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Ray Columbus and the Invaders: The Definitive Collection (Zodiac/Ode)

...The point to note about Ray Columbus and the Invaders being inducted into the New... ...The point to note about Ray Columbus and the Invaders being inducted into... ...of Fame at the 2009 Music Awards is that it is Ray Columbus AND The Invaders. Columbus might have... ...Fame at the 2009 Music Awards is that it is Ray Columbus AND The Invaders. Columbus might have been the... ...haul here it might be the Invaders as much as Ray and the songs you tune in for. Much of the... ...in any Beat Band's repertoire. To their credit, Ray and the Invaders play them with aplomb and... ...exceptionally tight. The few originals don't stray too far from the familiar (Oh My Baby, We Can't... ...Beatles/Swinging Blue Jeans/Searchers etc). But Ray's self-penned Orbie Lee is a real shaker though,... ...in. You don't have to be a patriot to say Ray and the Invaders' delivered the definitive... ...the slightly dirty blues of She's Gone; Ray and Billy Kristian's power-pop on I Feel Bad and... ...Beatlemania. So welcome to the Hall of Fame Ray, Billy, Wally, Dave and Jimmy....

Tagged with: larry henley | ray columbus and the invaders | rolling stones | the beatles |

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2601/ray-columbus-and-the-invaders-the-definitive-collection-zodiac-ode/

Tono and the Finance Company: Fragile Thing EP (Border)

...Barry Smith from Hamilton, I can sing as good as Ray Columbus and my wife tells me I was just as... ...Smith from Hamilton, I can sing as good as Ray Columbus and my wife tells me I was just as cute, I was...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3336/tono-and-the-finance-company-fragile-thing-ep-border/

Larry Henley: A very rich man indeed.

...Ray Columbus seldom rang me at the Herald unless he had... ...Ray Columbus seldom rang me at the Herald unless he... ...package show with the Stones, Roy Orbison and Ray Columbus and the Invaders, and were never heard... ...show with the Stones, Roy Orbison and Ray Columbus and the Invaders, and were never heard of again.... ...was Larry Henley and that was who was round at Ray's. Would I like to come around? Before the... ...would I want to do that?' came out of my mouth, Ray told me one other fact about Larry: 'He's the... ...However it turned out during our conversation at Ray's that Larry was no one-hit wonder... ...all this as he shifted somewhat uncomfortably on Ray's couch. And he was only here passing through on... ...a man of his age and generation just relaxing at Ray's house. No airs, and a massive bank account. My... ...millionaire. Incidentally I read recently that Ray and his wife have started some therapeutic... ...estate. Good on him. What I know is that if Ray ever rings, I'll happily take his call....

My Back Pages: > mybackpages/762/larry-henley-a-very-rich-man-indeed/

HERBS, NEW ZEALAND'S POLITICISED REGGAE REVOLUTION: Hard tings an' times

...with Annie Crummer for See What Love Can Do and Ray Columbus for Til We Kissed. In '95 they... ...Annie Crummer for See What Love Can Do and Ray Columbus for Til We Kissed. In '95 they revisited French...

Reggae: > reggae/2753/herbs-new-zealands-politicised-reggae-revolution-hard-tings-an-times/

Various: Get a Haircut compilation (2007)

...exceptional Social End Product is here, as is Ray Columbus’ rare foray into throat-abusing... ...Social End Product is here, as is Ray Columbus’ rare foray into throat-abusing...

Tagged with: a day in my mind's mind | kiwi rebel rock | psychedelia | toy love |

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/426/various-get-a-haircut-compilation-2007/

Various Artists: The Great New Zealand Songbook Vol 2 (Thom/Universal)

...I Got You, Crowded House's Private Universe, Ray Columbus and the Invader's She's a Mod and the... ...I Got You, Crowded House's Private Universe, Ray Columbus and the Invader's She's a Mod and the always...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3443/various-artists-the-great-new-zealand-songbook-vol-2-thom-universal/

LARRY HENLEY INTERVIEWED (1993): The world beneath his wings

...the Rolling Stones became a blood-brother with Ray Columbus, then enjoying his one hit-making... ...Rolling Stones became a blood-brother with Ray Columbus, then enjoying his one hit-making period with... ...Jagger and Keith Richards of the Stones, he and Columbus cut their arms with a piece of glass and bonded... ...in the years since, he has kept in touch with Columbus who had also been a regular visitor to his home... ...Reminiscing the night before until 4 am at Columbus’ place has taken its toll on this hot... ...particular New Zealand music he discussed with Columbus and producer Billy Kristian. He offers a blunt,... ...the forthcoming Herbs singer, a reggae cover of Columbus’ Till We Kissed featuring Columbus and... ...comments about the production of music which betray a keen ear for that side of the business. It is...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2740/larry-henley-interviewed-1993-the-world-beneath-his-wings/

JOHN TRUDELL, NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVIST/POET/SINGER INTERVIEWED (1992): Living in the Elvis age

...1992 to acknowledge the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ first voyage to the New World, others... ...to celebrate. “Personally, I think Columbus was like a virus symbolising a diseased spirit...

