THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE, with a thank you to everyone who helped out and visited Pate this year, with special thanks to our site admin Lance, who gets the gerbils running on…
Read MoreTHE LEE VEES talk to the Jerusalem Post about Hanukkah rock.HANUKKAH LINKAGE: Brooklyn Vegan rounds up indie-related Hannukah stuff, starting with a Village Voice piece on NYC's Jewish musicians, particularly Matisyahu, which…
Read MoreGARY “ELVIS” SCHEPERS UPDATE: I now have a reliable report that the tuba player (The Service, Devil In A Woodpile) and Chicago live rock soundman has a skin eating bacteria in his…
Read MoreTHE SUBWAYS have appeared on The OC, but won't have their record out in the US until February. That hasn't stopped the SF Bay Times and Filter from singing the band's praises.…
Read MoreGary “Elvis” Schepers, standing behind Pate bassist Mike Kelly (left) and guitarist Jon Pratt (right), during a radio interview in Manitoba, Canada (1987).GARY “ELVIS” SCHEPERS: I don't want to unduly alarm anyone,…
Read MoreTHE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE:I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS… HOT DOG! As Pate fans have fond memories of “Rope Around The Moon,” a reference to It's A Wonderful Life was inevitable.…
Read MoreTHE BEATLES CHRISTMAS RECORDS: It's come to my attention that some people have not heard the records the Fabs used to do as a present to members of their fan club. Each…
Read MoreSTATE OF THE UNION: Jib-Jab, of “This Land” fame, has President Bush recap the year “205.”YOUR MOMENT OF CHRISTMAS SITH: Chewbacca sings!MY KIND OF TOWN: So the elevated train carrying Santa, a…
Read MoreAS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I decorate more than one Christmas tree each season. I know people who — for various reasons — won't be able to put up their own trees…
Read MoreKEITH RICHARDS has been Lord of the Undead for longer than I thought. A super-8 color flick showing his near-fatal electrocution in 1965 was auctioned on Friday at Itsonlyrocknroll.com. The footage, from…
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