Posts by Zach Johnson

Rounding out our salute to Steve Cropper this week, for today’s Weirdo Wednesday, we’re serving up this amusing scene from iconic The Blues Brothers film, which features Cropper and company performing Latin-esque lounge music to a decidedly uninterested/sparse crowd at a Holiday Inn. The idea of a legend the likes of Cropper (not to mention […]

Continuing our tribute to the late great Steve Cropper, for today’s Tuesday’s Gone, we’ve dug up this sizzling footage of Booker T. & The M.G.’s performing “Melting Pot” for a (pretty gorgeous) crowd at a party from 1971.  For folks that are primarily only familiar with the band’s classic 60s output, “Melting Pot” (both the […]

By now, most folks have no doubt heard the news that we lost a true legend last week in the late great Steve “The Colonel” Cropper, who passed away on December 3rd at the ripe old age of 84. It’s tough to overstate the contributions and impact Cropper made not only on the soul music […]

Continuing our tribute to bands that like to jam out in the snow this week, for today’s Tuesday’s Gone, we’ve dug up this pretty rad performance of Wilco live at the Marble Mountain Ski Resort in Newfoundland from 1997. Here we find a 20-something-faced Jeff Tweedy and company delivering a certifiably awesome set despite being […]

Rounding out our Thanksgiving-themed selections for the week, for today’s Weirdo Wednesday, we’re serving up this classic clip of Paul Simon performing “Still Crazy After All These Years” live on SNL from 1975…in a turkey costume. Granted, he doesn’t make it very far into the performance before he cuts it short and delivers an amusingly […]

With Thanksgiving only a few days away, this week we’ll be spotlighting some classic Thanksgiving performances from yesteryear to help whet your appetite for the delightfully gluttonous and communal holiday. And for today’s Manic Monday, we’re shining a light on The Rolling Stones’ epic run at Madison Square Garden in New York City from November […]

Rounding out our salute to the dearly departed Todd Snider, who passed away unexpectedly last week, for today’s Weirdo Wednesday, we’re spotlighting his distinctive gifts as a storyteller with this classic performance of “KK Rider Story” from 2011. This immensely entertaining and amusing 9-minute monologue captures Snider at his comedically narrative best. A fittingly funny […]

Continuing our tribute to the late great Todd Snider, for today’s Tuesday’s Gone, we’re throwing it all the way back to his debut album Songs for the Daily Planet from 1994 with this classic video for “Alright Guy”.  One of his most accessible songs, this video finds a baby-faced Snider in pure mid-90s alt-rock mode, […]

Rounding out our salute to Neil Young this week on this his 80th birthday, for today’s Weirdo Wednesday, we’re taking a look at the whacked-out original version of “Hey Hey, My My” performed in studio with Devo back in 1978.  Recorded during the making of the delightfully bizarre cult film Human Highway (which was eventually […]

Continuing our tribute to Neil Young in the run-up to his 80th birthday on Wednesday, for today’s Tuesday’s Gone, we’re showcasing this classic live performance from the BBC Television Centre in London, England, February 23, 1971. Sandwiched between two of his most iconic albums, 1970’s After the Gold Rush, and 1972’s Harvest, there’s always been […]

With Neil Young’s 80th birthday just around the corner (November 12th to be exact), we’ll be dedicating this week to him by featuring some classic performances from his legendary career. And while there is certainly no shortage of material to pull from on that front, being that it’s Manic Monday today, we’re serving up this […]

Rounding out our Unwound showcase for the week, for today’s Weirdo Wednesday, we’re serving up the official video for “Radio Gra” off their brilliant final album, Leaves Turn Inside You. An eerily atmospheric and all-consuming listening experience, the album captured the band at their experimental peak, channeling the moody, arty vibes that post-punk forefathers Wire […]

Continuing our spotlight on Unwound this week, for today’s Tuesday’s Gone, we’re showcasing this awesome footage of the band performing “Hexenzsene” live at Off the Record (a record store in San Diego) from 1997. As rad as the performance is, the intro interview and commentary from the band sprinkled in towards the end of the […]

Halloween hangover got you down? Then why not unwind with a little Unwound this week —a fitting band to help you transition from the hype and decadence of October into the more autumnal, introspective nature of November? And although Unwound steadily evolved into more cerebral and atmospheric territory throughout their active years in the 90s […]

Rounding out our Halloween-themed selections this week, for today’s Weirdo Wednesday, we’re ending things on a fittingly campy note courtesy of this amusing clip of Alice Cooper hosting a special Halloween edition of The Muppets back in 1978. And really, is there any rock star more emblematic of the season than “The Godfather of Shock […]

Contuining our ode to All Hallow’s Eve this week, for today’s Tuesday’s Gone, we’re serving up this classic performance by Parliament Funkadelic of “Dr. Funkenstein” live from The Summit in Houston on Halloween night 1976. A nice deviation from some of the more cliché choices synonymous with the season, this performance is naturally more funk […]

For those of us with a disposition for fall and/or the macabre, it truly is the “most wonderful time of the year”, particularly this week with All Hallow’s Eve right around the corner. So, in the unlikely event you’re not already in the mood for a little camp and decadence, we’ll be serving up some […]

Continuing our tribute to the late great Ace Frehley, who passed away last week, for today’s Tuesday’s Gone, we’re throwing it all the way back to KISS’ very first live performance on national television. The date was March 29, 1974, to be exact, and the band had only just released their self-titled debut album the […]

By now no doubt most everyone has heard the news that Ace Frehley, lead guitarist for the iconic band Kiss, passed away last week at the age of 74. And while the Spaceman may have departed us for that great gig in the sky, fortunately he left behind a plethora of epic performances over the […]

It’s hard to believe it’s been over 48 years since Elvis Costello first burst onto the burgeoning UK music scene with his seminal debut album My Aim Is True way back in 1977. To this day, it stands as one of the most outstanding debut albums in the history of rock, a virtual smorgasbord of […]