Top 13 (of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology comes in. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.

13. Arc Neon
There's a whole subgenre of retro synthwave bands making imaginary soundtracks to 80's exploitation films that never existed. Arc Neon are one of the best. These are fucking crazy times, man (K)


12. Harvey Averne Documentary
The Vice President of Fania records. Not the most famous recording artist, but one of my all time favorites. A jewish kid from Brooklyn becomes one of the most important figures in Latin music? Go figure. In New York city anything is possible. These filmmakers are looking for some funding so you rich Demonologists, reach into your pockets, man. (S)


  11. TOAD (Take Over and Destroy) - Endless Night
Blackened death n' roll is the new rock n' roll, at least for the duration of Toad's new EP. (K)



10. Danny Gerrard - Sinister Morning (1970)
I don't know anything about Danny, in fact I don't think there really IS anything to know. He recored this amazing acid Dylan type record, called it Sinister Morning, one of the best album titles of all time and vanished. Left us here to ponder it in 2013. You guys are ganna love it. (S)


9. Japan!
My bud Frankie Delmane from the Crazy Squeeze hipped me to the existence of this awesome performance vid of Japan in their glam days doing the awesomely funky/weird Adolescent Sex. Fuckin' awesome. If they didn't start playing art rock after the first two records, they woulda been LEGENDS. (K)


8. Morita Doji - Mother Sky (1976)
From her Wiki page: "She was 20 years old when a friend's death inspired her first album. All of her albums keep to tragic or morbid themes." Hard to find even on the the inter web. Five Fingerz Of Dust has got some copies. (S)


7. Urban Struggle
Cool, rough n' rugged mini-doc about the death of a now-osbcure punk club in LA during the heyday of early hardcore, when punk was for punks! (K)


6. CA Quintet - Trip Thru Hell (1968)
Speaking of Fingerz Of Dust, when I was digging around for the Morita Doji records I stumbled upon the C.A. Quintet - Trip Trough Hell. I forgot how much I loved that record and dug up my Sundazed reissue and jammed on it non stop this week. The major gripe people have with this album is that it's plodding and meandering, but I think that's it's strength. It was hot as hell and the air conditioner was broken so it's a perfect.  (S)


5. Z Machines
So, Japan invented the first all-robot metal band. They're not that good but, you know, what do you expect? They're fuckin' robots. (K)


4. Mortillery
Dude, what's up with all the Canadian bullet-belt bands these days? Every 22 year old up there is wearing a battle-vest and worshipping the devil. Did 1985 just happen there now? However it happened, I'm into it. Here's another gang of fresh-faced hesher-barbarians, femme-fronted this time, kickin' out the speed metal jams! Horns up! (K)


3. Josefus - Dead Man (1970)
So one Top 13 post leads to another for Swilson and right next to A Trip Through Hell rested Josefus: Dead Man. I scored it the same day as the C.A. record from the Sundazed table at the WFMU record fair many a moon age ago. Crazy heavy boogie from Texas. Perhaps inspired by the Guess Who, but most likely influenced by weed, wine, whites and women. Great lyrics: " I've been standing here waiting with my perverted ideas". (S)


2. Bloodwave!
Get into it before it gets into you. (K)


1. Rainbow Promise - Rainbow Promise (1970)
If anyone ever makes you a Rainbow Promise don't fall for it! This is great lost jesus rock from the 60's but isn't all Jesus rock from the sixties lost? (S)

Top 13 (Of The Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology takes over. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.

13. Sure Fire

In 1990 Jon Jost released this slow burn of a little movie starring america's most underrated actor (maybe not rated at all) Tom Blair. It's a film about self absorbed myopia, real estate scams, fatherhood, narcissism, and alienation all set in beautiful Utah. Slow burning art film drama at it's best. (S)

12. Noise Arch Blog

This blog obsessively collects weird/noise/experimental cassettes from the 80's. Back then, cassettes were the weapon of choice for out-there sonic explorers. Anchored by the long-lost magazine Sound Choice, "Cassette culture" spawned the first bedroom composers. Most of 'em were staunchly underground and offered no commercial potential. Imagine, no Pro-tools, no garage band, just sweat and noise and cassettes. Ear battering fun for everyone! (K)

