You wouldn’t think that record stores can be potentially dangerous places- except on Record Store Day, where people tend to beat each other up for the latest hyped limited colored vinyl or picture disc edition. But that is another Vinyl Wankers episode from the future. No, besides the RSD, record stores can be places where …
Barry’s Cafe was the kinda place that catered to a local crowd. You could always be assured of three essentials: cheap drinks, strong pours, and a good time. The atmosphere? Light, good-natured and friendly. Barry’s was a unique place. A local joint with live music, pool tables and people from all walks-of-life; neighborhood down-and-outers, street-workers, …
“I have a feeling,” I said to Mandeep, as we paused speculatively at the top of the glittering staircase, “that we are going to be tremendously successful in life.” Mandeep momentarily stopped glancing left and right and glared up at me. “You’re off your rocker, boy!” he boomed. He pointed ‘forward’ with both hands, “Now …
#6 Robert DeNiro and Bridget Fonda Tarantino’s Jackie Brown is my AK-47. Accept no substitutes. Aside from the slickness of the script, the funky unstoppable score throughout, the film just exudes sex and style. There is not much to say about the 10 second sex scene between Robert De Niro and Bridget Fonda, but its …
“Eraserhead”, directed by David Lynch, is a dark and mysterious film, which today continues to raise mixed emotions and interesting interpretations about its “meaning”. The film tells the story of Henry (Jack Nance) , a man who lives in an unknown industrialized city, which is covered by oppressive and devastating feelings of monotony and darkness. …
Few truly embodied the punk ethos like Richard Lester Meyers did. A high school dropout, he and another friend, Tom Miller, moved to a New York City in the early stages of the punk explosion due to happen in the next couple of years, in pursuit of his passion as a poet. Adopting new names …
I keep a list of records that I wanna have on vinyl, mainly for the purpose of Christmas and birthdays, to avoid yet another senseless first-world present from my family and friends. But although I have many wishes on my vinyl list, I still get pointless presents such as cooking books, perfumes, or an Amazon …
Have you ever: Gone up the hill with a couple of mates, drunk several litres of Woodpecker and set fire to a bunch of stuff? Driven round a corner on a sunny Saturday afternoon into the middle of a full scale riot conducted for the most part by 12-14 year old kids? Steered a stolen …
I thought it was to be another one of those business receptions I so often had to attend. Detroit Historical Society was hosting a reception that would include desert, coffee and exhibits of the civil rights movement and music history of Detroit. Two stories very much weaved together in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Just …
“Devil Got My Woman” (Skip James)What better way to kick off Record Store Day than with this blues classic of heartbreak and isolation recorded by Mississippi musician Skip James in 1931? Skip James was rediscovered during the 1960s. Thora Birch’s misfit outcast Enid buys a blues compilation from the hermit obsessive collector Seymour (Steve Buscemi’s …
