Eurythmics go krautrock (and the Throbbing Gristle connection)
When Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart left The Tourists to form Eurythmics in 1981, they traveled to Cologne to work with noted German producer Conny…
Music Archives: 10/2016
Mind-blowing psychedelic 60s posters of Hendrix, Dylan, Pink Floyd, Yoko Ono & The Who
Martin Sharp, ‘Exploding Hendrix,’ 1968. The late great counter cultural figure, poet and publisher Felix Dennis collected an incredible array of psychedelic advertising posters during…
Ramones, Butthole Surfers, Violent Femmes and more, covering Saturday morning cartoon theme songs
In 1995, MCA Records released Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits, a compilation of then current alt-rock stars and also-rans transforming the 30-60 second theme songs…
Adorable handmade diorama cards featuring Delia Derbyshire, Roxy Music, De La Soul and many more
Delia Derbyshire I normally don’t care about papercraft objects, I guess because I wouldn’t know exactly how to use or display them. They seem so…
Your pre-debate musical playlist inspired by Donald Trump!
Hey America! Here’s a wild Donald Trump-inspired playlist that all the hip kids are tuning into! I did an expanded version of this on my…
A young Patti Smith and Jonathan Miller star in a 1971 BBC doc about New York City
Jonathan Miller became famous in the cast of the great 1960s comedy show Beyond the Fringe, sharing the stage with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, and—I…
Twenty hilarious minutes of Hugh Cornwell from The Stranglers insulting the audience
The Stranglers arrested for inciting a riot in Nice, France, 1980 One of my favorite Stranglers tracks belongs to the spoken word genre. The B-side…
‘Dream of Life,’ impressionistic study of Patti Smith
Fashion photographer Steven Sebring exhaustively documented Patti Smith’s wanderings for 11 years after her return to public life in 1995. Of his movie Dream of…
Byrne & Allen: David Byrne on ‘alt country’ cult hero Terry Allen’s 1979 masterpiece
David Byrne writes on influential artist and “alt country” pioneer Terry Allen‘s classic 1979 album, newly reissued by Paradise of Bachelors. A SLEEPING BAG IN…