By EDG reppin’ LBC
The Auld Syte may be the best band you never heard of. Formed in Los Angeles during the Summer of Love, the five-piece was influenced, of course, by the psychedelics of that summer, but also by something darker that haunted LA’s urban canyons. Guitarist Carlo Lentini (ex-Doorknobs) and bassist Sal Zummo (ex-Cymbians) met at an acid party at legendary producer Kim Fowley’s Laurel Canyon pad. The two musicians shared a love of psychedelics, and also shared the love of singer Lauren Huitema. The Auld Syte added rhythm guitarist Alan Paris and drummer Blair Brinsley, and by Autumn of 1967, they were a fixture in the clubs of Sunset Strip. Playing alongside contemporaries Sagittarius, and Arthur Lee, The Auld Syte combined baroque pop three part harmonies with acid edged guitars and sometimes sinister song subjects. Played live, the twelve-minute long “Apollyan” was a crowd favorite with its rhythmic chant that produced a locust swarm on more than one occasion. Another crowd favorite was the psychedelic rocker “Man’s Son”, featuring the mamba-like intertwining of Lentini and Zummo’s guitar and bass.
However, by late Spring of 1968 tensions within the band began to tear The Auld Syte apart. Lentini and Zummo came to blows over the love for Huitema. Tragically, Lentini shattered every bone in his left hand when he punched Zummo, and was never able to play guitar again. Zummo and Huitema were married in a pagan ritual in Big Sur in the Summer of 1968. Huitema left Zummo three days later and opened an occult bookstore in Sherman Oaks. Zummo continued to play music in the San Francisco scene and became a successful floor refinisher. Alan Paris later formed the soft rock duo Paris and Rome with wife Sylvia Rome. The duo had some minor success with their 1974 adult contemporary hit “Blue for You”. Brinsley joined a cult located in the Mojave Valley and was implicated in a number of bank robberies throughout the Southwest.
The Auld Syte never recorded in a studio, and any live recordings of their sets have yet to surface. Here are some songs from The Auld Syte’s contemporaries:
Sagittarius “Song to the Magic Frog”
The Seeds “Pushing Too Hard”
WTF? Was this your high school band dude?
And happy birfday.
Wait, do you have your birthday candle preparedness kit?
Only when the candles have TNT stenciled on them?
Me: Sounds great, how do I check them out?
EDG: You can’t! HA!
This is like one of those bands that you love at first, but then you hate after they start to become popular. Only this time, they will never become popular and EDG will always love them.
That band history sounded like a “very special after school special” hitting every one of the Age of Aquarius points. But glibs need to know if the occult bookstore is open and do they sell orphans? The floor refinishing I could use.
The occult bookstore reminds me – going over my grandma’s stuff I found a book of ancient rituals in a strange language. True story – should I start chanting and see what happens?
It’s purportedly from a religious sect which doesn’t exist today.
No, wait, it’s an obscurely written disclosure of Masonic rituals.
I feel like I’m in an H. P. Lovecraft novella.
Wait, Google Books has it. Some mystery.
C’mon. I’m anxiously awaiting the next shoe to drop.
Jokes on you, I don’t need shoes since I turned myself into a snake.
I lol’d
This is even better than the MC Hammer episode of “Behind the Music”
I thought “the auld syte” would be The Site Which Must Not be Named.
same.
It is, in a way.
Same as well. Autopsy of TSTMNBN as an article in the works?
“unREASONable: On the Dangers of Writing for an Audience other than your own”
Could pair it with a history of the Beloved Commentariat and an explanation of all the obscure references for the newer readers (e.g. Tulpa Sockpuppets, unHihnged, STEVE SMITH)
I’ve read this three times and i still feel like its supposed to be some very sophisticated coded-reference to Reason.com
But have you read it three times after a hit of acid?
That’s the secret decoder ring we wuz missing?
+1 Tangerine Popsicle blotter
Preferably, you would read it while smoking weed and simultaneously engaging in unprotected asssex with an undocumented Mexican, but acid is easier to get a hold of.
Shit, I am never going to be woke enough to belong man..
Yeah, but who does Arthur Lee represent? There was an actual Arthur Lee who sang for Love, while I’ve never heard of any of the other people.
Still, I know what you mean. Also, I thought I was out there for liking bands like 13th Floor Elevators.
Ha! I’m reading this parked in my work truck on the corner of Haight and Ashbury. I believe the sometime bongo player of The Auld Syte is sitting across the street with two mangy dogs raving about the CIA between sips of Royal Gate vodka.
Russian influence!
Charcoal filtered
I saw “Auld Syte” and thought it would be dishy update on TSTSNBN.
I came here to post this. I thought we were being super edgy and creative about our alma matter.
This could be turned into a fantastic piece about the old site and its writers by someone with talent and time.
There was already ‘There’s a new site’ by trshmstr and Hitler. Not sure how you top that.
That was top notch stuff, but that was also months ago. Our ego must be fed!
What should I have for lunch? It has to be cheap and fast.* GO!
*Not your mom. I had that yesterday.
