This Thursday on the ol’ East Village Radio show that I like to call Beyond Beyond is Beyond, I will be talking to the gold-throated ‘god of hellfire’ himself, the amazing Arthur Brown. As seen here freaking the fuck out…
Esoteric Recordings is reissuing much of Arthur’s works, including the groundbreaking, earth-shaking Crazy World of Arthur Brown album, as well as Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come albums.
I will also be paying tribute to MAN’s fantastic guitarist/vocalist/songwriter, Micky Jones, who just passed away on March 10th, losing the battle to a brain tumor that he had been fighting for years. Micky will live on for many through the fine, fine music that he leaves behind. R.I.P. Micky…and thank you.
Coincidentally, Esoteric Recordings also did the superb remastering job with the MAN catalog as well, so this Thursday will be Esoteric Fest on Beyond Beyond is Beyond. So listen live at noon eastern, Thursday, March 18th to East Village Radio and let’s celebrate jams together! Sound good?
Just had the Growlers on Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio on Thursday and man, was it wild! There was a record 10 people our tiny little booth:
1 – vocal
2 – guitar
3 – guitar
4 – bass
5 – drum
6 – tambourine
7 – Mindy on sound
8 – Me on DJ
9 – EVR videographer, Tito
10 – Growlers tour documenter
Whoa…
Click through for some pics of the affair…
Hey Bologna-Boppin’ Beyonders,
I’m happy to announce that this week Beyond Beyond is Beyond will welcome So-Cal bent rockers, the Growlers to the show. I’ve been diggin’ these guys ever since Everloving sent me their new Are You In or Out? record. I lifted the ‘bent sound’ description from the Everloving website because it really fits the Growlers’ sound nicely:
…this “bent sound” has been perfected in their live act that some onlookers call “groovy” and or “sick”. The groovy unexcelled value in Lo fidelity sound is their stock and trade.
So get yourself further acquainted below with the “Something Someone Jr” video and then bring your ears to the far out reaches of Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio on Thursday, 2/18, from noon to 2 EST. Here’s how to get there…
If you’re in NYC, catch their show at Piano’s…
Feb 18 2010 11:00P
Pianos w/ Treasure and Magic Magic New York City, New York
Feb 20 2010 8:00P
RONY’S BAR chicago, Illinois
Feb 21 2010 11:30P
Replay Lounge Lawrence, Kansas
Feb 22 2010 8:00P
Hi Dive – The Growlers w/ Astrophagus Denver, Colorado
Feb 23 2010 9:30P
Belly Up Aspen w/ Backyard Fire Tire Aspen, Colorado
Feb 26 2010 8:00P
Noise Pop at Café Dunord San Francisco, California
Mar 27 2010 9:30P
East of Eden w/ Mikey Selbicky Monterey, California
If you watched the Grammys (as I did for some reason), you know that the highlight of the whole event was when Jeff Beck took the stage for the Les Paul ‘How High the Moon’ tribute with an old friend of the Beyond Beyond is Beyond show, Imelda May on vocals. If you missed, dig…
I’m proud to say that this silver-throated Irish rockabilly knockout was on my Beyond Beyond is Beyond show on East Village Radio back in September, so I just thought I’d share the interview again. She and her husband and amazing guitarist, Darrel Higham, also performed an exclusive acoustic tune for us at the end of the interview.
Check out the news piece on the EVR website where there is a link to the interview
OR
Go straight to the interview
I also chose her Love Tattoo album as one of the Best of 2009.
See some of my Imelda pics…
*all photos (c) Mike Newman
So I wanted to post something about a band that I accidentally left off my official ‘Best Albums of 2009′ list. This is San Diego-based (oddly enough) new progressive rock band Astra, and their 2009 album The Weirding is one that I listened to a lot last year. I found this really cool random user-made video for one of Astra’s songs and thought you should check it out. So dig in below. There’s a whole lot of radicity going on…
THEN, if you dig that, listen to the whole album on YouTube. It’s all HERE. Pretty amazing. Then, after you’re blown away by how good it is and surprised at how modern it is, BUY that shit bro. I’m def looking for Astra to head to the East Coast!
Cheers!
Hey Beyonderz,
Tune in live to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio at noon on New Year’s Eve, exactly 12 hours before 2010 starts! I’ll be playing some of my ‘Best 0f’s’ from 2009 and a bunch of exclusive live performances of BBiB guests right from the EVR booth. Live stuff from Alberta Cross, Imelda May, The Amazing, The Blakes, Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears, Mother Hips, Life on Earth, y mas!
