tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87375444128499929062024-02-07T17:19:03.625-08:00Go-Go's - Marks In TimeChris Clashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447021458846711533noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737544412849992906.post-10921259035509027442014-05-23T02:07:00.002-07:002014-05-23T02:07:58.866-07:00Jane "Drano" Wiedlin chats with MIT (1992)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent">The following excerpts are from a brief exchange w/Jane Wiedlin that
was originally published in the hard copy edition of Marks in Time zine
circa 1992. Interview conducted by MIT coeditor E<span class="text_exposed_show">den Felt (aka, John Dillani) at the time and provided to our online readers now for the first time:<br /> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />
Jane Wiedlin: "In 1977 when I first started liking punk, a friend and I
were discussing what punk names we could use if we ever started a band.
He chose Donny No Doze and I decided on Jane Drano....Living in the
Canterbury was exactly how the lyrics of Luxury Living described it -
Margo, Belinda and I all lived there in different apartments....We liked
the Slits but not that much because we thought they were scary. Early
LA bands I especially liked included: The Weirdos, X, Levi & the
Rockats and Wall of Voodoo." <br /> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br />
As an aside, MIT would like to give an additional shout out to Ms.
Wiedlin for not only assisting us at the time of our original
publishing, but most of all for providing our zine with almost all of
the band's earliest punk lyrics that until then had never before been
published. Before this point (pre-internet days!) we'd only managed to
find lyrics for Blades, Screaming and a few other tracks so it was it
was a great asset to have her assistance in the project. Thanks again
for your contributions Jane!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="null">A minute-twenty-seven of musical bliss, a post-pubescent piece of pop-punk perfection. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="null"><br />
Don't Hang Up, penned in 1978 by Jane Drano, Margo Go and Belinda, is
characteristic of the band's early aptitude for composing lyrics
reflective of ill-fated teenage romance and post-adolescent angst.
Musically the girls keep it simple here - virtually all rhythm, no
melody - but with percussion this formidable, melodicism hardly seems
necessary (no guitar solos, no problem!). The track's arrangement has
been </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="null"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="null">significantly </span></span>altered since it's original hardcore interpretation*,
now equal parts pop and punk, maximized distortion on the guitars are
now replaced by cleaner chords a la The Undertones, the drum patterns
are far tighter, the arrangement more nuanced. Equally noteworthy,
Belinda and Jane have begun utilizing their distinctive vocal interplay
on the chorus, an attribute which would also feature prominently in much of the band's later material.</span></span><br />
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Although the lyrics could hardly
be described as Dylan-esque or </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="null"><span class="null">in-depth</span>, the song's outro ends on a
triumphant note, clearly these girls are not the emotionally-tortured
girl-group victims of the 1950's/60's.</span></span><br />
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<i>"Go on hang up/</i></span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="null">Now that you've listened/</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="null">And I've explained the way that I feel/</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="null">You reached the end of the line." </span></span></i><br />
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**** 1/2</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="null">~Eden Felt</span><i><span class="null"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Go-Go's - Don't Hang Up (live 1979)</span></div>
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<span data-measureme="1"><span class="null"><i>(Wiedlin / Olavarria / Carlisle)</i> (1978)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's not so bad that I can't see you</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">To say what I've been thinking about<br />
You're still the toughest boy around<br />
What you've been up to has made me doubt<br />
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<b>Don't hang up<br />
Just listen<br />
Got to explain the way that I feel<br />
Stay on your end of the line</b><br />
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The telephone's the cowards way<br />
But please listen anyway<br />
I can't be with you anymore<br />
So don't come knockin' at my door<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Don't hang up<br />
Just listen<br />
Got to explain the way that I feel<br />
Stay on your end of the line<br />
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
No, I won't come running back<br />
No, I'll never change my mind<br />
All along I've been a fool<br />
I've gotten smarter<br />
I know your kind<br />
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<b>Don't hang up<br />
Just listen<br />
Got to explain the way that I feel<br />
Stay on your end of the line<br />
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Go on hang up<br />
Now that you've listened<br />
And I've explained the way that I feel<br />
You reached the end of the line</b></span></span></div>
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<br />Chris Clashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447021458846711533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737544412849992906.post-52369779616380942872014-04-20T07:08:00.001-07:002014-04-20T07:08:17.616-07:00Coming soon !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Chris Clashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447021458846711533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737544412849992906.post-82820256287905741842014-03-26T04:22:00.000-07:002014-03-26T05:28:51.438-07:00The Go-Go's by Louis Jacinto (Starwood, 1979)<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://onodream.com/home.html">Louis Jacinto</a> began photographing in Los Angeles in 1975 and is noted
for his iconic images of the Punk Rock music scene in Los Angeles from
the late 1970’s. While several books from that seminal period in
American music have since appeared, Jacinto’s images captured highly
influential, yet overlooked musicians including Nervous Gender, The
Know, The Go-Go’s with original member Margot Olivera, and The Bags,
among others.</div>
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Both Jacinto and the East Los Angeles art
collective, ASCO crossed artistic paths throughout the 1970’s and 80’s,
most notably in Jacinto’s series of photographs documenting an art
exhibit and Punk Rock music show, “GRONKPATSSIPARTY”, curated by ASCO
artists Patssi Valdez and Gronk on October 31, 1978. Three images from
that limited edition series are featured in the ASCO Retrospective which
opened in 2011 as part of the regional Pacific Standard Time: Art In
Los Angeles 1945 – 1980. In 2014 an exhibition of photographs by
Jacinto of “GRONK/HERRON: ILLEGAL LANDSCAPES” is planned. These rare
photographs from 1980 capture the artwork by ASCO co-founders Gronk and
Willie Herron III at the Exploratorium Gallery on the campus of
California State University Los Angeles. Of historic note is a
performance by Herron’s punk band Los Illegals with the original
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In 1981 and 1982 Jacinto was the official photographer
for the Sunset Junction Street Fair in Los Angeles. His images captured a
neighborhood coming together – gang involved youth and the gay and
lesbian community – and working side by side for the betterment of all
Los Angeles.</div>
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In 1988 Jacinto began a series of photographs of the
word “Los Angeles” as it appears in the environment. One image from
this series was given an award at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
in 1989. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s Jacinto participated in
the art collective LA ART.</div>
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Since 2006 Jacinto has published
several books of his photographs including PUNKROCK LOSANGELES, Edge of
the World: Self-Portraits 1976 – 2007, GRONKPATSSIPARTY, The Bags, Hope
Fading, The Beatles In Los Angeles, The Umbrellas Project, Patti Smith
‘78 and Angela - a series of photographs taken of Angela Davis in 1978.</div>
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1980 Jacinto has exhibited throughout the greater Los Angeles area as
well as at the American University Museum, Washington, D.C.; El Museo de
las Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico; Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery;
Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, California; Los Angeles County
Museum of Art; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown,
Massachusetts; Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, California;
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City.</div>
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In 2011
Jacinto launched onodream MAGAZINE. Each issue features one artist
speaking in depth about their work. onodream MAGAZINE. One Artist. One
Conversation.</div>
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Jacinto continues to exhibit both his historic images as well as his current work.</div>
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<b><u>MIT</u> :</b> <b><span data-measureme="1"><span class="null">Louis, please give us some background on these photos you took.</span></span></b><br />
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<span data-measureme="1"><span class="null"><u>Louis</u> : <i>The GoGos were playing at
the Starwood and I don't remember if other bands were playing, I'm sure
they were. Possibly The Know, the band that Gary Valentine started after
he was kicked out of Blondie. I just walked backstage, and they were
hanging out before they went on. Belinda did not want to have her pix
taken as she was not ready yet, so she covered her face with the paper
and her name on it. They were lot's of fun and very open to have me back
there taking their pix.</i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Go-Go's
were formed by Margot around Halloween, 1977, but their debut was at The
Dickie's going-away party last May. They played 3 songs, 2 of which were the
same song. Since then, Charlotte has joined, and they've gotten to be one of
the best bands in Hollywood. The line-up is-Belinda, vocals, Margot; bass, and
Charlotte and Jane, guitar and rhythm-guitar.They all sing back-ups,too.
Elissa, the Go-Go's beat-girl, wasn't present for the interview……….</span></i>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Margot</b></u>: Put Tuinals
in their beer! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Charlotte</b></u>: I don't
have to pick up men, they pick me up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Belinda</b></u>: Pull my
pants down,and spread big beavers! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: I show them my
new underwear - that's always good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>:What do your
parents think of the band? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Char</b></u>: My mom wants
us to play Eugene, Oregon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: My parents
like us.They always come and see us-they especially like like us now that we
know how to play. because at first, all we did was make noise. They still hold
their ears, though, we're too loud for them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: My parents
think it's good I found something I like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: What kind of
jobs do you have, outside the band?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: I do telephone
sales. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: She's got a
good job, she can have green hair at it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel</b></u>: I do paste-ups
at TEEN magazine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: REALLY!? Then
do you know all the latest dirt on John Travolta and Leif Garrett and stuff? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: I think when
she's working, she should just slip some stuff in about the Go-Go's. I bet you
could get away with it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Yeah, "
... wined and dined with the Go-go's at Cyrano'ss."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: Try TOP
TACO! <i>(laughter) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Do you get lots
of boy-groupies? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><i>(unanimous wail)</i>
NNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b><u>Jane</u></b>: Some nights, Iotsa people come up to me and tell me they loved it, and some nights, nothing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: What was high
school like? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel</b></u>: Oooh, it was
crazy! I was a cheerleader in high school. and</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"> senior princess... </span>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: NO! YOU'RE
KIDDING!! OH,MY GOD!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel</b></u>: But I didn't
keep any of my year-books. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: But she's got
all these great uniforms at home, with a letter on the chest and "Belinda"
across the front. I think she ought to wear them on stage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: What about
you, Margot? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: Oh. I went to
Catholic schools all my life...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Char</b></u>: Well, that
explains everything,then. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Reallv. everyone
that I've known that went to Catholic school has been a total loony. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Char</b></u>: HEY! I went to
Catholic school, ya know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Are you
implying that you're not a lunatic?<i> (laughter) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: I was a total
glitter-rocker in high school - everybody hated me. I always used to get real
drunk and take drugs during school. And I was always trying to kill myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Belinda, you
went to school with Lorna Doom, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel</b></u>: Yeah,she
changed my life! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: I remember what
you looked like when I first met you - frizzy hair, little quiana pant-suits...
and you used to go to the Rainbow every night! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel</b></u>: NNNOOO!!!
