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Open Mic at Ashford and Simpson’s Sugar Bar An Evening in NYC by Dick Beach Once upon a time, a young man purchased a double album titled Ashford and Simpson Live. Just the manner in which the announcer said “Ladies and Gentlemen – ASHford and SIMPson!” let you know it was a treat. Fast forward […]
Sausage Vending Machines – Just the Wurst – by Liam Sweeny. We need a vending machine in the office here, I’m telling you. We need a German vending machine. In Germany, according to my eagle-eye reporting, they have vending machines that sell the wurst food – bratwurst, knockwurst, bockwurst, bestwurst and worstwurst. And all it […]
Editor’s Note: We’ve had many great interviews in the past when we still had our “new car smell.” The following interview of Dweezil Zappa appeared in the April 2020 issue, which was the only purely-digital issue we’ve had. Enjoy. Having taken up the mantel of honoring and presenting his father Frank’s music, Dweezil Zappa has […]
The O Positive Festival was held in Kingston, NY on Friday, October 6th. Performing were: Molly Tigre, Brothers Choice, Juma Sultan’s Aboriginal Music Society, The Goddess Party, Gail Ann Dorsey, Carsie Blanton, Peter Boofit, and John Swan. Photography by Timothy Reidy.
The Gun Club – Fire Of Love (1981) My copy: reissue from unknown year by Munster Records. Being a fervent student of punk, rockabilly and blues, Jeffrey Lee Pierce took it upon himself to arrange a shotgun wedding of the three styles. While punk spawned largely in post-blues exhaustion, the two genres showed more in […]
Stoneman Willie. If you have to have a nickname, how choice is “Stoneman Willie”? I would take this name for myself; unfortunately, it’s been taken for 128 years. But soon, it will be retired in a very strange story out of Reading, Pennsylvania. Stoneman Willie was a pickpocket with Irish roots. He was arrested doing […]
This edition of “Thanks for Asking,” Xperience Monthly writer and contributor Liam Sweeny interviews the band Chico Romano. RRX: Every comic book hero has an origin story. What is the origin story for the band? (points if you tell it like a comic book origin.) CR: If I were to really delve into the origin […]
Jukebox. Tool’s Ideas If you enjoyed Tool’s 2019 album, “Fear Innoculum,” you’re going to like what they’re going to come out with next… but you’re going to have to wait for it. Bassist Justin Chancellor, in a podcast, was asked about a follow-up album, and he responded by saying, “We’ve got many ideas cooking. We […]
I want to hate this. I really do, from the tippy top of my wild, untamed hair all the way to the split toenail that never seemed to grow back right. I won’t tease you, get right to it. “Her” name is Nadine, and she is a robot powered by artificial intelligence (AI.) She’s loaded […]
Prog Digest – by Klyde Kadiddlehumper And then there was the one. And it was good. Time has come up here from time to time. In the case of music, it is about the most important thing you can have. If you are a science fiction fan, there are as many theories about time as […]
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