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All Tomorrow’s Parties
Because the artist is that rare and fragile bird with little armor for this cruel world Ω Chet Baker Jazz trumpeter jumped from hotel Ian Curtis singer and songwriter: Joy Division hanging Arshile...
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J.M. Blaine: The TNB Self-Interview
OK, don’t be silly. I’ll try. So, a poet? Apparently so? I am honored & humbled, both. That’s not poetry, it’s just format. Yeah. Why do you do that? What? The staggered line break thing. This...
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TNB Music Talks Black Sabbath Reunion & Tony Iommi’s New Bio Iron Man
On November 11, 2011 at 11:11 a.m., the four original members of Black Sabbath gathered at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California for a surprise announcement. The hastily-scheduled press...
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TNB Music Chats with Glenn Hughes
Introduction I was driving a 32-foot U-Haul truck from New York City to Tennessee with my heavy metal-loving buddy Juke. We made the trip mostly by night. I’ve always been of a mind that road trips are...
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TNB Music Chats With Mike Doughty
Mike Doughty is the mastermind behind the 90s “slacker-jazz” cult band Soul Coughing, former poetry classmate of Ani Defranco, pseudonymous gossip columnist for the New York Press, surrogate Suicide...
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TNB Music Talks with Jim “Dandy” Mangrum of Black Oak Arkansas
Flashing sign at the biker bar in the hills of Tennessee: PARTY THIS FRIDAY WITH BLACK OAK ARKANSAS!!! Black Oak Arkansas (“BOA”) was more southern than Skynyrd, raunchier than Blackfoot and raised...
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Shout at the Devil and Rock & Roll All Nite: Chuck Klosterman & TNB Music’s...
I just finished writing a book filled with suicide, psychosis and the elusive meaning of life. I turned it in and spent three solid weeks lying on my living floor, watching old metal videos and trying...
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TNB Music Chats with Chuck Klosterman on All Things Mötley Crüe
In Part I we discussed KISS’ Love Gun Tour as first man on the moon, Paul Stanley’s sackfuls of cash, Frankenstein Dynasty, and psychoanalysis and personality theory as it pertains to the...
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TNB Music’s Conversation with Chuck Klosterman on KISS & Mötley Crüe III
Read Part I here. Part II there. JMB: KISS and Mötley Crüe are touring together this year, when’s the last time you went to a show? CK: I’ve seen KISS tons of times, the Crüe maybe a handful. They...
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Carson, Dylan & KISS: TNB Music Presents Excerpt & Interview with KISS FAQ...
Ten Surprising People Associated with KISS Bob Dylan Back in 1992, Simmons arranged to spend time with Dylan and work on some material, namely so he could say, “I worked with Bob Dylan.” Simmons took...
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Electric Word, Life – Touré & Blaine Psychoanalyze the Icon, Prince
From the press release: Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Touré investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture: PRINCE...
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William B. Miller: The TNB Interview
Do you really live next door to Bette Midler? Well, kinda. She owns some ranch land here and it backs up to my house. I think Bette grew up in Oahu and she’s dedicated to not letting the land get...
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