I’ve been nominated by my brilliant pal Chris Estey to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me—just album covers without any explanation—and to nominate a different person each day to do the same. Today I nominate: My dear sister, Laurie Kipp Day 3: Sex Pistols: NEVER MIND …
In an always-bizarre and forever-endearing bit o’ serendipity, the last great Beach Boys LP, in fact the best one since either WILD HONEY or SUNFLOWER to this very day, and the 70s album most dominated by Brian Wilson, was THE BEACH BOYS LOVE YOU, released in April 1977, just as The Sex Pistols were gettin’ …
From: J Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 9:04 AM To: Kipp, Thomas J Subject: RE: Brand new praise for TK’s 1982-83 stint w/ Diction, from a thoroughly unexpected source! So what exactly makes something grunge and how was the DD song the beginning of it? I know that back in the day (when I walked …
From: J Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 9:04 AM To: Kipp, Thomas J Subject: RE: Brand new praise for TK’s 1982-83 stint w/ Diction, from a thoroughly unexpected source! So what exactly makes something grunge and how was the DD song the beginning of it? I know that back in the day (when I walked …
By Tom Kipp “If I had to boil down for a Martian what “it” IS that made rock music the joy of my life, there could be no finer aural aid than this [The Sonics version of “Louie Louie” ] guitar/vocal Tandem Scream from the Id. They say Grunge was “raw”, but it may as …