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The One A.M. Radio :: Interview

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In August I caught up with The One A.M. Radio's, Hrishikesh Hirway, on assignment for the Arizona Republic. You can read an excerpt below and the full text, here.

The One AM Radio is the bedroom-electronica brainchild of New England ex-pat Hrishikesh Hirway, who, when not touring, now calls the warm climes of Los Angeles home.

Touring behind his 2007 LP

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Now Podcasting :: Episode 36

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Welcome to Episode 36 of the podcast edition of The Aquarium Drunkard Show; airing live every Wednesday 2-4 p.m. PST at the Little Radio studios in downtown L.A. As requested, below is the tracklisting order for this week’s podcast.

On this episode, we were joined by New Orleans recording artist, Blair, and her band for a five song, electric, set and interview. Good times.
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Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentleman We Are . . .

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Now Blog This 2.0 :: The Scene Bar, Aug. 23rd

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Heads up, Angelenos: Aquarium Drunkard encourages everyone in the greater Los Angeles area to head out to Glendale's Scene Bar on August 24th (Thursday night) for the 2nd Now Blog This!, L.A. blogger curated, show.

The scoop: The show will feature four bands hand picked by L.A. music bloggers: The Deadly Syndrome (presented by Passion of the Weiss . . .

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In Memoriam :: Robert Knighton Stampley

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My father-in-law passed away this week. "Dock of The Bay" was his favorite song. This one's for you, Bob...

"...It's two thousand miles I roamed, just to make this dock my home."

Download:
MP3: Otis Redding :: (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

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Vanderslice :: Live @ The LA River Basin (Videos)

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Last week Aquarium Drunkard presented John Vanderslice, Live at the LA River basin, in Los Feliz, CA. JV fans turned out for a free, acoustic driven performance -- here are the videos. Special thanks to the videographer & Daniel Gill.

John Vanderslice :: Numbered Lithograph

John Vanderslice :: White Dove

Watch five additional JV Videos Live @ The LA River Basin After Le Jump.....

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Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers L.A.M.F.

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The following is a guest post by Will from, one of my favorite blogs, Be The Boy. If you read (and enjoy) Chuck Klosterman's stuff, then by all means, Be The Boy should be a daily stop on your Blog Ride. I hope you all enjoy this piece, on the late Johnny Thunders, as much as I did. - A.D.
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Been lying on my floor most of the night listening to what, for the moment, is my favorite record Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. the 1977 mix version. Originally put out in 1978 following the slow quiet death of the New York Dolls, L.A.M.F. (Like a Mother Fucker) is a lost rock and roll classic that didn't see the light of day in the format I'm now playing for more than 20 years.

The Heartbreakers as they were originally called were made up of ex Dolls Thunders on guitar and Jerry Nolan on drums aided and abetted by Walter Lure on guitar and ex-Neon Boys ex-Television member Richard Hell on bass. The band dropped the glam aspects of the Dolls in order to play old fashioned rock and roll. I guess not having to worry about looking good on stage gave Thunders and Nolan more time to dedicate to their full blown heroin addictions. Despite devoting the majority of his time to vice the Johnny was truly invigorated by having a new band and the band developed a hard edged, albeit sloppy sound centered on catchy riffs and with the replacement of Richard Hell by Billy Rath a solid rhythm section. The Heartbreakers had no trouble fitting in with the NY rock circuit of the day (CBGB, Max's Kansas City, etc...).

The band had also been to England at the request of ex-Dolls manager/scenester/oportunist Malcolm McClaren to play with his new group The Sex Pistols. Being more experienced and better versed in rock and roll the Thunders and the band easily outshined their English counterparts including the Pistols and the Dammed. While The Heartbreakers were at the core a rock and roll band they could hold their own for sheer punk rock enthusiasm and noise, stylistically they sound close to the early Clash records with a bit of Rolling Stones thrown in.

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Cat Power :: The Covers Record, V.2

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If Chan Marshall's Myspace blog is any indication, we can expect a new Cat Power record this January via the Matador label. Reprising her love of cover tunes, the set will be a continuation of 2000s

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David Lynch :: A Soundtrack Enthusiast II

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“A candy colored clown they call the sandman, Tiptoes to my room every night” - Roy Orbison

David Lynch: auteur/soundtrack enthusiast/hypnosis pundit.

Here we have a filmmaker who absolutely transforms the songs he incorporates in his films into his own – Aural puddy in his hands. Can anyone really hear Bobby Vinton’s “Blue Velvet,” without feeling the voyeuristic atmosphere that runs throughout the eponymous film? Of equal importance: Angelo Badalamenti, whose original, other . . .

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Thurston Moore :: The Shape Is In A Trance

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Not surprisingly, Thurston Moore's upcoming solo album, Trees Outside The Academy, (Sept 18 via Ecstatic Peace) has been getting a lot of our attention since catching Sonic Youth's performance of Daydream Nation, in its entirety, at the Greek Theatre, in July.

Those of you who caught Thurston's . . .

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Twin Peaks :: Fire Walk With Me

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"I like my coffee black, like midnight on a moonless night." - Special Agent Dale Cooper

I was recently informed that season two of Twin Peaks, on DVD, is now available for purchase -- and actually has been since April of this year. Way back in ye olde 1990s I owned both seasons of the show on VHS. Those copies have long since disintegrated, and . . .

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SIRIUS Satellite Radio :: Aquarium Drunkard Show

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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS, channel 26 Left Of Center, can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST and then an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist. * You can listen, for free, online with the SIRIUS three day . . .

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Pink Floyd :: Zabriskie Point Sessions

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In honor of the life and work of filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni, (September 29, 1912 - July 30, 2007), here is a re-post, from last year, of a batch of tracks from the bootleg Zabriskie Point sessions. Rest in peace.

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When Radiohead's Ok Computer was released, one of the finest and most appropriate appraisals was that of deeming the band

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