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Tate Hemlock. Photographer. Proletariat Art Threat. Lexicon Devil.
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Many many years ago, GB Jones of the band Fifth Column (as well as a great artist, zine maker, etc.) made me some mix tapes of bands like LiLiPut, Kleenex, Delta 5, The Mo-Dettes, etc. but she also included a lot of girl-centric garage rock from the 60’s as well as some pop gems from the likes of Pickettywitch and others (she also threw in some Nancy Sinatra cuz she knew I am a HUGE fan) and this gem was one of my favorite songs on one of the tapes. I still have those tapes in storage. Anyway, classic garage rock from Ohio. Love the guitar sounds.
Good luck finding a copy of this single cheap.
WE ARE ALL BOWIE
Davy Jones and the Lower Third with “You’ve Got A Habit of Leaving” (1965)
The last single recorded before changing his name to Bowie. A bit of Who-style mod. Not quite Freakbeat but a charming little single nonetheless.
Happy birthday Mr. Jones!
Satan’s Scrapbook. 1965. Apparently even a Prince of Darkness needs some beach time #satan #girlymags #tatehemlock #instatate #1965 (Taken with Instagram)
Hells yeah!!! I’m gonna use this as a testimonial if that cool with you.
“Boss Hoss” by the Sonics, arguably the greatest of the original American garage bands. Regardless, they STOMP.
Tate has the greatest taste in music. Seriously.
Oh, yeah, and he photographs gorgeous women all the time. With & without clothes. Frequently in the process of not having clothes
As a photographer he has a great eye for color, whether it’s in the set-up or the processing (traditional or digital), his images are always striking because your eye is drawn in by the use of color.
If you dig through his tumblr, you’ll also see that he’s a pretty good at drawing as well.
Listen to the Sonics. Hear that energy they have? That rawness as applied to almost pop-song structures. That’s exactly what Tate’s photography is like to me, even when it’s almost 4 color comic book bright and candy-like, there’s a raw energy to the whole damn thing.
I’m going to listen to this song 14 more times.
“Boss Hoss” by the Sonics, arguably the greatest of the original American garage bands. Regardless, they STOMP.
“If I Told My Baby” by Sinn Sisamouth.
Crazy Cambodian garage rock from 1965. Just when it gets all Mothra soundtrack on ya they whip out blazing guitar solos and fucking stomp. Today they are probably all skulls in a wall of skulls but back then they kicked some ass!