Billy Childish appreciation--don't front on lo-fi!
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Dude's made over a 100 , rekkids, produces, does woodprints, even poetry (that doesn't suck). If you're even a remote fan of real rawk n' roll I'm sure you have (or should have) a few of his LPs or side projects. $??
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a favourite record of mine.
I've heard of him. Friends of mine have met him. I'm not much of a fan but I admire his persistence...
Not too familiar with his other stuff, although the Headcoats material I have heard, I like - Holly-go-Lightly, too.
I'm in it, and I like his music well enough, but his act was starting to get musty there for a while. It's easy to get tired of a guy who puts out a new record every five minutes. Or at least that's the way it seemed, 9-10 years ago.
i'm sure ms damn will weigh in - she knows what's up.
and thought it was hard as f***.
Have a couple records (LP or 45) each from Milkshakes, Mighty Caesers, Headcoats, Headcoatees, and BC solo
I read a quote from him once something along the lines of that he'd rather sell a thousand copies each of fifty different albums than 50,000 copies of one...
Didn't know he did woodprints, that's next level talent indeed.
I was a huuuuge fan when I was around 13/14 but as I got more and more records I did get slightly bored.
There are still some bonafide r'n'r classics by him no doubt!
First Mighty Caesars and early headcoats does it for me.
I bet he's made 200 now! I can't think of any r'n'r artist who has put out so many records. Hell, the milkshakes once put out 4 albums on the same day!!!
This is one thing I've gotten sick of...look, who cares. Some stupid rock critic decides to call it lo-fi, and a bunch of bands get lumped in. Does the label change the music? Is Jackson Pollock better or worse as an Ab-Ex artist, or "that dude who splatters shit,". I'm reading the Guided by Voices book right now, and the author keeps complaining about the term "indie-rock." Well, maybe there are better titles, but that one happened, and its time to move on. Worry about the noise, not the name. I once read Jimmy Buffett say his music is "unclassifiable". Well, Jim, I would classify it as "shit," but let's just call it "(dull) rock," and worry about making it better.
Sorry to front, Billy C. Just a recent pet peeve.
I got a signed copy of that CD! Someone I used to work with ended up moving to Chatham and becoming Mrs. Childish, so I got a couple of free Buff Medway singles and so forth, since she was psyched that I was into Thee Headcoats. Rad. I'm going to have to re-read Notebooks of a Naked Youth again. It's been a while, but I remember enjoying it.
Wesley Willis
Cosign. Played that shit at the guggenheim last weekend.
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The MILKSHAKES are where it's at for BC stuff. As much as I like thee Mighty Caesars and can hansle the Headcoats (and Headcoatees) in small doses, that Milkshakes stuff is his best work, IMO.
My friend Eric used to stay with Billy when visiting in England, said Billy used to get drunk and make VERY entertaining phone calls to girls all over the globe.