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Pink Filth Sugar Shock LP

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Many moons ago I posted about my old band mates, Pink Filth and the vinyl-only 17 Bubblegum Smashes. I’d forgotten that before I came into the fold, the Pink Filth crew put out this vinyl album, Sugar Shock. You can hear the title track in all its glory, but this one really is a lot more fun in its original format on the turntable. This album is sadly out of print. Another one that is out of print is one I have been dying to hear ever since the days I played with the group on stage, The Minnesota Fats Domino Theory Of Relativity 7-inch on pink vinyl.

Oh, and you just have NOT lived unless you’ve seen Pink Filth doing Dancing Queen live…those days are gone forever, but the memories live on. You can see what some of the old Filthers are up to these days at Socket Sounds, home of Hyperbubble. I also stumbled across this review of the old 17 Bubblegum Smashes LP, at a blog called Crud Crud and while the review itself is older than dirt, this blog is still in existence, I am happy to say. Its aesthetics mirror my own in many ways. I just became an instant fan of Crud Crud. Bravo!

Federico Aubele La Esquina/Corazon 12-Inch

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Another ESL 12-inch hits our mailbox, but this one is probably the most unremarkable of the lot to date. Federico Aubele’s songwriting and presentation are top notch, but it’s a little bit too much in the background music department for my taste. Plusses: It’s very latin, and on both sides the acoustic guitar playing is tops, and those vocals are gorgeous…but best reserved for a post-club chillout mix or a pre-show warmup. Minuses: the remixes try very hard to spice this 12-inch up, but even Ursula 1000’s spirited dancehall take on Corazon can’t pull this out of the middle of the road.

Customizable Vinyl Graphics

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Color me…amused. The Vinyl Record Generator lets you plug in your own custom text and get one of these babies auto-generated for you. The image is free because they are hawking these as custom print designs for keychains, coffee cups, three-inch stickers, and much more. Pretty sweet if you have a gimmick and need some customized album-related merch. The only thing they DON’T offer is an actual vinyl album, but the three inch sticker would fit nicely over that crappy old REO Speedwagon record in your garage. I am sorely tempted to get the above printed as a T-Shirt (this service is also available at the Vinyl Record Generator) but chances are I’ll run up a Turntabling.net coffee cup instead…this site is a great idea.