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Well, OK, definitely here at nix2024.com but more like now-ish. It's a launch so soft that you could lay your dainty lil' head on it and take a nice nap. The good folks who actually read my updates deserve that kind of gentle treatment. The "Hard Launch" will follow in stages over the next month. So, please click around on the menu above and check out what's being offered and how you can help out if you're so disposed. More General Nix News: I'm kinda fed up with two services I've bene using for years.
The site that hosts  nixcomics.com keeps fuckin' up and leaving me without the ability to effectively do updates. That's why I started this blog. Since I like the way this site works, I'll probably consolidate this and the nixcomics site when I end pre-orders.
Also, my mailchimp email list after years of little activity in terms of new subscribers has suddenly started attracting some seriously sus sign-ups. I'll probably look for a new solution on that front soon as well.
RECORDS LISTENED TO IN AUGUST 2024
This month I gave myself a prompt/loose guideline for record listening. I made myself listen to my entire collection by (some) artists. I wasn’t super strict on it, because being strict on self-imposed rules is a pathway to insanity, but I did go a little crazy in some respects. I started out with Untamed Youth, but I’ll confess the guideline nearly bit the dust because there’s not a lot of difference from record to record. I didn’t get bored per se, but at a point it felt like my fun thing was becoming a chore. On the other hand, I have a LOT of Wanda Jackson records and that was a joy to go through. The biggest joy? The stupid sound effect device gimmick that plays when you open up the Jack white produced album has stopped working. It honestly kept me from pulling this record off the shelf for years.
Benchmark-wise, the 2000th record I listened to this year was part of one of those individual artist binges. I got a bunch of Insomniacs records! The Insomniacs were (are?) a mod power-pop band that primarily released records on Estrus. Another example of there not being a lot of difference in style from record to record, "Switched On!" is as good an example of what they do as any other part of their discography. That’s a good thing. I will say that I really enjoy the album art that the Insomniacs used from album to album. Fun but not fussy.
FWIW: Next month I think that I will listen exclusively to records by bands that appear in the Knights of Fuzz 80s-90s garage rock encyclopedia.
Date | Artist | Title | Format | Size |
1-Aug | Untamed Youth | Planet Mace | LP | 12" |
1-Aug | Untamed Youth | More Gone Gassers From Untamed Youth | LP | 12" |
1-Aug | Untamed Youth | Youth Runs Wild | LP | 12" |
1-Aug | Untamed Youth | Some Kinda Fun | LP | 12" |
1-Aug | Untamed Youth | Santa's Gonna Shut Him Down | Single | 7" |
1-Aug | Untamed Youth | Sophisticated International Playboy Theme Song | Single | 7" |
1-Aug | Untamed Youth | California Street | Single | 7" |
1-Aug | Untamed Youth | Doin' Me In | EP | 7" |
2-Aug | Kingsnakes | Round Trip Ticket | LP | 12" |
2-Aug | Paint Fumes | If It Ain't Paint Fumes It Ain't Worth a Huff | LP | 12" |
3-Aug | Watts 103rd street Rhythm Band | Do Your Thing | Single | 7" |
3-Aug | Revillos | Tell Him | Single | 7" |
3-Aug | Wayne Cochran | Monkey Monkey You Do It Like This | Single | 7" |
3-Aug | Pretenders | Stop Your Sobbing | Single | 7" |
3-Aug | Pretenders | Show Me | Single | 7" |
3-Aug | Sam & Dave | I Thank You | Single | 7" |
3-Aug | Hives | Go Right Ahead | Single | 7" |
3-Aug | Shocking Blue | Venus | Single | 7" |
3-Aug | Soul Children | Hearsay | Single | 7" |
3-Aug | Uncredited Narrative | Batman: Robin meets The Man-Bat | EP | 7" |
3-Aug | Joe Tex | Go Home and Do It | Single | 7' |
4-Aug | Manual Scan | Days and Maybes | EP | 7" |
