We end this week on a high note with the Earth interview and some Alabama Thunderpussy covering Jethro Tull off the first Sucking the ’70s compilation on Small Stone. I’ve always kind of thought Alabama Thunderpussy never got their due. They were excellent on Man’s Ruin, and then they were excellent on Relapse. Their more metal last album wasn’t really my thing, but they had some really killer songs and I don’t think Relapse at the time knew what to do with them. Pretty sure if the Johnny Weils or the Johnny Throckmorton-fronted lineups were putting out records now, they’d be gods to the new breed of Southern rockers. Who the hell knows.

The moral of the story is listen to The Might Could, and I think it might be time for Small Stone to do a third Sucking the ’70s. Would be cool to hear Gozu take on Blue Öyster Cult or some crazy harmonized arena rock, Iota, Lo-Pan, Backwoods Payback and the rest of the new crop chime in.

Bonus argument for the above clip: I’ve had “Hymn 43” stuck in my head forever because the Aqualung cassette pretty much never leaves my car anymore. It’s become a permanent fixture, just one of my listening options. AM/FM radio, CD, Tull. Not a bad way to go.

Tomorrow is The Patient Mrs.‘s birthday. Out of courtesy to her, I won’t say which one, but it’s a biggie, and we’ll be celebrating tomorrow night out to dinner in NYC, then over to the Mercury Lounge to catch Wino, Scott Kelly and Man’s Gin. If you see us there, be sure to wish her a happy birthday. And if you don’t know what she looks like, she’ll be the one looking patient. Rock.

I’m on deadline next week to both do and transcribe a Clutch interview and also to transcribe a Weedeater interview that’s already in the can, so we might have a double-feature week rather than the average one-per. We’ll see how that goes and if I can muster the time to actually get it done. I’m backlogged on interviews at this point and they just keep coming. Wo Fat, Suplecs. The other night I had a brief but very pleasant conversation with Jeannie Saiz of Shroud Eater — just kind of getting an introduction to/general idea about the band — so that’ll be posted sooner than later as well. Lots to come.

But yeah, tomorrow, the patient birthday, Sunday, homework, Monday, back at it. Hope to see you on the forum over the weekend. It’s that big orange link in the sidebar. Can’t miss.

Tags: Alabama Thunderpussy, Richmond, Small Stone, Virginia

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