solid nyt piece on P-FUNK'S MOTHERSHIP.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/a...
A new auction just went up for Steve’s copy of the BFI silver disc award, presented for sales of Jimmy Page & Robert Plant’s Walking to Clarkdale LP. Please pass word to any Zep fans you know about this sweet piece.
www.stevealbiniscloset.com/auction
jello biafra has a stroke? dang. he has never been my favorite singer, but i did vote for him for sf mayor back in '79, and he has championed some fine music over the years. so let us wish him a speedy recovery.
www.kqed.org/arts/1398746...
rec of the day: PHIL MISTEIN a.o. "The Velvet Underground at the Boston Tea Party" (SP Purple Dog hc) big nice book of pics from each of the 5 runs the VU did at the tea party. great essays but mostly pix -- all by "the modern printer." not sure of press contact info, but it's out there somewhere.
RIP COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD
when he was good he was amazing...
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/a...
rec of the day: CHRIS D The Humanity of Femmes Fatales and Heartless Villains – International Noir and Beyond Genre (poison fang tpb)
incredible 800+ page book dealing with seemingly every-noir-based film ever made. an insanely sprawling and readable masterpiece.
www.amazon.com/Humanity-Fem...
really cool guided tour of richartd hell's lower east side apartment from the nyt
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www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
rec of the day: GORE VERBINKSI "Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die"
a hell of a fine movie. worth seeing on the big screen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm4W...
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CORPUSSE "Delusions" LP
the second masterpiece in the "Unkown Province" reissue series
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Auction opens for original Matt Groening drawing of Homer Simpson done for Steve Albini. It's a beaut! Spread the word!
www.stevealbiniscloset.com/auction
who's your dad? i might be able to conjure up something. or not.
auction closes today at 4:30 PM eastern for
STEVE ALBINI'S INCSRIBED LED ZEP 6 LP BOX
www.stevealbiniscloset.com/auction
RIP BUD CORT
best known for "harold & maude," but i always loved "brewster mccloud," "gas" & "the strawberry statement."
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/m...
RIP FRED SMITH
then man who stepped into richard hell's shoes in television, making the band far less chaotic but a whole lot more "musical." later a vintner & animating presence at the great jones.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
tht just means he did not get an NYT obit when he died. they have a series of obits they feel they should have done but didn't
AUCTION OPEN FOR STEVE ALBINI'S COPY OF THE LED ZEP 6LP BOX WARMLY INSCRIBED TO HIM BY JIMMY & ROBERT PLANT DURING THE "CLARKDALE" SESSIONS
www.stevealbiniscloset.com/auction
rec of the day: HELENE BARBIER "panorama" (bonsound LP) third great solo slab by this MTL-based singer/bassist who was in moss lime. mixes post-punk instrumental lumpery with vocals based in the eternally-fulfilling birkin model. smooth, sharp & swingin'.
helenebarbier.bandcamp.com/album/panorama
NYT did a great obit for JIMMY REED as part of their "overlooked" series
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
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rec of the day: DAN MELCHIOR "reveries" (cudighi LP) unlike any other rec i know in dan's massive discography. slurping instrumentals for guitar and electric organ, almost in the style of those oddball lounge records tom verlaine used to love. bodacious!
cudighirecords.bandcamp.com/album/reveries
newly uncovered warhol footage to be screened in nyc
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
RIP JOHNNY LEGEND
not always my cup of tea, but a genuine freak & proud of it. the premier of his film, "my breakfast with blassie" was the last time i saw andy kaufman on this earth. sending love to johnny's sister, lynn, another stone bad-ass of a different sort
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/a...
he was a super interesting guy, and no doubt you are probably right about him turning strummer on to jara when they were squat mates. really a one of a kind individual.
rec of the day: EQUIPMENT POINTED ANKH "eggs a little late" (petty bunco LP) missed EPA's last LP, but this one's a wide-ass listen in terms of sound & variety. post-post-post-prog eclecticism of the finest sort available. fully outside time & space.
equipmentpointedankh.bandcamp.com/album/eggs-a...
RIP ALVARO PENA ROJAS
i translated this from a chilean news site, so it's a tad glitchy, but i couldn't find anything in english
Nice NYT piece on Uncle Floyd (RIP)
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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/n...