Tagged with: jim pepper | john trudell |

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/1892/john-trudell-native-american-activist-poet-singer-interviewed-1992-living-in-the-elvis-age/

QUEEN CITY ROCK: Auckland Nightlife, Look Back in Wonder (2010)

...in Christchurch Max Merritt and the Meteors, and Ray Columbus and the Invaders heard it. Both bands,... ...Max Merritt and the Meteors, and Ray Columbus and the Invaders heard it. Both bands, after...

Cultural Elsewhere: > culturalelsewhere/3460/queen-city-rock-auckland-nightlife-look-back-in-wonder-2010/

Various: A Day in My Mind's Mind Vol 3; 28 Kiwi Psychedelic Trips 1967-72 (EMI)

...Convention with two standouts on Volume Two; Ray Columbus with Kick Me on Volume One and Polka... ...Convention with two standouts on Volume Two; Ray Columbus with Kick Me on Volume One and Polka Dot...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/1718/various-a-day-in-my-minds-mind-vol-3-28-kiwi-psychedelic-trips-1967-72-emi/

Stayin' Alive: The fitness phase (2005)

...function recently, I ran into entertainer Ray Columbus, whose doctor had told him that his... ...function recently, I ran into entertainer Ray Columbus, whose doctor had told him that his heart attack...

Tagged with: fitness phase | suburban life | the art of dying |

Something Elsewhere: > somethingelsewhere/255/stayin-alive-the-fitness-phase-2005/

THE BUILDING BLOCK OF CIVILISATION (ESSAY, 2005): Thoughts From Elsewhere

...downloads at the ancient bricks was where Columbus walked, back from his New World. And what a... ...his parade came through these streets. In 1493 Columbus arrived here from Seville with an exotic train...

Cultural Elsewhere: > culturalelsewhere/239/the-building-block-of-civilisation-essay-2005-thoughts-from-elsewhere/

Arthur Alexander: The Ultimate Arthur Alexander (1993 compilation)

...the late Willy De Ville (You Better Move On); Ray Columbus (Where Have You Been retitled as Til We... ...late Willy De Ville (You Better Move On); Ray Columbus (Where Have You Been retitled as Til We Kissed);... ...to being kicked up a notch. When he made his foray back into the music business in the early...

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/2518/arthur-alexander-the-ultimate-arthur-alexander-1993-compilation/

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE by JIM DeROGATE: When the whip comes down

...the good people in Valleydale Ballroom of Columbus, Ohio in November 66 -- shows that here was a...

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/2611/the-velvet-underground-an-illustrated-history-of-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-by-jim-derogate-when-the-whip-comes-down/

ZIGGY MARLEY INTERVIEWED (1990): The son also rises

...the course title. “They teach slavery and Columbus, nothing ‘bout the African story. But,...

Tagged with: bob marley | judy | mowattburning | spearziggy |

Reggae: > reggae/2131/ziggy-marley-interviewed-1990-the-son-also-rises/

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, WHAT GOES ON (BOX SET, 1993): The velvet blueprint

...performance from an EPI event in Columbus, Ohio, from later that year. Alongside the... ...classical gestures (Venus in Furs, Sister Ray) but put them in a rock context. It was that...

Tagged with: john cale | lou reed | velvet underground |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2146/the-velvet-underground-what-goes-on-box-set-1993-the-velvet-blueprint/

LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI INTERVIEWED (2000): The angry old man

...second-floor rooms on the corner of Broadway and Columbus Avenues.In 1953 he opened the City Lights...

Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/469/lawrence-ferlinghetti-interviewed-2000-the-angry-old-man/

THE BEATLES IN AMERICA 1964: Songs of innocence -- and experience (DVD reviewed, 2004)

...to it was producer George Martin, New York DJ Murray the K, or the dumped drummer Pete Best. Then we... ...(or "oonder-stund" as he said it). Ray Columbus sang She's a Mod with the Beatlish... ...(or "oonder-stund" as he said it). Ray Columbus sang She's a Mod with the Beatlish "yeah,...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/461/the-beatles-in-america-1964-songs-of-innocence-and-experience-dvd-reviewed-2004/

America, driving across the country (April-May 2004)

...length away. Up the bay through the sea spray is the minimally geometric Golden Gate Bridge... ...the peninsula of Florida and the Caribbean where Columbus then others – Spanish, French, British...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/273/america-driving-across-the-country-april-may-2004/

CARLOS SANTANA INTERVIEWED (2003). The Shaman of Optimism

...such as Seal, Placido Domingo, Dido, Macy Gray and Michelle Branch.Shaman proved a lesser... ...Sri Chinmoy. "I just follow my heart. I do pray and chant and meditate. If you want to rise...