GOD, don't print that - DON'T print ANYTHING about the Rainbow! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: Yes, print it!
We used to go to the Rainbow every night after Rodney's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: My mother
wouldn't allow me to go to Rodney's. I had to stuff my bed to get out at night!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: I told my
mother that I was going to a movie and then sleeping over at a girlfriend's
house. My parents thought I saw every movie about a million times!! "Ma,
I'm going to see 'Tommy' for the 14th time"...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Did you ever
read STAR MAGAZINE?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: MMMM-HMMM! It
was GREAT! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: They had movie
reviews, and they told the whole plot, so you could go to a movie with a guy, and make out the whole time, and then you'd know the whole plot,in case your
mother got suspicious and asked what it was about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: God, that
magazine was out to DESTROY American youth. All the stories on groupies, and
the make-up hints on how to look slutty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel</b></u>: YUCK---- I just
thought that I have laundry to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: Living at home
has it's advantages---my mother does all my laundry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Did you all used
to live at the Canterbury? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: Except Elissa
and Charlotte. Belinda was in 414, Jane was in 205, and I was in 301. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: That's like...
such a piece of history. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: Yeah, it was
such an important part of The Go-Go's. At first, it was really fun, but towards
the end, it got real weird and scary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: The last
manager they had, he pulled a gun on me. And he was always drunk. The one before
that was in a crime-ring, he had people stealing from the tenants. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: And there were
ghosts there. My apartment was definitely haunted... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Have any of you
ever had your palms read? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel </b></u>: Yeah, they
always say I'm going to have two kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: I was fascinated
by witchcraft when I lived in London. My neighborhood had all these cats
missing, like someone was stealing cats for sacrifices and rites. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel</b></u>: I was reading
the Satanic bible - it was really, really sick. Interesting though.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Who do you want
to play with the most? <i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><i>(All, wistfully)</i>: THE CLASH! THE BUZZCOCKS! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel</b></u>: Hey, lookit my
straw, it's got this slobber hanging off it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Char</b></u>: Oh, God. Out
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Who are your
favorite bands? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: I love the
Buzzcocks.... I LOVE Rockabilly... Gene Vlncent-Oo'Ol+! And I like X, and
Levi & The Rockats. Oh, yeah, and I love the Beatles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Char</b></u>: I love the
Beatles. My record collection is mostly old stuff, I love that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: Me and Belinda
have the same taste - we like reggae and the Clash. And the Deadbeats. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: What kind of
movies do you like? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: B-MOVIES!!!
Tacky science fiction movies. Horror movies!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel</b></u>: Mexican horror
movies. The really shitty, dubbed ones... and anything with... <i>(whispering
reverently) </i>ROBERT DENIRO! I LOVE ROBERT DENIRO! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: I like
teen-films. And foreign 60's movies, with the tinny soundtracks. Gosh, I'm
tired... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Char</b></u>: Yes, Margot's
had a very exciting weekend. Why don't you tell them about Jail? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: No, it was
boring. it was jail as usual. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: C'mon, c'mon,
we heard all about the hookers at first</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"> saying, "Don't
cry baby, don't cry, it's alright". Then 45 minutes later....</span>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Mar</b></u>: They were
screaming "Why dontcha shut up</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"> already ??!??"<i>
(laughter)</i> I had to go to the bathroom, and this little deputy in a min-skirt
came and took me, and I took a real long time to piss her off. Yuck, they
searched me with rubber gloves, it was disgusting! </span>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: What was the
most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel</b></u>: This was like
in the 6th grade. There was this guy I really liked, I had the biggest crush on
him, and he lived right down the street .I was walking to school, and him and
his friend were walking right behind me. Uh..... My laundry was all dirty, and
so I had to wear a pair of my mother's underwear, and they were too
big.<i> (giggles) </i>SO,my panties were falling down, and I didn't want to tug them up, because I didn't want to seem stupid or anything.... so I kept walking, and
pretty soon the underwear was down around my KNEES!<i> (shrieks of laughter)</i> I
kept on walking, and they saw it, and were laughing at me - GOD, I was crying!
I'll never forget that, lemme tell ya! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: I can't
remember .... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Bel</b></u>: Cutting farts
at Girlscout camp.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Leonard </b></u>: When
Charlotte's dad caught me eating out her mom! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Char</b></u>: When I had my
first physical, they didn't tell me to put the little robe on, and I was stark
naked... it didn't matter, the doctor was a homo anyway, I found out. Wanna
know the Go-Go's secret? Who we're all in love with? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: I'm scared ....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Wasn't he on
H.R. Puff'n'stuff? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: NO! That was
Jack Wild! Leonard, why don't you say what you always say to Charlotte, and she
tells us, and we get excited...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Leonard</b></u>: Well, you
see, I would like to see The Go-Go's join together under one common cause, to
bring them closer, and to raise the morale of the band. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Char</b></u>: Yeah, it's
called group sex. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Well, I guess
it's time for you to say your parting words...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Jane</b></u>: GOODBYE!!
Everyone send me sexy underwear! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Lob</b></u>: Send Belinda
your mother's underwear! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;"><u><b>Belinda</b></u>: Hi, Robert
Deniro! </span></div>
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at the Whisky on Mother's Day!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;">Rick Wilder was the
singer with The Mau-Mau's and the term "UGLY" does not do him
justice.I saw him in LA in 2000 and his condition has not improved in the last
25 years. I sure hope Charlotte was joking but then she had a fling with
Leonard of the Dickies and he ain't no Tyrone Power either. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt;">Re: Margot's jail
time: In the gossip section of this "Lobotomy",there is a report of
her being jailed for drunk and disorderly along with Dennis Crosby (Bing's
grandson) and Brian Tristantjater known as Kid Congo of The Cramps and Gun
Club). While there they ran into fellow jailbird, Pat Smear. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm being artistic<br />
I'm drawing lines<br />
My body is my canvas<br />
I'm making marks in time</span></div>
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Feel the cold edge<br />
Feel nothing inside<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And watch it slide</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Uh-oh, here I go<br />
Playing with blades<br />
Again and again<br />
Uh-oh, here I go<br />
Playing with blades<br />
Again and again and again and again<br />
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No one seems to notice<br />
I don't seem to care<br />
It's my decision, my own life<br />
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It's not a question of sanity<br />
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No desire to analyse<br />
Fascination with red</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Uh-oh, here I go<br />
Playing with blades<br />
Again and again<br />
Uh-oh, here I go<br />
Playing with blades<br />
Again and again and again<br />
and again and again and again</b></span></div>
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01. Beatnik Beach</div>
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02. How Much More</div>
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03. Blades</div>
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04. Lust To Love</div>
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05. Automatic</div>
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06. He's So Strange</div>
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07. Cool Jerk</div>
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08. Skidmarks On my Heart</div>
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09. We Got The Beat</div>
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10. London Boys</div>
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11. Johnny, Are You Queer ?</div>
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12. (Remember) Walking In The Sand</div>
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Chris Clashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447021458846711533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737544412849992906.post-73139889409987360332013-10-27T02:52:00.000-07:002013-11-04T10:14:39.481-08:00Punk Rock Redemption: Regi Mentle Rides Again, The Marks in Time interview<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Regi Mentle was an
active participant in the LA/SF punk scene from 1976-1981. Recently released
from the California penal system after serving a 32 year sentence for 2<sup>nd</sup>
degree murder, he's an artist, activist, agitator, poet and songwriter. The
following interview was conducted by his longtime friend and collaborator Eden
Felt on October 20, 2013 in San Francisco. </span></i><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>Eden Felt</b>: Regi Mentle! As
this is your very first interview since gaining freedom I want to start off
with an unofficial public welcoming of sorts – everyone obviously missed you
tons and are thrilled to have you back. Can you possibly describe for us your
feelings on the day you were released?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>Regi Mentle</b>: Well I thought
it would never happen but it DID happen....in one word, unbelievable. All the
way, while I was walking out the front gates (of the prison) when I was leaving
the facility I was thinking “This isn't really happening”..but when I walked
outside the front gate I remember kicking the dust off my boots, you know what
I mean..to leave that shit behind..and I'm like 'God, am I really getting out
after all this fuckin' time??' I finally have my life back!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Absolutely..Let's start
off by talking about your introduction to punk rock a bit. Obviously 1976 was a
long time ago and the world has changed immeasurably since then. At the time
you were a teen living in San Bruno, right? </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Correct. I grew up in
San Bruno and was lucky enough to be close enough to San Francisco when I was
growing up to be able to get into the city. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Was there BART back
then or how'd you manage that?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: By bus and BART. There
was BART but a more limited version, it didn't go to San Bruno..the last stop
was Daly City. So we'd take BART to Daly City and then hop the bus to San Bruno
to return. But about to my introduction to punk, it happened on the streets of
San Francisco. The first punk rocker I ever met was Johnny Genocide, and I can
never forget 'til this day because I thought, if I looked like him, nobody
would fuck with me, you know what I mean?? Cause being pretty young I still had
the impression there were parts of the city you should be afraid of and all
that...</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: So Mr. Genocide was
looking stylish...</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: REALLY stylish..the way
he was dressed. He had on a pair kung fu shoes held together with fuckin' duct
tape wrapped around them..wearing spikes and shit..</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>:
Decked out..<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: He was decked the fuck
out...and basically we just bumped into each other and I started talking to him
and we hit it off...and since day one, he was an incredible guy.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: I
remember when we first started corresponding back in the late 80's, you
mentioned his name and it registered cause I'd read about No Alternative years
before in Flipside but perhaps cause I grew up on the east coast I'd never got
the chance to really hear them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Well what do you think
now?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Well you know, soon
after we started communicating, they became one of my top 10 bands, and still
are actually...so I give you credit for that one!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Yup!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: So I guess you knew him
during the KGB-era of No Alternative...before they changed their name right?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Yeah, as I recall I met
him before he got the band together..I remember one night specifically when I
was going to the Mab [Mabhuay Gardens on Broadway, SF], I was just getting
there and he was leaving and we crossed paths at the tunnel and he had a KGB
badge on and I said “What's that?” and that's when he first told me about his
band...</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Cool. Do you you
remember the very first punk show you went to?? </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: The first show I went
to in '77 was when the Germs played at the Whisky, what later became known as
the “Germicide” show, their first gig ever...and I didn't have any money to get
in! So I hung out front of the club and listened to the show and that's where I
first met Hellen Killer who gave me my “Germs burn” that night..</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Your initiation into
