An Archival Spelunk by Noah Mallin (If the vids show up as unavailable, hit refresh in your browser — it’s just the YouTube demons getting fresh) The late 70s and early 80s were confusing and disturbing times for many in the music industry. For some of the great titans of rock and many of the [...]
There I was, just minding my own business this morning and then WHAM! two separate and discrete pictures of topless Iggy Pop in two totally seperate venues. Not that this comes as a surprise. For years Iggy has been unwelcome in fast food joints across the country for his no shirts/ sometimes shoes policy. The [...]
Herbie Hancock was the surprise winner at last week’s Grammys for album of the year with his Joni Mitchell tribute record. While some people were astounded by this, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert aired a surprising Hancock tribute video on his show. Who knew Rush Limbaugh was a fan of the innovative jazzman? Also, “Rockit” is [...]
The new issue of beardie-loving music mag Magnet has a column by Corey DuBrowa on the sophmore slump — second albums that fail to live up to the promise of the first. This is a fairly common trope in rock criticism and has some basis in truth. One theory holds that most artists spend years [...]
As some of you may know, Cletus and I were in Charleston, South Carolina last week. Across from our hotel was a large record store called Millennium Records. Millennium seems like it was started by someone who saw the movie Empire Records and opened a store to impress Robin Tunney, yet has no real appreciation [...]
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