The final time I saw Brian was with Denro at the Beacon Theatre in NYC, on September 26, 2019.
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L.A. Lawless?
Trump is doing absolutely nothing to put pressure on Putin about Ukraine, but he didn’t hesitate to send Marines against residents of Los Angeles.
Here is a dispassionate discussion and analysis of the situation in Los Angeles. It’s a good example of why Trump wants to cripple PBS.
Liverpool by Way of Asbury Park
Across the pond, a few nights ago.
Marvelous Joltin’ Joe
June 25 will mark five years since the passing of Joe Sinnott. I was fourteen when I first read an interview with Joe. It was conducted by Mark Evanier and Tony Isabella (now preferring to be called Jenny Blake), and published in Marvelmania No. 4.
Here’s the original published format, suitable for widescreen viewing.
An brief bio is in the same issue, with Joe sharing space with bad boy Sci-Fi writer Harlan Ellison.
Rolling Sly Stone
A while ago I began working on a post about Sly & the Family Stone. I was about to return to it after seeing this item about Sly Stone in the same issue of Rolling Stone that has the Monty Python article I scanned for the previous post.
Now I’m forced to rush it out, because of the news that Sly Stone has died.
With no slight intended to the great Soul hits of my childhood (who doesn’t like ‘Funky Broadway’?), as my teenage years approached they were sounding like “more of the same.” Sly’s brand of Funk brought something new and different to Black music on the AM airwaves. These records had an infectious creativity in them that I really enjoyed hearing on the radio.
P.S. I’m cribbing this from the chat on Big Planet Noise. Bob Irwin said this a few minutes ago:
“Here are my thoughts – I’ve spent a few hours today texting and speaking with old Sony Music pals and various music biz buds about Sly. I was the caretaker of Sly’s incredible catalog for 20+ years at Sony, producing nearly all the compilations, boxsets, expanded editions, etc, etc. So, I feel very, very close to all of it. BUT – everyone is in a remarkably great mood, focusing on a zillion funny stories about Sly, laughing about various nearly-indescribable events that he was involved in, and so much more. So, we’ll get a Sly tune into tonight’s show for sure, but we’ll do a real-deal, proper tribute next week, after the dust settles a bit and I can absorb it all, really focus and have some fun…. RIP, Sly – thank you for ALL of it, Sir.”
Next Monday’s Big Planet Noise, on WFMU’s Give the Drummer stream, will be something special.
Like Something Called Firesign Theatre
Thanks to WBCN-FM in Boston playing Monty Python records, I was already familiar with the (eventually legendary) comedy troupe when first reading about them, shortly after starting my freshman year of college.
