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The Last Secret of The Beatles

October 21, 2021October 26, 2021 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Beatles, Brian Epstein, George Harrison, John Lennon, Neil Aspinall, Paul McCartney, Pete Best, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

Why was Pete Best really fired?

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ALBUMS: Immersion Surrenders to Beauty, and Achieves Transcendence

September 22, 2021September 23, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2021, Colin Newman, Dennis Wilson, Immersion, Krautrock, Laetitia Sadier, Malka Spigel, Nanocluster, Nanocluster Vol. 1, Pet Sounds, Robin Rimbaud, Ronald Lippok and Bernd Jestram, Scanner, Stereolab, Swim, Tarwater, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The White Album, Ulrich Schnauss, Wire

With the help of such collaborators as Laetitia Sadier, Ulrich Schnauss, Tarwater and Scanner, Nanolcuster Vol. 1 is so beautiful, exotic, immediate and compelling as to defy description

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All Art Is Political: A Chat With Devo’s Gerald V. Casale

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 Tim Sommer 4 Comments Akron, Daniel Ellsberg, Devo, Gerald V. Casale, I'm Gonna Pay U Back, Jihad Jerry and the Evil Doers, Kent State, Mark Mothersbaugh, The Pentagon Papers

An extensive and honest chat with the New Wave pioneer

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Music Journalism

Remembering the Glory Days of MTV News

August 1, 2021August 2, 2021 Tim Sommer 14 Comments Alan Hunter, Doug Herzog, Hugo Largo, JJ Jackson, John Norris, Kurt Loder, Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, MTV, MTV News, Tabitha Soren, Tim Sommer

In honor of today being the 40th anniversary of MTV’s debut on cable television, the Rock & Roll Globe is proud to bring you this “remastered” edition of Tim Sommer’s inside account of working for MTV News in the 80s and early 90s

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The Wire Miracle Continues with PF456 Deluxe

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 2021, Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, PF456 Deluxe, Pink Flag, Post-Punk, Wire

This anticipated Record Store Day exclusive is the UK punk icons’ most feral and creative release

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ALBUMS: Exceptional Dry Cleaning Service

May 24, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 16 Lovers Lane, 4AD, Dry Cleaning, English Settlement, Fables of the Reconstruction, John Lydon, New Long Leg, Phoebe Waller Bridge, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Bends, The Go-Betweens, The Queen is Dead, The Suburbs, Wire, XTC

Believe the hype about New Long Leg, the debut album by this young and profoundly distinctive South London quartet

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Glam Pop Power Pop Punk Remembrance

Les McKeown 1955 – 2021: Ultrapop, Erotic Terror, and Punk’s Proof of Concept

April 28, 2021April 30, 2021 Tim Sommer 3 Comments Bay City Rollers, Cliff Richard, Klaatu, Les McKeown, Malcolm McClaren, MC5, RIP, Sweet, The Mumps, The Ramones, The Rollers

The best-known vocalist for the Bay City Rollers died suddenly this past week at age 65.

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Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl: Primitive Fools

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 Tim Sommer 4 Comments 2021, Dave Grohl, Eazy Sleazy, Foo Fighters, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones

This childish rant is exactly what “Eazy Sleazy” deserves

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Why Billy Childish Matters

April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments BILLY CHILDISH, Bob Dylan, Charles Ives, Louis Jordan, Moondog, Phil Ochs, Scott Muni, The Circle Jerks, The Kinks, The Lurkers, The Ramones, Thee Headcoats, Vini Reilly, Wilko Johnson, Wire

Like, more than anyone else in Rock & Roll

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Music Journalism

It Is Time for SNL to Lose Live Music

February 18, 2021February 19, 2021 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Captain Beefheart, Fear, Kid Creole, Lone Justice, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Mink DeVille, Percy Sledge, Roy Orbison, Saturday Night Live, Sparks, Wynton Marsalis

An open letter to Lorne Michaels

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Seven Crosses and a Horse

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Tim Sommer 3 Comments Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, football, Jeep, Lynn Goldsmith, MC5, NFL, Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, Super Bowl LV, Woody Guthrie

Bruce Springsteen, Jeep and the death of the lie-dream of Liberalism in American rock and pop

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Phil Spector’s Selfish Symphonies

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Axel Stordahl, Brian Wilson, George Harrison, Guy Stevens, Jack Nitzsche, Jerry Wexler, John Hammond, John Lennon, Mitch Miller, Mutt Lange, Phil Spector, Rick Rubin, Ringo Starr, Sam Phillips, Shadow Morton, The Beatles, Tony Hatch

His classic 1960’s productions feature everything and the kitchen sink, but omit any room for us or our experience

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Music Journalism

Who Were The Best Artists of 2020?

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Tim Sommer 2 Comments AC/DC, Bob Dylan, Chubby and the Gang, Deli Girls, Dry Cleaning, Lucidvox, Wire

Our cranky friend offers his review of the year in music

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Meet Chas Newby, the Beatles’ First Left-Handed Bassist

December 21, 2020December 22, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Chas Newby, George Harrison, Jimmy Nicol, John Lennon, Johnny Hutchinson, Paul McCartney, Pete Best, Ringo Starr, Skiffle, Stuart Sutcliffe., The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Tommy Moore

An exclusive chat with the man who spent a fortnight in an embryonic incarnation of the future Fabs

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The Ballad of Virus Van and COVID Clapton

December 10, 2020December 14, 2020 Tim Sommer 5 Comments COVID-19, Eric Clapton, Miley Cyrus, No More Lockdown, Phil Ochs, The Jam, Van Morrison

Van Morrison is a cranky old man, and that’s okay. Eric Clapton is a crappy old racist, and that’s not okay.

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