Tag Archives: music

A Tribute To A King

It’s not often you get to read a Marxist appreciation of Elvis: Elvis posed a dilemma for capitalism, but it was not an insurmountable one. Eventually it preserved him as a commodity but destroyed him as a musician. Often this is blamed on “Colonel” Parker. Parker was both incompetent and scared that Elvis might do […]

My Off the Top Of My Head 50 albums

Copying an idea here. I deliberately did this quickly, without recourse to my shelves iTunes, or any other electronic means – No particular order, except they are in the order I thought of them. I’m surprised by the absence of The Jam, The Who and any soul – I guess I either couldn’t think of […]

NME Indie Rock Tour at the Academy

quick two-word reviews: Mumm-Ra: Thunder cats *** The Horrors: Crap Dammed * The View: Short Cast ** The Automatic: Windmilling Cowbell ****

KLF’s gonna rock you

with thanks to Pop Justice for the link how good were the KLF? fantastic that’s how good. and Bill Drummond is still up to all sorts of fantastic things – check out the penkiln burn website.