In case you aren’t familiar, The Pretty Things were considered rowdier and more hell-raising than The Rolling Stones during the early years of the British Invasion. Ironic, since had there not been a few personnel changes early on, The Rolling Stones might have been The Pretty Things and The Pretty
Nobody told you – an army of icepicks diving straight into your head. You’ve thrown up everything you’ve eaten since you were a sperm cell. You had signs – you had friends – they stared at you – they warned you – you wouldn’t listen – you were yelling “fuck
My Chemical Romance, for this Saturday after Thanksgiving – recorded at the 2011 Reading Festival by the always present BBC 6 Music. With the news earlier today of the death of former MCR drummer Bob Bryar, who was with the band from 2004 to 2010, it occurred to me that
– FDR – Taxes and Budget – Nov. 29, 1935 – This day in 1935, President Roosevelt delivered an address to a huge gathering near his “Warm Springs White House“, where he spent the Thanksgiving holiday. The address was straightforward and simple – it was about the state of the
The Bee Gees in concert from 1968 to get you up and rolling, this day after Thanksgiving. Not the Disco era Bee Gees but further back towards the beginning when they were successfully cranking out a string of Pop hits leaning in the direction of Psychedelia. Though solidly positioned in
As long as we’re milling around the British Isles for new faces and new talent, taking a brief detour over to BBC Scotland and a session for their Introducing series – a session from Glasgow Punk/Upstarts Doss and recorded about a week ago. Just ran across this article from the
Savor the days where almost nothing happens, consider them gifts. June 1st was one of those days in 1968. Calm, slow, reasonably peaceful except maybe Vietnam and Paris – but if you were a certain age, the day went by practically unnoticed and it moved at a snails pace. Especially
Changing the schedule around for Holiday mode today. Starting off with vintage radio comedy from Fred Allen – his Town Hall Tonight from NBC Radio for November 2, 1938. Hard to imagine Radio being a primary source of entertainment, but in its early days it was one of the wonders
Over to Madrid this week for a recital by Pianist Miguel Ortega Chavaldas and cellist Maksym Dyedikov in music of Brahms, Hosokawa and Abril – recorded live by Radio Nacional de España on June 5, 2010. Beginning with Brahms Cello Sonata Number 2 opus 99 – followed by Lied III
Holiday season coming up, but not for the folks at GM – General Motors, pounded by declining sales and rising health-care costs, said Monday it will cut more than a quarter of its North American manufacturing jobs and close 12 facilities by 2008. The United Auto Workers called the plan
