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Living Colour: Chair in the Doorway (Megaforce)

...up by the Black Rock Coalition, and guitarist Vernon Reid repeatedly noted now they were through the... ...the Black Rock Coalition, and guitarist Vernon Reid repeatedly noted now they were through the door... ...and hip hop in the mix, bludgeoning riffery and Reid’s guitar playing which owed as much to... ...Will Calhoun (bass and drums) and given edge by Reid’s dramatic chords and scattergun solos....

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2694/living-colour-chair-in-the-doorway-megaforce/

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

...less true for all that...and when you put it to Vernon Reid of Living Colour, he knows exactly what it... ...for all that...and when you put it to Vernon Reid of Living Colour, he knows exactly what it... ...It’s late at night in New York City and Reid is at home and obviously tired. But he still... ...a seven-year mainstay of Living Colour – Reid has seen the hype, the lies, the profit motive... ...history in rock‘n’roll,” says Reid, warming to the subject despite his tiredness... ...their due.” As he has always been, Reid is scrupulous about saying his beef with critics... ...did. He had the true spirit of the music.” Reid’s observations are particularly relevant... ...unfocused. “It’s weird,” says Reid, “because when people like you, they like... ...which is interesting to me.” That Reid should feel some anger about this is... ...despite heavy touring by the band to promote it. Reid says he is disappointed by sales, “but... ...at the same level as Alice in Chains, says Reid, offering the white rock reference point. Over... ...that dare not speak its name. Racism. From where Vernon Reid stands, rock is the black-born music that...

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

Daby Toure and Skip McDonald: Call My Name (Proper)

Given that singer/guitarist/bassist Skip McDonald is somewhat of an Elsewhere favourite in his Little Axe guise and here get assistance from drummer Keith LeBlanc, McDonald's fellow traveller in the

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2442/daby-toure-and-skip-mcdonald-call-my-name-proper/

Bon Iver: Blood Bank (Jagjaguwar)

...at friends' houses. This four song EP by Justin Vernon and friends is exactly the kind of subtle and...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2217/bon-iver-blood-bank-jagjaguwar/

Travel Books by Graham Reid

...A new collection of travel stories by Graham Reid and a follow-up to the award-winning Postcards... ...orders contact Graham direct here: graham.reid@elsewhere.co.nz For a YouTube interview with...

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

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BLK JKS: After Robots (Secretly Canadian)

It would be hard to imagine a more musically diverse, genre-defying and largely bewildering album than this by a South African rock band which has been swept off to Electric Ladyland Studios in New Y

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New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2643/blk-jks-after-robots-secretly-canadian/

Danny McCrum Band: Say What You Mean (Paper Plane)

This bristling, tight, and emotionally taut album by McCrum and his Auckland band is a real step up from their already impressive debut Awake and Restless which found much favour at Elsewhere. This t

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2639/danny-mccrum-band-say-what-you-mean-paper-plane/

About Graham Reid

...Reid was born in Scotland and educated in New...

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Volcano Choir: Unmap (Jagjaguwar)

...And then I discovered it is actually Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and some experimental friends (known...

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New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2696/volcano-choir-unmap-jagjaguwar/

Various Artists: Weird Nightmare; Meditations on Mingus (Sony)

...redefines the title track, Living Colour's Vernon Reid rearranges Work Song as a percussive Art... ...the title track, Living Colour's Vernon Reid rearranges Work Song as a percussive Art...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/3445/various-artists-weird-nightmare-meditations-on-mingus-sony/

B.B. KING; KING OF BLUES: It's good to be King

...written and produced by Living Colour's Vernon Reid. Lotta King, many miles travelled -- and... ...written and produced by Living Colour's Vernon Reid. Lotta King, many miles travelled -- and the...

Blues in Elsewhere: > blues/3438/bb-king-king-of-blues-its-good-to-be-king/

Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers: Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers (1971)

...In '98 guitarists Thorogood, Sonny Landreth, Vernon Reid of Living Colour, Son Seals, Li'l Ed and... ...'98 guitarists Thorogood, Sonny Landreth, Vernon Reid of Living Colour, Son Seals, Li'l Ed and the...

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/2791/hound-dog-taylor-and-the-houserockers-hound-dog-taylor-and-the-houserockers-1971/

Travel Stories

...in Elsewhere. All stories copyright Graham...

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JOHN MAYALL AND ERIC CLAPTON: Blues breaking alive in '65

...the Small Faces) and as a result producer Mike Vernon persuaded Decca to re-sign them. Then Vernon...

Blues in Elsewhere: > blues/3439/john-mayall-and-eric-clapton-blues-breaking-alive-in-65/

ELSEWHERE: THE MAGAZINE FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE

...a concept and a place, and for many years Graham Reid has been going there for his wide angle travels,...

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Images from Elsewhere

...here are copyright Megan Stunzner or Graham Reid. Permission for use must be sought. Otherwise ....

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Oli Brown: Heads I Win Tails You Lose (Ruf/Yellow Eye)

...own material (a couple of co-writes with Mike Vernon) it is his covers where we can also hear how...

