tuli kupferberg.

the first punk rocker i ever heard.
and one of the first yiddish singers i ever heard.

this.

and newly in my mind this year because of this, which we used in the 5770/2010 purimshpil ( Read more... )

grace jones tells it like it is:

ULTIMATELY, IT REQUIRED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CLEAR THINKING, A LOT OF HARD WORK AND GOOD MAKE-UP TO BE ACCEPTED AS A FREAK.

MOST OF THE REAL ROOTSY SCENE IN NEW YORK STARTED IN GAY PRIVATE CLUBS WITH GREAT MUSIC AND THE BEST, MOST FANATICAL DJS. THOUGH WHAT'S HAPPENED TO IT NOW IS JUST TYPICAL OF THE WAY OF LIFE IN ( Read more... )

in which a pair of sparts* discover pop music. and it makes them a little bit gay.

"workingmen of all countries, unite! um, no homo."

thanks to emmala for the link.

and if you want the truly fantastic thing this doesn't even know it wishes it were, go here* i'm judging by style here. yes, it's sterotyping, but really, with those goatees and ( Read more... )

...this has nothing to do with gaza.

why did i need greil marcus to lead me to this amazingnesssure, i was of an age in 1993 that i could've seen it, but i was (a) straight, (b) hostile to pop music, and (c) not watching television. assuming you, my friends, can at least pretend to be none of those things, don't make the same mistake i did ( Read more... )

cork

at a singing circle over emmala's usual pub (look! new html!), i was stunned and delighted when the second song was 'plane wreck at los gatos'. it's been stuck in my head for weeks, after appearing in some spontaneous singing before i left the City. and hearing it folk-ified into irish was disconcerting and amazing and made me feel oddly at home ( Read more... )