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Stop Smiling Magazine :: Interviews and Reviews: Film + Music
Stop Smiling Magazine :: Interviews and Reviews: Film + Music + Books ... http://www.stopsmilingonline.com/story_print.php?id=1097 Downtown Dedication: The Return of Polvo (Touch and Go) Monday, June 23, 2008 By Dan Pearson We could have flown out of Newark, landed in Charlotte, and just hit a barbecue spot in Reidsville, but this was after all the Polvo reunion and it deserved more. We needed to feel as if we were making the descent, notice the disparity in New England and Southern spring, endure interminable DC traffic and feel that we had earned our ribs and slaw. So, I packed the Malibu with I-Roy and U-Roy, stomached $4 gas and my friend Bose and I left from Connecticut in a rainstorm, both of us in fleece. Night one we spent at a Ramada in Fredericksburg, never made it to the battlefield or historic downtown, but instead drove down the divided highway to Allman’s BBQ. I’m wary of food blogs, but the culinary scribes were dead-on: best ribs I have ever had outside Texas, enviable pulled pork and slaw, notable sauce in the squirt bottle — all in an old corner diner with spinning stools. What a foundation, not only for the evening, which consisted of ice cold tap Yuengling and inebriated dancing to Def Leppard in the Ramada lounge, but for the show to come. Just a stateline south, yes, Polvo, the seminal math rock quartet, reunited at their Ground Zero, the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro. In the morning, it was only better, the slow slalom down Route 40 country roads leaving trails of red clay and another barbecue platter at Short Sugar’s in Danville, Virginia. -
The Art of Depression with Sonic Boom
The Art of Depression With Sonic Boom Bittles‘ Magazine Sonic Boom is not only a fantastic name for a band, it is also the nom de plume of Peter ›Sonic Boom‹ Kember, who was one of the founding members of the exceedingly excellent Spacemen 3. Spectrum is the only commercially available album he ever released under this name, yet it still stands as a momentous record that bewitches with its dense, layered sound. Released over 20 years ago, it isn’t of its time, or this time, or any time. In fact it is something else, separated from trends, fads or anything else which dilutes music to a turgid meaningless mess. By JOHN BITTLES Peter’s first band Spacemen 3 saw him, and close friend Jason Pierce (who later went on to form Spiritualized) play together with a varied assortment of musicians all linked together in their love of weird psychedelic rock. For almost ten years the band gave the world the type of scuzzy garage noise that most lost and alienated young teens only ever see in particularly vivid wet dreams. Sonic Boom. Photo by Xi Weg Since the split of Spacemen 3 back in 1991 Peter Kember has been releasing quality head music under various aliases including Spectrum (sublime indie rock) and E.A.R. (Experimental Audio Research) (strange drone type sounds). He is also equally well known as a producer having lent his production nous to the likes of MGMT, Panda Bear, Teen and, just recently, the ten tracks of psychedelic weirdness that make up the marvellous album Chambers by Lorelle Meets The Obsolete. -
Playing the Bass W Ith Three Left Hands
PLAYING THE BASS BASS THE PLAYING WITH THREE LEFT HANDS WILL CARRUTHERS ‘ Will Carruthers’ Playing The Bass With Three Left Hands is at the least the funniest rock memoir since Andrew Matheson’s Sick on You. Carruthers is a wonderfully droll narrator and the book is effectively a series of well-wrought comic set pieces’ Uncut, 9/10 Cover Playing the Bass.indd 1 25-8-2016 13:16:35 Playing the Bass with Th ree Left Hands I can confi rm that should you ever fi nd yourself on stage play- ing the bass guitar with tree left hands, it is usually he one in the middle that is the real one. Th e other two are probably phantoms. Playing the Bass with Th ree Left Hands tells the story