Tagged with: carlos santana | john coltrane | miles davis | ravi shankar |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/366/carlos-santana-interviewed-2003-the-shaman-of-optimism/

Waipari, Taupo: Into the empty valleys full of life

...of the property means no shooters accidentally stray into someone else’s area. Some come for a...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/1895/waipari-taupo-into-the-empty-valleys-full-of-life/

Taipei in Taiwan: a visitor's guide

...The much reconstructed Lungshan - where people pray for good fortune, success in exams, children and...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/1924/taipei-in-taiwan-a-visitors-guide/

Hawaii: Where Nature shows off

...are sandy beaches which disappear into sea spray - and then the road runs out as you reach the Na...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/1754/hawaii-where-nature-shows-off/

Innsbruck: The imagined mountains

...and an excitable bunch of over-moneyed Hooray Henrys. I don't know whether that is true. Maybe...

Tagged with: europe | innsbruck | travel stories |

Travel Stories: > travelstories/inssbruck/

Fiji to Vancouver and beyond: My life lovin' friends: Parts One and Deux

...morning and my wife brought me breakfast on a tray and I'd read the papers for a while, and then...

Tagged with: fiji | travels in elsewhere | vancouver |

Travel Stories: > travelstories/569/fiji-to-vancouver-and-beyond-my-life-lovin-friends-parts-one-and-deux/

Thailand and Vietnam: Things have changed

...Good news came by e-mail: Raymond is in touch again. The last time I saw him... ...best meals of my life -- lightly grilled sting-ray wings -- in Cafe Des Amis by the river, run by... ...in even those two years, still a magical place. Raymond should have seen it back then, but I guess... ...sell their wares to wealthy Europeans. However Raymond loves Hoi An and says they even stop the... ...curious to see Hoi An again . . . but, despite Raymond's invitation, I doubt I'll go back....

Tagged with: thailand | travels in elsewhere | vietnam |

Travel Stories: > travelstories/573/thailand-and-vietnam-things-have-changed/

Melbourne, Australia: Alt.shopping tips for those who don't shop, but buy

...on display. The extraordinary selection of ashtrays -- from a stylish Pierre Cardin in blue with a...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/1928/melbourne-australia-altshopping-tips-for-those-who-dont-shop-but-buy/

Florence, Italy: A long way from Footscray

...so does its owner Doreen who was born in Footscray, Melbourne to Sicilian parents and who at 20... ...where life will take you." Well, from Footscray to Florence for a start....

Travel Stories: > travelstories/556/florence-italy-a-long-way-from-footscray/

Sydney, Australia: The Coastal Track

...the Dharawal people. Here were images of a stingray, totemic male figure, kangaroo and a whale...

Tagged with: australia | sydney | travels in elsewhere |

Travel Stories: > travelstories/3022/sydney-australia-the-coastal-track/

JIMI HENDRIX, AN ESSAY: In my Life

...always I kept coming back to the bewildering array of music on Are You Experienced which contained... ...is a variant on the one before, a staggering array of notes tumbling over themselves, always being...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/356/jimi-hendrix-an-essay-in-my-life/

Golden Triangle, Thailand: Where the girls are

...the kitchens. In the lobby I meet the manager, Raymond from Switzerland, who has one of... ...the resort’s Italian restaurant, and Raymond persuaded me over bottles of imported reds... ...on the patio, I am having my doubts but Raymond is laughing and insistent - and promises to... ...“Or fail to do so,” I say to Raymond who wanders back to the golf cart with a... ...come. It has been a magical day. That night Raymond and I have dinner on the terrace of Anantara... ...us at our table. In a gap in the conversation Raymond loudly asks how my girl was....

Travel Stories: > travelstories/2917/golden-triangle-thailand-where-the-girls-are/

Sunshine Coast, Australia: Land, sea and me

...escaped from the Alien movie) and the stingrays. Take the “Behind the Scenes” tour... ...stretch so the soles of my feet are tickled by spray. I follow in Brendan’s wake and he throws... ...course which, as Kieran observes with wry wit betraying his Limerick upbringing, is...

Tagged with: australia | postcards from elsewhere | the idiot boy who flew |

Travel Stories: > travelstories/2342/sunshine-coast-australia-land-sea-and-me/

Blackball, New Zealand: They won't make them like this anymore

...Club and the Club Hotel, where a sign outside betrays more West Coast wit: “For sale. One...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/1929/blackball-new-zealand-they-wont-make-them-like-this-anymore/

Barcelona, Spain: Sex and drunks and rock'n'roll

...we owe our very existence to sex, we have portrayed it in its many manifestations and in all its...

Tagged with: postcards from elsewhere | spain | the idiot boy who flew | travel stories |

Travel Stories: > travelstories/2036/barcelona-spain-sex-and-drunks-and-rocknroll/

Dunedin, New Zealand: The old hometown looks . . .

