Transafixion

Jerome Green was a mainstay of the Chess Records label from the mid-’50s onward — best known for playing maracas on the recordings of Bo Diddley, he also played on the records of Chuck Berry, Billy Boy Arnold, Billy Stewart, and Willie Dixon, among others. Green was, according to some sources, a tuba player who [...]

    I hate to get all retro but I am at a Loss for new rock babes. i enter this radness yet concede to Jacob as victor. (although we will let them who witness decide)

I’m a big fan of ‘Toy’ Pianos and Kraftwerk so I may be bias… Also, some songs just defy being heard bad. This is one. Maybe Yngwie Malmsteen could butcher it good though? Even Metallica? (I take that back. Computer Love can be ruined.) not here though. enjoy.

  During a pivotal scene in the new film Rise of the Planet of the Apes a woman walking her dog asks a critical question concerning the film’s lead character- “ Is that a chimpanzee? “ I asked myself the same thing. So remarkable are the special effects that one could easily see this as [...]

“Lincoln Center Out of Doors in New York City, Saturday, August 8, 2009. No one yelled for Freebird. Per New York Times: ★ RHYS CHATHAM: A CRIMSON GRAIL FOR 200 ELECTRIC GUITARS (Saturday) This isnt the first time the minimalist composer Rhys Chatham has tried to corral 200 electric guitars and a troop of electric [...]

hi….yah! (karate chop) The Dueling Betrayal songs by amazing women. from the Porter Wagoner show ’74. I urge any that can to watch the documentary (see on Ovation TV/Cable) “Dolly Parton The South Bank Show”. Make note this coming sunday @ 2:00pm see here If you don’t know the history of this amazing rags to [...]

post a head shot from the flintlock of the Dr. staggering and dizzy, i raise my pistol and my glass in concert together with this gem from the swamp via hollywood in ’71.

  The nature of theatrical performance in Europe and the United States would change dramatically during the course of the twentieth century. A very short list of the most radical and influential forces early on includes Alfred Jarry, Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings, Nikolai Foregger, Vsevolod Meyerhold and Antonin Artaud.  In almost all these cases, [...]

a letter from Sidrel Mundet “Following is the first part of an essay I’ll be writing in short segments concerning Planet of the Apes, avant-garde theatre etc. There are four nice stills here that are obvious juxtapositions showing the influence of Kurosawa. I will submit more segments with images as I finish them.” Towards an [...]