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Two Quick Ones

Posted by s woods on December 3, 2007

1) I’ve received two e-mails recently about the whereabouts of older rockcritics material. It probably doesn’t hurt to reiterate now and again that all the rockcritics material, pre-October 2007, is now archived, via the links on the right sidebar. (To save your mouse the extra centimeter of movement, you can access them right here: interviews, features, index.) I notice that a lot of people are ending up on the front page of the site via old links which are no longer active. Please update your links, where possible. And if you can’t find something that used to be here, let us know.

2) At our last board meeting, we discussed the need to recruit more contributors to this site. Interviewers would be great, of course, but so would people who just want to post links and stuff on this blog. If you’re interested, e-mail myself or A.C. Rhodes. We’d love to hear from you. Don’t be shy.

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R.I.P. Tom Terrell

Posted by s woods on December 3, 2007

The DJ Who Roared: Tom Terrell

In memory of Tom Terrell, July 16, 1950, to November 29, 2007

By Vivien Goldman (in MOLI)

“It is with great sadness–oh, yeah, right, just ignore that regular intro. It is with a big ol’ hole in my soul that I report the passing of writer, photographer, and inspired music aficionado Tom Terrell, a man who was a true soul brother to me and very many others around the whole musical world. He died this morning of prostate cancer…

“Among Tom’s abundant delights were his enthusiasm for and appreciation of the wacky racket of people and events around him–particularly the music. Tom had an encyclopedic knowledge of so many styles: funk, jazz, and rock too. Tommy Tee was a punk rocker who could launch into an insightful analysis of X-Ray Spex just as easily as of go-go king Chuck B & the Soul Searchers or of George Clinton, who hymned Terrell’s soul hometown Washington, DC, as Chocolate City. He was deeply into Brazilian music and Portugese fado–hell, he was a pioneering world citizen of music.” (Full article here…)

(Thanks to Steve Kiviat for sending this. See also Tom Terrell’s article on “Death and Music” from PopMatters in 2006, in part about the death of his aunt, noted jazz pianist/vocalist Shirley Horn.)

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Creem NY Observer follow-up piece

Posted by s woods on December 3, 2007

The New York Observer does a follow-up piece on the Creem debacle, focusing more on Marsh’s, Whitall’s, et al. battles with the ‘zines legacy (and less on the lawsuit).

Seems to me there’s an underlying, more interesting battle going on here–a sideshow to Matheu vs. the Creem critics–that being seventies Creemsters vs. eighties Creemsters (witness Whitall’s comment: “‘John Mellencamp?’ she said with incredulity. ‘He’s in there. Come on! He’s so un-Creem. Also, Duran Duran? I mean, what?’”)

Posted in Creem, Dave Marsh | 3 Comments »

Question of the Week: Lester Bangs; Man, Myth or Mix?

Posted by A.C. Rhodes on December 2, 2007

Music writers, rock mag enthusiasts and musicians alike have revered him, scorned him or thought, “eh.” So, what are your thoughts?

Anyone making jokes about cough syrup mixture will be cyber-spanked, however understandable the temptation.

Posted in Lester, Question of the Week | 27 Comments »

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