Friday, September 30, 2011

The Dump-Bin Blues: 100 Flowers - 100 Years of Pulchritude



A former co-worker and I once figure that one of the worst things to befall a musician was either to wind up in the dump bin or record the cliche blues album. Combining the two nadirs, we entitled an imaginary album, "The Dump Bin Blues". In that sad spirit, MRML's "Dump Bin Blues" series celebrates works obtained for less than two dollars out of one of the ever-growing dump bins chewing-up floor space in the ever-shrinking world of music retail.


100 Flowers was the name 70's LA primitive-punk band The Urinals chose to relaunch themselves as an artier but still hard-hitting new wave (Mao-quoting Gang of Four division) band in the early 80's. This 1990 collection on Rhino [!] collects up the band's entire oeuvre.







  


If you enjoyed this trip into the dump-bin, and would like to hear more such oddities, let us know in the COMMENTS section (which is where you'll find the 100 Years of Pulchritude link).






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9 comments:

  1. LET
    US
    KNOW
    WHAT
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    THINK!


    LET
    US
    KNOW
    WHAT
    YOU
    THINK!


    LET
    US
    KNOW
    WHAT
    YOU
    THINK!


    LET
    US
    KNOW
    WHAT
    YOU
    THINK!


    LET
    US
    KNOW
    WHAT
    YOU
    THINK!



    http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wo8qruuantjmqjf

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  2. I sure do love me some Urinals!...wait...I mean the band - Urinals. Well, unless I really have to...you know what, just forget it, okay? Just forget I said anything.

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  3. nice find... good idea. you can get some great stuff from them dump-bins... and it's easier to take a chance on unknown names as well. 100 flowers though... man, "Reject Yourself" has been a personal anthem for over 20 years. play it LOUD!

    20 years? damn. time flies...

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  4. Looks interesting! Back up the dump-din trucks! Thanks

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  5. Very cool. First heard these guys on the legendary Hell Comes to Your House comp from the early 80s. Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Had the CD signed by the members when this comp first came out on CD and I was working at a record store in LA. One of the reps was friends with the drummer. I love these guys. Glad to see others do as well.

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  7. thank you for the extraction of such gems, and overall for the quality of your blog, comments are fun and i go through reading most of them even for the music i'm not interested in.

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  8. Really Free Punks within tree of funk
    Really Freedom Punk
    & Freedom this is Zen!

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