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David Johansen: 1950-2025

This was not a shock, but still a blow. We got the sad news that the mighty David Johansen died on Friday, the 28th following a terrible few months where he had fallen and broken his back in November. While … Continue reading

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“Short Back n’ Sides” – Ian Hunter’s Outlier To Post-Punk [part 4]

[…continued from last post] Following a deceptively clattery start, “Na Na Na [Extended mix]” got down to brass tacks as a rip roaring old fashioned Rock n’ Roll song such as Jerry Lee Lewis might have ripped out. Big bleats … Continue reading

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“Short Back n’ Sides” – Ian Hunter’s Outlier To Post-Punk [part 3]

[…continued from last post] For his next trick, Hunter reached back into his bag of tricks, but shook up the paradigm at the same time. I always thought that the whole idea the Guy Stevens had for Mott The Hoople … Continue reading

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“Short Back n’ Sides” – Ian Hunter’s Outlier To Post-Punk [part 2]

[…continued from last post] Ian Hunter: Short Back n’ Sides – CR – 2xCD [2024] Disc 1 [Short Back n’ Sides] Disc 2 [Long Odds n’ Outtakes] Ian sure looked like a spiv on the Lynn Goldsmith cover shot, which … Continue reading

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“Short Back n’ Sides” – Ian Hunter’s Outlier To Post-Punk [part 1]

I was mildly conversant with Mott The Hoople as a kid by the late 70s. Everyone and their pet ferret knew and loved “All The Young Dudes,” their career resuscitating, Bowie-penned hit from 1972 that brought the band from the … Continue reading

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REDUX: Three Seminal Singles – Number 1

September 29, 2010 I grew up listening to Top 40 radio on the AM band as a child. I was given a transistor radio and discovered Los Angeles’ KHJ [“Boss Radio”] sometime during the summer of 1970 while I was … Continue reading

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