Showing posts with label teenagers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teenagers. Show all posts

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tuesday Morning Struggzzzz





this Tuesday I woke up covered in sweat and realized that my body will never be what it once was: a shining beacon of light, drawing in wounded sailors for miles to come. Once I finally showed up to the trotter house I was mystified by the physical condition of all these high school students. To be completely serious, these jams were made by a bunch of kids with varying levels of learning disabilities and autism under the direction of Joseph Wojtowicz and Johnny "j-bird" Farris. I have never before felt such beautiful vibes and raw emotiions expressed through music. I was brought to tears. The drumming on the second track melted my brain into a puddle of sunshine and butterflies. The vocals on the last track made me want to get up and hug everybody until I got taken away by security and beat up in an alley.

Cooley High Ensemble

Friday, December 4, 2009

The Tiles


According to the back of the sleeve these Boche teenage garage-rockers won some radio station battle of the bands in 1966 (the year of our lord) and got to record two cuts at the Saarlaendischer Rundfunk station. I'm telling you, these cabbage loving hep-katze's bring the groovin' beats, loosey goosey harmonies, chewed up and spit out guitar tone, and that nice rotary club atmosphere only 16-year-olds with matching uniforms can provide. And you gotta love the groovy kraut mama with wicked midriff.

The Tiles