MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL used to be a staple of Pate's infamous “three-chord medley,” so I thought I would pair this 1978 German TV performance from The Cars with a shambolic cover…
Read MoreM WARD explains to the Village Voice why Post-War isn't a very political album: “I've never been that interested in recording the sound of me getting something off of my chest. I'm…
Read MoreTHE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS tanked in the ratings, down 28 percent from last year and almost 50 percent from two years ago. Maybe they should have had more than a minute…
Read More…So here's an all musical entry for your holiday enjoyment. I'll be back at full steam Tuesday.HAPPY LABOR DAY: I could only find the audio for Billy Bragg's take on “There Is…
Read MoreTHE LONG WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with THE RAMONES, playing Live in Rome, circa 1980. A concert documentary in three parts (1, 2, 3) showing the lads delivering one of their trademarked relentless performances.…
Read MoreBOB DYLAN: Stereogum will hook you up with the video he did with Scarlett Johansson and his new iPod commercial. The New Yorker nicely reprints a 1964 profile of Dylan by Nat…
Read MoreXTC is releasing a nine-disc box set of rarities and outtakes titled The Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album in October. Frontman Andy Partridge told Billboard.com: “You can kind of see why I just…
Read MoreISLANDS plays a “Concert à emporter” for La Blogoteque. The band gathers on a Paris street corner for a downtempo version of “Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby” and “Volcanoes.” For comparison, you…
Read MoreHAPPY MORNINGS! Sure, most of you don't visit first thing in the morning — especially on a Monday. But in my head, you do… and you need coffee.BOB DYLAN: With Modern Times…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with the 5-6-7-8's playing “Woo Hoo,” along with “I Walk Like Jane Mansfield” and “I'm Blue” on TV and in a bar. It's like being at the club from…
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