Our friends Sean McDJ and Peter Aaron have a groovy DJ night called Smash! Crash! Bash! that is held on the last Friday of the month at the Salt Box in Kingston, NY. On these nights, these two play predominantly New Wave and Punk records from the seventies and early eights. They play other stuff, too: sixties garage rock, soul, funk, power pop, reggae… whatever they please, but they seem to lean on the New Wave and Punk stuff. The last Friday in December landed on the 26th—the day after Christmas. Both DJs have families that live several hours away and both DJs wanted to be with their families during the holiday season. Who can blame them? So they asked Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus to fill in for them—as they did on the day after Thanksgiving. However, a monster snow storm blew in on December 26 and the Salt Box decided to close down for the night in stead of serving their tasty alcoholic beverages to folks who may not be able to drive home safely in the storm. Thus, after rounding up a another helping of appropriate records for the night, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus missed out on another opportunity to play them.

Or did they?

At the next Shim Sham Shimmy, Pete and Phast approached Salt Box management and offered a proposition. Pete and Phast would like to DJ on the third Saturday of the month. For the first one they’ll play the records they pulled for Smash! Crash! Bash! Then, going forward, they will alternate a Latin Boogaloo night with the Funky Kingston. That means Funky Kingston will now take place six times a year instead of four. Also, it means that Pete Pop will get his Latin Boogaloo night (yet to be named) that he’s been wanting to do for so long.

So on January 17, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus dragged their records up the stairs to the Rumpus Room at the Salt Box and played their New Wave records. We do mean ‘dragged!’ Pete Pop and Phast both decided that it was copacetic to play LPs, however Phast only brought about eight and Pete brought eight crates!!! The event was called Wig Wam Bam and it was an exciting night of rockin’ trash from mostly the seventies. The place jumped from around 8:30 or so until they kicked everyone out around 3:00 AM. Folks were boppin’ all night. Miss Nancy supplied brownies and chex mix. Attendees supplied foot stomps, hand claps and ‘yippeees!’

The Wig Wam Bam was a blast. Will there be another? Who knows; perhaps it can be squeezed into one or two of the third Saturdays this year. Anyway, here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Wig Wam Bam—including many by his close personal friends:

