Spring showed up somewhat unannounced this year. Not that we weren’t reminded of it, like the last minute advisory to set our clocks ahead, but Spring got buried under a mountain of madness this year. It also didn’t feel like Spring here on the West Coast. Spring arrived in Los
Sounds of the William Parker Organ quartet, in concert at the Banlieues Bleues Festival in Pantin, France on March 28, 2017. Joining William Parker onstage are: Cooper-Moore on keyboards – James Brandon Lewis on tenor sax and Hamid Drake on drums. And the man himself on bass. Beginning in the
There was a time when an artist would make a hit record and be followed by a series of “covers” of that song by other artists; almost-but-not-quite copies of the original but done is whatever style the covering artist was known for. Some of the covers were good – some
You were practicing for months – got kicked out of every garage you set up in. Too loud. Finally pooled your money and rented a rehearsal room. Padded walls, mildew and ten year-old cigarettes. You had a plan – talent show was coming up – every Senior with a guitar
Garbage to get your weekend rolling in a disorderly fashion. Recorded at the Loreley Festival in Germany on June 20, 1998 and preserved for posterity by the ever-present West German Radio. On August 15, 1995, Garbage debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 193. In the United Kingdom, its release
– Fun Boy Three – In Session – BBC – January 16, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – Tonight it’s one of the rare sessions by a short-lived, but very memorable group, Fun Boy Three. Recorded by the BBC in 1983. Sadly, Fun Boy Three only last a little over
Los Angeles – scene of corruption, organized crime, falling-apart infrastructure, cronyism and stealth. Could apply to almost any decade, any set of years. Maybe Los Angeles is just like any other city in America and always has been. In the post-war 1940s, Los Angeles was a hotbed of Communist conspiracies
March 21, 1948 – Italian Elections – Clifton Utley Commentaries – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 21, 1948 – News from Europe on this day. The elections in Italy were heating up and all eyes were on Rome to see which way the political winds were going to blow.
– Banco del Mutuo Soccorso – live at L’Altro Mondo, Rimini – May 8,1975 – Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, or Banco, or BMS – one of the cornerstone bands of the Italian Progrock movement, beginning in 1969. Having been inspired by the likes of Jethro Tull, Genesis, Van der Graaf
Carter USM (aka Unstoppable Sex Machine) live at the Kilburn National in London on November 7, 1991 and captured for posterity by BBC Radio 1 In Concert. Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine (also known as Carter USM or simply Carter) formed in 1987 by singer Jim “Jim Bob” Morrison and
