The Police were one of nature’s most perfect bands, especially in the early days. This double album bootleg captures two 1979 shows, one at New York’s Palladium Theater and the other at […]
Stan was Scott’s boss. He worked directly for the owners of Starship Records. I didn’t know what he did other than be The Boss. He was maybe thirty, though his alcohol-puffy face […]
This one is a bit of an oddity. For reasons that I still don’t really understand several albums were released in 10-inch versions along with their standard 12-inch counterparts (both pictured above). […]
If you’re an American of a certain age you remember MTV playing the hell out of “Working Girl” by The Members. Aussie readers hear that band name and think of the song […]
Listen, if you love your Sting with a hurdy gurdy that’s cool. The guy is insanely talented, and somebody has to revive Elizabethan love songs (I guess). It’s just really not my […]
I’ve been pretty hard on El Gordo Sumner over the last couple of years, probably because he makes it so easy with his lutes and his tantric boners. But like pretty much […]
I’ve never been in a band, never had that “get in the van let’s go catch the flying panties” band experience. There’s always hope, though. Any day now I might hit a […]
Fire is great musical fodder. We want to stand next to it, make it when we kiss, have a burning yearning feeling inside of us. Even after the fire the fire still […]
You’ve been inundated with “best of” lists over the last couple of weeks, so how about one more? Below are the best songs about the best, or at least the best ones […]
Here’s another record that I picked up a million years ago as a promo. From the cover the guys looked a little punky and they had funny names, so what the hell. […]
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