Arcade Anthems
Last Thursday night Antonia and I were watching the video for Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games.” Antonia pointed out…
100 Years of Sun Ra!
This year we celebrate the 100th birthday of the cosmic reign of the avant-garde jazz musician Sun Ra whose…
London Calling at 35
The Clash is one of my favorite bands. Sometimes they are my favorite band — it goes back and…
BCD – A Tad Dank 7
[powerpress] Tracklist 1. Time of the Night People – Melancholy 2. Anaesthesiologist – Dirty Hit 3. Sailplanes –…
Orson Wells at 99
I’m not sure why this didn’t get a Google Doodle, but Orson Welles would have been 99 today and…
ROSWELL Part 2: Giftshop Autopsy
Read Part 1.. Turning thirty-one is a dirty punishment for living. Too young to know what the hell is…
Come and see the brilliant Crispin Glover!
One of my long-time cinematic and artistic heroes Crispin Hellion Glover is coming to the UK, and in a big…
Benjamin Shaw – Goodbye, Cagoule World (Audio Antihero)
Me and Benjamin got off to a shaky start. I didn’t understand his lexicon of awkward sounds, and his…
BulBul – Hirn Fein Hacken (Exile on Mainstream)
German avant-garde rock. Is your mouth watering ? It should be. As always, I am completely unenlightened as to…
Blemishes – Libido (Ana Ott)
Notionally this is a free jazz album but clearly Blemishes found even the wild excesses of that genre (style…