Films Are Music Too: Muscle Shoals
This is a wonderful documentary about Muscle Shoals, Alabama; more specifically, the magical “Muscle Shoals sound” that has been such a great influence on popular […]
Fashion Statement: Badges By Any Other Name
The other day I was looking through some boxes in search of my magic beans when I ran across a few of my old pins. […]
Kinetic Ideals: This Face In Front Of Me
This “new” music from Kinetic Ideals is like hearing from a long-lost friend. “This Face” is actually a recent release (September 2013) of 30-year-old music. […]
The Clash: Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg
Did you know “Combat Rock” was originally intended to be a double LP called “Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg?” Many of my fellow Clash fanatics […]
Books Are Music Too: Giving Up The Ghost
I recently spotted “Giving Up the Ghost” by Eric Nuzum and on a whim I picked it up. I knew nothing about it so I’m […]
Bernie Worrell: How I Bought Bernie a Van
OK, I guess I need to admit up front it wasn’t just me. I recently became aware that Bernie Worrell had a Kickstarter campaign going. I’ve been […]
XTC – Dreaming of a World…
Digging through my archives again and I found some fun XTC-related items I thought I would share. First up is the fantastic single “No Thugs […]
Concert Notes: Tutus Andronicus/So So Glos/Pink Flag
On Friday, May 17, Anno Domini 2013, my son Rhombus and I ventured to Motorco Music Hall in Durham, NC for a show featuring the […]
Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel: Descent Into The Inferno
In the mid-80’s, JG Thirlwell (a/k/a Clint Ruin, a/k/a various band names including the word “Foetus,” a/k/a so many other names I’ll run out of […]
Pixies: Planet Of Sound
I was living in Arizona many years ago and my good friend Biggles came for a visit. We were out and about, enjoying a cool […]