uh this is my book... i have sent it to you...

yes it's been forever, and you probably thought i had thrown in the towel for good... but i have a half dozen things i'd love to share, so here goes...

***Satan and the Deciples***

this record rules!!! deep supernatural organ-rock kitsch from Louisiana. i could see how this might suck if Satan wasn't such a turned on NUT. imagine a David Allen Coe style vocalist rambling at length on all kinds of spooky ancient mystery cult esoterica. it IS campy, but it is also fantastically weird and right-on if you are into this kind of thing. the "Book of Alpha" is my favorite cut, a sort-of underground Bible-belt journey into inner space and beyond, as he explains in a sort of bayou hallucination the evolution of man from reptiles! "Satan on Universe" is also remarkably out-there, as Satan proclaims the existence of the United Staes and the year 1968 before the Big Bang! i flash Dr. John, and a bit of Sam the Sham, but this is truly a local and personably freaky odyssey. the band is like a toned down version of the Sir Douglas Quintet or the Pharoahs, southern accordion rock with some wah and wacky homemade sound effects, but really suprisingly mellow and sensitive to Satan's eccentricities. i can imagine about a dozen people truly enjoying this one. good luck.