of one of the most infl uential, revered and ultimately demented British bands of the 1980s, Spacemen 3. In classic rock n roll style they split up on the brink of their major breakthrough. As the decade turned sour and acid house hit the news, Rug- by’s fi nest imploded spectacularly, with Jason Pierce (aka Jason Spaceman) and Pete Kember (aka Sonic Boom) going their se- parate ways. Here, Will Carruthers tells the whole sorry story and the segue into Spirtualized in one of the funniest and most memorable memoirs committed to the page. Specifi cs Playing the Bass with Th ree Left Hands was published in Septem- ber 2016 by Faber Social 308 pages Agency Michaël Roumen: T: + 31 6 42136212 E: [email protected] Oscar van Gelderen: T: + 31 6 46096823 E: [email protected] Will Carruthers Playing the Bass with Th ree Left Hands Lebowski Agency, 2016 © Will Carruthers, 2016 © Lebowski Agency, Amsterdam 2016 Cover design: Peter de Lange Photograph of the author: © Fransesca Sara Cauli Typesetting: Crius Group, Hulshout www.lebowskipublishers.nl www.overamstel.com Lebowski Publishers is an imprint of Overamstel Publishers bv All rights reserved. -
“Amarillo by Morning” the Life and Songs of Terry Stafford 1
In the early months of 1964, on their inaugural tour of North America, the Beatles seemed to be everywhere: appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, making the front cover of Newsweek, and playing for fanatical crowds at sold out concerts in Washington, D.C. and New York City. On Billboard magazine’s April 4, 1964, Hot 100 2 list, the “Fab Four” held the top five positions. 28 One notch down at Number 6 was “Suspicion,” 29 by a virtually unknown singer from Amarillo, Texas, named Terry Stafford. The following week “Suspicion” – a song that sounded suspiciously like Elvis Presley using an alias – moved up to Number 3, wedged in between the Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” and “She Loves You.”3 The saga of how a Texas boy met the British Invasion head-on, achieving almost overnight success and a Top-10 hit, is one of triumph and “Amarillo By Morning” disappointment, a reminder of the vagaries The Life and Songs of Terry Stafford 1 that are a fact of life when pursuing a career in Joe W. Specht music. It is also the story of Stafford’s continuing development as a gifted songwriter, a fact too often overlooked when assessing his career. Terry Stafford publicity photo circa 1964. Courtesy Joe W. Specht. In the early months of 1964, on their inaugural tour of North America, the Beatles seemed to be everywhere: appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, making the front cover of Newsweek, and playing for fanatical crowds at sold out concerts in Washington, D.C. and New York City. -
In “Love” Jukebox Memoir
in “Love” Jukebox Memoir (release date: 2/25/14) After recording 2012’s Domestic Disturbances, I realized I’d been struggling on the last couple of records to assimilate some of our many influences into what could be described as “The Jet Age sound.” Thus the concept for this album: To “own” the music that inspired us, without worrying about appearances. Of course, we didn’t want to sound like a wedding band, so if a song didn’t make sense to a player, if it didn’t resonate, it wasn’t gonna happen. A few songs didn’t make the cut (notably my ABBA homage—seriously), but once we’d gotten those missteps out of the way, these tracks quickly fell into place: 1. I Can’t Turn Around – Deliberately written as a state-of-the-art Jet Age song, this track brings our memoir up- to-date. I’d initially attributed the extended outro to our stint opening for The Wedding Present during 2011’s Bizarro tour, but I realized we’d been doing stuff like this since our debut, 2005’s Breathless. 2. Come Lie Down – A dream come true for me as Swervedriver’s Adam Franklin and Ride’s Mark Gardener join me on vocals. When I first started making music, Ride really showed me how guys who sing like girls could rock like The Who, while Swervedriver gave me guitar heroics to aspire to. I also cribbed from Spiritualized’s take on the Troggs’ “Anyway That You Want Me” and The Wedding Present’s “Dalliance,” which is ironic, since the latter inspired me to pare back some of my shoegazing tendencies. -
