Featured Reviews
12/21/21: This is the place for books, CDs, DVDs or LPs by other artists that fall within this site's mission, and subject matter. (Anything that pertains to me will be posted in the "Press" section.) Hit the "Archive" button to see the full listing of reviews.
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"We can't hang our heads all the time wishing and hoping for what might have been. All we can do is base our feeling on the evidence, whatever it's telling us. That's the value of Live At Goose Lake..." See how this latest Stooges archival release stacks up! | Dec 21, 2021 |
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"Life was still being experienced in black and white, stuck in limbo between postwar and Pop art... Acid was the new drug, and the MC5 were on the doorstep of a breakthrough.” See how I the late Michael Davis's chronicle, I Brought Down The MC5, stacks up against its competition. | Aug 9, 2021 |
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"That’s why I used the title Heart Full of Soul – he really was that guy." Author David French dishes on his experience in writing the first bio of the late, great Yardbird, Keith Relf.
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"They seemed threatening and dangerous, and definitely not worth the price of a ticket..." Suffice to say, Teddie Dahlin was no Sex Pistols fan when the boys gatecrashed Trondheim...little did she know how her life would change after July 21, 1977, as Chairman Ralph explains in his review of the author's memoir, A VICIOUS LOVE STORY. | Oct 30, 2016 |
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Attention, Tax maniacs...your Nederbeat ship has come in...via this new two-CD collection of the late "Entertainer"'s prime '70s-era solo stuff. Go on and take a look, then...see what you're missing! | Oct 30, 2016 |
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What's this thing called Bristol Mod? Chairman Ralph seeks to answer that question in his review of MODS, POWER POP, SCOOTER BOYS 1979-87 (Bristol Archive Records)....with some pithy observations from label head/Rimshots lead singer Mike Darby ("The Mod scene has never really gone away") and Thin Air drummer Phil Olerenshaw ("Mod and Ska has stood the test of time")...so dig in! | Mar 21, 2016 |
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"Written across the hoarding is a multiple of colours and smiling faces, intended to depict all members of the community, are the words BELFAST IS CHANGING. Further written across the hoarding in bright letters is the date, 2000..." Behind this bright facade, however, lies a different story, as ex-Lurkers drummer and contemporary novelist Pete Haynes explains in his latest work, COOL WATER. | Mar 21, 2016 |
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"He was the centre of attention, and that's the way he liked it..." Find out why in Chairman Ralph's review of Teddie Dahlin's book, FAST LIVING, a look at the life and times of the late Heavy Metal Kids frontman, Gary Holton. | Aug 15, 2014 |
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Didn't "get" Sonic Youth? You're not alone, as Chairman Ralph details in his review of Kim Gordon's memoir, GIRL IN A BAND. | Aug 15, 2014 |
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"So cold outside, don't wanna go...See my footprints in the snow": Get the lowdown on the debut album from God's Lonely Men right here, as only the Chairman can do it! | Sep 1, 2013 |
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"(Guitarist) James Honeyman-Scott is the reason you're even reading this, because without him, I'm sure I would have made the smallest splash with my talents." Is what happens in Chrissie Hynde's memoir, RECKLESS? For the Chairman's verdict, click on the link! | Jun 30, 2013 |
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"No long tours - no TV and radio unless we agree - no press interviews/photos - unless we agree - no publicity - promo - unless we agree"...join the Chairman for a peek behind the Joy Division mystique in his reviews of UNKNOWN PLEASURES: INSIDE JOY DIVISION (Peter Hook), and 1 TOP CLASS MANAGER: THE NOTEBOOKS OF JOY DIVISION'S MANAGER, 1976-1980. | Feb 8, 2013 |
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If you're rattling your bones in despair waiting for the return of the Rolling Stones's mojo...and swear by the gospel of Roslyn, as the local Eel Pie Island hellhound starts barreling closer and closer behind you, fear not! Rick Shaffer's got all these elements -- and more -- accounted for on his latest album, as you can see here! | Feb 8, 2013 |
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"You keep on askin' me about the good old days/But I'm sorry, man, they're comin' to an end"...find out what's on Rick Shaffer's mind, as only he can express it on his latest solo album, IDIOT FLATS. | Feb 8, 2013 |
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"Stacked Deck is about coming to terms with it all, and for Rick Shaffer, it really is a 'stacked deck' when all is said and done" (Eddie Shelton: Witness For The Confession)...armed with Tarock Music's press info, and his own instincts, Chairman Ralph reviews the guitarist's latest solo album. | Feb 8, 2013 |