

LOVE LOVE LOVE THE LYRIX!!
THIS REALLY MADE ME SMILE!!!!!

DRUGSEXMUSICDRUGMUSICDRUGSEXMUSICDRUGMUSICDRUGSEX
MUSIC

YEAH RIGHT ON!

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Keep smiling - and check out the rest &mdash 08/06/07 - 08:55:41 AM
of the VMF entries. There's a lot of cool music there. Glad you stopped by.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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What SmokeyVW said &mdash 08/06/07 - 06:34:29 AM
bangs home. Music is PRODUCT now, audio Velveeta (does that stuff still exist?) that has absolutely nothing of the human need to create (or listen to) music.

Funny, we might want to hide our 'vintage' tunes thinking they're embarrassing, but isn't it amazing how we can hear the fire and love for music in them? Bad singing, clumsy guitar chords, tape hiss, it's all there but they fade from importance as the decades pass and we can hear the sheer excitement at actually being musicians! I'm in your apartment here, cold beer in hand, and grinning like I've come home to a long-lost place I used to know so well.

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There's still plenty of good music being &mdash 08/06/07 - 09:02:44 AM
made by driven young musicians - you just gotta dig deeper. True that the cream at the top of the charts is pretty soulless product, but if MJ is any indication the love of music is alive and healthy.
Micael2 posted a pretty good list of music worth hearing in the forum recently.
Thanks for stopping by my sixth floor walk-up - and good catch when I threw the key out the widow wrapped in a sock. Thanks for bringing the beer too.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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lo fi &mdash 08/06/07 - 08:56:56 AM
but in a good way :)

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Thanks TMI &mdash 08/06/07 - 06:56:51 PM
I'm a lo-f fan.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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control &mdash 08/08/07 - 12:17:12 AM
"Music is as necessary to me as drugs and sex."
-bud

Hmmm where'd you get the nickname?

Definately Femmes and Jonathan Richmond, pre- Richmond era. Cool.

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I got the nickname &mdash 08/08/07 - 09:36:35 AM
from my wife after the Sean Penn character's line in Fast Times at Ridgemount High - "Hey Bud, let's party!" Close enough I guess.
Thnaks for stopping by - I really enjoyed your entries.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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Ahhhh... &mdash 08/09/07 - 07:58:44 AM
...those days/nights/weeks/months without sex...

...this is a quintessential East Village tune from the '70s, man. Really happy to hear this, Bud.

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Thanks for the entusiastic support &mdash 08/17/07 - 07:25:31 AM
I'm digging the Analogapalooza time machine too.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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yea &mdash 08/17/07 - 12:30:13 AM
w/o sex
w/o drugs
we wouldn't be ,
you see its the chicken or the egg
you got me crazy man
its like a contact thing
you know just beig in the room

thanks for the buzz
this was cool



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Glad you stopped by &mdash 08/17/07 - 07:27:39 AM
music is my drug of choice these days.

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"music is a better noise" - Essential Logic

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I used to live a terrific life in a student dorm &mdash 09/09/07 - 06:10:44 PM
And we smoked ahum, drank scuse me and slept a hole through the day. I love the tapefeel and the honesty. Not really a modern daychart climber, but I found a memory-treasure nonetheless. Hihihihi, the end is cool. Cheers bro!

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Seems we've all had "those days" &mdash 09/09/07 - 07:09:59 PM
thanks for dropping by and commenting - it means a lot.

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;-) &mdash 09/30/07 - 06:03:55 PM
Ahh oki, then this dedicated to me =) lol
GREAT Mr. Bud!!!!!


Now in the East Village who live?


Im not sexual man =)
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Schello

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no drugs no music &mdash 11/27/07 - 08:30:45 PM
sublimely simple - sublimely brilliant!

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Thanks man &mdash 11/29/07 - 09:27:17 PM
I can't keep up with your comments. I don't know what to say.

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