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MP3: AMANDA JO WILLIAMS "OHIO"

March 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Download: Amanda Jo Williams “Ohio” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Yes I Will Mr. Man out Mar. 17 on White Noise) Amanda Jo is a real-life force of nature and so is this little Holy Modal Rounders/Michael Hurley/Henry Flynt-style song that will make you wanna watch a Saturn V launch from between [...]

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EXENE CERVENKA: BECAUSE THAT’S THE WAY IT IS

September 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Exene Cervenka helped invent what Los Angeles is now and helped save the best of what it used to be. She releases a new solo album Somewhere Gone on Bloodshot in October and is moving back to California after years in a historic farmhouse in Missouri. She speaks now while camping on the beach. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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THE MONKS PART 1: WE ALL WANNA DIE IN A HAIL OF BULLETS

May 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Monks were one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands ever. They came from nowhere—five G.I.s about to muster out of the Army when Vietnam and the Beatles were both heating up—and they sounded like nobody else on their album Black Monk Time. Founders Eddie Shaw and Gary Burger (who reveals the location of the lost last Monks session!) speak now about the Monk times. These interviews by Chris Ziegler.

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THE MONKS PART 2: I LOVED YOU BEFORE AND I HATE YOU NOW

May 20th, 2009 · No Comments

The Monks were one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands ever. They came from nowhere—five G.I.s about to muster out of the Army when Vietnam and the Beatles were both heating up—and they sounded like nobody else on their album Black Monk Time. Founders Eddie Shaw and Gary Burger (who reveals the location of the lost last Monks session!) speak now about the Monk times. These interviews by Chris Ziegler.

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