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Aggronautix began making limited edition Throbbleheads of rock and roll heroes in 2009, starting with G.G. Allin, and Roky Erickson is the ninth person to be polyresinated for eternal shelflife. If only the 7 inch figurine could talk and say strange great things. Roky’s Throbblehead looks a lot like Kurt Russell but it’s 1980 Roky [...]

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A new Meat Puppets album called Lollipop drops on April 12. Who doesn’t think of lollipops when they think of meat puppets? Both handheld, cute enough to eat. Here is “Damn Thing.” MP3: Meat Puppets “Damn Thing” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Look at them here at SXSW with L.A. Record favorite Roky [...]

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When you’re rushing around trying to absorb as many little shows as you can just to be able to say “Yeah, I saw blah dee blah,” you usually end up with the taste of sour beer in your mouth, maybe a few new seven-inches, and emptiness. Your fingers get blistered from texting, and you have [...]

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Despite the presence of the monstrous and somber lamentations for a lost past, Roky sounds and looks faintly triumphant, his weighted, beaten figure growing increasingly buoyant, floating. Quieter moments of doubt and defeat would descend—a slow trumpet, meditations on failure—and would be dispelled soon after by crunching exuberance.

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L.A. RECORD interviews Greg Ashley every year we can because he does such vital work in keeping Californian minds alive. His fearsome band the Gris Gris is back playing a few shows, but he’ll be opening for (and backing) the Dutchess and the Duke tonight and Friday for his first local shows since 2007. This interview by Daniel Clodfelter.

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Kid Congo Powers was a Cramp and a Bad Seed (and a founding member of the Gun Club) before striking off on his own with a flock of Pink Monkey Birds. He speaks now just minutes after finishing recording a new album in a high school gymnasium in Kansas. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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East L.A.’s Los Lobos have signed with L.A.’s Shout! Factory—home to releases by such diverse personalities as Dave Alvin, Roky Erickson, John Coltrane and Optimus Prime—for their 18th full-length, which is yet untitled and without an exact release date. The band will be touring for most of the rest of the year. More info below: [...]

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Dan Collins (who interviewed Polyamorous Affair here) will be DJing their show (also featuring Blue Jungle) tonight at the Echoplex and Chris Ziegler (who interviewed Magic Lantern and Imaad Wasif) will be DJing their show tonight at the Prospector. Will Roky Erickson records be present at both? Statistically likely. More info on both events here [...]

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