‘I feel good!’: Jordan Peele reenacts James Brown’s crazy drug-fueled CNN interview word for word
Here’s a priceless bit of business from the irreplaceable Jordan Peele. In May of 1988 James Brown was arrested in Aiken County, South Carolina, on…
Music Archives: 06/2016
Legendary ‘lost’ Betty Davis recording sessions from 1969 (with Miles Davis) have been found!
Nope, not Bette Davis, an ass-kicking woman in her own right. This is about Betty Davis, born Betty Mabry, who married and divorced none other…
More young people–especially young women–need to know the music of hippie princess Laura Nyro
Although Laura Nyro is rightfully considered to be one of America’s greatest 20th century songwriters, most people who know her music probably don’t know her…
Patton is GOD: Faith No More channel Black Sabbath with their crushing cover of ‘War Pigs’
Faith No More giving zero fucks. It has been 26 years since Faith No More tore the roof off of the Brixton Academy in London…
Listen to over an hour of the jazz/surf background music from 60s ‘Spider-Man’ cartoon
There were three main ways I learned about Spider-Man as a child. The first was his wordless appearances on The Electric Company. Then as a…
Dave Grohl, Lemmy, The Dude, ‘American Psycho’ and many more garden gnomes
American Psycho gnome here. If you, like me, are tending a garden and feel it needs something extra… then why not adorn it with with…
Mabel: 1970s Danish disco glam rockers go all hair metal & take some bad advice from David Lee Roth
An early promo shot of Danish band Mabel with a shirtless teenage Michael Trempenau (aka Mike Tramp of hair metal band White Lion) second from…
‘More Barn!’ Neil Young confirms awesome story about playing ‘Harvest’ for Graham Nash
It’s a quote almost as delicious as Nigel Tufnel’s “This one goes to 11” from This Is Spinal Tap–and maybe it’s not a coincidence that…
David Lynch is throwing a very Lynchian music & film festival (and it’ll probably be a weird blast)
David Lynch is like our nation’s super-fun, super-weird uncle, and it’s high time that he decided to get involved with a music festival. To his…
The Residents sing the Blues: Elvis, Hank Williams and some demented cowboys
In spring of 1989, The Residents brought their “History of American Music in 3 EZ pieces” tour to Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New…