|
|
Fishbone deliver a righteous set during the last days of CBGB, and their legendary tour partner Dave Wakeling of the English Beat speaks of his life as a music fan turned-Punky-Reggae houseparty OG, turned-musical hero. He starts this personal history recollecting his experiences as a young championship swimmer who, after matches, found himself waiting outside in his Father’s car while his dad “Celebrated my victory in his own way in a bar, or a country pub.” If Dave won a gold medal, his Dad would bring him an orange Fanta, and let him keep the radio on, and it was thus that he heard the first song that made him cry —
|
By way of a heads-up on the kind of free activity that makes living in cities worthwhile — and a brilliant ‘09 festival flashback — here’s details on David Byrne’s FREE A/V presentation and Q+A tonight in Brooklyn, as well as two performances from his fully righteous set at Bonnaroo.
|
Heyday Footwear founder, chief designer and CEO Darin Hager hand-painted his Chucks in high school and was “always into fashion”, but he failed design class as a high school freshman…three years later, as a senior, he only managed to climb up to the universal social promotion grade — a “D”. Fast forward the future and he’s, well, Darin Hager. “I would love to tell that teacher to fuck off ;) but he did introduce me to Steely Dan and Bob Marley…so I’ll let him slide ;)” In this Q+A Hager shares images of his key designs, discusses other jobs he’s held (including design of Marvel Comics action figures) and even addresses the issue of domestic manufacture. …MORE
|
Known the world over as Lady Gaga’s DJ, Space Cowboy shares his personal history, explaining how his success — solo, and with Lady Gaga — was light years from instant, and offers sage advice for young DJs, remixers, producers, singers…this is a great personal history, which was told to me in the only quiet room backstage at Irving Plaza, and on a fire escape in NYC. It ends with an onstage view of Space Cowboy’s opening mass sing-along set for the Party Rock Tour’s NYC stop, which was halted abruptly when a rapturous fan turned an overhead pipe into a personal jungle gym, unleashing water, gas leaks and the fire department…
Leave A Comment!