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From: rod stasick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Henry Flynt The Insurrections
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:50:02 -0600
To: allen bukoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, Allen!
Another goodie release for you to know about (and pass on to others if you
like). This is available from Forced Exposure:
FLYNT THE INSURRECTIONS, HENRY: I Don't Wanna CD (LOCUST 39CD). Our man
Flynt shatters the categories once again with this surprise collection of
his short lived basement rock protest band, The Insurrections, from 1966.
Let there be no doubt in anyone's mind: Flynt's version of protest music
isn't your cultural-commissar school of folk posturing. It's agro and
Flynt is an unhinged showman on helium induced vox and the electric guitar
(his teacher was none other than Lou Reed). Imagine a mix of Sky Saxon (of
Seeds fame) with a dash of Roky Erickson thrown in on vocals, a little bit
of the Cramps' scary monster dramatics thrown in for good measure the
swamp chugalug laziness of vintage Pussy Galore and you get an idea what
Flynt was up to at this phase in his non-career. Features legendary
sculptor Walter De Maria on drums, confirming our hidden suspicion that in
every great artist there's a desire to rock beneath every fine gallery,
there is a basement. Photos by George Maciunas. $14.00
Rod
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Now playing: Smart Went Crazy - A Good Day
Three days after his burial in 1809, Haydn's head was stolen from his
grave by two Viennese officials, one of them the secretary of Haydn's
longtime employer Prince Esterhzy. Though the Esterhzy family later tried
to bring the grave robbers to justice, police pursued the matter only
halfheartedly, and one of the thieves even exhibited the skull in his
salon. At the time, skull shape was thought to be closely related to
genius in some way. The skull was not reunited with the rest of Haydn's
body until 1954.