• Elliott Murphy–Graveyard Scrapbook (Polydor)
• John Lennon–Whatever Gets You Thru the Night (Apple)
• The Elevator Operators–As Jenny Ages (Clarke)
• The Style Council–Speak Like a Child (Polydor; UK)
• Chariot–Un Poco de Animo (Munster; Spain)
• The Pop–Hit and Run Lover (Back Door Man)
• Dr. Feelgood–Back in the Night (United Artists; UK)
• Elvis Costello and the Attractions–Radio Radio (Radar; UK)
• Backstage Pass–Let Me Show You Love (Hozac)
• The Dickies–Nights in White Satin (A&M)
• Stalkers–In Your Street Today (New York Night Train)
• The Plimsouls–Hypnotized [from EP Zero Hour] (Beat)
• X–Blue Spark (Elektra)
• The Fall–Cruiser’s Creek (Beggars Banquet; UK)
• The Clash–London’s Burning (CBS; UK)
• Blue Öyster Cult–Career of Evil (Columbia)
• The Adverts–Gary Gilmore’s Eyes (Anchor; UK)
• The Zeros–Wild Weekend (Bomp!)
• The Weirdos–We Got the Neutron Bomb (Dangerhouse)
• The Prissteens–The Hound (Ectoplasm)
• Eater–Thinkin’ of the U.S.A. (The Label; UK)
• The Iguanas–Mona (Forte)
• Underdogs–Get Down on Your Knees (Hideout)
• The Other Half–Mr. Pharmacist (GNP Crescendo)
• The Sparkles–Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help) (Hickory)
• The Ardells–Stronger Than Dirt (Thor)
• Charanjit Singh–Hey Mujhe Dil De [from LP Instrumental Film Tunes] (Odeon; India)
• Captain Beefheart–Click Clack (Reprise)
• Yellow Magic Orchestra–Tighten Up/Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please (Alfa; Japan)
• The Twinkeyz–Aliens in our Midst (Grok)
• Sea Monkeys–Food Emporium (Vital Music)
• Shocking Blue–Send Me a Post Card (Pink Elephant; France)
• Karen Verros–You Just gotta Know My Mind (Ace; UK)
• Be Bop Deluxe–Maid in Heaven (Harvest)
• Christopher Milk–I Want to Hold Your Hand (Reprise)
• New York Dolls–Who Are the Mystery Girls? (Mercury)
• David Bowie–Queen Bitch (RCA Victor)
• Silverhead–Rolling With My Baby (Purple; UK)
• Mott the Hoople–Sweet Jane (Columbia)
• Raspberries–Ecstacy (Capitol)
• Wizzard–I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (Harvest; UK)
• Bonzo Dog Band–King of Scurf (United Artists)
• The Neapolitans featuring The Essentials–Crosstown Traffic (Hot Funky & Sweaty; UK)
• Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention–Tears Began to Fall (Bizarre)
• X-O-Dus–See Them A’Come (Factory; UK)
• The Urinals–I’m a Bug [from EP Another EP] (Happy Squid)
• The Long Ryders–Southside of the Story (Island; UK)
• The Plimsouls–Playing With Jack (Bam Balam; Spain)
• The Last–Weekend Girl (Backlash/House Arrest)
• Dave Alvin–Fourth of July (Demon; UK)
• The Fleshtones featuring the Vindicators–Festa di Frankenstein (Yep Roc)
• Mouse and the Traps–Wicker Vine (Bell)
• Lou Reed–I Can’t Stand It (RCA)
• Lee Dresser–El Camino Real (Amos)
• Van Morrison–Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile) (Warner Bros.)
• Garland Jeffreys–Wild in the Streets (Atlantic)
• Buzz and the Flyers–You Crazy Gal You (Sing Sing)
• The Whyos–Full Arms and an Empty Heart (Fake Doom)
• The Blasters–Blue Shadows (MCA)
• Vibeke Saugestad Band–Hey Now Sunshine (Red Chuck)
• The Black Diamonds–See the Way (Festival; Australia)

None of these records are for sale.

The GO Mechanism is an audio Odyssey scientifically engineered and programed in the secret laboratory of Boogaloo Omnibus Productions. It incorporates ultra-phonic techniques not available to other broadcast entities. The G stands for GROOVE, and there is always plenty of GROOVE in each GO Mechanism. The O stands for O’Roony, an intricate and complex attitude that is incomprehensible to those who possess standard-issue precepts. Listen and you will hear.

The GO Mechanism is first aired on the Luxuria Music web streaming hustle as a Saturday Night Special; this will air on January 24. It will then be available as a podcast on the Luxuria Music web site for a few weeks, then we will put it into the Mixclouds.

In order to achieve total comprehension of this and every GO Mechanism, it is strongly recommended that one listens to it while reading this corresponding post. This has a complete track listing of the records played on the program, as we do not stop to back-announce records.

Halfway into the GO there will be a Science Corner—a segment of the trip where we discuss a topic of musical importance. This Science Corner we will feature three instrumentals by the backing bands of soul and R&B legends.

Here we GO:

• Earl Bostic—Lester Leaps In (King) [GO Mechanism Theme Song]

• Roland Kirk—From Bechet, Fats and Byas (from album Rip, Rig and Panic; Limelight)
• ———On this track, Roland Kirk salutes some of the musicians who have inspired him: Sidney Bechet, Fats Waller and Don Byas. The album from which this recording was first issued, Rip, Rig and Panic, was originally released with a fold-out, die-cut, gatefold cover with photos and liner notes on the inside. In the notes, Kirk explains his music and the title of the album. (The track was recorded and released before Kirk added “Rahsaan” to his name, thus we don’t use it here.)
• [spoken] Adrian Henri reads his “Tonight at Noon”
• Olatunji and his Percussion, Brass and Choir—Ajua (from LP Zungo!; Columbia)
• Dale Serano—Ou-Wee Man (Stix)

