Sal Canzonieri has released the first volume in his A Fistful of Rock & Roll Art Books series – From Here to There and Back Again: 100 Years of Rock Art Influences – and I strongly urge you to pick it up. A quick look at the...
Read moreICIT Symposium on New Directions in Graduate Music Programs – UC Irvine\’s Winifred Smith Hall – Irvine, CA – 03/01/13
Steven Cerio and Three Video Memories
I had a long and far ranging talk with Steven Cerio last night… He mentioned many video and audio memories that were new to me. I am now sharing them with you. Sadly, I could not find anything for Syracuse-area children’s show...
Read moreJason Martin Covers Metroland
Jason Martin’s Power Animal Systems is the cover story in this week’s edition of Albany, New York’s Metroland weekly paper. Power Animal Systems next scheduled performance is at Providence, Rhode Island’s AS220 on March...
Read moreEvidence at Dem Passwords – Dem Passwords – WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – 02/28/13
Sam Henderson’s Magic Whistle #13 Sneak Peak
Three Little Fishies. Apparently there is a fish in one panel that is missing his “arms”. Sam swears he will fix this in the printed version… Sam’s The Magic Whistle #13 is coming this summer from Alternative Comics. Go...
Read moreE.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops
In 1966 the BBC aired an adaptation of Howard’s End and A Passage To India author’s E. M. Forster’s 1909 science fiction story The Machine Stops as part of their Out of the Unknown series. Riffing on H. G. Wells’ “A...
Read moreThe London Nobody Knows
James Mason presents The London Nobody Knows, based on the book by Geoffrey Fletcher. To watch in your browser on Veoh’s site you will need to download a plug-in and deal with all sorts of pesky bullshit and ads, but, wait, oh look! It...
Read moreThe Alternative Comics 100
As of 5 o’clock this morning, every single available book from Alternative Comics is now in the Wow Cool shop. That’s 100 in all, plus a couple of related distro titles. That includes nearly 20 books that are otherwise out of...
Read moreNew in the Shop: Two by Aaron Cometbus
After a long silence since Cometbus 54 – On the Road with Green Day – Aaron has returned suddenly with two new publications: Cometbus 55: Pen Pals and 45 Volume 7: Radon with Travis Fristoe. Pen Pals is a return to the...
Read moreStream Thom Yorke’s Atoms For Peace Album Now
Radiohead front guy Thom Yorke is about to drop the long-awaited Atoms For Peace LP AMOK, that he made with Nigel Godrich, Flea, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco. In the meanwhile you can stream the thing for free at the group’s website. Go...
Read moreHappy Presidents Day
John James Barralet, “The Apotheosis of Washington” (1802-1816)
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