Avocado toast
Taco
I like the cut of your jib, sir. Tacos it is!
Taco Bell?
Better swing by the market and pick up a case of Charmin.
I had my boss go buy me a gyro.
One of my Korean occasional co-workers was asking me a couple weeks ago if I wanted to walk down to a place he had discovered, with him and get a gyro. It’s actually a greek restaurant. But the way he was saying it sounded like ‘Eel’. So I was like ‘ok, I like eel’. He was trying to say gyro the way they would say it I suppose, but it distinctly came out ‘Eel’, lol.
some people pronounce “Gyro” like “hero”
it often goes downhill from there.
According to a poster that was in my neighborhood sub shop growing up it is pronounced “Yee-row”. The place was about as authentically greek as you could get so I assume that is the correct pronunciation
I know its the correct pronunciation. my point was that being fastidious about the correct pronunciation of “meat on a spit” is the sign of an inherently silly person
My dad used to play poker with the owner of a Greek restaurant and that’s how he pronounced it as well. He had kind of a Soup Nazi streak to him and would get peeved when customers mispronounced it.
Can’t see any reason that’s not just like going into a Wendy’s and asking for a “homebugger”
Depending how pissy I felt that day, who knows what he’d end up inside his bun?
BECAUSE AMERICA YOU LIMEY
Also, #6 = the correct comparison was to ‘someone who corrects other peoples use of the term “porsche” constantly, and one day has his teeth randomly knocked out.’
These euphemisms… now with more Tzatziki!
“cucumber sauce”
Euphemism?
“Greek spooge dip”
Love that Seeds tune!
Seconded. I love early proto-punk stuff from that era.
You have to love this comment from WaPo:
Pretty sure it’s sarcasm, but the thought of the left going on to claim something like ‘We lost to lull you into complacency!’ is just too realistic of a possibility.
We lost this thing we desperately wanted to win on purpose, because we are playing 9D chess!
/proggie idiot
More like 5 Dimensional Hungry Hippos.*
*stolen from somebody else, but thought it was apt.
I was dining the other night in Cologne when a local came up and asked if I was American. Normally I say I am from Belize, but played along. She assured me that the Russians emplaced DT because they feared HRC (PBUH) and that the Dems would sweep in 2018 leading to the dismissal of DT and his replacement by HRC (PBUH). I attempted to convince her that is not how the US system worked and she assured me DT would be out by 2018. When she asked me what I thought of Germany’s politics I said it was too bad her country had given up on western culture and was unwilling to defend itself from a horrible threat. She rebuked me that Russia was not the issue. I agreed and said Islam was. She was shocked and asked me if I voted for Trump. I assured her that I voted for the Libertarian candidate since I found DT and HRC (PBUH) both unsuitable to lead the US. She was unclear on that and went on to insist that HRC (PBUH) should be president since she had the most votes and again I explained why the EC did not mean that and why it was superior to a straight popular vote in a continental scale country. Now she was really confused and said the issue was the Muslim immigrants but the lack of diversity. I said she would be stoned for dressing like she did (rather fetching short skirt and decolletage top) and speaking to me without her man present. She then huffed away. A shame really since she was about my age (late Permian) but the derp was strong within her.
Back before written history when I used to travel the world I found that to be true: Our idiots aint got nothin’ on furrin’ idiots.
Amen, brother. Some of the Continentals make Bernie Sanders look like Thomas Jefferson.
Uh, spend some time with the WE WUZ KANGS crowd and reassess.
+1 Black Hitler.
Like arguing quantum physics with a rock, only the rock is bright enough to know better and keep its mouth shut..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/gunman-at-virginia-ballfield-kept-local-storage-locker-with-200-rounds-of-ammunition/2017/06/21/cb96b120-5673-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html
Oh no! 200 rounds! So like 10 boxes? Or 4?
And he visited the storage locker daily? Cuckoo cuckoo.
Also, happy birthday! May your day be filled with drunkenness and debauchery.
I shoot off 200 rounds every time I go to the range.. Are they somehow implying this is a large amount of ammo? Cause that is worthy of a laugh… This guy has to be a proggie with that being his total ammo count..
I think I have 200 rounds in my dresser drawer.
Hah, I was thinking that I could probably find 200 rounds under my couch.
With the way I buy ammo that’s 2 boxes, or roughly what I buy everytime I go shooting.
I figured idiot boy bought boxes of 20 or 50, depending on the caliber. Maybe he bought a bulk case from Cabelas or the like and that’s what was left over. What did he use for the shooting again?
Whut? I used to burn 2000 rounds on an average weekend.
I call that “a normal day at the PPC event”.
Dude, I read 200 rounds and I was like, “An hour at the range? Wake me up when we hit the 10,000 mark.”
I’m probably down to around 1500 rounds, and thinking that’s dangerously low. The good news: I don’t like collecting calibers, so I’ve only got to keep 2 pistol calibers in stock (9mm and .45), 12 gauge shotgun shells, and three rifle calibers (.300 Win Mag, .308, and .22). There’s also a .50 caliber black powder rifle in the safe, which probably needs to have fresh black powder stocked.
