1. “1984” by David Bowie (book by George Orwell)
2. “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Metallica (book by Ernest Hemingway)
3. “The Right Stuff” by New Kids on the Block (book by Tom Wolfe)
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Top 10 Songs With the Same Titles as Great Novels
Posted in Lists, What You Readin' For? with tags Coolio, David Bowie, Deep Blue Something, Led Zeppelin, Lucinda Williams, Metallica, New Kids on the Block, Overkill, Queen, Tigers Jaw on 07/07/2022 by kurtorzeckCover Me: Cassorla’s Songs Of Hair, Trees, Portraits, Shouts And Alphabets EP
Posted in Cover Me, Features, Interviews with tags Beirut, Cassorla, D'Angelo, David Bowie, Dirty Projectors, John Cage, Krystle Warren, Levon Helm, Robert Plant, Slang Chickens, Staples Singer, Talk Talk, Vienna Philharmonic on 09/18/2010 by kurtorzeck
When’s the last time you heard an indie-rock band – or any rock band … or, hell, any band at all – pine for the day when D’Angelo would cover one of its songs? Leave it to Los Angeles’ unpredictable and imaginative troupe Cassorla to make such a wish. Continue reading
The Who’s Pete Townshend: Every Young Rocker Should ‘Mark A ‘W’ On Their Arm In Blood’
Posted in Interviews with tags David Bowie, Pete Townshend, the Who, U2 on 02/09/2010 by kurtorzeck
“Who dat? Dat ain’t the Who, I tell ya.” You can almost hear those words being uttered by some fans attending Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey’s 12-minute set during the Super Bowl on Sunday. 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 kurtorzeck
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 kurtorzeckGet 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
David Bowie Faces Reality
Posted in Interviews with tags Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, George Harrison, Iggy Pop, Jonathan Richman, Lou Reed, Phil Spector, Ronnie Spector, the Beatles, the Modern Lovers on 01/05/2010 by kurtorzeck
“It’s difficult to foresee anything other than a huge calamity in the industry itself,” David Bowie predicted to me in 2003. “And, as I’ve believed for a long time now, live shows will come to dominate in a new kind of way again.” Continue reading
David Bowie Transcript, 7.9.03: ‘I Am The Man Who Found Velvet Underground!’
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, Dandy Warhols, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, George Harrison, Iggy Pop, John Mellencamp, Jonathan Richman, Kings of Leon, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Phil Spector, Radiohead, Robert Fripp, Ronnie Spector, Spooky Ghost, the Beatles, the Incredible String Band, the Modern Lovers, the Raveonettes, the Velvet Underground, White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs on 01/05/2010 by kurtorzeckDavid Bowie gets the White Stripes, the Raveonettes and the Dandy Warhols – but not Yeah Yeah Yeahs. And were it not for him, he says, Lou Reed and John Cale’s immortal band might never have made it. Continue reading
The Bad Penny (beta) 