Iron Maiden holiday sweater
I normally don’t care about the whole ironic “ugly Christmas sweater” shit that rears its head pretty much right after Halloween every year. It’s not…
Music Archives: 11/2016
Marc Bolan, Andy Warhol, Joan Jett & other famous folk with their dogs, for your election 2016 blues
A young Joan Jett and an adorable dog. Jett has gone on to dedicate much of her life to animal advocacy. If you’re a jittery…
Booji Boy: When DEVO’s Mark Mothersbaugh was guest DJ on ‘The Doctor Demento Show,’ 1980
Here’s an hour of Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh appearing on the Doctor Demento radio show in 1980 playing songs from his own collection. Mothersbaugh is in…
Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders get bombarded by cream pies (and worse) on kids TV show
The Pretenders giving zero fucks. If you grew up as a kid in the UK during the mid-70s through to the early 80s it’s a…
Public Image Ltd met with Martin Scorsese about doing the ‘Raging Bull’ soundtrack
Public Image Ltd live at the Palladium, NYC, April 20, 1980 (photo by Rob Pistella via Fodderstompf) I confess that I haven’t yet read Jah…
Bob Dylan’s little-known songs about Vincent Van Gogh
“Side Tracks – 17 October 1964 – Detroit, Michigan” by Bob Dylan (via Halcyon Gallery) Seeing both Bob Dylan and Vincent Van Gogh in the…
‘My name is my cocaine’: That time Michael Caine had a hit with a song about an IRA informer
Apparently, the easiest way to improve your Michael Caine impersonation is to say: My name, is my cocaine. See. It works. Now, Peter Sellers used…