11. Gamma - Gamma 1 (1979)

By 1977 the band Montrose had run it's course. Ronnie put out a pretty good solo record called Open Fire in 1978. in 1979 he formed Gamma. It's more of an 80's AOR type band with lot's of keyboards, kind of like if Night Ranger ( another bay area band, with whom Gamma's keyboard player, Alan Fitzgerald would later join) was actually listenable.  Even though the keys dilute, it still has Ronnie's signature "bring the fire" guitar playing. This is as about as far into this stuff as I can handle. (S)

10. Sonic Jesus

Italian psych freakout kings get real, real gone on the tripped-out track complete with 80's public access video collage visuals to keep things woozy. I dig these dudes, they're underground in a world where nothing really is anymore. Debut album coming soon. It's gonna be a monster! (K)

9. Sapphire Thinkers - From Within (1969)

Sunshine pop backed by a biker band like Steppenwolf or Black Pearl?  Sounds like it. This is a widely circulated gem on the inter-web pick it up at your local psych-blog. All anybody knows is that they are maybe from California. (S)

8. Warm Speakers 

As we've mentioned on the show more than once, Swilson and I are up for anything "wave". Same thing for "fi". Warm Speakers, from NYC, are practitioners of "Glo-fi". What the is that? From what I can tell, it's psyche-y shoegaze-y Nyquil jams for neon maniacs. And I dig it. Glow on! (K)

7. Jack Wrangler : Anatomy of an Icon

This documentary, put out by  tla releasing, a former video store that yours truly worked at for a few years in Philadelphia, is really hilarious.  It chronicles his life from gay porn Icon, to straight porn Icon (!), to his  success in "legitimate" theater. Also he married songbird Margaret Whiting who was twenty years his senior and he was gay! A Totally interesting and charming character, well worth the watch. (S)

6. Creepy Calvin Klein ads from the 90's

They based these on, what? Porn auditions? White slavery auctions? Apparently these ran, briefly, on TV in the 90's. They'll make you feel real dirty.  (K)

5. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - 12 Bar Bruise (2012)

The record is out today! It's got everything you'd expect from these Aussie freak flaggers. Lot's oh drivin' drums and oohs and aaahs and oh no's in all the party places, distorted vocals, non-distorted vocals, twanging, banging, droning guitars like surfing' bird and cut your hair mashed up by….well…. Australians, drunk Australians, if you know what i'm talkin' about. You hear me talkin'?  Get it! (S)

4. The Strange Sound Phenomenon

All over the world, people are experiencing weird, disturbing sounds. Basically, they sound like the Earth itself, groaning in pain. That's probably what it is. Why not? (K)

3. All Saved Freak Band - For Christians, Elves and Lovers (1976)

Maybe the most exciting Jesus Rock band of all time. Born out of an ohio commune with a history that crosses paths with heavy hitting rock bands like James Gang and It's A Beautiful Day, the culturally significant milestones of Kent State, kidnapping, brainwashing, deprograming, industrial accidents and the loss limbs. The All Saved Freak Band breaks most musical boundaries in it's attempt to save the souls of the Rock 'N Roll generation, whirling psychedelic ballroom blitz, beautiful chamber folk, down and dirty beard boogie, all praise to the most high. I could only get my sinful digital hands on For Christens, Elves and Lovers a record that owes as much to the Lord Of The Rings as it does the bible. (S)

2. Get Well Soon - Roland , I Feel You

Wow. I will tell you from the onset that I am thoroughly confused by what's going on, but I'm into it, nonetheless. Get Well Soon is a one-man band(?) who composes soundtrack music for crazy, hallucinogenic movies that don't exist. Except, well, since there's a video for Roland, I Feel You, they sorta do. It's from Get Well Soon's upcoming Giallo-inspired album, The Scarlet Beast O'Seven Heads. Confusing, but awesome. (K)

1. Liespotting: Proven Techniques To Detect Deception by Pamela Mayer

Deception and lies are a part of life. We all lie all day about all kinds of things. "yeah I like your new shirt", "it's really no problem", "i'll be back in ten minutes". Lies help smooth things over and keep society moving. We are hard wired to deceive. Babies learn to fake a cry to get attention, birds, fish and plants use all kinds of trickery in mating selection and food acquisition. Those are "white lies" but when people lie about the big stuff, in business dealings and relationships. That's where it hurts.  Since most people are statistically more likely to lie at work, this book by former entertainment executive Pamela Meyer is geared up to help make the difficult  decision of weather or not to trust someone in the work place easier.  Mostly it's an amazing book about the nature of human communication. How words only make up a small percentage of actual communication. How to read body language, eye movement and even smells when dealing with someone else. Since I live in Los Angeles where lies grown on palm trees and deception is in the water I thought It might come in handy (S)

Top 13 (of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology comes in. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.


