I most certainly read Lord of the Flies at Havre High School, very likely mediated by Mr. Axel Schmaing, though in just what course escapes me at the moment. I also had the great pleasure of seeing the truly harrowing 1963 Brit film during the Spring of 1980, as part of Prof. Robert Arends’ infamously …
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Once in a blue moon one encounters an artifact for which language seems ENTIRELY INADEQUATE! THIS would be one of those times…. My thanks to Mike Calkins for sending it our way. JD’s “Atmosphere” has never seemed so….domestic! Nor so furry. Enjoy, – Tom Kipp
Just when I figured I’d heard all the really good Postpunk bands in the world (after 32 years of incessant digging!), and whilst searching for some discographical info re: a rare Italian/Austrian Velvet Underground-related cd ep I own called “b.v. Before Velvet”, I came across this impressive, heretofore never-heard-of-by-me band from Denmark, with the happily Ein …
Back in the “old days” (from 2000 until 2005 or so), one could see this delightful 8-minute short film only by purchasing a cheap VHS copy at various cool Seattle record stores. I gave quite a few as gifts, back then! But this sort of thing is precisely what YouTube was invented for, so I hope you’ll …
The very DEFINITION of my very favorite Sludge Rudiment, “The Bryan Adams Part”, from a concert for Amnesty Int’l, no less! LOL And at Giants Stadium in ’86, the mullets, they ABOUND! Enjoy everybody, – Tom Kipp Bryan Adams – "It’s Only Love" – Giants Stadium on June 15, 1986
Forgot to mention that I recently made a nice score at our (admittedly odious) Best Buy store up at Northgate, where I will occasionally buy TV shows on dvd when the “loss-leading” spotlight happens to shine on some portion of my Personal Pantheon! On the most recent visit, in addition to the hernia-inducing 57-disc 24: THE COMPLETE SERIES (list …
I wrote a rather lengthy comment tonight for a friend’s largely critical thread re: the departed Whitney Houston, but, just as I was about to post it, it FUCKIN’ DISAPPEARED and I was far too pissed to attempt to re-create it from scratch. Anyhow, one aspect I’d included was the fact that there is a little-known, spare, very beautiful, and …
Glorious fragment o’ PiL’s “Chant”, with definitive Postpunk guitar from Keith Levene in Part I. Then a typically poisonous confrontation and walk-off during hapless intvw segment in Part II… – Tom Kipp
Big Steve‘s definitely gettin’ it done! I enjoyed a wonderful steak dinner he and Tim Midgett prepared during my last Chicago visit in October 2009… – Tom Kipp Here’s, Mario Batali Voice, and here’s some commentary in the LA Times.
Surely yer ol’ Stereophile pal Ted would disagree, no?! LOL And c’mon, Marc, just look at that BASE! And that BELT! Plus, their tonearm and spindle are "stiffer than carbon fiber"! (As am I, just reading that…) As you well know, I simply adore the "pervy horniness" of this type of advertising copy, regardless of the product being hawked! And I really …
All-Time Funk Classic, sans doubt! – Tom Kipp
ALMOST as interesting as ’80s & ’90s Pink Floyd! – Tom Kipp http://youtu.be/0kRnA8BLrCg
How WILL we resist the lure of the fabled….STYX?! LOL In their way they remain “The Definitive Havre Sludge Band”, if only because they actually (and somewhat disastrously) played Havre during The Golden Age (@ Northern Montana College’s Armory Gymnasium, March 1976!). A performance which inspired the following deathless phrase from the subsequent Styx review in …
Here’s another ring to climb in, if you choose… the Rock Critic Roundtable. – Andrew Hamlin * * * Thanks Andy. I think you’re better suited to said realm than I, so DO IT! By the by, from the overall gist of this Tumblr.com roundtable, it seems as though my long-held/oft-defended (post-2001, if not …
Famed British record producer Steve Lillywhite was named a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) today by the Queen of England in her annual New Year’s list of honorees. A Knighthood is one step ABOVE the estimable CBE designation, with OBE & MBE below CBE. I could be wrong, but that’s my recollection… The tunes …
I had a fine time watching last weekend’s Montana-related playoff games, though the Sam Houston State/MSU blowout was rather painful at times, due to the Bobcats tossing away several good opportunities to at least keep the game close. Perhaps the Griz will fare quite a bit better tonight…. And re: a Division I football …
