Malcolm McLaren had done it in the UK and Rod Swenson in the U.S. – however obscene you might find today’s casting shows, you should never forget that in a way, the casting idea had played quite a role in the early days of Punk. THE PLASMATICS basically were put together by Swenson – or [...]
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When I say "best Angel Witch album since 1980", that doesn't mean much. But it's GREAT!Movie of the moment:
«Midnight in Paris» is not only the best Woody Allen movie in quite some time (although I must say that I loved «Matchpoint» for its cold bourgeois-brutality) – it can also be seen as a witty comment on the current retro-trend. And it's pure cinematic joy!Book of the moment:
It's a paradox: Blogs like this one disenchant the music that enchants their makers. The obscure, the magic, the mystery that was an integral part of popular music until a few years ago, has now been shattered completely. The internet and all its effect has torn down the boundary that used to separate the past from the present in the cultural production: Everything is only a few mouseclicks away, from music to art, fashion, design - you name it. The downside: Popular culture finally eats itself, is obsessed with its own past and thus creates nothing new. This is one of the main thesis of renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds' in his excellent book «Retromania. Pop culture's addiction to its own past». Reynold goes one step further and makes an interesting point saying that Punk itself was a reactionary cultural movement, dreaming of a world "without the Sgt Peppers album". A sometimes pretty academic, well written, resourceful and very much recommended book!
Good bad Music- Record Store Day 2012 April 21, 2012
- SIEKIERA- Atak 7″EP Bootleg (no label, Canada, ca. 2000) March 22, 2012
- German Television, ACTA and Goodbadmusic February 14, 2012
- PUSRAD- Smart Trams 7″ EP (Just4Fun, USA, 2012) February 12, 2012
- V/A NEW ELECTRIC WARRIORS- Compilation LP (Logo Records, UK, 1980) February 9, 2012
- THE OBSESSED- Instrumental 7″ (Doom Records, USA, 1996) February 1, 2012
- SEWER ZOMBIES- Conquer the Galaxy LP (Subversive Records, USA, 1987) January 24, 2012
- FLIPPER- Sex Bomb, c/w Brainwash 7″ (Subterranean Records, USA, 1981) December 24, 2011
- HARDCORE OR DIE! December 19, 2011
- HELLHAMMER- Satanic Rites Demo Tape (Prowling Death Records, Switzerland, 1983) December 5, 2011
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