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80’s Bands That Time Forgot (Spotlight) – HUMANOIDS ON PARADE
Authored by Dale Nickey: Humanoids on Parade (HOP) 1984 Hungarian Synthesizer maestro Adam Rado spent the 70’s composing rock operas only a selected few would hear. However in the 80’s he decided to retrofit his muse, form a band, and hit the LA clubs. Along the way Rado released a fine collection of electronic, dance-floor pop that both embraced and lampooned…
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80’s Bands That Time Forgot (Spotlight) – WET PICNIC
Authored by Dale Nickey: Wet Picnic (Balls Up) 1982 I was alerted to this band by friends who saw them play in the clubs. “A must see”, they said. “Hippest band in town”, they said. This was no lie. Every musician who saw this group wanted to be in it or form a group just like it.…
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Before And After Vol. 4 (YES) – Music Makeovers That Made Sense AND Dollars
Authored by Dale Nickey More YES? click >>>Live Oakland/ Live Vegas/Live LA/Lost Years/ HOF YES Before (1968-1981) Yes is one of the music industry’s longest running soap operas. Yes started out as a covers band with an edge, they offered the world their off-the-wall versions of songs by The Beatles, The Byrds, Richie Havens, and Paul Simon. These, along with their…
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The Ballad Of Rivers McDogg
Some people carry the stink of desperation on them. Rivers was one of those people. Rivers was a Hollywood character first and a musician/artist second and third. He was a stocky, kinky haired Jewish day-laborer. A rare species of human who subsisted exclusively on pizza and junk food. He came from a well to do family,…
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Girl Uninterrupted – Guide to Bjork on DVD
More Bjork?..click>>>> medulla/ biophilia/ olympics/ Matmos /bjork Authored by Dale Nickey: Bjork saw the future, and it was her. Bjork cultivated visuals as a vital and equal component to her art right out of the starting gate. Future musical archaeologists looking for the roots of Lady Ga Ga and her ilk will need to look no further than the…
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Lost Treasures “Soul Mining (A Musical Life)” by Daniel Lanois (Book Review)
Reviewed by Dale Nickey: Soul Mining (A Musical Life) by Daniel Lanois (2010) Published by Faber and Faber Daniel Lanois….the Ernest Hemingway of Rock and Roll. No…..well, not quite….um, oh I got it. Ernest Hemingway was the Daniel Lanois of literature. Yeah, that feels right. I found ‘Soul Mining” at my favorite used book store.…
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Jandek – “The Song Of Morgan” (Album Review)
Authored by: Dale Nickey Jandek – “The Song Of Morgan” (2013) Corwood Industries – 0811 “Nocturne (noun) (French: “Nocturnal”), in music, a composition inspired by, or evocative of, the night, and cultivated in the 19th century primarily as a character piece for piano.” From Encyclopedia Britannica I committed to reviewing Jandek’s latest album. “The Song Of…
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TOP FIVE LIST —-NEW EVERGREENS: Non-traditional Christmas Songs that should imbed themselves on your Yuletide playlist:
A Christmas Song (Jethro Tull) – Has all the requisite components. Graceful European melody, sleigh bells and a clever, passive aggressive attack on the hypocrisies of feasting and consumption that undermine the spirit of our most life affirming Holiday. I Believe in Father Christmas (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) – Now a staple item that can…
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YES – The Lost Years
Authored by: Dale Nickey (originally published in “Notes From The Edge” 5/16/05) The ’90s found Yes slumped and bloodied against the ropes. Fashion had again rendered them surplus to cultural requirements. Their album “TALK” tanked. “Whisper” would have been a more appropriate title. Concerts, a dependable safety net in the leanest of times, were under attended.…
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Profiles in Outsider Music #2 JAN TERRI
Authored by Dale Nickey: Jan Terri embodies the never say die spirit of the outsider artist. She boldly and heroically acquired the necessary skills to present her art to the world. In 1983 Terri earned her B.A. in Broadcast communications and a Certificate of Management for Sound Engineering from Columbia College. Her outsider roots formed early…
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