Roky Erickson & The Explosives(Great American Music Hall, SF, 3/1/07)This is a moment I've been waiting for about 15 or 16 years, ever since I picked up vinyl copies of I Think Of Demons at the main branch of my public library and of Gremlins Have Pictures at one of the mainstay record stores of my youth. I've been waiting for it ever since I was struck all those years ago by the combination, t...
Roky Erickson & The Explosives(Great American Music Hall, SF, 3/1/07)This is a moment I've been waiting for about 15 or 16 years, ever since I picked up vinyl copies of I Think Of Demons at the main branch of my public library and of Gremlins Have Pictures at one of the mainstay record stores of my youth. I've been waiting for it ever since I was struck all those years ago by the combination, t...
It's probably possible to make all 31 days consist of Roky Erikson tracks, but I'll try to limit it to 15 or so. I've never understood why Roky gets so overlooked around Halloween, since he sings so convincingly about all things creepy. I guess there's kind of a voyeuristic quality to this--Roky Erikson has been institutionalized and apparently has a pretty tenuous grip on mental health, and s...