Posts tagged Patty Smith
Vinyl (HBO) Episode Four: "Record Man's" Christmas Goulet
Vinyl (HBO) Episode Four: "Record Man's" Christmas Goulet

Okay folks, this was one of those "busy" episodes. The kind of episodes where writers realize that they are already at episode 4 and have yet to develop like 10 of the plot points that they have already introduced in the first three episodes.

This episode (called "The Racket") opens with not one but two ghosts, Otis Blackwell and Richie himself (My suggestion is that "The Racket" in the episode is the game Richie is running on himself).  

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Vinyl (HBO Series)Joshua B. Hoevinyl, HBO, Sly Stone, Will Ferrell, Robert Goulet, Star Wars, Space 1999, Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, Otis Blackwell, Jerry Lee Lewis, Andrew Dice Clay, Ray Romano, James Brown, Johnny Depp, Janis Joplin, Ato Essandoh, Curtis Mayfield, Janus, Mulholland Drive, J.C. MacKenzie, Donny Osmond, Susan Heward, Juno Temple, New York Times, Pink Floyd, The Who, The GAP Band, Charlie Wilson, Booker T. Washington, Don "The Magic" Juan, Snoop Lion, Snoop Dogg, Calvin Broadus Jr., Don Cheadle, Ian Mackaye, Darby Crash, Wayman Tisdale, George Clinton, Lou Reed, Patty Smith, Blondie, Debby Harry, The Clash, ParliamentComment
LA Weekly's Punk Rock Fantasy
LA Weekly's Punk Rock Fantasy

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Ramones album Ramones and also the rise of punk rock in London. Unfortunately, this has caused the punk rock haters to come out of the woodwork to mock punk rock's ultimate impact on music as a whole.

One of these punk rock "hater" articles  was published by LA Weekly, this is my response to that and most of the others.

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeLA Weekly, Nicolas Pell, Punk Rock, NWA, Sham 69, The Velvet Underground, Velvet Underground, White Light White Heat, Punk Magazine, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Ramones, The Ramones, Patty Smith, Patti Smith, Television, 100 Club Punk Festival, Sex Pistols, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Bad Brains, Bikini Kill, Queercore, MDC, Downtown Boys, Never Mind The Bollocks, Never Mind the Bollocks Here Come The Sex Pistols, Can't Stop Won't Stop, Jeff Chang, Kool DJ Herc, Run DMC, This Is Radio Clash, Africa Bambaataa, Soul Sonic Force, Time Zone, World Destruction, John Lydon, Malcolm McLaren, Duck Rock, Grandmaster Flash, Dead Kennedys, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, Minor Threat, Fugazi, La MismaComment