Report Evaluates Gov. Engler
\!Glc nn Report Evaluates Gov. Engler by Adam DeVore Engl er' s 1992 record specifically Michigan's first brush with widespread principle to which more elected officials University of Michigan students are earned the Center's praise in over a dozen school choice, but educational choice re- ought to pay heed: it urges "an enlight- not the only ones who just received their tains important support ened perspective across state government, grades in the mail. The Mackinac Center within the State Depart- one that seeks to eradicate anything that for Public Policy, a non-partisan research ment of Education and suffocates peaceful, productive activity." A and educational organization based in the Michigan Board of careful review of "needless or overly bur- Midland, this Monday released The Engler Education, as well as the densome licenSing requirements," dam- Administration: A Mid-term Review, a criti legislature and, increas- aging zoning laws, and related ills is cal yet positive and optimistic evaluation ingly,amongst public consequently in order. of Michigan's current state government. school teachers them- One area the report refrains from Wherea'l Governor John Engler's perfor selves. addressing is the likely effect of the mance in 1991 earned him but a "B" from The Mackinac Cen- Clinton administration on Engler's re-, the Center, his second effort deserves an ter also criticized form efforts. Lawrence W. Reed, presi- "A-," the report maintains. Engler's mental health dent of the Mackinac Center and the Unlike President George Bush, care reforms, which have primary author of the report, wished to whom millions of Americans have"come "not been put forth in a withhold definitive judgment until to view .. -
MSU Dominates State Track
Dayton denies appeal By KEVIN DOLAN she said yesterday that she is not News Editor sure whether or not she will take the Commissioner of Higher Educa final step in the university system's tion Irving Dayton has denied MSU grievance procedure. Attirmative Action Otticer Zaida Giraldo has also filed a formal Giraldo's appeal of a decision not to complaint of discrimination with the renew her contract. Montana Human Rights Commis Giraldo said she would not com sion. She said the commission plans ment on any specific reasons cited to send a fact-finder to the campus by Dayton as to why he denied her later this month. appeal. Giraldo originally appealed Tietz's Her appeal of MSU President Wil Nov. 21 decision to Dayton last fall, liam Tietz's decision to not renew her but Dayton sent it back to MSU so it contract was the third step in her could be dealt with internally before fight to keep her job. he acted on it. Giraldo appealed the decision on On Feb. 10, a grievance hearing the basis that Tietz's decision was was held before the MSU Personnel made in retaliation for performance Board. of her duties as attirmative action The board recommended to Act otticer. ing President Stuart Knapp that Giraldo could appeal her case Tietz's decision be upheld, who further to the Board of Regents, but approved the board's recommendation. Knight resigned over relations with Dayton By KEVIN DOLAN News Editor In his official letter of resignation, former Regent Bob Knight said he resigned from the Board of Regents because of his "deteriorated" relation ship with Commissioner of Higher Education Irving Dayton. -
Omega Auctions Ltd Catalogue 28 Apr 2020
Omega Auctions Ltd Catalogue 28 Apr 2020 1 REGA PLANAR 3 TURNTABLE. A Rega Planar 3 8 ASSORTED INDIE/PUNK MEMORABILIA. turntable with Pro-Ject Phono box. £200.00 - Approximately 140 items to include: a Morrissey £300.00 Suedehead cassette tape (TCPOP 1618), a ticket 2 TECHNICS. Five items to include a Technics for Joe Strummer & Mescaleros at M.E.N. in Graphic Equalizer SH-8038, a Technics Stereo 2000, The Beta Band The Three E.P.'s set of 3 Cassette Deck RS-BX707, a Technics CD Player symbol window stickers, Lou Reed Fan Club SL-PG500A CD Player, a Columbia phonograph promotional sticker, Rock 'N' Roll Comics: R.E.M., player and a Sharp CP-304 speaker. £50.00 - Freak Brothers comic, a Mercenary Skank 1982 £80.00 A4 poster, a set of Kevin Cummins Archive 1: Liverpool postcards, some promo photographs to 3 ROKSAN XERXES TURNTABLE. A Roksan include: The Wedding Present, Teenage Fanclub, Xerxes turntable with Artemis tonearm. Includes The Grids, Flaming Lips, Lemonheads, all composite parts as issued, in original Therapy?The Wildhearts, The Playn Jayn, Ween, packaging and box. £500.00 - £800.00 72 repro Stone Roses/Inspiral Carpets 4 TECHNICS SU-8099K. A Technics Stereo photographs, a Global Underground promo pack Integrated Amplifier with cables. From the (luggage tag, sweets, soap, keyring bottle opener collection of former 10CC manager and music etc.), a Michael Jackson standee, a Universal industry veteran Ric Dixon - this is possibly a Studios Bates Motel promo shower cap, a prototype or one off model, with no information on Radiohead 'Meeting People Is Easy 10 Min Clip this specific serial number available. -
Wall of Sound 'Mid These Dancing Rocks
This map shows sea-surface temperatures averaged over eight days in September 2001, as measured by NASA’s Terra satellite. Dark red represents warm water (32°C) and purple is cold (–2°C). The Gulf Stream can be seen as the orange strip extending from the eastern U.S. PICTURE CREDITS toward the Atlantic. 2 — Ronald Vogel, SAIC for NASA GSFC; 3 — Genping “Roots” Liu; 4, 10 — Lance Hayashida; 5 — Charles Decker; 7 — Katie Neith; 9, 11 — Jenny Somerville WALL OF SOUND ’MID THESE DANCING ROCKS Over 50 members of the Caltech The following real-world paradox A huge flume recently installed on Jazz Bands and the Caltech-Occi- comes to you courtesy of Assistant the Caltech campus just might provide dental Concert Band brought the Professor of Geology Michael Lamb: some answers. A flume is an artificial sound of music to the Great Wall “Say you’re out hiking, and you come river—in this case, a tilted rectangular of China in March. Positioned in front to a roaring stream plunging down chute down which water cascades. of a fort on a portion of the wall near the side of a mountain. It’s full of Explains Lamb, “We can load our Beijing, the group played a concert rocks and boulders, all precariously flume with various sediments, includ- featuring two new pieces written balanced. You come back the next ing fair-sized rocks, tilt it at any angle specifically for the occasion.O ne year, and you find that those same up to 15 degrees, and change the rate of the world premieres was written rocks are still there, just where they of flow of the water. -
Precious but Not Precious UP-RE-CYCLING
The sounds of ideas forming , Volume 3 Alan Dunn, 22 July 2020 presents precious but not precious UP-RE-CYCLING This is the recycle tip at Clatterbridge. In February 2020, we’re dropping off some stuff when Brigitte shouts “if you get to the plastic section sharpish, someone’s throwing out a pile of records.” I leg it round and within seconds, eyes and brain honed from years in dank backrooms and charity shops, I smell good stuff. I lean inside, grabbing a pile of vinyl and sticking it up my top. There’s compilations with Blondie, Boomtown Rats and Devo and a couple of odd 2001: A Space Odyssey and Close Encounters soundtracks. COVER (VERSIONS) www.alandunn67.co.uk/coverversions.html For those that read the last text, you’ll enjoy the irony in this introduction. This story is about vinyl but not as a precious and passive hands-off medium but about using it to generate and form ideas, abusing it to paginate a digital sketchbook and continuing to be astonished by its magic. We re-enter the story, the story of the sounds of ideas forming, after the COVER (VERSIONS) exhibition in collaboration with Aidan Winterburn that brings together the ideas from July 2018 – December 2019. Staged at Leeds Beckett University, it presents the greatest hits of the first 18 months and some extracts from that first text that Aidan responds to (https://tinyurl.com/y4tza6jq), with me in turn responding back, via some ‘OUR PRICE’ style stickers with quotes/stats. For the exhibition, the mock-up sleeves fabricated by Tom Rodgers look stunning, turning the digital detournements into believable double-sided artefacts. -
