Category Archives: Pop Cult

The Tubes New Years Eve ’75 @ Winterland

Posted on July 16, 2008 by urbangraffito

Mike Cotton of The Tubes Project just sent me an email announcing that the Bill Graham archive has added The Tubes New Years Eve 1975 show: This is the “Big Bang” for us as we sold out Winterland and put … Continue reading →

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Grande Mothers Re-Invented Rock Canada Day

Posted on July 2, 2008 by urbangraffito

The Grande Mothers Re-Invented performed to an appreciative audience of about 300 at Festival Place in Sherwood Park, Alberta, on Canada Day, July 1st at 7:30 pm. They performed flawlessly for over two and a half hours with one fifteen … Continue reading →

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Michael Kenyon’s Alive And Well And…

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

… living in Russia.

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Born Dropped Out

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The Hippie Kid Stories: Unedited interviews of children of hippies displayed as short video clips that you choose how to view. Participants answered the same 20 questions with no interviewer prompting them as they looked at the camera. Hippie kids, … Continue reading →

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RIP George Carlin

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

A sad day for stand-up comedy… Here’s one of Carlin’s routines, called Seven Words:

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The Tubes — Space Baby, 1975

Posted on June 19, 2008 by urbangraffito

Latest offering from The Tubes Project, an ongoing archiving process in preparation for the eventual release of a documentary outlining the musical history of The Tubes. Recorded at the Record Plant, w/Bill Spooner on lead vocals. This video opens with … Continue reading →

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BPA + David Byrne & Dizzee Rascal: Toe Jam

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Balint

Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance. 🙂 Directed by Keith Schofield.

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120 Years Of Music Chart History

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Also known as The Whitburn Project: For the last ten years, obsessive record collectors in Usenet have been working on the Whitburn Project — a huge undertaking to preserve and share high-quality recordings of every popular song since the 1890s. … Continue reading →

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Lindsey Buckingham – Under the Skin

Posted on May 25, 2008 by urbangraffito

Continuing on with the theme of great, underrated guitarists is this video of Lindsey Buckingham performing “Shut Us Down” from his 2006 solo album, Under the Skin. This album features Buckingham on almost all instruments, with the exception of two … Continue reading →

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The Big Laurel Canyon Conspiracy

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory, right? How about one that exposes Frank Zappa (among others) as being part of a huge undercover operation run by The Military-Industrial Complexâ„¢, the goal of which was to infiltrate, and subsequently neutralize the … Continue reading →

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