Can’t write anything profound, insightful or even just plain silly today since I am contending with the deadline from Black Lagoon. I can, however, offer you a free download (if you can follow the directions, which I’m not sure I can) of Gringo Madness by Tijuana Bible. Tijuana Bible consisted of Henry Beck, John Collins and me, and was a minimalist, highly poetic, Manhattan anti-folk, unplugged kinda endeavor that played live in the saloons of the Lower East Side in the late 1980s and reconvened on a snowy weekend on 9th Avenue to cut this epic around the time Bill Clinton was getting elected president.And if that’s not enough, how about some retro-culture in the form of a video of James Dean and Gig Young in a safe-driving public service TV spot.
The secret word is Overworked
Hey Mick...thanks for the Tijuana Bible. The entire collection no less! You mention Manhattan anti-folk - did you guys partake in that scene by chance? I was around that for a while.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I found out about the Bomp book yesterday via another blog. Had you mentioned it yet? It looks like its going to be really, really good!
Tim B.
Yeah Tim, Tijuana Bible were around the anti-folk scene. It was a kinda antidote to the stuff we'd been doing with Bro Kramer and the Dutch Schultz big band. We played a lot of shows with Latch at Sophie's and Dan Lynch's and then had a Tuesday residency at the Chameleon on 6th St & Ave A. Mind you, this was back in 1988-9.
ReplyDeleteThe Bomp book is going to look great. It was only finished literally last week, and now I'm waiting on a publication date and stuff before I mention it.
The Bomp book is already listed on Amazon - both UK & US.
ReplyDeleteI'm shocked to find out about you guys & the anit-folk scene. I was fairly tight with Lach in those days and was hanging around a lot, even playing at Chameleon pretty regularly. We must have crossed paths at some point. My memory of that time though is pretty fuzzy...I wasn't exactly the picture of health at the time!