Just got this unfortunate bit of news from The Damned’s press person. Looks like New Year’s Eve is going to be a little gloomier without The Damned around. Of course, now you are freed up to either see the Dickies at the Bowery Ballroom or The Tombstone Brawlers at Otto’s Shrunken Head.
Due to severe illness, The Damned will not be able to complete the North American dates of their
world tour.
Since October, The Damned have been on tour throughout the US and UK in support of their latest album, So, Who’s Paranoid?, which was released in the United States on December 12.
At this time, the band wishes to extend their apologies to their fans and look to reschedule shows soon.
Tickets for all US shows can be refunded at point of purchase.
Detroit Cobras, Those Young Lions, Little Boots and Drusilla
Music Mill, Indianapolis, IN December 5, 2008
“Rock and roll is the best job of all time. You don’t get to call in sick.” – Mike Edison, author of I Have Fun Everywhere I Go
Well, you do if you’re the Detroit Cobras, most recently evidenced by their first area show in several years. Strike that, the band was having fun but the singer wasn’t. How about calling in “I just don’t give a shit?” I mean really, could it have been more obvious singer Rachael Nagy didn’t want to be there? She stood still, rolled her eyes and tapped her feet (and not in time to the music.) Many audience members noticed it and commented on it. I heckled at one point “At least it’s better than a day job” but got no response. Read the rest of this entry »
Taking a break from pillaging and plundering, pirate punks Brine + Bastards are filling the world with holiday cheer by giving away their new single - a cover of the Misfit’s classic “Brain Eaters.” While most people are celebrating with a ham and some egg nog, the pirates are settling for a some medium rare brains and a side of guts.
Here’s a misfits cover that was going to be on the new release PURE ROCK SCURVY but decided to put it up for free download! So happy holidays to all you pirates and keep pillaging through the new years.
I’ve been waiting to buy one of Brian Morris’s vinyl sugar skulls since the day I saw them on the I Want Your Skull blog. I almost forgot about them until I received an IM from a friend who is interested in making his own vinyl sugar skulls. After a bit of research, I decided to just hit Brian up with an email to find out what’s going on with the awesome busts. Sadly, the news isn’t great.
I hate to say it, but the Busts are in a permanent holding pattern. After working with 7 different factories and 2 separate “hand-paint” shops, we can’t get the result that we were trying to achieve in the printing. So rather than put out a shoddy product, we’ve shelved it until the technology catches up to the toy’s printing requirements. The printing and concept looks so simple, but requires very tight printing and overlaps. Plenty of other projects in the works, but this particular one is a long way from finished.
I have no idea how I missed this the first time around. This clip features everything that was god awful about WCW circa 1999, but includes one of my favorite bands. You’ve got a has-been wrestler, a steel cage, a terrible imitation of JR, Vampiro, and Jerry Only in a legit match. Watch this now.
While most of the art world is heading to Miami for Art Basil, Jonathan Levine has one of the swankiest artist exhibiting at his gallery for the month of December. Yes, I’m talking about the king of modern cool and tiki style Josh “Shag” Agle. I got the chance to photograph the artist before the opening a few weeks back in a room that was pretty much created to show of his new wallpaper. The only other thing in the gallery was a trio of wooden fish dangling from the ceiling. Pretty surreal. Too bad I didn’t have a wide angle lens with me to catch the full fish.
Guns ‘N’ Roses
“Chinese Democracy” Geffen Notes: Double LP set in a gatefold sleeve
How does one review the unreviewable?
That’s what it comes down to. Guns ‘N’ Roses were once my favorite band - 15 years ago. In that time, I discovered grunge, punk, hardcore, psychobilly and pretty much disassociated myself from the LA hard rock scene, which pretty much perished in the wake of Nirvana. Over the years I’ve dusted off “Appetite for Destruction” and, for the most part, the record still kicks ass.
The same can’t be said for the Illusion collection. What was once my favorite set of CDs that should have been sold together rather than milking me for three week’s allowance, now sounds like a bloated mess of overproduction. Those records pretty much killed the band and some of the best songs on them were not even written by Axl Rose.
Flash forward a decade and a half and Best Buy is actually releasing “Chinese Democracy” - a record that on paper has everything wrong going for it. It’s got a terrible name, rumors of electronica influence, two dozen musical contributors, and - the worst part - full creative control by W. Axl Rose. A man, for all intent and purposes, is still trapped in 1991. Read the rest of this entry »
Taking a break from pillaging and plundering, pirate punks Brine + Bastards are filling the world with holiday cheer by giving away their new single - a cover of the Misfit’s classic “Brain Eaters
Guns ‘N’ Roses
