Punk haiku 4 "1 2 3 4/ drummer for a day"
Where Have All the Good Times Gone/See Emily Play
A bunch of songs from the first session the Scenics had with a drummer- the enigmatic Mike Brown. We begin the day with the Kinks and Pink Floyd covers that Ken and Andy had began playing the first day they met.
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Femme Fatale/Too Much of Nothing
Lou and Bob. The two poles of some universe.
punk haiku 3 "FANZINES, THAI STICKS, & D TO G"
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DO THE WAIT
First version of this that we have on tape- within a month of Andy's writing it on a train to his sister Janet's house on February 19, 1977.
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IN THE SUMMER
Ken's song recorded the same day as Do the Wait. Versions of all three of these songs (from the recordings studio, later in 1977 and in 78) would make it onto the Sunshine World CD.
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SCENIC CAVES
From the first tape the "Scenic Caves" ever recorded. October 15, 1976. No drums, but Andy's high-school buddy Dave Moore on second guitar.
"In the Summer needs to supplant "Seasons in the Sun" as the finest Canadian summer anthem ever" Cameron Gordon, Chart attack review of Sunshine World
"Do the Wait" from Sunshine World- #9 on the Toronto Star anti-hit list, and featured on "Five Songs you Gotta Hear Today" on the syndicated "Explore Music" radio show.
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punk haiku 2- Andy meets Ken
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TIMMY TAKES A BATH
Water down the drain, a wall of smeared guitar and "puddles where her eyes used to be." The first live play of Ken's opus at the Beverley Tavern, Oct 14, 1978. A song in two parts, audio sample is beginning of part 2.
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GROWING PAINS
The beer league ball-players talk it out while Andy tries to make sense of Growing Pains. First song of set 1, Larry's Hideaway, June 16 1980. A good night. The first song of set 2 was the "Heard Her Call My Name" that is on the CD "How Does it Feel to Be Loved: The Scenics play the Velvet Underground".
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LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL
Ken and Andy, alone in the basement of Andy's suburban home, bounce this one off the walls while they figure out what a band might sound like. Taking off disguises, October 31, 1976.
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PUNK HAIKU 1
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LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL
we did it from time to time, unplanned, and off the cuff. on this encore version, Mark decided to half-time the drums. a different feel.
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World Around Me
was a song that never made it out of the basement. we only played it for a few weeks in 1978. i wonder why.
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What Does She
Ken wrote this as his (then) wife Sue was expecting their first child. the entire lyric is ‘what does she/i wait for’. this version was the first time we played What Does She live.
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PUNK HAIKU 2 coming Feb 9, 2010. Audio features a couple of 'epics'. Ken Badger's wall-of-guitar Timmy Takes a Bath live at the Beverley Tavern, 1978. Andy Meyers' 'trying to make sense of it all' Growing Pains, live at Larry's Headspace, 1981. And Ken and Andy play Little Johnny Jewel as a duo in the summer of 1976, before there were any other Scenics.
PUNK HAIKU CHAPTER 1