Nora Novak

PENELOPE SPHEERIS: FILMING ROCK & ROLL

Nora NovakFebruary 5, 2020

Penelope Spheeris jolted the cinema world with her debut feature The Decline of Western Civilization in 1981, a blistering look at the LA punk scene, and then c...

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John Battles on ‘PUB ROCK’ WAS MORE THAN A LABELImpressive overview of the UK and Oz Pub Rock scenes. Mick Green said that he heard a Dr. Feelgood song on the radio and mistook it for a Johnny Kidd and The Pirates track. Wilko Johnson was instrumental in getting The Pirates back together as a three piece , a
wmsagittarius on MALCOLM MCLAREN: JEWISH MANAGER AS PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKERIs it really THE Von Lmo? How about The Von Lmo story PKM? The Naked City has yielded many fine fine musical jewels but few glister so brightly as Von Lmo, Red Transistor etc. Maybe Chain Gang ... They would be pride of place if Reader's Digest (IF? When, more
VonLmo on MALCOLM MCLAREN: JEWISH MANAGER AS PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKERFields, Stein & the deliberately misleading Oldham. Not only did it help to be Jewish but also gay or grayish. How bout the unacknowledged history of Ock Homos.