Sunday, May 31, 2026
On This Day . . . . . ROCK LEGENDS
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MUSIC NEWS: How’s The 250th STATE FAIR Party going Donny?
Party planning prolly not his strongest point??!! 6/9 pulled out of concert nobody wanted to see anyhoo!?
Half a band that used to be a fake Milli Vanilli!? The Commodores without the old singer (or now the new one!). Thought you were a supporter of the LGBT YMCA hitmakers The Village People? what about your pal Kid Rock or JayZus?
Bill Maher noted Trump’s big Freedom 250 spectacle is so lame it can’t even hold onto acts like Vanilla Ice and Milli (or Vanilli?) Fab Morvan.“That’s got to hurt a lot, when you can’t close the deal with Milli Vanilli.”The irony writes itself. Trump promised a star-studded celebration of America and ended up with lip-sync scandals and one-hit wonders from the early ‘90s. And even they’re bailing left and right.Now the memes are piling up. The likes of the California Raisins, the Banana Splits, and Josie and the Pussycats all can’t make it, unfortunately.Maher also torched Trump’s unhinged plan to print fancy new $250 bills with his own face plastered on them:“Here’s something in the category of wow, we never used to be this country: They’re putting out a $250 bill with Trump’s face on it. Republicans in Congress are thrilled about it. They can’t wait to carry it in their wallet. What a switcheroo: having Trump’s face next to their ass.”We saw this coming a mile away. Trump is trying to turn America’s hallowed 250th anniversary into a low-rent Trump ego party stacked with has-beens that even the has-beens don’t want to show up for.
Vanilla Rock.
THIS JUST IN!
Trump CANCELS America's 250th birthday concert as he blasts 'boring, overpriced singers' and compares big event to troubled Kennedy Center. What if you gave a party and no entertainers wanted to come?The Daily Snail has this
The Jesus and Mary Chain - URBANASPIRINES | A Kostas 5 Disc special
The Jesus And Mary Chain: Discography 1985 - 1994
Kostas does his usual thorough job of an in depth profile here
Koastas includes the notes:
"Inspired by the sounds of the post-punk surrounding them in the late '70s, the Reids began talking about starting a band for years, but it wasn't until 1983 that they got serious. They made a series of Ramones-influenced demos on home recording gear, then recruited bassist Douglas Hart and drummer Murray Dalglish. This early edition of the band started playing the occasional gig, often uninvited by the club's owners, and soon caught the ear of local lad Bobby Gillespie. Thanks to his passing a tape on to Alan McGee, the band scored a slot at the latter's club The Living Room. Impressed by the band's sound and presentation, McGee signed them to his Creation label and signed on as their manager. In late 1984 -- just as Gillespie joined in place of Dalglish -- the band issued its seminal debut single, "Upside Down," a gnarly blast of live-wire feedback anchored by a caveman-like drumbeat. “
ALBUMS ON THIS POST
01. Psychocandy (1985)
02. Darklands (1987)
03. Automatic (1989)
04. Honey's Dead (1992)
05. Stoned & Dethroned (1994)
5 FLAC downloads
Now I would prolly day they aren’t my favourite band and I think since their early emergence I just felt too hecken freckin’ old to countenance them properly somehow, I have liked some things and get the connections to the Velvets etc but I don't think I own any . . . . . my loss
check them out and Kostas’ profile here
The Jesus and Mary Chain (with Hope Sandoval) - Sometimes Always
ADVERT BREAK | Paul McCartney - Come Inside [ The New Album - ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ OUT NOW]
Paul McCartney - Come Inside
Mike & the Mechanics - Shepherds Bush Empire, London, July 18th 1995 | VOODOO WAGON
Mike & the Mechanics - Shepherds Bush Empire, London, July 18th 1995
Another Xray Special
Mike & the Mechanics - Shepherds Bush Empire, London
July 18th 1995
1. Get Up
2. You Really Got A Hold On Me
3. Over My Shoulder
4. Silent Running
5. Plain & Simple
6. Someone Always Hates Someone
7. Another Cup Of Coffee
8. Web Of Lies
9. The Living Years
10. Word Of Mouth
11. Interview A
12. Interview B
Band Personnel:
Mike Rutherford - bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals
Paul Carrack - vocals, keyboards
Paul Young - vocals, percussion
Gary Wallis/Peter van Hooke ?? - drums
Adrian Lee - keyboards
Tim Renwick - bass guitar, guitar
The Living Years always struck me as one the great songs of all time
and reminds me as it must for everyone else I guess of my dear Dad
But really with Mike, Paul (Young and Carrack) with bass legend Tim
all in all worthy of being labelled a Supergroup IMHO
Paul Carrack: Mike & the Mechanics - Over My Shoulder Live House Of Blues 1995
IGGY’S PLAYLIST | Iggy Pop's Rockin' Rebels (BBC Radio 6) |soundaboard
Iggy Pop's Rockin' Rebels (BBC Radio 6)
Iggy Pop's Rockin' Rebels was the first show of Iggy Pop's legendary BBC Radio 6 Music series, first broadcast as a special holiday show on December 25, 2013.The episode features Iggy diving into the roots of rock, spinning early 1950s/60s rebels, rhythm and blues, and proto-punk.This recording is from a re-broadcast in February, 2023 when Iggy dug through and presented some of his archive shows.
