The Plasmatics - Want You (Baby) - live at CBGBs

I still miss Wendy Orleans Williams from The Plasmatics.

Here she is in 1978.

PiL - Anarchy in the U.K.

I guess this is technically a cover - it's Public Image Limited playing Anarchy in the U.K. by Sex Pistols.

Except of course that the lead singer/core member of PiL is John Lydon. Can you cover your own stuff? I don't know how technically this counts.

But it's pretty awesome.

Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

I can't believe I've this blog for this long without a shout out to Eddy Grant.


I must have first encountered this song on MTV when I was a kid.

It stuck in my head ever since. I loved it then. I love it now. I'm pretty picky when it comes to reggae but I'm not picky when it comes to Eddy Grant. He's amazing across the board. I need to post about the band he was in, too - The Equals. Solo, though, is where I first came across him.

No reason not to share this, here, too, eh?

The Lloyds - And That's Why (I Don't Like You)

Thanks to Evan "Funk" Davis for introducing me to this song on his WFMU show:

Rancid @ Punk Rock Bowling 5/28/2023

The internet comes through again - I couldn't go to Punk Rock Bowling, but someone recorded and posted Rancid's whole set.



For when the music hits, I feel no pain at all.

Dirt Bike Annie - 20 year reunion live

Here is DBA's set from 6/10/23, 20 years after their last live show with all four of the band members. Which I was at, actually. The Continental, opening for The Ergs and MC Chris.

Anyway.

Last night:

Meg White

"I think she’s one of the best drummers of our time.” —Olivia Rodrigo

That's from an article on Elle about Meg White.

I agree. Her drumming - especially live - was just perfect. Not more or less than it needed to be, every time. And what a massive sound just Meg and Jack could make together.

The whole article is good, if all second or third hand, because Meg White doesn't do interviews.

And damn, I still miss the White Stripes. They were just amazing, album after album after album.