NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN - issue 1: WELCOME


	11/06: LAST-MINUTE UPDATE: DMBQ has been involved in a fatal van accident DMBQ/Shonen Knife drummer Mana "China" Nishiura's obituary

NYNT #1
October 31, 2005

ABOUT NYNT

New York Night Train is an online music fanzine covering the entire sonic spectrum, but specializing in profiles of legendary figures. The basis of the zine is the oral history section - in which you will find the artists telling their stories in both text and audio formats. So you can read it, listen to it, or download it to an mp3 player. Read more about NYNT here.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Happy Halloween and welcome to the first issue of New York Night Train webzine. Since this is our first voyage there are still a lot of improvements that need to be made. Nonetheless, there’s a lot here for you to enjoy. This issue is contains the first installment of Kid Congo Powers' oral history. Read more about Issue #1 here.

KID CONGO POWERS

The bulk of this issue and the next is devoted the life, career, and music of guitar legend Kid Congo Powers. Here you will find Kid’s own account of his journey across the underground rock landscape. This first issue covers 1960 to 1986. Kid discusses growing up, starting a Ramones fanclub in 1976, hanging out in the early LA punk scene, and playing with The Cramps, The Gun Club, Tex Perkins, The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, The Fur Bible, and his invitation to join Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. You can listen to the Kid's story on MP3s or read their text transcriptions. Also inside are scans of pages from a scrapbook Kid kept during his first year in The Cramps (1980 - 1981), a 1984 Creem magazine article, photos, and a look at Kid's recorded body of work from this period.

RECORD REVIEWS

NEW RELEASES

	Animal Collective: Feels Animal Collective clean up their act, still stay weird, and make the album of the fall.
	Black Dice: Broken Ear Record Black Dice create yet another collection of beautiful future-noise gems in their best record yet.
	Blood on the Wall: Awesomer Brooklyn's favorite thrift vendors cook up a new concoction comprised everything that rocks.
	Various Artists: Think Differently Music: Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture Wu-Tang's RZA, GZA, and U-God meet MF Doom, Vast Aire, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Aesop Rock, J. Live, RA the Rugged Man, and many more.

RE-RELEASES

	The Dictators: Bloodbrothers No Bronx cheers here for the Handsome Dick and company's third and finest album (1978).
	The Gun Club: Mother Juno A ridiculously long exploration of the new Sympathy for the Record Industry re-release of the band's long-lost 1987 comeback album.
	Jeffrey Lee Pierce: Wildweed Another Sympathy re-release - this is the 1985 solo debut of The Gun Club's leader.

SPOTLIGHT DISCOGRAPHY

A look at Kid Congo Powers' discography from 1981 to 1985. The Cramps' classic Psychedelic Jungle is the Spotlight pick. We also take a look at works by The Gun Club, Chris D & The Divine Horsemen, and The Fur Bible.

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	LIVE
	REVIEWS
	VietnamTomorrow's Friend TK Webb Moon and Moon Northsix 10/26/2005 10/26/2005
	RECOMMENDATIONS
	10/31/05 - 11/06/05 Show of the Week: Whitehouse Thurston Moore Rothko 11/03/05 Bill of the Week: Psychic Ills Electroputas Indian Jewelry Mazing Vids Excepter Cake Shop 11/04/05 Wildcard of the Week: The Latest The Turpentine Brothers Ding Dong Lounge 11/04/05
	10/31/05 - 11/06/05 Show of the Week: Quintron & Ms Pussycat Todd P: High Five Space 11/1205 Mercury Lounge 11/13/05 Bill of the Week: Magik Markers GoGoGo Airheart Metalux Prurient / Thurston Moore collaboration Electric Kulintang (Susie Ibarra, Roberto Rodriguez, and Thurston Moore) Jessica Rylan Saturday, Nov 12 Space LIC

	SHOWLIST
	10/31 - 11/14, 2005
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	ARCHIVE
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