Tag Archives: The Band

expression of the soul

… Rock and roll “is the most brutal, ugly, desperate vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear. Rock n’ roll smells phony and false. It is sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous … Continue reading

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blue ribbon tank: hand fishing the ecstatic trance

The search for genuine American weirdness. To look for manifest destiny under all the rocks, roadside billboards and backwoods of the cultural bi-ways. The new series of Will Ferrell ads for Old Milwaukee is a case in point of combing … Continue reading

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the w.s. walcott election show

Get involved. Donate now. Are you in? Want to buy some cool looking swag? A bobble head doll of our glorious leader? Is their clairvoyancy in politics? Should we care? As the Canadian election yawns into the back nine with … Continue reading

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REMEMBER: ECHOES and MEMORIES

In his Rolling Stone interview,John Lennon said that it was pain which had made the great artists what they were. Memory, oh memory, what you do to me? /Today is all I really need to know. /Why do you have … Continue reading

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KILLING TIME WITH THE PRINCE OF PAINTERS

When my day’s work is done We can take in a jamboree, But I just wanna sit down by the fire With my love right here beside me. We’ve got time to kill, Catskill, Sweet by and by. We’ve got … Continue reading

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CHRISTMAS: IT'S IN THE MIND'S EYE

Christmas. Undoubtedly the holiday with the greatest inclination to bring out the fruitcake in all of us. Is Christmas really any worse than other times of the year and do the Christmas blues really exist? Carl Jung differentiated himself from … Continue reading

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Blake & The Invisible Republic

What musicologist and culture critic Griel Marcus termed  ”the old weird America” , an invisible republic that lingers in the background and is interwoven into the fabric of everyday life. Bob Dylan and The Band’s ‘‘The Basement Tapes” was recorded, … Continue reading

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Painting from Big Pink

The cover art of The Band’s ”Music From Big Pink” album has always intrigued me and I discovered it was actually painted by Bob Dylan himself.The style of painting meshed seamlessly with the music, kind of not in harmony but … Continue reading

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