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It’s Never Too Late To Experience Sparks

June 15, 2021June 25, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Andy Bell, Beck, Duran Duran, Erasure, Flea, Gillian Gilbert, John Taylor, New Order, Nick Rhodes, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Stephen Morris, Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols, The Sparks Brothers, Todd Rundgren, Vince Clarke

A new documentary from director Edgar Wright brings the brilliance of the Brothers Mael to a new generation

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

Glam Music Journalism

REQUIRED READING: Trouser Glitter

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1977, Alex Harvey, Ira Robbins, Irvine Welsh, Marc Bolan, Roxy Music, Sparks, T.Rex, The Clash, The Damned, The Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books

Ira Robbins goes glam in his novel ‘Marc Bolan Killed in Crash’

Beatle Experimental New Wave Pop Rock

Like A Flower: McCartney II at 40

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1980, Coming Up, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, Ron Mael, Sparks, The Beatles

If McCartney was Paul McCartney’s declaration of independence from the Beatles, Part II signaled a new kind of freedom

Glam New Wave Pop Rock

Sparks and the Steady Drip, Drip, Drip of Success Pt. II

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2020, A Steady Drip Drip Drip, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, Indiscreet, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Tony Visconti

The second half of our exclusive chat with Ron Mael

Glam New Wave Rock

Tony Visconti Lets Sparks Fly

May 18, 2020May 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments A Steady Drip Drip Drip, David Bowie, George Martin, Indiscreet, Paul McCartney, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Tony Visconti

Jim Sullivan talks exclusively with the legendary producer about his history with the Mael Brothers

Glam New Wave Pop

Sparks and the Steady Drip, Drip, Drip of Success Pt. I

May 14, 2020May 22, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2020, A Steady Drip Drip Drip, BMG, Franz Ferdinand, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, The Cramps

As they release their 24th LP, Ron Mael speaks exclusively with the Rock & Roll Globe about how he and brother Russell are keeping from going COVID crazy

Radio Records

Music In A Time Of Coronavirus

March 18, 2020March 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Achoo, “Another World, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me, “Isolation, “No Sex, “Sick Again, “Sick as a Dog, “Sick Things, “So Alone, “State of Confusion, “The Lonesome DJ, “Too Sick To Pray, “Touch Me, “Ventilator Blues, “You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days, “You Sound Like You’re Sick, ” “Le Freak (Freak Out), ” Antony and the Johnsons, ” Buzzcocks, ” Chic, ” Gilbert O’Sullivan, ” Golden Earring, ” Ramones, Aerosmith, Alex Chilton, Alice Cooper, Corona, Coronavirus, I’m Sick, Johnny Thunders, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Muddy Waters, MUDHONEY, Naturally, R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Sparks, The Kinks, The Police, The Specials, Too Much Joy, Warren Zevon, Willie Nelson

10 songs that speak to the uniqueness of a once-every-hundred-years situation

Hard Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Records

Bad Music For Bad People: A Listicle Not for the Always Woke, Ever Timid or Politically Correct

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Alice Cooper, Anti-Nowhere League, Body Count, Charles Manson, Dead Boys, Fear, Ice-T, Lou Reed, Rolling Stones, Slayer, Sparks, Starz, The Beatles, The Cramps, The Only Ones, The Rotters, Tiger Lillies

The title is copped from the name of a great 1984 Cramps compilation album, and that’s kind of what this story is about