...empty teacups with dried teabags in saucers, a frayed couch -- and there are important cultural...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/291/dunedin-new-zealand-the-old-hometown-looks/

Kolkota, India: A confusion of Nevilles

...this, Stephen is reluctantly pulled into the fray and doesn't know which side to take. We give him...

Tagged with: indian music | postcards from elsewhere | travels in elsewhere |

Travel Stories: > travelstories/536/kolkota-india-a-confusion-of-nevilles/

Canada: Driving and Blogging from BC (A compendium of on-the-road blogs)

...trainers isn't not a pretty sight. Tempers were fraying as people thought they might miss their...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/280/canada-driving-and-blogging-from-bc-a-compendium-of-on-the-road-blogs/

Northland, New Zealand: After the Flood.

...in the office of the Esquire Motel which betrays an Elvis obsession.In the afternoon we drive...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/281/northland-new-zealand-after-the-flood/

Austin, Texas (2004): Deep in the Arse of Texas

...Jones ("Now he's a true patriot," says Ray who runs a local computer software company) are...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/270/austin-texas-2004-deep-in-the-arse-of-texas/

Ullungdo, South Korea: The lure of the lair

...and looked out at the grey ocean and endless spray out of which, I was sure, Ullungdo would rise...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/267/ullungdo-south-korea-the-lure-of-the-lair/

East Coast, North Island of New Zealand: Hawkes Bay the long way

...hasn't been so good so he didn't have his cray pots out near Bare Island where he goes scuba... ...sand stretch into invisibility beneath sea-spray where there is not a soul in sight. We have...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/257/east-coast-north-island-of-new-zealand-hawkes-bay-the-long-way/

Natchez Trace, Mississippi: The highway like Heaven

...win. I nod as we are joined by his friend Ray carrying more beers. "Man, you gotta drive... ...when the hometeam is down a few points. Mike and Ray can't stop extolling the virtues of the Natchez... ...where we are headed the following morning with Ray's suggestion ringing in our ears: "Check...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/258/natchez-trace-mississippi-the-highway-like-heaven/

Bordeaux, France: Paradise and lunch

...of the lines of vines. It was catching the last rays of a golden sun. "Now, this is a very...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/284/bordeaux-france-paradise-and-lunch/

Adelaide, South Australia: The great indoors

...metre -- scene of a tranquil backwater of the Murray River was one of the most copied paintings of...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/296/adelaide-south-australia-the-great-indoors/

Kakogawa, Japan: Taking the heat

...me a few days later. We look like two old men praying in the darkness. Later Miki-san leads me...

Tagged with: huis ten bosch, japan | postcards from elsewhere | tokyo | travels in elsewhere |

Travel Stories: > travelstories/531/kakogawa-japan-taking-the-heat/

Golden Triangle, Thailand: Paradise without the soundtrack

...what you wish for, you might just get it? Raymond got a wish come true, but I suspect it was... ...From here you could flick a peanut into Myanmar. Raymond, who was resident manager at this sliver of... ...he wanted to sample. Such was his arduous job. Raymond was in his early 30s at a guess, handsome... ...the Elephant Bar and pool in the late afternoon. Raymond made sure everything ran smoothly and that... ...breakfast or various Asian offerings. Then Raymond drove me down to the elephant park and we... ...In the afternoon I recovered in my room while Raymond went about his business. That evening we met... ...in the Elephant Bar and again Raymond wanted to try some new wines which an... ...I had interviewed numerous rock musicians and Raymond was enthusiastic. He was huge fan of heavy... ...Germany were playing in Bangkok that weekend and Raymond went slightly melancholy. I know, my... ...and popular covers on traditional instruments. Raymond's Thai girlfriend lived in Bangkok and they...

Tagged with: golden triangle | hua hin | thailand |

Travel Stories: > travelstories/534/golden-triangle-thailand-paradise-without-the-soundtrack/

Portland, Oregon: A light in the window

...is excellent, the clientele has included Robert Cray who helped launch live music nights, and...

Tagged with: america | oregon, usa | postcards from elsewhere | travels in elsewhere |

Travel Stories: > travelstories/523/portland-oregon-a-light-in-the-window/

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Old and new, the same but different

...two for $NZ20 (you have to like them with "Crayzze Causa” embroidered on them in glitter...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/310/kuala-lumpur-malaysia-old-and-new-the-same-but-different/

Mendocino, California: Life in the mellow lane

...Chapel -- a non-denominational sanctuary for prayer and meditation -- and we learn from a brochure...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/299/mendocino-california-life-in-the-mellow-lane/

Tropical North Queensland 2007: Big and wide but compact

...out the children and nerves don’t become frayed. Cairns Tropical Zoo for example, just minutes... ...me you can encounter: dwarf minke whales, manta rays, numerous types of sharks of course, giant... ...through pastel clouds and caught the first rays of dawn as they flashed above the fluffy...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/307/tropical-north-queensland-2007-big-and-wide-but-compact/

Melaka, Peninsula Malaysia: The cuisine capital of Malaysia

...a mosquito coil and a fan – the call to prayer at about 4.45am, the music from the temple...

Travel Stories: > travelstories/308/melaka-peninsula-malaysia-the-cuisine-capital-of-malaysia/

HARRY NILSSON PROFILED. The fire this time

...there's an adrenalin-pumping sequence when Ray Liotta is snorting coke, picking up his brother...

Tagged with: harry nilsson | john lennon | randy newman |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/372/harry-nilsson-profiled-the-fire-this-time/

JEFF KELLY AND THE GREEN PAJAMAS: The other sound of Seattle

...Kelly is intelligent and articulate, which betrays his interest in the fine arts. In recent years...

Tagged with: beatles | jeff kelly | psychedelia | seattle |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/373/jeff-kelly-and-the-green-pajamas-the-other-sound-of-seattle/

DAMON ALBARN OF BLUR INTERVIEWED; BRITPOP v USA (1993): England Made Me

...The sense of the romantic in the everyday. Ray Davies finding the poetic in watching the sun go... ...rock.” Albarn, too, frequently cites Ray Davies as “very near my idea of perfection... ...five years later they do. These days they get Ray Davies and the Kinks, the Sex Pistols and the... ...for the future.” His references to Ray Davies of the Kinks are interesting. At the...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2075/damon-albarn-of-blur-interviewed-britpop-v-usa-1993-england-made-me/

JOHN HIATT INTERVIEWED (1991): Through a glass, darkly

...in April it is as support act to the Robert Cray Band and Hiatt’s name is in such small...

Tagged with: john hiatt |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2102/john-hiatt-interviewed-1991-through-a-glass-darkly/

HENRY ROLLINS INTERVIEWED (1990): Volume and vehemence

...for at least an hour. He says he gets every stray thought out of this head and goes on...

Tagged with: amiri baraka | free jazz | henry rollins |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2113/henry-rollins-interviewed-1990-volume-and-vehemence/

JIMI HENDRIX AND ALAN DOUGLAS: The fireball and the keeper of the flame

...however, would be the reconstructed First Rays of the New Rising Sun, the album Hendrix was... ...track listing for the first three sides of First Rays and we’re going to put that out –...

Tagged with: alan douglas | charles mingus | eric dolphy | jimi hendrix |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2164/jimi-hendrix-and-alan-douglas-the-fireball-and-the-keeper-of-the-flame/

SONIC YOUTH'S THURSTON MOORE INTERVIEWED (1990): Corporate greed and the politics of music

...of a bad move but we always wanted to use one of Ray Pettibon’s drawings because he’s one...

Tagged with: daydream nation | sonic youth |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2017/sonic-youths-thurston-moore-interviewed-1990-corporate-greed-and-the-politics-of-music/

SANDY EDMONDS: New Zealand's disappearing pop star

...up in New Zealand. He played in the Mods, the Rayders and the Dark Ages during the 60s, then moved...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2001/sandy-edmonds-new-zealands-disappearing-pop-star/

ROBERT PLANT AND JIMMY PAGE INTERVIEWED (1994): Only the song remains

...fantastic. But because he wasn’t Robert Cray, the polite burghers of Chicago...

Tagged with: jimmy page | led zeppelin | robert plant |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1939/robert-plant-and-jimmy-page-interviewed-1994-only-the-song-remains/

THE BOB DYLAN ENCYCLOPEDIA BY MICHAEL GRAY REVIEWED (2006): More song and dance

...Writer Michael Gray is not backward about coming forward: he... ...in 2000 to considerable critical acclaim), Gray is an obsessive Dylanologist as he illustrates... ...that this brick of a book is so fascinating: Gray offers a penetrating analysis of recent songs... ...use of Biblical text and the vengeful tone. Gray is not a blind devotee however and nails...

Tagged with: bob dylan | robert johnson |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1891/the-bob-dylan-encyclopedia-by-michael-gray-reviewed-2006-more-song-and-dance/

WARREN ZEVON INTERVIEWED (1992): Tales from the dark side

...that doesn’t mean he goes in and makes a Ray Charles album. “That album was simply the...

Tagged with: bruce springsteen |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1897/warren-zevon-interviewed-1992-tales-from-the-dark-side/

LOU REED'S NEW YORK ALBUM (1989): The pugnacious poet

...stupid medium” and naturally prefers Raymond Chandler to Roxy Music. But it doesn’t...

Tagged with: david bowie | lou reed |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1983/lou-reeds-new-york-album-1989-the-pugnacious-poet/

ELVIS COSTELLO INTERVIEWED (1991): Every thorn has a rose

...he says, was like seeing the way Coppola portrayed the soldiers in Vietnam in Apocalypse Now....

Tagged with: elvis costello | john hiatt | paul mccartney | t bone burnett |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1904/elvis-costello-interviewed-1991-every-thorn-has-a-rose/

QUINCY JONES INTERVIEWED (1990): The Dude, back on the block

...a host of rappers like Ice T, Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles and so on. And on. Only Jones could pull...

Tagged with: charlie parker | miles davis | quincy jones |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2178/quincy-jones-interviewed-1990-the-dude-back-on-the-block/

BUDDY HOLLY REMEMBERED 50 YEARS ON: His life, his wife, his legacy

...a business deal with Southern’s boss Murray Deutch. Their brief courtship - a morning...

Tagged with: beatles | buddy holly | elvis presley |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2190/buddy-holly-remembered-50-years-on-his-life-his-wife-his-legacy/

THE ROLLING STONES; 1981 TO NOW: On with the show . . .

...pull out riveting songs. There was also a rare foray into politics (they’d dropped Highwire in...

Tagged with: bill wyman | keith richards | mick jagger | rolling stones |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2427/the-rolling-stones-1981-to-now-on-with-the-show/

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...House in Melaka, Malaysia. At 4.45am calls to prayer started from the nearby mosque, then the...

Windows on Elsewhere: > windows/1002/windows-on-elsewhere/

crayfish caravan

...and famously over-priced, crayfish caravan north of Kaikoura on the east coast...

Images from Elsewhere: > myphoto/newzealand/

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...Scoti in Florence. See A Long Way From Footscray in Snapshots....

Windows on Elsewhere: > windows/1002/windows-on-elsewhere/

SMOKEY ROBINSON: The man and the Miracle worker

It was one of those fortunate circumstances that Motown Records founder Berry Gordy from Detroit met his label’s star (and later his producer and boardroom exec) Smokey Robinson -- who had been

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2354/smokey-robinson-the-man-and-the-miracle-worker/

NEIL FINN INTERVIEWED (2001): Man alone

...in the studio when we got that one. Eddie [Rayner] had some wonderful keyboard parts in there....

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2331/neil-finn-interviewed-2001-man-alone/

SLIM JIM PHANTOM OF THE STRAY CATS INTERVIEWED, AND CONCERT REVIEW. (2009) Still strutting

...these days when people are losing their jobs, Stray Cats’ drummer Slim Jim Phantom seems to... ...who calls. “It’s true, but the Stray Cats trump everything,” he says from his... ...And now he’s back on the road with the Stray Cats -- with singer/guitarist Brian Setzer and... ...singles with Runaway Boys, Rock This Town and Stray Cut Strut, all of which appeared on their... ...debut album. The Stray Cats from New York had found their natural home... ...That I got afterwards. “I think the Stray Cats made rockabilly more accessible and... ...Since their peak in the early 80s the Stray Cats endured declining fortunes, notably in... ...life also went on -- off and on -- with the Stray Cats. He acknowledges that when the band plays... ...nostalgia factor -- it is little wonder the Stray Cats manage to find an audience each time they... ...out. But there is another factor also, the Stray Cats only get together and tour intermittently...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2227/slim-jim-phantom-of-the-stray-cats-interviewed-and-concert-review-2009-still-strutting/

LIVING COLOUR: VERNON REID INTERVIEWED (1993): Black, white and everything in between

...Taylor’s In Florescence, the Afro-pop of Ray Lena’s Nangadeef, De La Soul’s Three...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2249/living-colour-vernon-reid-interviewed-1993-black-white-and-everything-in-between/

PETE SEEGER PROFILED: The conscience of America

...America, a nation that Seeger felt was betraying its potential and better nature. His life has...

Tagged with: bob dylan | bruce springsteen | pete seeger | woody guthrie |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2256/pete-seeger-profiled-the-conscience-of-america/

JOE COCKER INTERVIEWED (2005): Up where he belonged

...generation the singer, who had been inspired by Ray Charles at age 14, looked set for an early... ...with his album Unchain My Heart (a tribute to Ray Charles) and since then he has enjoyed the odd... ...it.” Yet one notable absence on the late Ray Charles’ duets album Genius Loves Company... ...Two, but in some respects it hurts me to hear Ray on that album. He sounds poorly, that upsets me....

Tagged with: bob dylan | joe cocker | solomon burke |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2295/joe-cocker-interviewed-2005-up-where-he-belonged/

TOM WAITS IN THE 21st CENTURY: Alice, Blood Money, Real Gone and Orphans

...It asks that eternal question: "If they pray to the same God, how does God choose from all... ...prayers he hears?" Waits had seldom sounded so... ...with an affection for the Beat Generation and Raymond Chandler to the clank'n'grind noir-noise of...

