Politics in the Zeros (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Go see Burn After Reading. George Clooney and Brad Pitt star in the Coen Brothers movie about CIA-themed madness and violence. It’s crazed, darkly funny, violent. Hey, it’s a Coen Brothers movie! Special bonus: As the credits rolled, the soundtrack was “CIA Man” first recorded in about 1965 by the Fugs, and sung now (I recognized [...]
New Scientist (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Studies on whether sodas have spermicidal properties and on how much lap dancers take home in tips won the spoof awards
psychedelicatessen (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
My nomination for The Great, Lost Proto-Punk Classic: The Fugs - Kill For Peace Even John McCain would have to love a song with a line like "The only gook an American can trust/Is a gook what's got his yella haid bust!" I like this because it's sort of a bridge between punks and hippies. This is from 1966, around the time the Mothers released Freak Out! and the Velvets were recording their first album....
Slog (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
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Politics in the Zeros (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Yeah, that’ll really help progressive causes… I think someone needs a double dose of the chill pill. As abhorrent as Malkin’s politics are to many of us, no one, including her, needs or deserves to have “kill” chanted at them when they, in fact, are not killers. From People’s Press Collective (who have lots of videos) Michelle Malkin [...]
News Dissector Blog (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Just a Blog Let: A short report from Washington | Ray McGovern Briefs The Rest Of Us | Tuli Kupferberg of The Fugs
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
Every generation has its political rock band: The Fugs, The Clash…and Rage Against The Machine. RATM formed in Los Angeles in 1991 and released the self-titled debut a year later, one of the definitive CDs of the 90s. The cover featured the image of the “burning monk”, who burned himself to death in 1963: an ultimate image of commitment and protest. The music was a highly potent mix of metal, funk,...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Jazz and improvised music have long held a certain appeal for fans of underground and outside art. Those who cut their teeth on the Fugs and protest music of the '60s found similar yelps offered among the jewels of the ESP-Disk catalog, and post-riot French students found solidarity (if briefly) with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. The do-it-yourself aesthetic of creative music is an easy thing to latch...
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
Alexis Petridis of The Guardian makes quite a good point about how even the most notorious word in the English ...
PCL LinkDump (Free subscription) | 15/05/2008
A short 1968 Swedish documentary about The Fugs . (via Boing Boing ) Part 1, w. "Crystal Liaison", (that particular song clip was posted on PCL in 2006 ) & "I Couldn't Get High": Part 2. w. "The Garden is Open" & "Super Girl" Uploaded by Zub2Zub Note: There is a good interview with Ken Weaver (August 2005) in Perfect Sound Forever .
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 15/05/2008
Jess Hemerly found this fun Swedish TV special from 1968 about proto-punk group The Fugs. The interview segments at the beginning where they are asked to show their personalities in 30 seconds or less are a laugh-riot. The scene pictured here features Ed Sanders poetically commenting on his penchant for "astral perversion." Link to part 1, Link to part 2 Previously on BB: • Fugs are still recording...
Politics in the Zeros (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Ed Sanders explains how the Fugs ran into censorship problems from mass media and police problems when they started doing music (but were never hassled when just doing poetry prior to that.) This from about ‘65 or so. Something never change, eh? Also has live footage of some of that very same music.
Politics in the Zeros (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
… were The Fugs, maybe the first DIY / protest band ever. (This was recorded sometime in the mid 60’s.) They are still recording and their recent The Fugs Final CD Vol. 1 is maybe their best ever. Seriously. Vol. 2 is coming soon. Website. They had a profound impact on my tender young psyche and I [...]
Go Fug Yourself (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
What was Shannon Elizabeth doing, going shopping in my childhood without asking me? Seven-Year-Old-Me is FURIOUS that Shannon stole my parents' oriental rug without asking, because that was MY special cape for my eventual and inevitable coronation and now she's...
