Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Stream the new album in full

If you're interested in checking out the latest from ol' Nick and the Bad Seeds (their first in 5 years), you can stream the entirety of Push The Sky Away over at Fact Mag or at NPR or the Gaurdian. The album is officially released next week and the band hit the road for tour dates.

Before & After: All Tomorrow's Parties

Before - The Velvet Underground

During - Japan

After - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Birthday Party & The Effigies, Chicago 1981

The Birthday Party and The Effigies, Chicago 1981 via

Before and After: What A Wonderful World

Before - Louis Armstrong:

Louis Armstrong on Amazon

During - Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan:

Nick Cave on Amazon

After - Joey Ramone:

Joey Ramone on Amazon
The Ramones on Amazon

Rowland S. Howard RIP

Rowland S. Howard - RIP. Why is this time of year always so tough with news like this?

Here's Rowland & Lydia Lunch with their version of Lee Hazelwood's "Some Velvet Morning":



And here's a groovy video shot in 1981 for the Birthday Party's "Nick the Stripper":



Crime & the City Solution bring us "I Have the Gun":



And here is These Immortal Souls with "Marry Me":

Nick Cave show pix, Bob Gruen book signing

Our friend Randy has been at it again. This weekend he attended the Nick Cave show, and has the pictures to prove it. See them here.

Meanwhile, while I was up in Woodstock, I was lucky enough to find out that our friend Bob Gruen was doing a booksigning at the Golden Notebook. The occasion was for his smashing new, pink spandex covered book on the New York Dolls. All I can tell you is to buy the book! Chock full of never-before-seen & candid shots of the Dolls at their peak and then some. Fantastic!



p.s. He was kind enough to sign mine, "Do you think you could make it with Frankenstein?"