This is the week that was in matters musical … 1878, seminal turntablist Thomas Edison receives a patent for the phonograph … 1956, Bill Haley & The Comets receive a $250,000 guarantee for 21 shows … an unprecedented amount in those days … 1958, the first Flying V is...

  Nonostante la sua carriera sia durata un anno, Sid Vicious, a 30 anni dalla sua morte, resta la piu' forte icona prodotta dal punk . Continua a leggere 30 anni fa moruva John Simon Ritchie, in arte Sid Vicious... Commenta »...

I’ve just written a quite impassioned article over on Brit Music Scene imploring the Sex Pistols to finally retire and stop pretending that they are still punks. So I though it worthy to actually remind ourselves of how great they once were. This is God Save The Queen from 1977, and was releas...

There's nothing that will tear your heart out quicker than seeing one of your immortal heroes decide to sell out. Hearing the "conscious" rapper KRS-ONE declaring "The revolution is basketball" in a Nike ad back in the 90's was a particularly dark day for me. But at least living people havethe free ...

Filed under: OpEd, The Simpsons, Episode Reviews (S19E12) "Happy Valentine's Day, and shut your gum" -- Homer Simpson. No complaints about The Simpsons scheduling (although it's terribly erratic) or debates with myself on continuity (Rich: You bastard. Now I have nothing to do this week). Let's get ...