THE HOLD STEADY was “Stuck Between Stations” on The Late Show with David Letterman the same night Madge stopped by.THE SMITHEREENS' frontman Pat DiNizio tells the Boston Globe that Meet the Smithereens…
Read MoreDANCE THIS MESS AROUND with The B-52's, circa 1979, on the Show That Cannot Be Named, though whoever posted “Rock Lobster” did, so catch 'em before the lawyers do! BONUS: 25 years…
Read MoreMLK DAY starts with a vintage clip of Dion playing “Abraham, Martin & John.” The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't set out to be a great man. He was a Baptist…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with JIMI HENDRIX at MONTEREY: Like you couldn't see this coming all week. Surprisingly, it's not all on the Tube, but we do have “Killing Floor” (intro by Brian…
Read MoreMONTEREY POP: Day 4 of this theme week offers some performances from the documentary, plus outtakes. Janis Joplin, with Big Bother and the Holding Company sizzle through “Ball and Chain” and “Combination…
Read MoreMONTEREY POP: Day 3 of this theme week is a grab-bag of performances that did not make the original documentary. Monkee Peter Tork introduces Buffalo Springfield playing “For What It's Worth” with…
Read MoreTHE WHO at the MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL: Day 2 of my Monterey theme week has the lads wailing their way through “Substitute” (introduced by Brian Jones), “Summertime Blues,” a bootleg clip of…
Read MoreOTIS REDDING at the MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL: An uncle gave me the Criterion Collection for Monterey Pop at Christmas, so I looked to see whether you too could chase away the Winter…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with the MOUNTAIN GOATS at the M-SHOP, which Pate fans know is a fabulous, initmate venue in the Memorial Union at Iowa State University. There are four clips in…
Read MoreCANDYLION: The solo album from Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys is getting good reviews from Pitchfork and Gorilla vs. Bear, but while the Fork has it listed as a Team Love…
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