In heaven, everything is fine...by MrFab
Ted Nugent and Dave Gilmour played guitar on a Berlin album!by MrFab
But I thought you can't play music in podcasts anymore? Unless you pay the whopping fees to the music biz the way radio does.by MrFab
I did know that Glass worked as a taxi driver. He said once that a posh lady going to Lincoln Center knocked on the glass and said: "Driver, did you know that there is a famous composer with your name?" He also worked as a plumber. He showed up at the apartment of Time art critic Robert Hughes, who was amazed to see Glass, plunger in hand. Hughes: You are an artist! What are you dby MrFab
A lot going on here in LA, but this was a gut-punch. "The Wild Records studio in Los Angeles was destroyed in the ongoing wildfires. Founder Reb Kennedy not only lost his home and personal possessions, but also the studio's vintage recording equipment, instruments, master tapes, and the entire release catalogue." Digital recording is great for things like hip-hop, industrial, anby MrFab
Inger Lorre died?!?by MrFab
"It could be record-company presidents, it could be lawyers, it could be agents..." I involuntarily LOLed when I read that. Imagine that above quote being performed by, like, a Martin Short character from SCTV. Yeesh, not even the Oscars give out awards for Best Agents or Best Studio Head. Don't give 'em any ideas!by MrFab
maybe Coldplay are included because of the Brian Eno connection? Eno has produced their albums. Which I figure is like his day job, allowing him to do cool stuff on his own time. Horrible band. Sade, Prince, and Madonna are pretty damn mersh, with questionable connections to alt-rock. Maybe you could include Prince because of his Paisley Underground phase. But, if that's the case, then yoby MrFab
Yeah, why were there copies of Sharp Cuts everywhere? I'm glad to own one (probably spent 99 cents), but I wonder if it was one of those Casablanca Records/Neil Bogart kinda deals, where the label sent out a million copies so they could claim it went platinum, even if 900,000 were returned, and dumped into the cut-out bins.by MrFab
According to his wife on Facebook. The Nails were originally from Colorado, and CO native Jello Biafra raved about the “amazing shows“ The Nails did for culture-starved kids of the area. Thanks to extensive KROQ-LA airplay, I was a big fan of “88 Lines About 44 Women” in my New Wave youth. In more recent years, I used to frequently read Campbell’s articles on the Dangerous Minds site.by MrFab
Right on! Hope it shifts a few units, as they saw in the record biz. This made me laff: "Despite and also because of its puzzling inside-joke name (italics mine), Trouser Press was one of the greatest music magazines in history."by MrFab
Josie Cotton! After her mysterious re-appearance a few years ago, she's been stocking her Bandcamp page with all manner of groovy, campy goodness. A real fun kitschy B52s attitude, or a less scary Cramps.by MrFab
The only show my wife and I ever left early was an interminable Elvis Costello concert. After the three hour mark, we decided that we couldn’t stay awake any longer. A lot of it was him at the piano playing boring songs, telling long stories. Occasionally punctuated with actual rock music to wake everyone up, before we got another dreary piano ballad. But then the next time we saw him, co-heaby MrFab
So 44 years for the Heart guys. Sorry, DuckRabbit, you have been overthrown.by MrFab
41 years - ding! ding! ding! I think we have a winner. My wife saw Blondie in their original(ish) incarnation in 1980. 26 years later, we saw the current(ish) version. Which seemed like a really long time, but can't compete with 41 years. I saw Keith Morris fronting the Circle Jerks in 1984, and then 33 years later, I saw Morris in 2017 reading from his book. (ha, I don't knowby MrFab
I saw Wall of Voodoo at an all-ages show in 1982. Then saw Stan Ridgeway in 2014, and he played actually a lot of the same stuff from his days with Wall of Voodoo. So that was 32 years. Which seems like a lot, but you guys got me beat.by MrFab
Is he himself?by MrFab
someone wrote on Genius.com (for whatever that's worth) "Naked Truth was an American band, but they relocated to the UK, so they get included in the list of “stupid Europeans”.by MrFab
Every time I hear Arcade Fire on the radio, I think: Echo & The Bunnymen are apparently still recording, and boy, have they lost it. If others like 'em, fine, whatever, but the TP review "Neon Bible ranks among the best indie rock recordings of all time" is really a bit much. And I'm not even that big an Echo & The Bunnymen fan!by MrFab
No, we're not betting on anything, just asking which TP reviews over- or under-rated an artist/album? Bip pointed out the REM review in the Dec '82 edition...which states that the best band outta Athens are The Method Actors! Yes, the review mentions, apart from REM, the B52s and Pylon. Honestly, I haven't heard (or thought of) that band in ages. I def remember liking what I heaby MrFab
I've been dipping into TP reviews for my most recent radio shows. Apart from artists I learned about from reading TP reviews in the past, last couple weeks I've been dropping into "Reviews" on this here site, finding interesting things, and getting albums. I, and my listeners, thank you, citizens of TP-land.by MrFab
It’s kind of weird to think that, at one point, Brian Eno was being produced by someone else! But I’m so glad Sinfield did those early Roxy Music albums right. I have returned to them many times over the decades. He designed their light show? OK, so that’s why he was credited with lyrics and “illumination.“ I always assumed it was just some hippie mysticism. But they meant actual illumination!by MrFab
Husker Du’s “Keep Hanging On“?by MrFab
Never mind breno, I've answered my own question by reading this:by MrFab
I'm curious Brad, do you have any info to back up your claims, or is it just sort of a feeling you have? You've written here before that Doug Yule was simply a stooge of Sesnick, and not the villain that history (and Lou Reed) has made him out to be. So if what you say is true, then Yule should be inducted into the RRHoF with the other orig. Velvets. After all, his voice is all over atby MrFab
Cleveland legend Jamie Klimek: The Styrenes, The Mirrors, the electric eels. Yep, that's him on the classic "Drano In Your Veins" (a version of which appeared on a Trouser Press comp). The man was punk before punk. Heck, he was post-punk before punk. After a long illness. Can't find anything on-line, Just heard from a WFMU DJ who was pals with him for years.by MrFab
Currently one hour into a 5-hour epic, feat. TP artists a-plenty: Oh, and thanks for the tip on Split Lip Rayfield! Def fun stuff.by MrFab
STOP THE STEAL!!by MrFab
Ouch. Mr Toland has been an invaluable voice of the fertile Austin TX scene, and also seems like a very cool dude. I actually have a couple friends who also became widowers at a young age. It was horrible, but they did get through it. I really feel for you, brother.by MrFab
Nothing against the hugely talented and influential Mr. Albini, whose music I have dug mightily over the years, but the idea that "anyone who collects royalties on a record that they didn't help write, or sing on, or play an instrument on, is a thief" is a buncha hooey. That's like saying a director has no stake in a movie since he isn't one of the writers, actors, etc. Yby MrFab
