Category: Psychedelic
Bauhaus 01: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
Bauhaus was an especially dark band with a view towards spontaneity. In fact, the album, The Sky’s Gone Out, has been said to be mostly improvisation. One track in particular has been a con... Read More
The Flaming Lips 02: My Unconscious Interview With Wayne Coyne
This is not about an actual interview, it is about an interview in a dream I had. The interview was in an abandoned railway yard. Wayne Coyne was rummaging through the debris while I was intervie... Read More
Legendary Pink Dots 01: A Word for the Uninitiated
The Legendary Pink Dots have been one of my favourite bands for quite a while. I have read and listened to many interviews with them along with a fair number of articles (read, not listened to, of c... Read More
The Flaming Lips 01: Love Yer Brain and the Quality of Wayne Coyne’s Voice
“Sometimes I don’t know/ what to think about the world/ when this guy is burning up in the street/ with gasoline /and the flames show no mercy/ so when you need /some one to talk to you/ i... Read More
David Bowie 04: Blackstar Revisited: I Can’t Give It all Away (Part Two)
‘Tis a Pity She Was a Whore: One breath inhales and the second song begins. “The groove was a one bar loop on the demo,” says Mark Guiliana (Modern Drummer, Feb. 26, 2016). The c... Read More
David Bowie 03: Blackstar Revisited: I Can’t Give It All Away (Part One)
There are several catalysts/inspirations for this entry. 1.) several people commented that they would like me to expand on my previous entry on the album 2.) an energetic discussion of the album wit... Read More
Paul Revere and the Raiders 01: My First Album Purchase at Age 5
I usually get a funny look from people when I tell them I bought my first album at 5 ( I could say I get funny looks anyway but that joke would be a bit clichéd, eh?). I have been obsessed with mus... Read More
TV on the Radio 01: “Seeds” Proves Once Again They are a Band for All Seasons
I got hip to TVOTR, like a lot of people, around the time of Return to Cookie Mountain in 2006. This was their third album. Since then it seems they just kept on traveling different avenues despit... Read More