Danny Fields was there before the birth of punk rock in the US: he’s the guy who signed the Stooges and the MC5 to
Read More
Month: December 2014
Nick Cave: 20,000 Days On Earth and Q&A session
At a special screening at The Astor, the Nick Cave documentary 20 000 Days on Earth was screened, with Nick present for a Q&A
Read More
LOUDEST LINKS OF THE DAY. Spanish newspapers in thermonuclear foot-bullet hilarity.
THE LOUDEST SOUND SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. (It’s used for rocket science, of course.) Why you can’t get 4K Netflix on a Mac or
Read More
Sony Pictures hack: how to save a bundle of cash through wilful negligence.
Sony Pictures’ computer network got comprehensively pwn3d recently, with huge amounts of confidential data being dumped to the world. Because everybody hates Sony, for
Read More
Notes On The Accounting of Musical Taste
Recently I gave a presentation on The Philosophy of Music. Putting aside the definitional and ontological questions for a moment, perhaps the most troubling from a reviewer’s point of view was an epistemological one; what sort of knowledge does musical and lyrical content give us?
Read More
I bet you thought the record industry actually wanted people to buy their records.
The estimable PopBitch details how UK labels refuse to actually make songs with massive demand available for purchase — deliberately missing the Christmas binge
Read More
Skinny Puppy: Weapon (2013).
As perhaps the most important industrial band of the 1980s, Skinny Puppy developed a loyal following with their harsh instrumentation, samples, and politically blunt
Read More
Forget “Paul is dead”: the Beatles NEVER EXISTED. Apparently.
Sure, there were these four character names, but they were played by different people over the course of the band’s existence. (Look at the
Read More