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A Letter To Lumpy

Hey Lumpy!


I thought I’d write you one last letter since I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye. I guess this might be more about me and my feelings then you and what you meant to people, but I still have to give it a go.

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Posted on May 2, 2010 at 7:19pm — 17 Comments

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The Gynecologists - Original Liner Notes

Gulcher Records is releasing the Gynecologists CD, and is using the liner notes I wrote.
Or at least a version of them: here is the original in all of it's glory.
Of all the sick and sordid sagas to come floating out of the punk rock scene in isolated Indiana, none are more twisted than the ravings of Tommy Afterbirth and the band he founded in the late 1970's, the legendary Gynecologists.
This infamous band was the diseased brain child of their lead vocalist, a shambling hulk who had renamed hi… Continue

Posted on June 28, 2008 at 9:29am — 6 Comments

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Cannon Fodder For The Class by the Walking Ruins

Hello everyone:
The Walking Ruins will be playing Friday, June 20th 2008 at Uncle Festers.
We will also be releasing a CD made many years ago and never released. It has 19 tracks and is called "Cannon Fodder For The Class War". Copies will be available at the show.
I have uploaded 3 mp3s for the masses to consume.
See you there!
And here are the liner notes from the disc:
It was the summer of 1990, & unknown to us the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq was just weeks away. We had been frantically sp… Continue

Posted on June 19, 2008 at 1:44pm — 2 Comments

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Jerry Lee Lewis My Musical Hero

It was 1979. I was a pseudo-jaded high school junior, already past my infatuation with the Sex Pistols though still enthralled with punk rock (and indeed would form my first band the Panics next year). In a good-faith attempt to foster understanding between parent & spawn, my father told me he had arranged for the family to go see old time rocker Jerry Lee Lewis at a small club in Brown County called The Little Nashville Opry.
Hmmm, that sounds all right, I thought, a free show and those fif… Continue

Posted on May 18, 2008 at 9:44pm — 11 Comments

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Rock For No Reason Part Three: Babylon's Burning

THE FIRE
I woke up Monday, very tired but in surprisingly good spirits. It was Labor Day, and after 3 solid days of music, there was a debate over whether to continue past the announced schedule. Eric had arranged in advance for the sound system to stay a fourth day, and finally that morning it was decided, what the heck, if some band wanted to play that night they could. The sound crew slowly began to set up the PA system.
I will never forget what happened next. It was mid-morning. I was sittin… Continue

Posted on April 28, 2008 at 8:56am — 15 Comments

 

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The MAC engineer's name was Wayne - the Walking Ruins had some fun messing with him through the years but all in fun. We tried to convince him to put some cursing in Spanish on a Live From Bloomington cut once, hyuk hyuk. And other things as well wh…
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About Me
Lead singer of Walking Ruins and happily married to Amanda, with 2 kids Truman and Ramona. Color me lucky!
What bands are you or have you been in?
Panics 1980 The beginning of it all. Buy the cd.
Panics II 1981 An attempt to cash in on the single.
Johnny ESAD and the Music Killers 1980-85 Based on the theory of "non-music".
Pigwings 1981 Basically the line up of the Panics II doing a single Johnny ESAD type show.
Hard Cold Lumps of Cheese 1982 Another Johnny ESAD knock off show
The Molemen 1982 Much fun. A great group of crimminals, I mean musicians.
Big Rigs A country punk band with Frankie Camaro, Ian, and Jim Stafford. We did I believe one show in Steve Ireland's back yard in 1982.
Skeletones 1983 A short lived project with Seth Spicker and Scott Colburn. We played a street dance, at least.
Beatrice 1984 Mike Ost and Eric White (now Spears), plus JPS on drums.
Swamp Rats 1985 KM Ross, Bad Bob and Ion Man; we made a demo and played a few shows.
Deadbeats 1985-86 Ransom Haille stepping in for KM Ross. We were a pretty crazy outfit. When Ian stepped in we called ourselves the Wobblies.
Walking Ruins 1987-1997, 2006-08 A long lived project, several releases, many gigs, easily the most productive and my own personal favorite.
The John Barge Society 1999-2000 A solo gig but the acoustic guitar just isn't loud enough at a gig
What city are you from?
Bloomington

