Talking Heads formal portrait!

 

Talking Heads by Robert Mapplethorpe - 1985

somehow not a great shot . . . .weird and contrived of course but the 'straightened up and fly right' conservative look is rather un-Talking Heads if you ask me

Still it is by Mapplethorpe so they were able to commission or get involved at that level by the mid 80s

The Fab Five!?

Pete, George, John Paul and Stu

suffice to say it didn’t really work until they persuaded Richie to leave Rory Storm and The Hurricanes

 

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Let’s all go!

Birthdays: Tom Hingley (local boy!) INSPIRAL CARPETS

 A very happy birthday to Tom Hingley, born in Abingdon, Berkshire on this day in 1965 Route

They had some interesting roadies

Inspiral Carpets - Two Worlds Collide

‘A Song and Dance Man . . . . . . '

 

Crash On The Levee Bob Dylan Aston Villa 1995

Woolhall Films of Bob Dylan

The Bob Dylan Fan Club

Andy says ‘Where shall we go today? . . . . . '

Elliott Erwitt, Andy Warhol, New York, 1986

 

Bob Dylan - Across The Borderline - [Farm Aid 1986]

Might wrap the day with this cover from our Bobby . . . .I first heard this from Ry Cooder of course and that it is about the US/Mexico border speaks volumes to me (like Deportee, Do Re Mi and a million other songs) but this one always stuck with me. Written by Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, and Jim Dickinson. It is a remake of a song by Freddy Fender from the Jack Nicholson film 'The Border' so its origins are rather complex but Ry’s I feel is definitive although I really like Freddy doing it too!

Bob Dylan - Across The Borderline - [Farm Aid 1986]

Across The Borderline - Americana explains

James Rigby - Spider Flower

 Another beauty from James . . . . . 

SPIDER FLOWER - BY JAMES RIGBY

TUNED - DGDDGD

************* ‘FAERIE TAILS’ **************

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‘FAERIE TAILS’ NOW AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP - 20 TRACKS

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Patti Smith - "Ask The Angels” | Voodoo Wagon - An XRay Special

Patti Smith - "Ask The Angels"

Patti Smith

"Ask The Angels"

26 March 1978  Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France

and

1997  Sessions at West 54th, Sony Music Studios, New York City, USA

Liberated Bootleg

1997

01  Don't Say Nothing  5:44

02  Wing  7:17

03  Beneath The Southern Cross  4:52

04  About A Boy  7:18

05  People Have The Power  5:24

26 March 1978

06  Ask The Angels  3:02

07  25th Floor  5:49

08  Pumping  3:49

09  Till Victory  3:20

10  Privilege  3:55

11  Because The Night  3:37

12  Gloria  6:59

XRay 

Blondie - 1979-07-07 - Asbury Park NJ (late) (SBD) | so many roads

Blondie - 1979-07-07 - Asbury Park NJ (late) (SBD)

A SPEEDY SPECIAL

Blondie

1979-07-07

Parallel Lines Tour

Late Show 

Convention Hall

Asbury Park, NJ

Soundboard Recording

01. Dreaming

02. One Way Or Another

03. Hanging On The Telephone

04. Look Good In Blue

05. Youth Nabbed As Sniper

06. Pretty Baby

07. Slow Motion

08. Sunday Girl

09. In The Flesh

10. Man Overboard

11. Heart Of Glass

12. 11:59

13. Rip Her To Shreds

14. In The Sun

15. X Offender

16. I’m On E

17. Kung Fu Girls

18. Get It On

Blondie 1979 - Back To Back - #2: As promised earlier today, here's the 2nd half of our Back To Back set featuring Blondie on tour in 1979 in support of the album, Parellel Line.  This one is a soundboard recording of the late show from the Convention Center in Asbury Park on July 7, 1979, 47 years ago today.

As he said yesterday here’s the companion set The Late showing . . . . . . the first one was exceptional and this I expect no different

Enjoy!

For Speedy!