LAST EXIT – Headfirst into the Flames: Live in Europe (1993)
So… it’s been six months since I took my sabbatical from all things blog-related. Shit, I can’t be bothered looking at/involving myself with much of anything on thee web. There’s a glaringly obvious reason for this: Most people suck at the internet. Thus, to paraphrase [...]
June 2, 2009
Categories: Avant Garde, Jazz, Noise . Tags: Last Exit, Sonny Sharrock . Author: Jake Thee Pope . Comments: 10 Comments
TOMMY BOLIN – Teaser
Dunno if it was Circus or Shit Parader or one o’ them masturbatory guitar hero mags, but as a 14 year-old wannabe axe-master I KNEW I hadda get this album: Lookit this guy! Hair almost down to his waist with multiple dayglo colors, a sharktooth earring… geetar slung down to his knees– [...]
April 30, 2008
Categories: Garage Rock, Jazz, Punk, Rock and Roll . Tags: Deep Purple, New Bomb Turks, Tommy Bolin . Author: Jake Thee Pope . Comments: 7 Comments
LEON THOMAS – The Leon Thomas Album
When I mentioned Leon Thomas as a huge influence on “Starsailor”-era Tim Buckley, the ever-dimming light bulb flickered in my head: why hadn’t I ever featured the man here? Well… I still don’t have an answer for that, but I can rectify the situation. Anyway here’s what I said [...]
April 22, 2008
Categories: Jazz, Psychedelia, R+B . Tags: Black Merda, Leon Thomas, Psych-Soul . Author: Jake Thee Pope . Comments: 5 Comments
Every so often I think I’ll keep adding to this “pantheon”: the albums that have become so deeply ingrained in my psyche, that to be without ‘em would likely cause a nervous collapse. Yes, I love everything I post here– in fact, I love music much more than I do myself, and the human species [...]
April 17, 2008
Categories: Avant Garde, Jazz, Psychedelia . Tags: Sonny Sharrock, Tim Buckley . Author: Jake Thee Pope . Comments: 8 Comments
PATTY WATERS – Sings (1966)
This place needs an estrogen injection– not sure why I’ve neglected the bearers of mammalian protuberances, but I will attempt to remedy the situation here and now, without resorting to Lilith Fair-style lameness (hahaha, like that’d ever happen). Anyway, here’s what you need to know about the lovely & talented [...]
March 29, 2008
Categories: Avant Garde, Japan, Jazz, Noise, Psychedelia . Tags: ESP-Disk, High Rise, Patty Waters . Author: Jake Thee Pope . Comments: 6 Comments