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12/21/21: This is the place for books, CDs, DVDs or LPs by other artists that fall within this site's mission, and subject matter. (Anything that pertains to me will be posted in the "Press" section.) Hit the "Archive" button to see the full listing of reviews.
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IGGY AT GOOSE LAKE (TAKE I) IGGY AT GOOSE LAKE (TAKE II)
THE STOOGES: LIVE AT GOOSE LAKE: AUGUST 8TH, 1970
Dec 21, 2021
"We can't hang our heads all the time wishing and hoping for what might have been. All we can do is base our feeling on the evidence, whatever it's telling us. That's the value of Live At Goose Lake..." See how this latest Stooges archival release stacks up!
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Dec 21, 2021
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Dec 21, 2021
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I BROUGHT DOWN THE MC5 (MICHAEL DAVIS)
Aug 9, 2021
"Life was still being experienced in black and white, stuck in limbo between postwar and Pop art... Acid was the new drug, and the MC5 were on the doorstep of a breakthrough.” See how I the late Michael Davis's chronicle, I Brought Down The MC5, stacks up against its competition.
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"HEART FULL OF SOUL" BIO: REVIEW+AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Aug 9, 2021
"That’s why I used the title Heart Full of Soul – he really was that guy." Author David French dishes on his experience in writing the first bio of the late, great Yardbird, Keith Relf.
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Feb 19, 2017
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A VICIOUS LOVE STORY (TEDDIE DAHLIN)
Oct 30, 2016
"They seemed threatening and dangerous, and definitely not worth the price of a ticket..." Suffice to say, Teddie Dahlin was no Sex Pistols fan when the boys gatecrashed Trondheim...little did she know how her life would change after July 21, 1977, as Chairman Ralph explains in his review of the author's memoir, A VICIOUS LOVE STORY.
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BRIDGES ARE BURNING 2-CD COMP: WALLY TAX'S MUSIC REVISITED
Oct 30, 2016
Attention, Tax maniacs...your Nederbeat ship has come in...via this new two-CD collection of the late "Entertainer"'s prime '70s-era solo stuff. Go on and take a look, then...see what you're missing!
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Left to Right: Nick Waring, Mike Darby, Simon Heathfield, Richard Bentley, Mike Furzman. <br />  <br />Pic © Steve Hill (1980) on route to London for a gig, taken outside Rich’s house in Frampton Cotterell, Bristol, UK. The Rimshots: Band rehearsal, 1980. Left to right: Doug Poole, Mike Darby. Left to Right: Rich, Mike, Simon, Fuzz. Trinity Hall, Bristol, 1980.
BRISTOL BOYS MAKE MORE NOISE: MODS, POWER POP, SCOOTER BOYS 1979-87 (REVIEW/INTERVIEW)
by Words: Chairman Ralph/Images: Mike Darby
Mar 21, 2016
What's this thing called Bristol Mod? Chairman Ralph seeks to answer that question in his review of MODS, POWER POP, SCOOTER BOYS 1979-87 (Bristol Archive Records)....with some pithy observations from label head/Rimshots lead singer Mike Darby ("The Mod scene has never really gone away") and Thin Air drummer Phil Olerenshaw ("Mod and Ska has stood the test of time")...so dig in!
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COOL WATER: PETE HAYNES TURNS UP THE HEAT
Mar 21, 2016
"Written across the hoarding is a multiple of colours and smiling faces, intended to depict all members of the community, are the words BELFAST IS CHANGING. Further written across the hoarding in bright letters is the date, 2000..." Behind this bright facade, however, lies a different story, as ex-Lurkers drummer and contemporary novelist Pete Haynes explains in his latest work, COOL WATER.
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Aug 15, 2014
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Love the hairstyle -- yes, it was the &#39;70s... :-) Left to right: Casino Steel, Gary Holton, Torstein Flakne (guitar). Photo by: Arne Olav Nordtomme. ...Gary Holton, outside the Piccadilly Theater, during his run in &#34;Pump Boys And Dinettes&#34; (1984).
FAST LIVING: REMEMBERING THE REAL GARY HOLTON
Aug 15, 2014
"He was the centre of attention, and that's the way he liked it..." Find out why in Chairman Ralph's review of Teddie Dahlin's book, FAST LIVING, a look at the life and times of the late Heavy Metal Kids frontman, Gary Holton.
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GIRL IN A BAND (KIM GORDON)
Aug 15, 2014
Didn't "get" Sonic Youth? You're not alone, as Chairman Ralph details in his review of Kim Gordon's memoir, GIRL IN A BAND.
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GOD'S LONELY MEN: CHEMICAL LANDSLIDE DELIVERS THE GOODS
by By Teddie Dahlin (New Haven Publishing)
Sep 1, 2013
"So cold outside, don't wanna go...See my footprints in the snow": Get the lowdown on the debut album from God's Lonely Men right here, as only the Chairman can do it!
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CHRISSIE HYNDE: RECKLESS: MY LIFE AS A PRETENDER
Jun 30, 2013
"(Guitarist) James Honeyman-Scott is the reason you're even reading this, because without him, I'm sure I would have made the smallest splash with my talents." Is what happens in Chrissie Hynde's memoir, RECKLESS? For the Chairman's verdict, click on the link!
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