John Wesley Harding knows when he gets an email, phone message or a piece of postal junk addressing him as “John,” it’s coming from someone who’s never met him. He’s known to friends as “Wes,” since his real name (the one he uses in his second career as an award-winning author) is Wesley Stace. Harding’s [...]
And now for something refreshingly unpopular among people who wear giant sunglasses and tight jeans: Singer/songwriter Linda Draper has been kicking around New York’s folk scene long enough to remember the antifolk coffeeshop days of Kimya Dawson and Regina Spektor; she recorded a couple albums with producer Kramer (you really should read this article we [...]
The hardest working man in show business, Robert Pollard has yet another Suitcase record due for release in December on GBV Inc. This third and, allegedly, final Suitcase effort will again feature 100 songs, including leftovers from the upcoming Elephant Jokes and acoustic tracks from Guided By Voices‘ Bee Thousand/Alien Lanes era. Fanboys, start your [...]
John Wesley Harding knows when he gets an email, phone message or a piece of postal junk addressing him as “John,” it’s coming from someone who’s never met him. He’s known to friends as “Wes,” since his real name (the one he uses in his second career as an award-winning author) is Wesley Stace. Harding’s [...]
Here’s the video for “Red Camera,” a track from the Warlocks‘ just-released The Mirror Explodes (Tee Pee). It’s kind of like being in a private booth in Twin Peaks‘ Black Lodge with a Velvet Underground-only jukebox.
John Wesley Harding knows when he gets an email, phone message or a piece of postal junk addressing him as “John,” it’s coming from someone who’s never met him. He’s known to friends as “Wes,” since his real name (the one he uses in his second career as an award-winning author) is Wesley Stace. Harding’s [...]
Just take a moment and imagine the day, circa 2002 or 2003, when the members of a Pittsburgh band called Satanstompingcaterpillars decided to change their name to Black Moth Super Rainbow. What was that conversation like? Now download or stream “Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise,” the Ray Bradbury-themed, goth-Partridge Family vocoder jam [...]
Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 25-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. On the Black Wedge Tour in 1986, Bryan James and I decided to write a zine to distribute in San Francisco at [...]
John Wesley Harding knows when he gets an email, phone message or a piece of postal junk addressing him as “John,” it’s coming from someone who’s never met him. He’s known to friends as “Wes,” since his real name (the one he uses in his second career as an award-winning author) is Wesley Stace. Harding’s [...]
The last time I saw Fleetwood Mac in San Jose, there was a near-riot—and it wasn’t because people were trying to get in. When the U.K./American outfit played the half-empty, three-thousand capacity San Jose Civic Auditorium in January 1974, somebody must have thought the local residents were pretty stupid. The band that followed warm-up combo [...]
