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I only discovered Black Flag’s Damaged during my embryonic punk phase in the early/mid-90s, as some of my, let’s say more forceful acquaintances disallowed my ignorance of it. And sure, I remember it now, even though it’s been roughly a decade since I’ve heard it. Damaged is a hard record to forget, for [...]

A couple-day old preview at Nah Right of two Graduation songs. The Jay tribute sounds great, but I’m most excited about “Champion,” which samples Donald Fagen’s mordant encomium to a burned-out druggie from “Kid Charlemagne,” and, like so many rap songs do, turn it positive. Which, by the way, is great.

Okay, quick tangent [...]

Central Indiana denizens/fans of indie rock/scene aspirants/aides-de-camp: you have no excuse, not even a little one, to miss Marmoset’s show this evening at Radio Radio. They’re celebrating the release of the killer Florist Fired, which the keyboard player from Spoon (see item two) gave a nice little rating on the Pitchfork blog. [...]

Tony Wilson, who was famously called Manchester’s biggest cunt (or something) by Peter Hook, was also one of its most devoted sons. Lost in the shuffle many times when speaking of Wilson is the fact that his beloved Factory was, among other things, a testament to his hometown, what many call the world’s first [...]

From the Vastly Underserved Blog Demographic desk comes the Classic Television Showbiz site, which I recently stumbled across while looking for Tom Snyder clips, and which can of course, sadly enough, serve those looking for that other, gaudier recently passed television host.
Merv Griffin with Priscilla PresleyTom Snyder with Durk Pearson & Jerry Pournelle (Sci-fi twiddlers. [...]

About halfway through the good PBS doc Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story last week, right after Otis Redding’s tragic plane crash killed the label’s biggest star, I wondered if I was mistaken thinking the film was two hours long. How are they going to get a full hour out of Hot Buttered Soul [...]