He works at a car wash and he's got a girlfriend! (Thanks to Randy for this one...)
May 29, 2006
May 27, 2006
Ian Copeland RIP
Ian Copeland Dies At 57
from Billboard:
One of the most colorful careers in music came to a close today as pioneering booking agent Ian Copeland died in Los Angeles of melanoma. He was 57.
Read the whole thing by clicking the link in the headline.
from Billboard:
One of the most colorful careers in music came to a close today as pioneering booking agent Ian Copeland died in Los Angeles of melanoma. He was 57.
Read the whole thing by clicking the link in the headline.
May 26, 2006
Desmond Dekker RIP
From Voice of America:
Jamaican singer Desmond Dekker, who helped bring reggae to an international stage in the 1960s, died at his home in Britain on Thursday. His manager said the 64-year-old suffered a heart attack. For the Jamaican community, Dekker was one of the island's first music legends.
Read the whole thing by clicking the link in the headline.
Jamaican singer Desmond Dekker, who helped bring reggae to an international stage in the 1960s, died at his home in Britain on Thursday. His manager said the 64-year-old suffered a heart attack. For the Jamaican community, Dekker was one of the island's first music legends.
Read the whole thing by clicking the link in the headline.
May 23, 2006
May 22, 2006
A Northern Soul
A great article on coming of age in Manchester, England, by Paul Morley:
A northern soul - Thirty years ago, the Manchester music scene was changed for ever. Paul Morley revisits the city of his youth and recalls the sights and eviscerating sounds that transformed the lives of a generation.
Read the whole thing here
May 21, 2006
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes...
Recent landmarks on my radar moving or disappearing:
1. Jack Rabid is leaving 249 Eldridge St after 25 years. I lived there with him straight outta high school from 1984-1986. We regularly had house guests like Jello Biafra, Paul Fox (the Ruts), DOA, Steve Jones, and Steve Albini. Not to mention that Big Takeover was constantly being worked on, and we paid something like $300/month rent! Personally, this is on par with CBGB closing!
2. Rocks In Your Head moved from Prince St in Soho to Williamsburg, Brooklyn about a month ago. They must've been on Prince St somewhere between 25-30 years.
3. Mooncurser Records has apparently lost their lease and are closing! Original owner Roger Roberge dies a couple of years ago, and his family had sold the business to a fellow record hound, but something must've happened...This store was always worth a trip up to City Island.
There year isn't even halfway over, and we still have the CBGB closing to look forward to. I wonder what else is in store?
1. Jack Rabid is leaving 249 Eldridge St after 25 years. I lived there with him straight outta high school from 1984-1986. We regularly had house guests like Jello Biafra, Paul Fox (the Ruts), DOA, Steve Jones, and Steve Albini. Not to mention that Big Takeover was constantly being worked on, and we paid something like $300/month rent! Personally, this is on par with CBGB closing!
2. Rocks In Your Head moved from Prince St in Soho to Williamsburg, Brooklyn about a month ago. They must've been on Prince St somewhere between 25-30 years.
3. Mooncurser Records has apparently lost their lease and are closing! Original owner Roger Roberge dies a couple of years ago, and his family had sold the business to a fellow record hound, but something must've happened...This store was always worth a trip up to City Island.
There year isn't even halfway over, and we still have the CBGB closing to look forward to. I wonder what else is in store?
May 18, 2006
May 15, 2006
ESG News!
The legendary ESG return with a new single and album and a tour of Europe, Japan and the UK. The single "Insane" is released 29 May (with a very few limited promos available here)and the album "Keep On Moving" is released on Soul Jazz Records in July.
Tour dates are:
May 26: FRANCE-Lyon - Nuits Sonores Festival.
May 28: FR-Paris - Fondation Cartier,
May 31: PORTUGAL -Porto - Casa Da Musica,
June 1st: PORTUGAL-Lisbon – Lux,
June 2nd: SPAIN-Barcelona - Primavera Sound Festival.
June 12: Unit, Tokyo
June 13: Unit, Tokyo
June 14: Unit, Tokyo
June 16: Noon, Osaka
UK Tour follows in September.
Check out a minute long clip of their new single "Insane" on Soul Jazz here.
Tour dates are:
May 26: FRANCE-Lyon - Nuits Sonores Festival.
May 28: FR-Paris - Fondation Cartier,
May 31: PORTUGAL -Porto - Casa Da Musica,
June 1st: PORTUGAL-Lisbon – Lux,
June 2nd: SPAIN-Barcelona - Primavera Sound Festival.
June 12: Unit, Tokyo
June 13: Unit, Tokyo
June 14: Unit, Tokyo
June 16: Noon, Osaka
UK Tour follows in September.
Check out a minute long clip of their new single "Insane" on Soul Jazz here.
