PUNK HAIKU AUDIO FLAC FILES
Andy Meyers Sez: I don't want to hype this beyond the facts: Punk Haiku is a bi-weekly posting of my fly-on-the-wall memoir of those first-wave punk days (PUNK HAIKU). It is the story of that moment in our culture- My jaw dropping as I heard the Ramones for the first time, seeing Talking Heads as a trio, etc. As well, it's the story of the day-to-day of being in a band that was always exploring, and always travelling outside of the crowd.
As part of Punk Haiku, every two weeks i am pulling 2-3 songs from our archive of 300 hours of Scenics recorded live 76-82. I am pulling the best stuff, arranged chronologically (mostly) to parallel the story. These songs are available for streaming, and are downloadable on a free/donation basis.
Punk Haiku 1
LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL we did it from time to time, unplanned, and off the cuff. on this encore version, Mark Perkell decided to half-time the drums. a different feel.
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.
hear Punk Haiku 1 Audio here.
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Punk Haiku 2
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.
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".
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.
hear Punk Haiku 2 Audio here.
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Punk Haiku 3
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.
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.
SCENIC CAVES From the first tape the "Scenic Caves" (as we were calling ourselves) ever recorded. October 15, 1976. No drums, but Andy's high-school buddy Dave Moore on second guitar.
hear Punk Haiku Audio 3 here.
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Punk Haiku 4
SEE ME SMILE An out-take from the SUNSHINE WORLD cd. Recorded during the Scenics' first studio sessions, summer of 77. I always thought the first two lines of this song were a manifesto of a sorts: "Turn your eyes around in your head/what you see is just what you get"...
FEMME FATALE/TOO MUCH OF NOTHING These next three songs are from the first time the proto-Scenics played with a drummer- October 17, 1976, the enigmatic Mike Brown. Lou and Bob. The two poles of some universe. We kept Femme Fatale in the lineup for a year or more. Too Much of Nothing soon faded from... sight? sound? This version features temp Scenic Dave Moore on Wah texture guitar and Andy on guitar at the end of the song.
O CHARLOTTE A song of Ken's which stuck around for about 6 months. My favourite of our earliest (rejected) stabs at creating an original rep.
hear Punk Haiku Audio 4 here.
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Punk Haiku Audio 5
TOKYO These first two are early '77 with Mike Cusheon, the Scenics first drummer. One day I dragged Carol's reel to reel tape deck down to Neil Wycik. We got these first two songs (and others, including Do the Wait and In the Summer from Punk Haiku 3). This rave-out rocker of Ken Badger's we played in '77 and then brought back in 1980.
FARM REPORTS (AND TEST PATTERNS) An early song of Ken's about hurtling down 'a crooked highway/ at a straight-away speed' while sitting in front of your TV till dawn, and then farm reports and test patterns bring you in for a landing. Simple pleasures.
SEE EMILY PLAY The last we'll hear of Dave Moore on lead guitar, from the Mike Brown session, October 17, 1976. (See punk haiku 4). At this point we were basically following the Pink Floyd arrangement- we later added a few of our own musical and lyrical 'kinks'. Still, it was a rush to hear it back with drums for the first time.
hear Punk Haiku Audio 5 here.
download Punk Haiku Audio 5 here
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