“Memphis Soul Stew” King Curtis & The Kingpins (Live)
The great King Curtis in his prime–live in 1971. Only band that could make Booker T and the MG’s sweat…. “And now we need a pound of fatback drums.”

(checking in from the wrong Coast…)
On the 2nd anniversary of Katrina, it’s a depressing day. It’s hard to fathom how bad our federal government has failed to provide for it’s own people. How it failed to provide for the least among us.
After reading a bunch of different articles this morning, only one has […]

Ok..
since J-man and M.C. are on a surf adventure..
Ian’s on the wrong side of the Coast…
and W.J. is probably surfing a fabled So-Cal point break…
I’m checking in …
with my Man, John Hiatt.
Think Neil Young,David Lindley,T-Bone Burnett, Steve Earle…and Randy Newman..and a damn fine f…ing guitar player to boot…and thats just the start.
A treasure..the Real Deal.
Long […]

“Magnificent Seven”
Via: Sidrel

Sidral Mundet on The Clash’s Sandinista!

“The Days Of Wine And Roses”

(live) La Edad de Oro, Madrid, October 9, 1984
From my favorite Dream Syndicate LP of the same name.
enjoy

Run by former Swan’s head Michael Gira, this label has for me a couple highly anticipated releases coming up… Akron/Family’s Love is Simple and Angels of Light’s We Are Him. Over the last few years there’s been an interesting and engaging cross-pollination between these artists, with the Akron guys acting as backing band for Gira’s […]

(Live on WDR TV in 1970)
I believe from the 1st official Kraftwerk LP, if I’m not mistaken.
“Ruckzuck” translates to…To jerk-twitch!
To see these artists in this embryonic stage and with live drums is a real treat.
For a great read on them check out Wolfgang Flur’s book “I Was A Robot”!
Flur has some poignant […]

File this under Surrealistic Serendipity…
Patti Smith..( yes, our Patti Smith), at the Santa Monica Pier..this coming Thurs. @ 7:30 pm….FREE.
This per LATIMES today…Sunday Calender…
Not sure it could get any better…all you SoCal guys..and gals…go for it.
Nothing to loose…much more to gain.
Give her my Love..
Shalom.

“Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”
I remember this song being kinda silly but damn it’s funky as hell!

This video was posted to the net a couple day ago and has been spreading rapidly. Rightly so…

In this interview from April 15th, 1994, Dick Cheney reveals the reasons why invading Baghdad and toppling Saddam Hussein wouldn’t be a great idea. He also stipulates that “not very many” American soldiers’ lives were worth losing to […]