Filmed in 1967. Broadcast via Ce Soir On Danse, TV France--August 25, 1968. Robert Wyatt, Mike Ratledge, Kevin Ayers . . .
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Is it rolling, Bob? Few were immune to the global fascination with Bob Dylan, both sonically and culturally. Swedish troubadour Ola Magnell was no exception, as evidenced on his 1981 lp, Europaväg 66. In barefaced homage to Highway 61 (the Europaväg is an 840 km road spanning Bressanone, Italy to Szolnok, Hungary), Magnell stood tall in his fandom riffing on "Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right . . .
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Time is elastic, let's stretch. Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.
34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .
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Look At The Sky -- a record perfectly suited for the break of spring. The debut album from the Los Angeles-based Winds is a collection of sun-soaked, baroque pop imbued with distinctive west coast magnetism. With tropicália-laced tints intertwined throughout, expect a swirling range of vocals, earworm melodies, and bouncing rhythmic patterns . . .
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This week on the show, we're joined by poet and music journalist Noah C. Lekas and Ethan Miller of Howlin' Rain and Comets on Fire. They've got a new collaboration featured on Sounds From the Shadow Factory, a 10" record from Blind Owl: a rock & roll adaptation of "Saturday Night Sage," the poem from Lekas' recent book of the same name. The two joined us for a discussion about spoken word, their paths in psychedelia, blue collar mysticism, and the current state of the counter culture. Heading deep underground, this week on Transmissions . . .
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The duppy in the machine. Originally released in 1986 (and later coupled on compact disc with Wayne Smith's Sleng Teng in '92), Computerized Dub is truth in advertising. Seven years out from the dubscapes of "Slaughterhouse Five", our Prince caught the digital bug and swung headfirst into the zeitgeist, lacing his riddims appropriately . . .
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Over the course of six decades, Archie Shepp has blazed new trails. To celebrate his latest, Let My People Go, a collaboration with Jason Moran, he explores personal standards. Shepp was interviewed by Sarah Louise for Aquarium Drunkard . . .
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This Thursday, April 1st — Aquarium Drunkard presents an intimate livestream performance with Steve Gunn. The Brooklyn-based artist has been recording new material in Los Angeles and made time to stop by the East Hollywood venue, Gold Diggers, for a set of recorded music. Gunn’s first fully produced livestream event finds him dusting off a few of his catalog standbys, along with debuting new material.
In anticipation of the set, Gunn joined us for a few quick questions about stepping back onto a stage, how he’s been staying creatively occupied, and his forthcoming album . . .
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The mystical notions of theosophy have inspired long artists like Sun Ra, Van Morrison, and Elvis Presley. With the publication of the 1905 text Thought Forms, Sacred Bones Records continues a long tradition of music and the occult intertwining in the pursuit of making the unknown knowable . . .
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For the track "Cowboy", off last year's Gold lp, Callahan tagged up with filmmakers Anthony Gasparro and Mikey Kampmann to bring the song to visual life.
Below, we flip the script as Callahan catches up with the pair to discuss their working relationship, storytelling, synchronicity, rippling kindness and the power of the tuna melt as edible nostalgia . . .
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Welcome to Videodrome. A recurring column plumbing the depths of vintage and contemporary cinema – from cult, exploitation, trash and grindhouse to sci-fi, horror, noir, documentary and beyond . . .
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In 1972 Stack Waddy's second and final effort, Bugger Off!, posed the question "could 'Willie The Pimp' really get any nastier?", and then proceeded to answer it with an emphatic, phlegmy, "yes." Proto-punk in form and approach, the four-piece were signed to John Peel's Dandelion label, knocking out a pair of lps before calling it in 1973.
This is Hot Rats in the garage with paint thinner . . .
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Welcome back to the stacks. It’s Aquarium Drunkard’s Book Club, our monthly gathering of recent (or not so recent) recommended reading. Your librarians this month are Justin Gage, Nereya Otieno, and Kyle Fortinsky, exploring books on music, Black feminism, solitude, and the brutal (and shifting realities) of the late Lou Reed . . .
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Most known for his searing 1971 anthem “I Pity The Country”—which sadly still remains so incredibly poignant and relevant—that opens the monumental Native North America, Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966–1985 compilation, the trailblazing Indigenous singer-songwriter, activist, filmmaker, and politician Willie Dunn finally gets his due . . .
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The deep pool of sound. Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.
34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .
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