The Lord's Burning Rain

Another choice taste of Humboldt, Ca from my bro Jeff the Leftoverking, giving us a glimpse of what's going on up there these days. The Lord's Burning Rain could be a reference to Genesis 19:24 (Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven), but I don't know that these guys intended that reference.  Interesting what the Skeptics Annotated Bible had to say about that passage, "God kills everyone (men, women, children, infants, newborns) in Sodom and Gomorrah by raining "fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven." Well, almost everyone -- he spares the "just and righteous" Lot and his family. Although many Christians consider this story to be a condemnation of homosexuality, others disagree." That was a little bit of a tangent there because the reality is these guys really put out some heavy rockin music.  The tunes I have here are rough mix stuff from a session they did with Jeff.  My personal favorite is the tune Alien Brood.  Now this is what I like to hear coming out of Humboldt.  The North Coast Journal calls them a "psyche-metal band" and "adventure metal"...hahaha...I wish I was up with the many genres of metal there now are. Let me know what you think and if you dig them be sure and check out their page at, Myspace...

Alien Brood Ice Breath Of The Snow Bear My Turkish Bride Rachel’s Song

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Couch Of Eureka - Year Of The Zombie

EDIT: This post was whack and needed completely redone, to pay homage to yet another one of the great ones to come out of Humboldt County California. (08/18/18) Another Saturday night, and not much going on except for this. No head phones tonight, got the tunes blasting, which around her could happen anytime within a 24 hour period. I don't sleep for shit anyway, so when I don't, may as well spin some records. So much to spin, I don't know how many records I have, maybe 2000, but I did finally order some proper storage units from IKEA. It'll be so much easier to access that one specific record my little brain tells me to play at whatever moment...ahhh haaa! What Humboldt post wouldn't without a pic of Pete.  Photo by Lamar Miles, a Humboldt denizen, I don't think I've had the please of meeting, he took a helluva good picture. I did meet Pete of course, his squeaky Spanish accent stands out in my memory, but nothing else. I wonder if he's still around? So, Couch of Eureka...listening to this fantastic album as I type. They started playing as I was making my exit from Humboldt County, so I don't recollect ever seeing them play. They were featured here at the Relics before on the Behind the Redwood Curtain 7". There a nice write up on Sonic Hits..."Originally penned "Couch," Couch of Eureka was a punk band that formed in the summer of '93 in the burned-out industrial town Eureka, CA. The group consisted of Sara Gambin (vocals), Bandon Taylor (drums), Brandon Bay (guitar), and Chris Colland (vocals). Colland was meanwhile several other bands of local fame such as the Cosmetic Puffs (with Aaron Cometbus), Thee Audio Lobotomies (with Ethan Miller), Audio Wreck, Eureka Garbage Company, Heroin Glowbugs, and Hookah. Having lost their drummer but gained his cousin Kris Cunningham, they put out some modest recordings, and subsequently embarked on a few small tours, the band was eventually forced to add the suffix "of Eureka" to their moniker when they faced a possible lawsuit by the Ann Arbor, MI. band of the same name. Couch of Eureka soon signed to Lookout! Records, then run by founder Larry Livermore, and in 1995 released their debut 7'' entitled "This Life?" which included a cover of Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba." A year later they released their full length, Year of the Zombie, which was produced by Greg Freeman, a man known for having worked with groups such as Smog, Pell Mell, and The Thinking Fellers Local Union 242. The vinyl issue of "Year of the Zombie" was limited to 1000 copies, while the CD version contained 4 of the 5 recordings previously released on their 7". Later in '96 they contributed their track "I got the Boom" to the Lookout! Records compilation "Heidi Sez..." which included tracks by artists such as Mr. T Experience, Groovie Ghoulies, The Queers, and Pansy Division." I remember Sara Gambin (Sister of the late great Chris Gambin), we took a music class together I think she also played the saxophone. A wonderful person and like the rest of the band, extremely talented. I did some looking 'round on the interwebs, and hmmm, the Lookout Records link to the band is dead (wonder if there's a story behind that. Hangover Heart Attack has this record for download from way back when I originally wrote the shit that was this post. I don't know what to call these guys, discogs lists them as Alternative Rock, Garage Rock, Punk...hahhahaah, I would never list a band as alt rock unless I didn't want you to listen to 'em...they are definitely not that! I think where I'll leave it at, is 90's post-punk like you could only get from Humboldt County...

