Most people don’t like to admit it – but many of music lovers have fantasized of being a rock star. I mean really – haven’t you ever been driving your car listening to a great band and imagining yourself on stage in place of ____________. ?????
I will admit to pretending (in my mind of course) to be Eddie Van Halen, Neal Pert, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Page and a few more…I dare you to share ….
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On this date in 1978, Johnny Thunders released his first solo album, So Alone. It included the single, “(You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A) Memory“. Johnny Thunders was, of course, in The New York Dolls and Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers before this solo effort. He had an all-star lineup of musicians helping him with this album including Steve Jones and Paul Cook of Sex Pistols, Peter Perrett of The Only Ones, Walter Lure and Billy Rath of The Heartbreakers and Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders.
Wikipedia: Johnny Thunders
Blogload: Johnny Thunders – So Alone – abc-afterglow.blogspot.com
By setting the ball rolling with a record deal on Monotwin Records and a high profile appearance at the NFL staged American football game at Wembley between New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, London`s newest indie darlings Deadwax release their debut single through a Text download. Driving the current trend of Rock `N` Roll visionaries back to basics with two guitars, bass, drums and a handful of honestly penned tunes the foundations are set for an EP and Long Player in early 2010, Deadwax`s brand of atmospheric fluorescent indie, comes brilliantly refreshing and chilled straight from the jar.
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Blues and rock harmonica great Norton Buffalo, who spent the past 32 years as a member of The Steve Miller Band, has passed away October 30 at the age of 58 after a short bout with cancer.
Buffalo had been diagnosed with lung cancer in September, when after a concert he complained of feeling ill. He was diagnosed with stage 4 Adenocarcinoma of the lower right lobe. The next day. he found out that it had spread to his brain.
Born September 28, 1951 in Oakland, California, he earned perhaps his greatest success as a member of the Steve Miller Band, a position he held for over two decades beginning in the mid-1970s; as a session player, Buffalo also lent his harmonica skills to records from performers including the Doobie Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash and Elvin Bishop. He issued his solo debut, Lovin’ in the Valley of the Moon, on Capitol in 1977, followed a year later by Desert Horizon.
After spending the 1980s primarily as a sideman, Buffalo teamed with blues slide guitarist Roy Rogers in 1991 for R&B, which earned a Grammy nomination for the track “Song for Jessica”; the duo’s follow-up, Travellin’ Tracks, appeared a year later. Additionally, Buffalo led his own band, the Knockouts.
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Thanks to Pitchfork for giving me the best news of the week: Spoon’s upcoming seventh LP has a name, a tracklist, and a birthdate! Transference drops via Merge on January 26th. Seasoned Spoon concert vets will probably recognize the tracklist, which means they’re already way ahead of the advantage curve on this one knowing how great the new songs have been. But we can all play a little catch-up, right?
After the jump you’ll find the tracklist, live vids of the new songs, rare MP3s, and an adorable picture of a monkey in a diaper:
Transference tracklist:
01 Before Destruction
02 Is Love Forever?
03 The Mystery Zone
04 Who Makes Your Money
05 Written in Reverse
06 I Saw the Light
07 Trouble Comes Running
08 Goodnight Laura
09 Out Go the Lights
10 Got Nuffin
11 Nobody Gets Me But You
“Who Makes Your Money” Live at MFNW 2008:
“Written In Reverse” Live at Pitchfork Music Festival 2008
“I Saw The Light” Live at MFNW 2008
[MP3] Spoon – Monkey Feelings
[MP3] Spoon – You Got Yr Cherry Bomb (Demo)
[MP3] Spoon – Don’t You Evah (Ted Leo’s I Want It Hotter Mix)
[MP3] Spoon – Decora
And last but not least… adorable!
