So, fill up on coffee, grab a bagel, and enjoy the following!
- Here's a new blog that I haven't been keeping up with... until now! Sounds like another, older Mod-inspired fellow sharing his thoughts... someone new to relate to! Last post was in January, but hopefully, it's not the last post!
- My main man, Kirk "Mayor of San Francisco" Harper, highlights his desert-island tracks and gives some good thought into the inspiration for these choices.
- For anyone not familiar with the Three O'Clock, here's a great synopsis of their career!
- Paul Gorman offers up a rejected review of Andrew Loog Oldham's new book, Stone Free.
- Monkey Picks delves into the funky world of Swamp Dogg!
- Too many soul obituaries seem to be hitting us lately. Here's one on Cleotha Staples of the Staple Singers and one on Bobby Rogers of the Miracles.
- Now, I was looking forward to this book, but I'm having second thoughts after this review...
- Mr. Suave serves up a tasty selection of old AND new soul tracks, including a new one from Nicole Willis!
- Anorak Thing finds a couple of great jazz covers for you!
- Banana Republic continues to go Mad Men Mod, but based on this clothing line, the ladies are getting the better end of the stick.
- We missed out on the High Rollers Vegas rally this year, but what's really bumming us out is having missed this restaurant reviewed by Le Continental.
- For the Ivy fans, take a peek into the Andover Shop, courtesy of A Modernist.
- Derek's Daily 45 has been highlighting good music on a daily basis. Others are now returning the good vibes!
Alright, hope these set a good mood for the week!
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The BAD review of “A Very British Phenomenon” has convinced me not to buy it. I eagerly await Mod: The New Religion.
ReplyDeleteI bought Richard Barnes’ book Mods! back in 1980, right after it came out. I read a review of it in Trouser Press, which said it was not published in the USA. This is long, long before anyone dreamed of the Internet. I looked in the phone book for companies that special ordered foreign books. I found one in Cambridge near Harvard Square (I lived outside of Boston). I took the train in and went in the place. They were used to ordering scholarly books for professors, and not rock’n’roll fannish stuff for enthusiastic teenagers. Nonetheless, the gentleman looked the book up in a huge bound volume of UK publications, which had four columns per page of I would guess 6 point type. There it was, though he had never dealt with the publisher -- Eel Pie Press, Pete Townshend’s small press -- he agreed to order it for me. I may have had to put down a deposit. It took several MONTHS for it to show up. I had actually given up on it, when one day a postcard came saying it had arrived! It was as cool as I had hoped it would be. I still have it. The Modern World (that I’ve learnt about) with instant purchases and fast deliver really is better, but the delayed gratification did make things more exciting.
I think I'll still get it because, you know, mod.
DeleteBut I dig this story on how you acquired the 'Mods' book! You know how difficult it was for us US folk to buy anything from Europe, pre-Paypal. Man, I remember getting Phoenix List catalogues in high school and wanting to order cassette tapes of Graham Bond or Zoot Money, but I had NO idea how to convert dollars to pounds at a bank. Ugh, it was torture!
I didn't take a look at the 'Mods' book until I moved to the Bay Area and one of my friends had a copy. Believe it or not, I ended up finding a copy of my own at a used bookshop out here!
Thanks so much for mentioning my blog (itllneverbeoverforme) - partly inspired by great blogs like yours, so I'm very flattered. And its inspired me to blog so more! Keep up the good work. Regards, Gavin.
ReplyDeleteAw man, I LOVE your last new jazz post! I had one up similar several months back. So much great new jazz from the last 10 years or so. You turned me on to bands I didn't know about: Jonas Holgersson, Gaetano Partipilo.
DeleteUnfortunately, I'm having a hard time leaving comments on your blog because I keep getting prompted for a password from a previously used blog account and can't remember it! I'll work it out though. Keep it up!