Tag Archives: johnny cash

thread by thread legend

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: meet nudie cohn, king of country flash and trash. his business “nudie, the rodeo tailor” was supplying the country western world with the loudest brightest glitteriest KUSTOM KULTURE western wear this side of the pecos. his hollywood … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged art chantry, Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton, Ferlin Husky, George Jones, Glen Campbell, Graham Parsons, johnny cash, loretta lynn, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Nudie Cohn, Pamela de Barres, Porter Wagoner, ZZ Top | Leave a comment

no No NO

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes: the GREATEST NO DEPRESSION COVERS OF ALL TIME. But who am I to judge? Perhaps because I’d been looking over Alden’s shoulder for the entirety of No Depression’s 75-issue run (plus three “bookazines”) and providing commentary and … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged charles peterson photography, dave alvin, dave alvin the blasters, grant alden, jesse marinoff reyes, johnny cash, Kasey Chambers, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, marina chavez photograph, mildred jorman, No Depression magazine | Leave a comment

take off your hat when the hearse passes

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Dave

God always seems to be bumping into an atheist’s head in the most unexpected places. There was always Voltaire fessin’ up on his deathbed.His almost comic anti-semitism attributed to a repressed piety and faith. But, then he was always angling … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged arno mayor, Clement Greenberg, Elmer Gantry, Franz Kafka, Jean Genet, Jean Paul Sartre, John Lennon, johnny cash, Marc Chagall, Martin Luther, Maurizio Cattelan, Michael Moore, Sinclair Lewis, Slavoj Zizek, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

when we were fab: takin’ the a train

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dave

Don Hunstein was the staff photographer for Columbia in the early to mid 1960′s and worked with well known art directors at the label like John Berg and Bob Cato. In the LP era the album cover was a complementary … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged barry goldwater, Bob Dylan, daniel patrick moynihan, don hunstein, Duke Ellington, Irving Kristol, johnny cash, lester thurow, Lou Rockwell, lyndon johnson, Miles Davis, Murray Rothbard, robert a. heinlein, suzie rotolo, theolonius monk | Leave a comment

one of the boys: men in long black coats

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Dave

John Lennon was once quoted as saying that Bob Dylan was intentionally opaque in his lyrics so as to position himself as “secure in his hipness”. It is often taken that Dylan provided the Beatles with the understanding of depth, … Continue reading →