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Wilko Johnson. A hero. Fuck.

Nico Adie wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 4:55 am Wilko Johnson. A hero. Fuck.

Wilko and Keith in the space of a few days. Really sad news.

Rashied Garrison wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 5:01 am

Nico Adie wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 4:55 am Wilko Johnson. A hero. Fuck.

Wilko and Keith in the space of a few days. Really sad news.

He's been fighting for a while, but what a bummer. Best Tele sound ever. RIP.

penningtron wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 7:19 am He's been fighting for a while, but what a bummer. Best Tele sound ever. RIP.

I can't find the source, but he did share the secret of his mojo: everything on the amp at 12 o'clock. Absolute murder on the fingernails though.

We'll miss you Wilko.

RIP, Wilko. I just played "She Do It Right" on my guitar in your honor.

andyman wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 6:46 am Gal Costa

I feel that Gal Costa deserves more than just one acknowledgement. This album is pure tropicalia genius.

Sadly not everything she did later on in her career is of the same calibre, but she gets a pass for her first three albums alone.

penningtron wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 7:19 am

Rashied Garrison wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 5:01 am

Nico Adie wrote: Wed Nov 23, 2022 4:55 am Wilko Johnson. A hero. Fuck.

Wilko and Keith in the space of a few days. Really sad news.

He's been fighting for a while, but what a bummer. Best Tele sound ever. RIP.

Yes, I remember him being diagnosed with termnal liver cancer about nine years back, only to be told that it wasn't as malign as his doctors originally thought. Guess it must have come back out of remission. R.I.P. And Keith Levene, too. Much emulated but never equalled in terms of pure unhingedness (except perhaps by Rowland S. Howard). And to think he started out as a roadie for Yes!

HeavenIsInYrBeard wrote: Sat Nov 26, 2022 7:47 am Much emulated but never equalled in terms of pure unhingedness (except perhaps by Rowland S. Howard). And to think he started out as a roadie for Yes!

I'm sure it's been pointed out here before that the Pop Tones riff is basically Starship Trooper.

I was ten-years-old when the movie Fame was released and suddenly began to imagine my boring Catholic grade school as a cauldron of creative happenings. Nothing could be farther than the truth, but that didn't stop the daydreaming about dancing along to "Fame" with my classmates.

RIP Irene Cara

rsmurphy wrote: Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:21 pm I was ten-years-old when the movie Fame was released and suddenly began to imagine my boring Catholic grade school as a cauldron of creative happenings. Nothing could be farther than the truth, but that didn't stop the daydreaming about dancing along to "Fame" with my classmates.

RIP Irene Cara

Not a fan of her music, but man was she talented and beautiful. Whenever I think of Irene Cara though I reminded not of Fame but of D.C. Cab: