Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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.
About 10 or 12 years ago I saw Steve Wynn (solo) at a tiny Mpls. club. He did a great accoustic version of "Tell Me When it's Over" - I actually tried to learn to play it on an accoustic guitar.
The show was poorly attended, although Tommy Stinson and Paul Westerberg were in the audience.
I saw the Dream Syndicate open for U2 - in Cleveland, I think.
Karl Percoda made more noise on that guitar than I've ever heard before or since. Whole new Wall of Sound concept.
Oh darling Hec, did you know that NME is publishing special editions of the magazine that are completely dedicated to one musical genre? They reprint all of the original reviews, articles, and interviews they ever did connected with that genre.
Yes, they did one on the UK goth scene. Mine! All mine!
Oh darling Hec, did you know that NME is publishing special editions of the magazine that are completely dedicated to one musical genre? They reprint all of the original reviews, articles, and interviews they ever did connected with that genre.
Yeah, I got the Glam issue!
Is the Goth issue out recently? I've been saving all the Gothyish videos they show on VH-1 Classic's The Alternative on one tape. So far: Siouxsie - "The Passenger" (great haircut in this video); Dead Can Dance - "The Carnival is Over" (gorgeous video by some Russian guy. I had not idea they were so influenced by Scott Walker); "Ziggy Stardust" - Bauhaus (with Peter recreating his in-a-cage bit from The Hunger and doing his little chest-wiggle, and Daniel Ash in his mesh shirt); "Weeping Song" Nick Cave (dancing with Blixa, vaudeville hammy style); "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division (watching the video made me pay attention to the fact that (a) the drummer is working very hard during this song, and (b) the melody is carried by the bass. Also, what the hell is Ian Curtis doing with a garage-rock style Voxx guitar?).
From The Alternative currently on TiVo I will reap: Siouxsie's "Peek A Boo" (yet another fantastic haircut! love her); "The Mercy Seat" and The Damned with something from Phantasmagoria. Dave Vanian in his full pirate/vampire mode with long hair and a puffy shirt (I thought of Fay).
Is the Goth issue out recently?
I picked mine up two weeks ago.
I've been saving all the Gothyish videos they show on VH-1 Classic's The Alternative on one tape.
Ooooh, I am filled with envy. I will now sulk about my inability to create such a tape. Then I'll probably go watch my Sisters of Mercy video collection again.
Ooooh, I am filled with envy. I will now sulk about my inability to create such a tape. Then I'll probably go watch my Sisters of Mercy video collection again.
Speaking of which, how high up would you rank Patricia Morrisson as a female goth icon?
(On a related note, at the rarely discussed intersection of baseball and rock and roll, Billy Beane, the GM of the Oakland A's has publically stated that his life goal is to: "put together a baseball team that's as good as 'This Corrosion.'")
at the rarely noted intersection of baseball and rock and roll, Billy Beane, the GM of the Oakland A's
Sabermetrics is a valid approach to rock and roll, even if it does value chops over artistic vision -- and don't give me "range factor" (number of styles in which a band plays) and "zone rating" (the scene it came out of), the statisticians still haven't figured out how to quantify it.
Another "Richard and Linda breaking up on tour" memory.
Sabermetrics is a valid approach to rock and roll, even if it does value chops over artistic vision -- and don't give me "range factor" (number of styles in which a band plays) and "zone rating" (the scene it came out of), the statisticians still haven't figured out how to quantify it.
Apparently the Oakland A's, working in conjunction with Matador Records, has a set of "secret metrics" measuring heretofore unquantifiable defensive skills, and mastery of DADGAD tuning.
Speaking of which, how high up would you rank Patricia Morrisson as a female goth icon?
In the top 3. #1 is Siouxsie, #2 is all incarnations of Morticia Addams.
(I still miss having giant Patricia Morrisson hair sometimes.)
"put together a baseball team that's as good as 'This Corrosion.'"
What, produced by Jim Steinman?