Happy Birthday Bowie
Happy 68th Birthday to David Robert Jones aka David Bowie aka Ziggy Stardust aka The Thin White Duke aka one of THE best to ever do it.
Happy 68th Birthday to David Robert Jones aka David Bowie aka Ziggy Stardust aka The Thin White Duke aka one of THE best to ever do it.
Terry Riley looks like a wizard. And he sort of is… He’s a wizard of minimalism.
We missed that the legendary Bobby Keys had passed away in early December, and we shouldn’t have.
The legendary saxman, and Keith Richards’ sidekick, was famous for being the only guy who could party as hard as Sir Keith (oddly they were born on the same day).
In theory reformations seem good. It gives us a chance to catch up with our favourites years on.
And it is not unencouraging if they actually have:
In his prime they didn’t come any more bad ass than Jerry Lee Lewis. If you wanted your rock n’ roll WILD you just needed Jerry Lee and you had it. Check this famous Granada TV performance -
Sad news in this morning as we learnt that Henry Jackson aka Big Bank Hank of the pioneering rap group Sugarhill Gang has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 57.
Not only did their jam Rapper’s Delight serve as THE track that introduced the world to rap music it also gave us Big Bank Hank’s ridiculously good verse where he threw shade at Superman and talked about his sexual prowess with the ladies, which will go down as one of our all-time faves.
Let’s just take a moment to appreciate it in full -
Born Bernard Jewry, died Alvin Stardust. RIP.
Not the best pop star ever, but certainly one of the silliest. Glam Rock(abilly) with rings and quiff, platforms and flares and hand movements.
via The Guardian
It’s more than fitting that, as Australia mourns the passing of one of its most culturally progressive leaders, an album borne of the same revolutionary era is released.
Once upon a time in the dark days of black & white London, the Blitz club arrived and brought us colour.
And people rode the tube looking like this:
and this:
Which was quite challenging on a Friday night on your way back from school.
The club was a scene, and you only got in if you were in it.
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