famousmonster

About ten years ago, I was a great big Nick Cave and all things Nick Cave fan. As such, I wasted hours online participating in an all things Nick Cave email discussion list.

After exhausting the local record stores, which were few, yet yielding of the occasional gem, of all the Nick Cave, and Nick Cave-related Birthday Party, Rowland S. Howard, and Einsturzende Neubauten records...
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The first time I heard the Stooges' 1970 masterpiece, Funhouse, I was floored. I mean fucking floored. If I cared to go so far as to Google the facts, I could pinpoint the exact day, but suffice to say, it was the sad one on which Frank Sinatra died. 1998.

I had heard the Stooges before. I was in college at the time, and Raw...
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We've lost another one.

According to one fansite, Link Wray died on 5 November, though today is the first I've heard of it. Motherfucken Link Wray!

And to think, I could have seen one of his last round of gigs when he rolled through here over the summer. Of course, I had bigger worries, like finding a job, eating, and paying the rent. In hindsight,...
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