YES!!! A new week and after the disastrous previous week, it is good to have a new set of downs and lots and lots of good ones -White Reaper, Sly And The Family Stone, Miles Davis, Future, Wilco…. as Tame Impala would say: let it be happy.
‘What is this c**t doing on the cover of Rolling Stone? Music has officially died. Who knew it would be Rolling Stone that murdered it? Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh can no longer be expected to take all the blame. Bob Dylan must be fucking horrified.
#BoycottRollingStone’
I have learnt about the album on Twitter but Jeff Tweedy announced it via Facebook and Instagram: ‘Why release an album this way and why make it free? Well, the biggest reason, and I’m not sure we even need any others, is that it felt like it would be fun. What’s more fun than a surprise?’
Her Mom shared with me that she received a text from Richa explaining how Taylor said, “even though things are hard they will get better” and mentioned her Dad. It was a comforting moment for both. Of course, adults can see a light at the end of the tunnel but kids need more experience, growth to know things will improve and maybe they need to hear it from a super star to believe it.
The first one was painted on a Remo 14” snare drum head using acrylics and metallic paints (This is Art in action; the second one is an EP cover that I dreamed up in the style of influential artist David Stone Martin, picture this as some sort of Jazz Messengers Live in Italy sort of thang.
With a rebel yell they went… a contingent of Southerners held their much hated flag high above their heads when President Obama visited Oklahoma City. And there, my friends, you see freedom of speech in precise action.
t’s not because of the money, although my share (like all the other artists) was dramatically reduced by bad deals made without my consent.
It’s about sound quality. I don’t need my music to be devalued by the worst quality in the history of broadcasting or any other form of distribution. I don’t feel right allowing this to be sold to my fans. It’s bad for my music.
There are levels of hell and this must be nearly the worst,you can feel the pain from here: it rises like smoke from the ashes of life, it is the dreadful that has already happened: the worst thing, the largest worry, the nightmare you try to wake from. You hope the family can help each other through it.
I’d said “The Only Ones” is a form of memoir and I believe it is that but not quite that, it takes one of Dibbell’s core experiences and it manipulates the experience from one story to a different story, in doing so it shreds the facts and only keeps the truths.
The circumstances of the dramatic event are not entirely known, but Arthur was airlifted to the hospital yesterday evening after being found at about 6 pm, with life-threatening injuries, on a coastal path near the Ovingdean Gap. The death is not being treated as suspicious according to the Argus.
‘We are living in a wild bizarre time. Character assassination very real Dr. Cosby & ConFed flag down in same week. Status is currency to masses’ ‘They’re taking his name & statues down but is every situation giving his money back to him since its dirty money? #BillCosby’
The All Star Games sure starts late, I was looking for it at 825pm and it still hadn’t started. As Phil Mushnick noted when the Women’s Football Team won the World Cup, if you start the damn game early enough you will get huge ratings. Meanwhile back at the All STar Game, which the American League won 6 – 3, the Mets young pitcher Jason deGrom did something never done before, he struck out the side.
Can nobody find one bad word about and if they can’t then at what point in the proceeding does rock criticism not criticize? How can NPR not tell the truth about the albums they are streaming? Why lie? Why not say some of this is good, some of it isn’t, listen and judge for yourself?
It is well documented that he started a rehab treatment at the Neurotransmitter Restoration Center in August 2002, and according to what we know (Ben Nugent’s bio and Liam Gowing’s Spin article) moved in with Jennifer Chiba just after his treatment, fall 2002. By then, he and Valerie had split up. However, it looks like Chiba was in his life before the rehab episode, when he was still dating Valerie. This part may bother a few people who are used to a clean-cut story, he dated Valerie Deerin, then Jennifer Chiba, but the reality is much foggier than this!
Historic agreement reached today in the US and Iran today which lifts sanctions on Iran and in return halts Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons. The big question mark is the old “trust but verify” one, and the answer seems a little iffy as access at will to any site would not be necessarily given or could be delayed. I guess we will understand more about that later but it sure doesn’t sound ideal. Still, the world is a safer place today.
With a new album just released and an apparently excellent concert last week introducing it here, here is a step back to January 2011, when rock nyc’s Woody Fuller interviewed Lael Neale on a trip to the West Coa
‘The shows we’ve been doing lately are our favorite shows that we’ve ever done. What seemed like a setback at the time has turned into this beautiful blessing in disguise, where this throne and these crutches and these audiences make us play longer and harder than we ever have. It’s this whole new energy in the show… I think the spontaneity of this situation we’re in right now just brings out a smile in everyone.’
The poster boy for pre-Ayatollah Khomeini Middle East fervor, the blue eyed, bridge playing, womanizing, Zhivago starring superstar of the 60s and 70s fied years after his movies were banned and then unbanned for kissing a Jewish woman on screen. The movie? “Funny Girl”.
