NihIli$tic Pop Ain’t Go$$ip! (Music, Movies, Mixed Media Mishugas)
I put together a fun line-up for this year’s Keyboard issue! First, a guy who deserves his own cover story, Daryl Hall. Next, we’ve got newcomer Frank Sacramone from that crazy instrumental prog band, Bushwhack. Electronica pioneer Paul Humphreys from OMD. Then we’ve got Fred Mandel, the guy who not only played for Elton John, […]
Slug and Ant have a great new album out called, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, and they’re coming back to town for two nights at the Henry Fonda Music Box. Here’s my LA Weekly Pick of the Week, and check out their new video too.
I don’t know why, but since they changed editors, I haven’t pitched anything to GOLDMINE, but I’ll remind myself to reach out again. In the meantime, I’ll post a few of my reviews, this one being a two-fer. First there’s Motown’s Temptations comp,, Psychedelic Soul, which features the Temps most “out-there” grooves, most produced […]
I’ll be there for sure!Read the LA Weekly pick
Every year Music Connection does a Guitar and Bass Issue. I happen to end up doing them most of the time. I dig talking to the new up and coming players, but I LOVE talking to the old cats. I did double duty for this issue, as in addition to the 2008 GUITAR/BASS JAM (ALLAN […]
Ace Frehley was easily the coolest member to ever wear the greasepaint, do doubt about it. We can argue all day, who the most “important” member of Kiss was, it was always obvious that Space Ace was the coolest. First off, he was the only one in the band who was a real rock and […]
I did this article back in 2000. I had an incredible conversation with Cheb, who was really gentle and funny. In a field that tends to get filled up with some corny stuff, I remain a big fan of his music.
Do you dig Mr. Lif? I do. He’s in town tomorrow, and I previewed it for the LA Weekly.It reads like this:
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30Mr. Lif & the Perceptionists at the Knitting Factory
If Yo! MTV Raps was filmed on location at Project Blowed (Leimert Park’s weekly cipher), Mr. Lif would make the perfect host or, rather, […]
I wrote this Pic Of The Week for today’s L.A. Weekly. Good For Jews are the duo of Rob Tannenbaum and David Fagin, hipster-Jews to the N-th (for nachus) degree. Tannenbaum, (who has been featured in New York and Heeb magazines, and is the creator of VH1’s “What I like About Jew) emailed me with […]
This is my video for Epitaph recording artist, The Voodoo Glow Skulls. It was shot on 35 and my dad’s Super 8. We shot it at the Veluzat movie ranch in Santa Clarita, which was supposed to be Bogata, Columbia when the Entrourage filmed Medilla. Thanks to the original poster, Lukasette!
Voodoo Glow Skulls - Left […]