Author: Peter Blackstock
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #48 Nov-Dec 2003
Bottle Rockets – Hell of a spell
When that scholarly malady known as writer’s block descends from the muses, it can be helpful to employ a simple little exercise. Particularly in cases where there is lots of ground to be covered and there are lots of stories to tell, sometimes the best way to divine the heart of the matter is to [...]
Hello Stranger - Editor's Note from Issue #48 Nov-Dec 2003
Hello Stranger from Issue #48
“I am deeply saddened by the loss of my children’s grandfather and my very dear friend. I loved big John with all my heart. The citizens of the world have lost one of their most enduring guiding lights. As a musical hero to millions, a trailblazing artist, humanitarian, spiritual leader, social commentator and most importantly, [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #47 Sept-Oct 2003
Rosie Thomas – Funny Girl
In sorrow she can lure you where she wants you Inside your own self-pity there you swim In sinking down to drown her voice still haunts you And only with your laughter can you win – Joni Mitchell, “Roses Blue” It’s fitting Rosie Thomas borrowed a line from that song on Joni Mitchell’s 1969 album [...]
Field Reportings - News from Issue #47 Sept-Oct 2003
Field Reportings from Issue #47
POR VIDA: Musicians across the country reacted to the news of Alejandro Escovedo’s recent hospitalization from complications of Hepatitis C by organizing efforts to raise funds for the Texas singer-songwriter, who has no health insurance. The Continental Club in Escovedo’s longtime hometown of Austin hosted two nights of benefits on June 25-26; another two-night stand [...]
Screen Door - Last Page Essay from Issue #47 Sept-Oct 2003
Fall Classics
Two different songs, two different artists, two different sports, two different seasons. Yet somehow they spark a remarkably similar sensation deep within my soul. When I hear Fountains Of Wayne’s “All Kinds Of Time”, I think of Major Applewhite. It’s near the end of the second quarter in the Big 12 championship game, Texas vs. [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #47 Sept-Oct 2003
Bob Neuwirth – Self-Titled
“Do I look like a loser?” Bob Neuwirth introduces himself amid a fanfare of trumpets (literally) in the opening bars of his 1974 solo debut. A loser, no — but not exactly a winner either, this Sasquatch-sized footnote to American rock ‘n’ roll and folk music history. Neuwirth’s name remains remarkably obscure despite his knack [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #46 July-Aug 2003
Allison Moorer – Show
A prime example of an artist caught between the intransigent rock of the mainstream and the intangible hard place of the underground, Allison Moorer has managed to have it both ways, and neither. She’s played the Academy Awards and house concerts, sung with Kid Rock and Phil Lee, and been shuttled among three labels under [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #46 July-Aug 2003
Gillian Welch – Soul Journey
It may be that the greatest challenge an artist faces in the arc of a career is deciding when it’s time to change direction. The great ones seem to seize that moment. In the rock era, hallmarks remain the Beatles and Bob Dylan, both of whom established themselves as masters of a particular form but [...]
Field Reportings - News from Issue #46 July-Aug 2003
Field Reportings from Issue #46
CORNSHUCKS CLASSICS: In the wake of last issue’s cover story about Mildred Jorman, a.k.a. Little Miss Cornshucks, the French record label Melodie Jazz Classic has announced plans to release Little Miss Cornshucks: 1947-1951, a compilation of recordings Cornshucks made for various labels including Coral and Sunbeam. It’s scheduled to be out on July 29. There [...]
Hello Stranger - Editor's Note from Issue #46 July-Aug 2003
Hello Stranger from Issue #46
“This was a mistake,” my co-editor wrote in the e-mail that prefaced his Drive-By Truckers cover story for this issue, referring to his decision to tackle a 6,000-word feature during the same few weeks he and his wife Susan welcomed their first child into the world. Grant was worried the work may have suffered from [...]
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