Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
Influences
Our roster includes musicians Eric Gaffney, Tamio Shiraishi, Sean Meehan, Eugene Chadbourne, Jad Fair, R. Stevie Moore, DQE/Grace Braun, Yximalloo, Dangerwoman, Tim Foljahn/$2 Guitar, Davey Williams, Gang Wizard, Shaking Ray Levis, Gold Sparkle Band, L. Contra, Flap, Ladonna Smith, Howard Finster, San Agustin, David Daniell, Earzumba, Les Man Avec Les Lunettes, Bad Poet, Forever, Spoons, Anglophobe, Isaac GJ Colbert, Charlie Parker, Morgan Guberman, Audiodelica, Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine, Cheryl Leonard, How to Kick Yourself, 2 Geniuses, Autobody, Untanned Hide of a Young Cow, Buford Highway, More, Tom Heasley, Ken Rosser, Die Spatzen, Witt Mills, Rudy Bust, NDF, Albatross, Adrian Shalom Williams, POT ROAST, Tom Elliott, go action with da-da sound, The Garage People, Drue and Myles Langlois, Alien Hybrid, Jill Burton, Supermarket Son (Sleepbags), Mysterue De Day (Andy Hopkins), Glee, Make It Stop, Mike Wright, Spleenal (Steve Pomberg), Rob Parham, Charles Waters, Jimmy Young, Ouingphat (Ena Balllard), Cradle, Trolling Withdrawal, Log Cabin, Rob Mallard, Wes Daniel, Ben Davis, Troy Piper, William Carlos Williams, Bon Vivants (Ben's band), Zandosis (Marshall's band); additional cover artists and designers include Knickerbocker, Marc Bell, Henry Owings, Adam Keller, Leslie Strain Wilson, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, Hollie Dzama, Drue Langlois, Michael Dumontier, Adrian Williams, Shelley Dick, J. Pylpchuk, and the Royal Art Lodge.
Sounds Like
"A washing machine on drugs" ... "dishwasher having a nervous breakdown" ... "a riot at a burning slaughterhouse" ... "a fire drill during an exorcism at the maternity ward of an insane asylum" ... "a terrorist attack on a petting zoo" ... "an earthquake during a seance in an ape house" ... "the horrified sreams of a baseball stadium crowd as a disabled jetliner nosedives into home plate" ... just kidding ! Those are quotes from Gerald Jablonski's wonderful "Empty Skull" comics. (Fantagraphics) Actually this Tokafi review of our 10th anniversary compilation OGX really hits it on the head: “OGX” merely emulates what 90% of listeners are doing already: Mixing it up, breaking it down and shuffling their way through multifold playlists and across all style-barriers. If radio can no longer provide this sense of excitement, this adrenalin-filled moment is what could come next and if record companies have decided to play it safe and “tasteful”, then it is up to labels like Old Gold to fill the vacuum. Nothing comes closer to John Peel’s eclectic approach than this and the ambassador of “good music without borders” would certainly have liked quite a few of these tunes. And if you can see the wholeness in fractures, the aesthetics in ugliness, the coherence in incoherence and the pleasure of being shocked and shaken every time a new track begins, then you will too.
By Tobias Fischer
http://www.tokafi.com/newsitems/cd-feature-v-a-ogx/view
Noise! Noise! Noise! Great collaboration between Dale Miller (Brooklyn) and Tony Gordon (Atlanta) is now out - Thurston Moore calls it "the drum and bass album of the year." Another great duet cd by Marshall Avett and Stewart Voegtlin further expands the Zandosis family sound with a great atmospheric reverb to pick up where Tamio and Sean Meehan left off with the Summer Concerts LP. Another Zandosis CD "Nuclear Winter" and the wild freak folk punk out "Dirtbrain" CD (featuring members of Zandosis, Bon Vivants, DQE, and lots of others) round out the madness. More noise coming from Ben and Marshall, Ben Stewart and Rob (Readymades), and other Van Halen inspired antics to come. 2008 be the year of maximum noise/minimum press so grab these hand-painted luxury items, sure to be sold at much higher prices at the New Museum bookstore down the road, hard and fast before they're set in the asphalt with the rest of civilization! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Hello To All My Fans! I just wanted to let you all know that I will be making my very first convention appearance outside of Georgia this summer. I am going to this convention, called Ultima Con, in a place called San Dimas, California, which is outside of Los Angeles. It is going to be held July 11th-14th at The Extended Stay Hotel in San Dimas, California. I am also going to be celebrating my BIG 4-0 at Dragon Con 2008, on Saturday, August 30th, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel's Learning Center, in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia USA. If there is one convention YOU go this year, one birthday party this year, Danger Woman's BIG 4-0 at Dragon Con 2008 will BE THE DON'T MISS EVENT of 2008! Well, I must go now. I have to start preparing to help my pals, Feedback and Major Victory out on Ultima Con. Until we meet on the net........ Yours in the fight for Justice and good music, DANGER WOMAN
hi how are things goin? your myspace is looking sweet! but anyways, i just downloaded some sweet new tones from www.snazzyringers.info for FREE! they have the newest selection!
