Kogar's Big Thrill-O-Rama Trash Show #2!

Here is the 3rd in a proposed series of 4 CD's that will eventually all be available here at Ichiban! Special thanks once again to JR Williams for the amazing cover!

Get_Trashed!

(volume one is here http://wfmuichiban.blogspot.com/2010/08/thrill-o-rama.html )
Volume Zero is here http://wfmuichiban.blogspot.com/2010/06/big-thrill-o-rama.html )



McHouston "Mickey" ("Guitar") Baker, 1925-2012

As many of you are already aware, Mickey Baker died a couple of days ago. He was the greatest non-household-name guitarist that Rock & Roll has ever known and quite possibly the greatest guitarist period. He played on countless sessions for Atlantic, Savoy, Okeh, and a zillion other labels. He was half of Mickey and Sylvia of "Love Is Strange" fame. There was no one like him. No other musician of such enormous chops would have the good taste to play a one-note solo and the power to play it as authoritatively as he did (see the Coasters' "I'm A Hog For You Baby"). We'll never know for sure how many records he played on, since he was very busy as New York's first-call R&B session guitarist from the mid 50's to early 60's, and the record keeping was not so meticulous in those days. This was before the powers that be decided that Rock & Roll was art and if somebody farted within a few blocks of where the Beatles were recording, we would know who did it and what they had for lunch that day. Mickey Baker was ranked 53rd in Rolling Stone's 100 greatest guitarists list, behind such greats as The Edge, Joe Perry, and the guy from Metallica.

Today on my Ichiban show (1 to 3 PM), the majority of the two hours will be dedicated to him, showcasing his scorchingest recorded work and making the case for Mickey as the all-time champion of Rock & Roll Guitar.

In a way we should count ourselves lucky that Mickey Baker never became a mainstream household name, because he had the kind of life tailor-made for a horrible Hollywood biopic, and with any luck we will now be spared that movie. For more on Mickey, we recommend this piece from 2009 by the Hound (sadly, most of the mp3 links are now dead), and this amazing photograph and story by Jim Herrington.

Ichiban Is Back From Exile

The Jersey City Ichiban server has finally been brought back to life, and thusly your Thursday live programming will again be heard on the Ichiban stream: Matt from 1 to 3 PM and Ted from 3 to 5, Eastern Standard Time. Debbie's show will not be heard this Friday; check this webpage for updates.

Immeasurable gratitude to Doug Schulkind at our sister stream Give The Drummer Radio for keeping us on the webwaves during Sandy's aftermath, and to WFMU tech guru Jeff Moore for getting us back on our feet.

Oh, and: WFMU has reached its post-hurricane fundraising goal! Thanks to everyone who donated.

Tassel Twirler Tuesday!

Fiesta!

I've Got A Polecat By The Tail (MP3)

Abbie Gaye with Ken & Mel  -  I've Got A Polecat By The Tail

I don't know what Buck Owens would say about this take-off on his Tiger By The Tail, but I approve wholeheartedly.

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Ichiban HQ

The Usual

Do It Again!

Thanks to Billy for this photo of the Norton 3

DJ lineup for today's Norton Records Wash-A-Rhon Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Whyte Street

11:00 PM * GREAT GAYLORD FIELDS
(The Sultan Of Squat)
10:00 PM * JOSH STYLES
(Smashed! Blocked!)
9:30 PM * PETER ZAREMBA
(Fleshtones)
9:00 PM * ANDY SHERNOFF
(The Dictators)
8:30 PM * AVI SPIVAK
(Norton Records)
8:00 PM * KEENAN POPWELL
(Friars Club)
7:15 PM * DREW REDMOND
(Metropolis Vintage)
6:30 PM * DAVE THE SPAZZ
(Music To Spazz By, WFMU)
6:00 PM * ANDY MALTZ
(Little Killers, Piggies)
5:30PM * REX
(Fool's Paradise, WFMU)
5:00 PM * MATT FIVEASH
(Rock N' Soul Ichiban)
4:30 PM * LEAH BETH
(The Nouvellas)
4:00PM * NEIL DEVLIN
(Norton Records)

Tassel Twirler Tuesday!

Ms.
Candy Barr

Fever!

In With The Out Crowd At Brooklyn Bowl

Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to help save Norton Records!  It was like a crazy Batman movie.  Thanks, also, to everyone who tweeted and texted, etc. that the sound was distorted.  You helped us get it right.  Sorry we blew the archive.  Shame photo coming soon.

DJ Ted Barron

Rex!

