David Cronenberg on Andy Warhol
The soundtrack CD from the Art Gallery of Ontario show In between A History of Violence and Eastern Promises, David Cronenberg curated a Warhol retrospective…
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That time Robert Fripp and Peter Hammill played in the Stranglers
JJ Burnel, Richard Jobson and John Ellis on the cover of ‘The Stranglers and Friends Live in Concert’ Busted for possession of various drugs late…
Ultimate mind death by strobe: the video art classic ‘Noisefields’
‘Noisefields’ exhibited at the National Gallery of Iceland, 2016 (via Tique) Back in the nineties, before the internet was merely a platform for sharing hate…
William S. Burroughs’ time-traveling experimental flexi disc, ‘Abandoned Artifacts’
Talk Talk Vol. 3, No. 6, cover art by William S. Burroughs The Lawrence, Kansas label Fresh Sounds had a long-standing relationship with William S.…
‘I went straight to Hell’: Philip K. Dick did NOT like LSD
‘The cross took the form of a crossbow, with Christ as the arrow…’ The interview with Philip K. Dick embedded below, recorded in Santa Ana…
John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Moe Tucker (and Lou Reed) play Jim Carroll’s ‘People Who Died’
Sterling Morrison died on August 30, 1995, just after he turned 53. A few days later, the movie Antártida, with music by John Cale, hit…
Yo! Brian Wilson raps
A bootleg CD of ‘Sweet Insanity’ (via Discogs) Circa 1991, the house of hip hop welcomed an honored guest. Accompanied by his longtime shrink, Dr.…
John Cale’s short Fluxus film, ‘Police Car’
Last week’s screening of The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound and The Velvet Underground Tarot Cards at the Egyptian Theatre was my…
Terry Riley and La Monte Young in a documentary about their teacher, Pandit Pran Nath
Poster by Marian Zazeela for a raga cycle performance at St. John the Divine, 1991 (via The Hum) William Farley’s In Between the Notes profiles…
Brian Eno, Debbie Harry play movie soundtracks on ex-Strangler Hugh Cornwell’s internet radio show
The March 3, 1979 issue of ‘Record Mirror’ Last summer, I posted clips from MrDeMilleFM, the new internet radio venture of former Stranglers singer and…