1973 Archive

  • This is Ziggy’s tour of America and some of the shady folks he saw (himself included).  From the party out of bounds on “Watch That Man”—to the cracked British Invader […]

    David Bowie – Aladdin Sane

    This is Ziggy’s tour of America and some of the shady folks he saw (himself included).  From the party out of bounds on “Watch That Man”—to the cracked British Invader […]

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  • The key track is “Private World”. Sans irony, and dispassion, the New York Dolls dreamed themselves up from the street, donning a sort of half-drag that said nothing and everything […]

    New York Dolls – New York Dolls

    The key track is “Private World”. Sans irony, and dispassion, the New York Dolls dreamed themselves up from the street, donning a sort of half-drag that said nothing and everything […]

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  • Normally, when the tape was rolling, J.B. and the J.B.s were “on.” They worked hard. They gave us funk as we know it: a hot groove with lean but precise […]

    James Brown – The Payback

    Normally, when the tape was rolling, J.B. and the J.B.s were “on.” They worked hard. They gave us funk as we know it: a hot groove with lean but precise […]

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  • Todd is a cult name — a producer (XTC, Meat Loaf, New York Dolls) — a one-man band. As a nod to the music he loves (Carole King, Hendrix, Philly […]

    Todd Rundgren – A Wizard, A True Star

    Todd is a cult name — a producer (XTC, Meat Loaf, New York Dolls) — a one-man band. As a nod to the music he loves (Carole King, Hendrix, Philly […]

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  • The Dark Side of the Moon is creative, but pretentious it’s not. Over-familiarity is the bane of Pink Floyd (thanks to “classic rock” radio). But, like punk, the Pink Floyd […]

    Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon

    The Dark Side of the Moon is creative, but pretentious it’s not. Over-familiarity is the bane of Pink Floyd (thanks to “classic rock” radio). But, like punk, the Pink Floyd […]

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  • It’s hard for a 24-year-old to sympathize with the kind of naked lunch you get in Last Tango In Paris. If the film leads to “candor,” my tongue is lagging: […]

    Last Tango In Paris

    It’s hard for a 24-year-old to sympathize with the kind of naked lunch you get in Last Tango In Paris. If the film leads to “candor,” my tongue is lagging: […]

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  • This is not a bad film. But it is calm, and a step out for Peckinpah. Rarely does he give it to you straight: his work has a bracing, subconscious […]

    Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid

    This is not a bad film. But it is calm, and a step out for Peckinpah. Rarely does he give it to you straight: his work has a bracing, subconscious […]

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  • Where DB takes a break from “Aladdin Sane” guise to cover Brit nuggets of the mod era, but not just. To such a facetious, rapt dabbler — who, like his […]

    David Bowie – PinUps

    Where DB takes a break from “Aladdin Sane” guise to cover Brit nuggets of the mod era, but not just. To such a facetious, rapt dabbler — who, like his […]

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  • There oughta be a law that cinematographers and production designers have to be German. Them krauts can really craft some gorgeous images. Now if only they could write a decent […]

    Tenderness Of The Wolves

    There oughta be a law that cinematographers and production designers have to be German. Them krauts can really craft some gorgeous images. Now if only they could write a decent […]

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