(Thanks to Pat Thomas.) http://youtu.be/owHEBZSh33w
It is said that a Football game has approximately 4 minutes of action in it. Baseball, surprisingly, a bit more. So when you see the highlights of a game, you are actually watching a significant portion of the action of the game. But part of the thrill of watching the game is not knowing when …
Seattle’s intimate Sunset Tavern was the place to be Friday and Saturday nights (Sept. 22 & 23). Officially this was two nights of fun in honor of the release of the new Young Fresh Fellows album Tiempo De Lujo. What it really was was a big party with the YFF headlining two shows with many …
The music of Charles Mingus is famously powerful, complex, and energetic. Of the many fine albums he recorded, Mingus Ah Um (1959) is unique in that the vitality of the music is expressed with an unrelenting sureness of purpose and a masterful control. Every note seems placed precisely where and how it should be and …
Gritty, vibrant, haunting. I want to set a hook for Paul K – make it easy to give him a listen. Paul K has never put out music that was not worth listening to, but Love is a Gas (anagram for I heart Vegas) is more listenable than most of his offerings. For those who …
Happy Birthday Jesse Ed Davis! R.I.P. ♥ He played the guitar solo [and fills] on this. It was a first take gem. I met Jesse in 1983 when I was playing with Norton Buffalo at The Palomino Club in L.A. He was sitting by himself at a small table in the back, by the wall. …
Of all the great Motown singers (and there’s many) David Ruffin is my main man… now he finally gets his “own” doc, separate from the Temptations. – Pat Thomas is the author of the recently released work, Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975 http://www.soulhead.com/2012/03/06/david-ruffin-unsung-full-episode-tvone-documentary/
This CD will be out of print in 6 weeks, so get it now – October 16th 1970, in Canada, Prime Minister Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act, sending tanks rolling through the streets and curtailing civil liberties nationwide. That evening Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs play to a sell-out crowd in Vancouver, …
Treasured EPB contributor, Peter Stampfel, calls this his 80s sound, and it’s delish: Peter Stampfel : Bridge and Tunnel girls by CaseyDeiss
The first biography of Nick Drake was published in 1986 and written in Danish. But that wasn’t what made the book unique. What made it special was that the author Gorm Henrik Rasmussen had spent time in 1979 and 1980 at Nick’s house interviewing both of his parents, getting an insight into Drake’s life and …
The Generators have officially been a band since 1997, but have been part of the LA punk scene for at least three decades. Vocalist Doug “Dagger” Kane was vocalist and founding member of the early eighties punks Doug and the Slugz. The Generators’ song “You Against You” is politically charged, with an accompanying video depicting …
Allowing a five year old boy (and his slightly older siblings) to listen to A & the C was like feeding them all giant Pixy sticks washed down with Mountain Dew–they went absolutely ape. Dancing. Shrieking, because “their voices are funny, Mom!” Jumping off the couches. Jumping from the rocking chair to the couches. Shoving. …
“Jagger resented Gram Parsons. He made life uncomfortable for Gram, hitting on his wife to put pressure on Gram, making it plain he wasn’t welcome at the Exile on Main Street sessions. Jagger was like a ‘tarantula’ around Gram, that I was playing with someone else was a like betrayal although Jagger could never put …
Throughout the 1980s, I was obsessed with the Dream Wynndicate. I became friends with nearly every member; Dave Provost, Kendra Smith, Dennis Mehaffey, Mark Walton – and entered into a decades long mutual admiration with Steve Wynn. Our paths have crossed on both coasts and in vans, hotel rooms, stages, and bars across large chunks …
Portland’s own Shook Twins will perform live at Pdx’s Mission Theater on Friday, September 21, at 8 pm w/special guest Luz Mendoza of Y La Bamba before heading off on a tour of California and Arizona. These hot, quirky, mirrored, folk divas are getting much positive press here in Portland, perhaps even such that they …
[The Genesis album, Foxtrot, which included the memorable 20 plus minute song, “Supper’s Ready” was released October 6, 1972. Thus, on or around the 40th Anniversary— Oct. 6, 2012– East Portland Blog is saluting the band, the album and the song and asks you to join with us in celebrating this auspicious occasion by sharing …
AAH… punk rock. Is there nothing so sweet? – Holly Homan Saturday night September 15, 2012, El Corazon hosted two separate shows. One show, the Flobots, was held in their main room. The other, with the cool punk band, The Vibrators, was held in the tiny “lounge.” The Vibrators are pure, unadulterated British Oi! Originally …
At Mississippi Records in Portland this past weekend, not only did I find a DJ promo copy of Veedon Fleece on vinyl for $4, but also Cahoots by the Band, which I never knew had this collab with the Belfast Cowboy. “Oh, Belfast cowboy, lay your cards on the grade Oh, Belfast cowboy, can you …
I still remember it like it was yesterday, I was playing in Koln, Germany when I heard Epic Soundtracks‘ Sleeping Star – I was so cynical about “new” music by then – that it took a lot to catch my ear. But I was so enamored of Epic’s blend of Todd Rundgren meets Carole King …
I am a pretty jaded critic… but I did not get on the bash-Adele bandwagon. This always happens with suddenly successful artists, and it is often deserved. Not with her. Adele can fucking sing. Simple as that. She wrote this song as a teenager. She opens with it at the Royal Albert Hall, supremely confident, …
The immortal Harry “The Hipster” Gibson. So all you folks quit puttin’ hipsters down. After all, they’ve been around for about three quarters of a century. – Peter Stampfel
Last Wednesday, Martin Feveyear was my guest for “Seattle Classics” as we featured the Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion from 1992. Thx to Martin for amazing stories of touring insanity from one of Seattle’s most underrated bands. – Marco Collins is currently rocking at JetCitystream.
Eight golden minutes of classic reggae:
Kevin Ayers once stayed at my house in San Francisco for a week – we were rehearsing for a show at the Great American Music Hall (we played about 90 minutes of vintage songs of his) and I was on drums. Anyway – during the week at my house, he drank like a fish but …
I think I have way too high of expectations from artists that I love. Still not seeing the progression I was hoping for, but I’ll take it anyway. Star Slinger will be at Neumos Seattle (with Baths & Schlomo) as a part of The Decibel Festival on Sept 27th. – Marco Collins is currently rocking …
One of the very best (of many) never released Dylan songs, they credit this to the Nashville Skyline sessions but I’d file it along with New Morning: “Working on a Guru Before the Sun Goes Down.” – Pat Thomas is the author of the recently released work, Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black …
Here’s Tori Amos’ new video for “Flavor”. This October, she releases her handpicked and newly recorded collection Gold Dust that spans Amos’ acclaimed songbook and features the Metropole Orchestra.
Mika’s new album The Origin of Love comes out October 16 in the US. It’s already out in the UK. Here’s a brand new video for the title track: This is a film by Mika & Cristián Jiménez which was shot in Santiago, Chile. This video contains some partial nudity and scenes that viewers may …