I'm beginning to wonder if this ain't the wrong board for this...
― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 12 January 2008 05:12 (sixteen years ago) link
New documentary out !
http://www.playloud.org/themonks.html
― oscar, Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
This screened at the WFMU fair, apparently. Too bad I was 3,000 miles away. According to that link the dvd release is postponed indefinitely, though it looks to be touring around the country from movie house to movie house--why the hell not in LA??
I bought Black Monk Time about a month ago and it is easily one of the best things I've picked up all year.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Friday, 31 October 2008 06:18 (fifteen years ago) link
That's hard to do: It's out of print, and hardly ever turns up second-hand. EEspecially the 'infinite zero' one with all the singles/extra tracks.
― Mark G, Friday, 31 October 2008 07:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I've got the release on Retribution Records. Am I missing anything?
I'm so excited about this film coming to Seattle!!!!
― The Ungrateful Dead (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 1 November 2008 06:15 (fifteen years ago) link
ILX love the Monks:
Monks: The Transatlantic FeedbackThe Monks' Dave Day RIPthe monks: INTERVIEWED!Monks documentaryThe Monks vids from YouTube - Classic or Dud?Silver Monk Time - Monks tribute CDit's BEAT time, it's HOP time, it's POLL time !!! (The Monks)When you first heared the Monks, did you love it straightaway? Of course you did.
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:02 (fifteen years ago) link
By way of warm up for... the news that the Monks music is back in print! (Just got an eight in Spin. Geez, what does it take to get a nine or ten?)
https://lightintheattic.net/buy/item.php?product_id=523
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
BTW, I posted a 2004 link above about Roger Johnston that has since been broken (ugh, City Pages), so here's that post again:
http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2004/11/death_of_a_monk.php
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 20 March 2009 02:09 (fifteen years ago) link
The documentary is apparently now available on dvd, too.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Friday, 20 March 2009 03:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I was all set to preorder both CDs from Light in the Attic but now I can't find any mention of the planned Black Monk Time reissue- not on their front page, in their store, anywhere. I hope they didn't run into last-minute rights issues or some such bullshit.
― Telephone thing, Friday, 20 March 2009 04:28 (fifteen years ago) link
BMT has been on eMusic for months now... not much help if you don't use eMusic, though.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Friday, 20 March 2009 06:08 (fifteen years ago) link
i love every last song i've heard from this band.
― billstevejim, Friday, 20 March 2009 06:10 (fifteen years ago) link
me too. i wish there was more of the late singles and such, stuff like "cuckoo" and "i can't get over you"
― kamerad, Friday, 20 March 2009 06:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Light in the Attic confirms April 14 as release date for both BMT and The Early Years, with premium vinyl versions due out in May.
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 20 March 2009 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Is the BMT version the same as the old Infinite Zero version or is it like the slightly inferior Repertoire version?
― Alex in SF, Friday, 20 March 2009 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
"He went down to the Sea" is friggin incredible.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 20 March 2009 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
What was the difference? Sound quality or bonus tracks? I've only ever heard the Repertoire disc myself, if this ends up sounding better I'll be extremely happy.
On a side note, has anyone heard Light in the Attic's Melody Nelson remaster yet?
― Telephone thing, Friday, 20 March 2009 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Bonus tracks definitely. I'm not so much of an audiophile that I can tell the difference.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 20 March 2009 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, bonus tracks.
That version was my singular best purchase last time I was in New York. Mondo Kims.
Gonna be back soon! :)
― Mark G, Saturday, 21 March 2009 00:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Those bonus tracks are a mixed bag. "Cuckoo" is almost my favourite monks moment ever, but "Down to the Sea" and "Love Can Tame the Wild" show what a Fugsian, psychedelic turn they were likely going to take with their second album. Not sure if they're great cuts, but they're food for thought.
― staggerlee, Saturday, 21 March 2009 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
The Light in the Attic reissue of Black Monk Time has all but two of the bonus tracks from the Infinite Zero reissue of same, the 1965 demos of "I Hate You" and "Oh, How to Do Now." Both of those tracks are collected on Light in the Attic's other Monks reissue, Monks: The Early Years 1964-1965, along with 8 other 1965 demos, and the "Boys Are Boys"/"There She Walks" Torquays single.
As an enticement, Light in the Attic's Black Monk Time adds "Pretty Suzanne," a previously unreleased '67 track. But the remastering and beautiful liner-note photos would be enough to recommend it. I'm keeping the Infinite Zero one too, though, for its own unique liner notes, and because Eddie Shaw autographed it.
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
So, of the albums, there b.
1) Black Monk Time2) Five Upstart Americans (aka)3) Let's start a beat (live at Cavestomp)
left over = 1) A flexi, "Don't ha ha", a version of "Don't you just know it"2) "Pretty Suzanne" the 1967 unreleased version (it's on 1 and 3 above, different versions)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 07:01 (fifteen years ago) link
"Cuckoo" is almost my favourite monks moment everSrsly? Song annoys the hell out of me.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Man this reissue sounds illy
― steady mmmobyn (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 8 January 2010 12:43 (fourteen years ago) link
as in "this is sick" or as in "bad sound quality"
I saw that one vinyl Monks thing the other day but it was too $$$ for me
― dmr, Friday, 8 January 2010 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link
IT'S MONK TIME
― Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile (dayo), Friday, 1 October 2010 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
IT'S BEAT TIME, IT'S HOP TIME
― redd cool card-pitt (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 October 2010 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
WHAT ARMY WHO CARES WHAT ARMY
JAMES BOND WHO IS HE???????
― Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile (dayo), Friday, 1 October 2010 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
PUSSY GALORE IS COMIN' DOWN AND WE LIKE IT
― short-haired valium crazies (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 2 October 2010 05:03 (thirteen years ago) link
MY BROTHER DIED IN VIETNAM!!! WELL, NOT LITERALLY MY BROTHER...
― Mark G, Monday, 4 October 2010 08:49 (thirteen years ago) link
^ been waiting for this to show up
― meisenfek, Monday, 4 October 2010 10:00 (thirteen years ago) link
(most memorable)
― meisenfek, Monday, 4 October 2010 10:01 (thirteen years ago) link
So it seems like Eddie wrote another book a few years ago but it doesn't look like it ever got published.
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 26 January 2013 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know if these interview were linked anywhere else but I never saw them before today so: http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/05/20/the-monks-we-all-wanna-die-in-a-hail-of-bullets
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 26 January 2013 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
Also if you never heard the most excellent holiday parody "It's Reindeer Time," by MIke Fornatale you can find it here : http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/13856. So good that it got him a gig as replacement singer and auxiliary member when Gary lost his voice. Now he is doing something similar for The Left Banke.
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 26 January 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
The videos of The Monks playing that German TV show... Man. Seeing them for the first time was like seeing God create the universe.
There's a thread devoted just to those videos here, IIRC.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 27 January 2013 13:35 (eleven years ago) link
You mean this:The Monks vids from YouTube - Classic or Dud?
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 January 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
Yes.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 27 January 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
Just realized how many of these tunes feature a "Truck Driver's Gear Change" but what else were they gonna do?
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 January 2013 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
That's true, but rather an ersatz mood boost, it's a shift into the deranged - tends to make you want to edge away slowly than have you punching the air.
― Say Bo to a (Fizzles), Monday, 28 January 2013 07:41 (eleven years ago) link
Gary Burger has passed away. :(
http://blog.thecurrent.org/2014/03/gary-burger-of-the-monks-passes-away/
― KCB (Kent Burt), Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link
Aw, RIP.
― emil.y, Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:11 (ten years ago) link
Its that 'oh, this thread got revived? Uh oh..' monk time
"Ok, now his name was Gary.."
RIP
― Mark G, Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
RIP, The Monks were amazing, way ahead of their time. Hell, they are STILL ahead of our time imo.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:17 (ten years ago) link
What they did almost 50 years ago still brings out fresh, creative responses on the '07 tribute album, where Gary memorably materializes, still on top of things: http://www.villagevoice.com/2007-06-05/music/silver-monk-time-a-tribute-to-the-monks/full/ Still sounds good. Never did see the doc.
― dow, Saturday, 15 March 2014 01:27 (ten years ago) link
True hero of musicRIP
― gimme the lute (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 March 2014 02:54 (ten years ago) link
RIP. I remember first hearing about the Monks in a WFMU catalog and got the Repertoire reissue shortly afterwards, and I've listened to it pretty consistently since. Dude was great. Love his crazy voice and that guitar sound is still awesome.
― brains hangin (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 15 March 2014 07:05 (ten years ago) link
Sad news. Thank you for the music Gary.
― Hinklepicker, Saturday, 15 March 2014 07:23 (ten years ago) link
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 15 March 2014 08:50 (ten years ago) link
Most recent post on The Monks' message board is kind of poignant
― I Forgot More Than You'll Ever POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 March 2014 12:37 (ten years ago) link
Was the Rollins reissue of Black Monk Time before the Fall cover?
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 22:56 (seven years ago) link
nah, extricate was 1990, infinite zero issue was '97. apparently the first cd issue of it was an israeli pirate on israphon in 1990.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 22:58 (seven years ago) link
I believe its a version of "Don't you just know it" with 'authentic' laughing in the chorus.
― Mark G, Thursday, 11 May 2017 06:28 (seven years ago) link
What?
― Trelayne Staley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 11 May 2017 15:19 (seven years ago) link
Oh i see
pretty psyched for this tbh. just curious about the cover art. i thought by these final sessions they had ditched the haircuts and uniform.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 11 May 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
Never knew about this Raincoats cover single until just now.
― Some Dusty in Here (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link
Also can’t remember if I commented on this thread that Eddie seems to have been named after Lawrence of Arabia
― Some Dusty in Here (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
it's from the tribute album "silver monk time", has some good stuff on there including gary burger with faust (not sure which faust). there's also a nice live show from around that time (2006 or so) of the monks in berlin with the raincoats, the recently departed mark e. smith, etc., guesting.
― Arnold Schoenberg Steals (rushomancy), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:53 (six years ago) link
It’s BEAT time, it’s HOP time, it’s *BUMP* time!
― Quit It And Hit It Sideways (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 8 September 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
Just watched the doc with my mother- and sister-in-law. Both loved the band so much.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 04:48 (three years ago) link
HI DERE!
― Gary Gets His Tonsure Out (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 March 2022 17:24 (two years ago) link