Sunday, July 24, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
This Weekend At The Fool's Paradise Twin
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer
B/W
Barefoot Adventure
Last blow out of the summer!!! We will close for the season after this weekend. Thank you for your patronage. Management.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Norton Records 25th Anniversary Bash
Tickets are going fast for the Norton Records 25th Anniversary Bash. November 10 - 13 at the Bell House in Brooklyn. What are you waiting for?!?
Some Kinda Fun
Monday, July 18, 2011
Country Trash
(Sorry, download link has expired.) More info on this & many other compilations: https://picasaweb.google.com/114946115269970088029/MusicCompilations
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Ichiban Meet Up July 30th Lincoln Center
Join us at the Ponderosa Stomp's tribute to all the girls on July 30th in NYC. Rex will be broadcasting Fool's Paradise live from 1-3 PM at Damrusch Park at Lincoln Center. Then, walk across the street for a refreshing beverage at PJ Clarkes. We'll be there from 3-4:45. Girl Group Extravaganza starts at 5:00!! Find out all the details here. Thanks to the lovely and talented Liz Berg for putting this together. Special surprise guests will be there!!! Don't miss it, squares.
The Exciters - He's Got The Power (Bedazzled Video)
Thursday, July 14, 2011
THE SORTA LOST RAY DENNIS STECKLER FILM
MY OBSESSION WITH RAY DENNIS STECKLER, RON HAYDOCK, ARCH HALL JR. DATE WAY BACK TO THE EARLY 80S WHEN THE PIECES OF THAT PUZZLE STARTED TO COME TOGETHER VIA VIDEO & PALS LIKE MIRIAM LINNA, MICHAEL WELDON & CRAZY MOVIE NIGHTS IN THE BASEMENT OF A CHURCH AT 57 ST. MARKS PLACE (FUELED BY THE WONDERFUL INSANITY OF ANN MAGNUSON, SUSAN HANNAFORD, TOM SCULLY & BILL LANDIS-A BOOK IS IN THE WORKS ABOUT THIS GROUNDBREAKING "CLUB 57" BY ANN MAGNUSON SOON. THE CLUB WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF MANY SCENES OF MUSIC, ART & WEIRDNESS-KEITH HARING, KENNY SCHARF, KLAUS NOMI AND MANY OTHERS WERE DOING SHOWS/PROJECTS/AND INSPIRING EACH OTHER AS ME AND MY FRIENDS FROM THE MISFITS WERE, ALONG WITH THESE PEOPLE DEVOURING EVERY MOVIE SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME AT CLUB 57'S MONSTER MOVIE CLUB & SLEAZOID EXPRESS NIGHTS, ETC.) THE ONE EARLY STECKLER FILM I NEVER SAW & WAS NEVER RELEASED ON VIDEO WAS WILD ONES ON WHEELS, WHICH I HAVE READ WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR FASTER PUSSYCAT, KILL! KILL! THERE ARE SOME BOOT DVD COPIES AROUND NOW & BOUGHT ONE THROUGH AMAZON FROM SINISTER CINEMA...IT WAS AMAZING TO FINALLY SEE THIS! I WAS NOT LET DOWN! HERE'S A TRAILER AVAILABLE ON AN AMAZING SITE THAT WILL TAKE LOADS OF TIME AWAY FROM YOUR LIFE...HAHA...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
LOST IN SPACE A GO GO!
HERE IS MY & DEBBIE'S FAVE RAVE LOST IN SPACE EPISODE MY FIRST BLOG POST! SHE NEVER GOT TO SEE THE END OF THIS DUE TO SOME SORTA CHILD ABUSE! HAHAHA... SO HERE YA GO! THANKS FOR THE GREAT RECEPTION FOR INTOXICA ON THE ICHIBAN WEB STREAM...
Imagination's A Wonderful Thing
Fifty years ago today, on 7/13/61, Ray Price recorded Imagination's A Wonderful Thing in Nashville.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Intoxica With Howie Pyro
We are happy to announce that Howie Pyro's Intoxica radio show is now streaming on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban 24 hour webstream!!! Intoxica is heard every Tuesday night from 9-11 PM PST on internet radio station Luxuria Music and you can download podcasts of the show. Check out the 2-22ed show when our own Dave the Spazz stopped by the Luxuria studios in Hollywood.
Howie shares our love of demented rock 'n' soul records from the 50s and 60s and will be a tight fit in our radio universe. Welcome, Howie!
Don't forget you can take us with you wherever you go with the WFMU phone app. It's like having a transitor radio, that actually plays good music! Wow.
