Mike Trouchon
@crushedbutler
Water quality scientist, record collector, occasional music scribe
Hey Record Hounds! Issue #4 of Record Time is about to hit magazine racks and mailboxes in the very near future. If a copy isn't already destined to land in your hands, you can place a pre-order for one right here: recordtimeorg.wordpress.com
If you like music - and I know some of y'all do - you should check out New Orleans' Twisted Teens. These kids know their way 'round rock'n'roll, and their music can be both tender and treacherous, as the mood requires. Check 'em out.
Record Time No. 3 is out and ready for your eyeballs! I dropped by RT HQ at lunch and picked up a couple of copies. I even got to meet cover model, Harry. I'm looking forward to diving into this issue after dinner.
Nervebreakers - I Wanna Kill You / They Were Doin' The Pogo (Get Hip) 2015 This one is very much a sleeper among the KBD crowd. To think that an entire generation was deprived of hearing "I Wanna Kill You" in real time in 1977 is a crime against humanity. Major hat tip to @ttexed.bsky.social
Charlie Pickett & The Eggs - Feelin' / White Light/White Heat (Open Records) 1980 Fab debut 7" from Mr. Pickett & The Eggs. The B-side's Velvet's cover far exceeds my and your expectation of Lou Reed on a speedball fronting Evan Johns & The H-Bombs on a couple of cases of Lone Star. It's that good.
You're closer than you think to reading a new issue of Record Time! @ssoriano.bsky.social tells me that issue #3 should be available at the end of this month. More information is available at recordtimeorg.wordpress.com
I’m just finishing up The Ancient Hours by Michael Bible. Very well-written fiction in the Southern style somewhat like a male, present day Flannery O'Connor or a less bare-knuckled Harry Crews.
It's not every day that Alan Licht plays in an Orangevale living room, but it happened last night. Alan shook the rafters with a mesmerizing set of songs that brought to mind The Smashchords, Glenn Branca, and Pell Mell - often in the course of one song. Twas an evening for the history books.
I can think of 365 reasons why you should pick up a Record Time 2025 calendar and I'm sure you can think of a few yourself. recordtimeorg.wordpress.com