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Dire Straits, Money For Nothing
Brothers in Arms was one of my favorite albums growing up. I remember when my dad bought a CD Stereo system in 1989 (a huge awesome piece of audio tech in those days), he bought a boatload of CDs, and this Dire Straits classic was one of them. It was also right around the time…
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The Rolling Stones, Gimmie Shelter, First Performance Ever!
Like the title says, this video represents the first time the Rolling Stones played, “Gimmie Shelter” in public. They played the song on “Pop Go the Sixties,” a variety show no doubt, (the 60s were rife with them,) and they pull it off as good as they ever would. Made for the brilliant Let it…
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George Gross, Senior Break, Nanny Cam
My friend George Gross is a brilliant filmmaker, but as he continues to rise to new levels of fame, he’ll have to compete with the world’s other famous George Gross, the one who made trashy (yet awesome) crime/sex posters like the one above. It’s actually not bad company, as I think the only other famous…
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John Lennon, India, India
Sorry for the disturbing lack of updates, but I was busy packing up my Brooklyn apartment and heading north for Maine. I’ve got three weeks in beautiful Portland before I head across the world to South Korea and Australia. I’m happy to be out of the city and hear crickets out my window, as four…
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Beulah, Gene Autry, Emma Blowgun's Last Stand, Ballad of the Lonely Agronaut
Beulah was formed in a mail room in San Fransisco when Miles Kurosky and Bill Swan decided they both liked the same music, well mostly. This is the kind of story yours truly can get behind due to own desire to hatch great ideas when I worked in a mail room. Robert Schneider of the…
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The Olivia Tremor Control, Love Athena, Memories of Jacqueline 1906, Black Foliage (Itself)
The oddly named Olivia Tremor Control hail from Ruston, Louisiana, and are probably the most beautiful thing ever to come out of that place. Along with Robert Schneider’s Apples in Stereo, the OTC were founding members of the Elephant 6 Collective, the group of like-minded psychedelic enthusiasts who sought to re-inject the world with the…
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The Apples in Stereo, I Told You Once
When I was 17 years old, I first heard Her Wallpaper Reverie, a sort of mini Apples in Stereo LP, and I was blown away. It was the first time I’d ever heard anyone from the Elephant 6 Collective, and they were making the exact sort of music I was missing in the world. In…
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John Lennon, George Harrison, Oh My Love
When the Beatles split in 1970, it was mainly a split between John and Paul. It’s odd because George, Paul, and Ringo would have kept the group going, but because John wanted to end it, George and Ringo became as enthusiastic as John about kiboshing the whole affair. I suppose John had more good will…