13. Rolling Stone All Access
So here's something awesome: if you subscribe to Rolling Stone (you have to subscribe to the print edition for some reason. There's no digital-only subscription. Still, it's only $20 a year), you get instant access to EVERY ISSUE they've ever printed, going back to the late 60's. There's limitations – you can only read them on a browser, no offline downloads – but still, it's a pretty incredible treasure trove of music and pop culture. Listen to Rumours and crack open a (digital) copy of Rolling Stone from 76, it's like time traveling! (K)

12. Rockaway Beach
The summer is almost gone and I'm wrapping up my east coast summer vacation. The other day my brother took me out to Rockaway Beach and I have to say I'm impressed. They got a cool thing happening on the boardwalk there around B. 96. A bunch of young hipsters took over some concession stands and it's a damn good time. You can get a gourmet hamburger, homemade ice-cream, a cold bold beer and listen to a psychedelic band play live, than go for a swim. But the creme' de la creme has to be former Orgone Energy bass player Johnny DiCosmo's Italian Ice. Johnny adds a modern twist to his family's nearly one hundred year old tradition. All organic ingredients  and way out flavors like strawberry avocado.  It's maybe the best summer desert in the whole country. You only got a few days before he wraps it up for the summer so head out there! (S)



11. Nocturna
Belly dancer turned “actress” Nai Bonet wrote, produced, and starred in this amazing (and amazingly cheap) disco vampire flick from 1979. Everything about it is jaw-dropping. Nai's acting is horrendous, she's naked in it every five minutes, Brother Theodore is in it (!) as her werewolf manservent, John Carradine stumbles around as a very creaky Count Dracula, there's terrible dancing and bad disco, the vampire/bat transformations are handled via primitive animation, and the dialogue sounds like it was written by someone attending English as a second language night classes. Also, it was rumored to have been bankrolled by a mobster, who turned up dead a year later.  A cult classic in the making, dig it up! (K)



10. Hicky & Boggs
This is one dark and disturbed movie directed by Robert Culp and written by Walter Hill. It's a hard boiled neo-nior and is really completely relentless and bleak. It's no wonder that it was a commercial failure when it came out, i'm sure it was a further reminder that the early 70's were, yes….a bummer. None the less it's some kind of masterpiece, too bad Culp didn't direct more of 'em. (S)



9. Septien
Great little weirdfilm about a trio of dysfunctional brothers living in the woods somwhere who happen to stumble across the high school coach who molested one of 'em, causing him to dissappear for 18 years. They ponder what to do about it when a loony snake-oil preacher shows up to help exact revenge. This is a comedy, by the way, although there's not a chuckle in it. You gotta see it just for the scene where they all lie in bed and sing the “Smother the demons” song. Thoroughly whacked and unsettling, but with a surprising amount of heart and a sorta happy ending. (K)

8. The Worst Cars Of All Time
Everybody is always raving about the best cars of all time and many an Advanced Demonologist envisions himself hurtling through liquid light time and space behind the wheel of a 1973 Dodge Charger. We rarely have the alternate fantasy of being stuck in traffic on the 405 behind the wheel of an overheating Ford Pinto. (S)

  

7. The Mystery of Oak Island
Oak island is a tiny hunk of land in Nova Scotia. There's a mysterious pit on the island, 200 feet deep, that many people believe holds Captain Kidd's treasure. Unfortunately, the pit is booby trapped. Treasure hunters have spent the last hundred years trying to get to the bottom of that pit, and they've failed every time. At 90 feet, they found a stone with inscriptions on it that may explain what's down there, but so far, no one's been able to translate it, although it's online, so you can take a crack at it yourself. There was even an episode of In Search Of about it! Crazy stuff. (K)

6. Lonnie Frisbee
I haven't seen the 2007 documentary about the man yet, in fact I just discovered him a few seconds ago when I did the the search on youtube for "Hippie Death" (you see how a great mind works?).   Lonnie Frisbee (is that the best name of all time?) was the real life leader of the Jesus freak Movement. Since we like Jesus rock almost as much as we love Disco on this blog It's about time we dig deeper. (S)

