22 January 2025MUSICRUSSIAN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MANIFESTOBeen spending most of my Fridays in January at Nuanu for live music. Four different acts. All Russians. All amazing.
30 December 2024MUSICDISCO 2000 & DEBORAHEleven years ago today, Deborah Bone, the woman who inspired Pulp’s hit song “Disco 2000” died shortly after being appointed an MBE.
14 December 2024MUSICNENA: IRGENDWIE IRGENDWO IRGENDWANNHere's Nena's famous song, other than "99 Luftballons".
21 September 2024MUSICRADIOHEAD: CREEP32 years ago today, Radiohead released their iconic single, "Creep". Eventually, they hated their own song.
24 August 2024MUSICEVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL – MISSING28 years ago today, EBTG's "Missing" broke the all-time US chart stay record previously held by The Four Seasons' "December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)".
27 June 2024MUSIC2024 MARKED THE FINAL YEAR OF NOFX’S CAREERThey promise there will be no reunion tours. "We aren't Kiss, or Black Sabbath, or Mötley Crüe. This is the end."
13 April 2024MUSICMUDHONEY: TOUCH ME I’M SICK36 years ago this month, Mudhoney was at Seattle’s Reciprocal Recording Studio to record “Touch Me I’m Sick”.
10 April 2024MUSICLENCHANTIN LEFT PIXIESPaz Lenchantin, after a decade, is no longer part of the Pixies.
5 April 2024MUSICCOBAIN, DEATHVERSARY, & PENNYROYAL TEA30 years ago today, Kurt Cobain committed suicide.
30 March 2024MUSICPRODIGY – FIRESTARTER28 years ago today, The Prodigy started a three-week run at number 1 with "Firestarter".
22 March 2024MUSICGENERATION X – KISS ME DEADLYThe connection between Generation X and maximum rockabilly.
8 March 2024MUSICNUMAN 66 GYMNOPÉDIESOne of synthpop's founding fathers, Gary Numan, turned 66 today.
19 February 2024MUSICTOKYO X BALI ROCKABILLY SCENESThe rockabilly scenes of Tokyo and Bali share certain similarities.