The 4 Knots Festival moved to the much larger larger Pier 84 this year and on a gorgeous afternoon with an astounding line-up art rock guitar bands, the larger area made it much easier to enjoy after overcrowding was a problem last year. A spectacular even, a ten minute walk from Time Square, it was a quintessential New York even. Standout? Stephen Malkmus was great and Twin Peaks were a revelation. Full review to follow.
Now is the summer of our discontent, where like reverse Yogi Bears talk show hosts waddle off and hibernate through the summer till who knows what, right? I guess I will go with OMI on Fallon because I wanna take a closer look at the “Cheerleader” star, maybe he will have something to tell me I don’t know about the weird world of reggae based one hit wonders.
‘I think only one of his plays — ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ — was an original story. He would read these history stories and combine different plots. And in the case of this play, that whole speech by Enobarbus about ‘the poop was beaten gold’ — that description of Cleopatra that’s so beautiful — he really lifted a lot of that from a different source. I’ve read the original. So it’s inspiring to know that even Shakespeare needed to rely on the work of people before him. That gives me license to do the same.’
Charles Christopher Parker Jr., aka Yardbird, Yard, Bird, Sweet Cheeks (ok, I made that one up), the ultimate hipster that was never cartoonized by the media, in stereotype for the public with beret and horn rims, ala Diz. He was the martyr of the bebop era.
‘Joan doesn’t wanna talk about it at all. It wasn’t a total surprise that she didn’t’… ‘Joan very much believes in that rock myth Fowley’ added Cherkis. ‘In the L.A. Weekly she said, ‘These girls, they wanted to make him out to be this bad guy, but they’re just blaming him for their own failure.’ That was the gist. ‘Was there abuse? If there was, why did we take it then?’
US Women’s soccer world champs had a ticker tape parade and we are all the better for it. That first sixteen minutes of the World Championship is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. I hope they make lots and lots of money.
The film is set in 1970’s London and is apparently not a biopic as it rather follows a young boy ‘whose life changes dramatically when his estranged mother (played by Natasha McElhone who played Karen in ‘Californication’) introduces him to the music of The Clash’, by sending him a cassette of “White Riot.”
What sort of fools do they take us for? Really, what a pathetic little maneuver. If this wasn’t a set up from beginning to end, what does the word set up actually mean? It is a wretched little business move by a rich, smart woman who lost any sense of moral balance. Or, again, that is my perception of the situation.
Billy is 67 years old so, as Mike Holcomb noted, he probably has Medicare. Also, he is a staunch conservative and would probably not sign up for Obamacare any way. Though it doesn’t really handle the main question here, why does he need any help whatsoever. Helen thinks he might be aware of it. Perhaps.
This just completely boggles my mind that at a time when Billy’s own concern should be getting better, he is worried about paying his bills. What the hell was Obamacare about? I pay like 30% more on my health insurance since Obamacare, I thought that was to help Billy Zoom and other unfortunates,
Yes, folks, Friday is the new Tuesday and if you have had to spend an extra three days listening to Neil Young, now praise the Lord Alight the long wait is over and when you go on Spotify or Apple Play or Rdio, there they will be waiting at 5am tomorrow, all shiny and new and ready to be ripped apart by your friendly neighborhood rock critic.
‘It is totally possible to use human urine as a fertilizer instead of industrial fertilizer,’ declared researcher Heinonen-Tanski. Why not? Urine contains urea, a good source of nitrogen, plus potassium and phosphorus, all needed by plants and found in fertilizers. Plus it is always available, a typical human urinates about 500 liters per year, and about 200 of them must be produced during music festivals!
With neither the plot nor the intelligence of the Gru classics, it is a kid’s movie for kids, which, when it aims for the adults, misfires. Despite the occasional smart touch, a great dance with Tower guards to a Queen song had me smiling ear to ear, and despite some truly lovely animation and 60s period detaul, this is not a very good movie . The Minions were ionce cute and now they are cutesy… what a shame.
‘We are dumbfounded and perplexed at this rather silly decision. Perhaps something to do with the fact that it’s the Rolling Stones and controversy still seems to follow them everywhere,’ declared a spokesperson for the Rolling Stones.
Jason Pierre-Paul, the Giants defensive end who injured his hand while playing with fireworks this July 4th, had his right index finger amputated in an attempt to get back in the field as soon as possible and thereby wins the award for the creepiest, stupidest and all round ghoulish story of the sports year
A busy day for computer malfunctions, first the NYSE closes for hours, then American Airline closes for hours and then the Wall Street Journal goes down. Of course, this is all a coincidence and why not? till, it is one of those you can imagine the Terminator coming to us back from the future to fix… maybe this is how the world ends, right? Not with a bang but with a computer glitch.
