Here are musicians P.B. and M.D. taking the time to translate the lyrics into German and re-creating the music video of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
Archie Bunker’s Editorial on Gun Control
From the “All in the Family” Season 3 premiere, entitled (appropriately) “Archie and the Editorial.” It aired over 40 years ago. I’ll just leave this here.
Neil Young Set To Release “Roxy Tonight’s The Night Live” On April 21
Neil Young is set to release one of the most sought-after recordings from his vast archives, Roxy – Tonight’s The Night Live on three-sided 2LP set exclusively on Record Store Day, April 21st. This was the first public performance of many of the songs that would make up Young’s seminal album Tonight’s The Night, which would not be released until June 1975. The album’s final track “Walk On” would not appear until the release of On The Beach, in July 1974.
The Record Store Day Limited Edition pressing will include an exclusive print of the band live on stage at The Roxy. The standard vinyl edition (without print) CD and digital editions will follow on Tuesday, April 24th. Album pre-orders begin March 5.
As Young explains below, the all-star band – in this instance, Neil Young (guitars, vocals, piano), Ben Keith (pedal steel, slide guitars, vocals), Billy Talbot (bass), Ralph Molina (drums, vocals) and Nils Lofgren (piano, vocals, guitars) – completed the line-up known as the Santa Monica Flyers. Young would be the first artist to christen the stage at what would become one of the world’s great clubs, The Roxy Theater on the riotous Sunset Strip, right next door to the already infamous Rainbow Bar & Grille. The shows took place on September 20-22, 1973.
Produced by Young and the late David Briggs, these resultant recordings were mixed by John Nowland with updated post-production and mastering by John Hanlon – along with Chris Bellman – at Bernie Grundman Mastering using the original analog master tape source. Close your eyes and you’ll be right there in that dark, smoky, 500 capacity room in West, L.A. on a hot summer night in 1973.< Tonight's The Night would go on to be named one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time, and universally praised for its dark honesty and unapologetic raw delivery. The very same can be said for Roxy - Tonight's The Night Live. Young explains how Roxy - Tonight's the Night Live came to be: "In 1973, I drove my 1947 Buick Roadmaster, Black Queen, to LA from the North, accompanied by Ben Keith. Once we made it to Hollywood, we met up with Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina. Nils Lofgren joined us and we drove to Studio Instrument Rentals on Santa Monica Blvd. David Briggs, producer, and Johnny Talbot, equipment manager, met us there. They had blasted a hole in the wall to connect the green board which we had set up (an old tube board I had purchased that had been used recording many historic sessions from the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds to Monterey Pop Festival, among many others) next to the rehearsal hall. Our 16-track analog tape machine was set up next to the board. We had finished recording TTN and decided to celebrate with a gig at a new club opening on the Sunset Strip, the ROXY. We went there and recorded for a few nights, opening the ROXY. We really knew the Tonight's the Night songs so we just played them again, the album, top to bottom, two sets a night for a few days. We had a great time. ROXY -Tonight's the Night Live is the live recording we made. There is a little Super 8 footage of us driving to the gig in the Black Queen one of those nights." Track listing for ROXY - Tonight's The Night Live: Side 1: 1. Tonight's The Night 2. Mellow My Mind 3. World On A String Side 2: 1. Speakin' Out 2. Albuquerque 3. New Mama 4. Roll Another Number (For The Road) Side 3: 1. Tired Eyes 2. Tonight's The Night 3. Walk On Side 4: Etched artwork
The story of how the devil has been inserted into the history of legendary musicians
The story of how the devil has been inserted into the history of legendary musicians and composers for centuries. The first record of this on record (no pun intended) was with with Guiseppe Tartini in the 18th century, who was inspired to write the “Devil’s Trill Sonata” after a visit from Lucifer in a dream. And then, of course, one most famous stories, guitarist Robert Johnson went down to the crossroads and came back a guitar virtuoso, penning his iconic trilogy “Cross Road Blues”, “Hellhound on my Trail” and “Me and the Devil Blues”.
‘Hellhound on my Trail’is a masterful song that takes the trope of the rambling blues man and puts a new spin on it. The reason Johnson is a traveling, wandering vagabond is because he’s got hellhounds following him. You could even look at this song as the middle of a trilogy of songs chronicling his run-in with the devil. ‘Cross Road Blues’ is where he sells his soul and then the trilogy ends with ‘Me and the Devil Blues’ which has some of the most haunting opening lines ever.
But, it all might not be true. That’s what the devil would want you think.
Cover Of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” On The Piano
Amik Lanfranco performs a cover of the Joy Division classic Love Will Tear Us Apart, with a piano arrangement.
