I would be very interested if these new recordings captured the fire that made them live sensations. Rarely has a hyped debut arrived with such a clunk as Lone Justice’s. Thanks for the tip on the Omnivore releases, belfast, I should check those out. And in other LA cow-punk news: -new X album now out! -when the missus and I saw the rip-roaring Mavericks/Dwight Yoakum show last week, Dwby MrFab
A year later: "Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma, her death certificate reveals, according to an Irish newspaper." Possibly caused by smoking. I'm glad it wasn't drugs or suicide.by MrFab
Oops, we’re all wrong, The Chills are still together. And they now cover “Stairway To Heaven” AND “Groove Is In The Heart”:by MrFab
“a band initially perceived as failures after they got dropped by Slash” Oh dang, I didn’t know that. “Heavenly Pop Hit” stood out like a healthy thumb in a sea of sore grunge, but maybe that’s actually why it wasn't the hit it should have been. Just read the TP article on The Chills, and I’m amazed he lived this long. And worked with Van Dyke Parks? (*scurries off to check that out*)by MrFab
Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle - “One From The Heart” soundtrack; just checked ‘Reviews’ and looks like the TP review of Waits skips this album. As Bip pointed out, Robert Fripp with Daryl Hall, as well as with the Roches. Can’t believe I forgot one of my favorite gruesome twosomes of all time, Kurtis Blow and Bob Dylan, “Street Rock.“ Bob Dylan rapping. Yeah, you read that right: MC Bobby D bby MrFab
The walrus was Paul.by MrFab
Five*Words Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bip and Zoo: Minutemen - History Lesson, Part > II, Watt name-checks D. Boon. Close, but you got it backwards! D. Boone: “me and Mike Watt playing guitars.“by MrFab
Check out the latest under “Articles”: “When the Cramps Played the Napa Psychiatric Hospital.” Fortunately, this momentous occasion from 1978 was captured on video. Only 20 minutes long or so, but one of the all-time great moments in rock n roll history. The article describes the opening band, The Mutants. I’m not familiar with them. Is there video footage of their performance, too? In any cby MrFab
Actually, I believe Delvin was referring to the lead singer of the opening band, not the Los Lobos singer. Pretty sure Dave Hidalgo doesn't shake his butt at the audience too often. But I bet, if he did, he could make it work.by MrFab
Did ‘60s folk-rock unite the folk and rock fans? I have a feeling that it was a mostly rock phenomenon. Folkies were such pissy purists, and most folk-revival stuff was so corny. So I doubt that, say, Kingston Trio fans made up half of the Byrds audience.by MrFab
Like what Delvin said about two opposing philosophies of hard rock - punk and metal - joining at grunge, New Jack Swing did that with black America’s polar opposites: the slick, commercial romantic divas of RnB and the hard-boiled gangstas of hip-hop. (And, unlike grunge, New Jack Swing was fun!)by MrFab
Would not Duchamp and the Dadaists be paired with the group originally known as the Bonzo Dog Dada Band ?by MrFab
Sigue Sigue Sputnik?by MrFab
Jackson Pollack = Ornette Colemanby MrFab
Banksy = Negativland Alexander Calder = Esquivel H.R. Giger = Chrome. Or maybe early Killing Joke Robert Williams = The Crampsby MrFab
I was reading this article: and I liked the concept of the musical equivalent of visual artists, but I’m not sure I agree with his examples. Salvador Dali = Zappa? Hmm… I’m sure you all could come up with good examples, but I’m a-feared we would be too literal. Like his example of Futura = Suicide. Of course, I remember Futura’s appearance on The Clash song “Overpowered By Funk” so I haveby MrFab
Insect Surfers playing a big surf festival in a couple weeks, celebrating their 45th anniversary. Claiming that they are the world's longest-lived continuously performing surf band. Not like, say, the things calling themselves The Surfaris who disappear for years. Or the Ventures , who are basically a tribute band - no orig members in years.by MrFab
I prefer Ronsons both Mick and Mark! Marc Riley and Marc Ribot are good, too.by MrFab
There probably wasn't much connection from James Chance to Limp Bizkit. I just meant that punk-funk as a genre started off great, and ended up...not so great. A mid-'90s kid would have had a very different idea of punk-funk than someone who remembers the late-'70s/early '80s era, so just wondering if there's anything good in that genre in recent years (decades?)by MrFab
Ha, well don’t feel bad breno- poor ol’ James Chance/White/Black had an on-line fundraiser a year or so ago due to his health problems, so don’t think it’s your fault. Not a super surprising death, I’m sorry to say. Fun music, and not really having anything to do with the other artists on “No New York.” More like the punk-funk of Black Randy (who accused Chance of stealing his act), Gangby MrFab
"like if you took the E Street Band and merged it with Fania All-Stars"- haha! Dwight's Vegas style is fine by me and the missus. We think it's fun. We even saw him in Vegas once.by MrFab
Ah ha! Well, Lenny Kaye's appearance for this cruise is being described as another all-star Nuggets-fest, so maybe they will be (if you'll pardon the expression) on board for that as well.by MrFab
new bands added: The Baseball Project, Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 , and The Minus 5 3 bands that I believe feature many of the same members: Wynn, Scott from the Young Fresh Fellows, Peter Buck...by MrFab
Huh?! Elvis overboard? This is during the schoolyear, so the fam can't go, but Mrs Fab actually said I could go by myself. Need a roommate, Heff?by MrFab
Little Steven’s expecting you: Not likely I’d be able to afford to fly all the way to Miami, and then buy a ticket for the cruise, but if they do one leaving from the West Coast, I would seriously consider it. Pretty killer lineup. (Even if I still don’t understand Social Distortion’s enduring popularity, but maybe they’re great live?) I was wondering if we would ever get cruises likeby MrFab
My eyes popped out when I saw that Jamie Oliver is in this band. But no, not that one. Wouldn’t have been too crazy: Norton was also a chef and restaurant owner. They could have said, “These guys are cookin’.” (Sorry)by MrFab
Weird, huh? He also put out one by UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. Walton played ball for UCLA under Coach Wooden. (And the albums were produced by Harvey Kubernik, who put together spoken word collections of ‘80s LA underground figures, everyone from Bukowski to the Bangles). I assume these were released maybe because Greg Ginn was a UCLA graduate? Needless to say, I do not remember thby MrFab
…Bill Walton. with music by Ray Manzarek! A Deadhead on SST?! And no Raymond Pettibone artwork, tsk tsk..by MrFab
Albums were only like 35 minutes long then. And most album were done live (or live-ish) in the studio. No DAWs back then, and not many had the budget for George Martin/"Pet Sounds"-type extravaganzas. I mean, the jazz guys would record an entire album in a few days.by MrFab
That's so funny, I was thinking the exact same thing about The Shrine Auditorium, the worst sound in LA. maybe that's the theme: "The Shitty Sound Tour!"by MrFab