 

5. Cat Gang – Locomotive Breath
Cat Gang was an Italian disco studio project. In 1983, they released their debut (and only) single – a nine-minute discofied version of Jethro Tull's Locomotive Breath, complete with maximum flute jams. Majestic shit! (K)

 

4. Peter Brotzmann - Nipples (1969)
Sorry guys, it's been a lot of traveling and listening to old favorites on the ipod. I know not a single Heavy Metal band ever listened to this record and it's considered by most to be a jazz record, even though most jazz fans have never heard and those that have hate it  and when you're riding on a bus from New York City to Atlantic City, it will cause a minor panic attack. (S)



3. Marahachibu
Amazing, hardcore psych-garage from Japan circa 1971. Maybe it's the singer's accent, but this sounds a lot like the proto Sex Pistols to me! (K)



2. UFO - Rock Bottom
Is the official song of Swilson's four week tour of the Jersey shore. It might be the number one beer drinking song of the summer , I listened to this tune every chance I got and I'd like to thank the song itself for rocking so hard and the band UFO circa '75 for all the summer of 2012 memories. (S)



1. Montreal – A Summer's Night
Well, it's September, so we can put this bizarre summer to rest. Dunno how it was for you, but for me, it was alternately amazing and devastating. I'm looking forward to a much breezier (hopefully) Autumn. To send off the summer of '12, here's a suitably dreamy meditation on the season by long-gone early 70's Quebec psychedelic outfit Montreal. Stay cool, everybody. (K)

Top 13 (of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology comes in. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.


13. Whipped Cream Lady
I don't think I've ever been to a record store that did not have at least seven copies of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass's seminal '64 breezy-listening classic “Whipped Cream & Other Delights”, featuring the iconic photograph of the pretty lady covered in whipped cream. But who was that lady? And whatever happened to her? She's Dolores Erickson, she's 76, she's still pretty, and this week the Seattle Times broke the case! Delightful! (K)

10. Fred Eaglesmith - Johnny Cash
This tune is awesome. Fred Eaglesmith, who I know nothing about except that he is Canadian, lifts a Neil Young riff and lays down over the top of it a scathing criticism of Johnny Cash's newest fans, who like 'em now that he's dead. This is the only time I've ever really heard this sentiment expressed in a song. The prevalent idea among music fans that : "Sure, you like this stuff now, but where were you back when?!?!". I also wonder why there aren't more musicians writing songs about other musicians? It does happen, but not as much as one would think, since musicians themselves are some of the biggest music fans out there. (S)

11. 2nd Chapter of Acts

I wonder sometimes. I'm the least religious guy I know – in fact, I'm pretty aggressively anti-religion. Yet I love 70's Jesus freak music. Go figure. Had I been an impressionable teenager in 1974 – the year two-sisters-one-brother hippie Christian rockers 2nd Chapter of Acts released their first record, “With Footnotes” – would I have been swayed? Would I have seen the light? Probably not. But could I have scored with hippie Jesus chicks? Maybe. Anyway, dig this flowery resurrection rock and make up your own mind. (K)

10. Little Woman - Throat (2010)
Equal parts Blues Explosion and Soft Machine and a whole shit load of other outrageous contagious nonsense. Heavy Metal thunder.  I was subjected to this 1 AM one night in Jersey City and my brain melted out of my eyes.  It was really unpleasant. (S)

9. Cristina – Disco Clone (1978)
Some people will tell you this is the worst disco song ever made. I am telling you the opposite. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, but the point is, you've gotta hear this jam. (K)

8. Super 11
This group plays wedding music from Mali, obviously from the clip, a very organically psychedelic place.  Buy the record!  I'm sure they could use the Euros.(S)

7. The Museum of Uncut Funk

The Museum of Uncut Funk is exactly that: they preserve funky artifacts from the past few decades, lest we forget the funk in it's purest form. Recently the Museum was visited by Collectors Quest – a pretty amazing website/portal where people show off their collection of...stuff – who shot some video of' 'em showing off their collections of black comic book heroes, blaxploitation posters, black animation, and more. Bad ass! And also funky. (K)



