Bad habits come in all shapes and sizes, but Salme Dahlstrom’s might explain why she’s as hyper as she can be at times, like in this picture. Continue reading
Memento: Salme Dahlstrom’s Coffee Overload
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags Salme Dahlstrom on 01/23/2010 by Kurt OrzeckWanda Jackson Transcript, 6.26.03: On ‘Soul Mate’ Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley And More
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags Carl Perkins, Chuck Willis, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rosie Flores, the Cramps, the Louvin Brothers, Wanda Jackson on 01/21/2010 by Kurt OrzeckHere’s my vintage, previously unpublished conversation with the Queen of Rockabilly (Bob Dylan’s words, not mine), Wanda Jackson. In it, she gives a track-by-track analysis of 2003’s Heart Trouble – which still stands as her most recent album. Continue reading
Iggy Pop: ‘I Didn’t Want To Sell Out’ The Stooges
Posted in Interviews with tags David Bowie, Green Day, Iggy Pop, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Peaches, the Ramones, the Stooges, the White Stripes on 01/19/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Nostalgia may be the enemy of the future, but the coming months are bound to see a lot of hoopla surrounding Iggy Pop and his band of Stooges. And for good reason. Continue reading
Iggy Pop Transcript, 7.18.03: ‘I Was Shooting Dope At The RIAA Awards When It Wasn’t Chic’
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags David Bowie, Death in Vegas, Green Day, Iggy Pop, Jack White, Peaches, Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot, the Stooges, the Trolls, White Stripes on 01/19/2010 by Kurt OrzeckGet Iggy Pop talking and the time just flies. A living legend in his own right, he’s also as well-versed as anybody on classic and contemporary music. And with a frankness and candor you’re not apt to find from just about anyone else, he’s one of the record industry’s most critical – even prophetic – commentators. Continue reading
The Album Leaf’s A Chorus Of Storytellers: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags the Album Leaf on 01/19/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Kevin Barker’s You & Me: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Devendra Banhart, Eric Johnson, Joanna Newsom, Kevin Barker, the Shins, Vetiver on 01/17/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Beach House’s Teen Dream: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Beach House, Grizzly Bear, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Simply Red on 01/17/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
The Unwinding Hours’ The Unwinding Hours: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Aereogramme, Mogwai, Silversun Pickups, the Delgados, the Unwinding Hours on 01/17/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
3 Inches Of Blood’s Cam Pipes Geeks Out On Tolkien, ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
Posted in Features, Interviews, What You Readin' For? with tags 3 Inches of Blood, Black Dahlia Murder, Brian Posehn, Cam Pipes, Judas Priest on 01/13/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
It’s Wednesday, September 9, 2009. Or, better put, “9.9.09.” Some 3 years, 3 months and 3 days ago, metalheads were having a collective kanipshin over 6.6.06, terrorizing their neighbors’ pets and carving satanic shit into their skin.
So how did the gritty falsetto belter behind 3 Inches of Blood bide his time that day? Scouting the Shire, perhaps. Or maybe slaying some dragons.
Welcome to the imaginarium of Dr. Pipes.
These Arms Are Snakes Bite The Dust; ’03 Interview Rises From The Grave
Posted in Interviews with tags Axl Rose, Black Sabbath, Botch, Brian Cook, Minus the Bear, Pretty Gifts Make Graves, Steve Snere, the Blood Brothers, Themselves, These Arms Are Snakes on 01/12/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Well, poo. These Arms Are Snakes broke up today – or made the announcement, at least. Continue reading
The Bad Penny (beta) 