The Cure Behind Closed Doors (And Walls) Mp3, Flac, Wma
The Cure Behind Closed Doors (And Walls) mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Rock Album: Behind Closed Doors (And Walls) Country: Germany MP3 version RAR size: 1245 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1235 mb WMA version RAR size: 1795 mb Rating: 4.8 Votes: 449 Other Formats: AA AC3 VOC WMA MOD AU MP4 Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Push A2 Screw A3 One Hundred Years A4 A Forest A5 I´m Sinking B1 Six Different Ways B2 Close To Me B3 Charlotte Sometimes B4 Three Imaginary Boys B5 Boys Don´t Cry B6 Saturday Night B7 Killing An Arab Do You Wanna Touch B8 Written By – Gary Glitter Notes all selections by the cure or other advise recorded live in West Berlin, December 2nd, 1985 fm radio broadcast corporation made in Suisse Red Vinyl white round sticker "Limited edition on colored vinyl" "fm 300-2" on backsleeve Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Behind Closed The FM Radio Broadcast fm 300 - 2 Doors (And Walls) fm 300 - 2 Germany Unknown Cure Corporation (LP, Unofficial) Behind Closed The FM Radio Broadcast FM 300-2 Doors (And Walls) FM 300-2 Germany Unknown Cure Corporation (LP, Unofficial, Blu) Behind Closed FM Radio Broadcast FM 300 - 2, The Doors (And Walls) Corporation, FM FM 300 - 2, Germany Unknown BERLIN 2 Cure (LP, Ltd, Unofficial, Radio Broadcast BERLIN 2 Cle) Corporation Behind Closed The none Doors (And Walls) Collectorecord Ltd none Switzerland Unknown Cure (LP, Unofficial) Related Music albums to Behind Closed Doors (And Walls) by The Cure 1. -
Warten Auf Das Neue Album
# 2018/01 dschungel https://jungle.world/artikel/2018/01/warten-auf-das-neue-album In diesem Jahr erscheint das neue Album von The Breeders Warten auf das neue Album Von Dierk Saathoff Zehn Jahre sind vergangen, seit The Breeders ihr letztes Album veröffentlicht haben. Nun wurde ein neues für 2018 angekündigt. Die beiden Gitarre spielenden Frauen sahen sich zum Verwechseln ähnlich, auch ihre Singstimmen waren kaum voneinander zu unterscheiden. Der Moderator Conan O’Brien, in dessen Sendung dieser Auftritt 1993 stattfand, hatte die Band anhand ihrer Selbstbeschreibung angekündigt: »Just a bunch of rock chicks who like to play loud guitar music.« Und das taten die Breeders dann auch, vor einer Videoprojektion, die Menschen beim Billard zeigte, spielten sie laute Gitarrenmusik, genauer gesagt den Song »Divine Hammer«, wobei man nicht eindeutig klären kann, ob in dem Stück über einen gigantisch großen Penis oder doch über eine religiöse Erweckung gesungen wird. Über die Breeders wird durchgängig kolportiert, es handele sich bei ihnen um ein Nebenprojekt der Bassistin der Pixies, Kim Deal. Mit der Verwendung des Wortes »Nebenprojekt« geht eine Abwertung einher, eingefleischte Fans der Pixies reden sich so ein, die Mitglieder ihrer heiligen Band seien auf diese verpflichtet, wenn einer von ihnen noch in einer anderen Band involviert ist, sei das nur eine Spielerei, passiere nur nebenbei. Für Kim Deal war es wohl mehr als das: Genervt von den Attitüden des Sängers der Pixies, Frank Black, gründete sie 1989 wohl nicht zufällig eine fast ausschließlich aus Frauen bestehende Band, die Breeders. Auch Tanya Donelli und Josephine Wiggs hatten schon in anderen Bands gespielt und suchten bei den Breeders ein neues Umfeld, um besser das musikalisch verwirklichen zu können, was ihnen vorschwebte.