May/June 2009
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.
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
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