The other day, someone I know – a working actor - asked me if I was on Facebook or MySpace. I said no. When it comes to social networking sites, it’s just MOG for me. He was particularly adamant about a Facebook profile being beneficial to my Hollywood business. “Contacts, man!” he crowed. “It’ll help you get out there.” As if I’m not in-your-face enough.Meanwhile, a young woman fr
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Sometimes the sky opens/rains fall. Anonymous gray & indifferent, the day unfolds in sloppy slow-motion meltdown. In Rhode Island we celebrate the end of WW II today. Its a state holiday. So I'm sitting here reflecting. (And that is always dangerous. I'm not comfortable being left alone with my thoughts) I do not wish to discuss politics because its so damn polarizing. (Though the polariz...
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As my trusted MOGs may already know, my adoration for Public Image Ltd. burns with the heat of a thousand suns. I mean, who else would be so disgusted with the image of the 'rock star' that his band would have the name of a faceless entity? And who would care so little for the process of marketing that he would "go toe-to-toe with Tom Snyder":http://www.johnlydon.com/tom80.html in order to an...
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Sorry, those that were expecting some pure funk for yr Funky Friday. I don't have deep roots on da funk. Oh sure, I could throw up "Atomic Dog" or "You Dropped A Bomb On Me", but I'm not about doing things half-way.So, in the spirit, if not the letter, of the law on Funky Friday, I give you the meaty groove of THE Jah Wobble, and the rest of PiL, dropping "Careering".This gets my small tailfeat...
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**dermahrk** I had problems fitting this whole post into a comment. That's why I'm posted my reply here.Financially and artistically, **Public Image Ltd.** was a bigger success for Johnny Lydon more so than "The Sex Pistols" were for Johnny Rotten. for sheer name recognition alone the Sex Pistols beat out PiL, my own 7 year old nephew knows of the Pistols (props to my sister for that). These f...
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Fun PiL fact: In 1992, shortly after getting married, my wife and I went to the 120 Minutes tour stop in Phoenix, AZ. I was there to see PiL, but my wife didn't like them; she wanted to see Big Audio Dynamite II. Anyway, we wormed out way to the front to see the opening bands (get this: Blind Melon, way before the bumblebee girl, and Live, way before lightning crashed), so we were all set, fr...
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In an echo to dachmo new "New Wave Wednesday" edition, ladies and gentlemen, I give you PiL(I too feel lazy and won't bother add anything else - not even a link)
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I guess ole Rotten was much more of an icon than any of us thought.... The refrain is "Johnny Rotten has done an advert for butter..."WOW. Johnny Rotten, your place in pop culture is secure!Now I cherish having seen the Sex Pistols "cheat" me and so many others that January night in San Francisco way back in 1978....
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Dale's mention of PIL had me remembering that I haven't really given them much of a listen. With the exception of this album, which I REALLY really dig. Here's some stuff from wiki:Occasional drummer Martin Atkins played on three songs, while band members Levene and John Lydon handled percussion duties on the other tracks. The prominent, and heavily processed, drum sound was influenced by Pet...
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December 2009 sees the return of Public Image Limited aka PiL for 5 special live dates in the UK. The shows will be their first in 17 years. The shows will mark the 30th anniversary of the release of "Metal Box" but PiL will not be limited to tracks from one album and the tour...
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1985. The last (first?) great PIL album. A much healthier looking John Lydon sneering his way through the 80's. Bill Laswell did an amazing job producing the record, which features guest appearances by Steve Vai, Ginger Baker, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The two main points Lydon keeps repeating in "Rise" - "anger is an energy" and "I could be wrong - I could be right" seem to be an evolved perspecti...
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When Kele Okereke came up to John Lydon at the 2008 Summercase festival and asked him whether he'd reform PiL at any point, the Bloc Party singer/guitarist got a volley of racist abuse and an vicious assault from the Sex Pistols frontman and his entourage. However, Lydon seems to have taken the idea onboard, and so this December he will lead Public Image Ltd. onto UK stages for a five-date tour...
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Most people I know have that one song that gets them going every morning....the one song that gets them prepared for their day. For the past two weeks, "public image" by public image limited has been such a song for me...This song is a searing and soaring statement of intent. The gorgeous, chiming minimalism of Jah Wobble's bassline. The pure joy of vibration contained within it. Keith Levene's...
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Sometimes getting the band together is harder then it seems. But we live in a period of time where these reunions have become cash cows. Quality of the music is second to to how much they will get paid. Which is fine, but here are some bands that should get back together but won't.Off the top of my head and in no order:Public Image Ltd.The SmithsPorno For PyrosMighty ImperialsWhiskeytownPavemen...
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One year after Johnny Rotten reunited the surviving members of the Sex Pistols for a 30th Anniversary Never Mind the Bollocks tour, he is now reforming Public Image Ltd., the band he started in the year following the demise of the original Sex...
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