. " Fleeting, like smoke. (No.1) " 01. 13th Floor Elevators - Levitation Easter Everywhere (Snapper UK, 1967) 02. Tomorrow - Auntie Mary's Dress Shop Tomorrow (1968) 03. John Fahey - Sligo River Blues The Legend of Blind Joe Death (Takoma, 1996) 04. Seeds - Nobody Spoil My Fun The Seeds (Gnp Crescendo, 1966) 05. New York Dolls - Jet Boy 1st Demos - Blue [...]~~
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Texas psyche-rock legends the 13th Floor Elevators released their second studio album, EASTER EVERYWHERE, in 1967. Continuing in the tradition established by their debut, EASTER EVERYWHERE is built on garage-band R&B and swirling acid-rock, with lead singer Roky Erickson's haunting wail and Tommy Hall's percolating electric jug lines front and center. While rave-ups like "Earthquake," "She Live...
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My good friend Jon Savage has compiled a 6CD mixtape set of Punk Psych. What an amazing racket of crunching beat and lysergic anthems, full of songs called "Mirror Of Your Mind", 'Smell Of Incense', 'People Let's Freak Out', and 'The Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind", played by bands called The Blue Things, Freaks Of Nature, The Electric Prunes, and Painted Faces. Seamlessly mixed among these groovi...
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I was doing a little websurfing today when I stumbled across LA's Hotel Cafe website. Hotel Cafe is a performance venue in Hollywood that's been listed on Paste Magazine's Top 40 music venues. Anyway, any music lover will find a chuckle in their FAQ. It reads like the script for "High Fidelity".These are some frequently asked questions, and some frequently given answers to go along: Q: Can I ...
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...speaking of "*old posts*":http://mog.com/CrashPryor/blog_post/51699 , I'm sitting outside in the sun, checking the 13th Floor Elevators...feels good with the sun in my face while the fermented accouterments do their thing...a little surf rock's right in the pocket...before I run off into the California night, I thought I'd slap these babies on, sound quality be damned...here's a couple of cu...
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The 13th Floor Elevator's best-known cut was "You're Gonna Miss Me"+ which was also the tune played during the opening of the film Hi Fidelity which was based on Nick Hornby's book...I found this old footage of them performing the tune on American Bandstand in YouTube...*repost:* here's a link to an interview I did with "*John Cusack*":http://mog.com/CrashPryor/blog_post/28968 ...
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After a week of running around, I've been catching up on the sitting down stuff that I got yelled at for trying to do back then (which was understandable, considering the circumstances)...I've found myself listening to the 13th Floor Elevators a lot today and, if you're into 60s-era guitar rock (with a little jug-band action thrown in as a garnish) then you'd be all over The Psychedelic Sounds ...
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Roky takes on Bob Dylan's "Baby Blue".13th Floor ElevatorsEaster EverywhereInternational Artists (#IA LP 5) - 1967
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Recently I’ve discovered that I can watch some of the movies from the Netflix catalog on their website. Because of this I’ve seen stuff that I wouldn’t normally rent, like the Roky Erickson documentary “You’re Gonna Miss Me.” The film is a sad portrait of the former singer/songwriter of the 13th Floor Elevators and it details his long battle with drugs, the law, and insanity. The film
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Who else here digs Roky Erikson? I was just spinning "Two Headed Dog," and it rocks off the tables. Man, what an awesome weirdo. I miss his craziness...
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Psychedelia from Austin, Texas, featuring the legendary Roky Erickson, 13th Floor Elevators are the best example of lo-fi garage-psych that I know of. Their first album, "Psychedelic Sounds of" seems to get all the attention, but "Easter Everywhere" is, to me, a more cohesive psych album. In their time, the band performed on San Francisco bills with the likes of Jefferson Airplane, the Byrds, a...
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I'm still working my way through Paul Drummond's "Eye Mind: The Saga of Roky Erikson and The 13th Floor Elevators, The Pioneers of the Psychedelic Sound" and am delighted to learn how much more Austin. Texas had to do with the psychedelic revolution than I ever knew.What I've learned so far (in brief):Gilbert Shelton, creator of "The Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers", roommate, may have introduced ...
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The 13th Floor Elevators came out of Texas in the mid-60's and the world of rock was never to be the same. The group, fronted by Roky Erickson, challenged the listener with mixes of songs running from folk-rock to what is considered an early version of acid rock. Peter Buck of R.E.M. once commented that "They kind of sounded like Buddy Holly but on acid!"The band only released three studio al...
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How could I miss the 13th Floor!
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Hey, a blast from before my time.. "You're Gonna Miss Me" by 13th Floor Elevators.. A band that has become a regular in my record rotation over the past year or so. I am a brand new MOG person, 'guy' or whatever.. So I thought what better way to start off by posting a great phsycadellic rock song.. It is not however my favorite song by these guys, but it waspretty much the only video i co...
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