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kogar the swinging ape

I suffer for my music and now it's your turn. - the legendary stardust cowboy

About Me

"singer" in the world's greatest trained animal act, Thee Monkey Butlers.Hmm, lets flesh this out a little more.i have a voracious appetite for music. vinyl, cd's, mp3's, anything i can get my greedy little ears on.i also love making compilations of various sorts that you can get on file sharing programs like soulseek.my comps includekogar's hodge podge and mirage volume 1-12 (comps of 45's, mostly sleazy instrumentals, but also, blues, 50's and 60's rock and roll, etc) songs we taught the mummies songs we taught jack, eric and greg oblivian songs we taught billy childish songs we taught walter daniels (aka jack o' fire) nimereht's one man band 0' mara bo knows instro! something weird audio volume one and two and a few more i can't place right now.so if you see these on soulseek, i made em!also, my pride and joy of compilations are Lux and Ivy's Favorites Volume one thru nine.these are songs lux and or ivy have mentioned in interviews, played on radio shows, or played before shows over the PA, and various other places.all of the above are easily found on soulseek.that's it for now, maybe i'll write more in a few years...

My Interests

making crazy music comps, annoying our fans, collecting 45's, spending too much money on music while still finding the time to download it for free...

Music:

the cramps, the gories, guitar wolf, the mummies, russal quan bands, the sonics, billy childish, norton records, crypt records, the sonics, hasil adkins, ronny haydock, etc...

Movies:

once upon a time in the west, blood freak, michael findlay, russ meyer, hitchcock, jack hill, sonny chiba, david friedman, dario argento, any movie with a monkey in it...

Television:

the simpsons...

Books:

joe r. lansdale, robert r. mccammon, nick tosches, dan simmons, h.p. lovecraft, and a few other authors with initials that i can't think of right now...

Heroes:

the mad daddy, warren oats, steve mcqueen, mr. teeny, jack elam, hasil adkins, hoodie sapperticker...

My Blog

part two!

Hey, I think I can keep the old links up for about a week, so last week's will still be there in case you missed them!  And if you dig the blog, spread the word!  <?xml:namespace prefix =...
Posted by kogar the swinging ape on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:03:00 PST

Part one!

..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />Welcome to KOGAR'S BIG THRILL-O-RAMA TRASH SHOW!    Like I said in the last blog, this is my tribute to comps like ...
Posted by kogar the swinging ape on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:27:00 PST

Announcing...

Kogar's Big Thrill-O-Rama Trash Show! Sorry I've been AWOL on the Japanese Trash comp, but i've kind of run out of steam on that one.  I will finish it sometime, but i've been in the middle of ma...
Posted by kogar the swinging ape on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:34:00 PST

Bo Knows Instro!

  well, i've wanted to do this for a long time...but since bo passed away, i figured now was the time...   bo diddley did some amazing instrumentals in his day, and i put the best ones all o...
Posted by kogar the swinging ape on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:40:00 PST

Part Five!

Sorry for the little hiatus on this volume.  After taking a week off in a tropical climate, it was hard to get back into the swing of things.  ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-micro...
Posted by kogar the swinging ape on Thu, 22 May 2008 11:40:00 PST

RIP geoff tiki

i guess geoff from HOT ROD FURY passed away the other day.  I didn't see any details on the bands myspace page, but i'm assuming some stuff will appear there at some point. TMB extends its s...
Posted by kogar the swinging ape on Sat, 17 May 2008 06:45:00 PST

"hey, where’s the cool japanese music?!"

sorry no blog this week or next! me and the missus are leaving for tropical climes starting tomorrow morning and won't be back till late next week! i swear, while i'm eating really great food, and dri...
Posted by kogar the swinging ape on Thu, 01 May 2008 01:58:00 PST

hasil adkins documentary!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bo2gyABxkjM check it out on myspace, or at the above link on youtube!    ...
Posted by kogar the swinging ape on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:31:00 PST

Sorry...

No blog this week. But to kill time, why not head over to The Mad Daddy's Blog instead? Some innnteresting developments, i see... kogar
Posted by kogar the swinging ape on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:42:00 PST

Part Four! (the japanese word for death!)

   ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Remember, cut and paste the link into your internet browser to hear/download the songs!   Another great thin...
Posted by kogar the swinging ape on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:05:00 PST