Author Archives: Jonathan Perry
Turntable Spins: Our 2015 Playlist in review & rotation
RPM: Jonathan Perry’s Life In Analog was viewed about 8,500 times by casual visitors, avid readers, and loyal subscribers (whaddya waiting for pardner — it’s a free ride!) from 89 countries in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it. Chances are, if you’re reading this, you had a stage-side seat.
CHRIS BELL’S PURE POP COSMOS: Big Star’s Other Bright Light
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Chris Bell in a publicity shot (and picture sleeve image) for his lone solo 45-rpm single, “I Am The Cosmos,” released in 1978. Chris would die in a single car crash on Dec. 27 of that year. Speaking (as I so often do here) about…
Happy Holidays and Thank You!
Wishing everyone Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from RPM: Jonathan Perry’s Life In Analog! Thanks to all of you music and arts lovers for reading and having a look at my pages this year, from wherever you call home around the globe. As proof that music touches and unites us all, this year, we’ve had […]
GENIUS NEVER DIES: John Lennon In His Life And Ours
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LOOK LENNON: Richard Avedon’s 1967 portrait of John Lennon for “Look” magazine, featuring all four Beatles In commemoration of what would have been John Lennon’s 75th birthday today, October 9, here’s one of my favorite songs from one of my two or three favorite singers…
STONED PILOT AT THE TEMPLE: On The Passing Of Scott Weiland (1967-2015) & The Purple Core Of Grunge’s Foxiest Frontman
“What I was, and always will be, a fan of was rock ‘n’ roll spirit. And Scott Weiland effortlessly brought that spirit with him whenever he strutted onto a stage with his feather boas and orange spiked hair and glitter-glam eyeliner. In doing so, he enabled those of us watching and listening to lose ourselves in those huge, buzzing guitar riffs swarming around his voice; to become something other than what we were in the daily grind and mundane circumstances of our lives. On stage and on record, Weiland enacted a decadent, different kind of reality of unfettered hedonism, risk, and living on the edge, that implicitly invited us to become vicarious participants for one or two hours.”
BOBBY KEYS & IAN McLAGAN: Sounds Of Stones Sidemen (and Rock ‘n’ Roll) Silenced
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Bobby Keys Ian McLagan Official portraits and lineup cards of the band notwithstanding, both in the studio and on stage the Rolling Stones have always wisely employed, and relied upon, a small nucleus of collaborators, co-conspirators, and simpatico sidemen to help them flesh out and embroider “that Stones sound”…
LONG MAY YOU RUN: A Happy Birthday To Neil Young (And a Record Review)
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Buffalos roam the earth (and the stage) for a long time. This one does it with a Gibson Les Paul and a humongous Marshall stack. Or ten. Here’s the cover of a new “unofficial” two-disc set documenting Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s blazing “Ragged Glory”…
KING SIZE TALENT: Charlie Chesterman, Scruffy Sweetheart of The Rodeo
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Charlie’s thirsty after (or is that before?) the gig with Scruffy The Cat, somewhere in the ’80s. Big thanks to Wayne Valdez for taking and furnishing the pictures that appear on this page (with the exception of the Scruffy publicity shot). Wayne had helpfully sent…
GUIDED BY BOB: A Salty Salute to GBV’s Birthday Boy Robert Pollard!
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A Pollard-worthy collage of covers and more Birthday Boy Bob: This photo was apparently taken during the seven seconds in between the time he wrote his last and next song, chugged six beers, and delivered a scissor kick onstage. Another collage: “Go Ahead It’s Good…
GENIUS NEVER DIES: John Lennon’s 75th Birthday Gift To Us All (In His Life And Ours)
There is much that I’m not certain of in this world because, yes, it’s true that tomorrow never knows. But one thing I am sure of is that true genius that makes its mark on the universe never dies — no matter how many small, insignificant men or organized armies try to snuff, shoot, or silence it. So I remain heartened and convinced, with utter certainty and clarity, that John Lennon’s spirit will never be vanquished and that his strong, singular voice and vision will live now and forever.
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