pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four’s Music and Media Blog

Merry Xmas folks..

As promised, the good folks at Green Owl Records sent me two 7″ singles - one from The Very Best and one from The So So Glos. The Very Best topped my ‘best of 2008‘ list and the 7″ is the first tactile item I’ve received from them as their ‘album’ was technically a mix/mash [...]

Via LargeHeartedBoy.com

©Nilina Mason-Campbell
So did Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band live up to the hype when they played the Doug Fir on Tuesday night? Well, if you weren’t there to witness the performance yourself, you can wipe your brow with relief because the quintet most definitely did.
I stepped into the underground venue having heard oh so much [...]

So, farewell then Bettie.
A cult figure, Page was most famous for the estimated 20,000 4-by-5-inch black-and-white glossy photographs taken by amateur shutterbugs from 1949 to 1957. The photos showed her in high heels and bikinis or negligees, bondage apparel — or nothing at all.
A true rebel. Bettie’s web site. And the press release.

A wonderful video from Jesse Ewles (Grizzly Bear, Final Fantasy) who directed the video for the first song from Michael Zapruder’s record Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope.

A cool track and one for the radio show tonight. More on Michael here.
Michael Zapruder - Happy New Year

Pic: Matt Sayles/AP
I ran a fanzine for a while back in the day; even named a solo album after it - The Clutter of Pop
The fanzine had a simple premise - in the period that I wrote it, the early 90’s, pop music appeared to have lost its way and to me everything that was [...]