as many of you know from watching the Five, i've played the Cramps dozens of times in my intro's and outro's. I firmly believe they might be the truest incarnation of real rock and roll since Jerry Lee Lewis.
This review of their debut album, "Songs the Lord Taught Us" nails it completely. Produced by Alex Chilton, it was a brilliant fiery alien mess. I bought it 40 years ago, and I still play it almost every week. I even learned the song "TV Set" when i started playing guitar again (If you ever want to hear a great remake of this song, check out what Spoon did with it).
one of my great regrets: I spent an evening at Lux and Poison's house in southern california, getting drunk. I brought them a lamp as a gift. I took notes and recorded the evening. Less than a week later I was fired from my job as editor in chief for Stuff Magazine, so the article which was going to be called "My Dinner with the Cramps" never ran (and was never written). I have no idea where that micro-cassette went. I moved to LA for a bit, then to London. Somewhere that cassette is in a cardboard box, buried forever among other boxes. It crushes me.
So here's the article. It might get you to investigate a legendary band. if you're not used to "psychobilly," you might hate it. But any flippant dismissals, or any deviation from the topic to angry political rants, on this happy post, will earn you a flippant dismissal from me!
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-cramps-songs-the-lord-taught-us/
Congratulations to @hillcatgut. Your question was chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@hillcatgut Name an actor or politician that you met - was your impression of them different than their public persona.
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Right now, Artemis II is still orbiting Earth — performing critical checks and positioning before entering the “highway to the Moon.”
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From I Love The Universe:
The Artemis II crew is currently orbiting Earth for 24 hours to test all systems… before heading to the Moon
NASA doesn't just fly straight to the Moon.
First, they orbit Earth and check everything.
- Is the air system working?
- Can they drink water?
- Are all controls responding?
- Is life support keeping them safe?
Everything has to work before they go any further.
And if something goes wrong… they're still close enough to come home.
Once all systems are good, Orion fires its engine and ...
