Archive for the 'old school' Category
Get on the Good Foot: James Brown, 1933-2006
Godfather of Soul, Hardest Working Man in Show Business, is Dead.
No PCP jokes, please. I only saw James once, and the man was a force of nature. Watching him perform on the steps of the Art Museum about two years ago, I was stunned to realize he was 70. The [...]
Friday Videos: Dead Kennedys, “Kill the Poor” and “Police Truck”
Kill the Poor, 1979
Police Truck
Read More..>>American Hardcore: Disappointing
I finally made it out last night to see the documentary, “American Hardcore”, which I have written about extensively. As I’ve written in previous posts, the music was immediate, aggressive almost to a fault, and the basis of my political consciousness. I was very excoted to see the movie.
Perhaps I got my [...]
More on Hardcore and Political Consciousness
In 1983 I was an angry, lonely, and misunderstood 13-year-old. Most of this was rooted in what was going on at home: my mother had surrendered to her alcoholism and spent half of her time in a staggering, unpredictable drunken rage, and the other half in her room with the door locked, recuperating from [...]
Read More..>>This Is True.
THE BAGS
Oaf Records
Night of the Corn People
21 songs
Nope, it’s not a new Bags album. But at the same time, it is. This is a re-master of a 1991 release, with some bonus tracks, so if you’re a Bags fan (and if you’re not, what the fuck is wrong [...]
Friday Fleshtones
Did I mention they’re playing at the TLA in Philadelphia next Saturday?
Oh yeah.
Aside from The Bags, the Fleshtones are my favorite rock-n-roll band ever. And in that area, they’re actually tied with The Bags.
If you haven’t seen or heard The Bags, you are missing out.
Verbal Assault
Verbal Assault
I grew up on this music, and in fact went to high school with these guys. Good retrospective, and a great essay, “More Than Music” by Chris Jones.
I’ll write more about this later.
But in reference to my first hardcore show, here’s the flyer:
Good times. If you manage to get your paws on the [...]
Read More..>>Lyres
Read More..>>I Can’t Help Myself: Black Sabbath’s “Electric Funeral”
I can’t stop myself. This is AWESOME.
Geezer Butler was an enormous influence on my bass playing, a God.
Also, you get a good view of Tony Iommi’s self-made plastic fingertips. And of course, Ozzy resplendent in a white, fringed jumpsuit.
I Can’t Wait Til Friday
Dio: Stand Up and Shout!
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