Tom Yum Goong
The Cedar Lounge Revolution (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
Odd to write the words above, but this evening on BBC4 at 9.00 there is an addition to the Britannia music series with a documentary about Progressive rock. Prog Rock Britannia: An Observation in Three Movements (natch!). I’m not a huge fan of same. Or to be more accurate I’m not a fan at all. [...]
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Eep! I only knew 39 of them, although some I had forgotten about until reminded by the article. Some aren't all that obscure, like Lenny Breau, Jan Akkerman, Bumblefoot, Brett Garsed, Guthrie Govan, Wayne Krantz, Shawn Lane, Lonnie Mack, Emily Remler, etc. - or is it just me?Guitar Slim I know because he was one of Zappa's heroes.Steve Hillage? LOL - I was listening to Gong yesterday.Jake E. Lee -...
An accidental blog (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
From the new DVD . The UNcon was the first time that Daevid Allen, Steve Hillage, Tim Blake, Gilli Smyth, Mike Howlett, Miquette Giraudy and Didier Malherbe had all been together on stage and performed since the 1977 Gong reunion in Paris.
Liberty Alone (Free subscription) | 01/22/2008
Daevid Allen, founding member of Soft Machine and driving force behind Gong reached 70 earlier in January. Thankfully he’s still going strong. To celebrate here’s some footage of Daevid with Gong back in 1971: and Daevid in November 2007 with University of Errors: I feel like I should have a cup of tea and commune with the Octave Doctors [...]
Leaky Sparrow (Free subscription) | 10/16/2007
In less than a month, two founding members of the great Soft Machine released there latest contribution to the music history, Kevin Ayers , first, with The Unfairground (September 10), then Robert Wyatt with Comicopera (October 8). The other three original members are still alive and well (thank you!); Mike Ratledge keeps the legacy of Soft Machine alive with Steam (August 2007), Hugh Hopper still...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/15/2007
Herea(TM)s a pocketful of magic to feed your head, lest you forgot what the doormouse said. The none-too-subtly titled Joint Happening is a psilocybin-drenched shot of late 1960s astral jazz with the funk filtered out and replaced by post-rave "tribal" beats and an art-rock keyboards and guitar sensibility referencing bands like Gong and Can. Ita(TM)s the deepest chunk of street jazz Ia(TM)ve heard...