May 13, 2006
Big Takeover issue 58
Besides a great feature by Jack on his leaving 249 Eldridge Street after 25 years (more on this sometime soon), here's whats for your reading pleasure in the new 233-page issue (besides the usual plethora of reviews):
Interviews with Decemberists (part 2), Flaming Lips, New York Dolls, Stars, Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex), Editors, Sufjan Stevens, Jon Auer (Posies), Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats), Ivy, Ian McLagan (Small Faces), Belle & Sebastian, Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices), Buzzcocks, Granddaddy,His Name Is Alive, Camper Van Beethoven, Tom Verlaine, Clientele, Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo), Arab Strap, Elbow, (Newtown) Neurotics, Thermals, John Kastner (Doughboys/Asexuals), Satan's Pilgrims, Bob Gruen, Boss Martians and Madlife.
In many cases, extras from the interviews can be found at BigTakeover.com.
May 9, 2006
STEPHEN COLBERT WAS NOT FUNNY
Courtesy of our friend Mick Farren at Doc 40. This one goes out to all George Orwell fans, and anyone conscious enough to understand.
STEPHEN COLBERT WAS NOT FUNNY
By Dave V. (edited slightly by RM)
Stephen Colbert was not funny.
Helen Thomas is old and batty.
Mexicans are taking our jobs.
Iraq sent its WMDs to Syria.
Democrats don't want to wiretap terrorists.
Joe Wilson admitted that Valerie Plame wasn't covert.
Tom DeLay is like Jesus Christ.
Karl Rove has a faulty memory.
Scooter Libby has a faulty memory.
No one could have anticipated that the levees would be
breached.
We do not torture.
There is no global warming.
There is global warming, but humans aren't causing it.
Howard Dean can't raise money.
John Kerry is a flip-flopper.
George W. Bush is a decider.
John McCain is a straight shooter.
Dick Cheney is a sober shooter.
Nobody at the White House knows Jack Abramoff.
Democrats do.
The economy is doing great.
Evolution isn't supported by the facts.
Diebold voting machines are secure.
Fox News is fair and balanced.
Mission accomplished.
Bill Clinton did it too.
No one could have anticipated the Iraqi insurgency.
The budget deficit will be cut in half in four years.
Anyone who thinks Dubai shouldn't control our ports is
racist.
No one who thinks we should build a wall along the
Mexican border is racist.
George Allen isn't a racist . . . anymore.
Terry Schiavo wants to live.
Andrea Clark wants to die.
We've turned a corner in Iraq.
There is a war on Christmas.
There is a war on Easter.
There is no civil war in Iraq.
The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein
recently sought significant quantities of uranium from
Africa.
Bush won Florida in 2000.
Losing by 2 million votes in 2000 is a mandate.
This administration will hold itself accountable.
Brownie did a heck of a job.
Kathleen Blanco never asked for federal help.
Ray Nagin should have used the buses.
Gay couples seek to destroy marriage.
Man existed alongside the dinoraurs.
The earth is 6,000 years old.
America is a Christian nation.
George W. Bush is a Christian man.
George W. Bush is a great guy to have a beer with.
George W. Bush is a war hero. John Kerry isn't.
John Kerry outed Mary Cheney.
John Kerry shot himself in the leg to earn his medals.
Al Gore thinks he invented the Internet. Franklin D.
Roosevelt was a communist and a terrible president.
Ronald Reagan was the best president in history.
Hillary Clinton will be the Dem nominee in 2008.
Bill Clinton caused 9/11.
Bill Clinton was offered Bin Laden on a silver platter
and turned it down.
Saddam Hussein attacked us on 9/11.
No one could have anticipated airplanes flying into
buildings.
We have removed the Taliban from Afghanistan. The
Iraqis will welcome us with open arms and flowers.
It could take six days, six weeks - I doubt six
months.
Pat Tillman was killed by enemy fire.
Yellow magnet car ribbons help the troops.
The insurgency is in its last throes.
They hate us for our freedom.
The only way to get Zarqawi is to invade Iraq.
We're fighting them over there so we don't have to
fight them over here.
When they stand up, we'll stand down.
Iraqi oil will pay for the war and the reconstruction.
Gas prices are high because of liberal
environmentalists.
Gas prices are high because of taxes.
Drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge will
lower the price of oil.
Unemployment numbers have never been so low.
Outsourcing will create more jobs.
The vast majority of Bush's tax cuts go to the bottom
end of the spectrum.
Tax breaks for Hummers are good for the economy.
Tax cuts increase federal revenue.
The estate tax hurts family farms.
Private accounts will save Social Security.
Bush will make health insurance affordable for
low-income families.
The Healthy Forests Initiative will help forests.
No Child Left Behind will help children.
The Clear Skies Initiative will reduce air pollution.
Republicans are compassionate conservatives.
Republicans are pro-life.
Nothing is more important in a time of war than
cutting taxes.
