Flyer On The Wall: It’s A Circus It’s A Circus Gwyneth’s birthday freaktacular features the rock stylings of SuperGiant, Fatso, Icky & The Yuks and Mother Death Queen. Take in the spectacle on [...] Alibi \ Aug 16, 2012 Read More
Aural Fixation: Vintage Burque Band Photos From the Alibi vaults: In 2005 Laura Marrich and I rescued a bunch of old local band promo photos from the trash. In [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Aug 16, 2012 Read More
Flyer On The Wall: Rock And Roll Fantasy Rock And Roll Fantasy This typeface is not absurdly tough, yet its pointiness and near-illegibility lends a special aura of mystery that suggests magic, action and adventure. [...] Alibi \ Aug 09, 2012 Read More
Delta Dawn: How Sears, Roebuck & Co. Midwifed The Birth Of The Blues How Sears, Roebuck & Co. Midwifed The Birth Of The Blues Delta blues is as much legend as it is music. In the popular telling, blues articulated the hopelessness and poverty of an isolated, [...] Chris Kjorness \ Aug 09, 2012 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Sukey Jump And Jazz Under The Stars The 19 th century term “sukey jump” was likely preserved in the English language by country blues folk hero Leadbelly. The Louisiana musician, [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Aug 09, 2012 Read More
The Roost: A Musical Nest Out On A Limb The Roost Perches At The Outpost For Its Fourth Season Hydrophonium: a tuned jar of water fitted with a submerged microphone. Described by its inventor, Danishta Rivero of Voicehandler, as an “electroacoustic percussion [...] Mel Minter \ Aug 02, 2012 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Big Sad Guy, Zhuzhu Pets And Dafnis Prieto Before Eric Johnson passed away in June, he wrote thousands of songs. This double album contains the last ones he played with his [...] Alibi \ Aug 02, 2012 Read More
Flyer On The Wall: Non Sequitur Cultural References Non Sequitur Cultural References I don’t know what homicidal 1989 comedy Weekend at Bernie’s has to do with rock bands Call It Art, Rebilt, My Heart The [...] Alibi \ Aug 02, 2012 Read More
Aural Fixation: The Rock Space In his classic 1979 tome Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste, French thinker Pierre Bourdieu created a diagram of foods [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jul 26, 2012 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Guitar Match-Up Guitar Match-Up Here are the four guitars given as examples on The Rock Space graph: An early ’50s Gibson Les Paul (created by Lester William [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jul 26, 2012 Read More A)