This was based upon a recurrent dream Peter Green had in which he woke up unable to move while messages about money formed in his brain. Green recalls: "When I woke up I found I was writing this song. Next day I went out to the park and the words started coming. The Green Manalishi is the wad of notes, the devil is green and he was after me. Fear, inspiration is what it was, but it was that tribal ancient Hebrew thing I was going for. Ancient music." More recently he admitted, "It took me two years to recover from that song. When I listened to it afterwards there was so much power there... it exhausted me."
During the time he wrote this, he was struggling with LSD and schizophrenia. This is the last song he recorded with Fleetwood Mac
the guitar solo has a very haunting sound
"Now, when the day goes to sleep and the full moon looks
The night is so black that the darkness cooks
Dont you come creepin around - makin me do things I dont want to
Cant believe that you need my love so bad
Come sneakin around tryin to drive me mad
Bustin in on my dreams - making me see things I dont wanna see
Break:
Cause you're the green manalishi with the two prong crown
All my tryin is up - all your bringin is down
Just taking my love then slippin away
Leavin me here just tryin to keep from following you"
The way Jeremy Spencer describes the recording session is great. I would've loved to have been there
If you ever have some free time, watch the whole Peter Green Story. You can pretty much put him up there with Syd Barrett and Roky Erickson
April 11, 2009
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March 24, 2009
Serpent Throne
Just found out about these guys and they're fucking awesome! What's even better is that they're from Philly, so I'm sure I'll be able to catch a bunch of shows.
They were actually one of the bands that played with Pentagram down in Baltimore recently. I ended up not going down to that show due to money issues and I'm pretty pissed I missed it now that it's done and over... I'm also pissed because I just found out they just played at Johnny Brenda's with Flower Travellin' Band, which some consider the "Japanese Black Sabbath". Check'em out... but their stuff is hard to find.
Anyways, here's what Serpent Throne had to say about themselves
"Picture this:
Say there was a heavy rock festival in like '72 where Black Sabbath, Wishbone Ash, the Scorpions, Budgie, and like Cactus are supposed to play, but then, due to a series of plane crashes and natural disasters, only 1 surviving member from each band can make it. In order to calm down the crowd of heavy rockers, Iommi grabs a couple dudes from the other bands and puts together an emergency band. And then Uli Roth says, "We don't need a singer because he'll just get in the way of the riffs." I think that's what Serpent Throne is aiming for. Whether we get there or not is another story, but we'll drink some beer and rip some guitar harmonies along the way."
You should support these guys! They're keeping good music alive!!
Fuck yeah!
They were actually one of the bands that played with Pentagram down in Baltimore recently. I ended up not going down to that show due to money issues and I'm pretty pissed I missed it now that it's done and over... I'm also pissed because I just found out they just played at Johnny Brenda's with Flower Travellin' Band, which some consider the "Japanese Black Sabbath". Check'em out... but their stuff is hard to find.
Anyways, here's what Serpent Throne had to say about themselves
"Picture this:
Say there was a heavy rock festival in like '72 where Black Sabbath, Wishbone Ash, the Scorpions, Budgie, and like Cactus are supposed to play, but then, due to a series of plane crashes and natural disasters, only 1 surviving member from each band can make it. In order to calm down the crowd of heavy rockers, Iommi grabs a couple dudes from the other bands and puts together an emergency band. And then Uli Roth says, "We don't need a singer because he'll just get in the way of the riffs." I think that's what Serpent Throne is aiming for. Whether we get there or not is another story, but we'll drink some beer and rip some guitar harmonies along the way."
You should support these guys! They're keeping good music alive!!
Fuck yeah!
March 20, 2009
March 16, 2009
I believe in karma...
and these fuckers will get theirs!!
Got this off of Skate Daily today
"Late Friday night in Portland, Oregon, skateboarders Clay Hunt and Taylor Appelo (Devin Appelo’s brother) were both attacked by four men as they waited at a Max stop on their way home. Both were attacked for no reason and beat senselessly with their own skateboards. The four attackers bragged about being drunk and told Clay and Taylor “That they were in the wrong place at the wrong time!”
Taylor Appelo was beaten so badly that his jaw has been broken in three different spots and wired shut. He also suffered a broken rib and the loss of five of his teeth.
Sadly, Taylor is 20 years old and doesn’t have medical insurance. A charity fund for Taylor Appelo will soon be in place, more information will be available shortly."
News video here
That shit is fucked! Fucking drunken jocks, that shit will come back to get them and I hope it comes back ten fold.
Got this off of Skate Daily today
"Late Friday night in Portland, Oregon, skateboarders Clay Hunt and Taylor Appelo (Devin Appelo’s brother) were both attacked by four men as they waited at a Max stop on their way home. Both were attacked for no reason and beat senselessly with their own skateboards. The four attackers bragged about being drunk and told Clay and Taylor “That they were in the wrong place at the wrong time!”
Taylor Appelo was beaten so badly that his jaw has been broken in three different spots and wired shut. He also suffered a broken rib and the loss of five of his teeth.
Sadly, Taylor is 20 years old and doesn’t have medical insurance. A charity fund for Taylor Appelo will soon be in place, more information will be available shortly."
News video here
That shit is fucked! Fucking drunken jocks, that shit will come back to get them and I hope it comes back ten fold.
March 14, 2009
Help Bill with his Bills
Benefit for Bill Sands to help him live. He's out of work due to his injury and has some bills to pay.
$10 cover for OPEN BAR, bunch of raffles, videos and pure drunken fun... sounds good to me!
click the flyer for for more details or click on the Compound blog for a better write up of this event
$10 cover for OPEN BAR, bunch of raffles, videos and pure drunken fun... sounds good to me!
click the flyer for for more details or click on the Compound blog for a better write up of this event
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