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It’s All For You, Tube: JOE ALBANESE of JOHN CARPENTER

March 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment

John Carpenter‘s drummer extraordinaire Joe Albanese happens to be a Youtube connoisseur and general master of music entertainment. He can engage a group of people for days on Facebook in a race to name bands with the word “black” in the their names. Today he sent over a link to the video seen above, “Old [...]

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THE MEKONS: PAUL McCARTNEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED

July 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The Mekons lived Leeds but dreamed Texas and Tennessee and after finding their feet in first-wave punk songs like “Where Were You,” they left the world of Rough Trade for the open range. They are working on a new album tentatively called 100 Years and singer-guitarist-activist Jon Langford speaks as he takes his dog to the vet. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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