Teledildonics 5ooo aka Spengler the Strangler aka Towers of Showers aka Showers of Power aka the Brown Recluse aka We Shave (when performing with the White Lady)
Influences
The Eggs - Craig Zeigenhorn (Liberty Leg), Andy Caffrey (Horrors, Autodramatics) and yers truly ca. 2005?:
The lowest brow, Viva L'American Death Ray in Andoain, Spain w the Dirtbombs 2008:
Letting the headcases out on safari, VLADRM at the Cake Shop, July 4th 2008:
Rock and Roll. Soul. fake Fake Jazz. Tropical Rock Music. African R&B. 4Track Savants. Fringe Pop. NegroPsych. Prewar Country, Primitive Geniuses.
Steely Dan, Sun City Girls, Cluster, Faust, Neu!, Toru Takemitsu, Caetano Veloso, Terry Riley, Terry Reid, Shogun Kunitoki, Serge Gainsbourg's Cannabis sndtrk, Popol Vuh, Cosmic Jokers, Kraftwerk/Organisation, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler's "Truth is Marching In," Sonny Sharrock, Ennio Morricone's "Exorcist II" OST, The Miles Davis song "Rated X," Penderecki, The Rebel Ben Waller & The Country Teasers, Shelby Bryant's Cloud Wow Music, Kool Keith, Gang Starr, Daniel Higgs/Lungfish, Snakefinger, the Oblivians, Bruce Haack, Brian Eno/Robert Fripp's "No Pussyfooting," ELO/The Move, Giorgio Moroder's "Son of my Father," Glenn Branca, Glenn Campbell, Roy Montgomery, Growing, Swell Maps, Six Finger Satellite, X, Bad Brains, Syd Barrett, The Staple Singer's cover of Bob Dylan's "Masters of War," Bob Dylan's "New Morning" and when he was wearing that white pancake makeup on his face and shooting heroin and shit before going born-again, Red Shark, The Tall Dwarfs, The Clean, The Godz, Katey Red, Quintron, Korla Pandit, John Cale's Paris 1919, Iggy Pop's New Values et The Idiot, Lou Reed's Coney Island Baby, Nilsson, Roky Erickson, Kim Fowley's I'm Bad LP, Ariel Pink, the Kinks, The Pretty Things' "Phillipe DeBarge" bootleg, the Rolling Stones when on kief or LSD, not heroin, Karlheinz Stockhausen's "Helicopter String Quartet," Joe Meek, R. Stevie Moore
The Weathermen, The Weather Underground, Celine, John Fante, Charles Bukowski, Harmony Korinne's "A CrackUp At The Race Riots" and "Pass the Chicken, Bitch," Elmore Leonard, Jim Thompson, Henry Miller, Herman Hesse, Lords of Chaos, Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD, Richard Brautigan, Cormac McCarthy's The Road, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Werner Herzog, The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Klaus Kinski, Mel Brooks, Cassavettes' "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," I Am Cuba, Suspiria, Man Bites Dog, I'm in love with Ellen Greene as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Fassbinder's "Kamikaze 1989," Mike McCarthy, Coffin Joe aka José Mojica Marins, Detroit 9000, The Harder They Come, Peter Sellers, The Black Hole, Blade Runner, Sam Peckinpah, Warren Oates, Heaven's Gate, Terence Malick, Wim Wenders' book "Once," GIUSEPPE ANDREWS, Akira Kurosawa, Paul Schrader's "Hardcore," Straight Time, Coonskin, Dr. Who, Moebius, Heavy Metal Magazine, Dungeons, Dragons
Ill fucking KILL Rick Moranis to get to Ellen Greene. Ill punch that little pipsqueak in the fucking throat! Seriously. Girls, if you wanna get with me, BE this woman. Not kidding:
Please step on me Gena Rowlands style. Cassavettes, you schmuck, you may be a genius but I'd have to whip yer ass for that broad:
Finally, an update of the 2008 VLADRM European Tour diaries. More to come as well, including Harlan T Bobo tour comix, photos, mp3s, video, etc. Check er out!
http://towersofshowers.blogspot.com/
Harlan and Anne's baby kid, Nino Antonio Bobo! Quite the comedian at 5 months...
Rusty James IS Rockbat.
My Aunt, Ree Ree, out in Los Angeles used to jam this 7" CONSTANTLY when I was a kid. A classic Italian cut-down.
I have played, recorded or toured with Harlan T. Bobo, Viva L'American Death Ray Music, We Shave, The Limes, Lover!, The Arch Rivals, The Compulsive Gamblers, 68 Comeback, Jack Oblivian, Nicholas Ray and the Curious Yellow Orchestra, William Elliott Whitmore, the Hallways of Always (Jenny Hoyston from Erase Errata and Will Whitmore), ft(the Shadow Government), Coolzey, Skin Club, the Blizzards of Wizards, the Brown Recluse, Delorean, Tav Falco and the Panther Burns, Andre Williams, Daniel Johnston.
This Sonny Sharrock clip consistently fulfills my day:
..................The Sex Offender Shuffle [Video] You don`t remember it, but this is how sex offenders were penalized it the `80s--embarrassing PSA commercials.............
I was in NYC last more for a little over a week and I loved it! However, I had no problem when it came time to head back home. I couldn't stand the fact that I was always waiting in New York! Waiting for the subway, waiting for a taxi, even getting a slice of pizza was bullshit sometimes! I just want to hop in my car, be on my way, and not sitting around on a subway platform all day. And a great thing about LA is you don't even have to live in the city to enjoy it! Just jump on the freeway and you're there in 20 (no traffic lol). Yea, ok, I'm bias, but whatever! LA is where it's at my friend.
P.S. look up california senate bill 420 and you'll see why california is the best choice ;)
Dear Mr. Dildonic, Yes we can digitize some more recordings tonight in my room. About the other thing you asked me, though.....well.....I'm straight man, sorry. It's really flattering, though.
I'll be back in no time and we can do the burger king. I'm going to shower you with gifts and we can sit in a bathtub full of money because it's christmas--the time for miracles.
