So - this weekend I'm going to see Blondie!! They're on tour right now with Pat Benatar, and I'm going to Memphis to see them... dragging one of my fave Memphis musicians along for the ride.If you want to see if Blondie is coming through your town - check their website's tour schedule page!.Pretty damn cool that The Donnas are opening this show. This is a girl power show, if ever!
2009 Brooklyn Summer Concert SeriesIt’s a couple days late (according to their own schedule), but here’s the initial lineup for the annual “Brooklyn Summer Concert Series” held on Monday nights at Wingate Field and Thursday nights at Asser Levy Park respectively. Nothing really earth shattering here, I’d bet on Blondie being the biggest draw of [...]
On this date in 1978, Blondie began a 2-night, sold-out stand at the erstwhile Starwood club in West Hollywood. Blondie was up and coming and constantly on the road. That spring time 1978 tour had a slogan: Blondie is a Group! and in six months' time, the band would have a breakthrough smash hit with their own "disco song," a chestnut from their own archives, Heart of Glass. The album Par...
The hugely influential club CBGB may live once again. The New York City club that launced Blondie, Talking Heads, Patti Smith and many others shut down last year, but a group of investors, members of late owner Hilly Kristal's family and past employees have gotten together to form CBGB Holdings. The new company is looking to fulfill Kristal's dream of opening a CBGBs in Las Vegas along with...
if so... you're all invited to a free shindig next saturday, october 11.On October 11, Punk Turns 30 will be part of the big art party at Creative Space Nashville. Please visit Creative Space's profile for more info on the event.i will be showing the greatest hits of my Punk Turns 30 archive...and they're all available for purchase and priced to move! Like this:everyone's fave Blondie shot!
I didn't realize it until just now when I was reading all the archived information out there in cyberspace... but Blondie 's Call Me was the #1Single of 1980, according to Billboard. It was recorded in August of 1979 and hit both the US and UK charts in 1980 upon its release in each territory. The song was co-written by Debbie Harry and the German disco genius behind Donna Summer's succes...
I love Mike's constant Mash Up posts and asked him about downloads. He directed me to this site;/http://bootiesf.com///Blondie Vs. The Doors - Rapture Riders//More downloads here;http://www.gohomeproductions.co.uk/
ok, I love blondie, and I love this track, and I'm not afraid to admit it! At the risk of dating myself, I remember when they were the house band at cbgbs.....in any case I had a huge crush on Debbie throughout high school.......These albums still stand up as new wave, punk classics:BlondiePlastic LettersParallel LinesEat To The BeatAlso if anyone can find the movie "Union City Blue" starring D...
So says James Dean, and I think he is right. I hate hate hate working in this cubicle so much...it is stifling and suffocating. I have especially big dreams of running away to join the circus...only my circus is the the music business. I can honestly say that I would be more happy sweeping the floors at a record label or even a record store for that matter, than pushing all of this paper which ...
Call Me - (Original Long Version, bonus track, from "American Gigolo")
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N E W W A V E W E D N E S D A Yh3. Berlin - No More WordsThe first 10 seconds of both these songs are virtually the same and are constantly tripping me up.Happy Hump Day!!
By PETER SVENSSON NEW YORK (AP) - The launch of Apple Inc.'s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their phones working. ``It's such grief and aggravation,'' said Frederick Smalls, an insurance broker in Whitman, Mass., after spending two hours on the phone with Apple and AT&T Inc., trying to get his new iPhone to w...
On October 24 - man that seems so long ago, but it was about 3 weeks ago - Billboard Magazine held their 3rd Annual Women in Music breakfast at the swanky St. Regis Hotel in NYC, which coincided with their Women In Music issue. The music biz trade journal honored Blondie's Debbie Harry with their Icon Award, given to a woman whose art and career have blazed trails for successive generation...