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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

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

Music Journalism

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

Pop Radio Remembrance Rock

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

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

Beatle

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.

New Wave Post-Punk Rock

On December 6, 1980, Bono and the Edge Gave Mike and Tim A Private Concert

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 1980, Adam Clayton, Bono, Boy, Generation X, Go For It, I Will Follow, Killing Joke, Larry Mullen Jr., Skids, Stiff Little Fingers, The Edge, The Ritz, the Ruts/Ruts DC, U2

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of U2’s debut in New York City

Post-Punk

Forty Years Ago, Young Marble Giants Exploded A Graceful Bomb Over Manhattan

December 2, 2020December 3, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 1980, Allison Statton, Colossal Youth, Hurrah, New York City, Philip Moxham, Stuart Moxham, Tim Sommer, Young Marble Giants

Tim Sommer recalls a show that changed his life

Music Journalism

This Song is a Con, But It Can Still Change the World

November 16, 2020November 17, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2020 Election, Donald J. Trump, Phil Ochs, protests, Woody Guthrie

Tim Sommer reckons with the power of the protest song in post-election 2020

Hard Rock Progressive Rock Psychedelics

ALBUMS: Hawkwind, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Machine

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Carnivorous, Coronavirus, Dave Brock, Hawkwind, Kraftwerk, LaMonte Young, Neu!, Rolling Stone, Space Ritual, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, The Godz, The Velvet Underground, the Velvets, Trouser Press Books, WLIR, WPIX

51 years into their voyage, they release their best album in decades

Music Journalism Remembrance

All You Need to Know About Van Halen by Someone Who Was an Actual Teenager in the 1970s

October 9, 2020October 19, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Billy Joel, Blondie, Bread, CHEAP TRICK, CSN, James Taylor, Kansas, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Little River Band, Neu!, Styx, The Ramones, Van Halen, Wilko Johnson, Wire

A remembrance of the era that gave us Eddie Van Halen from someone on the ground during their ascension to superstardom

Music Journalism

When You Mistake The Beatles For Ché, You Get What You Deserve

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Che Guevara, Clampdown, Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, Pete Seeger, Seinfeld, The Beatles, The Clash, Woodstock, Woody Guthrie

By believing that singing about working for the clampdown was the same as working against the clampdown, we worked for the clampdown

Punk Remembrance Rock

Walter Lure: April 22, 1949 – August 22, 2020

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Binky Phillips, Bob Dylan, Bobby Rondinelli, CBGB, Dexter Romweber, Joe Ely, Joe Strummer, Johnny Thunders, Lemmy, Lux Interior, Mark E. Smith, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Poison Ivy, Randy Pratt, The Waldos, Walter Lure

Tim Sommer salutes the Holy Ghost of New York City Punk Rock

Blues Folk

ALBUMS: Bob Dylan’s 39th Dream

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2020, Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, False Prophet, I Contain Multitudes, Murder Most Foul, Rough and Rowdy Ways

Rough and Rowdy Ways is Dylan’s most direct and exquisite album in a generation

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