Thursday, May 30, 2013

(Early) 20th Century Man: Beatle Boots

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From an excellent interview with Billy Childish here which touches upon Joseph Beuys, the Sex Pistols, George Orwell, Robert Walser, Lyenga...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Angeleno Dread/"I, I and I"

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In Richard Hell’s most excellent new memoir I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp (Harper Collins, New York, 2013), he outlines the “basic” di...
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Saturday, May 25, 2013

"She Said to Me"/"She Smiled Wild" (Repost 2009)

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I wouldn't trust the description of a "basement" psych lp as far as I could spit. Exhibit A is the Les Temps Heureux lp on Sh...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Brian Eno 1974 (with Judy Nylon and Polly Eltes): "China My China"/"Seven Deadly Finns"

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From Judy Nylon's 3:00 A.M. Magazine interview : Yeah, the first time was one "Ooh La La!" on a single called "The Seven...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Marc Bolan and Hawkwind/"For the group that should have written Star Wars and didn't"/Ruminations on Devo, Neu! and Hippies

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The Hawklords Riddle (Melody Maker, November 13th, 1978.  Robert Calvert: " "I want to do a piece of music that reflects schizop...
Monday, May 6, 2013

"What the Velvets Never Were, and What Dylan Never Could Be, All This and More is Television" - Alan Betrock, 1974 [repost from 2011]

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Rummaging in the barn, I never know what may turn up. This is what I found out today: by early 1974, Alan Betrock had already identified th...
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Friday, April 26, 2013

"The easiest blues move ever": Thurston Moore, Robert Quine, Guitar Player Magazine and the Natchez Burning

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Thurston has always been a great storyteller. This one is no exception. I was pretty excited when Hell (and Quine) were pulled into the SY ...