6. Crazy Homeless Man In Belgium
Cheap Satanism records should snatch this guy up before somebody else does. He's got over a million hits on youtube. It took him five years but hey…(S)

5. Katie Sunshine
If I was to tell you there's a girl who likes to put on Daisy Dukes and go hula-hooping in her front yard, what do you think her name would be? Exactly, Katie Sunshine. Sometimes, everything just works the way it should. (K)

4. Venom - Live in 1985
You want the worst and you got the worst! One of the best/ worst metal bands of all time here in all the stinking glory in 1985. I've been listening to these guys non-stop since I'm still in Jersey, I guess the place just inspires  a natural angst. I'm loving it! (S)

3. Real Life (Ukrainian) Sleeping Sleeping Beauty
So here's the idea: it's an art installation where a beautiful Ukrainian girl is dressed up like Sleeping Beauty and lies on a bed, seemingly snoozing away in her poison-apple coma. Dudes show up and are encouraged to kiss her, but here's the rub: first the guy has to sign a waiver that says if she wakes up from his kiss, he has to marry her. It's like a really weird/awesome game of Ukrainian Roulette! (K)

2. Brigantine Castle
I've been spending lots of time in the South Jersey town of Brigantine. Where when I was a kid there was a infamous haunted house called Brigantine Castle. The place actually had real people dressed up like ghouls and zombies who would literally jump out of the shadows and chase you through the hallways. Fuckin crazy! It was before lawsuits really took hold of our culture. it burned down in 1987. Bummer. (S)

1. Doro – Raise Your Fist in the Air
Holy fuck, Doro's back. I saw her at a strip club in New Hampshire once. This was a few years back.  She wasn't stripping, she was playing on the aging-metalheads stage in the corner. It was pretty amazing. I mean, she plays to 50 zillion people in Germany, but she's so dedicated to her fans that she's willing to play in Nowheresville New Hampshire for 60 boozy over-aged headbangers (who spent most of the dough they saved for Doro merch on the strippers)? You gotta love Doro, man. LOVE DORO, MAN! (K)

Top 13 (of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology takes over. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.

13. Roy Junior - Victim Of Circumstance
I just recently scored digital versions of the Back From The Grave series. These comps were monsters in the 80's and 90's noted for the fact that they somehow avoided Psychedelic and Pop in the selection of Garage obscurities. Instead focusing on the rawer almost hillbilly slabs of twang bash. Very Cramps. The real home run on the entire series for me  is Victim Of Circumstance By Roy Junior, who was the son of Roy Acuff. He put out a few singles and disappeared. This teenage lobotomy was successfully covered by The Mummies. (S)

12. Canadian party metal resurgence
While all the whiny simps here in the good ol' USA pluck out their sad-assed nu-folk and cultivate dad-beards, up in Canada the "kids" are busy doin' what we used to do in the 80's, i.e. ROCK THE FUCK OUT. Greasy NWOBHM-enthusiasts Cauldron are probably the hairiest n' scariest of new crop of Canadian Party Metal merchants, but for sheer teenage cheap thrills, check out the femme-fronted Diemonds, who might as well all be (and probably are) the bastard sons (and daughter) of Sebastian Bach. Their new video, Livin' Tonight, even features a cameo from Fubar's own Deaner, who's got his own party-metal concern, Nightseeker. If you miss mindless rock n' roll hedonism, head north! (K)

11. Love Live Life + One - Love Will Make A Better You
One of the best band names and an absolutely true statement on the nature of love it self.  If you can wade through the first 5 minutes of free jazz type exploration you are rewarded with a visceral life affirming musical LSD induced orgasm. Akira Fuse is the Japanese Tom Jones and he was recruited by a forward thinking label boss to team up with a traditional studio horn section and a wild , free jazz,  guitar wielding Takao Naoi. The result is nothing less than astounding. Remember kids, Godzilla is from Japan. (S)

10. New Cult record smokes! Mostly.
Man, The Cult were...well, like a cult to me and my friends back in the 80's. But their last couple records have been seriously lacklustre, and to be honest, I just figured their best days were behind 'em. And they might still be, but I will tell you this: the first half of their new album, Weapon of Choice, is as good as their self-titled album from '94. And that record was one of the best they've ever done. So, you know, do the math. The Cult is back! (K)

