Haha! Apartment Therapy (.com) found a LIFE magazine’s issue of the seventies featuring several amusing pictures of famous rock musicians posing in their parents’ living room (with their parents of course, as you can see in the pic bellow). Sorry for being such a Zappa fanatic but this is truly my favorite pic (you just [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Some 70s rock stars chillin’ at home with their parents
Posted in Band Talk, tagged apartment therapy, boingboing, david crosby, donovan, elton john, eric clapton, grace slick, life magazine, living room, zappa on November 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
No more pride in music discovery
Posted in Industry Talk, tagged BBC Radio 2, british magazines, fallout boy, kings of leon, major magazines, music, music discovery, new bands, NME, north american music, oasis, panic at the disco!, radio2, razorlight, rck crowd, record labels, rock and roll hall of fame, rolling stone magazine on November 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
[Another great post from writer and music-connaisseur Mike Raine]
Pride in new rock and roll seems to have sunk somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, why else would we care so little about discovering our own great bands? For years I have been discovering the best new North American bands in British magazines and it doesn’t seem [...]
The world’s most expensive speaker cables
Posted in Recording/Mixing/Tech, tagged audiophile, audiophile community, everest, everest speaker cables, noise addicts, speaker cables on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The world can be an absurd place, and the audiophile community heavily contribute to all the nonsense. These speaker cables are the ultimate accomplishment, the supreme goal of uselessness audiophiles can aspire to: $21 000 for 3 meters of blabla that makes your sound bla-ier then your neighbor’s.
I’ll leave you to Noise Addicts article [...]
Zappa vs. The Beatles: Frank, John and Yoko at the Fillmore
Posted in Band Talk, tagged frank zappa, john lennon, live at the filmore, stg. pepper, the beatles, we're only in it for the money, yoko ono, zappa on November 25, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Frank Zappa apparently never thought much of The Beatles. Although The Beatles contributed enormously to the music industry (probably the most influential band ever), and their talent is mind-blowing in terms of songwriting, there is a very apparent and evident chasm between their genius and Zappa’s genius. I love the Beatles but Zappa always made [...]
Chinese Democracy entirely streamable on Guns and and Roses’ MySpace page
Posted in Band Talk, tagged 14 tracks, 20 ounce soda can, chinese democracy, dr pepper, guns and roses on November 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Yup, for those of you who haven’t heard the news, all 14 tracks are streamable on www.myspace.com/gunsnroses. Don’t exactly know how long they will leave them up there so check it out asap. Good stuff.
The official release date is set for november 23rd. Wonder if Dr Pepper will keep its promise of offering everyone in [...]
Indie On The Move: a great ressource for finding a booker’s contact information
Posted in Booking & Promotion, Touring & Gig Swapping, tagged bands, booker, booking your gigs, database, first tour, indie on the move, tour, touring tips, user generated content, venues, zelazowa list of venues on November 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There are many music venue directories on the net and it’s virtually possible to find even the smallest of live music joints if you are willing to spend hours on end searching for them. When booking a tour these repertoires can come in very handy when you’re looking for places to play, but many don’t [...]
