THE MUSE PATROL

By Dale Nickey: He Returns… (LOS ANGELES, CA – August 5, 2016) – Nestled in the outer frontier of Downtown L.A.’s ever expanding tent community is The Bootleg Theater – a funky but chic performance complex that houses both a first rate community playhouse and a concert hall. On Beverly near Alvarado; this was the chosen site of Jandek’s…

Cheesecake –  Emerging sub-genre attracts vinyl collectors with an eye for the ladies. By Dale Nickey: We have all seen them at one time or another in a junk shop or in our parents (or grandparents) ancient record collection; a long lost vinyl LP with a purdy girl on the cover and insufferable easy listening…

Authored by Dale Nickey: More Jandek? Click>>>> morgan / LAlive ST. Louis Friday (DVD) Recorded Live at The Billiken Club St. Louis Missouri – (March 21, 2014) Corwood Industries (0816) Stamp Out Reality….. In 2004 Jandek crawled out of his carefully maintained crypt of self-imposed obscurity. Gradually, like a racehorse revving up to full gallop, he has released a…

Austin Tuesday – Corwood 0823 (DVD) Filmed live at The Austin Library (Carver Branch) February 16, 2016 DISCOGRAPHY “The Doves are calling and lifting their wings” Jandek has just released two works back to back that indicates an uptrending third act positioned to crash head-on into civilization’s accelerated, downward trajectory. In case you haven’t noticed,…

Early DIY pioneer dead at 70 By Dale Nickey Emitt Rhodes should’ve been a contender. He had the looks, talent and work ethic. During the swinging sixties he honed his multi-instrumentalist chops as leader of the chamber pop group The Merry-Go-Round which had a modest hit with “You’re A Very Lovely Woman”. At the dawn…

SCOTT WALKER: Outsider Composer and 60’s Icon Passed at 76 Authored by Dale Nickey: Scott Walker (born Noel Scott Engel), American born composer and singer has passed. He was 76. Walker has been cited as an influence by Radiohead, David Bowie and many others. Bowie repaid his artistic debt by executive producing the 2006 documentary…

Authored by Dale Nickey: Vanilla Fudge – “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” https://youtu.be/tJAisAwW17o If Rock Music historians want to track down the antecedents of Prog kings Yes, the logical starting point would be The Beatles. But, I would be shocked if the Yes men of 1968 weren’t profoundly influenced by this musically ambitious American band.…

Authored by Dale Nickey: Yes – America The greatest Prog band in rock history started life as the greatest covers band in rock history. They followed the template of The Vanilla Fudge and decided extreme makeovers were the best mode of expression for material already recorded definitively by the original artists. Original artists Simon and…