The Beatles have been covered countless times over the years, and while it’s essentially impossible to best the original recordings, there are a few choice…
Portrait of Chris Carter by Plastic Crimewave (via Lush) After the fashion of The United States Steel Hour and General Electric Theater, the cosmetics retailer…
When one thinks about Creedence Clearwater Revival the terms “psychedelic” or “avant-garde” usually don’t come to mind. The Bay Area unit was first and foremost…
Released in December 1967, Their Satanic Majesties Request had the working title of Cosmic Christmas, and the Stones imagined it on display in the shops…
According to his parents David Bowie was a smart kid. He was rolling paper into a typewriter and tapping keys writing gobble-de-gook lines and even…
I normally don’t post about a film I haven’t yet seen but I’m saving Possum until the holidays are here–I gotta have something fun to…
Portrait by Laurie Griffiths Graham Duff is a music obsessive and prolific writer. His TV series include Ideal, The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells, Hebburn and Dr. Terrible’s House…
Each year around this time, I compile a list of what I consider to be the best Christmas gifts for that difficult-to-buy-for rock snob in…
Pete Shelley died late last week, a very sad day for all of us at Dangerous Minds. He will be missed. Everyone reading this knows…
It’s well-known that several prominent musicians and songwriters–Glen Campbell, PJ Proby, Mort Shuman and Delaney Bramlett among them–recorded “vocal guides” so that a post-army Elvis…