the cult...</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Yeah! And there were
these Valley kids who came in – who I guess heard about punk rock somehow –
there was this one who dressed in a trash bag leaning against a pole facing the
traffic and there were these kids who had like, aluminum foil on their glasses
which struck me as kinda dorky at the time..but the first gig I got to go
inside and actually visually witness was the Screamers.</span><br />
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<i>(<span class="null">Regi Mentle at Germs show, photo by Jenny Lens) </span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: It's interesting how
that first Germs gig became legendary, especially when ROIR released it on
cassette a few years later..I remember it actually gave me a lot of
encouragement early on learning guitar just hearing where they started from,
from scratch basically.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: I know, I like that
album a lot, the part when<b> </b>Darby's going “Whhaaaaat??” - I wanna use
that as my ring tone! [laughter] “Whhhhaaat??”</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: So previous to meeting
Mr. Genocide you hadn't heard punk music yet, right?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Not much, I'd only
heard the Ramones. “Beat on the Brat” on the radio like once before I met him,
but it made a lasting impression...besides Genocide, one of the other first
punks I met in SF was Dee Detroit..</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>:..of UXA</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Right, UXA was a San
Francisco band in the beginning..she, me and Timmy use to hang out in SF before
they moved to Hollywood..and they use to practice at me and what's-her-name's
place when I was living in Hollywood..I use to constantly go back and forth
from SF to LA...another early friend in SF – my best friend at the time - was
Susie Creamcheese</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: I remember you telling
me about her..great name!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Ya, and I wonder if
anyone out there knows what happened to her. She and I use to steal plum nail
polish from the Walgreens on Polk Street and paint our fingernails black...I
remember she was going steady with Johnny from the Silvertones at the time...</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Let's get back to the
issue of punk as not just a music genre but as a movement. Looking back, what
effect did it have on your life?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: When I first got into
it and then going to Hollywood and getting even deeper into it, I came back
that summer with the Germs single and the Randoms and X and all these singles,
I was like, “This is what's gonna fuckin' change the world” and I'd play the
singles for everyone basically thinking, “Fuckin' finally, something's really
gonna break through<b> </b>in this world right?” And then over time...I guess a
lot of us got too involved in drugs and stuff. It came to a point where I got
sick of everybody just talking shit about the change they wanna do but not
doing anything about it..they're just fuckin' doing drugs. So by the time Darby
died, I was already getting disillusioned pretty much anyway but at the same
time, it's been so much a part of me that I can't let it go, you know what I
mean?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Definitely</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Years later after being
in prison a while I'd meet these young guys in there that were quote/unquote
punk rockers, and they'd make me sick, they were completely clueless to what it
originally was about from the beginning – no matter how much I tried to explain
it to them...I remember living in Hollywood when finally the media started
really noticing the scene and began putting out these really sensationalized<b>
</b>stories about slam dancing and shit...around '79 I think, and all these
fuckin' jockos from the Valley and the beaches came into and started ruining
the scene. It was mock violence amongst us at best, but it was reported [by the
media] as legitimate violence which I think fueled a lot of the later problems...the
unity had dissolved which had been so important to me because I really believed
in it as a movement..</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: You recognized it's
revolutionary potential..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Definitely. While
growing up, I was probably about 11 or 12, this being the 1970s, an early heroine
of mine was Angela Davis I remember and for a brief stint I even volunteered
for Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers of America union, joining their picket
lines against people buying grapes at Safeway and that was just the way I grew
up...so all stuff that fuckin' scared society because it was about being
truthful, that's what I lived for.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Fast forward to 2013.
Tell us what your impressions of the Punk Rock Homecoming weekend in SF last
month, your essentially just getting released from prison after 32 years and
walking into an event like that with so many awesome old school California punk
bands and friends...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: It was the best
weekend, it was fucking incredible...every weekend should be like that
one..actually I think I'd be ok with it every day [laughter]..seeing all my old
friends and shit, it was like being in punk rock heaven...that's my family..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: So that sense of
community wasn't lost...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Not at all. One intense
part of the show for me - after being in prison so long – was when this one
guy, the singer</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">of the Job
[Marc Olmsted], well his music actually made me cry. He was sitting down with
his keyboard and did this type of spiritual love song and I felt this heavy
connection of kinda releasing all the inner-fuckin' things that I had to bury
in my heart for years to survive being in prison...being in there, there's so
much that you can't fuckin' share with people..you gotta put up a wall and you
feel alone and it constantly stresses you out, you have to be “on point” all
the time for violence and shit...so up until the day I left I was on point, so
you're fuckin' stressed inside holding it all it all it all in...and finally
when I got out, I did feel better, but at Homecoming weekend [those feelings]
just went BOOM..they exploded. </span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: What about some other
bands that weekend, what were some other faves?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Fuck, I saw this new
band, well they were new to me, Thrill of the Pull..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Yeah I think they
formed in '85 or '86..maybe the “newest” band that performed that weekend! I
read they were influenced a lot by the Chameleons, which makes sense..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: And that's another band
I don't know...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Post-punk Brit band
that formed around '81 I think, one of the finest.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: It was also fucking
awesome to see Nervous Gender again</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Yes!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: ..and I really liked
Silke Berlinn and umm, Frightwig, they were fucking incredible...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: For me it was
interesting cause I hadn't seen Frightwig play live since 1990 – I think I last
saw them at the Stone when they were a three-piece and L7 opened. So it was a
big surprise for me cause watching their show I thought, “Sheesh, this band
actually got BETTER.” Unexpected.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: What about when Johnny
[Genocide] fronting for the Offs?? That was fuckin' GREAT! </span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: That was too
good..sensational saxophone work especially...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>:..and seeing Jack
Grisham was a lot of fun, I took a good picture of him..also [earlier that
weekend at the Kitty Litter Benefit] I got the whole Blowdryers fuckin' show
filmed on my phone..plus I was so happy to see The Blowdryers perform the song
that Jennifer and I co-wrote too but I was bummed out that I had to leave early
and couldn't watch No Alternative..really sucked, but I'm sure they'll be doing
more shows..</span><br />
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<i><span class="null">(From l to r) John E. Valium and Regi Mentle, New Years Eve '77/'78</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Ok Regi, as this is for
Marks in Time, we've got ask some punk-related Go Go's questions...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Yay Marks in Time..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: You remember seeing the
Go Go's in their earliest incarnation. Where was their first show you recall
seeing – was it in LA or SF?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: First time I remember
seeing them was at the Masque cause I was crashing there with Donny Rose - who
later played bass in Death Patrol - me, Donny and Rover were actually living
there at the time..this was the early, early days. We'd go out during the day
and chase down the Hari Krishnas on Hollywood Blvd [laughs]..it was fuckin' fun.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: And how about the
Scientologists, I remember their big Dianetics headquarters was right on
Hollywood Blvd too..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Ya, I remember sitting
down for a recruitment interview with them once which of course just went
smashing..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: ..mid-way through the
interview they're probably freaked that you were one of those types who'd wanna
take over and start your own cult</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: That's right..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: So you were living at
the Masque...sleeping in their luxurious basement accommodation, and of course
a lot of different bands practiced there at the time.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Right, they had all
these individual practice rooms there so I got to know all these fuckin' bands,
a lot of them nobody's ever heard of almost like the Snotpuppies who I became
best friends with their drummer...that was what was so cool about it because
all your friends were in a band and there wasn't any rock star shit at
all..everyone I knew was a band..why didn't I get into a band?!! [laughs]</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Well that's a
interesting question, maybe we'll come to that one later...so that's where you
became<b> </b>aware of the Go Go's because they had a practice space there with
X.....and you became good friends with<b> </b>Exene and John Doe of course
too..so what were your first impressions of them?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: They were the coolest
people in general, we hung out a lot. I remember me and Johnny Valium going
over to Exene and John's place and smoking angel dust – for no particular
reason that non-event sticks out in my mind including me starring at Exene's
tattoo on her wrist with the letters inscribed “Temptation.”</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Ok, and your impressions of the early Go Go's, what'd you think of them, did you see them
live first or was it just through their rehearsals at the Masque?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Actually, the main
problem I always had with that band, was that they're too dirty for me and
they're sluts...[laughter] Seriously, I met them before I ever saw them play,
and the one I became friends with was Margo..but they were all cool people.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: What are your
recollections of Margo?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Margo was awesome man,
I still love her...the her that I remember at least! I mean I haven't seen her
since 1980 but I doubt she's changed THAT much. If you're that incredible as a
person then you probably still are now...I remember me, her and Johnny Valium
use to hang out a lot.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Have you had a chance
to check out her later band Brian Brain yet?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Well when I was in
prison I use to go through Goldmine magazine and I actually sent away for the
Brian Brain album but it's in storage right now and I STILL haven't gotten to
listen to it yet.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Martin Atkins (ex
drummer of PIL) was actually in the band too along with Geoff Smyth and they
did a national tour I recall and had a few different releases. </span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: What she doing now,
anybody know?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: I think Elissa's still
in touch with her, you could ask her...So returning to the Go Go's, what were
your impressions of them sonically?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: They were fukin' punk
rock, they were raw..and the thing was, back then I loved bands who had their
own original sound, their own style. What turned me off to punk rock in prison
to a degree was how many bands tried to sound like Bad Religion or whatever. </span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Fat Wreckords bands,
Epitaph bands..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Right, and that's not
what it's about but the Go Go's had their own sound and they fuckin' knew how
to write songs..at first some people said they couldn't play well, well so
what, the Germs couldn't either.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Totally...what early
songs of theirs do remember that you most liked..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: I liked Fashion Seekers
a lot, Blades, B-Movie..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Screaming was another
fave of yours right...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Yup, and that song they
were doing in that Bugle Boy commercial, that's my all-time favorite
[laughter]..just joking!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: You had me for a second
there!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: I loved their early
version of Walking in the Sand..which incidentally was always one of my
favorite songs when I was a little kid</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Not many people know
this but the band recorded that track in the studio actually, I think it was
either in late '78 or early '79. </span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Wow</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Elissa Bello [original
Go Go's drummer] mentioned it to me that the band recorded it in the same
studio, using the same sound equipment the Doors had used..which I'm guessing
was about one decade prior.<b> </b>And it was that recording that initially
exposed me to the band. When I was 12 or 13 and I use to record these late
night underground radio shows on WMNF in Tampa – and someway – I don't know how
– the DJ had a copy of that studio version of Walking in the Sand and he played
it. The only bummer is that years later I had a briefcase stolen which
contained a lot of my punk cassette compilations including that track.
