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Deep Cuts: Spartanburg’s Greatest Hits
Listen, Spartanburg’s music history neither begins nor ends with the day that Animotion came to town. No, Hub City proudly claimed the chair that Elvis sat in until about ten years ago when the steakhouse downtown closed and the owners auctioned it off. But there’s more than that, too. In fact, Spartanburg has enough musical…
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Why It Matters To Bill Wadhams
My favorite moment during Animotion’s visit to Camelot Music didn’t make the final cut. Stories are for big moments, extraordinary events. What was great about talking to lead singer Bill Wadhams was just the opposite: He was simply an easy going guy happy to have a normal conversation with a goofy teenager working at a…
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Win Limited Edition Perry Farrell Swag!
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I was trying to cook up a deal to get some swag into a pair of lucky hands. I’m thrilled — thrilled I tell ya — to announce that the folks over at Dobel Tequila were kind enough to play along, so here’s your big chance.
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107. All My Goodness Has Turned to Badness
Sixth period, Journalism. The end of the school day. I signed up for the school newspaper for three reasons: I liked to write It wasn’t a straight class My buddy Hal the Drummer was there.
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From the Stacks: Chuck E. Weiss – The Other Side of Town
Chuck E. Weiss was part of Los Angeles’s Tropicana Hotel scene in the seventies, if it can be called that. A friend to both Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones (yes, he’s Chuck E. from “Chuck E.’s In Love”), Weiss never managed to gain the same career traction as his buddies.
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The (Kind Of) Complete Woodstock: Canned Heat
Canned Heat has always been a part of the Woodstock legend. Their studio version of “Back to the Country” features prominently in Michael Wadleigh’s documentary; however, the band’s performance didn’t make the original cut of the film.
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From the Stacks: Bow Wow Wow – See Jungle! See Jungle!
Bow Wow Wow’s second full length album immediately sparked controversy due to Annabella Lwin’s lack of appropriate picnic attire. Mom made a fuss, and who can blame her: the singer was only fifteen years old at the time. The album art was replaced with a much tamer photo:
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Deep Cuts: Prognostication Songs
Predicting the future is a common theme in music, and not just with the Mael brothers and those “Future’s So Bright” chuckle heads. Some are optimistic, others pessimistic. We’ll be anything from merpeople to robots, or at least in love with robots. Or annihilated by them. Here are some songs about the distant future,…
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106. They’re Gonna Find the Queen is a Man
Prom night, and I went full Duckie. Top hat, cane. My sister bought me a white silk scarf right out of “Dream Weaver” era Gary Wright. On second thought I didn’t really go full Duckie, but more full Taco from “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” “Full Idiot” works, too.
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From the Stacks: Tears For Fears – Head Over Heels (Picture Disc)
I’m a sucker for picture discs and b-sides, so it’s no wonder that I picked this up 208 years ago when it came out. For those of you unfamiliar with “Head Over Heels,” which seems impossible since that song is seriously fucked out, it includes the line “this is my four-leaf clover,” so there you…
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