Photos courtesy of Joshua Petker's official website . Veronica by Joshua Petker Los Angeles! Save the date. On June 11, 2011 at the Corey Heford Gallery, a gala reception for Joshua Petker's mini-exhibit entitled "Celluloid Constellations" will be taking place. Joshua Petker is paying tribute to Hollywood legends such as Audrey Hepburn, Dorothy Dandridge, Veronica Lake and Fatty Arbuckle. As always with his paintings, you have to expect the unexpected as Joshua is notorious for subtlety infusing vivid colors that take his subjects into another dimension. [...]
I don't know much about Veronica Lake , they were from Ann Arbor, Michigan, which is home to the University of Michigan. They also seem to get tagged as an American version of the Field Mice . The band never put out a full album, but released a scatter shot of songs on SpinArt, Cher Doll, Simple Machines, Bus Stop and Audrey's Diary. If you put all of their output together, it would add up to ten songs, and make a fine album. As it happens, if you hurry and [...]
From 1992 to 1993, Veronica Lake released 10 first-rate indie pop songs scattered across 8 releases. This year I obtained a reissue of the Winter's Mist compilation EP from Keith at Silver Girl Records , featuring "Emma Maybe", thus completing the set I began collecting more than a decade ago. I love this band. So, for my last music post on YSKOD I present to you the following present... Veronica Lake Compilation on You Shall Know Our Discography ============================== ===================== 1. Sleepyhouse (1992, originally released on Crayon/Veronica Lake 7" on Cher Doll; this mp3 was taken from 1993's [...]
It's too bad Veronica Lake didn't create a mini-revolution, actually. Instead, the Ann Arbor Michigan pop band released about five singles and contributed to a few compilations ( listed here on TweeNet ) before shambling into obscurity. Fitting, really, as the insert to their first 7" describes Veronica Lake as "dedicated to flexidiscs, exclamation marks, and hopelessly derivative, instantly forgettable songs." Bless 'em. As mentioned in an early YSKOD post, I named my radio show after this first single, which they confess "was done under the influence of the Field Mice." Let's have a listen to the B-side of that [...]
According to G
the finest kiss
you shall know our discography
Azealia Banks - '1991' [Listen]
THE MASTERSONS — BIRDS FLY SOUTH
