ROAD TO EXCESS LEADS TO THE PALACE OF WISDOM: Excess, Medusa Lounge, Last Night [photos by TIFFANY YOON/CLICK TO ENLARGE]
HEAR YE: Moby Last Night
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EARLY WORD: Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
[illustration by ALEX FINE] Do yourself a favor: Cue up “Waterloo Sunset” by the Kinks (SEE BELOW). Ah. Don’t you feel better already? Music in the left speaker, vocals in the right — totally old-school. That twinkling strum of brotherly guitar and gently piddling snare, those drowsy sha-la-las drifting upward while the bassline tumbles downward, and the comforting sentiment that even the shittiest day on earth ends with a glimpse-of-paradise sunset. That, my friend, is the sound of your father’s Britpop. They don’t make singles like that anymore — Damon Albarn has long since stopped even trying. Sadly, the Gallagher […]
5 Things U Need To Know 2 Survive A Boredoms Show
Black Pus Stokes The Crowd For The Boredoms, Starlight Ballroom, Last Night 1. As with altitude sickness, you might expect to slowly acclimate to the stomach-flipping level of insanity in the room with the passage of time — let’s say, as the opening bands perform. This is would be foolish, as they are called Black Pus and if that’s not icky enough, they are all about the 10-foot-high walls of amplifiers, mind-bending drum gymnastics, and gimp masks a la Pulp Fiction. About this point it will hit you like a ton of bricks: I have ALWAYS been insane. This […]
SOLD AMERICAN: Live Nation Buys Jay-Z 4 $150 Mil
NEW YORK TIMES: In a move that reflects the anarchy sweeping the music business, the superstar rapper Jay-Z, who released his latest album to lukewarm sales five months ago, is on the verge of closing a deal with a concert promoter that rivals the biggest music contracts ever awarded. Jay-Z plans to depart his longtime record label, Def Jam, for a roughly $150 million package with the concert giant Live Nation that includes financing for his own entertainment venture, in addition to recordings and tours for the next decade. The pact, expected to be finalized this week, is the most […]
We Know It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But We Like It
WINTER BEARD BLUES: Adam Acuragi, Silk City, Last Night Adam Acuragi could have been more popular than Jesus, if he’d shaved his dog’s ass and taught it to walk backwards, burned all his money in a trash can and jumped out the window, gave all his clothes to poor and all his blood to the Red Cross, and walked from here to California with the oversized cross of confessional folk on his back, wearing nothing but man-sandals and a beard. All told, I am guessing he likes his girlfriend, his house, not being naked and possibly even his day job, […]
THE STYLISTICS: Join The Switch
1982 promo for channel 10 news featuring …wait for it… Larry Kane! From the look of it, the band got paid in Members Only jackets. Seems like a fair trade.
TRAGI-COMIC: Velvet Revolver Splits As STP Reunites
BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I COCK N’ ROLLED: Velvet Revolver, Camden, Aug. 2007 [pictures by JONATHAN VALANIA/CLICK FOR SLIDE SHOW] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Four founding members of the rock band Velvet Revolver said Tuesday they were splitting with the group’s troubled singer, Scott Weiland, citing his “increasingly erratic” behavior. The announcement came in a terse statement from the group’s management company as Weiland, 40, and his recently reunited original band, Stone Temple Pilots, were set next week to announce plans for a highly anticipated summer tour.The Pilots, also known by their acronym, STP, already have confirmed a handful […]
HEAR YE: The Pink Floyd Amsterdam 1969
Now playing on Phawker Radio! Why? Because we love you, ya big dummy! Finding their feet: 1968–1970: This period was one of musical experimentation for the band. Gilmour, Waters and Wright each contributed material that had its own voice and sound, giving this material less consistency than the Barrett-dominated early years or the more polished, collaborative sound of later years. As Barrett had been the lead singer during his era, Gilmour, Waters and Wright now split both songwriting and lead vocal duties. Waters mostly wrote low-key, jazzy melodies with dominant bass lines and complex, symbolic lyrics, Gilmour focused on guitar-driven […]
THE EARLY WORD: White Snake Moan
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. — Mark 16:17-18, King James Bible. WIKIPEDIA: Church Of God With Signs Following MYSPACE: What Is Adam Acuragi? MYSPACE: What Is Dame Satan? MYSPACE: What Is Serpents Of Wisdom?