• Pedro Laza y sus Pelayeros—La Pollerona (from LP Cumbias de Colombia; Discos Fuentes; Colombia)
• ———Pedro Laza was a band leader from Colombia who specialized in a regional musical style called porro. He and his band, The Pelayeros, also played cumbias, gaitas, fandangos and mapalé. His career started in the thirties and reached the peak of its popularity in the sixties. All of his records were issued by the Colombian record company Discos Fuentes.
• The Century-Five—La Moomba Kasa Boo Boo Cha Cha Cha (Belmont)
• Gil Scott-Heron—The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (from LP Small Talk at 125th and Lennox; Flying Dutchman)
• Iron Butterfly—In the Time of Our Lives (from LP Ball; Atco)
• Laika & the Cosmonauts—Caravan (from album Surf’s You Right; Texicala; Finland)
• Big Joe Tuner—Roll ‘Em Pete (from LP Boss of the Blues; Atlantic)
• Charlie Parker—A Night in Tunisia (Savoy)

• Biggie Ratt—Escape (Apt)
• ———“Escape” is a minimalist funk instrumental that is driven by some serious percussion action. It’s possible that the drummer is Vernon Garrett, an underrated journeyman R&B singer, as he was known to play drums; plus he is the vocalist on the flip side, “We Don’t Need No Music” (although not credited). Garrett also is a known guitarist, so maybe he’s the guitarist. This record was originally issued on the Watts U.S.A. label that also released several other singles by Garrett. Garrett appeared at one of the fabulous Dig Deeper shows in Brooklyn in 2010 and that was certainly a gas.

• Los Bravos—La Moto (Columbia; Spain)
• ———Los Bravos was a Spanish group that had a couple hits in the U.S., the biggest being “Black Is Black.” Most of the group’s records were recorded in London and sung in English. “La Moto” is sung in Spanish and it’s about the singer’s desire to ride around on a motorcycle that he can’t afford.
• Don Randi Trio +—Tomorrow Never Knows (from LP Revolver Jazz; Reprise)

• The Last—Jungle Book (from LP Look Again; Backlash/House Arrest)
• ———In 1980, The Last recorded an album that never came out. Test pressings were made in order to shop it to record companies (and some lucky fans received copies) but it never had a cover and it was never really released. Look Again is actually the group’s best, most comprehensive album. About five years ago, the tapes were dug up and remixed the way they should have been in the first place and given a proper release. It is highly recommended to all GO Mechanism listeners. “Jungle Book” is a Jeffrey Lee Pierce composition that was written for his pre-Gun Club band The Red Lights.
• The Remo Four—Peter Gun (Piccadilly; UK)
• Budos Band—Seizure (Daptone)
• Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band—Dachau Blues (instrumental) (from album Grow Fins; Revenant)
• Chocolate Watchband—No Way Out (from album No Way Out; Tower)
• Steve Reigh—Four Organs (& Maracas) (excerpt) (from LP Three Dances & Four Organs; Angel)
• Tom Paxton—Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney (from album Ain’t That Good News; Elektra)
• ———Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney were Civil Rights Movement activists who were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1964 in Mississippi. Some of those involved in the murders were members of local law enforcement. News of these killings was among the deciding factors in the passing of the Civli Rights Act later that year, signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. Up until that moment, the South had been mostly Democrat voters—in opposition to the Republican Abraham Lincoln who freed the slaves. After Johnson signed the bill, the South, almost over night, switched to the Republican Party.

—-Science Corner—-
In this edition of The Science Corner we listen to three instrumentals recorded by three different backing bands belonging to three soul and R&B legends. In a typical blues or R&B concert, the backing band would often take the stage and perform a few songs before the star comes out to perform. This is called, ‘the walk-on.’ The band that an R&B singer tours with is often not the same band that he records with. However, in today’s Science Corner, we will listen to three recordings by bands that are nominally the backing bands of great singers.

• First is “Just a Little Bit of Soul” by The Chuck Jackson Orchestra. Chuck Jackson placed about 20 records in the Billboard R&B charts between 1960 and 1980.

• Next up is “Oon-Guela Part One” by The Joe Simon Band. Joe Simon racked up nearly fifty R&B hits between 1965 and 1981.

