Thanks to Steve Stav, who adds “not just because it happened in [East] Portland, but because of the kind of music the DJ plays. Great, weird story.” Jonathan Toubin, a Brooklyn D.J., is back spinning records, less than five months after a bizarre accident left him close to death in Portland, Ore. – Go here.
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[Update 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.” The material below was posted earlier in the week, prior to …
Steve Stav has an excellent interview with Gary Oldman here.
Publicists for Whitney Houston have confirmed that the legendary singer died Saturday at age 48. While there are no immediate signs of criminal intent, police are continuing to investigate the singer’s death, which took place in her room on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton. TMZ is speculating that a combination of alcohol and …
Why is African-American gospel music of the forties and fifties, and for that matter, white country gospel music of the same time, usually perceived by critics to be more real, vital, culturally-significant, lasting and better than the Christian Contemporary Music which immediately followed thereon? Chris Estey – I could write a book. Wait, I am. …
I give the Rolling Stones a lot of credit for showing up at Chess Records, 2120 S. Michigan Avenue, in Chicago in 1965 and I give Jagger and Richards a lot of credit for paying for Hubert Sumlin‘s funeral in 2011. This is how it’s reported in Rolling Stone magazine: “The funeral for Chicago blues …
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 …
Thus far, they’ve been snubbed. Legendary progressive rock band Rush has never been nominated for the Rock’n Roll Hall of Fame. Here are 18 reasons why they should be included in that great museum in Cleveland: 1. Mike Swanson – They’re Canadian. đ Seriously though, not only does Rush rock, but they have had an …
This question comes from an unnamed source via Daniel Housman – Just how many brilliant obscure singer-songwriters were there in the early Seventies? I’m still getting over rediscovering Emmitt Rhodes — and now here’s David Ackles. Nobody was listening to this stuff, yet “Gimme Dat Ding” went Top 40? Tom Kipp – Let us add …
At Intermittent Signals, Steve Stav has some fantastic material on Northwest singer-songwriter, Danny O’Keefe: One of country’s great singer-songwriters has lived in the Pacific Northwest most of his life, but a relative few northwesterners recognize Danny O’Keefe’s name. More will recognize at least two of his songs, however. Jackson Browne covered O’Keefe’s “The Road” for …
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 …
Thanks to Steve Stav for the tip. This collaboration was recorded for True Blood. Here’s more on the story from the KCRW blog.
… and people actually let these creatures into their homes. Shape-and-voice-shifting creatures that steal breaths from babies. And the Siamese varieties sing their own theme song. – Steve Stav
Below is a video of Other Lives performing Tamer Animals on KCRW. Also, Steve Stav has nice little review of Tamer Animals on Intermittent Signals.
Steve Stav has an excellent interview with musician Thomas Dolby on his website, Intermittent Signals. Stav says this interview is “in the top three” of his most interesting interviews in his 15 year journalistic career. Here are some choice excerpts: Windpower And Floating Cities – An Interview With Thomas Dolby By Steve Stav …My hardcore …
Something about Irish girls who can sing drives MEN wild… it’s a good thing her husband, ace guitarist Darrel Higham is always at her side. – Steve Stav http://youtu.be/EB0OSsNg65U
From Blind Vision to Blanc Burn – An Interview with Blancmange’s Neil Arthur at Intermittent Signals
“Blind Vision.” “Living On The Ceiling.” “Don’t Tell Me.” When the UK synthpop duo Blancmange called it quits 25 years ago, they left a number of iconic nightclub staples behind. Steve Stav interviews the “vocal half” of Blancmange about their new “reunion” CD, 80s video-production strategies and more at his website, Intermittent Signals…
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I saw this movie only once, 25 years ago, and have never forgotten this scene: . And here, thanks to Steve Stav for the tip, is the SNL Christmas version: . .
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 itâs his best album yet. He has also announced heâs retiring soon. The full story is here. Below, the criticâs roundtable responds to Collinsâ retirement announcement: **************************************************** What a …
Neko Case – Furnace Room Lullabye, by Steve Stav
“Weren’t Young Fresh Fellows more important in the grand scheme of things than Nirvana? And wasn’t Popllama more significant than SubPop? – East Portland Blog Critic’s Roundtable, Part 1 (This conversation has four parts.) Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Through the 1980s a couple of different strains ran through …
Within the last year or so, multimedia artist, Barbara Trentalange, had a baby. Balancing motherhood with creative expression, she completed a series of paintings titled, âBaby Napping Series.â “I started the series because I needed to be quiet around the house while my daughter napped,” says Trentalange. “Since I couldn’t write and play music (which …
When “With or Without You,” 1987, was released in advance of The Joshua Tree, several years after this lesser known, 1985, Wide Awake in America, gem, longtime U2 fans derided “With or Without You” as a mere reworking of this, supposedly superior, song. Because The Joshua Tree and “With or Without You” went on to …
. “Jim, are you kidding or what? First of all, letâs start by you accepting the fact that you were the original director of PIRANHA 2 and you were fired. Shame on you for thinking that genre movies and the real maestros like Roger Corman and his collaborators are any less auteur or impactful in …
by Steve Stav Just as the old saying about a liberal is just someone who hasn’t been mugged yet, logic would seem to dictate that the Right’s foot soldier-regiment on this issue would be in a constant state of flux. Reason would suggest that the dum-dums, as they experience their own health care crises, would …
photo credit: Josef Jasso There is no voice as distinctive in alt-dance-rock than Kate Piersonâs. Just ask Iggy Pop, Jack White, and R.E.M., all of whom enlisted her vocal contributions for such memorable tracks as âCandy,â âVenus,â and âShiny Happy People,â respectively. Best-known as a founding member of the singular, trailblazing B-52s, Pierson is beloved …
Portland artist Cyrus Nobipoor has given us a beautiful piece of music for everyone, but especially for those of us whoâ like this thoughtful version of an old songâ survived the 80s and lived on to mellow with age into something more beautiful and more low key. Itâs a fantastic trumpet cover of The Smithsâ, …
Kathy Moore says this about the inspiration for this song: I wrote this song for my friend, Shawn Smith, a year ago. In the twelve months since heâs passed, though, I believe this song is more and more relevant to my life, to all our lives. So, today, Iâm pleased to release the song for …
The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. He said …