Recently, I was checking around to see if anyone else had that song but came up
empty. Elissa even messaged the Go Go's original manager Kittra for me who'd
stated that the master copy of those sessions had been destroyed – with no
explanation given. Anyway, maybe there's a copy floating around somewhere...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Someone's gotta have
it..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Let's hope! So anyway,
back to their early music, it was always feel and imagination over wild
technique..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Right, and that's what
punk's about. Another song I liked a lot by them in the early days was
Skidmarks on My Heart...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Margo's bass-lines on
the original version were great. Another early track by the band which to me
sounded so much better in original form was “This Town” - in the early version,
Belinda's vocal inflections convey irony and breed tension, which build until
her final closing snarl at song's end..</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: That's cool as shit..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: You gotta hear it..it's
too good. And again, Margo's walking bass-lines really added a whole other
dimension to the original arrangement..it just sounds fuller, more complete.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: And that was one if
their songs that I liked the most too because it really reflected the Hollywood
scene..it wasn't all glittery at all, there was a dark side to it..walking not
just down the boulevards but through the back alleys</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Lurking in the
shadows... </span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: There's a few Go Go's
songs I actually wouldn't mind covering..Did you ever see any photos of Belinda
in her day-glo phase?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Yeah a bit..and what do
you attribute that influence to?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: I always thought it
came from X-Ray Spex actually..Ohh, I gotta tell ya about this dream I had the
other night! It was about X-Ray Spex and it was fuckin' incredible. For
whatever reason Poly Styrine was actually rising above the stage - she was
sitting on an armature in the air, radiating in day-glo colors..it fuckin'
crazy!...Anyway, back to Belinda, Darby use to call her the day-glo blimp, that
was his nickname for her. My friend Tony Alva [early skateboard punk] went
through a day-glo phase too I remember...[10 minute interview break taken]</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Ok, we're back..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Alright, again about
the Go Go's, there was a point where they moved to an apartment house on..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: The Canterbury?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Nope after the
Canterbury, they moved to a place on Sunset Blvd..and me and Johnny Valium
lived around the corner..just can't recall the name of the complex
[Disgraceland?]</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: The whole band lived
there?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: I think most of
them..and at that point I started getting the feeling that they were giving<b> </b>punks
the cold shoulder. In fact the last time I went to see them play, it was at the
California Hall on Polk St..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: In SF..we actually
featured the flyer for that show in our zine..I think the Alley Cats and The
Plugz played that night too</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: That's right!..So I
went backstage to say hi before the girls went on stage as we were all from<b> </b>the<b>
</b>same original scene. I recall the narrow backstage room was about 5 x 30
and they were all just standing there with their instruments. And I went up to
them and......they were basically fuckin' ignoring me!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Did they seem more
serious to you or what exactly was it?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Yeah, it seemed by that
time they'd decided that they wanted to become huge...but I didn't</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">understand what was going
on. I mean I was recognizable to them as we were from the same scene, they just
fuckin' ignored me! And I thought to myself, “Who the fuck do you think you
are, wtf's going on with you man, what have I done to you?” And from that point
on I started not even paying attention to them..and they did do some incredible
music even after that point but their gradual separation from the core unit of
the punks I just didn't understand at all at the time. </span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Yup. By that point
Elissa was out of the band...and maybe a year later, Margo was too.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: I don't even remember
Margo being back stage at that moment..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Maybe she stepped out
for a moment but she was still in the band. I recall Elissa discussing in an
interview how the Go Go's had gotten really serious..Clearly there were lofty
aspirations and ambitions to go way beyond the local LA-SF punk scene...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: To be rock stars</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: And you felt it at that
moment..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Exactly...Joan Jett was
never like that. She was always part of the scene..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Ok, tell us about Joan
Jett..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: We used to shoot heroin
at her place that was right by the Whisky, and somewhere, I forget who the
photographer was, but afterward we were at a Germs gig sipping cold beer, and
Joan had passed out as usual [laughing] and me and Johnny Valium drew a big
cardboard sign with an arrow that read “I'm having a very good time” and held
it over her head, as the guy snapped the picture...and I've been looking for
that shot ever since!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: I want that photo!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: There's another
snapshot of me pulling Dee Detroit's dress up while she was wearing a blindfold
onstage...someone's gotta have it</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Well if anyone still
owns that snapshot, do get in touch! Btw, back to Joan Jett, she's just put a
new album out..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: I wanna hear it..I
still haven't heard the album she did with the Gits either..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Evil Stig, that one's a
classic..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Do you have that</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Why certainly, remind
me to get it to you...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Some people may not be
aware that you're actually a great songwriter and brilliant lyricist
yourself..in fact recently a 7” EP was released of material you co-wrote,
right? </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Well I wrote the lyrics
before I got out of prison and the band wrote the music and I have to say they
did an incredible job..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: And the name of the EP
and band is?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: “Regi Mentle Rides
Again” by The Rogue Nation</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Appropriate title!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Definitely [laughs]. .</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Where's the band based?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: They're way out in
Charlotte, North Carolina actually</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: And you connected with
them how?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Just pen paling..when I
was in prison I did a lot of that..so they recorded six of my songs and you can
order it by contacting </span><a href="mailto:foodfortunata@hotmail.com"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #0066cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">foodfortunata@hotmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">..like I said they did a really good
job dude, I listen to it all of the time cause I got it on CD now..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Well you've been
writing lyrics and poetry for ages and you're a pro by now. Good to see some
stuff get on record..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Well yeah I have..YOU
know that 'cause I've written a bunch of songs with you..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Yes sir. Ok, so let's
merge into that for a moment..there's a rumor that you'd written an unreleased
song in the late 80's entitled “Belinda's Bra”..How bout some background about
that one..</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Well it's a song about
stealing Belinda [Carlisle's] black leather bra from the Frederick's of
Hollywood Museum. But the quirky thing about it was that during the LA riots a
few years after we wrote the song, someone actually DID steal it as it turned
out...</span><br />
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<i><span class="null">Artwork/lyrics by Regi Mentle/Eden Felt. Image above's taken from Eden Felt's poetry booklet The Eyeing of my Scars (1995)</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: A small detail you
never mentioned to me 'til last month..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Some lame ass always
has to steal my ideas!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Yeah really, at least
wait til the song gets released right??</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Right!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: So explain the catalyst
of that song, where'd the idea come from?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: The catalyst for every
song I write is that a couple of lines will come into my head and I'll quickly
write them down..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: But how'd you know
about that bra being in that museum?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: I don't remember!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: I remember! You'd
originally seen it on tv, on Entertainment Tonight I think it was..all this
useless trivia from many years cluttered inside my head..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: That's right..and the
idea of her donating her leather bra just melded the song for me..I mean I
don't care if she has a bra in a museum, so what, who gives a fuck, but the
idea is, I gotta write a song about it...Belinda had a leather bra from back in
the day and they put it in a museum so now I steal and ''It fits me perfect,
hahaha”</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: I remember you saying
if we ever got a band together you wanted to snatch it and wear it onstage...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Right!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: But hey, you gotta give
me credit, I pitched in lines for it too now [laughs]</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: It was you and me both,
of course!</span><br />
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<i><span class="null">Regi with his cellie Buffalo (1993)</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Btw, I think I
neglected to mention this to you before, but in 1990 when I was living in LA
and I remember showing those lyrics and the artwork you did for it to the guy
from the Extremes, Maical Sinatra Lord [Extremes were kind of a pre-Youth
Brigade type band], who was also one of Jane Wiedlin's songwriting partners.
Anyway, I think he'd responded to a music ad I did in Flipside or<b> </b>something.
So I showed him the words and he was immediately like “Hey the Go Go's would
love this!” Which I wasn't completely certain about at the time as it's a bit
irreverent..though in a fun sort of way.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Yeah, it wasn't meant
to piss anyone off at all....</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">One thing I wanna say
before we move on is that, the years that I spent pen paling with you and
writing songs really got me through some hard times..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: I know it helped me a
lot..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: ..cause like, when I
went to prison, and all these bands of my friends were really happening, I was
like, “Ok, where the fuck's my Regi Mentle benefit?” ya know..some of them
didn't even try to stay in touch..and that was the one thing that meant more
than anything to me, was the scene, was my punk rock family...</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">….and I can tell you that
once I got to prison they did NOT get my sense of humor at all..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: ...you mean it wasn't
always appreciated? [laughs] </span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: NO!!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Ha, well that's too bad
for them...</span><br />
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<i>(<span class="null">"Justice is" postcard art by Regi Mentle)</span></i><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: </span><span class="null">Let's discuss the Germs a bit...regarding the band
and their legacy, the 2007 film “What We Do is Secret” that was directed
by Rodger Grossman had a slew of inaccuracies I recall you mentioning
at the time. I never bothered watching it but maybe you can detail a few
examples of the misrepresentation of details or events.. </span><br />
<br />
<span class="null"><b>RM</b>: There was definitely a fair amount that got portrayed inaccurately.
My main issue was that the actor who portrayed Darby didn't capture the
fire or intensity of who Darby actually was...his aura and dynamism was
lacking. There were a lot a things actually, some lines that I actually
said that were given to other characters, how they dressed us
(especially me and Darby), just different things like that. One example
of fictionalization was a scene where I </span><span class="null"><span class="null">burglarized </span>a drug dealers house
and stole $10,000, a pound of MDA, an ounce of crystal meth and an
unmarked vial of liquid that I snatched. That part is all accurate. But
in the film they have me show up at some party with three unmarked vials
(though there was only one) where Darby and the others were, yet in
reality there was no party scene..I simply brought it to Darby's place.
