Friday, December 27, 2013

ROCK Sex: From HOWL to WISE UP GHOST: Allen Ginsberg > Elvis Costello and The Roots


Today, ROCK Sex floats "across the tops of cities contemplating Jazz".

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Here's the paperback cover of Allen Ginsberg's poetic masterpiece, HOWL (1956).>



And here's Elvis Costello and The Roots giving tribute (2013).






"angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection
to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night"


Allen Ginsberg, 1955

Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg and John Lennon

Allen Ginsberg, Joe Strummer, and Mick Jones

THE CLASH with Allen Ginsberg -"Ghetto Defendant" (1982)


Joey Ramone and Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg and Paul McCartney



© Tym Stevens



See Also:

Chuck Berry > Bob Dylan > Ultravox > Elvis Costello

"Time Is Tight!" - Booker T > The Clash > Elvis Costello > Squeeze

"I Want You!" - The Troggs, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Cheap Trick, Elvis Costello +


THE CANON 1: 50 Books That Created Modern Pop Culture, with Music Player!

THE CANON 2: 50 More Books That Created Modern Pop Culture, with Music Player!

THE CANON 3: 50 Recent Books That Created Modern Pop Culture, with Music Player!


The Real History of Rock and Soul!: The Music Player Checklist


Wednesday, December 25, 2013

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! A Rock'n'Soul Music Player


Hear hundreds of great Christmas,
Hannukah, and Kwanzaa songs,
all in order from 1947 to Today!




Rockabilly! Jazz! Blues!
Soundtracks! Soul! Country!
Garage Rock! Psychedelic! Funk!
Glam! Reggae! Punk!
New Wave! HipHop! Electro!

and more!

Spotify playlist title=
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!: Rock'n'Soul Playlist

This is a Spotify player. Join up for free here.

*(The Player is limited to the first 200 songs.
Hear the unlimited Playlist here.)



© Tym Stevens




See Also:

HALLOWEEN!: A Rock'n'Soul Music Player

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: A Rock Music Player

THANKSGIVING!: A Rock'n'Soul Music Player

HAPPY NEW YEAR! with Happy New Years Songs Playlist


The Real History of ROCK AND SOUL!: A Music Player Checklist


Sunday, December 22, 2013

ROCK Sex: "Electric Ladyland" - Peggy Moffitt > Janelle Monae


J a n e l l e ➤ P e g g y


Janelle Monae's new album, THE ELECTRIC LADY, expands her Sci-Fi opus about an android sent to save humanity. Besides continuing themes from the classic silent film Metropolis (1927), the title alludes to the album "Electric Ladyland" (1968) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.



The cover art is a direct homage to a scene from the French film, "Who Are You, Polly Magoo?" (1966). This satirical film by esteemed photographer William Klein was a mock documentary about the fashion world which ridiculed its excesses, our voyeurism that empowers it, and the loss of real identity in an exploitative media.

In the scene above, supermodel 'Polly' (Dorothy McGowan, third from left) is lost in a sea of clones of real-life model Peggy Moffitt (far left).

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P E G G Y
M O F F I T T



Peggy Moffitt is the most radical fashion model of all time.

In the Mod '60s, she created an andryogyne character in futurist kabuki makeup who, wearing the abstract designs of Rudi Gernreich, came to us from a world and timeline all her own.

Working with her husband, photographer William Claxton, Peggy approached the fashion shoot as a forum of conceptual art, challenging the viewers' preconceptions about gender, identity, consumerism, and modernity.


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P E G G Y
M O F F I T T :
Her Influence On Rock'n'Roll Style

It's a safe bet that her influence on Rock'n'Roll is incalculable.

From David Bowie and Siouxsie Sioux and Soo Catwoman, to Grace Jones and Annie Lennox and Boy George and Robert Smith (The Cure), to Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Chicks On Speed and Janelle Monae, her revolutionary influence continues today.

1) David Bowie, 1972.
2) Lou Reed, 1974; Split Enz, 1976.
3) Siouxsie Sioux.
4) Adam Ant and Jordan, 1977;
Soo Catwoman, 1976 (Ray Stevenson).


Annie Lennox; Grace Jones; Boy George; Robert Smith.


Marilyn Manson; Peaches; Karen O;
Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)




And here's a video I made about her:

ENNIO MORRICONE / EDDA DELL'ORSO
-"Ma Non Troppo Erotico" (1971)



© Tym Stevens




See Also:

Peggy Moffitt on TUMBLR

Peggy Moffitt on PINTEREST

Mod Color: Peggy Moffitt

"Cultural Touchstone: Peggy Moffitt", LA TIMES


Rene Magritte > THE EXORCIST > THE POSSESSION

MAGRITTE = The Beatles > Jeff Beck > THE EXORCIST > Jackson Browne > Styx > TWIN PEAKS

Astounding Science Fiction > Queen

PLANET STORIES - Whip It Good!