Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Over at sibling site, RetroToGo, there's a stone-cold killer t-shirt for all you (us) muso-swine. American Apparel have made a cool Viva Betty Davis T-Shirt which features the funk-siren looking doper than a million diamond encrusted pipe stands. Y'know she...
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Band t-shirts will always be a staple for musos and teenagers determined to pledge allegiance to their chosen musical cult. Unfortunately, most of them veer into the world of mundane design. This Viva Betty Davis T-Shirt by American Apparel avoids...
55 Secret Street (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Protector. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have designed a limited edition collection of jewelry for Asprey called The Protector, inspired by the snake. The collection also includes a $525 silver baby spoon with a serpent-shaped handle. All net proceeds will go to Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, a charity founded by Jolie that raises awareness and funds to educate child victims of...
Soulbounce.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
We see your Gaga, Bey, and [insert contemporary, overwrought sexpot pop star] and raise you Betty Davis. Because you will lose. [NYTB]Wale is generally adorable and acts like a 12 year old girl when discussing his fondness of Solange. Awww....
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Long before Lady Gaga, Beyoncé or even Madge, there was Betty Davis. Not the smoky-eyed “All About Eve” star, but the preternaturally funky 1970s diva whose high-voltage performances could melt the black off tar. She was light years ahead of her leisure-suited contemporaries, who didn’t get Davis’s piercing growl, far-out fashions and sexually charged funk-acid rock...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The dozen songs on the Sounds From The Anthology Archives digital compilation are each excellent in their own, often hazed-out way. The collection's a mix of rare material that spans the '60s to the '80s and includes Karen Dalton, Betty Davis, Swedish garage rockers the Stomachmouths, Peruvian crew Telegraph Avenue (who turn in the wide-eyed, zoned-out awesome "Happy"), Indianapolis psych...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
"School" live at the Pine Street Theatre in Portland, Oregon "Bleach" is Nirvana's toughest set of songs, but as it offends with noise and griminess, it surprises with pop flashes and repetitive relaxation. The choruses seem ripped apart from the verses, jarring but complimentary, and Kurt Cobain (excuse me, Kurdt) had an undeniable way with a simple distorted guitar riff. The 20th...
Take me to the Water Black Grooves (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Welcome to the October/November issue of Black Grooves. In celebration of our upcoming conference, Reclaiming the Right to Rock: Black Experiences in Rock Music, which will be hosted on the IU-Bloomington campus on November 13-14, 2009, we’re devoting the entire issue to black rock. Featured are two recent films, Electric Purgatory: The Fate [...]
Take me to the Water Black Grooves (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Title: The Astronette Sessions Artist: Ava Cherry Label: Black Barbarella Records Catalog No.: Bbarbcd001 Release Date: 2009 Like Betty Davis and Grace Jones, Ava Cherry was a stunning model-turned-singer who rose to fame in the ‘70s, hung with an A-list crowd of artists and musicians, and blazed a trail as a fashionista whose style melded glam rock with futuristic [...]
Take me to the Water Black Grooves (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Title: Is It Love or Desire Artist: Betty Davis Label: Light in the Attic Catalog No.: LITA 047 Release Date: 2009 (previously unreleased) The central question of Betty Davis’ career can be summarized, without too much over-generalization, as “What’s a nasty gal to do?” From her eponymous 1973 debut, through her two follow-ups They Say I’m Different and Nasty [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
The relentless quest Betty Davis launched three years ago to find the hit-and-run driver who killed her son ended yesterday in a Gloucester County courtroom.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
GRIEF NEVER released its grip on Betty Davis' heart after her son was killed by a hit-and-run driver, so she carried it with her to the South Jersey bars, parking lots and ice-covered roads she scoured in her quest for answers.
Style Spy (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Something tells me… this episode was a little on the boring side (aside from Chuck and Blair of course). Oh well, let’s start the GOSSIP GIRL countdown anyways. 1. I’ve always loved how cinematic Blair’s dreams are. Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Charade (another great with Audrey), now we can add All About Eve with Betty Davis to the list. (There was also a reference to Age...
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
DOWNLOAD: Betty Davis – “Is It Love or Desire?” Two weeks ago, the master restorers and ultimate crate diggers over at Light In The Attic Records put out two fantastic new reissues from the “Queen of Sexified Funk”, otherwise known as Betty Davis. Like all of their releases, these two new albums are both meticulous [...]
Undercover Black Man (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The fine folks at Light in the Attic Records have dug up, polished and packaged an album’s worth of unreleased material from the legendary ’70s funk queen Betty Davis . “Never bootlegged... never heard until now,” says the press release. And if that’s not enough to curl your toes, guess what? They’re giving away one of those tracks as a FREE MP3. Click here to hear...
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