May/June 2009

 

pretty pink record store
Pretty In Pink, 1986
Screencap from Striped Wall

Editorial

Record Stores Died For Somebody’s Sins (But Not MySpace’s)
by Less Lee Moore

Staff Picks

Top Five Inebriated Concertgoers And How To Deal With Them
by Adam McIntyre

Top Five Music Scandals Which Actually Never Happened
by Emily C.

Top Five Post-Neutral Milk Hotel Bands
by Chelsea Spear

Top Things I Hate, That Everyone Else Seems To Like!
by Ann Clarke

Top Five Cover Versions That Will Never Happen
by Less Lee Moore

Top Five Ideas For Life After The Swineflu Apocalypse (As Gleaned From ’80s Music Videos)
by Hanna

Features

My Life In Fishnets: A Personal Rocky Horror Story
by Christian Lipski

Nothing Can Stop Us: Anti-Thatcherism and Anti-Conservatism in Music, 1980 – 1987
by Emily C.

Escape With the Runaways
by Todd A. Brownlie

On British Invasions, And Why They Might Not Happen In The USA Again
by John Lane

These Are My Salad Days: Spandau Ballet On YouTube
by Less Lee Moore

The Bitter Tears Of Jessica Savitch
by Emily C.

vg top records
Velvet Goldmine, 1998
Screencap from Screenmusings

Reviews

The Venture Bros., The Music Of JG Thirlwell
by Megashaun

Dots To Connect, The Music Of The Prids
by Jemiah Jefferson

Black Moth Super Rainbow, Eating Us
by Noreen Sobczyk

Depeche Mode, Sounds Of The Universe
by Lisa Anderson

Renato Zero, Presente
by Hanna

Various Artists, Music Inspired By The Film: Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
by Noreen Sobczyk

Sports: The Band, S/T EP
by Megashaun

Danny Echo, S/T
by Less Lee Moore

hi fidelity store
High Fidelity, 2000

Michael Hurtt and His Haunted Hearts, Come Back To Louisiana
by Less Lee Moore

Adanowsky, El Idolo
by Ann Clarke

Conway Twitty, Lost In The Feeling
by Danny R. Phillips

The Passions, Thirty Thousand Feet Over China
by Chelsea Spear

I Heard Your Voice In Cambridge: Elvis Perkins In Dearland
by Chelsea Spear

John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band, Live In Toronto ’69 DVD
by Less Lee Moore

B.B. King, Live in Africa ’74 DVD
by Adam McIntyre

Waxing Nostalgic

Popshifter trips down the turntable lane.

Before They Were Big: Gwar, Pop Will Eat Itself, Oingo Boingo
by Christian Lipski

After They Split: Limahl, Don’t Suppose and Kaja, Extra Play
by Less Lee Moore

Pop Culture Holy Grail

Sometimes the search for that elusive pop culture treasure can seem like an epic quest for a mystical artifact.

Gargoyle Sox and That Song
by Less Lee Moore