Hi y’all: What is UP wit’ our ol’ friends at Rhino, anyway? Just seeing the be-candy caned logo below (still avec restricted trademark, natch) unleashed a rather severe Tremor in The Force, at least where I live and breathe. Can you IMAGINE—“An Evening with….”, playing in multiplexes nationwide for two nights this December, devoted to …
[Re: Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here – Immersion Box Set – Price $118.33] Love the idea, hate the price, and yet I do feel just the slightest tingle of temptation! LOL Will NOT be making said purchase, but would love to see/hear its contents at some point, as it’s my equal-fave amongst The Floyd …
Earlier Big Audio Dynamite tracks, "E = MC2" for example, are quite nice. But nothing really KICKS it like "The Globe" later did, for whatever reason. I suspect that Simonon, Headon and Strummer would’ve kicked a lotta that early-B.A.D. stuff into a higher gear, much as Jones might well have added considerable verbal or melodic content to …
I don’t know whether or to what degree y’all may be fans of Holmes & Watson, or intrigued by Conan Doyle’s forays into the Occult, but this Michael Dirda piece showed up on Facebook today, from the current issue of THE PARIS REVIEW, and I thought I’d pass it along. http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/09/21/a-doyle-man/ Not many volumes contain …
[Ed. Note – On May 4, 2012 goth-inspired, iconoclastic film director Tim Burton is set to release a movie version of the beloved television series DARK SHADOWS which will star Johnny Depp, Chloë Grace Moretz, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Lee and many others. While longtime fans of the show are eager …
B’shoot was exhausting, not to mention rather slight in the big names/next big things department. At this point I shouldn’t need to rely on Old Soul Artists (Mavis Staples, Dennis Coffey, Charles Bradley, hell, even Hall & Oates!) to provide my hardcore jollies at a big Seattle music festival, but I guess it’s come to …
I’ve been listening to Tommy Keene and in particular last year’s “Tommy Keene You Hear Me, Retrospective 1983-2009.” I have always leaned toward [1989 album] “Based on Happy Times” over [1986 album] “Songs From the Film.” The cello (!) riff alone on the title track, as I told said Mr Keene, ought to be sampled …
In my estimation, Garland Jeffreys is an utterly unique, seriously underappreciated, figure in American Rock, and has been for more than 40 years now! He can sing like Mick Jagger, Arthur Lee and Bob Marley, not to forget Fifties/Sixties/Seventies Soul singers of every stripe, a combo no one else has ever quite managed to pull …
[Ed. Note: What follows is a work in progress. Tom Kipp is in the process of compiling “1500 Completely Unforgettable Songs! (A Musical Cornucopia of Rock, Punk, Soul, Funk, Pop, Postpunk, Grunge, Sludge, Spoken Word, Country, Hardcore, Hip-Hop, Metal, Industrial, and Beyond).” Some of these songs will be familiar, others less so. All will be …
By the by, this morning I felt yet another tremor in The Force, courtesy of the proggy folks at Burning Shed on-line: King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King (5cd, 1dvd deluxe box set) With not long to go before the announcement of the latest in the superb series of King Crimson 40th …
For anyone missing out on the legendary "Rock Dreams" book… http://www.flickr.com/photos/82436511@N00/sets/72157625648134833/with/5354507573/ Best, – – Andrew Hamlin ******************************************* A lovely resource, Andy. Fortunately, I picked up many copies of that book from various Seattle remainder tables during the Nineties, so at least a few households known to me have a copy on hand, if not necessarily …
http://youtu.be/OPmtftURkn8 —–Original Message—– Subject: KOJM Revisited Thought you might find this interesting. Last night heavy rains and storms caused a three hour power outage that stretched from Havre to Malta to Chester to Fort Benton. We broke out the flashlights and I managed to get an old walkman radio to work in an attempt …
Tom- I’m now a cheerleader for Google+ for the simple reason that I think it’s significantly superior to Facebook. I suspect Facebook will survive, much like how broadcast TV has survived cable TV. Then again, look at the massive rise and fall of MySpace. – Matt Crowley *********************************************************** Hi Matt: …
Have I already shared this particular Christgau/Dibbell-penned oddity with you? At any rate, it’s from the May 1975 issue of long-lost U.S. soft porn mag Oui, and I’m betting that Bob & Carola got a pretty paycheck in the mail when all was said and done, those being the days when "slick" print journalism still paid! …