back in the mid-60’s, there was a huge monster fad. there were two general categories of monsters sold – movie monsters and hot rod monsters. the economic king of the hot rod monsters was ed ‘big daddy’ roth, who promoted a character named “Rat Fink” and a whole family of other assorted ”fink’ monsters. one …
Month: September 2015
“Hat n’ Boots” was a gas station situated on the old hiway 99 near the Boeing complex south of seattle. as a kid, i remember begging my parents to stop there to buy gas, just so we could go there. it was a giant COWBOY HAT that sold gas! and the restrooms were GIANT COWBOY …
I can’t get enough of these new tunes from Starr Blazerz. At last, dance tunes loaded with humanity and drama (the good kind)… The one above is brand new, the one below is a few months old. Listen if you want to catch up. Starr Blazerz began in 2013 as a songwriting collaboration between Virginia …
At 8:20 a.m. on September 9, 1971 the Attica Prison riot began. At 9:45 AM on September 13, tear gas was dropped into the yard and New York State Police troopers opened fire non-stop for two minutes into the smoke. by the time the facility was retaken, 10 hostages (Nine of them Prison guards who …
Loved this song for a long, long time. Only just realized it has Chloe Sevigny in it, apparently her first time on film in any guise. I was prompted to it by watching Chloe’s excellent UK mini-series Hit And Miss in which she stars as a paid assassin who just happens to be transgender female. …
Just a pug, coolly and calmly, playing drums to “Enter Sandman.” Sleep with one eye open indeed…
Here’s a lovely version of “In the Garden” off No Guru, No Method, No Teacher recorded at Van Morrison’s 70th birthday (8/31/2015) concert on Cypress Avenue in Belfast, near Hyndeford street, near Sir George Ivan Morrison’s childhood home. It’s amazing to me that there’s any musician out there who can still make great music on …
I was very moved by the film “The End of the Tour,” which offers a profound glimpse of DAVID FOSTER WALLACE, one of the more talented and compelling writers of our time, as he struggles with the process of being followed and interviewed for a Rolling Stone profile — his aversion to it and his …
The (truly) inimitable “Weasel” (aka Jonathan Gilbert), who was the 2 to 6pm “drive time” star of Annapolis, MD’s “progressive”/”alternative” WHFS 99.1 FM, during my years managing The Record & Tape Exchange in Fairfax, VA (1988-92). No other voice like Weasel’s has ever found a regular home on the airwaves, to say the least! (Not …
Patsy Cline singing Willie Nelson’s “Crazy” (her biggest hit). in the movie version of her life (her bio/pic) jessica lang never quite “looked right” with that voice coming out of her skull. when you hear the real deal, it makes perfect sense. logic counts for something, still. – Art Chantry Patsy Cline – Crazy by …
Woke up in the mood for this gorgeous B-side by The Police. As a bonus, a fan has lovingly assembled footage of them through their brief, amazing career, and you can truly see their spirit as people and as an utterly special band — with Andy Summer’s melodic magic, and how Stewart Copeland and Sting …
So Monday we finished a week long cruise from Seward Alaska down to Vancouver Canada on Norwegian Cruise Lines. It was more fun and enjoyable than I expected. But about the only Norwegian thing about it was the Captain and that they had herring and lox every morning in the breakfast buffet. Of the close …
This recently resurfaced film clip is awesome, and tells the story as well as I could. Just watch the video: https://youtu.be/Ct_SWrM4TbM Vortex 1 Wikipedia Page Vortex 1 in the Oregon Encyclopedia And more…
This recent post in Grantland is a nice take on the news that Tim Lincecum may have thrown his last pitch for the San Francisco Giants due to his recent injuries. http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-tim-lincecum-san-francisco-giants-career/ I would add that somehow the Giants should find a way to get him out onto the field at AT&T Park one more …
The Swedish electro-pop act Death In The Afternoon (DITA) are treating you to their next single from their forth-coming album called Let Go. As all their other tracks, this one is also produced remotely by the duo themselves. Christian and Linda’s hard work, talent and artistic individuality seem to be paying off by having already …