Tagged with: bob dylan | lawrence ferlinghetti | tom waits | tom waits |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2284/tom-waits-in-the-21st-century-alice-blood-money-real-gone-and-orphans/

RAY DAVIES INTERVIEWED: Still a well respected man (2008)

...Ray Davies, the former Kink and for the past decade... ...because you had a producer-friend there? Yeah, Ray Kennedy who produced my first solo album and it... ...work that way anymore. What I did was I phoned Ray and said ‘Have you got four players who... ...nothing else. Yeah, but this is only the second Ray Davies album (laughs) Oh yes, I know that. I... ...foremost as writer -- because you have written X-Ray, a short story collection and of course... ...do it under an assumed name, but people liked [X-Ray] for the work and were not saying ‘Oh we... ...package out with a couple of old hits.’ X-Ray was critically favoured for the writing. Yes,... ...from and I was very democratic and sat down with Ray and we ticked off the songs we liked. Ray missed... ...is right it is a great place. Where do live now Ray? I’m staying, and notice I don’t use...

Tagged with: kinks | paul mccartney | paul weller | ray davies |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1800/ray-davies-interviewed-still-a-well-respected-man-2008/

OVER THE RHINE INTERVIEWED (2006): Coming out quietly

...their Ohio of 2003 and last year's Drunkard's Prayer albums four stars - and the married couple's... ...has been with last year's Drunkards Prayer, an emotionally dense album they recorded in...

Tagged with: alt.country | cowboy junkies | emmylou harris | over the rhine |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1837/over-the-rhine-interviewed-2006-coming-out-quietly/

PATTI SMITH INTERVIEWED AND REVIEWED. On the road again (1998) And album reviews (2004, 2007)

...effort with guitarist and poet Oliver Ray and addressed social issues such as Aids, the... ...same band that created Peace and Noise.Oliver Ray and I wrote most of the songs on Peace and Noise... ...because I was collaborating with a poet [Oliver Ray] and felt that even more I had a joyful pressure...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/462/patti-smith-interviewed-and-reviewed-on-the-road-again-1998-and-album-reviews-2004-2007/

SOLOMON BURKE INTERVIEWED (2002): The rock'n'soul preacherman

...- born in the church and taken to the street by Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke... ...or five negatives and we have to constantly pray God will protect out families and loved ones as...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/464/solomon-burke-interviewed-2002-the-rocknsoul-preacherman/

ERIC BURDON INTERVIEWED 2001: The songs of a survivor

...his conversation follows its own logic, he betrays a dispassionate view of the American...

Tagged with: eric burdon | jimi hendrix | mick jagger | who |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/471/eric-burdon-interviewed-2001-the-songs-of-a-survivor/

NORAH JONES INTERVIEWED (2002 and 2003) AND ALBUM REVIEWS: Great Expectations -- and then some

...to vote) but feels sad about the multiple betrayals. Standouts are the gorgeous alt-country... ...know it isn't easy") and the separation/betrayal songs Not My Friend and Wake Me When It's...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/482/norah-jones-interviewed-2002-and-2003-and-album-reviews-great-expectations-and-then-some/

STEVE EARLE INTERVIEWS (2004, 2002): A hero on the homefront . . . and relevant album reviews

...this administration did a really good job portraying anyone as unpatriotic. I'm on the New York...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/459/steve-earle-interviews-2004-2002-a-hero-on-the-homefront-and-relevant-album-reviews/

LENNON PHOTOGRAPHER BOB GRUEN INTERVIEW (1998): The man who shot John Lennon, many times.

...muckraking biography of Elvis Presley -- portrayed Lennon as a drug-addled recluse barely capable...

Tagged with: astrid kirchherr | john lennon | jurgen vollmer | yoko ono |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/446/lennon-photographer-bob-gruen-interview-1998-the-man-who-shot-john-lennon-many-times/

JOHNNY CASH REMEMBERED 2006: Solitary, and singular, man

...He was honest about his human failings. Like Ray Charles before him, Cash now has his tribute... ...and Reese Witherspoon. But unlike the expansive Ray biopic, Walk the Line narrows the focus on to...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/398/johnny-cash-remembered-2006-solitary-and-singular-man/

JOHN CALE INTERVIEWED (2005): Flipping the Velvet

...when the typically diverse blackAcetate betrays the influence of funk, weird alt.country and...

Tagged with: brian eno | john cale | lou reed | velvet underground |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/401/john-cale-interviewed-2005-flipping-the-velvet/

THE ROLLING STONES LIVE IN CHICAGO (2002): Men of Stone

...Hives, the Datsuns, the D4) is bringing similar frayed-edge rawk'n'roll back into the... ...in Chicago they reach back almost 35 years for Stray Cat Blues but also throw in the new single Don't... ...Fighting Man, Sympathy for the Devil and Stray Cat Blues. Then it was on to Exile on Main...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/402/the-rolling-stones-live-in-chicago-2002-men-of-stone/

THE BEE GEES INTERVIEWED (1999). Inside Hitsville FLA

...Only One Woman for them, and renamed Cheryl Gray as Samantha Sang and handed her the hit Love of... ...people say miniseries that means actors portraying you.It's actors! I'm looking forward to...

