Warning: You won’t find any music-related content in this post. But in observance of Bloomsday, let’s momentarily stray from convention. Continue reading
Crossword Puzzle: James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’
Posted in Features, Fun And Games, What You Readin' For? on 06/16/2010 by Kurt OrzeckCheap Trick’s Bun E. Carlos On Recording With Steve Albini, Why Band Re-Cut In Color
Posted in Interviews with tags Bun E. Carlos, Cheap Trick, Dan the Automator, Rick Nielsen, Steve Albini, X-ecutioners on 06/15/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Naturally, yesterday’s post about Geronimo! – a new band out of Rockford, Illinois – brought back fond memories of the city’s principal rock export: Cheap Trick. Seems like a good-enough time to dust off a years-old interview with Bun E. Carlos. Continue reading
Memento: Geronimo! And Baby Jingles
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags Geronimo! on 06/14/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Memo to Cheap Trick: You’re not the only worthy band from Rockford, Illinois. In fact, sooner than later, you might have some serious competition. Continue reading
B-52s’ Fred Schneider: ‘It’s Better To Make Up Stuff For Interviews Than Tell The Truth’
Posted in Interviews with tags B-52s, Bebel Gilberto, CSS, Foo Fighters, Fred Schneider, Lady Gaga, Ladytron, Peaches, The Superions on 06/09/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
So the B-52s, Lady Gaga and an alien named Mel Moron walk into a cosmic cantina …
Welcome to Fred Schneider’s universe. In an interview conducted with the Bad Penny, he also spoke – at times humorously, at times seriously – about bloody Christmas songs, shoplifting a ham, avoiding cancer and, maybe equally important, avoiding the tour bus. Continue reading
Bad Penny MP3s: Best Of 2010, Part II – Trans Am, Damien Jurado, Masakari, Versus, More
Posted in Lists, MP3s with tags Bodycop, Caddywhompus, Casiokids, Child Bite, Damien Jurado, Double Dagger, Extra Life, Field Music, Futurebirds, Jews and Catholics, Masakari, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Rifoki, Trans Am, Versus on 06/07/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
With 2010 about to reach halftime, here’s the second roundup of choicest cuts the Bad Penny has offered so far this year. Continue reading
The Creature – Volume 6, Issue 2: Rainer Maria, A Minor Forest, Scared Of Chaka
Posted in The Creature with tags A Minor Forest, Rainer Maria, Scared of Chaka, the Klezmatics, Transglobal Underground on 06/06/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Here is my sixth issue of The Creature, published in the fall of 1998 at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.
This was one of the darker editions of the magazine, overtly influenced by David Lynch. Other recurring themes included cars, fear, wrestling, post-structuralism, catastrophe and clarity. Continue reading
Death-Metal-Parody Proposals For ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
Posted in Lists with tags Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Dark Tranquillity, Death, Disincarnate, In Flames, Morbid Angel, Obituary, Suffocation, Weird Al, Weird Al Yankovic on 06/06/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Amon Amarth’s “Valhalla Awaits Me” -> “Pizza Awaits Me”
Cannibal Corpse’s “Covered With Sores” -> “Covered With S’mores”
Carcass’ “Inpropagation” -> “Inpoopagation” Continue reading
Top 10 Reasons Why Stone Temple Pilots Suck Even More Now Than Before
Posted in Lists on 06/06/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
10. Scott Weiland isn’t shooting heroin anymore (presumably).
9. Since they’re active again, their shitty songs are as ubiquitous on radio as they were before. And, for some reason, it’s impossible to get through a nationally televised MLB game without hearing them.
8. Now they’re on Facebook. Continue reading
What, Dark Tranquillity Not Worthy? An Open Letter To L.A. Metalheads
Posted in Concert Reviews, Reviews with tags Dark Tranquillity, In Flames on 06/02/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Hey man, missed you at the Dark Tranquillity show last night. What happened? Thought you were a troo metalhead. Continue reading
Porcupine Tree: Princes Of Prog
Posted in Interviews with tags Porcupine Tree on 06/01/2010 by Kurt OrzeckConcert audiences are dwindling – but not at Porcupine Tree shows. Find out in my recent interview with drummer Gavin Harrison why, more than 20 years into their prog-tastic career, the British bulldogs’ fanbase is more rabid than ever.
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