Vile Lynn's Music Blog

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Peter Steele, photographed by Robert Moseley (1994)

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Sparks From the August 16th, 1974 issue of FAN Magazine (via: eBay)

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Candid photographs of a young James Hetfield of Metallica in the 1980s. See more here...

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kim stattuck (the muffs, the pandoras), 1995

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On December 5, 1970, Elvis Presley served as the best man at the wedding of his lifelong friend and Memphis radio DJ, George Klein, who married Barbara Little. The ceremony took place inside Elvis’s private Imperial Suite at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Elvis and Klein first met in the eighth grade at Humes High School and remained extremely close confidants until Elvis’s passing. Priscilla Presley attended alongside Elvis, and country music star Glen Campbell was also a guest. True to his eccentric gift-giving style, Elvis reportedly presented Klein with a gold-plated derringer handgun as a wedding gift.

Photos show Elvis sporting his iconic 1970s style, carrying an elongated police flashlight, wearing a flashy gold belt from his Las Vegas residency.

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The Lemon Twigs

My new favourite band.

Blending a classic sixties beat music vibe with power pop, and with due homage paid to The Beatles, The Kinks, The Byrds and the Small Faces, it would be easy to dismiss the Lemon Twigs as little more than a nostalgia act. Whereas it’s true that their 1960s style and sound sensibility is sometimes a little too studied, a closer listen to their back catalogue reveals a range of 1970s influences arguably incorporating the likes of Wings, early Bowie and most strikingly of all, 10cc. However, the resultant whole makes the band unique within whatever the US "indie" scene now consists of, with lyrical content ranging from teen angst (I Just Can't Get Over Losing You) to existential searches for life's meaning (If You And I Are Not Wise), backed by killer melodies and wonderful harmony vocals.

The core of the band, who hail from Hicksville (seriously), Long Island are the brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario. Launching themselves as a duo ten years ago, they are now supplemented by bassist and keyboards player Danny Ayaala and drummer Reza Matin, initially to give more range and depth to the brothers’ live performances, but now possibly to enhance their image as a power pop quartet. With five albums to their name these overnight sensations have been around for some time, demonstrated by the maturity of their material and the technical skill of their delivery. I attach a playlist above which hopefully captures the extraordinary range of styles the Lemon Twigs possess. Their new album, likely to be a major commercial success and due out next month, is eagerly awaited (at least by me).

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David Bowie photographed by Steve Schapiro, 1975.

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Never seen before footage of John Lennon in Greece, November 1969. Video by Yoko Ono.

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Original handwritten lyrics, Psycho Killer by Talking Heads, c.1975.

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david byrne tryna figure out how the fuck u spell "qu'est-ce que c'est":

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Ann & Nancy Wilson signing records to promote Heart’s album “ Dreamboat Annie” in Seattle Washington 1975

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Isaac Hayes, Stax Records, 1971

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took the transfers that he made to VHS, which we transferred to DVD; even though it was four cameras, it’s 20 hours of unique footage. I basically made that my visual aquarium for those five months. Instead of sitting here with my pad and pen and just watching everything, I wanted it to naturally hit me. So, all the TVs in my house, in my office at NBC, my laptop—it was like a screensaver. The concert just constantly played for 24 hours. I kept notepads next to each monitor in my house.  I’ll say that for me the most important thing was, I wanted my first five minutes to be like a gobsmack, just totally surprise you by what you were watching. And I felt that nothing spoke more of that surprise than Stevie Wonder playing drums, which shocked even me! Everyone knows I’m a drummer, so of course I’d be attracted to this, so that’s the beginning.

(via ‘Summer of Soul’: A Conversation with Questlove about Black Joy | International Documentary Association)

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Fangirls Through the Ages by Lid Thom

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The guitars of Tinariwen, a Sahara based Tuareg rock band.