Tag Archives: Jay Reatard

An Experience With ‘Tard

01/13/2011 G. Gordon Gritty 1 Comment

My infamous video with comments that run the gamut from “oh my god fuck you” to “what a fucking sincere video mate”. Looking back, I’m kind of ashamed that I made such a video. I kind of whispered so as no one in the hallway or room next door could hear me talk to a computer about ‘tard.

From the moment I heard “My Shadow” on MLB 2k8, I was hooked. I can’t remember what made me want to see Jay in July of 2009. Whatever the reason, I’m so glad I kept up as a fan…as cheesy as it sounds. He was inspiring.

Jay Reatard, Music, News

Final Pieces of Jay’s Shattered Record Club

01/12/2011 G. Gordon Gritty Leave a comment

From Jay Reatard’s Official Website

The final pieces of the Jay Reatard Shattered Club are in manufacture and will be ready to be shipped in 2-4 weeks.

We had promised an original 7″ exclusively for Shattered Club members. Two days before Jay passed away he recorded two songs at home: “You Get No Love” and “I Am Growing.” They were to be his final recordings. They have never been heard before now. We have pressed these songs onto a 7″ and it will be available only to you. It will not be for sale in any shops, not given to blogs for free download, and will not available digitally. Inside the 7″ you’ll find a personal note written by Jeffrey Novak.

We had promised a live 7″ exclusively for Shattered Club members. Instead we are sending you a full live album from an incredible set at the Golden Plains Festival in Australia in 2008. This is a full-length 14-song LP, again only for Shattered Club members.

We had promised a t-shirt exclusively for Shattered Club members. Nicholas Gazin, the artist who created the images for Jay’s final tour – The Shattered Records Tour – has painted a watercolor that we are printing on t-shirts. This will only be available to Shattered members.

Shattered Club members have also received Watch Me Fall on CD or LP, and MP3s ofWatch Me Fall, the 25-song Greatest Messes: The Shattered Club Edition, The Reatards’Teenage Hate, Jeffrey Novak’s “Home Sweet Home” and Hunx & His Punx’s “Teardrops On My Telephone.” We will also be sending MP3s of the final Shattered Records 7″ from Useless Eaters entitled “Hear/See.”

Expect more goodies at random in these packages, including test pressings, Shattered Tour t-shirts, and other items we have been saving up.

In 2011 there will be a full slate of Jay releases, including a feature-length documentary film, Reatards and Lost Sounds reissues, and a definitive greatest hits record.

Thursday is first anniversary of Jay’s passing.
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There is a link to buy a $75 subscription to the SRC and receive all of the above goodies, but it says there is no shipping to the US. Hopefully that was just an error or there will be eventually.
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Black Lips, Box Elders, Girls, Hunx and His Punx, Jay Reatard, King Khan, Mark Sultan, Music, Vice, Video

Garage Explosion – Excellent New Documentary!

11/22/2010 G. Gordon Gritty 1 Comment

Watching this documentary, you might feel like you are reading this website. There are shots of living and deceased (literally/not literally) KLYAM regulars like Black Lips, Jay Reatard, King Khan & BBQ Show as well as shots and interviews with other great musicians and performers like Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, Davila 666, The Dirtbombs, The Magic Kids, Hunx and His Punx and Box Elders. What is garage rock? For Jay Reatard, it was about grossing people out. For Joe Bradley, “it’s about keeping it simple, stupid. That’s what we’re [Black Lips] are trying to do. It’s about fun and entertainment.”

VICE goes around interviewing some of the most notable and downright prolific names in garagerock. Part 1 examines the scenes in Memphis and Detroit.

Part 1: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/vbs-music-specials/garage-explosion-part-1-of-3

Part 2: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/vbs-music-specials/garage-explosion-part-2-of-3

Entertainment, interviews, Jay Reatard, Music

Vintage Jay Reatard Feature

11/07/2010 G. Gordon Gritty Leave a comment

I don’t remember what I was searching for, but I came across this very detailed 2008 magazine feature and interview.

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/popmartmedia/self-titled_no2/#/42

Entertainment, Jay Reatard, Video

Spoon Covers Jay Reatard – “No Time”

09/13/2010 G. Gordon Gritty 1 Comment

Entertainment, Music, News

Jay Reatard, Other Great Bands Included In Matador Box Set

09/08/2010 G. Gordon Gritty 1 Comment

I can’t really type this out all over again so head over to the Matador Records blog and read about this vast assortment of record label brilliance.

Link: http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/09/08/matador-at-21-6-cd-charity-box-set-and-double-vinyl/

The one Jay song included on there is a remastered version of “There Is No Sun,” which as you all know was released in 2009 on Watch Me Fall. The blog post says that the artists agreed to have the royalties donated to some good charities. I’m not sure how Jay agreed to that, but it happened.

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Choice Reatard Quotes

08/27/2010 G. Gordon Gritty Leave a comment

– “You fucking fags hated Blood Visions when it dropped ! so stop acting all “OG”! get the fuck over it!”
– “Hey dont bring me into this you fucking jar head”
– “Officer Brad I havent played epiphones in years you big dumb indian get your facts straight before you start mouthing off fat boy.. I got 4 gibson flying v’s and 3 epiphones which I retired years ago..I just get sick of you bragging about your shit gear or how you where on the cover of MMR all the time get over it man .. Your music sucks !!!”
– “I was making better punk rock than you guys when I was fucking 13”
– “Just leave me the fuck outta your nerd world and stop pretending to know shit..”
– “I got nothing against your wife dude I know about as much about her as you know about music (which is just about nothing)”
– “Im the fucking oprah of punk . Btw if Im fucking fat then what the fuck is Officer Brad x ? the fucking marshmallow man ?”
– “The whole idea that struggle makes you legit is bullshit keep lying to yourself so you feel better about being lazy”
– “I have worked hard as hell playing music, touring endlessly and putting out more records than I can count but do I deserve the “hype”more than the next guy? I would say no.”
– “Comparing some dudes with apple garage band or a 4 track to flat out genius level innovators of recorded pop music should be a crime.”
– “Man I never really knew I was singing in a British accent till someone pointed it out later ? I always seem to sing different from band to band don’t really know why it really just comes out that way and is for sure not premeditated.”