Alan Graham and the Last Whiskey Bar(s)
This reporter was sitting around in his kitchen one night when the phone rang, and it was Jim Morrison’s brother-in-law of 22 years, Liverpool, England’s Alan Graham calling....
Zack Kopp
Growing up with 2 Tone and ska-punk in the 80s and 90s by Zack Kopp
Skaboob discovered the UK 2 Tone ska revival led by Jerry Dammers at age 15, including bands like the Specials, Bad Manners, the Selecter, the (English) Beat, the...
Jonathan Richman’s Inner House is full of Cold Pizza and other Hot Stuff by Zack Kopp
The name of this article is a mash up of the titles of Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkins’s two latest full-length releases. Richman‘s career is an unbroken history...
The Merry Pranksters and the Thunder Machine by Zack Kopp
The recently published autobiographical burlesque 'CRONIES' is not Ken Babbs’s first publication, having published one called 'Who Shot the Water Buffalo?' (Overlook, 2011) detailing his experiences as a...
Happenings in Denver to promote Al Graham’s Books by Zack Kopp
Liverpool's Alan Graham met his future bride, Anne Morrison, or “Anna” as he calls her, in Earl’s Court, London, in the late-middIe-1960s, in the hotbed of U.S.-English cross-pollination...
The Jazz Butcher is Dead! Long Live the Jazz Butxher! by Zack Kopp
One night about a month ago, Pat Fish (born Patrick Huntrods on 20 December, 1957), and also known as the Jazz Butcher, was posting a video apologizing for...
No More Beatlemania: The Monks Meet Rock & Roll By Zack Kopp
An unconventional musical act composed of former U.S. GIs in Germany, the Monks were active for a few years in the sixties before Polydor records spoiled the party...
Chaos Groupie Sondra London Sings By Zack Kopp
Mainstream Americans likely first heard about Sondra London as a “serial killer groupie.” This title came from her romantic association with accused serial killer and convicted murderer G.J....
A conversation with Gary Wilson about lucky breaks, Endicott, and pet ducks
Gary Wilson started writing avantgarde classical music at 13 years old in his hometown of Endicott, New York, which he says he’ll always have in his heart and...
David-Ivar Herman Dune: Notes From Vinegar Hill By Courtney Knopf with Zack Kopp
There’s a myth of California and, more specifically, Los Angeles, that reaches far across the wire of popular culture—opportunity and prosperity; As-Seen-On-TV glamour and sunshine. The reality, of...