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Jandek Does Jazz – Dallas Thursday (CD Review)
Authored by Dale Nickey: Jandek – Dallas Thursday (CD) Corwood Industries – 0824 Recorded Live at The Texas Theater, Dallas Texas – May 19, 2016 Jandek activity has picked up in the last few months; most recently, Jandek aka The Representative of Corwood Industries has released Dallas Thursday. A fairly recent performance from May 2016,…
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John Wetton- Progressive Rock Giant – Dead at 67
Authored by Dale Nickey: As if 2016 wasn’t enough…. Time marches on and the parade to heaven has turned into a stampede. Progressive Rock giant John Wetton has passed at the age of 67 from cancer. I saw John Wetton live before I even knew who he was. The year was 1973. A buddy had…
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Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
Authored by Dale Nickey: Closing time… My first Leonard Cohen moment was at the beloved Bla Bla Café in Studio City in the early 70’s. Dreary, dark, late winter afternoon. Sunday showcase. You would get a nice fifteen minute slot to show your stuff. An artist named Van Karlsson was playing. Good artist who had an…
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Lost Treasures – Viv Albertine’s “The Vermillion Border” (Revisited)
Viv Albertine – “The Vermillion Border” Cadiz Music (2012) Authored by Dale Nickey: Viv Albertine should be anointed patron saint of the domestically dispossessed. After leaving her band The Slits and the music business some three decades ago, she reestablished dominion over her own life after a lengthy submission to the mundane identity of Hastings housewife and mother. When…
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The Purgatory of The Open Mic (The Girl From The Basement Church)
by Dale Nickey The ad in the Recycler read, “Wanted: Singer/Songwriters, Poets and Artists for Open Mic at the Basement Church. Sign Ups at 07:00 p.m. Sunday Night” I decided to go and perform at The Basement Church in Echo Park. My twenties were gone. My rock star dreams were gone. I still needed that…
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Morning Music Funnies # 7 – John Lydon on Roseanne
On October 7, 1999 John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) was scheduled to appear on The Roseanne Barr Show. The show agreed to allow Lydon and his crew to shoot film behind the scenes as part of the deal. Upon arrival, Roseanne’s battalion of supercilious staffers sprung into action. One snarky comment from Lydon about a life…
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Dean Ford “Feel My Heartbeat” Album Review
Dean Ford Releases New Solo Album “Feel My Heartbeat” By Dale Nickey Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 5/30/16 – In 1969 a Scottish group named The Marmalade hit the charts in a big way with their Top Three ballad, “Reflections of My Life”. It was a melancholic look back at life, sung by…
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Now Be Thankful – David Swarbrick Remembered
Authored By Dale Nickey: I am thankful. I saw David Swarbrick perform live. Twice. Both times with Martin Carthy. Both times at MaCabe’s Guitar Shop. And, it wasn’t until I heard about Swarb’s passing that the fog of years parted and I remembered that I actually spoke to the man. A brief encounter to be…
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David Swarbrick Dead at 75
News has just come in to The Muse Patrol that Folk-Rock pioneer David Swarbrick died on June 3. He was 75. Swarbrick has courageously beat back illness and infirmity for decades. He will always be remembered as a key member of the greatest Folk Rock ensemble in the history of British Music, Fairport Convention. The…
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Jandek releases new CD – Dublin Friday
Authored by Dale Nickey: More Jandek ? >>> Houston Thurs / Brussels Sat / St. Louis Fri JANDEK – Dublin Friday (CD) Corwood Industries (0820) Word salad surgery… Corwood Industries has just released Dublin Friday – a live acoustic set of guitar/vocal pieces, I have given up trying to read logic into Jandek’s release schedule. This…
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