Carly Simon says she hasn't spoken to ex-husband James Taylor in decades, but still loves him. The singer reexamined their relationship in her memoir
The inimitable Chet Baker showed up on The Impossible Cool this morning and I realized he was completely left off of Esquire's "The 75 Best Dressed Men of All Time" list. Instead of languishing in this blatant oversight it seems more appropriate to honor him instead. Not many people have ever been as cool as Chet and the guy's style was much like the music he played - cool, suave and smooth. His untimely death, though not as unexpected or soon, and style make him kinda like the James Dean of jazz if you're looking for a fairly elementary comparison. Regardless, Chet was the physical manifestation of the music he so expertly and effortlessly played. -L.A.S
How New York's most famous eccentric transcended homelessness, blindness, and social norms to become an internationally renowned composer.
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FROM EW’S HOLLYWOOD INSIDER BLOG I grew up listening to HEART. ANN and NANCY WILSON are accomplished legendary musicians. They’ve always impressed me as very cool women. So I thought th…
When Ronnie Lane quit The Faces, he swapped starry lead singers and showbiz bullshit for a new life down on the farm, and a new band, the raggle-taggle rock’n’roll gypsies Slim Chance.
In 1972 a rejected demo finds its way into the hands of a young maverick label boss. The eventual result is a commercial and cultural phenomenon: Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells
We can't get enough of the goddesses of the rock & roll underworld! As the "good" girls were taking debutante classes or tutoring kids, these temptresses were racking up wild memories living by their own
For those of us who appreciate humour, inuendoes and a game, Match Game was one of the favourites of the 1970s. Originally produced in the late 1960s, The Match Game was two team leaders who with t…
Discover the history of Chic, the disco powerhouse that redefined 70s disco with huge smashes like "Le Freak," "Good Times," and "I Want Your Love."
Ad from ZigZag Magazine, 1979 In November 1979, BBC Northern Ireland aired the premiere of Green Rock, a six-week TV series devoted to Irish groups. The first act on the show was not, pace broadcaster Mike Edgar, Celtic rockers Horslips, but Derry’s mighty punk five-piece, the Undertones. Captured mid-hurtle between their 1979 debut and 1980’s Hypnotised, the ‘tones blasted through their lovesick juvenilia with maximum pain and pleasure. The set includes two of their “girls talk” songs (“Girls That Don’t Talk” and “The Way Girls Talk,” though not their cover of the Chocolate Watchband’s “Let’s Talk About Girls”) and the single I personally find more affecting than “Teenage Kicks,” “You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It).” All that’s missing is “Male Model.” At Creggan in Derry, 1977 (via Aural Sculptors) The reunited Undertones—minus their original tremulous voice, Feargal Sharkey, who says he only sings to annoy his children these days—have UK dates booked through November. A remix of “Get Over You” by Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine will be released as a seven-inch in October. The set list: Interview (1:05) “Family Entertainment” (3:55) “I Gotta Getta” (6:30) “Girls That Don’t Talk” (8:25) �...
Great News! “Beyond The Lighted Stage” is now streaming on Netflix! It is my favorite “Rock Documentary” of all time. I had already seen it on Netflix DVD a couple of years ago, but since then R…
Ocean Colour Scene's Simon Fowler and Wolverhampton's Scott Matthews performed during BBC Music Day ceremony
Continuing my theme of gay cartoons, I turn to a figure from the 70s and 80s, a commentator on gay male life of the time. From Wikipedia: Gerard P. Donelan (born 1949), known primarily as just Done…
ABBA was not the only Swedish band to emerge in the 1970s. A myriad of bands had the whipped hair, trousers tight enough to make redundant questions on shoe sizes and songs. They had outfits that shimmered and shone. Never mind the sounds, cop a load of the clothes on the bands’ album covers. … Continue reading "Swedish Dance Bands Of The 1970s: Whipped Hair And No Underwear"
This Charming Charlie masterfully blends Peanuts comics with lyrics by The Smiths. (Thanks, Chris Arkenberg!)
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La icónica canción de la artista, editada en 1972, se nutrió de un vínculo amoroso sobre el que la cantante y compositora no tenía buenos recuerdos; décadas después de su lanzamiento, se confirmó la identidad del destinatario, una reconocida estrella de Hollywood
They came of age--and to music stardom--in the 60s and 70s: Carole King, the sensual Earth Mother; Joni Mitchell, the bohemian risktaker; and Carly Simon, the glamorous iconoclast. Today they are activists, role models, grandmothers. In an excerpt from her new book, Sheila Weller looks back at the passions and heartbreak that inspired their greatest hits.
Photo of Roger HODGSON and SUPERTRAMP, Roger Hodgson performing live on stage
