MORE COWBELL! At My Old Kentucky Blog, Dodge is going nuts with the song compilations, collecting covers of Elvis Presley's “Suspicious Minds” (esp. check out Dee Dee Warwick), The Pixies' “Where Is…
Read MoreHAPPY 65TH BIRTHDAY, Bob Dylan! Did you remember to sign up for Social Security? The linked story has a quote from Warren Zanes of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and…
Read MoreT-BONE BURNETT: The musician, producer and movie music maven talked to Liane Hansen on NPR, which also has streaming tracks from The True False Identity, a compilation of new songs, and Twenty…
Read MoreCLICK AND SEE the improbable 1972 reunion of Lou Reed, John Cale and Nico at a club called Le Bataclan in Paris. Nico had parted ways with the Velvet Underground in 1967;…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:…with the HOODOO GURUS. Longtime Pate fans probably know them — they stopped in Ames, IA on their first US tour (and the city is thanked in the notes…
Read MoreTHE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MAY is a British psych-folk band, with the psychedelia sounding a little more American and the folk sounding a little more British. It seemed like this would be…
Read MoreBONO was guest editor of London's Independent yesterday. He penned an editorial about celebrity activism and Product RED. Bob Geldof wrote a piece advocating trade over aid to Africa. The Edge was…
Read MoreFIERY FURNACES: The prolific Matthew Friedberger talks to Good Hodgkins about his upcoming solo album, writing long, multi-part songs and his rep for writing “difficult” music: “I don’t understand 'difficult.' Popular things…
Read MoreJOLIE HOLLAND is scoring an 85 on Metacritic for Springtime Can Kill You. Even the Independent's three-star review says “she effortlessly conjures up the moods and manners of an earlier time, her…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:NANCY SINATRA put on her boots to walk down for her star on Hollywood Boulevard. So how could I help but point you to the videos for “These Boots…
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