Daily Gorge and Classic Rawk: Sunday Special

All photos by Bob Gruen, one of the best rock photographers ever. Bask in the glory, mortals.

Top: New York Dolls

Center: Kate Moss, Johnny Depp, and Iggy Pop

Bottom: Keith Richards

Happy Thanksgiving!

Drink up me hearties, yo ho! Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
This message approved by The Toxic Twins, The Terror Twins, my dad, and my uncle, who are Toxic Terror Twins in their own right.

Not So Groovy Baby

Slack Power? Really? Not only is the title offensive, but why is he shirtless? I have books on vitage ads, and the men-well, white men-are always dressed, especially in suit ads. Also, wait, these pants are anti-establishment? SERIOUSLY? They are plaid slacks. I guess that's what you get when you haven't reached 1980's Soho and Chelsea, hmm?

And Now...RAWK!

APPARENTLY YOUTUBE HATES CHICKS WHO ROCK OUT AT 2 AM AND WANT TO SHARE THE POWER OR ROCK WITH EVERYONE ELSE. IT SHALL NOT LET ME UPLOAD LUSCIOUS VIDEOS OF SEMI-PORNOGRAPHIC, VIOLENT, SEXY, GLITTERY AND BLOODY ROCKSTARS. WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT? HOW SHALL I PORTRAY ALL THAT IS ROCK WITH ONE PICTURE OF DRUNKEN BASTARDS? THAT WILL NOT DO! I NEED VIDEOS, WITH COLORS AND LEATHERS AND STUDS OH MY!

(The Terror Twins approve this message.)

Sorry For The Hiatus

Axl says sorry for not bringing in some new material. He had to take time to be trashy, sleep with trashy chicks, and dred his hair. It's really hard to be Axl. He wants your sympathy. No, actually, my hard drive crashed so we had to get that up and running again. Frustrating, non?
Axl appreciates your thoughts.

New Feature-Classic Rawk

Daily Gorge

Photo: Claudine Goury

Do You Remember Corked Tips?

I'm not going to lie. I find tobacco ads very intruiging. But I hate the ads today that make smoking all tough (Marlboros), all glamourous (Virginia Slims), or all hip (Kool.) Celebs were endorsing cigarettes hardcore especially from the 1940's-1980's (remember the "You've Come A Long Way Baby" ads? Yea, I thought so.) I miss the old-school illustrations, especially some of the totally un-tobacco related illustrations from the 1920's and 1930's. The reason I chose this Kool example was because Kool had a bunch of really awesome illustrated ads back in the day; my friend has a large original poster of one. I'd love to find some old posters, but for now I think Camel has the best ads. DON'T SMOKE KIDS! STAY IN SCHOOL!
Photo: Vintage Ads

I Love...Special Recipes

Not my family!

I like how they put it in quotations: "don't like hash", like those families shouldn't even be taken seriously. "God, you don't like hash? Get the fuck away from me."

$20 And A Stick In My Shoe

Train Kept A Rollin' (Aerosmith)- Great classic rock, super-hot riffs and sexy wails from the Toxic Twins themselves. Need I say more?
Nights In White Satin (Moody Blues)- Such an oldie. The title sounds sort of disco-y (although if it was disco it'd probably be Nights in White Polyester) but this sweet song is entrancing without being cheesy and romantic without being pathetic. It has a soft As Tears Go By feel and can turn an evening's glass of wine into a sob session.
Dimestore Diamond (Gossip)- Ditto and the gang are back with more gut-wrenching, dirty rock and Dimestore Diamond is the stand-out track from Music For Men. It's sleazy, it's southern, it'll have you singing and stomping and screaming.
Heavy Cross (Gossip)- Usually I don't include artist doubles on my playlists but this song is fucking epic, to put it bluntly. The lyrics cut your throat (since unlike other singers Beth Ditto can actually pronounce her lyrics) and the riffs are simple, clean and fucking powerful.
Ich Clack Dich (LeLe)- Lele has a distinctly disco/eurohouse feel in all his tracks but Ich Clack Dich is straight-up cool. The song was made for photography geeks with name-checks such as Terry Richardson and Juergen Teller. The video is spectacular as well.
Come Into My Kitchen (Mick Jagger)- You're probably like, huh? Jagger covered this song in the movie Performance and a clip of it is available on YouTube. It's Mick in all of his blues, sitting in a corner hammering out some chords. Its slow tempo sends you back to the southern heat punctuated by a class of cold wiskey sour. I don't know if it is available for download, however.
LISTEN UP!

Je Ne Sais Pas...

...exactement ce que nous faisons, mais laissez-nous voient où il nous prend, oui?

Il fait beau de parler avec vous encore.

Daily Gorge: Miss Pearl

Photo: Sally Mann

You And Me And We Are All Together

We are all a part of something much larger than ourselves. Stop thinking yourself as just a rock on a mountain side, isolated in your own thoughts and emotions, and get connected to the entire mountain itself.
Credit: PostSecret

Happy Tanked Weekend

Story of my life! Enjoy the inevitable trouble you will cause.