Jason Martin‘s Power Animal Systems will be doing two shows this weekend – Saturday/Sunday, March 23/24 – at AS220’s 95 Empire in Providence, Rhode Island. A wolf-human hybrid trio conduct a seance with the help of...
Read moreFour years ago I released this video for Pi Day from my band nickname: Rebel. I was going to try to get a remix together for this year’s non-event, but with 10 minutes to go by the time I could have gotten started, it seemed pointless. So...
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Readers of this site will occasionally be exposed to coverage of music by Radiohead, Led Zeppelin and, of course, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. Since Don Van Vliet’s passing we’ve been a little light on the Beefheart coverage...
Read moreOnce upon a time in the early 1980s in Austin, Texas, one of the best fucking bands in creation was born. They were called the Big Boys and they are still awesome. Apparently I’m not the only person who believes this, as their first record...
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St. Louis, Missouri’s Euclid Records is moving from 601 E. Lockwood to 19 N. Gore and are documenting the process on a blog. You must go look. We thought we had problems when we moved 25 pallet-loads of Alternative Comics books here. This...
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Steven Cerio will be presenting his film The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow at two events in New England this weekend – first, at the Jack Kerouac Literary Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts on Friday. Steven will also read from KEROUAC’s...
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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 moreI 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...
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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...
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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 moreThere’s just a few days to go until Jason Martin and his Power Animal Systems crew join Lady Starlight for a series of dates on Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball tour. Here’s a brief news roundup of a couple items for you. UPDATE...
Read moreAs mentioned recently here, the founding members of my old band Brown Cuts Neighbors – Jason and Colleen ‘Lady Starlight’ Martin – are re-uniting on stage for eight of the upcoming east coast shows on Lady Gaga’s...
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