Swinging Modern Sounds #79: The Rhythm Section Speaks
Maybe there is something important about rock and roll now, rock and roll the neglected past tense of a musical form, and that is that it is the music of adults. ...more
Posts Tagged: CBGB
Sound & Vision: John Holmstrom, Roberta Bayley, and Chris Stein
John Holmstrom, Roberta Bayley, and Chris Stein discuss punk music, legendary rock venue CBGB, the philosophy of punk, and Johnny Power Ranger toys. ...more
Swinging Modern Sounds #72: Urban Pastoral
It’s like a landscape that you can’t know until you’ve seen it through four seasons, until you’ve seen it on days gray and bright. ...more
An Editor’s Past Becomes Present
Newly promoted Restaurant Editor at Eater.com Nick Solares was dismissed after individuals called attention to his past as the skinhead frontman of NYC’s Youth Defense League, a hardcore band with a racist message.
Solares issued an apology for his contribution to the spread of racist ideas, but was dismissed regardless.
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Chris Frantz’s Pocket Camera
What I want/need/love most are the tools that allow me to document what I see and experience, at home and in my travels, now and in the future. ...more
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
CBGB’s original walls are out of storage. Perhaps you would like to see them.
WWII POW dream journals are a neat thing.
Facebook is good for language research I guess!
Platybelodon was the dumbest/best animal to ever live.
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