Category: Experimental
Split Enz 01: What’s the Matter with You?
No one likes the idiot that walks up to you and says, “Cheer up!” As if that would do anything positive! You may think, “What is this? A marching order?” just before the ... Read More
Bauhaus 01: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
Bauhaus was an especially dark band with a view towards spontaneity. In fact, the album, The Sky’s Gone Out, has been said to be mostly improvisation. One track in particular has been a con... Read More
PiL01: Public Image, It’s Not a Game of Monopoly
No one could possibly break with their musical past as well as John Lydon. After being left broke in America, legally bound up, harassed by the police and totally turned off to the whole Punk moveme... Read More
Keith Richards, Syd Barrett, Legendary Pink Dots, John Lennon, Yoko Ono: The Song Visits You.
Keith Richards: Nobody writes a song. It visits you and you pay it homage. Interviewer: You wrote “Satisfaction” in one go, didn’t you? Keith Richards: Yeah. That was humbling.... Read More
An Exploration of Musical Acceptance
Music is a funny thing. It’s material but yet it’s not. It’s subjective but is good music just what you like? What makes something move you so deeply it’s absurd? The ... Read More
The Flaming Lips 02: My Unconscious Interview With Wayne Coyne
This is not about an actual interview, it is about an interview in a dream I had. The interview was in an abandoned railway yard. Wayne Coyne was rummaging through the debris while I was intervie... Read More
The Bad Plus 01: Inevitable Western Review
This Jazz trio from Minnesota have been around for 16+ years (no pun intended). They are probably best known for their interesting version of “Tom Sawyer” by Rush. In many ways you coul... Read More
Legendary Pink Dots 01: A Word for the Uninitiated
The Legendary Pink Dots have been one of my favourite bands for quite a while. I have read and listened to many interviews with them along with a fair number of articles (read, not listened to, of c... Read More