Author Archive
04 Jun 2010
Bootleg Bin: Dave Gregory – Remoulds
Journeyman guitarist Dave Gregory joined XTC in time to appear on their 1979 effort, Drums and Wires, and he remained with the group far beyond the end of their touring […]
03 Jun 2010
Interview: Richard X Heyman
Critics tend to categorize Richard X Heyman‘s brand of music as powerpop, a genre that for many is an anachronism. “I always heard that the original [use of the label] […]
02 Jun 2010
Interview: The New York Dolls’ David Johansen
“I have this saying,” David Johansen says, as he readies for an extensive concert tour of South America. “Everything starts out as heresy, and winds up as superstition.” When his […]
01 Jun 2010
Interview: The Residents (sort of…)
(NOTE: This feature was originally published in Skope Magazine in 2006. –ed.) The Residents are weird. And obscure. And difficult. While all three assertions have a healthy amount of truth […]
31 May 2010
Crate-digging at the Dog Groomers
It’s so long ago now that I can’t nail down a specific date – and even the year is something of a guess – when it took place. And my […]
28 May 2010
The Steve Hackett Interview, Part Three
Out of the Tunnel’s Mouth features the instrumental “Ghost in the Glass.” Hackett says that “I was influenced by working with my former keyboard colleague Nick Magnus.” There was a […]
27 May 2010
The Steve Hackett Interview, Part Two
Some songwriters claim that music comes to them fully formed; others craft the songs from the ground up, bit by bit. Steve Hackett says that “I find that songs don’t […]
26 May 2010
The Steve Hackett Interview, Part One
Guitarist Steve Hackett has charted a long and successful career as an innovative musician. He rose to fame as the guitarist in Genesis during that group’s most creatively fertile period. […]
25 May 2010
DVD Review: We Fun – Atlanta GA Inside Out
Most of us remember our high school years, right? One of the things we might remember — if we weren’t fortunate — was the class sociopath. You know the guy […]
24 May 2010
Album Review: Julie Slick
These kids today, I tell ya. No, seriously. I find that I’m really not a fan of many of today’s popular musical movements. The disposable pop stuff is easily enough […]