Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Dear Gulcher 1977

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Gulcher. One of the epicenters of proto-punk America (I'm talking the non-drugstore/newsstand distributed variety) along with Bomp, Bac...
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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Baby Jane's in Acapulco, We are Flying Down to Rio/Dan Flavin and Stairway to Heaven/The Pensioner

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For the past several decades, I keep coming back to the first five Roxy Music lps as a highwater mark of seventies popular music. Can you n...
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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Saturday Night Pogo 1978 KROQ Radio Ad/Radio Free Hollywood/The Berlin Brats 1976/Rhymes With Seltzer

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Is Richard Meltzer embarassed by the 1978 Saturday Night Pogo cover? As a teenager, I was embarrassed by the image. Meltzer was 33 years o...
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Friday, April 23, 2010

What Hath Lenny Kaye and Greg Shaw Wrought/Underdog

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I have to say it pleases me to no end that unnamed greedy Euros have decided to perform the public service of comping great glam singles on ...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Television Pollution

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To shift gears to Italian prog, Franco Battiato’s output (along with that of Claudio Rocchi and Lucio Battisti), has long been a favorite ...
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Sunday, March 7, 2010

The Last Heard/The System

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All of the early Seger tracks were booted and comped in the 80's and these tracks were front and center. From a much maligned performer...
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Saturday, March 6, 2010

1976 ESL Proto-Punk/I Just Don't Have "the Touch"/Movie Instead

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A rustic Jonathan Richman lp cover photo. Check. Clanking Scotty Thurston piano playing. Good. Warped misanthropic lyrics to rival JW Fa...