UK-based Presents for Sally is another St. Marie Records band, and here’s a piece from the Static Waves 4 sampler.
Shoegazer Sunday: Presents for Sally’s “There’s No Other Place”
February 26th, 2017Austin Restaurant Notes
February 22nd, 2017The Logbook of the Saturday Dining Conspiracy, the redheaded stepchild of the Dwight and Lawrence blogging empire, has shambled back to life this months with two bits of news:
You might want to take a look if you like dining in Austin.
Sunday Shoegazer: Center of the Sun’s “Cease”
February 19th, 2017We last featured Center of the Sun for their cover of Slowdive’s “Machine Gun”, but their only album, Machine Gun (which, ironically, doesn’t contain the Slowdive cover) is well worth picking up, and “Cease” is off that.
Shoegazer Sunday: Blankenberge’s “Feel Alive”
February 12th, 2017For your Sunday dose of Shoegaze, here’s Russia’s Blankenberg with “Feel Alive,” which reminds me a little bit of The Cherry Wave (i.e. a noise floor above which floats the melody).
Ed Bryant, RIP
February 10th, 2017Howard Waldrop called to inform me that SF writer Ed Bryant has died at age 71. This is a shame but not a surprise, as Ed had been ailing for many years.
Ed was in the category of “friends you only see once or twice a year.” He was a regular Armadillocon attendee in the early days, and I saw him read “A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned” before it appeared in Skipp & Spector’s The Book of the Dead. He was also an astute reviewer in the field for many years.
He will be missed.
I will update this when I have a suitable link to a proper obituary.
This Lawsuit Goes To Eleven
February 10th, 2017There’s such a fine line between clever and a crooked movie studio:
The three members of Spinal Tap and the director of the 1984 movie about the fictional band are involved in a very real lawsuit against the media company Vivendi.
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Rob Reiner have joined an earlier suit filed by Harry Shearer that claims Vivendi and StudioCanal have denied them profits from the 1984 rockumentary.
The amended lawsuit was filed in California federal court yesterday, according to The Hollywood Repoter. Shearer filed a fraud and contract-breach lawsuit last October. The original damages set at $125 million have been increased to $400 million.
The three actors, along with director Reiner, state they were given only $81 in merchandising income and $98 in music sales over the past few decades. They also claim to have not received accounting statements for the past three years in regards to This Is Spinal Tap.
$400 million? Well, that’s just nitpicking, isn’t it?
Joan Jett Covers the Mary Tyler Moore Theme Song
January 26th, 2017In way of remembrance, here’s Joan jett covering the theme to the Mary Tyler Moore Show (“Love is All Around”) live on Letterman.
It was either that or the entirety of the “It May look Like A Walnut” episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show…
Shoegazer Sunday: Molly’s “Sun Sun Sun”
January 22nd, 2017For your Sunday dose of Shoegaze, enjoy Austria’s Molly with “Sun Sun Sun”:
Russian Guy Imitates a Motorcycle
January 21st, 2017Aided by a beer can. He’s pretty good…
Lyle Steed Jeffs Wanted by the FBI
January 19th, 2017This is not exactly breaking news, but I stumbled across it looking for something else, and it ties into previous posts on Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints head Warren Jeffs.
Last year, his son, Lyle Steed Jeffs, skipped town before trial for food stamp fraud. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for him.
So if you see this guy around:
Contacting the FBI would be very much worth your time.