I arrived almost two hours before the time — and that’s dedication — but the front of the building was already full of people, mostly ‘old’ people, but it is insane to qualify Beatles’ fans of old, these people have kept the fire in their belly, they are still excited to see one of the two Beatles left on earth, and they still believe that peace and love can change the world… it is so refreshing. Call them naïve, call them childish, I don’t care because I am one of them!
Every time I write about business I am more disgusted then the time before, We are well past the time when people of good faith may differ, there is no good faith anywhere and Tuesday’s dead.
‘I thought that was very distasteful,’ she declared. ‘That’s why it’s important to me to not be a couch potato. I have to keep on doing something because the other side will take over – people who are really not understanding what beautiful things we have in this world and want to destroy it. And I’m not going to let them destroy John or the Beatles.’
So given the facts, I neither want to provide a link and barely want to mention them at all. I just went in search of a quote of one of their dumbass reviewers, but all three I read were pretty good so here is the upcoming albums. You know what to expect right, Jason Isbell, The Chemical brothers and Tame Impala and that’s just next week…
Julie Burchill, Adrian Thrills, Danny Baker (who singlehandedly turned me back on to r&b), Lester Bangs (the only Atlantic cross over star), Nick Kent, Charles Shaar Murray, all under the leadership of Nick Logan and his second in command Neil Spencer. I actually interview Nick when the face came out, which he owned, and for me, there was no difference between Nick (and Julie, who I also interviewed) than John Entwistle. Hell, even the letters pages were excellent.
The World: Greece Made easy – they are defaulting on $300 Billion in loans and Eurozone (the one currency European new world order) won’t bail em out without austerity measures aka cutting pensions, etc. The Greek’s just voted on it, and said no. Now the world awaits. PS The Germans are getting mean again.
‘Anyone seeking a ruling like this is always spurred by a subjective opinion, but that’s not enough to get a refund. What is significant is a generally agreed view that the concert was a failure, as it was in the Chuck Berry case.’
But you know how bands always say they have to tour to compensate the fact they are not selling albums anymore? As you can see on this graph, the compensation is barely achieved. If you compare bands’ album revenue in the 80’s, today’s successful bands can hardly compensate by touring.
By the end of the damn thing you’ll realize none of it made the slightest bit of difference even within the Terminator universe. So, beware of # 6 which has at least this going for it, it can’t be much more of a waste of time for a movie that opens with its best moment: young and old Arnold battling each other.
I am searching Van Morrison on Apple Play (nothing much), listening to Weezy on Tidal, putting together an overview of last week’s releases on Spotify, adding a Godfather scene to a song sharing page I belong to on youtube, watching the Nina Simone documentary on Movietube and finally, I have MLB’s “Fare Thee Well” open waiting on 8pm for the Dead at Chicago
This is going to lead to a big problem, people will not be able to express opinions anymore, they will not take the risk to be ostracized by others. And so what? are we going to end in a like-everything world? I have to admit it, I am sometimes tired to push that ‘like’ button, but, if I don’t do it, will people get mad at me? Yes, some will! And this is very annoying.
A female English teacher got 22 years in prison for having sex with three 17 year old boys and aborting a pregnancy with one of them. 22 years? Murderers don’t get that, violent rapists don’t get, Ponzi schemers don’t get that. Jennifer Fichter? She gets that. Incidentally, if any of these guys happened to kill someone, suddenly they would be adults in the eyes of the court. This is fear of female sexuality
The US gave Japan a spectacular drubbing in the FIFA Women’s World Finals, four goals in the first 16 minutes. A spectacular win and revenge for 2011 (not to mention Pearl Harbor), Carli Lloyd’s hat trick, three goals before the game had even kicked into gear was too much for Japan to come back from. The Yanks still in first place (by one game!)
I just checked on Itunes Store… they aren’t there either. Does Prince want to protect his copyright so much he doesn’t want to sell the albums at all? It is so very strange, These can’t be albums he isn’t proud of, Crystal Ball alone is better than anything he released this decade. The man is a nutcase, he should put all his music anyway but at least he should sell them.
You can choose between rock recycled bangles described as ‘Handmade one-of-a-kind bangle style bracelets crafted from used & recycled guitar strings and packaged in a paper string envelope’, one-size-fits-all, classic guitar string bracelet made from REAL guitar strings, which will bend and shape to suit any wrist, or another kind, made from REAL bass strings!
As a member of The Thrills, Johnny rubs elbows with a virtual who’s who of PR history. Amongst this is a quest to find a lost soul mate/love that uncovers some touching yet hard-edged insights and weaknesses in the American male and all us in general. The book bounces back and forth between a current Facebook poster/old friend and the rock and roll past.
