In an interview I did with John Doe of the band X a year or so back, he mentioned that he was writing a book of his own to set the record straight with regard to the history of the LA punk scene. [As you might recall, he wasn’t too happy with the job former […]
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Remember when John Doe told us that he was going to write a book of his own about the origins of LA punk? Well he’s gone and done it. “Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk” is now in stores.
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged Black Flag, Brendan Mullen, Charlotte Caffey, Chris Morris, Dave Alvin, El Vez, Exene Cervenka, Go-Go's, great interviews, Jack Grisham, Jane Wiedlin, John Doe, Kristine McKenna, Los Angeles, Mike Watt, oral history, Pleasant Gehman, punk, punk rock, Robert Lopez, Teresa Covarrubias, The Blasters, The Brat, The Flesh Eaters, The Minutemen, The Zeros, Tom DeSavia, TSOL, Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk, We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk, when punks compete, X 2 Comments
Notes on last night’s Stooges show
In the immortal words of Iggy Pop, I had “a real cool time” last night. My only complaint is that it wasn’t nearly loud enough. Here, for those of you who weren’t lucky enough to score a ticket, or famous enough to get invited in, are a few short video clips that I shot. The […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture Also tagged 1970, Black Flag, Coffee and Cigarettes, Dave Alexander, Discount Records, Gimme Danger, I Wanna Be Your Dog, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, impervious to shirts, James Wiliamson, Jason Segel, Jim Jarmusch, Joe Piscopo analogies, mock masturbation, naked old punk ass, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, The Chosen Few, The Stooges, trousers 18 Comments