Haven’t updated in a while. Sorry about that.
But I have been posting at my summer photo blog, Shots of the Shore. Check it out.
LCD. (Taken with Instagram at The Diamond Bar)
Great stuff: Joe Ely and his band performing a damn-near 20 minute rendition of “Letter to L.A.” at their New Years Eve show last December in Austin. Between the sax solo & the guitar solo, this is a killer performance. Part 2 available here.
The 100 Fake Bands of Sonny Smith.
Village Voice piece on the “100 Records” project. Sonny Smith is truly a multi-talented individual. This exhibit looks real neat…hope to make it up to Williamsburg before it leaves.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2010 lineup has been announced.
And it’s excellent. Can’t wait.
Escovedo. Springsteen. “Beast of Burden” at the Stone Pony, July 23 2010. It isn’t often you get to see Bruce perform at the Pony…but I was there, and will probably remember the experience until the day I die.
Remarkably accurate. (via @palekayle)
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[I]n this sense, the Gaslight Anthem’s Springsteen / Strummer worship is less about idolatry and mimicry than a defense mechanism against a modern world that’s presented them with no new heroes to aspire to.
- Stuart Berman’s Pitchfork review of “American Slang.” He hits the nail on the head — couldn’t have said it better myself.
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I did loads of stupid things, like the way I used to argue with EMI Records. I just look back to the time now and wonder how I would have reacted to some prick coming into my office shouting and kicking things.
- Kevin Rowland quoted in NME Magazine, July 1982
Beautiful. (via hellonewyork)