Tagged with: beatles | bee gees | miami |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/431/the-bee-gees-interviewed-1999-inside-hitsville-fla/

BIG STAR: The Great Lost American Pop Band - found!

...and fragile Femme Fatale. They attack Ray Davies’ Till The End of the Day and Whole...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1851/big-star-the-great-lost-american-pop-band-found/

TIM AND JEFF BUCKLEY: Their short musical legacy (2004)

...-- are his best and after even deeper forays into a jazz-folk with declining sales and...

Tagged with: jeff buckley | memphis | tim buckley |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/486/tim-and-jeff-buckley-their-short-musical-legacy-2004/

WILLIE NELSON ALBUM REVIEWS 2000 - 2005: What a long strange trip

...good songs 'n all, but a blues singer? No way, Ray. Willie Nelson, All the Songs I've Loved Before...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/495/willie-nelson-album-reviews-2000-2005-what-a-long-strange-trip/

RONNIE SPECTOR INTERVIEWED: Time has come today (2006)

...she laughs, her Spanish Harlem drawl betraying a lifetime of cigarettes. "We sang and...

Tagged with: george harrison | keith richards | phil spector | ronnie spector |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/784/ronnie-spector-interviewed-time-has-come-today-2006/

WATERMELON SLIM INTERVIEWED (2007): He's had interesting lives

...at the Blues Awards 2006 and was described by Ray Charles’ producer Jerry Wexler as...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1881/watermelon-slim-interviewed-2007-hes-had-interesting-lives/

DAVID BOWIE; THE EARLY YEARS: He was an interesting bunch of people

...wrote of a heroic visionary character who is betrayed and destroyed. Within a few years he’d...

Tagged with: david bowie | lou reed |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1805/david-bowie-the-early-years-he-was-an-interesting-bunch-of-people/

ARETHA FRANKLIN, THE QUEEN OF SOUL: Oh, how the mighty have risen

...already a mother of two and in the tradition of Ray Charles intuitively secularised the gospel... ...and sublime on Spirit in the Dark (with Ray Charles) and git-down-wit-it on Try Mattys. And... ...adds an edge of desperation to I Say A Little Prayer, finds the spiritual centre of Bridge Over...

Tagged with: aretha franklin | james brown | otis redding | sam cooke |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1803/aretha-franklin-the-queen-of-soul-oh-how-the-mighty-have-risen/

THE DOORS, ON AND OFF THE RECORD: Still opening and closing

...have sold better, and the album An American Prayer -- his words set to music posthumously by the... ...John Densmore, guitarist Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek on organ, an unusual instrument in rock... ...by Waiting For The Sun (68) the band was in disarray. Morrison -- who believed his own publicity --...

Tagged with: doors |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/1849/the-doors-on-and-off-the-record-still-opening-and-closing/

BILL WYMAN, STONE ALONE REVIEWED (1990): Insider looking out

...tougher streets. When Wyman writes -- ghost Ray Coleman appears to play a mercifully small role...

Tagged with: bill wyman | keith richards | mick jagger | rolling stones |

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/509/bill-wyman-stone-alone-reviewed-1990-insider-looking-out/

SIR GEORGE MARTIN INTERVIEWED (1998): The retiring knight of the round vinyl

...songs by a dizzying -- and disappointing -- array of artists which includes yappy actor Jim Carrey...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/499/sir-george-martin-interviewed-1998-the-retiring-knight-of-the-round-vinyl/

YOKO ONO INTERVIEWED, THE TOURING LENNON ART EXHIBITION (1997) In his own draw

...hotels. Some of Lennon’s work however betray an assured and confident hand and Ono admits...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/502/yoko-ono-interviewed-the-touring-lennon-art-exhibition-1997-in-his-own-draw/

PAUL McCARTNEY LIVE IN SYDNEY (1993): Younger Than Yesterday

...present? Hmmm . . . Rock critic Charles Shaar Murray faced that one back in ’75 when he was... ...“It ain’t easy troops, “Murray wrote, “because I’m as full of...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/504/paul-mccartney-live-in-sydney-1993-younger-than-yesterday/

BACKBEAT, ASTRID KIRCHHERR AND THE YOUNG BEATLES ON FILM (1994): The Birth of the Beat

...bands embark on their own fab forays,” read the recent Billboard headline on... ...article about the Greenberry Woods and the Grays which also included Crowded House and the...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/506/backbeat-astrid-kirchherr-and-the-young-beatles-on-film-1994-the-birth-of-the-beat/

ASTRID KIRCHHERR, BEATLES PHOTOGRAPHER, INTERVIEWED (1994): Young, free and wild.

...film and now admits enjoying seeing her life portrayed with such sensitivity. As for her photography,...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/505/astrid-kirchherr-beatles-photographer-interviewed-1994-young-free-and-wild/

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