Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
I'm sure the title refers to a James Bond film; I'm swiping this from SamauraiFrog . List 10 musical artists (or bands) you like, in no specific order (do this before reading the questions below). Really, don’t read the questions below until you pick your ten artists!!! There is something to be said for following the instructions in this case. 1. The Beatles 2. The Beach Boys 3. David Bowie 4....
AMERICAN DIGEST (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
BACKSTAGE: A Preface to a Prologue In response to yesterday's note about the publication of Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and the End of the Sixties a friend and alphablogger whose judgement I respect writes to ask that I write more about what I saw moving through the 60s like some long-haired WASP Zelig. To recapitulate a remark from yesterday, it's a popular thing to say that "If...
LUONblog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Next year the Royal Mail will launch its stamp programme with a set of ten 1st class stamps designed by Studio Dempsey that celebrate classic British album covers - including Blur's Parklife (designed by Chris Thomson / Stylorouge. Photography: Bob Thomas), and New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies (designed by Peter Saville) - both shown above. Deciding what album covers to include was no easy task....
The Music Digest (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Undercover is possibly the Rolling Stones' most ambitious album since Some Girls, if not their entire career, as it is a mix of hard rock, reggae, dub, soul, and new wave. The inclusion of new wave in the mix is not surprising considering it is 1983 and the Stones were attempting to reinvent themselves for the MTV era; however what makes this album stand out in the Stones' catalog is the fact that...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and the End of the Sixties , by author/photographer Ethan Russell, was published by Springboard Press on November 2. On November 3, ABKCO Records will release Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones In Concert: 40th Anniversary , and on November 10 five remastered Rolling Stones albums will be released internationally.
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
NME : Albums in the collection include ‘The Division Bell’ by Pink Floyd, ‘Parklife’, ‘London Calling’, ‘Led Zeppelin IV’, ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ by New Order, Primal Scream’s ‘Screamadelica’, ‘Let It Bleed’ by The Rolling Stones, Coldplay’s ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’, ‘The...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Some artists are more than merely great. There are some artists that for a period of years, a period that is finite, consistently produced music that, it can be argued, far exceeded the work of their peers. For that brief period of time they were definitely Masters of the Form. One tongue. One set of lips. One titanic album, and the Rolling Stones had changed the course of rock and roll forever. Again....
AMERICAN DIGEST (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
We all need someone we can bleed on, And if you want it, baby, well you can bleed on me. We all need someone we can bleed on, And if you want it, why dont you bleed on me -- Stones, Let It Bleed I'm the co-author of the new book, Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and the End of the Sixties by Ethan A. Russell. The lead author and photographer is my old and dear friend, Ethan Russell. His...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Some artists are more than merely great. There are some artists that for a period of years, a period that is finite, consistently produced music that, it can be argued, far exceeded the work of their peers. For that brief period of time they were definitely Masters of the Form. It begins with 40 ominous seconds, dangerous seconds; 40 instantly intriguing seconds that capture the imagination of listeners...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Mick Taylor interviewed in The Mail On Sunday : The Rolling Stones stopped paying him in 1982 when they changed record labels. So although he was in the band from the golden period from Let It Bleed, through Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St, Goat's Head Soup and It's Only Rock & Roll, he doesn't get any money for it any more. How can they get away with it ? http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1213013/The-Rolling-Ston...
forces of geek (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
I like to think that I’m a big enough person to admit when I’m wrong… and I’ve done it many times throughout the years. Sometimes, in fact, I’ll even apologize when I’m not wrong, because (a) most disputes are petty and ridiculous, (b) as such, they’re not worth trashing a friendship over, and (c) to prevent that, someone’s got to step up and be the...
Kiko's House (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
When it comes to recordings, I have long had a peculiar habit of often finding the album a band made before its breakthrough hit to be my favorite. Three examples: Steely Dan's Royal Scam , which preceded Aja ; the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed , which preceded Sticky Fingers , and Miles Davis's Filles de Kilimanjaro , which preceded In a Silent Way . And so it is with Pink Floyd . While Dark Side...
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