Sadly, Syd Barrett, the visionary founder of Pink Floyd who later became a recluse, died this past Friday. The news was not released until today.
Xan Brooks has some rather eloquent thoughts on the passing of the musician. Barrett had been out of the public spotlight for several decades, scraping by on royalties. As Brooks points […]
Butch Walker’s new album, Butch Walker and the Let’s Go Out Tonites, dropped today. From what I’ve heard, it’s a bunch of well-executed retro glam fun. Those of you so inclined as to say, worship Hedwig and the Angry Inch or drool over Velvet Goldmine will likely enjoy.
Of course, Butch Walker has a Myspace […]
Slacker turned 15. I first saw Richard Linklater’s Gen X anthem in an undergrad class dedicated to that generation — we also listened to Bikini Kill and read Douglas Coupland, and I’m sure that the chorus of “Suck My Left One” blasting through the halls of the humanities building raised some eyebrows.
I consider Slacker one […]
Willie Nelson bought his childhood church in Abbott, TX to preserve the structure. The story about the purchase is downright charming — Nelson just seems like a great down-to-earth kind of guy.
Also, the new Willie Nelson box set, the Complete Atlantic Sessions, is fantastic. It’s a bloody mary morning, indeed.
David Hasselhoff got his ass taken out of Wimbledom for parading around sloppy drunk and totally annoying. While that’s mildly amusing, what makes the story hilarious is that he was saying things like, “Do you know who I am? I’m the Hoff.”
I remember reading that Sammy Hagar’s answering machine says something to the effect of, […]