Contributed by Chris Gedos Listen to this 1953 cut of the altoist Art Pepper lay down Charlie Parker's "Yardbird Suite", written back in '46 at the height of postwar jubilation. Suburban tracts, the Marshall Plan and the G.I. Bill do indeed apply! This is a happy freewheelin' take on a happy, freewheelin' composition, capturing the spirit of 1940's Tommy Dorsey-era New York. Pepper, however, was a native Angeleno who lived for much of his life in Echo Park . A colossal performance almost [...]
Contributed by Chris Gedos Listen to this 1953 cut of the altoist Art Pepper lay down Charlie Parker's "Yardbird Suite", written back in '46 at the height of postwar jubilation. Suburban tracts, the Marshall Plan and the G.I. Bill do indeed apply! This is a happy freewheelin' take on a happy, freewheelin' composition, capturing the spirit of 1940's Tommy Dorsey-era New York. Pepper, however, was a native Angeleno who lived for much of his life in Echo Park . A colossal performance almost [...]
Ready for the 38th installment of Wild Weekend ? Thought so. And it´s a wild bunch again this week, featuring Japrock and Dylan, reggae inna loversrock style and the blues, old Ohio punk and new Salford trash. Just take your pick and don´t forget to have a wild one. For a furious blast-off, we turn to a seventies Japrock powertrio called Gedo. Their nihilistic hi-energy rocker Kusatta Inochi , better known in the West as Rotten Life , will surely bring out the inner biker in you. Let it [...]
A triumvirate of mighty tunes for you to enjoy over the weekend: From 1969 the beautifully warped psychedelic soul of John Fitch & The Associates: John Fitch & The Associates- Romantic Attitude (Download) Some blistering Japanese rock and roll in the shape of Gedo. It seems that even Japan were afflicted with that mid Seventies syndrome known as the two minute drum solo. Gedo- Dance Dance Dance (Download) Bang up to date with Salem's rework of These [...]
The great man and the megalomaniac share one thing in common, and this would be a deep, abiding sense of destiny. Shoko Asahara, born blind in his left eye and partially sighted in the right, into a large, poor family of tatami mat makers aspired early on to be a leader. He ran for class president in elementary, junior high and senior high school. Though he was continuously rejected by his classmates, he never doubted his sense of destiny. Though he was not loved, he sought to bend others to his will through threats and fear. Nor [...]
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