9. Quincy M.E.
I never saw this show when it aired but they put it on Netflix and it turns out that Lady Swilson grew up loving this series. Now I'm hooked. It's the same thing over and over again ( I'm only on episode 6 and perhaps that changes*) but the real gold is the ultra charismatic Jack Klugman. Super cool. Plus it's shot on location in L.A. in the seventies and I recognize most of the places. Than I get to imagine myself living here in the seventies. That's my happy place.  (S)

* it doesn't. - K
8. If you're lookin' for Jesus, he's in Siberia
Vice just did a pretty sweet mini-doc on this (reasonably benevolent?) cat from Siberia who thinks he's the new messiah and has a flock of (reasonably sane?) followers out in the middle of nowhere. Is it all going to end up in blood and fire? Yes. They always do.(K)


7. Far Out - Nihonjin
Japrock is great for when your working out trying to stave off the demons. Makes you forget about where the hell you are. This you tube clip does all the work for me on this entry. I'll just add that to me this sounds like Black Sabbath on a prog- rock holiday to Okinawa. Remember kids, Godzilla is from Japan. (S)

6. Black Leather - Volume 1
One man Gothbeat band from Seattle. He sounds very much like Swilson's spooky cousin. Makes me wanna dig a hole. (K)



5. Passing Show: The Life and Music Of Ronnie Lane
 Ronnie Lane might be the coolest member of The Faces and if you know anything about them than you know that's pretty goddamn cool! (S)

4.Sex, Drugs, Rock n' Roll. Awesome together, as confirmed by science!
According to a new study conducted in Netherlands - where they do a LOT of rockin' - it turns out that kids who listen to a lot of loud music have a tendency to engage in "risky" behavior, AKA gettin' loaded and gettin' laid. So if you're having trouble with the ladies (or the fellas),crank some Slayer and smoke some weed, and it'll all work out just fine. See you in hell. (K)

3. Ronnie Lane:  Debris & Ooh La La BBC 1974
The amazing song Debris and one of my favorite all time songs, Ooh La La….. since it's going to be a Ronnie Lane Weekend! Cheers, mate!  (S)

2. Amanda Lear

There's way too much going on with this amazing lady(boy?) to properly explain here, but here's some highlights. Amanda might be a man, might be a woman. Nobody's telling. She's almost definitely French, though. She was David Bowie's girlfriend and Salvador Dali's muse. She has had successful careers as a model, actress, TV host, and disco queen. Nobody knows exactly when she was born, she's probably in her 70's at this point, but she still looks like she's in her 40's. And she just released a sweet new jam, "I Don't Like Disco". Which is funny, because she totally does. (K)

1. Downliners Sect - Glendora
A song about falling in love with a Mannequin. Written by Lou Reed. the Sect were a british blues outfit during the first wave of the brit blues boom. Way more raw and unpolished than the stones or the pretty things. (S)

Top 13 (of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology takes over. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.



13. Burden of Dreams 
So Werner Herzog made a movie, Fitzcarraldo, about a bunch of maniacs dragging a ship through the over a mountain. For authenticity, he got a real ship, and dragged it over a fuckin' mountain. Burden of Dreams is a documentary that depicts Werner's descent into filmic madness. When Klaus Kinski seems like the sane one, you know you're in for a bumpy ride. (K)

12. Electric Holy Land
I'm starting realize that Jesus is actually cooler than Satan. Not from an organized religious standpoint ( I don't know anything about that jive),  but from a rock 'n roll stance, he's way cool. All the hipsters are absolutely afraid of him, he's a bearded longhair, digs wine, most likely digs weed ( just look at him), is full of spaced-out love for  hookers and thieves and other anti-establishment low life's, and can do psychedelic card tricks. Jesus is totally underground right now. Electric Holyland is exhibit A in my case. 12 blistering tracks of spaced out Jesus rock !  All from the original master tapes and all with the consent of the original groups involved. Only 500 pressed up from Lysergic Sound Distributors. I got number 432.  My only complaint is this could of been a great opportunity for a for a book insert  about this phenomenon. Praise to the church of the cooler Jesus. (S)

11. Christine Delaroche – Le 4eme titre
Delaroche is a French actress. I've never seen any of her movies. I don't know if that's even possible. But I tell you one thing: this video of one her pop tunes, from 1967, is AMAZING. (K)

