THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: So, what do Keith Moon and Pete Townshend play while waiting for the movie folk to get fully set up? This outtake from The Kids Are Alright isn't…
Read MoreLONDON CALLING: Although Saturday Night Live polices clips turning up on the Internet, we have its long defunct imitator, Fridays, to thank for these April 1980 high-octane performances of “London Calling” and…
Read MoreTHE PIPETTES' new video for “Pull Shapes” (in Quicktime and on YouTube) puts the band smack in the middle of the cult classic, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. BONUS: I don't…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:GNARLS BARKLEY did indeed appear as the cast from Star Wars — with Chewbacca on the drums — to play “Crazy” at the MTV Movie Awards. You can see…
Read MoreTHE REPLACEMENTS “best of” Don't You Know Who I Think I Was? arrives next week, complete with those two new tracks, but you can stream the whole thing now, courtesy of Rhino!…
Read MoreBILLY PRESTON, whose keyboards improved the worlds of gospel, soul, funk, rock and pop music, died yesterday in Scottsdale, AZ at 59. His best-known performance is probably on a London rooftop with…
Read MoreRADIO BIRDMAN: The long-defunct legendary Aussie-punk outfit is planning their first ever US tour to support their upcoming reunion LP, due in August. You can stream old and new tracks via MySpace.…
Read MoreIGGY POP and THE STOOGES are in their prime crashing through “TV Eye” and “1970” on live TV, but the icing on the cake (or the peanut butter on the chest) is…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE, winning 10K from a talent show at Ohio State. Now that's old skool.FRIDAY TIMEWASTER I: Friday Foosball.FRIDAY TIMEWASTER II: W0ne. Collect the barrels…
Read MoreTHE dB'S talk to Harp magazine about their album-in-progress and the backstory behind the back-in-print classic, Like This. Peter Holsapple sums it up: “The dB’s went from a footnote to an also-ran…
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