Added on January 8, 2013
Everett True
Everett True , In Utero , Kurt Cobain , Nevermind , Nirvana , Pitchfork , secret memo , Steve Albini , The Beatles , The White Stripes
To sum up. I think this memo is probably a spoof. A very cleverly worded and artful spoof for sure… but still a spoof.
Added on January 7, 2013
Wallace Wylie
In Utero , In Utero memo , Kurt Cobain , Nevermind , Nirvana , Pitchfork , Steve Albini , The Beatles , The White Stripes , Wallace Wylie
People not only like to read the same story over and over again, they demand it. Our job is to retell the story, to reinforce the legends, to emphasise the inflexibility of the narrative.
Added on November 20, 2012
Scott Creney
Barry Gibb , Barry Manilow , Barry McGuire , Barry White , mumford and sons , Ringo Starr , Scott Creney , The Beach Boys , The Beatles
The first line alone contains two historically volcanic eruptions of bragging. Not even Kanye has the ego to say he’s been alive forever, let alone that he wrote the very first goddamn song
Added on November 15, 2012
Wallace Wylie
Albums , Cinema , Elvis , iPod , Jazz , Nik Cohn , Poetry , pop , Popular Culture , Rock n Roll , Singles , The Beatles , Wallace Wylie
Unless a particular artistic discipline has massive popular support then it ceases to become culturally relevant.
Added on September 13, 2012
Scott Creney
Animal Collective , Dave Clark Five , reptar , Scott Creney , The Beatles , Vampire Weekend
The new Animal Collective album bores the shit out of me. It’s tedious and unimaginative. It is lazy in every conceivable sense — lyrically, melodically, sonically, creatively.
Added on August 8, 2012
Princess Stomper
Amebix , Battles , Call of Cthulhu , Eric Plourde , Front Line Assembly , Glasser , Grimes , Karda Estra , Knifeworld , Kozyndan , La Mar Enfortuna , Levitation , Loop , Lykke Li , Mark Rothko , MC Escher , Metallica , Necessary , Nine Inch Nails , Princess Stomper , Rammstein , Salvador Dali , She & Him , Steve Reich , Tashaki Miyaki , The Beatles , The Shins , Thinking Plague , Tool , Zdzislaw Beksinski
The thunking riffs are suitably portentous, but the amusing video would have tickled Beksinski’s reportedly excellent sense of humour.
Added on July 9, 2012
Everett True
Be My Baby , Brian Wilson , Everett True , Frankie Lyman , interview , Murray The K , Phil Spector , Plan B Magazine , Plan B – the archives , Ramones , Riot Grrrl , Ronnie Spector , The Beatles
[Oh my god! Ronnie Spector is singing to me!]
Added on June 23, 2012
Hannah Golightly
Elliott Smith , Feist , Hannah Golightly , Moonrise Kingdom , Nico , The Beatles , Wes Anderson
Yes, I am going to bend that spoon with my mind, so pay attention…
Added on April 30, 2012
Wallace Wylie
Bob Dylan , Chuck Berry , Class , David Thomas , Elvis Presley , Howlin' Wolf , Mark E Smith , Muddy Waters , Oprah Winfrey , Pere Ubu , Race , race music , Simon Reynolds , The Animals , The Beatles , The Fall , The Kinks , The Rolling Stones , Them , Totally Wired , Wallace Wylie
The fantasy world that David Thomas inhabits reeks of privilege and conceit. Perhaps I expected a bit more intelligence, a bit more individuality, a bit more adventurousness to his thinking. Then again, he is a white middle-class American male. We can’t expect too much.