Category Archives: Pop Cult

Zappa on School Beat, 1986

Posted on July 20, 2009 by urbangraffito

Frank Zappa debates and discusses rock censorship, the PMRC, the PTA code, the “non-binding nothingness” which the record companies and the then Washington Senator’s wives perpetrated on the American public with the assistance of the media) with Christian rock DJ, … Continue reading →

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Marianne Faithfull — BBC Four Interview/Sessions

Posted on July 10, 2009 by urbangraffito

Marianne Faithfull is an English singer, songwriter and actress whose career spans over four decades. Her early work in pop and rock music in the 1960s was overshadowed by her struggle with drug abuse and heroin addiction in the 1970s. … Continue reading →

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Boz Scaggs at Wolfgang’s Vault

Posted on July 1, 2009 by urbangraffito

Boz Scaggs‘ voice was a very big part in the soundtrack of the seventies, so it’s really not a big surprise that this artist’s music still resonates with me (myself, having come of age in the mid-seventies). For me, Scaggs … Continue reading →

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Eric Dolphy Quintet — Berlin ’61

Posted on June 29, 2009 by urbangraffito

A recent post made me think of another great innovator of free jazz, as well as third stream music: Eric Dolphy.

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Igor Stravinsky – Composer of the Week

Posted on June 27, 2009 by urbangraffito

Donald Macleod explores the life of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) in this five part BBC Radio 3 documentary: 1. Looking West | 2. Wartime in Hollywood | 3. Craft | 4. A New Method | 5. Return to Europe

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The King Of Pop Is Dead

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

RIP Michael Jackson. Believe it or not, as a kid I was a big fan of his music. Billy Jean! Beat it! Thriller! Regardless of the wacky behavior he displayed in later years, this is a sad day for pop … Continue reading →

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Demo Disasters

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

A little something to ease your Monday blues: We’re an indie label digging through years of demo backlogs day by day. These are some of the choicest gems we’ve received. We know that some people worked very hard on these, … Continue reading →

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I’d Love to Be a Hippy — North Mississippi Allstars

Posted on June 19, 2009 by urbangraffito

Founded in 1996, the North Mississippi Allstars is a southern rock/jam band from Hernando, Mississippi, composed of brothers Luther Dickinson (guitar, vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, keyboards, electric washboard) and Chris Chew (electric bass guitar). Their song, “I’d Love to … Continue reading →

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Cruising With Ruben & The Jets — Vinyl Revisited

Posted on June 18, 2009 by urbangraffito

Cruising With Ruben & The Jets is a Mothers of Invention album released in 1968, and controversially reissued in an alternate mix with newly recorded bass and percussion in 1984 by Frank Zappa (all post-1984 reissues of the album have … Continue reading →

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Awful Ugly Parts — Crystal Zevon & Moon Zappa

Posted on June 17, 2009 by urbangraffito

In the clip above, Crystal Zevon discusses the off beat life of her late husband, Warren Zevon, his inspirations for songs like “Mohammed’s Radio” (below), as chronicled in her book about him “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life … Continue reading →

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