flo and eddie Archive
08 Mar 2023
Interview Roundup: The Turtles
Everybody knows the Turtles, and most of us love ‘em. Led by co-vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, they made some of the best pop music of the ‘60s: folk […]
11 Mar 2019
They Showed Us: ‘The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands’ at 40
By the beginning of 1968, the concept album was very much in vogue; the form was in its ascendancy, with high-profile releases like the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds (released May […]
09 Apr 2015
DVD Review: Freak Jazz, Movie Madness and Another Mothers
The back catalog of Frank Zappa is massive, and massively intimating. Never the most commercially-minded of artists, the virtuoso Zappa recorded and released more than fifty albums during his lifetime. […]
07 Oct 2014
A Chat With The Turtles’ Mark Volman, Part 2
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: I was ten when the film came out, and even though Dirty Duck was a cartoon, I wasn’t allowed to see that one. It […]
04 Dec 2013
Funny You Should Mention It: Howard Kaylan’s Shell Shocked (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: One area you didn’t spend a lot of time on was the studio sessions. You didn’t avoid them, for sure, but neither did you […]
03 Dec 2013
Funny You Should Mention It: Howard Kaylan’s Shell Shocked (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: I’ve read a lot of Jeff Tamarkin‘s work, and I’ve had a long conversation with you. So one of the things that impressed me […]
02 Dec 2013
Funny You Should Mention It: Howard Kaylan’s Shell Shocked (Part One)
Autobiography or no, Howard Kaylan is an engaging, colorful character. His life story is full of highs and lows, but his highs and lows were set against the backdrop of […]
09 Jul 2013
Album Review: The Turtles – Happy Together (180g vinyl)
In my last entry I covered the new 180-gram vinyl monaural reissue of The Turtles‘ debut LP, It Ain’t Me, Babe. Released in tandem in 2013 on their own FloEdCo […]
08 Jul 2013
Album Review: The Turtles – It Ain’t Me, Babe (180g vinyl)
A few weeks ago, I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Howard Kaylan. For the second time, as it happens. The first was a few years ago in connection […]
26 Jun 2009
Preview: My Talk With Howard / My Dinner With Jimi
This evening I had the honor and pleasure to speak at great length with Howard Kaylan. Known to some as “Eddie” (as in, Flo and Eddie), vocalist for FZ’s Mothers, […]