Me, Johnny Valium, Donnie Rose and Darby went to his bedroom where I
showed them my pirated spoils. We kept saying “Who's gonna do the
mystery drug??” Finally Darby stood up and said “I'll do it.” I remember
when he shot it up he immediately fell back on his bed and yelled “It's
angel dust, it's angel dust!” Only later did we find out it was
actually ketamine, a little-known surgical anesthetic used in hospitals! </span><br />
<br />
<span class="null"><b>EF</b>: So it's good to be a little skeptical about some of these
depictions.. </span><br />
<br />
<span class="null"><b>RM</b>: Oh yeah!</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="null"><b>EF</b>: Y</span>ou mentioned way back, many years ago in our
correspondence of an incident that seemed to stick out in my mind and I just
wanted you to elaborate on it for a moment. In 1980, you were on the run from
the authorities, in hiding, and you'd intentionally changed your appearance
which oddly enough actually affected your ability to attend Darby's funeral...I
mean here was someone you were close with who you couldn't even say goodbye
to...</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Yep, precisely. Malissa
wouldn't let me go because she said “Punks don't have beards!” I mean how petty
is that? I'd changed my appearance because there was an APB out for Regi
Mentle, for my arrest, that's why I'd changed my name in the scene to James
Bondage too...but back to Malissa, I lived in Darby's fuckin' bedroom at his
mom's house – I was closer to him than she could ever hope to be, but evidently
I wasn't looking fashionably punk rock enough for her grand production of
Darby's funeral....</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Unbelievable. Someone
important to you tragically dies and she's worried abt keeping up an image</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Exactly</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: But hasn't that superficial
element always existed within the scene...that sense of high school
cliquishness, the hierarchies, the elitist attitudes, the need to keep up
appearances? </span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Oh yeah, well in '77,
'78, '79, those attitudes were definitely prevalent. I remember younger kids
coming to clubs like the Mabuhay, trying to get into the scene and I remember
friends of mine mouthing off to them “Hey get out of here, you're not part of
the scene” And I'd tell them “Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute, how do expect
the scene to continue without fresh blood??” You know what I mean? I was always
for the kids to come fuckin' join us..I don't care how young..in fact I
remember seeing a fuckin' punk rock girl bring her 3yr old kid to shows and I
thought it was incredible..the kid was running around kicking people in the
shins, BAM! [laughter]</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Early training
right?..that's awesome...Yeah I noticed that you were never snotty about the
latter generation bands either..if it was quality music you still liked it
regardless of what era it took place in..there<b> </b>wasn't<b> </b>any of this
“Hey you weren't around in '77 like me!!” </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Age-defying pissing
contests, that's all they are..On a related note, that's what I didn't
understand about the skinheads infiltrating the LA scene either. Oi was working
class, it was never about racial hatred, it came out of an inter-racial labor
movement in England. I fought too hard against Nazis to ever fuckin' join them
but that's what I had to deal with when I went to prison. You know I'm a big
white dude and they expected me to be a Nazi and I'm like “Whatt?! You don't
know the first thing about me motherfucker.” Thing is, when they expect you to
be a Nazi and you join, they send you out there to the yard right away to kill
someone, and as soon as you're done, they kill you. What kinda life is that??</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: A short one?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Yeah..but back to the
issue of elitism though, when I was in prison I use to listen to the local
radio show [in San Luis Obispo] called “Punk is Dead” and I remember requesting
the DJ to play the Slits and he goes “Umm, they're not punk enough” And I'm
like “What?? They are so punk” And he's like “I've been doing this radio show
for 10 years.” And I'm like “Wow, suck my dick asshole I'm not impressed..”</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Well maybe he didn't
think you knew what *real* punk was right?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Well my message to that
is, go for the truth in whatever you're into..don't just listen to some asshole
DJ who thinks he's knows...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Ok, my next topic is
just sort of a multiple choice-type question for you..In 1979, who was the
biggest attention-whore in the Californian punk scene...there're a lot to chose
from but I'll mention three:</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A.)Darby Crash B.)Tomata
DuPlenty C.)Belinda Carlisle</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: I'm going with Jello
Biafra actually...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Interesting choice, and
he did enjoy the spotlight huh, the quintessential showman..and of course
running for mayor [of SF] certainly gave him even more attention..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Well I do like Jello
but talk about elitism, whenever I went to a Dead Kennedy's gig, the crowd was
uber-cliquish and acted like elitist swine. Since I've been outta prison I've
been trying to get in touch with him though..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: So Jello if you're out
there...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: ..stop being such a
doodle-doo [laughs]</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Ok, well steering away
from punk rock for a moment, you done a ton of different kinds of creative
projects in the past, what's next on your horizon? Any specific aims?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: I think the best thing
for me that I wanna start doing is painting again...at this point I think I'm
too old to be in a band..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Oh c'mon..</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Well it's not
completely off the table..it could happen if I got with the right people...but
painting for sure, I could sit down and paint ten paintings right now if I had
the supplies</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: You had an exhibition
of your work not too long ago I think Jane Weems helped organize right?</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Yeah, that was an art
show in Burbank to help cover some of my legal fees...and I've done a ton of
artwork for Sockeye, a few record covers for them and I did the logo for the
band Breathalyzer as well as the logo for their record label</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: And also you did
artwork for Turkey Baster Records in Texas...</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Oh yeah, right </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Speaking of record
covers, I always thought it was too cool how Pat Smear had a tribute to you of
sorts by putting your photo on the back cover of his first solo album
[Ruthensmear 1987].</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: It's a good album too
and he's got a 2<sup>nd</sup> solo release also, but have you heard the stuff
he did Death Folk?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Not yet, but I liked
his solo work..</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: About the Death Folk
I'd like to have their song “Frostina” played at my funeral actually..it's a
fuckin' awesome song. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Ok Regi on that heavy
note let's try something lighter and do some word association stuff now...one
word for each topic, cool?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Ok, let's go..</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Lydia Lunch:
Lovely....Orphans </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Hey that's two words,
haha, now I feel like the word police..ok, we'll make it 1-2 words then..</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Lorna: Love her</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Exene: Love her</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Johnny Genocide: Love him</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Jane Weems: Love her</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Carla Maddog: OMG, awesome</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Gerber: Incredible</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Alice Bag: Spontaneous</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Craig Lee: Beautiful</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Oki Dogs: Zippers</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Crime: Stylish</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Darby: Birthday Party</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Donny Rose: Friend</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Jane Drano: Songwriter</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Robert Gordon: Best
[rockabilly] guitarist</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Masque: Home</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Mab: Home</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Whisky: Home</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Deaf Club: Love it</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Starwood: Kool</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Margo: Awesome</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Black Randy:
Politically-incorrect..hysterical!</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Disco: Sucks!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Ok we had some light
stuff now lets close with something deep</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Deep?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Deep & profound</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Lost & found in the
underground...</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: So what's the meaning
of life?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Figure it out for
yourself by sharing with friends you trust...</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Genuine DIY spirit! And
now for some last, parting words Mr. Mentle...</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: …......Nihilism is out.
</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: It is? Since when??</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: Since Darby died..</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>EF</b>: Well that song “Blades”
you mentioned is a bit nihilistic..</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><b>RM</b>: I know and I still love
it too but I mean nihilism’s out in as much as don't let it fuckin' kill you...</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Master it – don't let it
master you.</span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">[THE END]</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
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Lawns</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Belfast
Cowboys</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Nervous
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<span class="null">A frequent participant/contributor of the early LA
punk scene, Michael Routery is currently a professor and writer in the
San Francisco Bay area. </span><span class="null">This essay was originally featured in the hard copy edition of Marks in Time, 1992. </span><span class="null">Eden Felt would like to thank him for his wisdom, insight and friendship over the years...</span></div>
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(photo by <a href="http://jennylens.com/">Jenny Lens</a>. From left to right : Alice Bag, Belinda, <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Hellin Killer</span></span>, Pleasant Gehman)</div>
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<b><span class="null">Fashion Seekers '79, live from the Masque</span></b></div>
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<span class="null">In the January '79 issue of Flipside Magazine, this
week's MIT track - a signature early song of the original Go Go's – was
mentioned specifically as the band had recently recorded it in the
studio, but for reasons undisclosed, it was stated they did not intend
to release it. How the actual track came about remains shrouded in
mystery, and with the tragic death of co-writer Joseph Fleury earlier
this year (see sidebar box below), subsequent attempts at contacting Ms.
Caffey for public comment have unfortunately been met without success
(if we do connect with her in the future we will certainly update this
posting).</span><br />
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<span class="null"><span class="null">For the relative handful who have heard this
recording previously, unanimous consent has been expressed that this
version of Fashion Seekers is the finest rendition the band has ever
committed to tape (the studio version of which essentially no one has
heard, aside). The recording quality – for what it is - is indeed
outstanding and every member of the band is simply spot on in
their performance. The co-lead vocal, harmonized effectively by Jane and
Belinda, is a refreshing departure from the band's later formula that
became standard fare in their post-1980 recordings. The anthem-like
lyrical message - concerning the utterly transparent and exploitative
attempts at co-option of the early LA punk scene - is a dangerous dart
that pierces one big-business bulls-eye after another. “Bland ideas in a
borrowed head,” the lyrical assault begins, “..taking notes in all of
our clubs/pretending to be one of us.” 'Don't mess with our posse or our
scene' they seem to be saying, 'ok??' As a side-note, the song also
takes an amusing musical stab at the ubiquitous disco-bunnies of the
late '70's “They dance the hustle in Italian boots” - easily the most hated
musical genre of punks and rockers of that time.</span></span><br />
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<span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="null">Though a hint of bitterness is clearly detected in
their decree and a melodic melancholy rings through Caffey's simplistic,
sparkling lead lines, it is the girls and their gang of ne'er-do-well
cohorts at the Masque who clearly have the last laugh: “They think that
we're too young to know (but) they wear the fads that we outgrow” the
band declares in mischievous middle-finger mockery and self-triumph.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="null">More could certainly be expressed about this stellar
early track, but we'll leave it up to MIT listeners to read between the
lines of this song further if they're so inclined. So without further
ado, here's Fashion Seekers '79, live from the Masque....</span> </span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="null"><span class="null"><i>~Eden Felt</i> </span></span></div>
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<span class="null"><span class="null"><span class="null">In honor of his memory, MIT would like to dedicate this week's posting
to Joseph Fleury, who we were informed died in January of this year.
