Today marks the
67th anniversary of the birth of the legendary musician
Steve Miller. Born to parents with a strong interest in music, he was surrounded from an early age by such notables as Les Paul, Mary Ford and T-Bone Walker. He grew into an accomplished musician and took strongly to the blues. Miller immersed himself in the Chicago blues scene of the 1960's, but after several years became disillusioned and left to find a different inspiration.
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posted by bionic.junkie
on Oct 5, 2010 -
138 comments
Garry McDonald, aka
Norman Gunston, aka the "
little aussie bleeder," may be well known out Australia way. For most Americans, however,
Norman G remains far, far down under the radar. But he's the forefather of the UK's
Ali G; he's Canadian
Nardwuar thee Human Serviette's nerdier dad; he's America's
Lazlo Toth (US) with a combover and a microphone; he's
Jiminy Glick's
Jack Sprat.
Perhaps you saw Norman long ago in a segment on USA Network's
Night Flight variety
show.
[bonus: many many youtubes of Night Flight segments, courtesy of this awesome website.] But I bet you didn't know he released a
KIckaSS single (among
others), jammed with
Frank Zappa, and was at the right place and time
to upstage a piece of Australian History. Not bad for someone whom
Keith Moon dumped his drink on and called a "great pooftah." [more inside]
posted by not_on_display
on May 4, 2008 -
21 comments
The 1960's and early 70's saw an explosion of creativity and an astonishing variety of stylistic influences coming together in the pop and rock music of Cambodia.Tragically, almost all of the artists of that era were executed (or otherwise perished) during the nightmarish Khmer Rouge years. The following
MySpace Music pages will help you to get acquainted with some of the wonderfully eclectic and adventurous music of this fertile period:
Pen Ron,
Yos Olarang,
Rous Sareysothea,
Sin Sisamouth,
Vor Sarun,
Houey Meas,
So Savoeun,
Eng Nary,
In Yeng,
Choun Malai,
Mao Sareth,
Sem Touch,
Chea Savoeun,
Toche Teng,
Teth Sombath,
Pen Rom,
Em Songserm and
Choun Vanna. Also, these related pages:
Cambodian Rock,
Radio Khmer Sitya,
Cambodian Style and
Cambodian Soundtracks.
NOTE: For personal recommendations, check the hover-overs accompanying each link.
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Dec 15, 2007 -
38 comments
Skateboard Kings is a 1978 BBC documentary about the
Dogtown skateboarding scene in late 70's Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Featuring a lot of footage of the skaters' daily life as well as an exploration of the business side of skateboarding, the documentary is a time capsule of late 70's Southern California. For more about Dogtown go to
z-boys.com.
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posted by Kattullus
on Nov 29, 2007 -
10 comments
