The Revolutionary Piano of Nicky Hopkins (WWNHD: Part 4)

Posted by Lance Davis - June 1, 2018 - Brian Jones, David Bowie, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Julian Dawson, Keith Moon, Kinks, Merseybeats, Nicky Hopkins, Pretty Things, Ritchie Blackmore, Rolling Stones, The Creation, WWNHD

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There are people who read music and don’t make things up and people who make things up and don’t read music, so when you put them together it’s a powerful thing. Nicky could play whatever you put in front of him. It’s a rarity to have somebody who could do that as perfectly as all […]

Bowie Blindspotting: Low

Posted by Lance Davis - February 4, 2017 - Brian Eno, David Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray, Ricky Gardiner, Tony Visconti

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“Life in L.A. had left me with an overwhelming sense of foreboding. I had approached the brink of drug-induced calamity one too many times, and it was essential to take some kind of positive action. For many years Berlin had appealed to me as a sort of sanctuary-like situation. It was one of the few […]

The Bowie Effect (Or, Remembering the Music of 2016)

Posted by Lance Davis - January 17, 2017 - A Giant Dog, Car Seat Headrest, Chance The Rapper, Connections, David Bowie, Dexateens, Dwight Yoakam, Gleeson, Moana, Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Keith

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“Something happened on the day he died Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried (I’m a blackstar, I’m a blackstar)” –David Bowie, “Blackstar” I know, I know. Why didn’t I do my Favorites of 2016 IN 2016? Didn’t we just get rid of that stupid, death-ridden year? […]

Film Room: The Martian

Posted by Lance Davis - December 5, 2016 - David Bowie, Film Room, Matt Damon, Ridley Scott, The Martian

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The Martian 2015 Director: Ridley Scott I’m terrible about seeing movies in any sort of timely fashion, but I finally caught Ridley Scott’s The Martian a couple of months ago. And then I saw it again last week after my wife and I bought a 55″ flatscreen TV. I’m not saying my old TV was […]

Love Has Found Me Somehow

Posted by Lance Davis - April 12, 2015 - ? And The Mysterians, Alex Chilton, Baptist Generals, Beatles, Blasters, Bob's Burgers, Bobby Jealousy, Centro-Matic, Dave Alvin, David Bowie, Doug Sahm, Figgs, Glossary, Gram Parsons, Har Mar Superstar, Johnny Thunders, Lydia Loveless, Maria McKee, Mike Nicolai, Muffs, New York Dolls, Queen, Reigning Sound, Sam Cooke

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On March 26, I, Lance Davis, joined Sarah Espinoza in matrimony. It was a lovely, understated ceremony at the Urban Light installation in front of LACMA (LA County Museum of Art). Urban Light was one of the first places Sarah and I went to on a date because it features 200 street lamps from […]