Some New Kind of Kick: The Cramps live at the mental hospital, 1978
“Somebody told me you people are crazy! But I’m not so sure about that; you seem to be all right to me.”—Lux Interior On June…
Music Archives: 03/2012
The New York Dolls performing in drag, 1974
Illustration by Kristian Hoffman Club 82, at 82 East 4th Street in New York’s East Village, was a well-known “high class” drag club of the…
Tesla coils playing ‘Sweet Home Alabama’
Rock and roll electrotherapy. From Open Culture: You can create music with Tesla coils if you know how to modulate their “break rate” with MIDI…
‘Love Saves The Day’ by Tim Lawrence: The Disco Bible
Many, many books have been written about disco, and I have read a whole bunch of them (including more well known works like Turn The…
The Melvins’ touring van for sale on eBay (with art by Kurt Cobain)
Certainly one of the more interesting items we’ve seen go up for sale on eBay! 1972 Dodge Sportsman Royal Van, better known as the “MELVAN”…
Blues Singer Lester Chambers: Reality of the Music Industry for the 99%
Lester Chambers, former lead singer of The Chambers Brothers, highlights the hard reality of the record company’s exploitation of its artists. Chambers sang such hits…
Julian Cope’s ‘Krautrocksampler’ in PDF form
You have to love someone who scans every single page of their favourite book just so they can spread the wordy magic with their friends…