In the news report above, two reporters try to explain the punk scene versus the new wave music scenes of Seattle in 1981. Although the report was pretty shallow, it also tried to discredit punk the way almost all the media did at the time. The reporters mentioned punk bands liked to use shock tactics …
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Some friends of East Portland Blog recently pooled their knowledge of music sites and I’d like to share it with you: Jan Erickson: Kurt Elling – http://kurtelling.com James Bresnahan: 1) Wolfgangs Vault; King Biscuit Flower Hour live concerts were merged with Bill Graham’s live archives, www.wolfgangsvault.com. The concert list is HUGE! It now features archival …
No word yet if EastPortlandBlog.com correspondent Peter Dysart was caught up in this or if he’s OK. Just say a quick prayer for him anyway…
Phil Collins has a new record coming out. Entitled “Going Back”, it features classic soul and Motown covers and no original songs by Collins. He says it’s his best album yet. He has also announced he’s retiring soon. The full story is here. Below, the critic’s roundtable responds to Collins’ retirement announcement: **************************************************** What a …
Thanks to Peter Dysart for this who adds, “A perfect title for this might be, ‘Citizens United v FEC for Dummies’”:
Just in case you didn’t see this today: JOHN LYDON’S TOP OF THE POPS ROOTS REGGAE PICKS: http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/john_lydons_top_of_the_pops_roots_reggae_picks/ It’s been interesting to read in the Keith Richards book how very deep into reggae he was/is too. Of course, I knew about Peter Tosh opening for The Stones, living in Keith’s house, and Keith’s pad in …
When you answer “Beatles” to the question, “Beatles or Stones?” it shows that you don’t understand the question being asked, and if you don’t get it in 2011, you never will. – East Portland Blog Critic’s Roundtable, Part 3 (This conversation has four parts.) Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 …
Behold the 2-minute, sci-fi short film, Secular Quarter 3, which floats UFOs over Israel 100 years from now. It’s excellent, please check it out. Currently, this vid is a semi-finalist for YouTube’s Your Film Festival sponsored by Prometheus director Ridley Scott. Friends of Secular Quarter 3‘s director, David Gidali, are doing outreach to Jewish fans …
[4/19/2012 – On his website, the family of Levon Helm has announced, “Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, friends and band mates and will be remembered by all he touched as a brilliant musician and a beautiful soul.”] A proud native of Arkansas, Levon Helm put the American, not to forget …
http://youtu.be/qAkubiZhly4 “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest …