My wife\’s BFF, all-round good guy and fucking polymath talent, artist and poet Mike Padilla has a book out and though I have been a bit slow to hip you all to it — here you go: Click The Book Read more…
Category: music
It wasn\’t so much the sound of Rage Against The Machine that made them stand out, though that was, of course, unique — it was the subject matter of the lyrics; the fact that they were on message and in Read more…
Innovation is rare enough as it is, but for it to be one of the hallmarks of your career is surely something to be proud of. Sonic Youth never struck me as being experimental for the sake of it either Read more…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwtFZ8bDbbU] i remember them sounding different to the other bands that came out at that time — they may have looked similar but their sound was the first thing i was aware off and their wasting my days ep became Read more…
I heard about The Kills and read about The Kills way before I ever listened to a single note of their music and from the interviews and the articles on the music I knew that I was going to dig Read more…
I discovered Death In Vegas through a track on a compilation CD that came with Vox magazine a fair while ago now and they are definitely a regular part of my sonic diet. They hit me as a good idea Read more…
House Of Cards the new video Radiohead have to be one of the most adventurous of the mainstream bands operating at the level they work at. They take risks not only artistically but also in the way that they market Read more…
I can\’t remember where I saw this — maybe it was that arch egotist Jim Morrison who gave me the idea — but in an effort to get to know myself and elucidate some upon my new books, I am Read more…
these are some of the books i have been working on this week — all covers designed by moi. let me know what you think. you can buy them here my store
From what I remember I first heard them on a compilation that came free with Q magazine — a compilation that also introduced me to Alabama 3 who they were loosely grouped with because of their interest in country music Read more…