Blues in Elsewhere: > blues/3401/oli-brown-heads-i-win-tails-you-lose-ruf-yellow-eye/

ELVIS PRESLEY, AN ESSAY ON THE MAN 15 YEARS GONE (1992): The once and future King

This year, 1992, Elvis Presley - the first and only king of rock’n’roll - has been gone 15 years, yet, ironically, he often seems more alive than ever these days. Living Colour may insist

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Cultural Elsewhere: > culturalelsewhere/1933/elvis-presley-an-essay-on-the-man-15-years-gone-1992-the-once-and-future-king/

Up where I belong? Luxury accommodation in Cairns (2007)

...the words “upgrade” and “Mr Reid” have never appeared in the same sentence.... ...for another, a knowing smile . . . “Mr Reid, we have just learned our luxury suite is...

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

Travel Stories: > travelstories/1666/up-where-i-belong-luxury-accommodation-in-cairns-2007/

THE BEACH BOYS IN DECLINE: Sucking in the Seventies?

...The bonus is Brian's odd little fairytale, Mt Vernon and Fairway, an EP released with the album. But...

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Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2045/the-beach-boys-in-decline-sucking-in-the-seventies/

HENRY ROLLINS INTERVIEWED (1990): Volume and vehemence

...get into Living Colour, although I like Vernon Reid’s other projects like when he plays... ...get into Living Colour, although I like Vernon Reid’s other projects like when he plays guitar...

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

Louisiana Shrimp Etoufee

In my travel book Postcards from Elsewhere I write about being in cajun country in Louisiana where the bayou seems mysterious and the food is exceptional. That chapter about Breaux Bridge and the peop

Recipes from Elsewhere: > recipes/2887/louisiana-shrimp-etoufee/

Beirut: March of the Zapotec/Realpeople Holland (Rhythmethod)

After the excellent Francophile-framed The Flying Cup by Beirut (aka peripatetic American Zach Condon), the Mexican music on the first of these two discs (a mere 15 minutes long) comes as a major dis

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New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2272/beirut-march-of-the-zapotec-realpeople-holland-rhythmethod/

Who do you think you are?: In search of my name in Scotland

...Michaels and Peters: Graham John Claverhouse Reid. “Ah, Bonnie Dundee,” said Professor...

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Something Elsewhere: > somethingelsewhere/3356/who-do-you-think-you-are-in-search-of-my-name-in-scotland/

Snapshots of strangeness: a collection of odd anecdotes

...my own name as an example. The first entry under Reid was, Reid, Graham. That was right above the... ...place. “Lazy bastards!” © Graham Reid (!)...

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Something Elsewhere: > somethingelsewhere/357/snapshots-of-strangeness-a-collection-of-odd-anecdotes/

Seafood gumbo, Cajun-style

Anyone who has had the good fortune to be in Cajun country in Louisiana knows that the food is often spectacularly good. I've only spent too short a time there -- I have a chapter in Postcards From E

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Recipes from Elsewhere: > recipes/1641/seafood-gumbo-cajun-style/

Fight Like Apes: Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion (Shock)

What we forget, because history is reductive, is that for every Beatles there were a dozen bands like the Merseybeats, for every Clash probably 20 like Sham 69 or UK Subs, for every Nirvana . . . Wha

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2259/fight-like-apes-fight-like-apes-and-the-mystery-of-the-golden-medallion-shock/

Son Volt: American Central Dust (Rounder)

For a while in the late Eighties/early Nineties alt.country was an exciting but difficult music to follow: no sooner had you tuned in to Uncle Tupelo than they split (Jay Farrar to found Son Volt, Je

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2485/son-volt-american-central-dust-rounder/

Jackie McLean: Right Now! (1965)

...The Reid Miles-designed cover of this album by altoist...

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/1932/jackie-mclean-right-now-1965/

Taipei, Taiwan: Red room for a blue man

I wish I could remember the name of the place so I could recommend it -- but then again, maybe it's best I can't. I had spent a tiring week travelling around Taiwan by myself, negotiating train timet

Travel Stories: > travelstories/taipei-taiwan/

THE LATE, GREAT KEITH RICHARDS: an early obit

...I thought it was a nice piece so . . . Graham Reid pays a personal tribute to Keith Richards. It is...

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Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/778/the-late-great-keith-richards-an-early-obit/

JONATHAN ZWARTZ: Bass player in debut album shock . . . 20 years on

...US while playing alongside the likes of Rufus Reid, and returned to Sydney a couple of decades ago....

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/2976/jonathan-zwartz-bass-player-in-debut-album-shock-20-years-on/

Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch (1964)

...about Out to Lunch -- from the classic Reid Miles cover photo and design to Rudi Van...

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/1687/eric-dolphy-out-to-lunch-1964/

GOMORRAH, a film by MATTEO GARRONE (Madman DVD, 2009)

Most tourists to Italy tend to visit the north for very good reason: up there are the big boxes to tick off: Renaissance Florence; the canals and contemporary art of Venice; the grandeur that was Rom

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Film in Elsewhere: > film/2642/gomorrah-a-film-by-matteo-garrone-madman-dvd-2009/

TRAVELLING RIVERSIDE BLUES: Robert Johnson, the blues and Clarksdale, Mississippi

...who served time for manslaughter, and Elvis' dad Vernon for altering a cheque. We have passed Indianola...