From what is known from the several people who were contacted, Joseph
Fleury was originally from New York but moved to Los Angeles where he
worked with his business partner, John Hewlett of John's Children. From
what is understood, Fleury was never in an actual band himself but
managed many groups including The Dickies, Sparks, The Mumps, The
Swinging Madisons, Milk'n'Cookies and others. Musician Kristian Hoffman
of the bands The Mumps and Swinging Madisons as well as Jane Wiedlin's
Downtown Sensation called Joseph Fleury "a dear friend who got me my solo
record contract (and) with whom I shared many wonderful events". Thanks
also to his former band-mate Paul Rutner for additional information as well as
Danny Benair from the Three O'Clock.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Los Angeles film archivist Dino Everett has just confirmed to MIT that
he has been given the green light to go ahead and make a
full-length feature film utilizing the 1979 Elks Lodge footage (please
see the <a href="http://gogosmarksintime.blogspot.fr/2013/09/elks-lodge-massacre-revisited-maximum.html">full article/interview</a>). This is
HUGE because such historic footage has never seen the light of day
outside the February 15th one-time screening earlier this year. Stay
tuned to MIT webzine as well our FB page for future announcements
regarding the film's upcoming release date, title and related
information.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In the late 1970's, two powerhouse capitals
of world media, finance, politics and art – New York and London – held firm
claim as global focal points in a new burgeoning underground rock movement.
Early on this movement was identified by the media as “punk” and thus, with
both moniker and inspiration in toe, a counter-culture was revealed. As leading
epicenters of heterogeneous cultural activity, it seems non-too-surprising that
New York and London would produce the initial first wave of bands to attract
substantial media attention and international spotlight. Nevertheless, by 1979,
small organized scenes began to take root in a number of other urban centers as
well, particularly in western Europe and North America. In the U.S. specifically,
San Francisco and Los Angeles arguably appeared to be gaining the most
momentum, and within a span of less than two years, significant bands and zine
culture began to emerge in these cities which in time would challenge it's
eastern counterparts reputation of single-handed punk rock renown and
counter-cultural hegemony.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">While San Francisco boasted an already
thriving scene which included bands such as The Nuns, The Mutants, Crime and
The Avengers, Los Angeles firmly held it's own with such fledgeling yet
increasingly popular groups as The Weirdos, The Dickies, X and the Germs.
Despite such promise however, none of the west coast bands were really making
an impact on a national or international level. By most all accounts, the
primary media spotlight, attention and recognition remained inordinately
focused to the east of California, although unmistakeable winds of change were
soon be felt in the form of buzz-saw guitars and billy clubs.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Within popular culture, casual music fans
might cite the Sex Pistols slop swansong of a San Francisco set in early '78 as
a defining moment in early California punk – a quintessential catalyst
regarding what the show's publicity did for the local community in terms of
growth and how it musically put the region on the map. And while the Pistols
show did clearly make an impression upon many at the time, to others the event
came off simply as a massively-hyped, overly-contrived, boondoggle and media
bonanza. Indeed, knowledgeable fans familiar with that era might effectively
argue that another major event, some 350 miles south and approximately one year
later, was indeed far more relevant and symbolic in terms of actual substance
and historical significance. Ergo, this wasn't any Bill Graham-promoted and
staged arena rock spectacle at the Winterland featuring the leading band of
punk rock infamy from across the pond. To the contrary, this event was to
showcase young, home-grown talent with a spirit of optimism and DIY in the air.
“<i>We Don't Need the English”</i> – <u>or</u><i> </i>Bill Graham – indeed.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">On St. Patrick's Day evening, March 17,
1979, the largest organized punk show in west coast history, featuring
primarily local talent took place in Los Angeles at the Elks Lodge Hall. An
exciting line-up of highly entertaining bands were scheduled to showcase the
event – highlighting the many nuanced styles of first wave Californian punk.
The bill featured six diverse, distinct bands from the period: X, The
Alleycats, The Plugz, The Zeros, The Go Go's and the Wipers. Not altogether
unusual for that era, female musicians featured prominently on the bill
including headline band X's lead vocalist and notable lyricist Exene Cervenka,
the Alley Cats Asian-American bassist/vocalist Diane Chai and the all-female Go
Go's. The Go Go's had only been together for less than a year at that point but
already there were genuine hopes that they could possibly match the Slits from
England in terms of popularity and become the biggest female punk band of a
nation.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">As mentioned, all bands were local - with
the exception of the Wipers who hailed from Oregon. The Zeros, a young Latino
trio originally from San Diego, recently relocated to LA and had started to
make a name for themselves. Tickets for the event were priced at $5.00, which
was considered relatively expensive at the time, however this was clearly no
ordinary punk show – not by any stretch. Typical LA shows of the period were
often performed in small, dank basement-down-to-Hell-like atmospheres (re; the
Masque) or else in sterile, smallish rock venues like the Starwood or the
Whiskey a Go Go. Conversely, the Elks Lodge facility rented out for the evening
was absolutely styling. Theater-like seating framed three sides of the main
stage, with a large middle open space directly in front of the stage for the
audience to stand, pogo or do whatever. High-vaulted ceilings, ornate statues
and mellow gold-brown lighting gave it an almost temple-like atmosphere. The
location of the auditorium was directly across from MacArthur Park, amusingly
the same park disco queen Donna Summer crooned tearfully about in her trademark
1978 dance floor hit. Turnout for the show itself was massive for the time –
over 600 punks showed up in force! Excitement brewed in the most anticipated
show in recent memory. An additional factor important to mention is that the
show was scheduled to be recorded by a professional film crew for either a live
album or documentary film. This additional element added even more electricity
in the air, quite likely elevating audience expectations even higher – it had
all the potential for an exciting and memorable night. </span><br />
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optimistic note as the opening bands began to perform their sets without
incident. Standout bands of the evening included the Zeros, whose stylish,
impeccably-dressed lead vocalists Javier on guitar and Hector on bass could've
given Elvis a run for his money in the fashion department, and their music had
an up-lifting Undertones feel of positive energy and feel-good vibrations. The
Go Go's set featured a powerful rhythm-section combo in founding members Margot
Olavarria and Ellissa Bello. Margo, the punk rock heart of the band, walked
comfortably up and down her neck's fretboard, smiling and wishing the crowd a
“Happy St. Patrick's Day” while Ellissa was all business behind her kit,
playing with a skill, power and authority unmatched by any other drummer who
performed that night. Only one song was really a dud in their set, the morbidly
slow “Fading Fast” that sounded monotonous, out of place and not fully
arranged. The band clearly excelled far more on their faster material such as
raucous “Beatnik Beach” and the Avengers-like “We're Here Now.” Lead singer
Belinda Carlisle exuded an intriguing combination of girlish charm coupled with
aggressive vocal snarls and manic punkish dancing (arms flailing through the
air in a hyper-intense swim-like motion) through much of the set. She
introduced perhaps the most accomplished composition of their 11 song set,
“B-Movie” as a type of “psychotic love song.” The track encompassed a driving,
mid-tempo hypnotic rhythm with tribal drumming and vocals reminiscent of early
Lene Lovich. Jane Wiedlin's repeated pleas for the sound-man to fix her
microphone (her lips were getting shocked) evidently went towards deaf ears,
though it did provide a degree of comic relief for some in the audience. The Go
Go's ended on a powerful note, tearing through the Shangri Las classic,
“Walking in the Sand” (think; 747 screech-landing on a runway) like a band
possessed. Next onstage were the aforementioned Plugz, a three-piece unit
originally hailing from Lubbock, Texas who showcased an aggressive repertoire
of angry songs and snotty attitude to match. By the time the band got through
playing it's entertaining rendition of Ritchie Valen's “La Bamba”, the scent of
trouble was now lurking in the air, as eerily, police in riot gear slowly
appeared filing into the hall, without<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>explanation. It was a surreal spectacle to witness. At first the
organizers requested the band to stop playing, but being the irreverent punks
that they were, the Plugz predictably resisted authority, informing the
gentleman in charge that they intended to finish their set regardless of
who-said-what. Still more requests were issued for the band to cease playing
but clearly nobody really understood what the hell that was going on at that
point. Not long after, the plug was abruptly pulled on both band and audience,
and a night of revelry and innocent fun suddenly turned ominously gray... </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Fast-forward 33 years. Being interested in
underground music history, over time I've read and heard occasional references
to what interchangeably was described as the “Elks Lodge Massacre” “The Elks
Lodge Riot” or the “St. Patrick's Day Massacre.” It peaked my interest in part
due to the controversy surrounding the show as well as the historic nature of
the event itself. More recently short film clips of recognizable footage
appeared in a British television documentary featuring the Go Go's which
instantly caught my eye. The stage set was large and reminded me of what I
imagined the Elks Lodge would look like but I couldn't be certain. Yet if it
indeed was the same show, where was the rest of the footage? Who had it, and
why was it being “<i>locked out of the public eye</i>”? Surprisingly, I was
about to find all that out soon enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN-US">Last month I came across an online listing
for a film documentary series being shown at the Echo Park Film Center in the
Silverlake area of Los Angeles. I was previously unaware of the Center and was
startled to read that an actual screening of the long lost Elks Lodge footage
was actually being shown. I promptly contacted the organizer, film archivist
Dino Everett (see sidebar feature) who had spearheaded the film series, which
included screenings of old school punk shows and additional other obscure
titles he felt deserved greater public exposure. He was also in charge of the
momentous task of editing the raw footage, and in the case of the Elks Lodge film,
lining up the audio portions of tapes with the visuals – a task which sounds a
lot simpler than it really is. He explained to me the details of how the
project came together as well as potential obstacles of it being shown after
the single February 15<sup>th</sup> screening. To thicken the pot further,
Everett had also invited local music pioneer Alice Bag to read passages from
her recent memoir “Violence Girl” that pertained to the Elks Lodge Massacre as
well as another riotous show that her band the Bags participated in at the
Troubadour nightclub in LA. This additional feature made the Elks Lodge
screening even more noteworthy and drew to it still further interest and
attention. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">On the night on February 15, 2013, 100+
individuals - many from the early LA underground scene - squeezed into the tiny
Echo Park Film Center to witness the first ever screening of the 1979 Elks
Lodge Show + post-show riot. Noteworthy musicians recognized at the event that
night included original members of the Bags, the Zeros, the Go Go's and the
Adolescents amongst others whom I unfortunately did not get a chance to see or
meet due to the confines of “standing room only” atmosphere. At the theater’s
entrance, Alice Bag signed copies of her memoir as well as a 7” retrospective
sampler of her work in bands such as the Bags, Castration Squad as well as more
recent musical projects and collaborations. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Prior to the film's screening, Dino Everett
remarked to the audience that in his opinion one of the highlights of the Elk's
Lodge footage was witnessing the outstanding drumming of original Go Go's
