Dan Hill's byline in Maclean's usually rests like a rotten cherry atop 5000 words about his problems being the whitest black guy in Canada, or how he got sick then got better, or how his bratty kid is a brat. He must have embarrassing photos of someone on the masthead over there. He's … [Read more...]
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Never Mind The Beatles: America Met The Clash 35 Years Ago This Week
My NEW "GenX nostalgia" post for PJMedia. Video of the first tour is … [Read more...]
From the inbox: This is like Warren Beatty singing ‘You’re So Vain’. Maybe.
As I've said before, my readers send me neat stuff. However, … [Read more...]
‘I don’t follow any sports teams’
[UPDATE below -- scroll down...] Thanks (I think) to the loyal 5FF reader who wants to mess with my head sent this in. Chocolate. Ancient Aliens. "About 50 masks." … [Read more...]
Billionaire Bob Geldolf has only 17 years left to spend all his money then?
This guy was too busy "saving the world" -- in reality, providing musicians with a chance to preen and fight, and making the lives of [Read more...]
So Ian Curtis’ death just LOOKED like a suicide?
Kids, drugs are bad for you... Kevin Shields has raised the notion that Britpop was part of a government conspiracy. Speaking to the Guardian in an exclusive interview (...) the My … [Read more...]
Sunday is always my busiest day, so… (videos)
You've likely seen these already, but Google has put out a series of interviews to get people to buy [Read more...]
“But Mitchell’s brilliant art was always a product of artifice as much as it was of honesty”
"Authenticity" (particularly in music) and "received wisdom" being two of my typically middlebrow, overgrown-adolescent hobbyhorses, may I … [Read more...]
If I ever get diabetes, this website might be the reason
Mick just never got caught... Fatally adorable. Your mileage will vary. [Read more...]
There’s fan art. And then there’s weapons-grade fan art.
The Clash spend Christmas at Mick's Nan's, a not entirely far-fetched concept, … [Read more...]
‘Clash manager Bernie Rhodes seeks young ‘reb rockers’ through his very ugly website’
I note he doesn't specify "Jews only," surprisingly... When I got chucked out The Clash they couldn’t get it right anymore, and Bernard [Rhodes, Clash manager] would say “No, no do … [Read more...]
10 Total Tyrants From the History of Rock and Roll
No real surprises here. People acting like shits in the studio shouldn't really count, though, unless -- as in Phil Spector's case -- actual loaded firearms come into play. [Read more...]