• This is followed by “Chocolate Cherry” by The Joe Tex Band. Joe Tex landed more than thirty records into the R&B charts between 1965 and 1978.

• Mohamed Jerrari—Sidi Mansour (Elfen; France )
• ——— “Sidi Mansour” is a Tunisian folk song that was turned into a major pan-Arab hit in 2000 by Saber Rebaï and has since been covered and sampled several times. The version here comes to us from the mid-seventies (we think) by Mohamed Jerrari, a Tunisian musician.
• The Sharp Hawks—Itsumo No Tokoro De (King; Japan)

• Sil Austin; vocal: Lester Young—The Girl With the Foxy Frame (Mercury)
• ———Sil Austin was a tenor saxophonist whose “Slow Walk” was a bluesy and greasy instrumental that hit Number Three on the R&B charts in 1956. Many of Austin’s records were boss, rockin’ and honkin’ sax workouts. “Girl With the Foxy Frame” is one of his few releases that feature a vocalist—in this case a fellow named Lester Young. This guy is not to be confused with the legendary jazz saxophonist (and composer of GO Mechanism theme song, “Lester Leaps In”). We believe that this Lester Young is the same one who cut the cool R&B records “Barefoot Time in Chinatown” and “Wobble Time.” The flipside is a hot R&B rocker with a tuff guitar solo which we’ll feature in a future GO.
• Freek’s Garage—Operation Fullerton (Bandcamp)
• Darlene Love—Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (from LP A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector; Philles)
• The Atlantics—Rumble and Run (CBS; Australia)
• Pierre Boulez: Ensemble InterContemporain—Varèse: Intégrales (from album Varèse: Arcana Amériques, Ionisation, Etc.; Sony Classical)
• [spoken] Ian Holm reads “How to Kill” by Keith Douglas (from LP Will It Be So Again? Argo; UK)
• Jeff Bridges—Big Lebowski Mega Mix (GO Mechanism exclusive)
• Mighty Sparrow—Calypso Boogaloo (from LP Calypso Carnival; RA; Trinidad)
• The Squires—Going All the Way (Atco)
• Dave Hamilton—Can You Dig It? (Remind)
• Red Rodney Sextet—Dig This Menu Please (OKeh)
• Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band—Japan Is a Dishpan (from LP Lick My Decals Off Baby; Straight)
• [spoken] I Am the Walrus (lyrics read by nice AI lady)

• Takeshi Terauchi & the Blue Jeans—Ski-A-Go-Go (King; Japan)
• ——— Takeshi Terauchi was a legend in Japan and among those who take guitar playing very seriously. Terauchi, also known as Terry, was fantastic and his music has appeared in several previous GO Mechanisms; and will be in future ones, for sure. To the untrained ear, one would call his sound ‘surf music,’ but really, he was beyond that. In Japan, his style was called Eleki—for electric beat. One listen to the song here, “Ski-A-Go-Go,” and you will hear how completely unique his style was.
• Curtis Mayfield—Freddie’s Dead (GO edit) (Curtom)
• Swan Court—The F-Word (youtube)
• ———This is a song we found on the Youtubes. There is not a lot of information regarding the song or artist, so we guess that it was generated by Artificial Intelligence. We could be wrong, and we would be happy to be proven so. However, “The F-Word” is a very topical song that clearly applies to current events. Vote accordingly.

Once again, we thank the Luxuria Music folks for sponsoring The GO. The GO Mechanism producers ask each of you to go to Luxuria Music and find out how you can help support them. They have a lot of cool trash available in their online store. We urge you to get as much money as you can, stuff it into a shoe box and send it to Luxuria Music. Do it today.

If you missed the original airing on Luxuria Music, you can find it as a podcast on its website [ RIGHT HERE] for a few weeks, and then it will be posted in the Mixclouds and accessible below.

The first Do The 45 of the year got off to a terrific start! Lots of folks showed up to jump around. It took place on January 9 and Quinn’s was hoppin’ all night with folks slurping their ramen noodles and boppin’ to the wild sounds put down by the DJs, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus. Miss Nancy made flower-shaped chocolate sugar cookies and chex mix. Bella Bombora danced around and was often joined on the raised dance floor by swingin’ folks who dig the music.

