Lost in the Grooves

Moving House

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:00:32 -0600

Editrix Kim will be taking her future LITG postings to the new and improved Lostinthegrooves.com, currently featuring great lost albums and a couple dozen ace obscure music bloggers. Users of feed...

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First Nick Sylvester, then this

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:35:21 -0500

Tis the season for petitions. Chuck Eddy was let go from his music editor position at the Village Voice yesterday. Sign here to urge the new owners to reconsider. *** To Michael Lacey and Andy Van...

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Zines for Amoeba Petition Success!

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:20:49 -0500

Just one week after the editors of The Big Takeover, Dumb Angel Gazette, Roctober, Scram and Ugly Things posted an open letter to Amoeba Music seeking to get the store to carry indie zines, and after...

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McDonald's History Tour, April 22 in SoCal

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:20:41 -0500

Scramsters are invited to join our pal Chris Nichols as he leads a groovy tour into the secret recesses of fast food history. It's the: McDonald's History Tour Saturday, April 22 Join McHistorian...

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Amoeba Needs Zines!

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:54:33 -0500

Dear friends, In tandem with my fellow editors of The Big Takeover, Dumb Angel Gazette, Roctober and Ugly Things, I've launched a petition campaign asking Amoeba Music to begin carrying zines in...

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The Cool Die in Sets of Three

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:22:02 -0500

You can stop holding your breath now: Buck Owens Nikki Sudden Gene Pitney

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Phil Ochs Tribute, Sunday night in Brooklyn

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:33:25 -0500

Never mind the moribund Ochs tributes. Occasional Monk Mike Fornatale and pals send Phil's songs out into the ether in a spirit of glee: Come see us play! Raucous Phil Ochs tribute show! We will...

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Go See The Fleagles!! Free! Sunday in L.A.

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:53:12 -0600

The Fleagles will be celebrating the release of their new CD "Goodbye to Mars" this Sunday 4/2 at Mr. T's Bowl with a free show. The Fleagles will be playing two sets, and in between DJ Don Waller,...

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Sign Jeff Barry's Birthday Card

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:09:21 -0600

If you love those great girl group records, Andy Kim and the Archies, send a little birthday love out to the genius who made them swing when you sign songwriter/producer Jeff Barry's virtual b-day...

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Bubblegum Achievement Awards DVD Release

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:25:27 -0600

October was International Bubblegum Month, a celebration of the chewy chewy sound that stretched from Europe to Canada to Australia, with the grandest of happenings in Los Angeles: the 2nd Biannual...

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I used to have dreams like this...

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:43:27 -0600

...only they were always set in basements. A small town Ohio family record store, frozen in time since 1970, has finally been sold to the highest bidder. The contents will be on view and passed on...

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RIP Nikki Sudden

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:40:35 -0600

Terribly sad to learn pirate Nikki died over the weekend after a show in NYC. Scram never got a Nikki interview, though we tried. He liked blondes too much to talk to brownette me and Maggot, but we...

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EMP Pop Conference Takes On The Guilty Pleasure

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:46:29 -0600

I like to think that our anthology Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth had a little something to do with giving a bunch of academics and rock critics the nerve to spend a long weekend wallowing in the...

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Federal Duck S/T CD (Radioactive)

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:58:46 -0600

When I get my time machine working, maybe the eighteenth or nineteenth thing I’m gonna do is port back to the studio where the Federal Duck were making their (I assume—it’s on Radioactive, so notes...

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Dream Lake Ukelele Band on Lost in the Grooves

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:08:42 -0600

Dream Lake Ukulele Band is a Lost in the Grooves exclusive. Click to sample the music or purchase. Dream Lake Ukulele Band Dream Lake Ukulele Band (Crest, 1976) What do you get when you cross...

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The Chamber Strings on Lost in the Grooves

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:50:40 -0600

The newest addition to the Lost in the Grooves fold is The Chamber Strings, a Chicago band of the mid-'90s whose soaring orchestral pop art is like the interesection of Bacharach and Tonight's The...

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John Trubee's Prank Calls CDs, exclusively on Lost in the Grooves

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:26:50 -0600

The latest addition to the LITG music store are four of John Trubee's legendary Prank Call CDs, available for sample or download: Greatest Prank Phone Calls Of All Time Vol. 1 Greatest Prank Phone...

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LITG Seeks Bloggers Of Underappreciated Sound

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:20:29 -0600

Do you have a blog or website that celebrates great neglected music/culture of the sort we honored in the Lost in the Grooves anthology? Are you interested in reaching a wider audience for your...

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Introducing The Lost in the Grooves Record Store

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:21:28 -0600

I am pleased to announce that after some digital hiccups that derailed the first attempt at a Lost in the Grooves music store, we've been taken under the wing of the Maryatt Music Group, and are back...

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Eefing on the air

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:06:26 -0600

Inspired by Deke Dickerson's article on eefing in the latest Scram, the always intriguing Jennifer Sharpe turned in a neat little exploration of that weirdly American rhythmic wheeze on NPR's Day To...

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cult of the week - P'o

noreply@blogger.com (Erik - cult with no name) — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 02:54:22 -0600

artist: P'o title: Whilst climbing thieves vie for attention year: 1983 label: Court Records personnel: Peter Price (drums, keyboards), A.C. Marias (electric bass guitar, voice), David Tidball...

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To do: call Abram the Safety Ape, gross him out

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:50:08 -0600

G O R Y D E T A I L S A U D I O P R O J E C T W A N TS T O S H A R E Y O U R P A I N Have a good story about a time you sent yourself to the emergency room, set your hair...

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Phil Ochs' early albums

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:55:47 -0600

Phil Ochs All The News That’s Fit To Sing CD (Collectors Choice)… The title of his debut record for Elektra and the cover photo paint Ochs as a topical folksinger and songwriter, a somewhat academic...

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cult of the week - Delta 5

noreply@blogger.com (Erik - cult with no name) — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:52:16 -0600

artist: Delta 5 title: See the Whirl year: 1981 label: Charisma personnel: Alan (guitars, vocals, marimba), Ros (bass, vocals), Bethan (bass, vocals), Julz (guitar, vocals), Kelv (drums, percussion,...

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noreply@blogger.com (Hayden Childs) — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:48:13 -0600

YouTube goodness for Lost In The Grooves fans: The Osmonds doing "Crazy Horses". DAMN!

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