GODFUCKINGDAMMIT - Crain "Speed" + 4 reissue on Temporary Residence

(However, I did do sound for the Rodan/Grifters show at UCI in '94, and Rodan were a bomb of ROFFLES... I never thought I'd see Jeff Mueller heckling one of the Grifters when packing up begging him if "he could give him a bean burrito shit in his mouth." -- OK, you had to be there -- and then years later see June Of 44 live -- on their final Anahata tour -- and see Jeff act so, well, serious -- at least relative to his Rodan days... but anyway...)

I love that Crain CD.. the beginning guitar sounds on "Broken Heart Of A Neutron Star" is unmatched. I must get the reissue.

(pers. to hstencil.. I was surprisingly able to get that bastro double reissue via amazon, well after they pulled the cd.. don't know when it will resurface again, but in case it doesn't for some weird reason, you know someone who has it.. WINK WINK)

i'm gonna wait for the bastro and buy it so dave's kid can get some money in his college fund, but thanks.

<emily latella> Never mind! </emily latella>

(I know you want to buy the bastro thing, hstencil, but ONLY if it never comes out again, you wouldn't be able to buy it anyway, and I'm sure you could also send dave a check.)

FYI - There appear to be tons of those Bastro double CDs on Amazon for around 15 bucks.

Stencil, you truly are the keeper of the flame! (no homo)

talk of the sound on sound sessions coming out too, drew. j3r3my told me he sent a copy of "speed" to you?!?

Good! Maybe the delays in the reissue got settled sooner than we thought.

Ah geez. Jon Cook from Crain has apparently passed on. Seeing a few reports here and there.

To slightly correct -- he might have passed or might be on the verge of doing so. Trying to find further details.

In reading upthread -- I did go through my old tape archives a few years back but alas the Crain interview didn't turn up. It's possible I didn't record it.

I just read a post from Jeremy Devine (Temporary Residence) about this. Very sad. RIP.

From the sound of things via some Louisville-based folks I follow on Facebook, he hung on for a couple days but is now passed as of this evening. It's still not 100% clear to me but I believe that's the case. Very sad - I didn't know him personally by any means but I did love Crain. I discovered Heater by chance back when I was in high school, around the same time I discovered Slint and a lot of other Louisville bands (though I don't think I knew Crain were from Louisville until years later). It was a great record. A lot of people seem to prefer Speed but not me.

I had no personal interaction with anyone from the Louisville scene until I wrote my Spiderland book a few years ago. But I have to say that all the bands from that place and era had a huge effect on me as a 17 year-old—Slint, Rodan, Crain, Bastro, Squirrel Bait, Palace, June of 44. (In fact I even had the Kinghorse album and did not associate them with Louisville either, not until sometime when I was in college.) In college I loved Retsin, Sonora Pine, Rachel's, and so on. It hurts to hear about a lot of these guys facing such struggles—Jason Noble last year, and now Jon Cook (though the circumstances seem to be vastly different). RIP.