I’m down at 2 pistol and 2 rifle calibers. 9mm, 38 Special, 308, 22LR.
If i can’t do it with those, I’m not sure I can do it. Might end up with some 357 mag if I upgrade my revolver collection to a 686. Otherwise, no real plans to need anything else.
No information on the size of the magaz …. oops .. ammo cabinet. When the zombies come, I ain’t helping you guys resupply.
Nobody seems to like Glock .40 no more… (haz sad)
I’ll stick with my G22 and G27.
Shorter: Fruitcake musicians make cool music, personal lives a complete train wreck.
*clicks link*
Ok, strike the word ‘cool’.
Will Oregon’s Gender X Driver’s Licenses Start a Trend?
I’m not sure what this is all about. I’m also not sure I should give a fuck. However, this was too good of a quote to not pass along:
*prays for killer asteroid*
He? I thought it was non-binary.
Is this like those gay-when-the-wife’s-away guys who call themselves “straight?”
This is probably the smartest thing the left has done. Most people love to forget about their mortgage, job, marriage and feeding their kids to fight for middle aged dudes in drag to go in the public restroom with your 8 year old daughter. It’s an easy sell.
Victory is imminent! As long as it doesnt rain.
*I am actually becoming somewhat afraid. The left is deranged…seriously, clinically deranged. This is not good.
I hear ya, Suthen. At first, I thought this was just a temper fit that would pass. But this seems to be the new default state for a lot of people. Nutters on the fringe, whatev. But these nutters include most of the media, academia, and our “mainstream” politicians. It is very concerning, and I have no idea what might bring them back to Planet Reality.
In the past it took war. The lead up to both World Wars were eaten up with the crazy on a global scale. The lead up to every war is like this…masses of people completely out of touch with reality. My hope is that our country, our society is somewhat more insulated from this pattern because of our system and the large numbers of people who aren’t crazy. I am fairly certain we will have more small incidents like the VA shooting but at least our country doesnt catch fire at the drop of a match like some others.
There really is something to the “silent majority” theory. People who live in reality hear the leftist bullshit, and reject it wholeheartedly. 2016 should have been a total affirmation of this.
If the (academic/professional) left actually realized how much their psycho bullshit was “Trumpifying” America, they might actually do something, although they’d probably fuck that up, too. One of the more interesting things for me was discovering that the majority of anti-SJW and anti-feminist vloggers on YouTube identify as liberal (meaning socially and economically lefty, although more ‘Blue Dog Democrat’ than Socialist), they’re just not insane, unlike the academic left.
yes. while people on the right have been mocking the left’s retardation for years, the people actually *pushing back against it* and trying to fix the problem are actually people already sort-of-leaning-leftward.
the sjw-left, of course, reacts to this by accusing everyone who disagrees with them as being part of the “alt-right”. and the media assists in this regard.
/Millenial trying to decide whether or not Beats headphones are cultural appropriation
Sign me up. That way when some dumb ass cop pees his pants and shoots me for giving him a dirty look during a traffic stop, my family can get a bigger settlement for his hate crime and extra civil rights violations for being part of a protected class.
I’ve got 3 terabytes of 60’s pre-ambient
800 gigs of live recordings of this local band called the fuckerfucks. They played only 2 shows before breaking up but I had 11 redundant recording rigs all recording flac which I then layered over one another for 25,000 kbps bitrate.
8 terabytes of the beatles. No not THOSE beatles, the new beatles. They haven’t recorded an album yet and technically they’re not really a band yet but they’re indie-gospel-post-funk-punk style is going to be huge when you guys hear their stuff in about 5 years.
4 petabytes of the Ethiopian Free Jazz wave that occurred in 1973 in a town called Wenji Gefersi.
18 terabytes of sound check recordings from the mid 90’s band LFO. They only scored a hit with “I like girls (who wear abercrombie and fitch)” but they were way ahead of their time.
That’s just my C: drive. I have 41 drives.
You need help?
i realize now that he’s making a point about hipster one-upmanship
It’s a copypasta from 4chan’s music board.
Now that I’ve heard about them, they’re all passe. Except LFO, they’re classic rock now.
what’s that? Brian Eno’s schoolboy whistling?
For no reason at all
Overheard in my bedroom last night:
Wife – “pull your pants down, turn around and hand me that flashlight”
Me – “Can I use that line on you later?”
*I’ve been humping my ass all over the piney woods this week and managed to find the front porch of a yellow jacket’s house to sit on and have lunch. Lunch was short.
Ouch.
But nice to have a woman like that, you lucky bastard.
TMI, dude.
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I like how you played that… Did the line work on her?
When she first said it and so matter of factly, I nearly pissed myself laughing. I figured that was the only time in her life she has said that. Of course when she pondered on it for a few seconds she was laughing too.
It’d be nice if yellow jackets and wasps had colony collapse syndrome and bees thrived in their absence.
STEVE SMITH SOMETIME HAVE SAME PROBLEM. SOLUTION RAPE FASTER.
Will this be on the next season of Documentary Now?
+1 Catalina Breeze