Links

Here you will find mainly links related to DIY (do it yourself) and home made music resources or artists. A few personal favorites that you should check out if you love music have been included as well.  Please report broken links!

LOCAL BANDS, FRIENDS, ETC.

THE PLAGUE DOGS:  George Nipe III sings with pure passion.  I had the honor of being a member of this band for about a year.  These guys believe in the music they make and they write great stuff.  They deserve your support.

BUCK GOOTER:  Harrisonburg, Virginia's Terry Turtle and Billy Brat create musical uniqueness.  I recently got the opportunity to record their third album.  Awesome.

SLEEPFEEDER:  Casey Firkin's new band.  They make beautiful music.

AARON FARRINGTON:  This is long-time friend Aaron Farrington's website.  Aaron's a photographer and film maker.  Aaron doesn't just take photographs; he takes really great photographs.  You can check a bunch of them out on his page.

GENERAL RESOURCES

THE ALL MUSIC GUIDE: One of BOK's fave spots to waste time on the internet. Excellent reviews, articles, essays, and much more. If you've never been here and love popular music, this is the place for you!

GLORIOUS NOISE:  A pretty cool page with a real screw you rock and roll attitude.

NEW MUSIC:  Ditto.

TROUSER PRESS:  Influential magazine and books from the 80s and 90s...now online and updating their old databases.  Not as comprehensive as ALL MUSIC, but a nice alternative.

TAPE OP MAGAZINE:  Don't know why I haven't put this link up before now.  The page itself doesn't have a whole lot of information but you can subscribe to their excellent paper magazine FREE!  A good resource for home recordists, though it seems to me the magazine is moving away from small fries like me to a focus on professional studios and ritzier equipment.

SPLENDID EZINE:  Pretty interesting web 'zine that intelligently reviews just about anything any musician sends them.  This site is unfortunately dead, but it has maintained an archive of articles.

CRAWDADDY: Springing from the great music mag of the '60s-70s, this web 'zine maintains the spirit of the original paper magazine.  It is now evidently part of the Wolfgang's Vault conglomeration.

BANDS

JOHN LENNON SITES:  There are, of course, many web pages dedicated to John.  I like bagism.com. 

THE BEATLES:  Yeah...I do kinda like this band.  Let's face it...there are dozens of interesting sites about them.  Just do a yahoo or google search and you'll find something interesting and entertaining.  You can check out Beatles.com, too, of course.

BOB DYLAN SITES:  I was showing someone the old BOK home page and she said, "How come there's no Bob Dylan links?  I thought you liked him?"  LIKE HIM?  Kee-rist!  Bobdylan.com is really nice.  Expecting Rain, however, is mind-boggling in the amount of information you can find on the master.

THE RAMONES OFFICIAL SITE: Can't deny the influence the Ramones had on BOK's music. But then, what so-called alternative rocker playing today hasn't somehow been influenced by the Ramones?

THE PIXIES:  There are a few decent Pixies sites on the web but none that I think do this great band justice. But this is a good one for finding various Pixies-related links around the web.  The Pixies have their own web page that keeps you abreast of any upcoming tours or releases.

SYD BARRETT.NET: The Syd Barrett Page: There are several very nice pages dedicated to the late, great Syd. Why do so many thousands of people still find Syd Barrett so intriguing even though he hasn't released any new material in some 30 years? I don't know, but this site is a good place to search for the answer!

MEXICAN SEAFOOD: It used to be the best Nirvana page, but it's not quite as good as it once was since Layla gave it up, but it's still a must-see for Nirvana fans.

THE OFFICIAL GUIDED BY VOICES PAGE:  Probably my favorite band since '94.  Robert Pollard is truly a genius and I don't use that word very often.  This site is now inactive but contains an incredible wealth of information.

HUSKER DU: Husker Du had a huge influence on early BOK music. They were a band of awesome power.

A PATTI SMITH BABELOGUE: If you know much about BOK, then you know that Patti Smith had a profound impact on Jim's music. Check her out today.

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: The only band that could seriously challenge the Beatles as the greatest pop group of all time. This is the most complete site for information about the band. It is an amazing site.

BRIAN WILSON: Probably America's greatest pop composer. It's a shame so many young music fans today don't really appreciate his greatness. This is a fairly good (official) site.  You can do a search and find other interesting places to go to find out more about this great musician.

HYPERRUST: An incredibly packed web page featuring absolutely everything you could ever possibly want to know about Neil Young. This is one of the earliest and still one of the best music pages on the web. Neil is certainly a big influence on the music of Book of Kills (just listen to "I Fell Inside") and one of the godfathers of punk and lo-fi music. Check it out. 

THE PRETENDERS ARCHIVE: An early inspiration when Jim began recording his music in the 80s.

JOE'S VIRTUAL HOME: THE FLAMING LIPS: There is NO more interesting, adventurous and, most importantly, uplifting, rock band recording today than the Lips. This site is good, but the 'official site' is too.