Listen/download on Soundaboard Jukebox
Ig The Wonder Kid!
Ig The Wonder Kid!
CULTURE CATCH - ICE CREAM FOR CROWS : Don Van Vliet meets Mink Deville | Gary Lucas
Gary points out collage by 3XA
ICE CREAM FOR CROWS
Don Van Vliet meets Mink Deville
A fond reminiscence from back in the day
https://culturecatch.com/node/4533
Up now at CultureCatch.com
Remembering John Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) | Don's Tunes
"It was quite strange, really, meeting John Paul and Jimmy," Bonham, who had already befriended and performed with Plant says. Plant persuaded Page to invite Bonham to play with the band, which Page originally founded as "the New Yardbirds" following the breakup of Page's previous group the Yardbirds.
"Coming from where I come from, I sort of thought it was a bit of joke getting this sort of telegram," Bonham says of the invitation. "There's a chance of becoming one of the Yardbirds? It's like a gift from heaven, wasn't it?"According to Bonham himself, his own style is mainly rooted in the actual drums themselves, not the various cymbals and percussion that he surrounded himself with throughout the years. “I’ve always liked drums to be bright and powerful,” Bonham said in a 1973 interview. “I’ve never used cymbals much. I use them to crash into a solo and out of it, but basically I prefer the actual drum sound.”Although well known for his unmatched power, Bonham also took pride in his ability to lay down a solid groove. “It’s all to do with the swing,” he says in the same interview. “You get a much better tone with a big stroke than you do with a short stab.” John Paul Jones doubled down on his and Bonham’s ability to stay in the pocket. “Yeah, we were both huge Motown and Stax fans and general soul music fans, James Brown fans,” Jones said in 2008. “Which is one of the reasons why I’ve always said that Zeppelin was one of the few bands to ‘swing’. We actually had a groove in those days. People used to come to our shows and dance, which was great.”
Photo: Led Zeppelin, in 1968 by Dick Barnatt/Redferns
Led Zeppelin - How Many More Times (Danmarks Radio 1969)
“Thank you, I’d like to introduce Led Zeppelin to you!
On bass guitar - John Paul Jones, John Paul Jones
On drums - John Bonham
On lead Guitar - Jimmy Page
and myself - Robert Plant
This is what he meant!
Moby Dick (excerpt)
Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick Drum Solo (Madison Square Garden 1973)
You Dancin’?
Well what else you gonna do on a Sunday?
Dancers taught by Leonard Kirk, Cumberland Homesteads, Crossville, Tennessee, 1937 in a photograph by Ben Shahn for the Resettlement Administration, Library of Congress.
The Del Mcoury Band cover CANNED HEAT - Going Up The Country | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"
Going Up The Country - Canned Heat (Cover by Del McCoury Band and friends)
From left to right: Justin Moses, Jason Carter, Sierra Hull, Rob McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Del McCoury, Ethan Jodziewicz, Leigh Gibson, Cody Kilby, Eric Gibson
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Gary Lucas - And You Will (Rise Up To Be)
R.I.P. JEFF BUCKLEY [29 years gone]
So I didn’t post much Gary (Lucas) the past few days and sometimes we take a break and I don’t want anyone thinking I'm obsessive and choosing anything he posts. I am truly not but today he chose this to post and I thought it was really beautiful! In memoriam to his friend an collaborator Jeff Buckley
And You Will
R.I.P. JEFF BUCKLEY
ADVERT BREAK - Paul McCartney - Welcome to The Boys of Dungeon Lane (2026)
Welcome to The Boys of Dungeon Lane…Paul says: "This album is now yours. I just hope people can sit back, relax, and stick the vinyl on, or put on their headphones, play it on their phone, stream it, or whatever, and simply enjoy listening to it. That’s my aim: to bring something people can enjoy, and the more they enjoy it, the happier I am."@joshmac.tv
Albert King and Stevie Ray Matchbox [Carl Perkins] Dec 6 1983 In Session part II
Albert King and Stevie Ray
Matchbox [Carl Perkins]
Dec 6 1983 In Session part II
Domenico Clemente
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