Sunday, February 28, 2016

Roxy Music "Full House" 25 November 1972/"I hope things will turn out right Old Man"

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Unfortunately, the entire Roxy Music "Full House" performance from 25 November 1972 has not appeared in one piece. October 1972 ha...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016

The First European (Proto) Velvets Cover?

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Thinking about Bowie and his early championing of Reed/Cale, I have always liked the Downliners Sect crusher "Why Don't You Smile N...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

"Now that’s the essence of Mod" - Bowie Covering the Velvet Underground Before the First VU LP Released in US/The Deviants Covering "Prominent Men" 1965-1966? [Repost 2012]

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Is the music game only about one-upmanship? Who was hep to who at the earliest? Do you really care? I do. Grady has recently pointed out t...
Wednesday, January 6, 2016

"I Used to Sing With a Group Called the Zombies"/misty roses and wings over america/Neil McArthur Never Died [2011/2016]

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[NB: When I first wrote this about five years ago, the performance on the OGWT had not yet surfaced. Hadn't thought to look for awhile s...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

"Who's On First?"/Metal Mike California trip report, October 1971 [repost]

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I have to admit that the whole Brendan Mullen/Marc Spitz/Metal Mike spat over "We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

Rock Culture Shock/"Those great giant idiots"/Australian TV 1979/"You gotta wait till the mid1980's"

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Though Leif Garrett may be the click bait (and his slightly naïve take actually would fit in interestingly with the other talking heads in T...
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Monday, August 17, 2015

Rodney in an Original Imperial Dogs Shirt

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While it might not have the moneyed cachet of the Seditionaries collectables these days (think PUNK: Chaos to Couture at the Met ferchrissa...