Numb And Screwed Year Of The Zombie I'm In Trouble Ego Train I Got The Boom Songs Furs Styx Bridge Toll Go Get Your Own Death Oh [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbaMeBme4qE&w=560&h=315]

Halloween Rant

 This picture seems to be circulating again now that Halloween is around the corner and it made me glad that I'm not a drunk anymore.  Drink, throw up, hangover, the next morning, start the cycle over.  It's been a little over 3 years now that I haven't had a drink and for me that's reason enough to celebrate.  My life has drastically changed for the better since then and I would say that my whole way of thinking is different (if you can call it thinking).  Before I was a slave to the bottle and now I am a slave to nothing.  I have my wife, my son, my family, my friends and my animals.  Reason enough to enjoy each and every day.  Cheers to all of you (I sincerely mean that) who can drink and get up the next morning without wanting to get drunk again.  Beware though, there is a fine line between someone who gets drunk and is a drunk, and in my case I found out too late.  Okay enough preaching.  Thanx to all of you who have stood by me through the sand and the boulders.  Around here Halloween is our favorite holiday, one we actually decorate for.  I think it should be a day off from work, more so than 4th of July, but I don't think that's going to happen.  In this neck of the woods, smack dab in the middle of the bible belt, you get a lot of right wing Christians who have a problem with Halloween celebrations.  As has become custom around here, I commit the falacy of appealing to authority and I link you to Wikipedia. Here's their general take on Halloween, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween .  I don't like the capitalist end of the gig but what can you do about that except do your own thing.  For me it is a spiritual time, maybe not in some time honored sense but just the "feeling" that it just is.  My wife and I are, as it is, horror freaks and have an ever increasing horror movie collection.  That sick sense that attracts us to well delivered gore.  Even a little comedy thrown in, to turn it to satire works well.  "Feast" we recently saw, with Henry Rollins in the cast was a good one.  We get most of our movies through someone else's window, if you know what I mean, but we did buy that one.  At the same time a bad horror movie can be extremely disappointing.  For instance, do not waste your time on "Haunted Highway".  Any favorites or recomendations you all have?  Off the Halloween topic, the old lady and I were driving around the other day listening to the classic rock radio station we usually listen to and War's Cisco Kid came on.  I need to dig out my old tape of theirs from the 70's and do a proper post on them.  I know those guys are known for the song Low Rider but man Cisco Kid is just so damn good.  Check it out if you don't believe me, Cisco Kid.  Well?  In looking around it was their highest charting tune at #2 in 1972.  I guess this month they came out with a live record, which is the first in quite a few years.  I saw them at the San Diego Street Scene about 15 years ago but I don't remember much (because I was drunk).  It makes me think of Parliment and Funkadelic, but I'll bore you guys with a post or two of those bands another time.  As you can tell this is kind of a random, wandering post and actually I'd be surprised if you made it this far.  If you've been reading what I've been writting for almost a year now you know that I've mentioned jazz a few times.  I haven't done a straight or fusion jazz post yet but I did run across this tune, Mystery Jazz.  I had been ripping some poorly labeled tapes and this tune (or is it just part of a tune) popped up out of nowhere on the tape.  Pretty intense stuff especially if you like drum solos.  Instead of a trick, I am going to give you a treat.  Here's a Mustard Relics Mix of stuff I have found both here and on other blogs.  Mostly hardcore like this blog but I have wandered a bit as well.  49 tunes and 77 minutes, so it should fit on a CDR, to blast at your convenience.  Maybe to get you pumped on your way to work, or if you can, maybe at work to annoy your co-workers.  Pretty random and in no particular order, like me, but I like every tune on here and maybe you will too.  This mix goes out to the dead drunk guy, killed walking across the highway that Match and I found on Halloween about 15 years ago.  Happy Halloween yall.