In doing early research for my next Nicky Hopkins post, I landed on the Jefferson Airplane’s 1969 album, Volunteers, because Hopkins plays on five tracks. Unfortunately, his prodigious talents couldn’t pull the record out of a nose dive. I get that the group has many adherents who appreciate their wild, shirtless sensibility, but I don’t […]
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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 […]
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Maria McKee: Life Is Bittersweet Originally aired on Dutch TV February 19, 1996 Annotated Video Timeline Thanks to longtime Adios Lounge reader, Marc Nichol, for recently turning me onto this Dutch documentary about Maria McKee. (Oh internet, is there anything you can’t do?) It serves as the third part of my Maria Trilogy, following my […]
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“And where will you be in 1993? Still sitting in the same chair Sinning is for sinners and I’m just a beginner But, I’ve never really been touched there” —Soul Asylum, “Never Really Been,” 1986 “You gotta sin to get saved.” –Maria McKee, 1993 It’s largely overlooked, if not outright dismissed, but Maria McKee‘s […]
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Consider this an addendum to my Lydia Loveless post. When I first started writing about “Jesus Was A Wino,” “Drinkin’ In My Sunday Dress” was a natural point of reference. Unfortunately, after roughly 27 drafts, I realized that the post worked better without it. However, I think the comparison makes sense. Maria McKee is an […]
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