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TALBOT TAGORA: I SAW THE BLOOD AND THE PARROT

August 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Talbot Tagora have roots in the Smell but survive and thrive now in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, where they make space rock from planet jazz on their fascinating new record Lessons In The Woods Or A City. They speak now before van trouble in unforgiving Utah. This interview by Vanessa Gonzalez.

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ZIG ZAG WANDERER: MICHAEL JACKSON, KIM FOWLEY AND ALEX CHILTON

July 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Straight and Frankenstein tall stood Kim Fowley in the low-roofed Redwood Lounge last weekend. Presiding over another installment of “Hollywood Sexual Underground”, the legendary songwriter-producer-impresario was haranguing a roomful of sweating freaks and lovelies when I clambered in off the street on another boiling hot Friday night. “Are there any lesbians or drunks in the house tonight?” he intoned from somewhere near the ceiling, glowering about the narrow room like a rock ‘n’ roll Vincent Price.

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SUN. MAY. 4: BIPOLAR BEAR / GODS GANG / CRYSTAL ANTLERS @ SUGAR

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments

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