4-Aug | Stems | At First Sight Violets Are Blue | LP | 12" |
5-Aug | Stooges | Self-Titled | LP | 12" |
5-Aug | Stooges | Fun House | LP | 12" |
5-Aug | Stooges | Rubber Legs | LP | 12" |
5-Aug | Iggy & the Stooges | Raw Power | LP | 12" |
5-Aug | Chris Isaak | Heart Shaped World | LP | 12" |
5-Aug | Lazy Cowgirls | Self-Titled | LP | 12" |
5-Aug | Johnny Moped | Cycledelic | LP | 12" |
5-Aug | Briefs | Off the Charts | LP | 12" |
6-Aug | Beat | Flying High | LP | 12" |
6-Aug | Paul Collins | King of Power Pop | LP | 12" |
6-Aug | Beat | Ribbon of Gold | LP | 12" |
6-Aug | Beat | Beat or Not To Beat | LP | 12" |
6-Aug | Paul Collins | Out Of My Head | LP | 12" |
6-Aug | Paul Collins | Feel The Noise | LP | 12" |
6-Aug | Beat | Long Time Gone | LP | 12" |
7-Aug | Beat | Self-Titled | LP | 12" |
7-Aug | Beat | The Kids Are The Same | LP | 12" |
8-Aug | Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears | Tell 'em What your Name Is | LP | 12" |
8-Aug | Muffs | New and Improved Kim Shattuck Demos | LP | 12" |
8-Aug | Split | the Paragons Meet The Jesters | LP | 12" |
8-Aug | Painters and Dockers | Love Planet | LP | 12" |
8-Aug | Ian Hunter | Overnight Angels | LP | 12" |
8-Aug | Otis Redding | Live In europe | LP | 12" |
9-Aug | Cynics | Living Is The Best Revenge | LP | 12" |
9-Aug | Cynics | KCSB 06/02/90 | LP | 12" |
9-Aug | Cynics | Rock 'n' Roll | LP | 12" |
9-Aug | Cynics | Learn To Lose | LP | 12" |
10-Aug | Volcanos | Deora | Single | 7" |
10-Aug | Cliff Richard | Lucky Lips | Single | 7" |
10-Aug | Johnny & The Hurricanes | Beatnik Fly | Single | 7" |
10-Aug | Jack Nitzsche | Lonely Surfer | Single | 7" |
10-Aug | Slade | Run Run Away | Single | 7" |
10-Aug | Cliff Richard | Looking Out My Window | Single | 7" |
11-Aug | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
12-Aug | Adam Ant | Goody Two Shoes | Single | 7" |
12-Aug | Alice Cooper | You and Me | Single | 7" |
12-Aug | Blondie | One Way or Another | Single | 7" |
12-Aug | Chris Montez | Let's Dance | Single | 7" |
12-Aug | Cynics | I Want It All | Single | 7" |
12-Aug | Jona Lewie | Love Detonator | Single | 7" |
12-Aug | Birdland with Lester Bangs | Self-Titled | LP | 12" |
12-Aug | Cynics | Spinning Wheel Motel | LP | 12" |
12-Aug | Cynics | Get Our Way | LP | 12' |
12-Aug | Cynics | Here We Are | LP | 12" |
12-Aug | Cynics | Twelve Flights Up | LP | 12" |
12-Aug | Ar-Kaics | Hey We're The Ar-Kaics | LP | 12" |
13-Aug | Woggles | Return to Blood Beach | EP | 7" |
13-Aug | Woggles | Soul Sizzlin' 7" Meltdown | LP | 12" |
13-Aug | Woggles | Teenage Dance Party | LP | 12" |
13-Aug | Woggles | The Zontar Session | LP | 12" |
13-Aug | Clash | Give 'em enough Rope | LP | 12" |
13-Aug | Cyclepaths | Dirty Rotten Little Tyke | Single | 7" |
13-Aug | Cybermen | Every Night & Day | Single | 7" |
13-Aug | Cynics | Private Suicide | Single | 7" |
14-Aug | Cynics | Painted My heart | Single | 7" |
14-Aug | Cynics | Christmas Tour '93 | Single | 7" |
14-Aug | Cynics | Lying all The Time | Single | 7" |
14-Aug | Cynics | Right Here With You | Single | 7" |
14-Aug | Roy Brown | Good Rockin' Tonight | LP | 12" |
14-Aug | Billy Idol | Self-Titled | LP | 12" |
15-Aug | Crystals | Da Doo Run Run | Single | 7" |
15-Aug | Wade Curtis & The Rhythm Rockers | Puddy Tat | Single | 7" |
15-Aug | Cynics | I'll Wait | Single | 7" |
15-Aug | Cynics | 69 | Single | 7" |
15-Aug | Cynics | Buick McKane | Single | 7" |
15-Aug | Jeff Dahl | Suicide City | Single | 7" |
15-Aug | Charlie Daniels Band | Long Haired Country Boy | Single | 7" |
15-Aug | Charlie Daniels Band | Legend of Wooley Swamp | Single | 7" |
15-Aug | Split | Jerry Wick: Love Death + Photosynthesis / Jenny Mae: To Love | Single | 7" |
15-Aug | Bob Ray Starker & Pete English | A Different Horse (Skell's Theme) | Single | 7" |
15-Aug | 3 Speeds | I want You To Want Nix | Single | 7" |
