I'm guessing the film in question was Ronnie Rocket, which has its own Wikipedia page. If Lynch got the tapes, I'm certain he saved them, so we may get to hear them yet.by belfast
It’s impressive how many in the music world collaborated with him given the tributes popping up: expected names like Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie and Billy Corgan, all of whom appeared on his soundtracks, but also Anthrax, close friendships with Questlove and Karen O…even Chris Mars of the Replacements considered him a friend (and surely they bonded over their paintings, both inspired by Francisby belfast
A real gut punch. Not a surprise given his age and his earlier announcement of how serious his emphysema had become, but he clearly had it in him to produce more work and had no shortage of ideas, but unfortunately it's always been difficult financing his films and it certainly hasn't gotten easier. Nevertheless, he still had incredible success for someone so idiosyncratic and uncompby belfast
Together, the duo was one of Stax/Volt's greatest, perhaps second only to Otis Redding among vocal acts.by belfast
Disney/ABC-TV execs have been pushing for a "most popular film" Oscar for years now, which is just as dubious if not more so. The best response I've heard to that: "those movies already get something. It's called MONEY." People thought Wenner was bad, but the new guy is an executive for iHeart, a company so toxic that they changed their name after it became so thoby belfast
I just took Prince and Madonna's inclusion on good faith, but they probably didn't seem out of place because in Prince's case, he was a true innovator - he made music that didn't sound like anything that was happening in the mainstream and he did things what many considered unusual (i.e. nothing that seemed calculated to win a bigger audience), all from the very start, and ultby belfast
For crying out loud... QuoteStereogumWe could see new categories added to the Rock Hall honors in the near future. iHeartMedia executive John Sykes, who’s been Rock Hall chairman since 2020, elaborates: "We’ve discussed ways we could recognize not only artists but those around them who’ve had an impact on the sound of rock and roll. Fans often don’t even know who helped break these artby belfast
Ringo is surprisingly good for someone who doesn't create high expectations, and Perry is likely a big reason for that. The two he produced for Harry Nilsson are also Nilsson's best albums, IMHO, even if he was frustrated with the follow-up. And even though I'm not really a fan of Carly Simon's records, "You're So Vain" is a great exception, and I think Perry weby belfast
For last night's Yo La Tengo show, Hitchcock reunited with two other members of the Soft Boys, Kimberley Rew and Morris Windsor. Kimberley's wife, Lee Cave-Berry, filled in on bass. (Also a sad reminder that Matthew Seligman died from Covid in 2020. Brilliant and kind man, I love his bass parts on Underwater Moonlight. Andy Metcalfe also played bass for the Soft Boys and would later plaby belfast
This year, it was jazz that made the deepest impression on me. It was the music I went to see the most, partly because I made the effort to see a whole lot of artists that I had never seen before, from Andrew Cyrille to Gary Bartz to Wadada Leo Smith to Amina Claudine Myers to William Parker to Ron Carter and this weekend Kenny Barron...all of them now in their 80s and still going strong! But a lby belfast
The entire Dead Man's Pop box set is a testament to what he contributed to the band. Hell, he's pretty much the reason it even exists.by belfast
Founding member of Chic, she performed backing vocals on the hits “Dance, Dance, Dance” and “Everybody Dance” before being promoted to co-lead vocalist in 1978, singing lead on tracks like "I Want Your Love" (1978) and "At Last I Am Free" (1978).by belfast
The Return of the Spinning Songbook was actually my first Elvis Costello show - at the Beacon on Bob Dylan’s birthday and one of the best shows I ever attended by anyone. (Highlights unique to that show: Questlove sitting in on “Black & White World” which was a surprise even for Questlove, and a birthday tribute to Dylan in the form of a solo acoustic cover of “License to Kill” - not a song Iby belfast
QuotebrenoNo Line on the Horizon was 2/3 of a great album because they decided to not chase having hits and made a more moody and non-commercial album - then they decided to hedge their bets and add songs they thought would be hits and they were so crappy they ended up dragging the rest of the pretty good album down with them. I feel the same way - presumably the crappy songs are "I'lby belfast
