Crime & The City Solution was Mick Harvey's band. Harvey was with Cave in The Birthday Party and the first ten years of The Bad Seeds. The first Crime albums featured several current bad seeds, and I think the last one was just Harvey. Mick Harvey was also involved with Einstende Neubaten, and I think Cave recorded with them too.

No i havent. Tell me more!

Ill check out those guys though! AWESOME!

Charley Patton is always a must, and my favorite (over and above Robert Johnson) is Son House. 'Deathletter' can't be beaten in my book. \I love Barbeque Bob. I think there are only 8 known tracks by him, but they are wonderful. Not Delta, but very wonderful also is Lightnin' Hopkins. I find that the leap from him and John Lee Hooker to Cave, Mick Harvey, etc is a very logical one. Have you ever listened to Einstende Neubaten and Crime And The City Solution by the way?

I think we have quite a bit overlapping but then the stuff that doesnt is quite different from each other. But i agree, i think we both love our rock n roll. Im finding myself interested in a lot of delta blues lately. Any suggestions?

What I find very very cool is that although you and I have pretty different musical tastes, there is a point of convergence, namely that punky nasty bluesy music that the likes of The Black Keys, Cave and Jack White put out on a good day.

My favorite tune on the new Nick Cave is MOONLAND. Holy Hot Dog that song is glorious. My fav on the new Black Keys is SO HE WONT BREAK. YAY!

Hi Mate, I have been out of town. Had to rush to San Diego to see my Sister In Law who was on life support. She is doing better now so we are back. I have the Racounteurs all set up and ready to play later on this evening. I had my Mother In Law in the car and she finds anything to the left or louder than George Strait to be unacceptable. I will let you know later, and I will also have a go at your mixtape. Cheers

Hello fine sir
Postede new mix for download, not sure if it will be your cup of tea though. it turned more and more metalish the more i played around with it.

Also, thoughts on new Racontuers album?

yeah, my idea of 'fixing it up' is making sure the wall speakers are up.

Just got hold of the Portishead album. I am taking off out of town again, so kmore when I return, but so far, 'Silence' didn't get me on first listen. All the elements of old seemed to be there but noit coming together. On first listen of 'Hunter' though, I was really impressed. It was weirdly beautiful in a waay only Beth Gibbons can be. More later!

I understand what you mean. I think that its just all of the history of these places coming together at the same time while you are there. I went to Hearst Castle but I was young and definitely didnt appreciate it. Id like to go back. The house my aunt and uncle live in is apparently one Dylan shared with Joan Baez during that whole period. The backyard gives me a feeling something bad happened there though (could be pre-, during, or post- dylan). There is a giants wood deck in the beck that covers up an empty swimming pool. For some reason it just feels like to me like someone didnt want to look at that pool anymore. I doubt the house resembles what it actually looked like back then anymore. My aunt and uncle did a lot of work on it because by their standards it was a "fixer-upper". I hope I get to move into a cool old house like that someday. Im the type of guy that doesnt like to change that stuff around very much.

Haven't heard the Portishead album yet. I am a bit nervous about it actually, the old stuff means so much to me, and I would hate to think of them doing a cash-in Cd, but what you said gives me a little hope. I know what you mean about the Stooges thing, the New York Dolls reunion was another slice of shite. I saw the Velvet Underground reunion in London in the early 90s, and it bore no relation to the original band. It was just a bunch of disparate people with nothing in common anymore trotting out tired versions of songs that deserved better. Portishead will only work if it is a living thing again. Beth Gibbons was always a little erratic, but I am hoping good things will come from this reunion.

Hi Mate, Looking forward to hearing your new mixtape. Your Uncle and Aunt living in Dylan's old house is interesting. I went to school with a guy who went on to live in the apartment where Hendrix had lived in over in Notting Hill Gate. I went round there expecting to find god knows what. It was 9 years since Hendrix had lived (and indeed died) there, and visiting there was an anti-climax, but I was still impressed for some odd reason. I suppose it is that idea of walking where those you admired walked. My wife and I did the Hearst Castle tour on our mini vacation last week. I was totally impressed and totally grossed out all at the same time. When we were shown a few old home movies, including one of Charlie Chaplin playing tennis there, and then went on to see the tennis court looking as it had in the film, I was oddly moved.

PSs. The new Portishead is very interesting. I think it is a worthy follow-up and not a "Stooges The Weirdness" - level debacle.

Hi friend, Im going to be uploading a new mix sometime this week that I think you might be interested to check out. Its more on the "Really rockin'" end but I think you might find some stuff you havent heard before that you might enjoy.

PS. Random Clint Eastwood trivia:
He used to be the Mayor of Carmel, California. My Aunt and Uncle live there in Bob Dylans old house. Lets just say the town is populated by "Fancy types".

Hi mate, I am consumed with getting my book ready for publishing (it is just about community theater) but otherwise things go well. I aim to download your new mix. I did see that you had it up there in the forums!

Hey there!
You might enjoy a few of the bands featured on my newest mix i posted in my thread in the forums. Hope things are well!

PS.
I might have said this before but, my favorite is the OXES EP. Thats what its called. Theres also Oxes and OXXXES. they are silly guys.

No prob mate. Whats new with you?

No nI didn't get any Oxes stuff yet but thanks for reminding me I want to. My heqad is like swiss cheese just lately

Did you ever end up getting your hands on some Oxes stuff?