Democrats hate America.
Hillary Clinton murdered Vince Foster.
"Bin Laden Determined to Strike within the U.S." was a
historical document.
The national anthem should only be sung in English.
Jesus would have voted for Bush.
Whenever we say "wiretap," that means we're going to
get a court order.
Chris Matthews will not let anything get by him.
George Bush was a successful businessman.
The government is tapping your phone to protect you.
Dissent is unpatriotic.
Valerie Plame is a traitor.
Patrick Fitzgerald is going to indict Joe Wilson.
Jeff Gannon is a serious journalist.
Rush is right.
The media is liberal.
You're either with us or against us.
A vote for John Kerry is a vote for Al Qaeda.
George Bush doesn't read the polls.
Congress had access to the same intelligence.
Iraq is the central front on the war on terrorism.
Republicans are the party of ideas.
Those trucks we found in Iraq were mobile biological
weapons labs.
We know where the WMD are.
Anyone who leaks information will no longer be part of
this administration.
Sex education causes STDs and increases pregnancy
rates.
HPV vaccine will cause teen sex cults.
Harriet Miers would be a great Supreme Court justice.
Vice President Cheney no longer has ties with
Halliburton.
Bush will restore honor and integrity to the White
House.
Up is down.
Black is white.
Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia.
Copyright 2006 Daily Kos (and sent by Bill H.)
STEPHEN COLBERT WAS NOT FUNNY
By Dave V. (edited slightly by RM)
Stephen Colbert was not funny.
Helen Thomas is old and batty.
Mexicans are taking our jobs.
Iraq sent its WMDs to Syria.
Democrats don't want to wiretap terrorists.
Joe Wilson admitted that Valerie Plame wasn't covert.
Tom DeLay is like Jesus Christ.
Karl Rove has a faulty memory.
Scooter Libby has a faulty memory.
No one could have anticipated that the levees would be
breached.
We do not torture.
There is no global warming.
There is global warming, but humans aren't causing it.
Howard Dean can't raise money.
John Kerry is a flip-flopper.
George W. Bush is a decider.
John McCain is a straight shooter.
Dick Cheney is a sober shooter.
Nobody at the White House knows Jack Abramoff.
Democrats do.
The economy is doing great.
Evolution isn't supported by the facts.
Diebold voting machines are secure.
Fox News is fair and balanced.
Mission accomplished.
Bill Clinton did it too.
No one could have anticipated the Iraqi insurgency.
The budget deficit will be cut in half in four years.
Anyone who thinks Dubai shouldn't control our ports is
racist.
No one who thinks we should build a wall along the
Mexican border is racist.
George Allen isn't a racist . . . anymore.
Terry Schiavo wants to live.
Andrea Clark wants to die.
We've turned a corner in Iraq.
There is a war on Christmas.
There is a war on Easter.
There is no civil war in Iraq.
The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein
recently sought significant quantities of uranium from
Africa.
Bush won Florida in 2000.
Losing by 2 million votes in 2000 is a mandate.
This administration will hold itself accountable.
Brownie did a heck of a job.
Kathleen Blanco never asked for federal help.
Ray Nagin should have used the buses.
Gay couples seek to destroy marriage.
Man existed alongside the dinoraurs.
The earth is 6,000 years old.
America is a Christian nation.
George W. Bush is a Christian man.
George W. Bush is a great guy to have a beer with.
George W. Bush is a war hero. John Kerry isn't.
John Kerry outed Mary Cheney.
John Kerry shot himself in the leg to earn his medals.
Al Gore thinks he invented the Internet. Franklin D.
Roosevelt was a communist and a terrible president.
Ronald Reagan was the best president in history.
Hillary Clinton will be the Dem nominee in 2008.
Bill Clinton caused 9/11.
Bill Clinton was offered Bin Laden on a silver platter
and turned it down.
Saddam Hussein attacked us on 9/11.
No one could have anticipated airplanes flying into
buildings.
We have removed the Taliban from Afghanistan. The
Iraqis will welcome us with open arms and flowers.
It could take six days, six weeks - I doubt six
months.
Pat Tillman was killed by enemy fire.
Yellow magnet car ribbons help the troops.
The insurgency is in its last throes.
They hate us for our freedom.
The only way to get Zarqawi is to invade Iraq.
We're fighting them over there so we don't have to
fight them over here.
When they stand up, we'll stand down.
Iraqi oil will pay for the war and the reconstruction.
Gas prices are high because of liberal
environmentalists.
Gas prices are high because of taxes.
Drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge will
lower the price of oil.
Unemployment numbers have never been so low.
Outsourcing will create more jobs.
The vast majority of Bush's tax cuts go to the bottom
end of the spectrum.
Tax breaks for Hummers are good for the economy.
Tax cuts increase federal revenue.
The estate tax hurts family farms.
