Oxford American: Old Reliable
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, the holidays, family, charity, good will toward men…all good. But I’m of course talking about the new issue […]
Reviews
Bananamen: OK Bananamen, let’s go!
This little 7” record was a big hit amongst a small group of my friends when it came out back in the early ‘80’s. The […]
Billy Childish: Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot
He writes songs, forms bands, authors books, paints…to say Billy Childish is prolific seems like an extreme understatement. Looking just at his musical output, he […]
London Calling: AET in the UK
I had the opportunity to take a short trip to London in October and want to share three music-related experiences from my trip. Mike Kelly’s […]
The Normal: Letting the Signal Run Through My Veins
The Normal only put out one 7” single, but what a single! I was in high school when it came out. Musically, things were “in […]
Girl Talk: Fun with Illegal Art
The reference in my title above is to the name of the label that released Girl Talk’s “All Day” album in late 2010. But it […]
The Flying Lizards: How Lo-Fi Can You Go?
If you know the The Flying Lizards, you likely first became aware of them from their cover version of “Money (That’s What I Want),” a […]
Prince: He Rocks, Therefore He Is
It can be difficult to keep up with an artist as prolific as Prince. He was particularly busy releasing material in the mid-late 90’s (including […]
Julian Cope: A tale of two cities.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…okay, that’s overstating it. I was fortunate to see Julian Cope live twice in […]
Bo Ningen: Intense psychedelic spectacle.
On their website, Bo Ningen describe themselves as “Enlightenment activists from far east psychedelic underground.” Later they say “Being ‘psychedelic’ means to us that stand […]