Saint Julian: Julian Cope live in NYC, 1987
From the very first time I heard The Teardrop Explodes in 1981, I’ve been a massive Julian Cope fan. I’d go so far as to…
Music Archives: 01/2014
An in-depth analysis of David Bowie’s teeth
I guess people really do give a shit about David Bowie’s teeth! I, for one, have never thought about them. Never. Apparently it was/is a…
‘TV-CBGB,’ the 1981 punk rock public-access ‘sitcom’
The This Ain’t the Summer of Love blog has uncorked a real gem on the Internet–with the help of one of its loyal readers. Four…
Aleister Crowley, UFOS and The Jesus and Mary Chain with Alan McGee on ‘The Pharmacy’
This week Creation Records founder Alan McGee, the man who signed The Jesus and Mary Chain, Ride, Oasis and Primal Scream. McGee is the author…
TV Eye: The Residents speak (well, sort of) in vintage ‘interview’ from New Zealand television
The Residents, if you didn’t know, are a long running cross-media band who are pretty much the yardstick by which high quality avant-pop weirdness is…
National treasure Rickie Lee Jones raising money for new album on Pledge Music
As I mentioned in the post yesterday about the great 1979 Tom Waits interview, at the moment I am all about Rickie Lee Jones. Her…
Beatle George Harrison’s brief journey into experimental electronics
In May of 1969—a full eleven years before Paul McCartney baffled his fans with the goofy electronic experiment “Temporary Secretary”—George Harrison released his second solo…
Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott, Ireland’s greatest rocker, died today in 1986
Thin Lizzy frontman, Phil Lynott died today, 4th of January in 1986. He was just 36 years old. Lynott had collapsed at his home after…