Pete and Phast have settled into their new DJ format quite nicely—with each selector alternating sets of five songs. Sometimes the songs are related; sometimes they’re not. But it’s all in fun.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the January Do The 45:

• Quincy Jones and His Orchestra–The ‘In’ Crowd [from EP Quincy Plays for Pussycats] (Mercury)
• The Spotnicks–Space Party [from EP Karella] (Polydor; Japan)
• Geno Washington & the Ramjam Band–Beach Bash (Congress)
• Jan Davis–Run for Your Life (White Whale)
• Gabriel and the Angels–Chumba (Amy)
• Twistin’ Kings–Xmas Twist (Motown)
• Andrea Carroll–The Doolang (Bigtop)
• Nana Kinomi–Go-Kart Twist (King; Japan)
• Little Jerry–(I’ll Always Remember) Chapel on the Hill (Aldo)
• The Fugitives–Bo Diddley (Shoestring)
• James Brown and His Orchestra–Out of Sight (Smash)
• Sound Dimension–Time Is Tight (Studio One/Soul Jazz; UK)
• Dave Dee, Dozy, Beacky Mick & Tich–Hands Off (Fontana; France)
• The Surfaris–Don’t Hurt My Little Sister (Decca)
• Lorraine Myra–Vingt Cinq Ans (Rusticana; Canada)
• Eddie & the Showmen–Mr. Rebel (Liberty)
• The Animals–I’m Crying (M-G-M)
• Shaggy Men–Les Parents (Télédisc; Canada)
• Rocky Roberts and the Airedales–E Lasclatemi Stare (Durium)
• Toño Quirazco y su Conjunto–Shat Goon (Orfeon; Mexico)
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band–Abba Zaba (Buddah)
• Los Brillos–Sookie Sookie (Falcon)
• Eddie Holland–Leaving Here (Motown)
• Billy Butler–Right Track (OKeh)
• The Glories–I Stand Accused (Of Loving You) (Date)
• Candy & the Kisses–The Last Time (Scepter)
• Randy Fuller Four–The Things You Do (President; UK)
• Wee and the Revelations–Somebody to Love (Ryder)
• The Doors–Take It As It Comes (Elektra; UK)
• The Beatles–Sie Liebt Dich (Odeon; Germany)
• Dennis Coffey–Whole Lot of Love [from EP LP Sampler] (Sussex)
• The Attack–Any More Than I Do (Decca; UK)
• The Action–Hey Sha-Lo-Ney (Edsel; UK)
• The Dave Clark Five–At the Scene (Epic)
• The Atlantics–Come On (Sunshine; Australia)
• The Rumblers–It’s a Gas (Dot)
• The Pilgrimage–You Satisfy Me (Mercury)
• The Honeycombs–Can’t Get Through to You (Warner Bros.)
• The Quid–Crazy Things (Eagle; Canada)
• Beverley–Happy New Year (Deram)
• The Pacers featuring Bobby Crafford–Diddley Diddley Daddy (Razoback)
• The Accents–Road Runner (Garrett)
• Barbara Greene–Long Tall Sally (Atco)
• The Princeton Five–Summertime Blues (Princeton)
• Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited–Phantom Rider (Sheep; Switzerland)
• Thee Allyrgic Reaction–Small Steps (Disques Rogue; France)
• The Sound Minds–She Won’t Stay for Long (Go-Time)
• The Bo-Keys–Wind-Up Monkey (Electraphonic)
• Brian Diamond and the Cutters–Shake Shout and Go (Fontana)
• The Hour Glass–I Still Want Your Love (Liberty)
• Diane Renay–Dynamite (United Artists)
• Los Sirex–El Tren de la Costa (Vergara; Spain)
• Claude Righi–Machine (Riviera; France)
• Johnny Eager–The Howl (Design)
• Les Versatiles–Bolide X16 (London; Canada)
• The Yardbirds–I’m Not Talking (Epic)
• The Mighty Avengers–So Much in Love (Decca)
• Lenne & the Lee Kings–Stop the Music (Union; Japan)

None of these records are for sale!