Thanks to Andrew Hamlin for this: The Village Voice blogs have posted a fantastic Q&A with Rock’n Roll High School Director, Allan Arkush. Interview may be found here. . . . .
Month: May 2011
Thanks to Andrew Hamlin for this: Crawdaddy! reports that Alice Cooper has completed recording a sequel to Welcome to My Nightmare.
Here is a new music video from the band Longboat (Igor Keller) of their song “Beyond the Moon.” It embodies all the hopes and dreams of the post-war era. – Jim Demetre
Pitter patter snare drumming, swirling guitar, ethereal vocals and spinning counter clockwise video move you forward visually thru this dreamy tune. There is an edge, a lilting howl that moves breezily and dreamlike as faces appear and fade like so many leaves passing in the wind. Sullenly we are asked to cover our trail lest …
Since 2009, disarming hottie Zooey Deschanel has been married to boyishly charming musician Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie.
Our main man, Cheetah Chrome, gittin’ it DONE! – Tom Kipp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcY6A_Lt-P4&NR=1
http://youtu.be/wuuLaC89l3w
http://youtu.be/TaffsCDtApc
AVClub.com has a trenchant and piece of writing about the pop cultural context of Sports, the Huey Lewis and the News album which went to No. 1 for only one week in 1984 but managed to outsell everything but Michael Jackson’s Thriller that year. Here’s a sample: “In order to appreciate Sports, you have to …
I’ve been jonesing for this song since I heard it – great to see they can rip it live too – these deserve to be MASSIVE – freshest thing I’ve heard in ……..ooooh ages…… – Mike Hughes (Catshoegazing)
The Joy Formidable have been an EPB favorite for a long time now. Here’s Mike Hughes on a recent show: “I know I’ve been banging on about The Joy Formidable for the last two years. I’ll try to be objective. Let’s do that comparison thing. The moment they walked on stage tonight at Koko, the …
The great Mike Hughes has vibrant coverage of Sufjan Stevens’ recent London gig in Catshoegazing, with amazing photos. An avid skier and budding Americaphile, Britisher Hughes refers to a US 4H Club in his essay, adding later, “The 4H building I found was in Jackson Hole, WY, Somewhere I’ve been several times, a top alpine …
Artdish is currently featuring an excellent review of the Seattle Opera’s current show, The Magic Flute: “Most of us have heard the conspiracy theory: Mozart, a lifelong Freemason, disclosed secret Masonic ceremonies in The Magic Flute and was subsequently whacked for his indiscretion at the tender age of 34. This is, of course, a load …
After School – Play Ur Love by 1227billy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGHSL1E6F9E
This too is from Reddit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDe3Fy7o2wc
Wow. Who’d’ve figured!? But Rosemary has a great, slightly smoky voice, and this song seems to fit her well, even if her delivery is a bit stiff for the type of lingo the song relies on (the lyrics require a looser enunciation). Nonetheless, it’s still a credit both to her voice and to Paul Simon’s …
This is from Reddit, where the description read, “She asked the balloon wrangling dude for a machine gun. He added a touch of awesome.” This Smithsonian-bound photo comes with a super-sized combo of illustrative details at no extra cost. Not only are we served the proud gleam of the misunderstood balloon man and the impish, …
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