Scary songs
Sat, September 30, 2006 at 5:16
Huge comment thread on Jarvis Cocker's appeal for memories of unintentionally Scary Songs to which I have contributed Rolf Harris's 'Jake the Peg'. Rolf's performance on Blue Peter with three legs protruding from his long coat greatly alarmed me as a child.
Plastic Fantastic lists the Guardian's Laura Barton's favourite independent record shops; readers supply the rest of the record shops in the UK.
The Stranglers and the Finchley Boys - a three part article - were not as violent as they were often painted! I remember them from the Hope and Anchor in Islington and an Damned/Eater gig at my Finchley school in 1977. The poor old teacher who was supposed to be controlling this event was very circumspect, if not largely absent, during the festivities once this lot turned up mob-handed.
Stylus Magazine all about music, not cuneiform.
Shindig! magazine reviews the four CD boxset of the complete works of Fanny: First Time In A Long Time. I love Fanny - no really, I've got two of their albums on vinyl.
Lemmy is a charming fellow - I've shaken his hand twice at Hawkwind gigs - and he was the son of a vicar, after all. What Lemmy gets up to at home is his own business:
Then my solicitor sent them a letter saying, 'We are appalled by this accusation. Miss Wilson was not tied to the bed: she was hanging from the ceiling.' They didn't reply.
Two years ago Andrew Orlowski wrote about How the music biz can live forever, get even richer, and be loved.
The Perfumed Garden has many John Peel sessions in MP3 form, whereas John Peel Every Day is more keen on BitTorrent.
Funtopia is Mick Farren's weblog.
Greg Shaw obituary. He was a pivotal figure in the US music scene.
The Stop Ashlee Simpson Petition.
Alex Ross: The Rest is Noise is a weblog that mostly covers music.
Wendy James: The Racine World.
PSF is Perfect Sound Forever magazine. The Vinyl Anachronist: Part L: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the iPod.
Mike Patto was in 60s group Timebox.
Freeway Jam is a very cool music weblog. Hope they start updating again. There are also cool musicians who blog, it says here.
Extensive John Cale website: Fear is a Man's Best Friend. You remember - he was the cool one from the Velvet Underground. That's three cools. Some people say Lou Reed was the cool one. Not me.
Similarly extensive is the Kiki Dee Information Bureau - enough to fill a DVD! The timeline is worth exploring for the beautiful images of old fashions and record designs.
Martin Guy's Delia Derbyshire - An audiological chronology.
The Spirit of the Page site devoted to Robert Calvert has been relaunched to better reflect the zeitgeist.
Sean's Alexis Korner Discography. Did Alexis ever make a bad record? If so I haven't heard it.
LOL! Lol Coxhill's site features an interview with Buck Funk.
Julian Cope presents Head Heritage Unsung which reviews forgotten albums. On Julian's features there are MP3 streams too.
Amazing Doctor Who tributes discography - many memories! This is part of a bigger website as is the music from Danger Man, with cover scans and MP3 files.
Bad science: alternative therapy fans are like hi-fi freaks.
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