Elvis Costello is one of my favorites, but the main concern for me is how his voice has physically deteriorated in recent years, perhaps not coincidentally after he was treated for an undisclosed illness. As a result, it's become really hit-or-miss. When it isn't good, it sounds like he's struggling to stay in tune and even in time. But when it comes together - his glorious first sby belfast
I've met quite a few Sonic Youth fans who remain very unforgiving towards Moore. There's no good spin to how everything went down - unfortunately it's a side of life that can and has been painful to so many, even when no one is trying to hurt the other person. I remember that line from Juno, and it does crack me up, especially since the polarizing A Thousand Leaves is my favoritby belfast
They should reunite the Beat that forced the "English" adjective on to Wakeling's group and have them play their first show on the same day in the same town. EDIT: I take it back, they never split, they were renamed "The Paul Collins Beat" and per Wikipedia they toured with the (English) Beat in 2012! In Fall 2012, The Paul Collins Beat joined a package tour "Tby belfast
I couldn't find any threads on Sonic Youth, so I'll just start one. Massively disappointed that I missed Friday night's surprise 3/4 reunion, the first time that's happened since the band split up. I always check the Stone's calendar early, and as far back as the summer, I was looking forward to that show, which had always been listed as "DUO Lee Ranaldo (guitar) Thuby belfast
FWIW, in the first episode of the new Netflix spy-thriller series Black Doves, Rat Scabies appears as the owner of a music shop. I'm digging this trend of casting rock musicians from the punk and post-punk era.by belfast
Truth be told, what Michael says is basically what's kept me and a few friends from ever going to Kraftwerk, though I can understand why it isn't a deal breaker. From what I've read from their '70s performances, especially from those still trying to understand the group, there was some speculation as to how much of those shows were actually live performance, extending to the aby belfast
Latest GoFundMe update is from Sweet himself, talking about what happened from his point of view. Harrowing stuff.by belfast
Welcome surprise to see the New York Times recognizing Paley's life and passing. Also Lenny Kaye, who as detailed in Paley's wife's Substack was with Paley when he died, posted this on Instagram.by belfast
I saw him for the first time this year too - wish I had done so earlier as he apparently plays NYC at least once a year and has done full band shows (with no less than Yo La Tengo on numerous occasions) but it was nice catching him up close in a seated venue like City Winery. He covered Dylan's "Desolation Row" at our show, and amusingly when I went back to City Winery a few weeksby belfast
Fear and Whiskey is my favorite. I don't think it was that well-known in 1985 because it was originally an import-only release. The first U.S. release was more or less a 1989 CD titled Original Sin which also used different artwork (albeit with a similar color scheme) - it still had the album proper along with some good bonus tracks drawn primarily from EP releases from the same era. I didn&by belfast
Andrew Sandoval just broke the news via a tribute on social media. Paley was original part of the power pop duo the Paley Brothers with his brother Jonathan. Following their disbandment, he became a staff producer at Sire Records, producing albums for Brian Wilson (like his 1988 eponymous solo album), Jonathan Richman, NRBQ, John Wesley Harding, the Greenberry Woods, and Jerry Lee Lewis, severby belfast
Man, really slept on that one! Not surprising I missed it, that was a pretty hectic time of the year for me.by belfast
Robert Christgau gave that album a rare A+ (his highest for an Arcade Fire album). I actually like it quite a bit myself, but I have to say even at my peak fandom for Arcade Fire, I thought Funeral and The Suburbs were even better. I haven't listened to them in ages though. I championed their fourth album even though it felt bloated - they could've thrown out nearly everything on theby belfast
The "reviews" section continues to be invaluable - I just used it to navigate my way through Japan's back catalog for the first time ever.by belfast
When was the last time 3/4 of the original line-up played the U.S.? (I realize the full original line-up recently did a run of shows in the UK. If I had the money to burn, would've flown to the UK for that.)by belfast
A large part of his legacy rests on a few years in the mid-'60s but what an impact he made, producing the first great (not to mention massively influential and groundbreaking) singles for the Kinks, then the Who and then a wide variety of acts, including the Easybeats for whom he produced "Friday on My Mind." Here's his final post for his Facebook page: FAREWELL FROM SHEby belfast
