Category Archives: Music

Diva / Anti-Diva — Missing Persons, Rough Trade & Carole Pope

It’s 1980 and two new bands, one American and one Canadian, emerge with a raw new sound. One, Missing Persons, with a four song 7″ EP recorded at Frank Zappa’s Utility Muffin Research Kitchen on a shoestring budget. A second, … Continue reading

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Don’t Let The Singer Distract You

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Neil Young: Into The Blu

Ol’ Neil has released his long awaited “Archives” — on Blu-Ray discs no less: Thrasher’s Wheat has a good recap of the pro’s and con’s of Blu-Ray technology, as well as fan’s reactions: I can completely understand why some people … Continue reading

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Parallel Worlds

Having first aired on BBC Four about a year ago, Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives is finally given a re-run that us lowly mainland Euro’s can watch — on BBC Two: A documentary which follows the singer of US rock band … Continue reading

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On The Edge

U2’s The Edge is a talentless twit. Bill Bailey agrees. Plenty more where that came from!

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Very Saxy

Strange what one finds on YouTube…Is it jazz, or is it big band, or is it porn? Or is it Big Band Jazz Porn? You decide…

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3 from Rain Dogs (live)

What is it about the music and lyrics of Tom Waits that popular culture has clung to so heartily? Has he touched upon something deep within our common unconscious, like some dimestore novel from which we are all characters? And … Continue reading

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Tom Waits Gives A Press Conference

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Stanley Zappa: Live Constructions

Stanley Jason Zappa & Nick Skrowaczewski (tenor saxophone & drums), live this evening on WKCR — 9PM Eastern Standard Time. Don’t miss it! (Hey Stanley, don’t suppose you could sqeeze in It Had To Be You for our birthday girl, … Continue reading

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Got Rhythm?

Drummers worldwide listen up: People who score high on intelligence tests are also good at keeping time, new Swedish research shows. The team that carried out the study also suspect that accuracy in timing is important to the brain processes … Continue reading

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