drummer Ellissa Bello (who coincidentally was in attendance that night). As I
had only seen Ms. Bello drum in Castration Squad on tape prior (a band she
joined after the Go Go's), I too was highly impressed by her skills and power
evidenced in the footage. As an aside, it is ironic to note that Bello herself
was axed from the band several months after the Elks show, which is puzzling
considering she was the best musician in the band. Regarding the Go Go's
themselves, for those familiar with the band's early punk material, the Elk's
Lodge footage represents some of the only live film footage of the them
captured during their first 2 ½ years as a band, and certainly their only
full-length live set. This fact alone might create significant buzz if the
Elk's Lodge video footage is ever released as a full-length documentary
feature. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">As the event itself began, Alice Bag gave
selective readings from her memoir pertaining to the Elks Lodge and Troubadour
shows, after which she spoke with Ellissa Bello about their shared insights
into the senseless, ruthless nature of what occurred that night. Ms. Bello
referred to the Elks Lodge hall that night as looking like an “Afghanistan”
war-zone, one in which she raced back inside the building during the height of
all the chaos, in an attempt to help her friends escape the melee. Reading from
her memoir, Alice Bag recounted a specific incident in which a female audience
member whom she knew, boldly defied police orders and unflinchingly resisted
arrest. In response, the woman was unceremoniously man-handled and “hog-tied”
by the riot-clad goon-squad, which the LAPD later soberly rationalized,
dubiously stating that it was merely a necessary response in light of the victim
consuming Angel Dust prior to the disturbance, and therefore, was simply
impossible to control (not true claimed Ms. Bag, who stated she knew the young
woman personally and vouched her friend was “clean”). Alice Bag also spoke of
the duality of her experience with the LAPD while growing up as a young girl
she initially viewed police favorably (due to numerous arrests of her father
for domestic violence against her mother) until later incidents such as Elks
Lodge forced her to re-evaluate her earlier positions.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Regardless, the sheer size of the police
department's response – which included blocking off several surrounding
intersections and cops in full riot gear – lends weight to the argument that
the LAPD may have pre-arranged the raid well in advance for reasons one can
only conjecture upon. How else might one explain the rationale of raiding a
major musical and cultural event in the city due to the relatively innocuous,
non-event of a single beer bottle shattering (or maybe even two) somewhere in
the hall that night?? The LAPD stated to the press that they descended upon the
show to combat what they termed was a “life and death situation.” But if true,
who exactly was at risk for death in the hall before they had arrived, who were
they actually saving? To many, simply stating that the incident was a
disproportionate, knee-jerk response by an over-zealous police force merely
scratches the surface. No spoken order was given to the crowd asking them to
leave before the police stormed into the building in full riot gear swinging
clubs. Seven people were reportedly jailed, others were hospitalized. Later
that night, the Masque opened it's doors as both an infirmary for less serious
injuries and also to stage a make-shift press conference. Los Angeles Times reporter
Kristine McKenna who attended the show was reported as later stating, “I didn't
see <i>any</i> incidents in the hall that would have required police
attention...Police just started roughing people up without any warning or
explanation.” </span><span lang="DE" style="mso-ansi-language: DE;">(BAM Magazine
April 6, 1979, p. 15)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Regarding the actual film footage of the
Elks Lodge show, I specifically viewed it as a well-preserved time capsule of
another era..a buried, unpolished, punk rock relic<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– now unearthed – which exposes the viewer to unexpected riches,
and surprisingly, relatively few glitches. I found it to be a fascinating
historical document to watch, and to do so with others also keenly appreciative
of the subject matter<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>made the viewing
experience all the more more gratifying. Watching the events unfold that night,
and witnessing the crime of what occurred when spontaneity was assaulted and
music was killed is certainly a deflating, 1000-yard-stare type feeling.
Headliners X and the Alleycats were unable to even set foot on the stage before
the party was crashed by uninvited and unprovoked savagery. Nonetheless, the
fact that somehow this footage <i>has </i>survived and that someone took pains
to meticulously piece it back together with super glue provides testimony to
the innovative character, grit and determination of a counter-culture that has
proven after 35 years that it is indeed no trendy flash in the pan. Through
similar efforts, it is my hope that somehow this raw footage can eventually be
morphed into a full-length feature film that could further document that night
and expand upon the ideas and images already presented. I found it to be as
close an experience as I could get to being transported back in time, to a
period of LA music history I myself did not personally get to witness or
experience. I hope others get to witness it too.</span></div>
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<i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-style: normal;">Pig —
Angry Samoans<br />
Elks Lodge Blues — The Gears</span></b></i><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: HI; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">Eden Felt is co-editor of the
96 page booklet <u>Marks in Time: The Very Early Go Go's </u>(1978-1980) and
former member of the band Comrades in Arms.</span></i><br />
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<u><b>Interview with film archivist Dino Everett : (as told to Eden Felt)</b></u><br />
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<b>EF : Tell us about your involvement with Echo Park Film Center and how it originally came about..</b></div>
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<br />DE : A few years ago I had heard about them. I went by to check it out and as I was talking with the two folks that run the place Paolo Davanzo and Lisa Marr, and we realized that Lisa and I had played some of the same gigs together over the years, so we instantly hit it off. I started archiving their film collection and programming my own screenings, and doing film transfers for them, etc. Basically I believed in their vision and always try to help out whenever I can.<br /><br />The film center teaches classes both free for kids, and paid classes for adults in film-making and editing, both analog and digital. This year in 2013 there is going to be a specific emphasis on celluloid film because everyone is saying it is dead, and we do not believe this. There are plans to expand the classes for kids to go beyond just film-making and offer more life skills and vocational programs to help out students that cannot afford to go to college, so there are lots of new things for the center on the horizon.<br /><br /><b>The Elks Lodge film footage had not previously been released for public viewing and until now, few were aware that such footage existed. How did you initially come across the footage and manage to (legally) show it?</b><br /><br />I am a film archivist by profession and had been doing these punk screenings at the center when one of my professional colleagues (Michael friend from Sony) approached me at a conference and said "Hey, sorry I missed your last screening, but I have some footage you could show if you want. Its from a show some friends and I put on back in 1979 that kind of went a little sour 'cause the cops stormed the place. It was at the Elks Lodge." When he said that I knew exactly what show he was talking about and so I got more information from him about what they shot, and what footage they had...He explained how to me the whole story of what happened, to them, the footage, the proposed live album, etc. and basically the night had left such a bad taste in all of their mouths when it was over they had kind of locked the footage away. Not so much to hide it from people but so that they personally did not have to revisit how the cops destroyed what should have been a wonderful event since it was the biggest punk concert in Los Angeles at that point in time.<br /><br /><b>You also alluded to a challenging editing process on your end, what did that entail?</b><br /><br />When my friend sent me the footage it was spread out over 4 DVD's. It was originally shot on 3/4 inch video, and eventually transferred to digibeta, and the DVD's were dubbed off the digibetas.The first DVD got me a little optimistic as I scanned it, but when I looked closer i saw that most of the songs were not complete. The camera would shut off sometimes for a whole song, sometimes for a second. The problem really started when i looked at the other DVD's and they were all completely silent and also would go off intermittently, so matching this stuff together was going to prove extremely difficult...There were also weird moments where the original video tape would be sped up on fast forward causing other losses of footage. All together it was a challenging editing project, and quite honestly one I hated to do with 3rd generation copies of the footage because it will all have to be done again to ever release anything.<br /><br /><b>You mentioned that you were initially surprised by how much attention the event had created; for those interested, might there be future opportunities for those who missed the screening to possibly view the film or was this a one-off deal?</b><br /></div>
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Basically I was and I wasn't surprised by the reaction people gave...Usually I try to dig up rare stuff to draw an audience but usually it is too rare or just too obscure, and no one cares enough to leave their home..This one touches a nerve with the people of Los Angeles, and any fans of those particular bands. In some ways yes this was a "one and done" screening of the footage. The plan now is to formulate a feature length documentary around the footage...If that generates enough interest to ever release something then there is the possibility that something might get worked out to get this footage out there...The problems are always the music licensing, and considering you have the most successful female group in the world with the GoGo's combined with cover versions of Walking in the Sand and La Bamba by the Plugz, I have a hefty job ahead of me, but I am eternally an optimist when you find something this historically important that maybe the record company people will put greed aside and work with me.</div>
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<br /><b>Anything else you wish to add?</b><br /><br />I had been wanting to make an LA punk documentary for some time but hadn't found the right catalyst to motivate me, this footage presents the missing piece of the puzzle that I had been waiting for. Usually LA is mentioned as an afterthought in the existing documentaries, or the few that have been made on LA either have had too much ground to cover in the course of 90 minutes. The title of one is Rage - 20 years of Punk Rock..That is a hefty undertaking to cover, 20 years worth of bands in one movie?..Or they present a scene that never existed like Decline [of Western Civilization] which mixes old school bands with 2nd gen bands like Black Flag and Circle Jerks. With this footage I can at least touch upon the genesis of the movement in Los Angeles from 77 up until the Elks show which was the biggest LA show of the 1970's, so 2 years of punk rock which seems more doable to me, and I have the perfect narrative written already for me courtesy of the LAPD. Why was Los Angeles punk rock different? Because on March 17, 1979 the cops formally declared what many of the punks already knew, which was there was a war being waged against the kids by Darryl Gates and his gestapo.</div>
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Chris Clashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447021458846711533noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737544412849992906.post-34668301919297759162013-09-26T14:34:00.000-07:002013-09-26T14:51:16.086-07:00Coming soon !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="null">Alice Bag, </span><span class="null"><span class="null">Pleasant Puss Gehman, </span>Dottie Danger (Belinda Carlisle), Hellin Killer.</span></div>
Chris Clashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447021458846711533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737544412849992906.post-22223545039541835582013-09-22T06:50:00.001-07:002013-09-23T04:12:25.064-07:001979 Masque rehearsal session - LONDON BOYS<div style="text-align: center;">
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Despite later heading in nearly opposite
