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 [...]
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 [...]
8 February 2007 – 12:25 am
quick two-word reviews: Mumm-Ra: Thunder cats *** The Horrors: Crap Dammed * The View: Short Cast ** The Automatic: Windmilling Cowbell ****
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.