This is sort of a stop-gap post while hard at work on the next installment of the Jukebox Antagonist. The original search started out for banned, censored or otherwise prohibited music. Most of the results were commonplace. Elvis got banned for shaking his hips. Most rock bands…were never banned for anything. So it gives me […]
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Jukebox Antagonist – Episode 1
Facebook has been an unlikely source of musical inspiration that I’ve confused and stonewalled for a long time. There is a wanting to “be involved” on social media that transcends a thumbs-up or a re-tweet. By posting status updates are we not inviting others into a conversation? The danger lies in trying to change the […]
Bob & Ron’s Record Club Joins Steve Dahl Podcast Network. Congratulations to our two favorite record enthusiasts, Bob & Ron! Nice article on the Chicagoland Radio and Media website, announcing the return of Bob & Ron’s Record Club to the Steve Dahl family of radio broadcasting – right back where they started! Here’s the first […]
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Rock Over London, Rock On Wesley Willis
Wesley Willis would have been 50 years old today. His legacy will last several of our lifetimes but still, I really would have wanted him to know how often I think about him. Although it’s not as if I sit around saying to myself, “Man, Wes, I wish you were here with me…” the number […]
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Yes, Thai Psychedelia Is A Real Thing
Psychedelic rock is generally thought to be an American and/or British phenomenon. You think “Thai” you think curry and massage. However, the “psychedelic sound” was popularized in S.E. Asia during the Vietnam War. Then one day, Dangerous Minds posted the following video of a modern day psych-rock band, Khun Narin Phin Sing from the Phetchabun […]
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Bill Dolan Interview Part 1
For the majority of its existence, Rockford, Illinois has generally been considered one of the armpits of America. It’s a gritty industrial town near the Wisconsin border which has consistently been listed as one of the U.S.’s worst cities by polls and surveys published in major magazines, often winding up in the top ten worst […]
My First Record: Ronnie Kwasman of Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s | TVD Memphis Well, this might completely destroy what’s left of my “indie credibility”, but the first vinyl record I ever purchased with my own money was an album by Styx, it was called Pieces of Eight. Let me start off by […]
DIY Strat (and other guitar projects). Stu Morrow does it again! This time he rescues my beloved AKG headphones from the trash bin. Much respect.
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DIY Strat and Other Guitar Projects
DIY Strat and Other Guitar Projects: SUPER COOL DO-IT- YOURSELF GUITAR TECH AND MAINTENANCE WEBSITE Like any type of enthusiast, guitar players love to talk shop. I’m wracking my brain trying to remember if I ever met a guitarist who didn’t. Coming up blank. So there are a couple of different types of shop-talk. There’s […]
As the world and my daily routine have become increasingly compressed and transparent, I’ve been impressed by just how quickly things can be done (and in some cases, completely and irrevocably destroyed) by the Internet. Yesterday’s Gawker headlines contained no less than five stories about people who’ve either done wonderful things on the web, or […]
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