landgrabs and downswings

thompson grocery store, mississippi. photograph by bill steber.“A woman sits on a pool table listening to California blues man Robert Walker perform in his hometown of Bobo, MS, at Thompson Grocery. Until it burned in December of 1996, Thompson grocery was something of an anomaly in modern-day Mississippi. White-owned in a mostly black small town,

my painted tomb

“lucifer“; 1947. “When the 35-year-old Pollock finished Lucifer in 1947 he had to ask his wife, painter Lee Krasner, “Is this a painting?” Lucifer is a green, black and pearly discharge, a phosphorescent radioactive snapshot of what America looked, felt and sounded like in 1947.”– Jerry Saltz, The Tempest.Interesting fact: initiated in Phoenix, Arizona, 1981

IRSX 105

“Produced by Other Wordly Sources“. Allegedly. Released March, 1984; finally finding a permanent resting place on 1987’s compilation, “Dead Letter Office“. ▼ R.E.M.: VOICE OF HAROLD from “So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) b/w Voice Of Harold / Pale Blue Eyes” 12″ 45 (I.R.S.) 1987 (US)

hare krsna

artwork by annie. Formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota (hello Matt) in 1979. Bob Mould: guitar, vocals; Greg Norton: bass; Grant Hart: drums. A trio, manager David Savoy Jr. was considered the fourth member of the band; his suicide was a major contributing factor in the group’s dissolution just four years after this album’s release. Apparently, Greg

burt bacharach & hal david

show me the way. ▼ DIONNE WARWICK: DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE ? from “Dionne Warwick In Valley Of The Dolls” LP (Scepter) 1968 (US) ▼ FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD: SAN JOSE (THE WAY) from “Welcome To The Pleasure Dome” LP (ZTT) 1984 (UK)