directions in
every way, those familiar with LA punk history are aware that the Go
Go's and the Germs shared significant common ground together as bands in
their earliest days. Not only were they frequently featured on the same
bills, the bands also shared a common band member (at least in theory)
who, as the story goes, later went on to do PR for the Germs. Further,
the bands shared a common practice space (along with X, the Motels &
others) in the basement of the Masque. What's more, it was Darby
himself who memorably coined Belinda as "the Dayglo Blimp,"** and
perhaps most significantly, the Germs drummer Don Bolles co-wrote one of
the Go Go's earliest signature compositions, London Boys with Ms. Jane
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Marks in Time is pleased to release the second song in a
series from the 1979 Masque rehearsals, originally supplied to the zine
by Brendan Mullen in 1992. By 1979, London Boys was given a significant
makeover from the band's original version, harmonies have started
playing a key role in the band's evolution and the distortion on the
guitars have been toned down considerably. Jane Drano's clever lyrics
“Seen your pictures in the 'zines...pale blank faces/black and white
keen/London boys cigarette lean,” which were earlier swallowed up
altogether by the band's sonic guitar attack, are now increasingly
audible to the listener. Arguably, the highlight of the track is
listening to drummer Elissa Bello's skillful interpretation of the
song. Bello's drumming has improved noticeably over the past year to the
point where, musically-speaking, the band's sound almost revolves
around her play. Charlotte Caffey's guitar leads are still of a
simplistic/minimalist vein, but they work well-enough within the context
of the band's early pop-punk hybrid style not to sound too terribly
deficient. What are others thoughts on the band's 1979 sound in this
song – anything you care to add?</div>
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**As directly told by Pat Smear's ex-girlfriend Rosetta Arsenault to Regi Mentle for Marks in Time.</div>
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Go-Go's - London Boys (live 1979)<br />
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Chris Clashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447021458846711533noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737544412849992906.post-39186135571726427532013-09-19T12:57:00.000-07:002013-09-19T13:03:50.212-07:00Brendan Mullen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now seems an appropriate time to shed some light on Brendan Mullen, the owner of The Masque. The place wasn't open for long (1977-1979), but it was enough to make history. Here are two articles about the man and his numerous accomplishments.</div>
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-brendan-mullen13-2009oct13,0,4056471.story">Brendan Mullen dies at 60 ; founder of influental Masque punk rock club</a> (LA Times)</div>
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<li><i>We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of LA Punk</i> (2001) Brendan Muller, Marc Spitz</li>
<li><i>Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs</i> (2002) Brendan Muller, Don Bolles, Adam Parfrey</li>
<li><i>Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction</i> (2006)</li>
<li><i>Live at the Masque: Nightmare in Punk Alley</i> (2007) Brendan Muller, Roger Gastman, Kristine McKenna</li>
<li><i>The Red Hot Chili Peppers: An Oral/Visual History</i> (2010) - coauthored by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Mullen</li>
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<span class="null">This week, we begin to explore a series of tracks
that have never been available for public consumption via the internet
prior, the 1979 Masque rehearsal tracks, starting out first this week
with B-Movie. As the listener will immediately note, while the lyrics
are identical, the musical arrangement is </span><span class="null"><span class="null">completely altered - almost turned inside out - </span>from the '78 Whisky version. For all sakes and
purposes, the old blueprint was evidently tossed out and the band
essentially re-wrote the track altogether. Far more distinctive than
their earlier arrangement, B-Movie '79 is slowed down considerably and
essentially anchored down by Elissa Bello's skillful tribal drums
patterns, Margo's hypnotic bass lines and jagged box-pattern
rhythm-guitar chords throughout. There's a darker feel to the tune than
prior, and Carlisle's vocals are appropriately gritty, expressive and
raw. It is worth noting that the version played in this rehearsal is
essentially identical to the one performed at the Elks Lodge show on
March 17th of that same year. The only thing missing from </span><span class="null">that show is Jane Wiedlin's measured 1-2-3 counts
after verses 1 and 2 which gave the song an additional stabbing, punk
rock hook.</span></div>
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<span class="null">For those wondering
where this music came from and how it actually got here, essentially
the tracks exists on this website due to contact made with Brendan
Mullan, former owner of the Masque, in 1992. At the time Iraya and I
were doing research for the original hardcopy MIT zine, attempting to
network with others involved in the underground music community in the
SF Bay area. I recall us speaking to a number of people locally -
including Tim Yohannan, Penelope Houston and others - in an attempt to
obtain both feedback and additional materials for the project. At the
time Iraya had the brilliant idea of contacting Mullen directly, and a
trade was promptly done with him, which is how we acquired a significant
amount of rare recordings, including better versions of some of the
material we already had. Front and center to this trade was a nine song
rehearsal tape of the Masque from 1979 - no specific date is known other
than the fact that Ms. Bello is drumming, so it must be during the
first half of that year. Not long after the tapes were acquired,
fortunately we had the foresight to transfer them onto DAT in order to
preserve the quality. <br />
It seems logical that some of these songs
might've ended up on the RTTVOTGG double CD retrospective in 1994, but
unfortunately at the time we had no direct contact with the band, and
after hearing the songs we were surprised by the comparatively poorer
audio quality of some of the earlier material from that release. <span class="null">I think this explanation should answer most of
people's questions (if anyone has further ones feel free to comment
below). So without further ado, here's B-Movie. </span><span class="null"></span></span><br />
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<span class="null"><i>~Eden Felt </i></span></div>
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The Go-Go's - B-Movie (1979)</div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">(Jane Wiedlin / Charlotte Caffey)</span></i></div>
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I want to live in a b-movie<br />
I want to say all the corney lines<br />
I want passion and a make believe man<br />
I want non stop romance all the time<br />
I'll exist on the egde of extremes<br />
Hate or love never in between<br />
There's no stopping me now<br />
Feelings gonna be my reason for being<br />
Why can't my life be<br />
Emotion and sentimentality<br />
Soft lights, champagne and you and me<br />
We'll write down our scenarios<br />
Stare into each others souls<br />
Be a rebel just like James Dean<br />
I won't know how to say it<br />
But you'll know what I mean<br />
We'll exist on the edge of extremes<br />
Hate or love never in between<br />
There's no stopping us now<br />
Feelings going to be our reason for being<br />
A handsome love to send me flowers</div>
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Midnight walks in summer showers<br />
Living in a b-movie</div>
Chris Clashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447021458846711533noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737544412849992906.post-91016389474849337292013-09-15T02:04:00.001-07:002013-09-15T02:04:48.107-07:00Chapter 3 of Marks in Time, pages 21-30Click to enlarge.<br />
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<br />Chris Clashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447021458846711533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737544412849992906.post-43800312586321777392013-09-08T02:23:00.000-07:002013-09-08T02:23:34.663-07:00Hangin' w/ Unkle D! - featuring Elissa Bello<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Elissa Bello joins Daniel A Darko for 2 radio shows, bringing along demos/live tracks from her various bands, including the Go-Go's, Alarma, Sexsick, Angel & the Reruns and Castration Squad.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://danieladarko.podomatic.com/entry/2013-03-16T03_21_59-07_00">Hangin' w/ Unkle D! Season 6 Episode 3</a></span><br />
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1. 45 Grave - Evil
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2. Super Heroines - Cry for Help
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3. Manson w/ Depp- You're so Vain
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4. Christian Death - Spiritual Cramp
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5. Sisters - Temple of Love '92
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6. TSOL - Send All My Thoughts
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7. Gun Club - She's Like Heroin to Me
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8. Germs - Caught in Eyes
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9. Social D - Mommy's Lil Monster (live)
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10. Bad Religion - 20th Century Boy
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11. Adolescents - Creatures
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12. Twisted Roots - Pretentiawhat
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13. Antz - Fall In
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14. Birthday Party - Stripper
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15. SWA - Sea & Sky
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16. Alley Cats - Too Much Junk
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17. The Bags - We Don't Need the English
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18. Sexsick - Verbal Memories
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19. Sexsick - Sexsick
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20. RedScare - 007
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21. Brian Brain - Black Man
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22. Angel & Reruns - Buffy<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://danieladarko.podomatic.com/entry/2013-05-08T12_49_50-07_00">Hangin' w/ Unkle D! Season 6 Episode 8</a></span><br />
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1. Black Cross - 45 Grave
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2. We don't need the English - The Bags
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3. A Date w/ Jack - Castration Squad
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4. X-Girlfriend - Castration Squad
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5. Mourning - Sexsick
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6. Eternal Tears - Sexsick
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7. Cool Jerk - GoGo's
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8. We Got the Beat - GoGo's
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9. London Boys - GoGo's
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10. Walking in The Sand - GoGo's
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11. Living in the Canterbury - GoGo's
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12. How Much More - GoGo's
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13. How Much More - Redd Kross
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14. Surfin' n Spyin' - GoGo's
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15. Sun - Belinda Carlisle
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16. Sun - Robert Chestnut
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17. I could use a little rain - Alarma
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18. Shadow Town - Alarma
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19. Speedway - Alarma
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20. The Little People - Patsy Dekline
Chris Clashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447021458846711533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8737544412849992906.post-63229662741455252982013-09-07T00:40:00.000-07:002013-09-07T00:40:48.063-07:00Trash Collector : an Interview With Exene Cervenka<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In case you missed it, here's a worth reading interview of Exene by Paula Gilovich from The Stranger, going back to 1999. What's it about ? Mainstream media, situationism, LA, plastic surgery, poetry and garbage. <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/trash--collector/Content?oid=903">Enjoy</a>.</div>
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