Notes from the Velvet Underground: The Life of Lou Reed by Howard Sounes (2019)
I have to preface this review by saying that I haven’t read any other biographies of Lou Reed, so can’t comment on how Sounes’s book compares to others....
Brian Greene
His Name is Alive – “Black Wings” (2018) review
His Name is Alive - Black Wings (HHBTM Records, 2018) Between the late 1980s and the present, Michigan’s His Name is Alive has unleashed a dizzying number of...
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (Criterion Collection Blu Ray/DVD 2017) Readers of this website likely don’t need to be told what the Monterey Pop Festival is. The three-day...
Festival: Folk Music at Newport 1963-1966 (2017) review
Festival: Folk Music at Newport 1963-1966 A Film by Murray Lerner Criterion Collection Blu Ray/DVD 2017 Part of what makes D.A. Pennebaker’s Don’t Look Back – his...
Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl-Pop
Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl-Pop Compiled by Sheila Burgel (Real Gone Music 2017) If you’re a fan of The Supremes, The Shanrgi-Las, The Ronettes, etc. there’s nothing wrong with...
The B-52’s – Live! 8.24.1979 (2016) review
The B-52’s - Live! 8.24.1979 (Real Gone Music, 2016) This is a nine-song live set The B-52’s performed as the opening act playing in front of Talking Heads...
Remembering Bernie Worrell (1944-2016)
So many influential musicians have died this year. It seems like every other week there’s sad news of another cherished artist’s passing. One such death that affected me...
Messer Chups Top 10
Russia’s Messer Chups is an act whose evocative titles tell you a lot about their sounds and sensibilities. Albums with names like Surf Riders From the Swamp Lagoon,...
Belladonna of Sadness
Belladonna of Sadness (1973/2016, Cinelicious Pics) Originally released in 1973 and mostly ignored at that time, Belladonna of Sadness is an erotic Japanese folk tale told by way...
George Harrison: Soul Man Vol. 1 by John Blaney review
George Harrison: Soul Man Vol. 1 By John Blaney Mega Dodo/Paper Jukebox In his introduction, author Blaney explains that this book is...