Springsteen impressions and Angie Bowie’s coke dealer: ‘Absolute Beginners’
❉ The story behind David Bowie’s #2 hit single ‘Absolute Beginners’, released 35 years ago this month.
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Larry “Ratso” Sloman – ‘Stubborn Heart’
❉ 70-year old NYC scenester releases debut album today, featuring Nick Cave and friends.
Punk Noir: Author Q & A – Paul D Brazill
❉ Shooting from the lip with the ‘Brit Grit’ crime writer.
Cult Q & A: Lauren Hoffman
❉ We’re asking, they’re answering. This week: Singer/songwriter Lauren Hoffman lets her freak flag fly.
Joan Baez returns with new album ‘Whistle Down The Wind’
❉ Whistle Down The Wind is Joan’s first new studio album in a decade
Coming Soon: ‘Decades’!
❉ Announcing a concept album featuring a galaxy of stars.
Dan Hicks: the autobiography from Jawbone Press
❉ A poignant memoir by the much-loved and much-missed singer and songwriter, who passed away in February 2016.
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Ironweed’ (1987)
❉ Nick Clement presents his assessments of cinematic gems and cult oddities. This week, two lost souls search for meaning in their broken lives.
Moviedrome Redux: ‘Domino’ (2005)
❉ Nick Clement presents his assessments of cinematic gems and cult oddities. This week, Tony Scott’s undervalued pièce de résistance.
Earth Dies Screaming: Tom Waits’ ‘Bone Machine’ revisited
❉ An appreciation of Tom Waits’ dystopian grand opus, twenty-five years on.