detroit nickel bag

Sometimes the good shit rolls right on by. Streaming ticker tape and all manner of sweet things stashed in the glove compartment. You don’t catch up with it until much later. When it’s burned out. Jacked up on bricks in a vacant lot; nose down in a ditch with its hood popped open and the

step we gaily…

francis bacon and our william delight in a public display of their new found sobriety.photograph by john minihan, london, 1989. “Interlude: conversations at Hotel Rif and ‘Prelude #2′ from six preludes for piano, performed by Bennett Lerner. Curated by Claudia Gould and Stephen Frailey.“Sadly missing, are the sounds of seagulls outside my window as I

spam again

mo and family. photograph by daniel peebles. No, not unsolicited electronic mail. While Lou got busy serenading needles and necking brandy alexanders in royal company with messieurs David Bowie and James Osterburg, Maureen Tucker was struggling just to put food on the table. In the aftermath of the Velvet Underground’s implosion, Mo relocated to Texas

doctor doolittle

design by vaughn oliver; photography by simon larbalestier. Recorded at Downtown Recorders, Boston, Massachusetts. Mixed at Carriage House Studios, Stamford, Connecticut.Black Francis: guitar, vocals; Kim Deal: bass, vocals; Joey Santiago: guitar; David Lovering: drums. ▼ PIXIES: I BLEED from “Doolittle” LP (4AD) 1989 (US) PURCHASE DOOLITTLE

angels’ wings are icing over

“‘Cause he’s always living back in Dixon – circa 1949 – And we’re all sitting at the fountain, at the five and dime. ‘Cause he’s living in some B-movie The lines they are so clearly drawn. In black and white life is so easy And we’re all coming along on this one. ‘Cause he’s on

tito puente

puente’s star on the hollywood walk of fame, february 2006. From his 99th studio album, apparently. Who’s counting ? “Tito Puente, Sr., (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000), born Ernesto Antonio Puente, Jr., was an influential Latin jazz and mambo musician. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, of Spanish Harlem