Wednesday, May 31, 2017

A Hairdresser's Battle Royale: The (Berlin) Brats v. The Quick/Radio Free Hollywood No.1 April 1977 [repost 2013]

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I have written here before of my fondness for both the Berlin Brats and The Quick . From the first issue of Radio Free Hollywood , April 19...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Little Bob Story live 1978 Festival de Fourviere/Little Bob and Phil Lynott playing soccer 1985

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I have always liked the Little Bob Story records in their pub rock/MC5/Flamin' Groovies/pure meat n' potatoes everyman Joe action. H...
Thursday, May 4, 2017

Dennis Wilson and Rodney Bingenheimer/Pacific Ocean Blue record signing at Licorice Pizza, Sunset Blvd October 1977 [repost June 2012]

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Not quite sure whether Rodney was actually playing anything off of Pacific Ocean Blue in between Blondie, the Ramones, Iggy, Annette Funice...
Monday, April 24, 2017

Marc Bolan and Hawkwind/"For the group that should have written Star Wars and didn't"/Ruminations on Devo, Neu! and Hippies [Repost May 2013]

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The Hawklords Riddle (Melody Maker, November 13th, 1978.  Robert Calvert: " "I want to do a piece of music that reflects sch...
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Friday, April 21, 2017

"Reg Presley Really Wants a Hit"/"Reg is in his best Iggy voice" - The Troggs "Strange Movies" revisited

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All time fave Troggs cover? For the past twenty five plus years I have been partial to Mirrors 1974 demolition of “Feels Like a Woman” live...
Monday, March 27, 2017

The Beach Boys cover California Dreamin' (1986)

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I didn't know how much I needed the Beach Boys to give me a literalist interpretation of California Dreamin' in video. The only re...
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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Sandy Bull: Live Public Access TV in Marina del Rey October 23 1989

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Wow. After listening to Sandy Bull for several decades at this point (and cursing myself from missing him play in Southern California aroun...