David Letterman – Asking Tough Questions
David Letterman might have soften over his last number of years on his TV show when it was on the air, but as Hilary Duff, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie, and Martha Stewart found out, he still asked the tough questions.
https://youtu.be/5Um-b4ppNoY
This Is Heartbreaking: What Ice Cube Tells His Son About Cops
Did you see Between the World And Me? that book that Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote to his son about living in America as a black man. You’re also a father. Your son did did a great job portraying you on the big screen. Did you have a conversation with him about what to do when the cops stop you?
Yeah, and I think all parents should have that talk with their kids—no matter what color you are. I think you definitely need to teach your kids how to deal with the police and how to handle a situation like that or any situation you find yourself in where you’re coming in contact with law enforcement.
You know for me it comes natural, but I feel for those people who think they’re above something happening or they feel like they have a place in society, when the police come they’re gonna be treated better because of their skin color or financial situation, whatever. That to me is the tragedy because it’s really—you know, once you are in contact with the police you’re really in some ways at their mercy. They’re taught to win. They’re not taught to be fair, they’re not taught about all that constitutional stuff you talking, all the rights you think you know. All that is not gonna matter in dealing with the police on the street because they’re taught to win. And if they don’t win, they’re gonna use force. And that force could take your life, so you may be constitutionally right, you may be within your rights as a citizen, and still be killed, hurt, injured, or arrested by the police. So you gotta know that. You gotta know that about them. You know, their thing is to act first and apologize later, so you just gotta know how to deal with that. You gotta know what you’re up against to be able to protect yourself. And I guess my only thing I tell my kids that’s really the thing I hang on to most—and I want them to take in and heed every day—is just survive. You know what I’m saying? Just survive. Survive. Don’t get killed out here. Don’t get hurt out here. You know what I mean? Just make sure you make it to the next day. And that’s the clear-cut message. Just survive today.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actor Sam Shepard was also a pretty cool drummer, too
Sam Shepard, whose death at 73 last year shook the book and film work, will be remembered for his cross-discipline versatility. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, he penned classic off-Broadway plays including “True West,” “Buried Child” and “Fool for Love.”
An Oscar-nominated actor, he starred in films including “Days of Heaven,” “The Right Stuff,” “Crimes of the Heart” and “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.”
To fans of underground music, however, Shepard served a lesser-known role as the drummer for seminal New York avant-garde folk band the Holy Modal Rounders, with whom he performed on the crucial late 1960s albums “Indian War Whoop” and “The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders.”
The band is best known for its song “If You Want to Be a Bird,” which plays during the classic scene in “Easy Rider” in which Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson roar down the highway on their motorcycles. That’s Shepard playing drums as Rounders founders Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber whoop and yowl.
Short Cuts: The Best Songs Heard On February 23, 2018 From The Indie World
Audiomoe
Body Talkin
Multi-talented Moses Truzman strikes again with his mix sweetness and happiness. His star has never been brighter.
Wild Year
Meanwhile…(Little Spark)
Called their tribute to Laura Palmer, you don’t have to love Twin Peaks to dig this song. It just doesn’t imitate that sound and style of Angelo Badalamenti, but let’s just say David Lynch should keep an open slot for the next soundtrack for this talented group.
Isa Mar
Summer Bummer
A voice so devastatingly good like Lianne La Havas and Lana Del Rey, there might not be anything she can’t sing. This is far from a bummer.
Sun & The Rain Men
Fall A Little Harder
From Sweden, this impressive group came about as a natural consequence of three musicians honing their craft and wanting to create indie folk pop in the same place at the same time. Remarkable and hypnotic.
Water Color Weekend
All You’ve Given
Elbow has to be an influence, and that’s a good thing. As relaxed as the best bands should be in the studio, this song never feels rushed, never a wasted note.
Julia Thomspon
Hits
Alessia Cara, Astrid S, Hailee Steinfeld, Dua Lipa, and Billie Eilish should be making some wiggle room for Julia. As sunny as an afternoon autumn, there’s a fierce batch of melodies here to get you to take that second, and third, and fourth listen. And fifth…
Sugar John
Dalí the Sheep
From their album, Dream Machine vs. the People Duster, and with a title like that, you know it’s going to be a little out there. Slowing down to almost a crawling ballad in the manner of shoegazers, they’ve got confidence in spades to come up with something great. They’re almost there, and this will do nicely in the meantime.
Photo Gallery: G3 with Joe Satriani, John Petrucci and Phil Collen at Toronto’s Massey Hall
All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com
