Have I already used this image? Does anyone care? This is hilarious! It’s Sunday night. All across the country, people are watching horrible television. I know this because I drove to Nicci’s…
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Larry “Sunshine” Rice – Here’s Sunshine
This is another lost private-press gem, from a Texas singer/songwriter who is remembered for “looping, melodically through often surrealist lyrics with a strong Tim Buckley influence.” Another description drops the always-intriguing “downer”…
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Robb Kunkel – Abyss
The following review is taken from The Lama Reviews “Founded in 1971 by a couple of guys formerly with ABC/Dunhill, Tumbleweed Records went on to see some success with Danny Holien in…
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Record Review: U.S. Christmas – Run Thick In The Night
A few months ago one of my friends was hanging out at South By Southwest (you all know how I feel about that shit, my friend is lucky I still speak to…
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Igor Wakhevitch – Donc… (6-CD Box)
Super-scarce box set released by Fractal Records (France) in 1998. “The music of French composer Igor Wakhevitch is as difficult to summarize as any modern classical or avant-garde performer you care to…
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Theater Review: Rent @ The Hollywood Bowl; Los Angeles, CA
“Would you light my….LINE!?” Show me another four staged productions of Rent and I might actually be able to remember what song comes next. You’ll make a theater man of me someday,…
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Virus – Revelation
Review from Prog Archives: “At the beginning of the nineteen-seventies there were a few German bands who made some incredible psychedelic rock. Not very experimental (like the krautrock bands) or particular original,…
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Shirley & Dolly Collins – Love, Death & The Lady
Original freak folk from 1970! Eat your pussy out, Devendra Banhart! Actually, this is more Nick Drake meets Bill Fay meets Sibylle Baier, but they’d probably be considered freak folk if they…
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 191
For those of you who were anxiously awaiting the conclusion of my latest Adventures In Dating story, you’re going to have to wait a few hours longer. I would be drawn and…
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On Getting Back Together With Your Ex
“I need to tell you something. I had sex with your sister.” Hi, friends. It’s Friday night and midnight is fast approaching. Why aren’t I out getting blackout and having a good…