Music Archives: 05/2015

There’s a delightful slapdash quality to the magazine Rock Scene from the 1970s. The magazine, which was edited by Richard Robinson, featured contributions from Alan…

I remember ALF’s stateside singing career, which consisted of four flexis released by Burger King during the “Many Faces of ALF” promotional campaign, and it…

Years ago, I read the transcript of this NME “summit” on some Fall obsessive’s fansite: it’s Nick Cave, Shane MacGowan and Mark E. Smith arguing…

In the early 1970s, Akron native Jim Jarmusch, born in 1953, transferred from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University to Columbia University, receiving…

A rare glimpse of Stevie Nicks, enjoying some coke. Stevie is one of our favorite ’70s AOR songstresses, who may or may not be a…

A generous and kind soul uploaded all 25 episodes of New Wave Theatre the incredible local TV show that extensively covered the Los Angeles punk…

‘‘I’ve sung, I’ve entertained, I’ve pleased your children, I’ve pleased your wives, I’ve pleased you—YOU SONS OF BITCHES!’’ The 2 CD quasi-bootleg set, Judy Garland…

Hungarian goth band, F.O. System Having worked in record stores most of my life, the one question I’ve been asked more than any other is…

Okay it’s been nearly 40 years since I heard The Ramones debut album for the first time and that means I’m fucking old. But I…

The other day I was in the Rock Hall’s Library and Archives at the Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts on Cuyahoga Community College’s Metropolitan…