OTIS REDDING at the MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL: An uncle gave me the Criterion Collection for Monterey Pop at Christmas, so I looked to see whether you too could chase away the Winter…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with the MOUNTAIN GOATS at the M-SHOP, which Pate fans know is a fabulous, initmate venue in the Memorial Union at Iowa State University. There are four clips in…
Read MoreCANDYLION: The solo album from Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys is getting good reviews from Pitchfork and Gorilla vs. Bear, but while the Fork has it listed as a Team Love…
Read MoreJAMES BROWN: PopMatters has an incisive eulogy for Soul Brother #1, noting that the Hardest Working Man in Show Business was big on the philosophy of self-reliance (much like Ray Charles). Which…
Read MoreBOWIE at 60: London's Observer looks forward to David Bowie's birthday next Monday with an essay and quotes from famous fans like Scarlett Johansson, Clive Owen, Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos, and more.…
Read More…BUT IT HAS BEEN a pretty slow time of the year for news, as usual. So I thought that — as this year was the Year of YouTube — that I would…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE…… with THE FAB FOUR'S Royal Variety Performance from 1963: “From Me To You,” “'Til There Was You” and “Twist & Shout.” Those in the cheaper seats, clap your…
Read More10, 20, 30, 40… Sonic Youth perform “Bull in the Heather.”THE BEES (UK), a/k/a Band of Bees, has been getting some good blog buzz for Octopus, which has yet to be released…
Read MoreKENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION: I could say that “I Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Was In,” but you can probably already guess I was in a…
Read MoreWHAT TIME IS IT? IT'S STAR TIME!JAMES BROWN — “The Godfather of Soul,” “The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business,” “Soul Brother Number one,” and “The Minister of New New Super Heavy Funk”…
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