Monthly Archives: June 2008

Musicians, Art, and the Odd Political News Tidbit

By Todd | Published: June 6, 2008
Reel 163, by Louis Armstrong Armstrong made generous use of various kinds of adhesive tape not only to attach images to each box but also to laminate, frame, or highlight them. The works are untitled and undated, but he was making them as early as the 1950s; in a letter from 1953 he wrote, “Well, [...]
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Weekend Warrior Rock’n'Rollers: The 2008 RFT Music Showcase Recapped

By Todd | Published: June 3, 2008
It’s Tuesday, two days after the 2008 Riverfront Times Music Showcase, and I’m just starting to recover. It wasn’t so much hangover symptoms as it was an overall body ache, like I had been run through the clothes dryer a few times and then kicked down three flights of stairs. Ugh. Twelve hours of shuttling [...]
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The Diddley Daddy: R.I.P.

By Todd | Published: June 2, 2008
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Bo Diddley – “Hey Bo Diddley” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Bo Diddley – “The Story of Bo Diddley” (from His Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) The Diddley Daddy is dead, and it’s a sad scene over here at Post-Rockist HQ. I’m alone, disheveled in [...]
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