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Ryan Leach's Top Five

Ryan "Logins" Leach

Ryan "Logins" Leach

Top 5 New Zealand bands
1. The Clean
2. The La De Das
3. Look Blue Go Purple
4. King Loser
5. The Gordons

Top 5 Los Angeles bands
1. The Byrds
2. Gun Club
3. The Dream Syndicate
4. Rain Parade
5. Love

Top 5 current record labels
1. In the Red 
2. Goner
3. Certified PR
4. Trouble in Mind
5. Perpetrator

Top 5 records of all time
1. John Cale, Paris 1919
2. Wire, 154
3. 13th Floor Elevators, Bull of the Woods
4. Clash, self-titled
5. Kraftwerk, Trans-Europe Express

Top 5 New Zealand Skateboarders
1. Lee Ralph
2. Mike Bancroft
3. Justin Keeley 
4. Chris Stewart
5. Raw Dog Darren

tags: Spacecase Records, Ryan Leach
categories: Top Five
Wednesday 06.29.11
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Mor Fleisher-Leach's Top Five

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Top 5 bands that matter:
1. The Screamers
2. The Velvet Underground
3. Suicide
4. Kleenex/Liliput
5. The Monks

Top 5 films that matter: 
1. Breathless (1960)
2. Double Indemnity (1944)
3. Head (1968)
4. Eraserhead (1977) 
5. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

Top 5 inspirational figures:
1. Jean Cocteau
2. Bo Diddley
3. Jean-Luc Godard
4. Mark E. Smith
5. Barbara Stanwyck

Top 5 things I miss about Los Angeles:
1. Cheap records
2. Cheap books
3. Mexican food
4. Art-house movie theaters galore!
5. Sunshine

Top 5 things I do not miss about Los Angeles:
1. Smog
2. Traffic
3. LAPD
4. The profit margin
5. Arnold Schwarzenegger

tags: Spacecase Records, Mor Fleisher-Leach
categories: Top Five
Thursday 06.23.11
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Mr. Stix's Top Five

Mr. Stix's French Hot Dog

Mr. Stix's French Hot Dog

Top 5 Minutemen songs:
1. History Lesson Part 2 
2. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing 
3. Joe McCarthy’s Ghost 
4. This Ain’t No Picnic 
5. Paranoid Time (Even sicker when seeing the Jason Jesse section with said song.)

Top 5 current record labels:
1. Jeetkune (They gave us knobs a chance.)
2. Burger Records (So much good stuff.)
3. Goner Records (Purely in terms of Eric being really nice and always answering my dumb messages even though I’m sure he’s got better stuff to do.) 
4. In the Red (Cause they put out Black Time records and ipso facto we got to tour and I have many great memories.)
5. Kind Turkey (This could qualify as tape label, I think he’s putting out a 45 now, but again super nice enthusiastic kid.)

Top 5 skateboarders of all time:
1. Mark Gonzales 
2. Eric Koston (Fucking dude rips everything.)
3. John Cardiel (Still so positive after all that shit.)
4. Matt Hensley (Grew up watching Shackle Me Not and Hocus Pocus.)
5. Lizard King (New one but he’s got rad tricks and style.)

Top 5 late '80s/early '90s hip-hop/rap albums:
1. ODB – “Return to the 36 Chamber” 
2. Souls of Mischief – “No Man’s Land” (2nd album) 
3. Onyx – “All We Got is Us” (2nd album)
4. Funkmaster Flex – “The Mix Tape Vol. 1” (Listened to this last week it rules fucking hard.)
5. Cliche but gotta be “Enter the 36 Chambers” Wu-Tang

tags: Black Time, Mr. Stix, London
categories: Top Five
Monday 06.06.11
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Andrew Tolley's Top Five

Andrew Tolley, Photo by Ryan Leach

Andrew Tolley, Photo by Ryan Leach

Top 5 records of all time (for this week anyhow):
1. STOOGES - Funhouse
2. ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS – The Day the Earth Stood Still
3. REATARDS - Teenage Hate
4. JACKIE & THE STARLITES - Valerie
5. LINK WRAY - Swan Demos

Top 5 underrated New Zealand bands:
1. Voodoo Savage & the Savages
2. The Rainy Days
3. Michael J. Hex
4. The Aesthetics (Rags to Riches line-up)
5. Brother Love & his Second Hand Emotions / Homebacon Gang 

Top 5 current record labels:
1. Yakisakana
2. Nasty Product
3. Goodbye Boozy
4. Stink Magnetic
5. Norton

This week's top 5 New Zealand albums:
1. MICHAEL J. HEX - Are You Hexperienced?
2. RAINY DAYS - SpongoMummaGummaBullyBeef + Microchips
3. ZOMBIE PROM QUEEN - Stone Cold & Grey
4. ED GAINS - Edweird
5. BROTHER LOVE & THE FREE ASSOCIATION - The Sin Aesthetic

tags: Kato Records, The Don Kings, Andrew Tolley, Perpetrator Records, The Bloody Souls, New Zealand
categories: Top Five
Friday 06.03.11
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