Private accounts will save Social Security.
Bush will make health insurance affordable for
low-income families.
The Healthy Forests Initiative will help forests.
No Child Left Behind will help children.
The Clear Skies Initiative will reduce air pollution.
Republicans are compassionate conservatives.
Republicans are pro-life.
Nothing is more important in a time of war than
cutting taxes.
Democrats hate America.
Hillary Clinton murdered Vince Foster.
"Bin Laden Determined to Strike within the U.S." was a
historical document.
The national anthem should only be sung in English.
Jesus would have voted for Bush.
Whenever we say "wiretap," that means we're going to
get a court order.
Chris Matthews will not let anything get by him.
George Bush was a successful businessman.
The government is tapping your phone to protect you.
Dissent is unpatriotic.
Valerie Plame is a traitor.
Patrick Fitzgerald is going to indict Joe Wilson.
Jeff Gannon is a serious journalist.
Rush is right.
The media is liberal.
You're either with us or against us.
A vote for John Kerry is a vote for Al Qaeda.
George Bush doesn't read the polls.
Congress had access to the same intelligence.
Iraq is the central front on the war on terrorism.
Republicans are the party of ideas.
Those trucks we found in Iraq were mobile biological
weapons labs.
We know where the WMD are.
Anyone who leaks information will no longer be part of
this administration.
Sex education causes STDs and increases pregnancy
rates.
HPV vaccine will cause teen sex cults.
Harriet Miers would be a great Supreme Court justice.
Vice President Cheney no longer has ties with
Halliburton.
Bush will restore honor and integrity to the White
House.
Up is down.
Black is white.
Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia.
Copyright 2006 Daily Kos (and sent by Bill H.)
May 7, 2006
Grant McLennan RIP
Go-Betweens star Grant McLennan dies - The indie legend passes away suddenly
From NME.com. Thanks to Randy for passing this news on.
Australian indie legends The Go-Betweens' singer Grant McLennan has died suddenly aged 48.
The star, whose work has been feted by the likes of REM and Belle & Sebastian, passed away is sleep at his Brisbane home yesterday (May 6), his UK spokesperson has confirmed.
The Go-Betweens were formed by McLennan and co-frontman Robert Forster while attending university in Brisbane during 1970s. They released six acclaimed albums in the Eighties, before splitting up in 1989.
After both going solo in the Nineties, McLennan and Foster reformed The Go-Betweens in 2000. They released three more LPs, the last of which was 'Oceans Apart', which came out in 2005.
The Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) recently voted his one of McLennan's best-loved tunes, 'Cattle And Cane' (from the 1983 album 'Before Hollywood'), as one of the 10 greatest Australian songs of all time.
A statement on the band's website said: "McLennan was a passionate supporter of the arts, extremely well-read and maintained a keen interest in all contemporary music, cinema and visual art.
"He was an exceptionally charming and polite man who endeared himself to everyone who met him and was one of the rare individuals worthy of the epithet larger than life.
"His singular contribution to music and his commitment to his craft simply cannot be understated. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him."
From NME.com. Thanks to Randy for passing this news on.
Australian indie legends The Go-Betweens' singer Grant McLennan has died suddenly aged 48.
The star, whose work has been feted by the likes of REM and Belle & Sebastian, passed away is sleep at his Brisbane home yesterday (May 6), his UK spokesperson has confirmed.
The Go-Betweens were formed by McLennan and co-frontman Robert Forster while attending university in Brisbane during 1970s. They released six acclaimed albums in the Eighties, before splitting up in 1989.
After both going solo in the Nineties, McLennan and Foster reformed The Go-Betweens in 2000. They released three more LPs, the last of which was 'Oceans Apart', which came out in 2005.
The Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) recently voted his one of McLennan's best-loved tunes, 'Cattle And Cane' (from the 1983 album 'Before Hollywood'), as one of the 10 greatest Australian songs of all time.
A statement on the band's website said: "McLennan was a passionate supporter of the arts, extremely well-read and maintained a keen interest in all contemporary music, cinema and visual art.
"He was an exceptionally charming and polite man who endeared himself to everyone who met him and was one of the rare individuals worthy of the epithet larger than life.
"His singular contribution to music and his commitment to his craft simply cannot be understated. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him."
May 1, 2006
Gas crisis? and the new Neil Young
Check out the new Neil Young album here. You can stream the entire album, and it's worth a listen.
Also, can anyone explain what gas crisis we're supposedly in? Last I heard, the oil companies were making historical, record setting profits. And our friends in the UK and most parts of Europe have always paid 2-3 times the amount per gallon that we pay. WTF?
Also, can anyone explain what gas crisis we're supposedly in? Last I heard, the oil companies were making historical, record setting profits. And our friends in the UK and most parts of Europe have always paid 2-3 times the amount per gallon that we pay. WTF?
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