Oh No Ono’s Eggs: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Black Moth Super Rainbow, Oh No Ono, the Flaming Lips on 01/25/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Labyrinth: The History Of The Jesus Lizard
Posted in Features, Fun And Games with tags the Jesus Lizard on 01/24/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
So you think you know the Jesus Lizard, eh? Test your knowledge of the band and its history with this thoroughly trivial pursuit. Continue reading
Bad Penny MP3s: Best Of 2010, Part I – Quasi, Xiu Xiu, Harlem, Album Leaf, More
Posted in Lists, MP3s with tags AFCGT, Album Leaf, Beach House, Cars and Trains, Dinowalrus, Ernest Gonzales, Harlem, Jason Boesel, Kevin Barker, Oh No Ono, Quasi, Rauelsson, Shining, Toro y Moi, Xiu Xiu on 01/24/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
In case you don’t have the time or inclination to weed through all the MP3s featured on the Bad Penny New Releases Schedule, here’s a list of choice, recently posted cuts. Continue reading
Rock ‘N’ Roll Rebus #1
Posted in Features, Fun And Games on 01/24/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
If Rebuses like the one above don’t ring any bells, your childhood was/is sorely lacking. In the spirit of juvenalia, here’s a different take on the game, designed for rock nerds. Continue reading
Extreme-Metal Word Search
Posted in Features, Fun And Games on 01/23/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Twenty extreme-metal bands. One puzzle. All you need is your sword (pencil) and shield (eraser). Continue reading
Memento: The Moog’s ‘Special’ Hairspray
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags the Moog on 01/23/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Here’s the first Bad Penny installment in an artist-centric series in which musicians pass along objects of importance – or unimportance – and, in particularly fortuitous situations, dish a little about them too. Continue reading
Memento: Salme Dahlstrom’s Coffee Overload
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags Salme Dahlstrom on 01/23/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
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
Wanda 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Rosie Flores, the Cramps, the Louvin Brothers, Wanda Jackson on 01/21/2010 by Kurt OrzeckHere’s my vintage, previously unpublished conversation with the Queen of Rockabilly (Bob Dylan’s words, not mine), Wanda Jackson.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
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