Its a dark day, rest in peace Charlie, he has left the world of music a better place for his presence, he will be badly missed, I had the great good fortune of knowing Charlie and knew him as an […]
Its a dark day, rest in peace Charlie, he has left the world of music a better place for his presence, he will be badly missed, I had the great good fortune of knowing Charlie and knew him as an […]
Alex Chilton has died. The passing of Chilton, 59, comes just as Big Star was to be feted at SXSW; it seems a kind of absurd extension of the singer’s ambivalence about celebrity, evident over the course of his career. […]
At almost the same time this evening my phone started vibrating with text messages from all over the country on the passing of Alex Chilton. Here is the news from the Memphis Commercial Appeal: Pop hitmaker, cult hero, and Memphis […]
Easy Ed has posted a great set of Alex Chilton articles and videos on his No Depression blog HERE. Lots of great comments from the No Depression community are also there. News Story here.
Even though he’s often considered as a possible American answer to the impetuous British Invasion of the Beatles, Kinks, Stones, Yardbirds, Who, Dave Clark Five etc, and in spite of a group who mockingly called him “Sir”, well stating once […]
When asked to reflect on Elvis’ passing, John Lennon famously said, “Elvis died in the army.” When Elvis entered the Army in 1958 rock and roll was viewed as the soundtrack to rebellious youth. Churches organized public burnings of records, […]
Review by Douglas Heselgrave Haunting. Ethereal. Delicate. Each of these adjectives could be used to describe the mood created by the songs on Postdata’s debut. Yet, none of them quite capture the complexity or the ineffable swirl of emotions and […]
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Paste has a Tom Petty giveaway going on: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5QT9JQK Ok, can we all just stop compiling lists now? http://egotvonline.com/2010/03/16/7-sexiest-female-chess-players/ Green on Red 1986 Aud http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=294658 DBT’s gear up for SXSW with two recent shows in Atlanta (great sounding Aud): http://tinyurl.com/yd957au […]
It’s not rare for there to be two great shows on one spring night, here in the hometown of Hendrix and Cobain. After all, people come here to make music, and more people stay to watch. We’ve had a hell […]
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