Roky Erickson, the pioneering psychedelic musician behind the 13th Floor Elevators, has died at age 71. A brilliant legend of Texas garage rock who struggled with schizophrenia and drug abuse, Erickson's far out lyrics, songs, and life had a tremendous influence on countless punk, psych, experimental, and avant-garde bands. Erickson moved culture. In 1966, Erickson unleashed the quintessential psych classic "You're Gonna Miss Me." He was right. RIP, Roky.
In 1965, two years before Nico made the Warhol/Factory scene with the Velvet Underground and released her first solo LP “Chelsea Girl,” she recorded this cover of Gordon Lightfoot’s “I’m Not Sayin’.” According to Wikipedia, “This version of the song features Jimmy Page, then a studio musician, on the 12-string guitar. Nico’s version was produced […]
The inimitable Patti Smith will release a new memoir, Year of the Monkey, on September 24. A blend of reality and dreams, illustrated with Smith’s Polaroids, the book captures her experience of a single year, 2016. From the publisher: Following a run of New Year’s concerts at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself […]
Last night, The Cure celebrated the 30th anniversary of their Disintegration LP by playing the entire album at the Sydney Opera House. They opened with an array of b-sides and demo tracks, moved into Disintegration, and encored with “Burn” from The Crow soundtrack, “Three Imaginary Boys” from their 1979 debut album, and a cover of […]
We all have a favorite room, the one we spend more than half our waking hours in. Typically that’s the living room. If you work from home, it might be the den or wherever you’ve set up a desk. If that’s the case, doesn’t it seem wasteful to make sure the entire house is the […]
If we were to pick one game out of the classic arcade pantheon that truly represented the anxiety and energy of the ’80s, it would have to be Tempest. The neon vector graphics. The jackhammer pulse of the sound effects. And of course, the faceless, unstoppable enemies crawling up that tunnel to meet you. If […]
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