15-Aug | Gore Gore Girls | Get The Gore | LP | 12" |
15-Aug | Gore Gore Girls | Strange Girls | LP | 12" |
16-Aug | Kill-A-Watts | Circuit breaker Love | LP | 12" |
16-Aug | Insomniacs | Switched On | LP | 12" |
16-Aug | Insomniacs | Get Something Going | LP | 12" |
16-Aug | Insomniacs | Silvia Gray | Single | 7" |
16-Aug | Insomniacs | Maryanne Lightly | Single | 7" |
16-Aug | Insomniacs | already Down | Single | 7" |
16-Aug | Gore Gore Girls | Keep Your Hands Off My Baby | Single | 7" |
16-Aug | Gore Gore Girls | Fight Fire | Single | 7" |
16-Aug | Wanda Jackson | Reckless Love Affair | LP | 12" |
16-Aug | Wanda Jackson | Let's Have a Party | LP | 12"x2 |
16-Aug | Wanda Jackson | Unfinished Business | LP | 12" |
17-Aug | Fifth Order | Bonfire: the Return of the Fifth order | LP | 12" |
17-Aug | War | Why Can't We be Friends | Single | 7" |
17-Aug | Optic Nerve | Lotta Nerve | LP | 12" |
18-Aug | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
19-Aug | Various Artists | Hootenanny Hoot | LP | 12" |
19-Aug | Monkees | Live 1967 | LP | 12" |
19-Aug | Tom Verlaine | Dreamtime | LP | 12" |
19-Aug | Lou Reed | Rock N Roll Animal | LP | 12" |
19-Aug | Music Explosion | Little Bit Of Soul | LP | 12" |
19-Aug | Wanda Jackson | Please help me I'm Falling | LP | 12" |
19-Aug | Wanda Jackson | The Many Moods of Wanda Jackson | LP | 12" |
19-Aug | Los Mockers | Original Recordings 1965-67 | LP | 12" |
19-Aug | Wanda Jackson | Blues In My heart | LP | 12" |
20-Aug | Wanda Jackson | Heart Trouble | LP | 12" |
20-Aug | Wanda Jackson | The Party Ain't Over | LP | 12" |
20-Aug | Human Switchboard | Who's Landing In My Hangar | LP | 12" |
20-Aug | Humpers | Live Forever Or Die Trying | LP | 12" |
20-Aug | Humpers | Plastique Valentine | LP | 12" |
20-Aug | Staple Singers | Best of | LP | 12" |
20-Aug | Otis Redding | King & Queen | LP | 12" |
20-Aug | Milkshakes | 20 Rock N Roll Hits of the 50s and 60s | LP | 12" |
21-Aug | Humpers | Hey Shadow | Single | 7" |
21-Aug | Humpers | Fast Fucked & Furious | Single | 7" |
21-Aug | Humpers | Baby 89 | Single | 7" |
21-Aug | Wanda Jackson | Right or Wrong | Single | 7" |
21-Aug | Wanda Jackson | This Should Go On Forever | Single | 7" |
21-Aug | Jekylls | The Good Time Is Gone | Single | 7" |
21-Aug | Humpers | Dionysus Years | EP | 10" |
21-Aug | Wanda Jackson | Windy City redux | Single | 7" |
21-Aug | Wanda Jackson | Right or Wrong | LP | 12" |
21-Aug | Rolling Stones | Darkly Through the Past (Big Hits Volume 2) | LP | 12" |
22-Aug | Chris Isaak | Forever Blue | LP | 12" |
22-Aug | Chris Isaak | Self-Titled | LP | 12" |
22-Aug | Chris Isaak | Silvertone | LP | 12" |
22-Aug | Chris Isaak | First Comes the Night | LP | 12"x2 |
23-Aug | Girlschool | Hit and Run | LP | 12" |
23-Aug | Nikki & the Corvettes | Self-Titled | LP | 12" |
23-Aug | Go Gos | We Got The Beat | LP | 12" |
23-Aug | Bangles | Self-Titled | EP | 12" |
23-Aug | Go Gos | Our Lips Are Sealed | Single | 7" |
23-Aug | Go Gos | Head over Heels | Single | 7" |
23-Aug | Chris Isaak | 5:15 | Single | 7" |
23-Aug | Chris Isaak | Single | 7" | |
23-Aug | Go Gos | Talk Show | LP | 12" |
23-Aug | Go Gos | Vacation | LP | 12" |
23-Aug | Bangles | All Over The Place | LP | 12" |
24-Aug | Fastbacks | Zucker | LP | 12" |
24-Aug | Fastbacks | New Mansions In Sound | LP | 12" |
25-Aug | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
26-Aug | Fastbacks | Now is the Time | LP | 12"x2 |
26-Aug | Mick Farren & the Deviants | Screwed Up | EP | 7" |
26-Aug | Fastbacks | Wrong Wrong Wrong | Single | 7" |
26-Aug | Fastbacks | They Don't Care | Single | 7" |
26-Aug | Fastbacks | Answer The Phone | Single | 7" |
26-Aug | Fastbacks | And After All | Single | 7" |
26-Aug | Fastbacks | Wait It Out | Single | 7" |
26-Aug | Fastbacks | Self-Titled | EP | 7" |
26-Aug | Fastbacks | The Answer Is You | EP | 7"x2 |
