Beastie Boys, Frankie, teds, punks, raves - ‘moral panics’ remembered!
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Shock, horror, public outcry and moments of moral turpitude plus with the usual news, rants and old hokum, which this week alights upon …
… why Gene Simmons thinks “musicians are treated worse than slaves”
... the high noon of Madonna and her foil-wrapped Sex book
… is Rufus Wainwright pop’s most successful nepo-baby?
… how CMAT forced Bertie Ahern to pull out of the Irish Presidency
… the Stackwaddy Quiz: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You? Getting Killed? Sinister Grift? Pitchfork Album of the Year or an entry in the Berlin Film Festival?
… from Mods & Rockers to illegal raves: pop scandals that hit the headlines
… can we blame Gap for the moment kids started to dress the same?
… was the death of Top Of The Pops the end of the pop consensus?
… Fela Kuta, arrested 200 times
… Jackson Browne, “never far from tragedy”
… is ‘70s funk and soul the best driving music?
… 42 year-old hears Hejira and the Stooges’ Metallic KO for the first time
… plus Tetsu Yamauchi RIP, David Sylvian in a converted ashram in New Hampshire and birthday guest Sandra Austin.
CMAT’s Euro-Country (which skewered Bertie Ahern): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz8_HxITJF0&list=RDnz8_HxITJF0&start_radio=1
Dave Brubeck ‘playing’ Golden Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1J612nZs
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