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At 8:06pm on August 28, 2010, Kerry Scott/Tommy Afterbirth said…
Hi John - yes, it's me! Thanks for the note - keep in touch. Kerry
At 3:20pm on August 25, 2010, Rick Wilkerson said…
John, I believe I do have a copy of that masterpiece. Thanks for asking!
At 2:58am on July 22, 2010, David Schlabach said…
Oh, now listen you - just stop it.
God forbid you and Dave ever stop in my town.
I'd have to put you guys up, buy all the beer, stay up all night telling stories, and make you my kids godparents, and my wife would probably have us all hauled away to the pokey.


God..I love beer!! Let's do this thing
At 4:00pm on July 19, 2010, Kurt/Yukki said…
Hey, it's the truth!
Haha...
We wouldn't LET you buy all the beer.

But, you know how it was...When you could hear a record and feel instant camaraderie.
At 10:20pm on July 10, 2010, mike whybark said…
Whoops, OK, taking it down.
At 7:04pm on July 9, 2010, David Schlabach said…
BTW ..did you guys end up playing "Think for yourself" at Lumpyfest?
At 7:01pm on July 9, 2010, David Schlabach said…
John

I really wish I could have went to Lumpyfest. I was just too busy. I really loved him alot and sorely miss him already. Yukki flew in for the first one and I had the good fortune of having his company for 3 days. He got to know my 3 sons and they all loved him. I did not mean to take liberties with "Punkmobile", I put it on my compilation and made the little video..I thought it was a good fit..hope you got a chuckle out of it. As I am one who channels moronic entities from the third dimension, I am very compulsive and as a result tend to do things very spontaneously..(and without much forethought) Once you extended a cordial welcome to me to come to the Panics reunion, and, although I didn't make it, still look forward to it sometime if the offer still stands. I really don't mean to come off as being abrasive.It's a weird Germanic gene from antiquity and I am cursed with it LOL :)
P.S.
Who got the bulk of the Lumpy tapes?

Yours Truly
Dave Repellent Jr.
At 3:21pm on July 7, 2010, David Schlabach said…

Find more videos like this on Hall of Brains Repository
I was thinkin' of you J.B.
At 3:14pm on June 14, 2010, Kurt/Yukki said…
"Paul already had the drums set up and miced, and was not experienced or mature enough to really take the time to adjust anything,"

This is supposed to say I was not experienced or mature enough...NOT Paul!
At 3:11pm on June 14, 2010, Kurt/Yukki said…
Lumpy's cassettes!
Shit, man...There was one that I know he had a copy of called Lotus & The Flower Children that I wish I could get a hold of. I wonder if anyone grabbed that. It was the direct precursor to The Repellents, with Dave singing and Jakki on bass and me on drums. I've never been able to relocate my original tape, but I know Lumpy made a copy.

Think For Yourself was hastily recorded. As I remember it we had this riff that we'd only played a few times, I mean it wasn't even a "song" yet. When we were trying to decide what to record, Lumpy threw it out there, and I remember thinking that I didn't really want to do it, because we didn't even know it...So, Jakki started it up and we just fell in. We played it for a little over a minute (shakily) and then Lumpy nods and we just stopped playing. That was it. Done deal. I remember feeling very frustrated. I was completely out of my element. Paul already had the drums set up and miced, and was not experienced or mature enough to really take the time to adjust anything, so you can hear me hitting the mic on the snare drum a couple of times. It's a shame I didn't know any better at the time, because the drums sounded good and it's a nice, clean recording. When the original Master Tape came out, we'd already done a session with Mr. Science, and we (Repellents) were really happy with the results. I don't think Paul was so happy with the sound quality so we had to fight to get "Livin' Like and Animal" on there, because we liked those set of recordings better. Paul was using the set up where we did Think For Yourself, for some of the other bands and was happier with the sound quality he was getting there, I guess.

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