#john bechdel

[rainingmusic]

MINISTRY - Alert Level (Quarantined Mix)

[thebowerypresents]

Ministry & Gary Numan – Terminal 5 – March 19, 2014

A pair of highly influential acts — Chicago industrial rockers Ministry and English synth-pop godfather Gary Numan — brought their North American tour to Terminal 5 on Tuesday, the first night of spring.  

Photos courtesy of Silvia Saponaro | @Silvia_Saponaro

[videomessiah]

Ministry kicking ass in Toronto! (September 6, 2023)

[wandabacouel]

[ourladyofomega]

Murder Inc.’s self-titled record.

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my friend and occasional mentor Rick Anderson (The Tubes), the 1971 Bangla Desh concerts, Lionel Bart, incredible guitarist Tommy Bolin, Pam Brenneman, Geoff Britton, Rob Buck (10,000 Maniacs), the late, great Boz Burrell, Jim Carroll, William Clark, Coolio, Rick Coonce (Grass Roots), Denny Cordell, Robert Cray, Joe Elliott, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Joe Friday, André Gagnon, Jerry Garcia, Dhani Harrison, Geoffrey Holder, Henrietta Lacks, Paddy Maloney (The Chieftains), Herman Melville, Jason Momoa, MTV (1981), Yoshinao Nakada, Taapsee Pannu, Michael Penn, Edith Pretty, Mrunal Thakur, and my friend and musical colleague evinrude a.k.a. Kevin Spyker. Starting around 1997 I worked as a bassist-singer and producer on a string of concerts and recordings for Kevin a.k.a. evinrude—the name of a famous cartoon dragonfly, which applied to Kevin’s powerhouse abilities as a singer-songwriter, multi-media artist, and DJ. He also sang on a couple of my tracks and I recall a “rooftop concert” at Lycoming College. Kevin’s song “For Angela” is a highlight from the evinrude debut album, which received good notices and drew comparisons to Beck and Blind Melon. At the board is John Bechdel (Killing Joke, Ministry), who enhanced the synth-y groove of this enchanting track. Meanwhile, HB to KS and thank you for taking flight...

#evinrude #kevinspyker #speicher #angela #beck #blindmelon #johnbechdel #killingjoke #ministry #synthesizer #synth #joebergen #johnnyjblair #dragonfly #cartoon #bassist 

[musical-dreamcasts]

Carrie - Presley Ryan as Carrie White, requested by anon

Birthday: December 1, 2003 (age 17)

Birth Place: New York

Theatre credits: Lydia Deetz (Beetlejuice), Little Cee Cee (Beaches), Annie Bennett (Annie), Understudy Small Alison/John/Christian (Fun Home), Alternate Cindy Lou Who (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)

(Pictured on the right is Keaton Whittaker, who played the role in the 2013 Seattle production)

[singeratlarge]

“See the lazy windmill slowly turning ah…carving up the marble canyons of the sky. See the dust around my feet go churning ah…moving down the winds of the highways of goodbye…”

SONG OF THE WEEK: “Silver Moon” (a Mike Nesmith song) https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/silver-moon ...There’s been a critical reappraisal of Mike Nesmith’s production and songwriting, specifically his ground-breaking 70s country rock material with The First National Band. The FNB made a trilogy of albums that merged old school country resonance with an edge of post-psychedelic rock, spiced with Tin Pan Alley and Latin styles. Truth is, Nez was dabbling at this before and during The Monkees; The FNB just elaborated on it (even if people didn’t “get it” then). Decades later, this phase of Nez has a fresh audience, with some arguing whether Gram Parsons or Nez was The Original Cosmic Cowboy.

In the late 80s I added Nez’s “Silver Moon” to my solo set. In the 90s, I began working with Davy Jones, the British Monkee. He heard me do “Silver Moon” at a gig, then he started singing it (there’s a bootleg around of us doing it in Circleville OH). In 1996 I met Nez at the JUSTUS recording sessions in Nashville. I told him about the coverage “Silver Moon” was getting, and he was amused and surprised. A year later I convened with a Nez tribute act called The Third National Band (Donna Bailey, Gary Owen, Scott Ringle). We cut this version of “Silver Moon” that imagines Buddy Holly with cranked pre-amps. John Bechdel (Killing Joke, Ministry) is at the mixing board.

https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/silver-moon

#MikeNesmith #MichaelNesmith #SilverMoon #FirstNationalBand #countryrock #TheMonkees #DavyJones #TexMex #GramParsons #CosmicCowboy #Justus #Nashville #JohnBechdel #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #DonnaBailey #GaryOwen #ScottRingle #windmill #marble #canyons #sky #dust #highways #goodbye