Blues in Elsewhere: > blues/1801/travelling-riverside-blues-robert-johnson-the-blues-and-clarksdale-mississippi/

ERNEST RANGLIN INTERVIEWED (1999): Ska pioneer

...pioneers Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, Duke Reid, Prince Buster and Lee Perry – Ranglin...

Reggae: > reggae/3414/ernest-ranglin-interviewed-1999-ska-pioneer/

Auckland City, Where The Past is Present

...My favourite quotes however came from JC Reid, no relation, who wrote in the 50s:...

Something Elsewhere: > somethingelsewhere/378/auckland-city-where-the-past-is-present/

Links to Somewhere else

...travel, music, arts and other stories by Graham Reid . . . And of course many other excellent...

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Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings (Columbia reissue, 1990)

Those who were there say everything changed when he walked in the room and started to play. He’d been away a long time -- learning guitar was what they said -- but the last time anyone had seen

Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/832/robert-johnson-the-complete-recordings-columbia-reissue-1990/

BLUE NOTE'S BRUCE LUNDVALL INTERVIEWED (2005). Riding high on a Blue Note

...in eye-catching cover art thanks to designer Reid Miles. By the mid 50s Blue Note albums were...

Jazz in Elsewhere: > jazz/391/blue-notes-bruce-lundvall-interviewed-2005-riding-high-on-a-blue-note/

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON INTERVIEWED (2005): Rebel with a scholarship

...After a gutsy and impressive set by Donald Reid (of the Feelers), Kristofferson took the stage...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/436/kris-kristofferson-interviewed-2005-rebel-with-a-scholarship/

Breaux Bridge, Louisiana: In Cajun country

Norbert shuts off the small outboard and pulls the propeller out of the brackish water. He loosens the weeds which have fouled it and tosses them away. We sit in the silent stillness of Lake Martin be

Travel Stories: > travelstories/268/breaux-bridge-louisiana-in-cajun-country/

A Small Fire: a short story

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Something Elsewhere: > somethingelsewhere/358/a-small-fire-a-short-story/

TIM FINN, A TIMELINE (2009): A solo, and sometimes solitary, man

...album) of the year by Herald reviewers Graham Reid and Russell Baillie. Tim and Neil each appear on...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/2572/tim-finn-a-timeline-2009-a-solo-and-sometimes-solitary-man/

SALVADOR DALI, HIS MUSEUM IN FIGUERES: The Disneyland of the disturbed

Of all the monuments a man has built to himself few, if any, are more bizarre than the grand conceit Salvador Dali designed in a burned-out theatre in his birthplace of Figueres. A little more than an

Cultural Elsewhere: > culturalelsewhere/1785/salvador-dali-his-museum-in-figueres-the-disneyland-of-the-disturbed/

Shadow in the Glass: A short story

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Something Elsewhere: > somethingelsewhere/355/shadow-in-the-glass-a-short-story/

STEVEN VAN ZANDT INTERVIEWED (2003): The punks and the godfather

...transcript of Steven Van Zandt talking to Graham Reid in Sydney on Friday March 21 2003, the afternoon...

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Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/364/steven-van-zandt-interviewed-2003-the-punks-and-the-godfather/

JIMMY WEBB INTERVIEWED (2005). The songwriter's songwriter

...an interview conducted in August 2005 by Graham Reid for the New Zealand Herald:...

Absolute Elsewhere: > absoluteelsewhere/382/jimmy-webb-interviewed-2005-the-songwriters-songwriter/

THE BARGAIN BUY - The Jesus and Mary Chain: Original Album Series (Rhino)

...('94, which included contributions from William Reid's girlfriend Hope Sandoval) their reputation was...

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/3053/the-bargain-buy-the-jesus-and-mary-chain-original-album-series-rhino/

JOHN LENNON, THE LIFE by PHILIP NORMAN (2008): Just gimme some truth

John Lennon -- who would have been 68, had he lived, at the time of this pubication -- did not have an unexamined life. In countless hours of drugs, meditation and therapy he analysed himself. Throug

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Writing in Elsewhere: > writingelsewhere/2049/john-lennon-the-life-by-philip-norman-2008-just-gimme-some-truth/

U2: Achtung Baby (1991); Zooropa (1993)

Bono from U2 tells a good story. In fact Bono has a lot of good stories but this one is revealing . . . It seems that backstage at some gig in the mid Eighties Bob Dylan was playing an acoustic guitar

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Essential Elsewhere: > essentialelsewhere/2151/u2-achtung-baby-1991-zooropa-1993/

Various: Motown 50 (Universal)

It would be very easy to acclaim this -- 50 of Motown's greatest hits over three discs to celebrate the classic soul label's 50th anniversary. Wow, what's not to like, huh? But then you listen to it:

New Music from Elsewhere: > music/2132/various-motown-50-universal/

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