Photo by Ted Barron

Todd-o-Phonic Todd

The Hound

J. Toubin

Nortons working non-stop

Miriam gets a dance break

2 thumbs up

Live From Brooklyn Bowl!! DJ Marathon For Norton Records

Soul Clap

Ichiban will go silent today at 4:00 to prepare for a live remote broadcast from Brooklyn Bowl.  Tune in from 6-11 PM this evening for top DJs!!  Fingers crossed.

11:00PM * JONATHAN TOUBIN

10:00PM * JOSH STYLES

9:00PM * THE HOUND

8:30PM * TODD-O-PHONIC TODD

8:00 PM * DEBBIE D

7:30PM * REX

7:00PM * MR. FINE WINE

6:30 PM * DAVE THE SPAZZ

6:00 PM * JEFF THE CHEF

5:30PM * PHAST PHREDDIE

5:00 PM * DREW REDMOND

4:30 PM * AVI SPIVAK

4:00PM * CHARLY HIMMEL

Here!

Apologies From Debbie D And The Ichiban In Exile Crew

Photo by Jimmy Fountain

I Blew Live From The Admiral with Dr. Filth & Greg Cartwright again last night.  Sorry, guys!

Norton DJ Wash-A-Thon!!

Sunday Record Washers League

NORTON RECORDS DJ MARATHON WASH-A-THON!

13 TOP JOCKS • 13,000 SOGGY RECORDS

Sunday November 18th

BROOKLYN BOWL
61 Wythe Avenue Brooklyn, NY

4pm til Midnight!

FREE!

Hurricane Sandy may have preempted one NYC Marathon but it has precipitated another -- the world’s first ever record washing marathon! Yes, join us at the Brooklyn Bowl as we tackle a truckload of wet wax from the label with the able stable- New York’s own NORTON RECORDS, which was totally trashed, bashed and flooded by the wrath and fury of Sandy! Get in on it as thirteen of the nation’s top disc jockeys blast their best, while lucky YOU joins the loud crowd lathering and buffing our Sandy-soaked footlongs back into action! Free admission but B.Y.O.RG. – Bring Your Own Rubber Gloves … and rolls of hi-klass paper towels! Teams of clean freaks will work with record washers provided by the acclaimed Discwasher Company of Pittsburgh, while others will use the time tested soapy sponge method. Learn a trade! And know that you have participated in saving the wildest wax in the world. As you know, Hurricane Sandy destroyed the contents of the Red Hook based Norton Records warehouse, soaking everything within. Time is not on our side as we strip off and discard wet jackets, and wash, dry and resleeve the recordings of the Sonics, Link Wray, Hasil Adkins, Jack Starr, Bloodshot Bill, Esquerita, Daddy Long Legs, King Uszniewicz and hundreds of artists whose shouts and stomps have come into your homes and hearts via the Norton label. Kudos to the beautiful BROOKLYN BOWL for setting the pins up for the first ever NORTON RECORDS WASH-A-THON—enjoy their food, beverages, great sound system.. plus break for BOWLING after the WASH-A-THON! See you there!

NON-STOP KILLER SOUNDS FROM THE TOWN’S TOP DJs


11:00PM * JONATHAN TOUBIN
10:00PM * JOSH STYLES
9:00PM * THE HOUND
8:30PM * TODD-O-PHONIC TODD
8:00 PM * DEBBIE D
7:30PM * REX
7:00PM * MR. FINE WINE
6:30 PM * DAVE THE SPAZZ
6:00 PM * JEFF THE CHEF
5:30PM * PHAST PHREDDIE
5:00 PM * DREW REDMOND
4:30 PM * AVI SPIVAK
4:00PM * CHARLY HIMMEL


Limited advance copies of Norton’s upcoming releases (which were safely at the plant during the storm) will be on sale at Brooklyn Bowl. This includes KIM FOWLEY - KING OF THE CREEPS (1959-69), THE DEL-AIRES - ZOMBIE STOMP (full LP by the Horror of Party Beach Guys), four new albums in our EL PASO ROCK series and T. VALENTINE WITH DADDY LONG LEGS - THE VAMPIRE! Several new singles will also be available! Pick up a Norton bags and teeshirt, too!

Sneak peak, pre-pub copies of LORD OF GARBAGE VOL. 1 (memoirs from 1939-1969) by KIM FOWLEY will be available—hot off the press at KICKS BOOKS!

http://nortonville.blogspot.com/

In case you can’t come by, but would still like to help, we have a donation button on our homepage, www.nortonrecords.com