This is my music video for "It's Not Easy When You're Me"
You guys, I've been told I need to do a better job of promotimg my band, so I'm trying my hand at ye olde myspace spamming... Have you ever been friends with a myspace spammer? Have you ever woken up next to a myspace spammer? I figure in the future we'll all probably be robots anyway, so I'm cool with it...
hey whats up? i wanted to show you this site, it shows you if anyone has a crush on you and tells you who it is. i just tried it and i cant believe what it said.
HallelvijaH Old Gold ! Thanks for keeping contact ... Good to meet you in this cyber–chaos & welcome to the Old Europa Cafe !
For the fall season we suggest following OEC new & fresh cocktails for your ears …
Ready to satisfy your taste : BLEIBURG – Shadows will Survive 2xCD+DVD NORDVARGR – For the Blood is the Life CD (Plus Special ed. CD + Mini CD) PACIFIC 231 & RAPOON – Palestine CD (Plus Special ed. CD + Mini CD)
In preparation , soon ready : DIVISION S - Something to Drink CD SPACE ALLIANCE - Volume 2 CD (Plus Special ed. CD + Mini CDr in metal Box) Various Artists - The Appeal of Discarded Orthodoxy - A Tribute to David E. Williams 2xCD WEIHAN - Symphonies of Divination CD TEATRO SATANICO - Inno a Satana 10” KENJI SIRATORI – Epidemic Animals 2xCDr+DVDr
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Hello to all my fans! I just wanted to let you know that my concert at Dragon Con was a big smash! At least what really save the day was not my rendition of Theme From NightMan, but teaching Feedback of Who Wants To Be A Superhero how to do The Axel F Walk. And speaking of that, I have been invited to audition for season three, which means that I will have to send a great audition video that would be very worthy of getting me on the show. It will NOT be an easy task, but with your loyal support, I will be able to go national and perhaps meet with some of you, the fans! Well, I must go and get ready for my 39th birthday. Have a great week and until we meet on the net.... Yours In The Fight For Justice and Good Music, DANGER WOMAN
Great basket heads and I won't even BORE you with how cool the "lo-fi aesthetic" of your music is. You know this crap already. Enjoy the defiance of it all. WIOTA 07
tenbaka is the largest rock band in the world. When you come to Japan, let's do the jam session together. The person who joined the friend here is a member of tenbaka already. All Tenbaka-Myspace-friends are members of a Tenbaka!!
"Old Gold never grows Mold, keepin' it real, it's the real deal" SUPPORT OLD GOLD, pick up the oft ignored and soon to be treasured classic "UNCHARTED WATERS" (eric gaffney recordings 1999-2006) Limited Edition of 1,000
don't call it a comeback...
BON VIVANTS
live at wrek, june 5...
KICKING ASS in the georgia tech student center from 10 til 11!
our first appearance since... well we can't even remember so we're bound to be good right ?? FYEAYH
350 ferst drive - come early and bring some beer.
- or listen / download for up to a week afterward here:
http://www.wrek.org/?q=liveatwrek
also,
the wonderful LMALL (le man avec les lunettes) have a video in rotation on mtv italia. they were interviewed between sinead o connor and violent femmes. we think maybe the old gold LP was mentioned, but we don't know if sinead or gordon gano got one.
well let's hope so. they could use it.
here's the video for aging again ! http://www.lmall.splinder.com
more surprises to come -
happy summer
ben
...of the bv's ...
could be a lost gem from anywhere in the last 30 years.
- byron coley/ the wire
shimmies with delinquent energy.
- amanda langston/ keenly observed
I dare you to listen to this and not at least once think they are the best band in the world right now.
- mike wood /foxy digitalis
