Some people look at Frithjof Jacobsen and see an award-winning Norwegian political correspondent who spent the past 12 years working for popular newspaper VG. Other people…
Posts published by “James Greene Jr.”
The 10 Greatest and Absolute Best Albums From the True King of Rock N’ Roll, Little Richard
Little Richard will only become more powerful in death, and his music shall bear that out. One week after we learned of his passing, it’s still…
The Cardinal Sin of Having a Good Time: 20 Years of ‘Get Some Go Again’ by Rollins Band
I’m a 41 year old white man who spent his formative years broiling in the North American suburbs, so yes, of course I remember where I…
Tennessee High School Speed Demons: Talking Koro with Dave Teague
“We wanted to put out a record faster than the Circle Jerks.” That’s how guitarist Dave Teague, in a gravelly voice accented by a disarming Southern…
National Wake’s Ivan Kadey on Leaving South Africa and Starting Over in America
Everyone seems to agree that National Wake were the best and most authentic South African punk rock band, a group who strived to eradicate apartheid through…
You Are a Communist at Any Time: Remembering Iconoclast Michiro Endo
“…We weren’t revolutionary. We were just perverts with a captive audience!” This self-effacing quote came from Michiro Endo in regard to the Stalin, the early ‘80s…
He Survived GG Allin’s Last Show (And He Was Only 13)
GG Allin, that most troubled of troubadours, gave his last concert on June 27th, 1993, inasmuch as you can call a two song performance and subsequent…
THE TRULY BELIEVABLE STORY OF WENDY O. WILLIAMS & THE SECRET KISS ALBUM
The early ‘80s were a rough stretch for Kiss. They opened the decade with one of their worst-selling albums, Unmasked, which was only rescued by its…
The Jeff Penalty: An Interview with a Former Dead Kennedy & Current Hello Kitty Expert
Jeff Alulis is the filmmaker behind the award-winning documentary Do You Remember? Fifteen Years of The Bouncing Souls and two editions of the globe-trotting NOFX: Backstage…