Next month, several limited edition re-issues of Current 93 albums will be offered: Baalstorm, Sing, Omega and Honeysuckle Æons Both album will be issued as a gold vinyl album limited to 500 copies. They will be housed and homed in a black and white… Continue Reading
Composer, singer, director/choreographer Meredith Monk has been a lead figure on the American avant-garde scene since the early 1970’s and is going strong today. In a recent Wall Street Journal interview she discussed her early influences which included taking Dalcroze… Continue Reading
Krewe What Thou Wilt, a project of Alombrados Oasis, is preparing to roll for its third Mardi Gras season in New Orleans’ satirical Krewedelusion parade. If you would like to march with Krewe What Thou Wilt you must pay annual dues… Continue Reading
Here’s a vintage story from 2014 on Genesis Breyer-Orridge and the late, lamented Lady Jaye originally broadcast via NPR. This is a little taste: “P-ORRIDGE: We’d been awake for three days. There were no more whites in my eyes. They… Continue Reading
Fair to say, most folks with even a glimmer of a liberal arts education or access to cultural milieus informed by same have some vague idea of who Erik Satie is. Feeling lazy here, I’ll simply quote a recent Flypaper.Soundfly… Continue Reading
There are those who’d believe that the time of Winter Solstice is the darkest, bleakest time of the year (though for those living in the Northern part of the America’s will tell you that December’s got NOTHING on February when… Continue Reading
Just in time for the holidays, Atlas Obscura has published a survey of household spirits from around the world, giving tips as to how to curry their favor so that perhaps they pitch in and help out covertly rather than… Continue Reading
The ever-engaging website DangerousMinds.net recently posted about a 10 CD box set Trials of Eyeliner: Anthology 1979-2016 devoted to the work of New Romantic icon Marc Almond. Well, that’s fabuki enough all on its own, but of especial interest to some… Continue Reading
The New Yorker just ran a feature on the resurgent interest in Stevie Nicks, beloved icons of innumberable drag queens and self-identified witchy folks. The article begins promisingly enough, pointing out: “The cover of ‘Bella Donna,’ Stevie Nicks’s first solo… Continue Reading
Hank Williams is one of the giants of American popular music and one of the icons of American Country music. Having been taught to play guitar as an adolescent by a Black street performer Rufus Payne, within a few years… Continue Reading