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
--- 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.
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