One of the posters on a elist I'm on says that Arthur Kane of the New York Dolls has died. I have no other information.
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There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
sumi - Jul 14, 2004 12:14:36 pm PDT #4066 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
DavidS - Jul 14, 2004 12:29:20 pm PDT #4067 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
One of the posters on a elist I'm on says that Arthur Kane of the New York Dolls has died. I have no other information.
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We're down to David Jo and Syl. Lordy, the Dolls lived harder than the Stones, Faces and 'Mats combined. Though for mortality rate in their prime, I must concede to The Pretenders and Badfinger.
Jon B. - Jul 14, 2004 12:46:44 pm PDT #4068 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Awaiting confirmation of the Arthur Kane news. Damn.
On the Fiery Furnaces Front, another glowing review -- this one from Pitchfork.
joe boucher - Jul 14, 2004 12:48:25 pm PDT #4069 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
I tried to find Christgau's Stranded essay about the Dolls, but no luck. Here's an early piece he did on them. Love this:
The original members--Kane, Thunders, and Murcia--got together a year and a half ago, shortly after Kane and Thunders first met on Macdougal Street.
"I hear you play guitar," Thunders said. "I play bass."
"I'm not too good," Kane replied.
"Well, neither am I," said Thunders.
Found this, too. Boy Howdy!
DavidS - Jul 14, 2004 12:50:40 pm PDT #4070 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hobbies: Straight baiting. Crawling over cracked mirrors. The back room at Max's. Avoiding Lou Reed there.
Last Book Read: Les Wangues des Gendarmes de Chicago by Jean Genet.
sumi - Jul 14, 2004 12:51:31 pm PDT #4071 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
I searched google and yahoo and looked at Reuters but cannot find anything.
Steph L. - Jul 14, 2004 1:19:33 pm PDT #4072 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Aren't the "reunited" Dolls touring this summer? This might put a monkey wrench in the plans.
tommyrot - Jul 14, 2004 1:23:19 pm PDT #4073 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I saw Johnny Thunders play about 6 months before he OD'd. God was that a pathetic show. Remember the scene in Sid and Nancy where Sid is just sitting on stage, singing the Stooges song "I wanna be your dog" as he's reading the lyrics off a piece of paper? This was worse than that.
DavidS - Jul 14, 2004 1:27:39 pm PDT #4074 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I saw Johnny Thunders play about 6 months before he OD'd. God was that a pathetic show. Remember the scene in Sid and Nancy where Sid is just sitting on stage, singing the Stooges song "I wanna be your dog" as he's reading the lyrics off a piece of paper? This was worse than that.
Junkies are so cool.
The important thing to remember, is that while heroin has the cache, all the good rock and roll was created on speed: rockabilly, soul, British Invasion, punk. Know your amphetamines if you want a career in rock music.
Innumerable music scenes have been swallowed whole by junk.
joe boucher - Jul 14, 2004 1:29:41 pm PDT #4075 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Aren't the "reunited" Dolls touring this summer?
From this article dated 7/7/04:
This summer, Johansen is back with the New York Dolls for some reunion shows. Original members Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan and Billy Murcia have died. Joining Johansen will be original Dolls Sylvain Sylvain and Arthur Kane.
Johansen said, “It had never occurred to me to do that. We got more dead guys than ‘Spinal Tap.’ "
Ooookkaaay... So I'm guessing Arthur didn't suffer from a protracted illness.