This clearly is all guitar porn, and as a modest civilian I demand an apology. What next – pictures of knobs and switches?

Anyone who »wrestles« with ‘Finnegans Wake’ should well avoid the German translation. (…which is quite brilliant in its mysterious ways, but will keep you occupied for a couple of years.)

I would guess that the Bundeswehr still relied on shouting and sign language when Ralf and Florian did their time. The Krafts probably got their headsets from Kate Bush…

German military service gave us Krautrock and, err, The Scorpions.

Then the ‘Hoff brought down the Berlin Wall, and now we’ve got German hiphop. And Dylan lyrics translated into German.

The »Rolling« Stones play Berlin today – ticket price is 270 Euros for the cheap ones (standing).
There’s an additional concert »due to demand«.

There were two (!) additional dates added to the Dylan gig i […]

Well you had to be pretty daft to think otherwise – the title of the show was »…with (!) your host (!!), Bob Dylan«, not »Bob invites you to his record den and chats about his vinlys«. The writer credits at the […]

»Biggest problem« that actually applies to everyone who’s self-employed.

The (more or less) original painting is here: https://replaceface.tumblr.com/page/4

(I have a print of the Zappa one, of course: https://replaceface.tumblr.com/page/8)

As I said – so you can sing along in German, and the words fit the original music.

The new translation from 2016 is just that: a word-for-word translation. So a line in English with 5 words is a nine word s […]

There was a very good Dylan-in-German lyrics book in the 70s (published by Zweitausendeins) with the lyrics in the correct meter, with adapted rhymes, and all the puns and jokes replaced by respective German […]

There were also bands who gave each photographer 5 minutes or so, and then sent in the next one. Imagine if your slot happens during the bass solo… 😉

»Quality control«? Depends on your definition of »quality« concerning a work of art.

As can be seen in the comments above, there are wildly differing views on these songs. In the end everyone decides what he […]

When the Delfeayo Marsalis Big Band played here, the saxophone player talked with people in the first row between songs near the end of the gig. He then took out his (rather expensive looking) smartphone and […]

This one:

Speaking of the Mahavishnu, a promoter told me recently that Mr. McLaughlin had declined an offer to play the headline slot at this year’s Zappanale Festival – telling them he had no intention of doing a t […]

Indeed – I remember two fabulous gigs with line-up disorder.

On the Armed Forces tour (if I remember correctly… or was it around Get Happy?) Steve Nieve went missing and The Attractions performed with Ma […]

Future Floyd and Saucerful Of Secrets member Guy Pratt recalled in an interview that he saw »The Wall« show as a teenager at Earls Court. When Roger Waters delivered a lengthy rant against the Melody Maker, » […]

Why don’t you just open the NME link? It’s right there.

Great stuff. Absolutely adorable.

I was at a gig yesterday – Kumasi, sort of a Fela Kuti tribute band – and as support we got one of those annoying young female bards that they put on stage to fulfil their PC requirements. She probably got extra […]