Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Happy Birthday Johnny Cash

Today is Johnny Cash's birthday. He would have been 82.

Also don't forget that this upcoming April marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the Man in Black's celebrated first volume of his American Recordings series produced by Rick Rubin.

I hope Rick does something to celebrate this masterpiece of a record. There's gotta be a live boot somewhere he can tack on as a second disc?

Perhaps his Glastonbury gig from '94? Its a good one...




http://birthday.johnnycashonline.com/
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

REMEMBERING MAGGIE ESTEP


Maggie Estep, dead at age 50. It hit me hard, this sudden loss. 

Maggie Estep is an icon for women like me—women who never quite fit society’s mold for femininity. 

I was a college student when I first heard and saw Maggie captivate an audience at the Nuyorican Poet’s Café. My brother told me he was taking me to a reading, and I imagined I’d be bored, eating bad cheese and drinking cheap wine while listening to literary pretensions being aired. 

Never did I imagine I’d see a small woman take the stage and bring everyone to the edge of their seats and keep them there for an hour. Maggie’s punk-rock influenced poetry, her novels and countless magazine articles (some of which I am honored to have edited in her compilation, Love Dance of the Mechanical Animals) and even her underrated music (I know every word to every song on "No More Mister Nice Girl") still sound and read like new today. 

She was a fiercely talented, sexy, funny and timeless artist; one who will truly be missed. -A. Majidi

 Watch Maggie Estep perform her hilarious poem "Emotional Idiot" on HBO's Def Jam Poetry
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

BIG BLACK Live at CBGB July 1986

Publicity shot from the Touch and Go archives
Pure magick.

Set List:


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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

REMEMBER PETE SEEGER

"Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions." 

RIP 1919-2014 






















Check out this pair of great Pete Seeger mixtapes from Archive.org...

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

King Diamond {interview joe franklin show 1987}

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Joe Franklin Show featuring Bing Crosby

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Patti Smith Performing Rhianna's "Stay" at Webster Hall 12/30/13

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MALL RECORD SHOP?

This was such an awesome thread on Facebook I had to post it up here. Thanks to all who participated! -Ed.

 My Personal Top 5:
1. Record World
2. Media Play
3. Sam Goody
4. Borders
5. FYE




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