Podcast moved

The RSJ podcast has moved to its own little section of the internet. It has its own page over at Podomatic. I’ve decided to save myself bandwidth and just set up that Podomatic page for my podcast. I’ll still post to it over here, but if you have iTunes or something, you can subscribe directly through the Podomatic page.

This week is rocka to psycho… billy. Last week’s was all the Fourth of July punk stuff. Upcoming? Celebrities who think they can sing, songs about drinking, songs that are filthy… I’m keeping this oddball and unusual. Granted, it will never compete with Houseplant Picture Studio in terms of esoterica, but I hope to present some interesting tunes for you all. Until I figure out a good place to put the link on this main page, I’ll just mirror the posts here.

From Rocka to Psycho: The Billies
Hillbilly music begat country begat rockabilly begat rock and roll begat punk rock begat psychobilly. Or something like that. It twists and turns, that ropckabilly music does. It sometimes sounds like country, it sometimes sounds like punk rock, it sometimes sounds like old-time rock ‘n’ roll.

This ought to give you some sense of a timeline, from when rockabilly first popped its head out of the hills in the mid-50s, all the way up to today. The music has made some leaps to where it’s played at the speed of metal, and gone all the way back to its roots.

Track list:
Roy Orbison – Oooby Dooby
Charlie Feathers – Frankie & Johnny
Carl Perkins – Put Your Cat Clothes On
Dwight Pullen – Sunglasses After Dark
The Riptides – Machine Gun
Charlie Feathers – Can’t Hardly Stand It
Gene Savage – Big Machine
The Meteors – Slow Down You Grave Robbing Bastard
Batmobile – Sex Starved
The Cramps – All Women Are Bad
Stray Cats – Sexy And 17
Reverend Horton Heat – Baddest Of The Bad
Nekromantix – I’m a Hellcat
Mad Sin – Saturday Night
The Amazing Crowns – Invitation To Alienation
The Peacocks – How Do You Know?
7 Shot Screamers – Vampire
The Phenomenauts – The Year 2000
HorrorPops – Where They Wander

Bonus tracks from the Cramps:
Goo Goo Muck
Human Fly