Brother JT - search&destroy

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I'm a fan of all eras, but if forced to whittle it down, I have to say search:
Music for the Other Head -- the greatest of the freaked, confused, ecstatic records

Spirituals -- my favorite mellow, singsongy summerjam record

Original Sins: early singles comp on Spare Me -- amazing eighties acid garage rock

JT live in person -- I've had the pleasure of seeing him literally dozens of times. It's ALWAYS worth it, despite the inconsistency. Worst case, you see a truly odd, inspired musician on an off night.

Destroy: the fact that he never tours.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I think the worst case in a live setting was when he took his pants off the time I booked him.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Ouch. I've seen him the once at Terrastock II -- sang a great song about a moon pie, and it was a pretty fine little set. Also enjoy the four albums of his I have so far, and indeed Music for the Other Head is most grand.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, the pants have been known to come off...sometimes to the benefit, sometimes to the detriment of the world.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Search: Dosed and Confused (a decent approximation of the live experience)
Rainy Day Fun and uh the other one on Drunken Fish (Come On Down?)
Way To Go
Original Sins: Self-Destruct (recently re-discovered this one and it is just killing me)
that fake movie soundtrack he did, Take Off Zebra Baby, is pretty cool, too.
What can I say, I love the guy.

― Sean Witzman (trip maker), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh shit! Forgot Doomsday Rock. Essential!

― Sean Witzman (trip maker), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

don't get me wrong, I like him a lot. And the de-pantsing was pretty funny. I only own Original Sins stuff, unfortunately.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I like the Original Sins albums fine, but I like the stuff after much more -- I think you should check some out, you'd probably like it. It's always cheap used, too.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I probably would, I just never got around to it. Maybe now that I'm working again, I will.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

destroy. boring records, saw him live and it was like seeing fred flintstone do a beefhearty blues/gospel impression for 40 eternal minutes.

i haven't heard the original sins, but i'll give them a shot.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Just want to throw some weight behind the fact that the Sins' "Self Destruct" is a monster of a record. Especially "Do It" and "Rise." I got that shizzing on the casette and need to get it on the CD playing machine so I can feel its rockingness again soon. Dang. Saw the Sins play the Middle East in Philly back in the day. Hace muy calor, si si.

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

"music for the other head" lp is great, also I have this weird live album I bought at a show, I can think of the title, which helps you exactly zero

I saw him play w/ oneida as his backing band, it was great

― chris besinger (chris besinger), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I only have the Original Sins' 'Self-Destruct' and the 'Coca Cola' single. While I could live without the latter, 'Self-Destruct' is excellent. Didn't Peter Buck produce one of the other albums???

― NickB (NickB), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Search: "Meshes Of The Afternoon" LP on Twisted Village

(In fact, if anyone wants to part with a copy, email me off-list)

― Russ, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess I'm the only one who doesn't like Music For The Other Head. Then again, I haven't heard it in years - maybe i'll throw that one on tonight as I barbeque for the 11th straight day in a row and get quietly drunk

i really like Rainy Day Fun - no one's mentioned that one!

What's the Original Sins tune that starts out "kill the pigs, trip out, ALTRIGHT!!" or something? that one rules

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

"Acid is groovy, kill the pigs!" that'd be from Possession, on the Big Soul LP, I think. I liked the Peter Buck-produced one, too, "Move".

― pauls00, Thursday, 22 April 2004 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Possession is also on the Spare Me singles compilation, Skeletons in the Garage -- which I think is the greatest single Original Sins album. If you can find it.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 22 April 2004 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, by the way, Russ -- if you email JT from his website, you can get Meshes and the first Twisted Village album [I forget the title] on a CD-R direct from the man himself.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 22 April 2004 12:31 (twenty-two years ago)

eight years pass...

new trippin balls eps are great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohIcnCYuMU

― Trip Maker, Friday, 29 March 2013 01:14 (thirteen years ago)

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