And 9 hours later, come out to my stoned New Year’s extravaganza at Heathers Bar in the East Village (13th between A & B). $6 suggested donation (NY Times Neediest Cases Fund) gets you a right good time, free Brooklyn Beer from 9 to 10 pm, a chance to win fabulous prizes…and DJ Rudeboy and I provide your song and dance. Here are all the details.
Happy New Year to you all! Cheers, brilliant, right, cheers!
Mike
Btw, does Jon’s shirt say something about Beyond Beyond is Beyond?
Tune in to East Village Radio at noon Thursday, Christmas Eve, to get your Xmas Eve started with some nice holiday jams…I’ll be slaving away for you over a hot microphone, like a good Jew!
…twas amazing to witness live!
Hey there, ya turkeys…
I’ll have a nice fresh Thanksgiving show for you on Thursday on Beyond Beyond is Beyond. I’ll be broadcasting on location from a turkey farm in the Deep South where I’ll be DJ-ing at a mass turkey funeral…and vacationing. Tune in for lots of Thanksgiving-related jams and marshmalloweated yams. Even something from this album…
Have a great Thanksgiving…and if you’re going to eat a lot, make sure to balance it with drinking a lot! So tune in live to East Village Radio at noon on Thanksgiving and pop the top on your first drink with me!
See ya then.
Cheers!
Hell-oh Bea Yawnders!
Hope you all had a hellish Halloween weekend! I’ve got an amazing show coming up on Thursday at noon (eastern) on East Village Radio; a show that should drive Erin Pope crackers! Not only will I be talking to prog-legend Gentle Giant lead singer, Derek Shulman…but I will also have artist, Jess Rotter of Rotter & Friends, and Kemado/Mexican Summer/Anthology Recordings joining me as guest DJ all show long, as we’ll try to match each other song for song and talk about the days of covered wagons.
This show’s gonna be fully radical, so be sure to catch it live on Beyond Beyond is Beyond at noon (eastern) Thursday on East Village Radio! Plus I’ll be taking attendance and there will be a pop quiz!
***UPDATE! DIG THE ARCHIVE OF THIS SHOW RIGHT’CHERE… http://www.eastvillageradio.com/news/items.aspx?id=8972
On November 10th, 2009 Gentle Giant will be digitally releasing seven of their best-known albums and tracks in digital form for the very first time via their own Alucard label through EMI Music’s Label Services unit.
This progressive rock band, which was active from 1970 through 1980, was made up of multi-instrumentalists, and lived to expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of becoming very unpopular.” The group’s dozen albums combine a range of musical styles—jazz, pop, classical, British soul, rock, blues, medieval, pop, and blues.
In a Glass House, The Power & The Glory, Free Hand, In’terview, Playing The Fool, The Missing Piece and Giant For a Day will become available through all digital channels. More Gentle Giant music will be available in a variety of formats in 2010, starting with the January release of the seven CDs Re-Mastered from the original 1⁄4 inch tapes through Hi-Resolution (24bit 96k) transfer. First quarter of 2010 will also find box sets and Limited Edition Vinyl LPs.
About the guest DJ: Artist Jess Rotter, a woman that promotes rock bands by day at Kemado Records/Mexican Summer in New York, is the mastermind of the whimsical t-shirt line, Rotter and Friends. The tees’ prints are playful, heartfelt and inspired by rare music of the 1960’s and 70’s. Part of the indie-label’s appeal is that the tees feature hand-drawn, wickedly irreverent prints and big fans include Natalie Portman. Past collections include odes to Captain Beefheart, Graham Nash, Roky Erickson, and Bobbie Gentry- backed by a slew of Rotter’s crazy dancing hand-drawn characters. Recent press about the label has included NPR, Nylon, Spin, Daily Candy, Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, and Newsweek.
It’s been a rad year for Rotter and Friends as Jess’s illustrations for the label were made into a solo exhibition called Moontunes in Los Angeles at Garage Gallery in March, a month later her 4-piece capsule collection for Project Red was released globally in The Gap, and the label was responsible for hosting the first NYC live performance from Boston psyche legend Bobb Trimble.
This season, in their 6th collection, Rotter and Friends pay homage to Jade Stone and Luv (in partnership w/ Swedish label Subliminal sounds ), Ya Ho Wah 13, Betty Davis, and Badfinger. Fun things for Fall include a one day holiday trunk show event at Other Music in late November, a 3-piece collection of spiral notebooks for HEEB magazine which include scribble salutes to Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithfull, and Marc Bolan of T. Rex, and a MoonTune version of Betty Davis will be included in a group show at 303 Grand gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn November 6th-20th.
…East Village Radio