26-Aug | Fastbacks | Girl's Eyes | Single | 7" |
26-Aug | Famous Monsters | First Time Live | EP | 7" |
26-Aug | Major Lance | Um Um Um Um Um The best of MAjor Lance | LP | 12" |
26-Aug | Otis Redding | In Person At The Whisky A Go Go | LP | 12" |
26-Aug | Bangles | Sweetheart of the Sun | LP | 12" |
27-Aug | Bangles | A Different Light | LP | 12" |
27-Aug | Bangles | Everything | LP | 12" |
27-Aug | Bangles | Following | Single | 7" |
27-Aug | Bangles | The Hero Takes A Fall | Single | 7" |
27-Aug | The Boys | Self-Titled | LP | 12" |
27-Aug | The Boys | Alternative Chartbusters | LP | 12" |
27-Aug | The Boys | Peel Sessions | LP | 12" |
28-Aug | Various Artists | Shakin' Fit | LP | 12" |
28-Aug | Muffs | Whoop De Do | LP | 12" |
28-Aug | Muffs | Self-Titled | LP | 12" |
28-Aug | Muffs | Really Really Happy | LP | 12" |
28-Aug | Inmates | First Offence | LP | 12" |
28-Aug | Inmates | Shot in the Dark | LP | 12" |
28-Aug | Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown | Hold On I'm Coming | LP | 12" |
29-Aug | Muffs | Big Mouth | Single | 7" |
29-Aug | Mutettes | Leatherette Heart | Single | 7" |
29-Aug | Ronnie Dawson | Just Rockin' and Rollin' | LP | 12" |
29-Aug | Damned | Best of the Damned | LP | 12" |
29-Aug | Damned | Damned Damned Damned & Music for Pleasure | LP | 12"x2 |
29-Aug | Damned | Peel Sessions | EP | 12" |
29-Aug | Collins Kids | Television Party | LP | 12" |
29-Aug | Baby Shakes | Cause A Scene | LP | 12" |
29-Aug | Downliners Sect | The Sect sing Sick Songs | EP | 12" |
29-Aug | Downliners Sect | Live | LP | 12" |
29-Aug | 1910 Fruitgum Co. | 123 Red Light | LP | 12" |
30-Aug | Deon Jackson | Love Makes The World Go Around | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | JJ Jackson | But It's Alright | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Etta James | What'd I Say | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Tommy James & the Shondells | Hanky Panky | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Jan & Dean | Dead Man's Curve | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Waylon Jennings | Good hearted Woman | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Little Willie John | Sleep | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Mable John | Your Good Thing | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Mable John | You're Taking Up Another Man's Place | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Marv Johnson | I Love The Way You Love | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Marv Johnson | Come To Me | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Marv Johnson | I Need You | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Merle Kilgore | My Side of Life | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Greg Kihn | Love's Made A Fool of You | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Greg Kihn | Everybody Else | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Greg Kihn | Jeopardy | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Greg Kihn | Reunited | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Greg Kihn | The Break Up Song (They Don't Write 'Em) | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | No Bails | Bombs Away | EP | 7" |
30-Aug | Noble Krell | Never Ever | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Othermen | (Do the) Stand Still | EP | 7" |
30-Aug | Buck Owens | I've Got A Tiger By the Tail | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Ozzy | Shot in the Dark | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Prisonshake | Someone Else's Car | EP | 7" |
30-Aug | Positives | I've Been Hurt | Single | 7" |
30-Aug | Payola$ | Introducing the Payola$ | EP | 7" |
31-Aug | Various Artists | Pebbles Volume 1 | LP | 12" |
31-Aug | Ultra 5 | It's A Long Way Here | Single | 7" |
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