The B-52s B-Almost-60

Last Sunday's New York Times article about the resurrected B-52s included a great quote from 54 year-old guitarist Keith Strickland:

“We’ve entered the phase in our life,” Mr. Strickland said sarcastically, “where we’re talking about our knees.” There was a moment of quiet group contemplation, followed, as usual, by peals of laughter.

Amen, brother.

Read the article: The B-52s - Band - Dance-Rock - New York Times

 

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Big Head Todd and the Monsters - bigheadtodd.com

Big Head Todd is being interviewed right now on Sirius Spectrum. He's talking about the band's business model. There's more detail on the band's site: 

Why free? The BHTM family believes that the music industry is changing. We are a touring-based band, and we want to get our new music out to as many people as possible. We decided to mail the new album to the first 25,000 people who signed up on our website. Then we sent it out to almost half a million people through radio station mailing lists. Now we are offering as a free download on the website and giving the CD to anyone who purchases $15 or more of merchandise from our store.

Check it out: Big Head Todd and the Monsters - bigheadtodd.com

Ice Cubes Poster

Ice Cubes Poster
Originally uploaded by Bob Rhubart

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, desktop publishing and Photoshop were the stuff of science fiction -- or at least the stuff of people with a lot of money. Back then, local rock bands used to make posters on the office copy machine.

This prime example is one of six recently discovered when Brother Gene cleaned out his basement -- which also serves as the Elderly Brothers' rehearsal space and club house.

Brothers Gene and George, and former Brother Carl Gribble, were once members of the Ice Cubes, along with drummer Ed Obbish. That was sometime last century, during either the Carter or Reagan administration. These days there's less hair and more waistline.