Jessie Wagner Tunes Droppin’ By Jay S. Jacobs This year was Jessie Wagner’s spotlight move. The diverse, soulful singer songwriter had finished her first solo album. (She had previously recorded an EP as the lead singer of the band Envy.) She had been signed up with the wickedly hip indie label Wicked Cool – with … Continue reading
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL – I LOVE YOU ALL THE TIME: LIVE AT THE OLYMPIA IN PARIS (2017) Starring Jesse Hughes, Joshua Homme, Dave Catching, Matt McJunkins, Julian Dorio, Eden Galindo and Tuesday Cross. Directed by Vincent Bordes and Julian Aïvadian. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 91 minutes. Not Rated. There are few, if any, … Continue reading
Craig Marks Wants His MTV! by Jay S. Jacobs Legend tells us the MTV blasted off on television on August 1, 1981 with the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” – a song that was like a shot off the bow of the staid music world and became the channel’s own personal mission statement. However, … Continue reading
Duran Duran – Tower Theatre – Upper Darby, PA – October 17, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (Verve) The music behind James Bond has always been part of the allure of the super-spy, a loungy, seductive musical canon tailor-made to naked women dancing in silhouette behind the opening credits – vaguely suggesting danger and the good life. As the Bond film series approaches its 50th anniversary, … Continue reading
Duran Duran – Medazzaland (Capitol) Duran Duran’s career has been up and down so many times that you think it was built by the Otis Elevator Co. Right now the band is way down after the disastrous reaction to their 1995 covers album Thank You, a curious follow up to 1992’s Wedding Album, which had them back on … Continue reading
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