10. Freak Out Total Vol. 33 
I was drawn to this because of the the front cover, a kid being dragged away from the cops during some kind of presumably drug induced freek-out. The back cover is even more poetic. A man with a sombrero face down into a box of Molson ( I've been there, brother).  Mucho Gusto is a cool label.  They reissued The Hermans Rocket record that we played on Advanced Demonology Lesson 5.  This is a great comp of french and french speaking Canadian flower power swagger that only the Gauls could swing. Only available on vinyl , no digital, no CD. So snatch it up!   (S)




9. Dandy Warhols' new album
There was a time in the 90's when I suppose it was cool to hate the Dandies, since they were the go-to psyche band for frat boys or whatever. But now they're old and we're old, so let's just get on with the jams.They've got a new album. This Machine, out this week. Lead single, Well They're Gone, sounds like the Dead Brothers Funeral Orchestra, which is suitably kooky, but my fave so far is snotty sike-punker Enjoy Yourself. I did! (K)

8. The Stranglers: Nice & Sleazy at Bittersea 1978
I've been watching this over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.  (S)

7. Simon Sisters – Red, Red Rose
If you've listened to the Advanced Demonology podcast, then you know I am a big fan of records made by the siblings of famous singers. Leah Kunkel (Mama Cass's sister), Kate Taylor (James' sis),  LaCosta Tucker (Tanya's), Priscilla Coolidge, etc. Love 'em all. And while I can't quite get behind Lucy (Carly's hotter sister) Simon's solo albums (they're seriously syrupy) I definitely dig the record she made with her sister, The Simon Sisters Sing For Children, back when they were a coupla folkies. Originally recorded in '69 but then embellished with a session band for more of a 70's stoner-vibe and re-released in '73, it's essentially acid-folk for kids. Cool and kinda awesomely creepy. (K)

6. Fastest: Theme
California is full of  devil worshipping creeps and weirdos?  Tobin Konrad the Yamaha wielding axe murderer that created this joyous horror show might be one of them. He pressed up a bunch of these CD-R's and left them on the doorstep of Aquarius Records. As far as I know the only place you can get it.   I've been trying to wrap my mind around this all week and it's really starting to get weird around the Mind Warp Pavilion. I think I might have let a poltergeist in by playing it too much.  Next level masterpiece? The keyboard noodelings of a madman? A C.I.A. plot to destroy the do-it-yourself musical revolution? YOU decide.  (S)

5. The Hammer Vault
Great coffee table-esque book that collects various Hammer Studios ephemera: script pages, props, film stills, unused posters, a blood n' boobs-drenched cornicopia of goodness from the sexiest horror film studio of all time, ever. (K)

4. Robert Frank: The Americans
The dope shooting photographer who gave us the Exile on Main Street cover and Cocksucker Blues was actually a fine arts beatnik photographer (I  didn't know that) and  this is the book that made him. With an intro by Jack Kerouac, it chronicles his  travels around the country clicking shots of everyday people like you and me and your grandma. Catching 'em in that right moment where you feel like you know that person without knowing them. That's what any great portrait artist has to do, don't they? This is a window into an America that the last traces of is literally about to disappear of the next five years or so.  (S)

3. Marsha Hunt
Meant to post this as a Hippie Death Goddess (of the Week) this week, but ran outta time. Marsha married the dude from Soft Machine, recorded with Marc Bolan, starred in the London production of Hair, played the Isle of Wight festival in '69 with her band White Trash, dated Mick Jagger and was the inspiration for “Brown Sugar”, recorded a disco album at Gorgio Moroder's Musicland studio in '77, etc. etc. What a career! And she rocked the afro/leather hotpants combo hotter than anybody. (K)

2. Sudden Death Compilation 1982
Long out of print. Dig around on the inter web you'll find it, too. Los Angeles creep punk mistakenly branded as "Hardcore",  Red Kross and JFA ( banging War cover) are maybe the biggest names on here.  The real reason to click "download" on this epic collection is  "Massacre Killer"  by Crankshaft……wow!!  (S)

1. Future Disco 5: Downtown Express 
Latest installment of this pretty amazing series of “Nu-disco” comps. Nu Disco bands, it turns out, pretty much sound like old disco bands, only with more squiggles and squelches. Two discs, one mixed for maximum buggin' out, the other they leave up to you. You should know that I am thinking about installing a a mirrorball in Advanced Demonology East. This shit is getting serious. (K)